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>> translator: it is more like not a war but a terrorist operation by russia against mariupol and the people of the city. >> reporter: matt rivers, cnn, lviv, ukraine. >> a truly dire situation you are witnessing inside mariupol. meanwhile, a gruesome example of russian soldiers' brutality is allegedly caught on tape. ukrainian military intelligence says it intercepted russian' communications giving an order to kill ukrainian pows, specifically those in the luhansk region, which is bearing brunt of russia's renewed attacks. sl have a listen to this. >> translator: what can i tell you, dammit...

Have limited supplies here, and we are trying to share everything with civilians. but russia claims it will use -- we use them as -- as a human shield. it's bull [ bleep ]. it's complete bull because, you know, the real military doesn't do this. >> reporter: and even outside the steel plant in areas firmly under russian control, tens of thousands of civilians that need to be evacuated cannot. only a fraction managed to leave in the last few days. some seen here, arriving in the ukrainian city of zaporizhzhia. after ukraine says russian forces violated cease-fire agreements. >> translator: it i...