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They say russian cluster shells injured eight civilians in a village nearby. three were ambulance workers who had responded to the scene. in a predictable refrain russia claims it was targeting deployment points for ukraine's military. meanwhile, northeast of zaporizhzhia ukraine says it's clawed back significant ground in bakhmut. cnn's nic robertson spoke to ukrainian commanders on the ground who want to set the record straight on which russian troops retreated first. >> reporter: at the vanguard of ukraine's most successful offensive in months, elite soldiers storm out of their u.s.-made m-...

Warsaw than there was just one month ago. kyung lah, cnn, warsaw, poland. >> well, if you would like to safely help people in ukraine who need basic things, like shelter and water, go to cnn.com/impact. there are several ways listed there for you to help. still ahead on cnn. russian forces appear closer than ever to taking a key city in southern ukraine. or at least what's left of it. we'll look inside the besieged city of mare iupol after this.

That their country -- our country -- my country is bombing civilian objects and schools and -- and hospitals, et cetera, et cetera. it's hard to admit it that maybe there is something very wrong with your -- with your homeland. and that somehow, me, as a -- as a -- as a citizen of russia is somehow responsible for it. >> reporter: hard to admit perhaps but with tough new information laws increasingly illegal, too. russia's criminalizing of the truth is this war's latest casualty. matthew chance, cnn. and as much as russia wants to control the narrative around its invasion of ukraine, a volun...

But his mother appears unsteady. when russian warplanes bombed, she says, the family hid under the dining room table surrounded by pillows. >> translator: when the plane flew past, we were sheltering in the center of town. until now, my ear still hurts from the shock wave. >> reporter: the unlikely safe haven provided in this parking lot is precarious. ukrainian officials say russian troops are positioned barely a half-hour's drive away from here. ivan watson, cnn, zaporizhzhia, ukraine. and when we come back, a packed convention hall in the polish capital has transformed into the largest hu...

Its forces don't target civilian areas, but the u.s., nato, and the ukrainians say the russians are frustrated by their lack of progress and are firing longer-range weapons because they can't make headway on the ground. >> translator: they understand that sooner or later, our troops will push them out of our territory. now, the russians are doing dirty tricks. they shoot more at civilian areas than at the positions of the ukrainian army. >> reporter: ukraine's army says it's pressing its own counteroffensive trying to dislodge russian troops from the outskirts of kyiv. the kremlin's forces, me...