to build a future of unlimited possibilities. this is cnn breaking news. hello and welcome to our viewers joining us from around the world, live from ukraine, i am michael holmes. our breaking news this hour, an outcry after a nuclear power plant in ukraine comes under attack by russian forces. the fire it caused has now been extinguished. and officials say radiation levels are normal. the nuclear power plant in southeastern ukraine, the largest in europe. ukrainian president volodymyr zelenskyy says russia needs to be stopped before it causes a nuclear disaster.

>> translator: i appeal to all ukrainians, to all europeans, to all people who know the word chernobyl, who know how much grief and casualties the explosion at the nuclear power plant brought. itself a global catastrophe. hundreds of thousands of people struggle with its consequences, tens of thousands of people were evacuate russia wants to repeat this, and is already repeating it. >> now, that was the moment a russian strike hit an apartment complex. this is north of kyiv. at least 33 people reportedly killed, 18 wounded. russian forces have increasingly been hitting civilian targets, as they advance through the country. the second largest city of kharkiv, among those seeing an increase in shelling. so, too, the port city of mariupol' in the south of the

country. it's being attacked from all sides with civilians trapped without food, electricity, and water. now, despite russia's advances, particularly in the south, ukrainians still very much putting up a fight. cnn's jim sciutto has more on that. >> reporter: russian forces on the march closing in on cities in southern ukraine. the mayor of kherson says his city is now under russian control. ukrainian forces have left. though, a senior u.s. defense official says there is still fighting there. russian forces have also sounded the city of mariupol' and the deputy mayor tells cnn it has lost water and power. >> we have continuous shelling for 26 hours. 26 hours, they are destroying our city. >> reporter: in the north, the u.s. says russian forces are making slower but still devastating progress.

the russian military flattened a reds den shl area near kyiv and houses in a town. it also destroyed an oil depot just north of the capital. in kharkiv, in the northeast, russian barrages struck at least three schools. the u.s. says russian forces are staging just outside the city now. the ukrainian military is still fighting, they claim to have hit the miles-long convoy that had stalled approaching kyiv from the north. >> need to understand we are a nation of -- everybody know what to do. that is why putin could not win. we will win. >> reporter: ukraine also claims its forces have destroyed 20 russian military vehicles near the airbase. as the fighting rages, ukrainian and russian negotiators met for a second round of talks today in belarus as a ukrainian negotiator tweeted that ukraine's needs are not yet achieved, president zelenskyy appealed for direct talks with putin.

>> i think i have to talk with putin. the world has to talk with putin because there are no in other ways to stop this war. that's why i have to. >> reporter: zelenskyy continued with this message for putin. i don't bite. sit down with me and talk. what are you afraid of? putin, however, says his invasion will go on. >> translator: the special military operation in ukraine is going according to plan, in strict accordance with the schedule. all tasks are being successfully carried out. >> the goal was to maximize the impact on putin and russia. >> reporter: today, the biden administration announced new sanctions on russian oligarchs and their families. part of an effort to keep up the economic pressure on russia. direct u.s. military intervention remains off the table but that has not stopped zelenskyy from asking for the u.s. and nato to impose a no-fly zone. >> translator: if you can't provide a no-fly zone right now, then tell us when.

if you can't give ukrainians a date when, how long do you need? how many people should be blown up? >> jim sciutto, cnn, lviv, ukraine. >> now, following a phone call between presidents emmanuel macron and vladimir putin, france says it believes there is little hope for a peaceful resolution to the ukraine crisis. in a statement, the palace said this, quote, without making a prediction, we should expect the worst is yet to come. the president macron said so yesterday, and there is nothing in what putin said that should reassure us. now, the palace says mr. putin told president macron he is open to discussion with kyiv but that it must happen soon, and must include a plan for ukraine to disarm. otherwise, president putin says he plans to continue his military operation to achieve the same result. all right. let's talk more about all of this with major general mick

ryan, he is a retired australian army officer. and author of "war transformed, the future of 21st century great power competition and conflict." he is coming to us from canberra. and good to see you again, sir. we -- we have seen the horrific video of that apartment building being hit. casualties, major damage. you know, people screaming in the aftermath. i mean, it is outrageous, obviously, but do you see this as part of the russian' playbook? i mean, what do you fear is coming for ukrainian cities? >> hello, michael, it is good to be talking to you again. i think last time we spoke, we speculated that we would see a far more brutal phase of russian operations, given the progress up to that point. what we have seen over the last 72 hours or so, is unfortunately and sadly for the people of ukraine that is indeed playing out in places like kyiv and mariupol'. where the russian army is rolling out the exact same playbook it used to what it

thought was great success in syria, which in fact is military corrupt, unethical, and will probably result in lots of war crimes' trials at some point in the future. >> yeah. i am curious, do you -- do you see a time imperative here for vladimir putin? that, you know, he needs to move before the -- the sanctions bite at home? people there start to perhaps learn exactly what is going on, see coffins returning. does that put pressure on him? i mean, this could be a long war in one form or the other. >> i think it will be a long war, and that is the one thing that putin just cannot afford. the international sanctions will start biting as you said the coffins will start coming home. but more importantly, the russian people will start finding out what is truly going on here. there was a wonderful letter from a russian today that talked about they don't know what is going on. this is being kept from them. when the russian people find out what is being done in their name

with their children, many of whom are dying, it will be very interesting to see what takes place domestically in russia. >> yeah, yeah, very good point. the -- the ukrainians -- i mean, unquestionably and we have talked about this, they performed well. but is it a matter of time? i mean, when the enemy is so numerically superior? >> i think that there is a strong chance that the russians will eventually overrun the ukrainians but we cannot write off the ukrainians. they have such heart, such courage, and they have tremendous international support starting to roll in across their western borders. so, we shouldn't rule out the ukrainian forces yet but certainly the russian forces are large. they are deadly. and they are using large amounts of firepower and violence to achieve what they want in the south, in the east, and in the north at the moment. >> yeah. we have also spoken about the potential for insurgency

developing if the -- you know, if the traditional war is lost. how quickly could that transition be? i mean, the pivot to insurgency? and do you think it would be effective? >> well, i think the ukrainian military has outthought the russians at every step of this campaign. i would be very surprised if the ukrainian high command aren't already preparing for some kind of insurgency. certainly, many institutions in the west have been thinking about it. and i have no doubt that there would be many nations that would provide for that insurgency if, indeed, it was to manifest. >> one extraordinary thing act what's happened, um, in this country and we have seen it with our own eyes is, you know, how many civilians are actually taking up arms to defend their country. i mean, the defense capability multiplied many times over in -- in days, really. but -- but how effective, in your view, can civilians, you know, just handed a weapon or

molotov cocktail be? and -- and then, there is the risks to them which is clear. is it helpful? or in some ways, not in apurely military sense? >> it's tremendously heartening to see the people of ukraine stepping up to defend their country. it's just been inspiring to see. but, you know, trained soldiers take time to not just build individual skills but team skills that are so vital in a military organization. the other problem with civilians picking up weapons in this circumstance is we run the risk of russians seeing every ukrainian civilian as a combatant and that can lead to tragic outcomes. >> i -- i am curious in the broader picture, um, do you think what is happening in ukraine, what has happened, has exposed weaknesses in the nato' defense strategy in -- in europe in terms of containing a threat? i mean, and we have mentioned this, too. putin -- he's been sanctioned. he has been resanctioned.

he's been brutally sanctioned and he has not blinked once. do you think there needs to be a rethinking of nato's strategy, not just to stop putin but to stop the next putin? >> well, i think we've seen a fairly quick thinking of nato's strategy over the last week. i think, um, for a lot of governments, they have finally realized what they are dealing with here and the rapid response in sanctions and lethal and nonlethal aid is representative of that. now, whether nato needs to go further is, you know, something for european governments to decide. but i have no doubt when you have a look at the german government drastically increasing its defense spending and a whole range of other governments across the world seeing what's going on in ukraine. they now know what they are dealing with in putin. and i have no doubt they will look at other authoritarian regimes, very differently from here on in. >> yeah. always good to get your analysis, major general mick ryan. really appreciate it. thank you.

>> thanks, michael. stay safe. >> all right. see you soon. now, ukraine's largest children's hospital in kyiv has had to take special precautions as the bombings get ever closer, including moving the children to the basement. cnn's clarissa ward talks to the families and health professionals doing their best to take care of the kids. >> reporter: outside the hospital, the sound of heavy fighting pierces the night air. the shelling has started, this nurse says, we're in the surgical department for newborn babies. it's so loud. exhausted staff hover nervously in the hallway. this is ukraine's largest children's hospital. shutting down is not an option. neurosurgeon shows us the impact of just one week of war.

so the children who are too sick to be moved have to stay here in the basement in case the bombardment starts again. there are ten patients currently being treated in this underground hallway, and they are very sick indeed. is this your daughter? on the floor in one corner, we meet sonya and her 3 month old daughter milena. milena has a brain tumor. it's a terrifying situation. we must stay underground and we don't know how long for, she says. i am alone here at the hospital and my husband is at home with my other kid. for seven nights, she has been sleeping on this floor as the bombing gets closer. she is saying that the stress of the situation has meant that her milk has dried up, so she is now

using formula for her daughter. with resources being diverted to deal with trauma injuries, parents are stepping in to help where they can. at one bed, valentine is feeding an unconscious child. so, he is saying that little baby there is his little boy. but he's helping with this child because their mother can't be here. i tell him he's strong. there is no other way, he says, god gives us strength. in this environment, dr. ishenko offers his patients and their families whatever he can but there are limits. >> it's really, very challenging and really tough because we don't have good conditions for our patients. >> reporter: sis this dangerous for them, this situation? >> yes, and not only because we have a war, this conditions is

not suitable with brain surgeries. >> reporter: for now, nonessential procedures are on hold. 11-year-old yaris's sutures should have been removed but the risk of infection is too high. his mother tries to comfort him. i will massage you, and everything will be okay, she says. but no one knows how long this war will last. and these children cannot wait forever. clarissa ward, cnn, kyiv. >> now, the northeastern city of kharkiv is also under siege by russian forces. ukrainian emergency services say 34 civilians in the kharkiv region have been killed in just the last 24 hours. another 285, wounded. kharkiv's mayor spoke to my colleague erin burnett earlier.

>> mayor, president zelenskyy said today -- and i quote him -- he said we have nothing to lose but our freedom, our dignity. this is our biggest treasure. how far will you go to defend your freedom and your dignity? >> translator: just like the entire ukrainian people, i will go till the end. >> and i want to ask you, mayor, about the civilians there. the people of your city. more than 1 million of them. you talk about entire blocks of residential buildings being bombed. it -- it seems when you think about that, that this is purposeful. from what you see, is it purposeful right now? is vladimir putin purposely targeting civilians in your city? >> translator: as far as the residential blocks are concerned, what i can say is that i look around and i see

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temporary protection to all refugees fleeing ukraine. that gives them protected status, and rights to residency. the commissioner of the unhcr explained the need for expediency in responding to the polite plight of the refugees. >> i have worked in refugee emergencies for almost 40 years, and rarely have i seen an exodus as rapid as this one. hour by hour, minute by minute, more people are fleeing the terrifying reality of violence. countless have been displaced inside the country. and unless there is an immediate end to the conflict, millions more are likely to be forced to flee ukraine. >> now more than 133,000 ukrainians have fled to hungary

alone. ukrainian refugees crossing international borders, of course, are dependent on the good will of volunteers waiting to help them once they get there a once they are there, they are grateful, of course, for every kindness. cnn's ivan watson talks to refugees newly arrived on the ukraine-hungarian border just happy to finally be safe. >> reporter: forced to flee their homes and their country, ukrainians on the run. their children making the best of it. oblivious to the fact that a week-old war just turned them into refugees. this is one of hungary's border crossings with ukraine. there is a steady stream of people arriving here in vehicles and on foot. all of the ukrainian new arrivals are women and children. hungarian aid workers welcome the refugees, and bring them free of charge to the nearest village where the community center is now a place of refuge. some people stay here.

others pause for food and warmth before moving on. among those here, anna, her mother, and her 16 month old son. >> yes, this is my son. >> they crossed the boarder to hungary this morning, after spending nearly a week on the road. >> hungary people. it's very hard work that -- that is doing. >> the hungarian village has a population of 1,060 people. the deputy mayor tells me the village has taken in more than 100 ukrainians including housing families in at least 20 village homes. as we speak, another family arrives from ukraine. there is a little baby. yesterday, we took care of a five-day-old baby who came across the border the deputy mayor tells me. a five-day-old baby. victoria says when the russians invaded, she fled her home near kyiv for what she thought would be one night.

a week later, she and her son just arrived in a foreign country. >> just one jacket. i think we are strong. it's country with strong people, strong nation. and that's why i don't worry but of course my heart is broken. >> reporter: she says she tried to convince her friends in russia via social media about the deadly attack their military is carrying out on her homeland. what do your russian friends say to you? >> it's not true. no, it's not possible. >> they don't believe you? >> no. >> reporter: the 10-year-old chimes in saying vladimir putin is like adolf hitler.

he is attacking the world just like hitler did. there are almost no men here, aside from the elderly because all ukrainian men of fighting age have been ordered to stay behind to defend their country from the russian invasion. >> i am very angry for russia people. >> i want to tell russians that it is time to do something, it's time to change something says anna. my son doesn't deserve to be forced to run across ukraine and across borders, she adds. he doesn't deserve to grow up like this. ivan watson, cnn, on the ukraine-hungarian border. now, before this crisis began, the u.n. said that 4 to 5 million people might flee. well, guess what? they now estimate 10 million ukrainians might end up fleeing their country as the invasion intensifies. germany is preparing to see some 20,000 refugees come across the

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welcome back. i am michael holmes in lviv, ukraine. the latest on the russian invasion of this country. ukrainian officials saying a fire that broke out at europe's largest nuclear power plant has now been put out. they say the blaze started after a heavy russian attack. no deaths or injuries reported. and one very important detail. radiation levels, still, normal. but now, president volodymyr zelenskyy accusing russia of purposefully targeting the plant, which is in southeastern ukraine. >> we have remembered that russian propagandists threat chbd to cover the world with nuclear ashes. we remember. now, it is not a threat. now, it is a reality. >> all right. we now want to show you some video that you will find

disturbing. this is the aftermath of a russian strike on an apartment building. this is in a town north of kyiv. it shows victims screaming for help after the building in chernihiv was hit on thursday. just down the street, a children's hospital and school. officials say at least 33 people were killed, 18 others injured. meanwhile, as you can imagine, russian media coverage of the invasion, very different from what you will see on cnn and other western news outlets. pro-kremlin propaganda filling the air waves and far too little real reporting getting through to the russian people. more on that now from cnn's nic robertson in moscow. >> reporter: on russia state tv, audiences are only being told what the kremlin wants them to know about the war in ukraine. this new russian army video shows troops handing out

humanitarian aid. they claim russian forces are giving civilians safe passage from the fighting. a message reinforced in president putin's latest state tv speech. >> translator: our military have provided corridors in all areas of combat action. >> reporter: the terrible reality, the rest of the world sees shelling of civilians, suffering, death, and destruction never gets aired on russian state tv. and many russians believe their government, that the war was forced on them by ukraine, backed by nato. >> translator: i know the truth. this was a forced measure on our side. after what russia went through in world war ii, it's madness to believe we want war. >> translator: i see what's on tv when i am getting ready for work. we try not to get too involved in it because we've got enough of our own problems.

>> reporter: some do care enough to reach beyond state tv but even then, they're not convinced by what they see. >> translator: yes, i have heard that some civilian, even children have died but i'm not sure i can believe it because there is fake news. they are making money. >> reporter: obedient anchors on state tv never question the kremlin's version of facts and reinforce its tropes about denazification. no mention that president zelenskyy is jewish, or russian missiles killed civilians near a holocaust memorial in kyiv. even so, some mostly younger russians see through their government's lies, get their news from friends, independent, and social media. >> almost all of us are understanding this thing. that there is a lot of lie around. so, we do not know what's happening. >> translator: i think this is a crime.

an aggression against a neighboring country. our government invaded. now, they are killing people. >> it's awful. what can we think about it? normal people understand everything but we can't do anything because we're afraid. like everyone else. >> reporter: the government is so worried indpependent media could challenge their narrative, in the past few days it shut down two outlets and is right now preparing a law that would criminalize what it calls fake media. it could carry a maximum 15-year jail sentence. despite the kremlin's best efforts at controlling the narrative, many russians have taken to the streets angered by putin's war. more than 7,500 people arrested, so far. including this elderly lady at a protest in st. petersburg wedne. and no surprise, this video is

yet to be shown on state media. there is nothing more dangerous for president putin and russia today than the truth armed with evidence of what is happening in ukraine, many russians may reconsider their relationship with him. and that could challenge his rule. nic robertson, cnn moscow. now, as part of the effort to counter kremlin' disinformation, the biden administration is working to reach a russian audience directly. senior officials have given at least seven interviews with russian language news outlets since the conflict began. the white house accuses the kremlin of engaging in a full assault on media freedom and the truth, as they put it, following a russian' crackdown on what's left of independent media in the country. u.s. officials say they will continue to support russian media outlets even after the kremlin bans them. now, the white house moving to

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i am kim brunhuber. we ever continuing our coverage of russia's invasion of ukraine. the white house is piling on the pressure against russian president vladimir putin by going after his inner circle. on thursday, president joe biden slapped new sanctions on a group of oligarchs close to the russian leader. they'll be cut off from the u.s. financial system while their assets and property will be frozen or blocked. britain later followed suit slapping its own sanctions on two oligarchs worth $19 billion combined. biden says earlier sanctions are already having an effect. here he is. >> the severe economic sanctions on putin and all those folks around him choking off access to

technology, as well as cutting off access to the global financial system. it's had a profound impact already. >> meanwhile, dozens of international companies are backing out of doing business in russia following the invasion. and this list is getting longer by the day. now, the properties targeted by those sanctions include private yachts and multimillion dollar homes owned by some russian oligarchs. so for more on that, anna stewart joins us from london. so, anna, let's start with what seems like an unusual target for sanctions, those mega yachts. so explain why they are going after them and how authorities are trying to track them down. >> well, these are the assets that you can really see. and authorities are going about tracking them down with great difficulty actually. france and the u.s. have set up task forces to really look into the oligarchs that have been sanctioned and where their assets are. france seized a superyacht yesterday which means true love in italian, kim. not getting a lot of love from authorities. they have taken it on account of

it belonging to the ceo of a big russian oil giant. he is also a close ally of president putin. but the company that manages the ship says that he is not the owner and this is the problem we are going see with these assets being seized. it is incredibly hard for my own experience trying to track down some superyachts myself yesterday to find out who owns what because they are all kind of listed under various companies, shell companies, lots of dummy directors and these are the assets that we can see. you know, superyachts, the fast cars, the mansions, the private jets. much harder will probably be going after the vast mamounts o weather that is squirrelled away in offchauffeur tax havens. that is going to be hard. now, the hope here is to squeeze the inner circle arnold president putin to put pressure on them. but also, this is what countries western allies can do within their own territories to really show support with ukraine i think. >> all right. so, those sanctions on oligarchs and especially the -- the threat

of further measures, like sanctioning russian oil and gas all that seems to have created a lot of volatility in the global markets? >> yes, certainly in the last 24 hours. the russian ruble hit yet another record low. it was i believe at 8 -- 8 -- 118 to the dollar. there we go. it's come back a little bit. also, oil, brent and wti hitting new multiyear record highs yesterday morning. they have come back little bit as well. market's very concerned actually that oil and gas could be targeted by sanctions in the coming days. it hasn't, so far. but president biden said on wednesday that it was a measure that was on the table, and unit was unthinkable just a couple weeks ago. interestingly, president putin had a call yesterday with saudi arabia's crown prince mohammed bin sal mon. the kremlin's read out of this was really interesting because it said putin warned against politicizing energies. so perhaps, he is worried too. m may raise some eyebrows, of course, because putin has been accused more than once of politicizing energy.

>> yeah, absolutely. with all those threats. anna stewart in london, thank you so much. appreciate it. one of the most successful soccer clubs in the world is now up for sale. chelsea fc is looking for a new owner after russian billionaire roman abramovich says it is in the best interest to sell the cluck as sanctions loom. cnn world sports alec thomas has more outside chelsea's stanford bridge stadium. >> reporter: for fans of chelsea football club, these are momentous times. the team is still whirled european champions but there is now huge uncertainty over its future after roman abramovich said he is ending a 19-year spell as chelsea owner. that announcement came on wednesday and none of the questions it raised were answered on thursday. abramovich has poured billions of dollars into the club, and says he won't ask it to repay him any loans. he also vowed to gift the net proceeds from the sale to a new charity that will be set up to

assist victims of the war in ukraine. but which costs need to be deducted from the sale to arrive at a net figure? and why set up a new charity to help people in ukraine when there are so many already operating in the region? not to mention, chelsea's own charitable foundation. on the football side, this is a massive moment. the abramovich era has been far and away, the most successful period in chelsea's 117-year history. delivering more than 20 major trophies, including five english premiere league titles, two champions league crowns, and the fifa club world cub. abramovich says the sale is in chelsea's best interest and although he has not been sanctioned by the uk government, and has always denied political links to vladimir putin, it comes as leading western nations have begun seizing the assets of russian oligarchs with links to putin's regime.

i have been here many times before to watch as chelsea fans flock to celebrate major trophy tryium ofs or even to protest as they did at the end of marino's first managerial spell. so it's notable that we see no mass turnout this time. chelsea supporters may have mixed feelings but most seem to understand there is more at stake than simply success on the football field. alex thomas, cnn, chelsea football club, london. all right. when we come back, more on the audio crane-russia crisis live with michael holmes in lviv. and the story of a chef bringing people relief in the best way he knows how. with food. stay with us. alright, so...cordless headphones, you can watch movies through your phone? and y'all got electric cars? yeah. the future is crunk! (laughs)

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a very touching human moment. in the middle of crisis. italian pianoist.

playing the peace anthem, imagine. for ukrainian refugees arriving in pantoland. he traveled from germany. to bring cheer to those displaced. a million ukrainians have fled to poland. >> well known chef is helping the people of ukraine in his own way. chef and his world central kitchen have expanded relief mission and on the ground in lviv. cnn anderson cooper caught up with him. who showed him how his team is turning a restaurant into a lifeline. as the war rages. >> what's happening here? >> well, this our partner kitchen. the partnership happened always happens before we land. sometimes they come to us. >> you come in to help them. how does this work?

>> we cannot do what we do without people like them. his daughter and look they want to be helping. if we didn't show up, probably they would be doing it too. we see this happening everywhere. sometimes things are complicated. people don't think about helping. sometimes they see the example. and this is what everybody ask what can they do to help. it's what a cook does. they we're learning everybody wants to help people in not good times. we're bringing everybody together. creating a net work of different restaurants. that is not only cooking. this meeting of the mind where there -- >> it's also potentially a long effort. this conflict can go on for a long time. probably more and more people fleeing cities and coming through lviv. >> these this is before we know

it is going to become the city of cities. for refugees. within ukraine. and people are leaving. this is the place that everybody is going to be flowing. restaurants like this will be playing a crucial role. if we have people like them they are committed. they are committed. we have more restaurants around the city. think about it. restaurants in good times. that's what we created through the pandemic too. if we had many chefs like that and many restaurants like that we have a map of the city. we know the needs of city. we can cover whatever. >> you and i met up in puerto rico. after the storm there. and people were very united and trying to help each other. have you ever seen anything like the unity of the people here in ukraine? >> it's fascinating. polish people. the first place arrived. in poland. watching ukrainians and the

polish people becoming one. other countries is part of. we are feeding in kharkiv. right now. kharkiv has been bombed. we have three or four restaurants making meals and delivering to shelters. right now. tha the power of working together. who is going to be saying we thought the organization will be used for hurricanes. we are also helping in the way in the war zone. it's essential. we cannot have man and woman and children in the shelter for hours and for days. with nobody taking care of their needs. my heart is broken. knowing these people put their lives at risk to do that. >> it seems like everyone here in ukraine if they can't carry a weapon if they can't make a molotov cocktail. they want to do something. they want to feed people. they want to contribute to this effort. >> feeling is another form of fighting.

-- feeding is the way of fighting. longer tables and not crazy higher walls. and bombing people. >> bigger tables. >> longer. longer tables that we can sit everybody and say more things that unite us than not. comen. come on. one person creating mayhem. who are we as humans? we're nine billion people on planet earth. we let one person destroy what we are trying too build? humanity will have to learn. we cannot let leaders that breaks us apart. bring our worst demons. the people need to start. right or left. people that want to build a better world. in reality. with action. we need to stand up. cooking is way to stand up. say you're not going to let my people go hungry.

you're not going to win this war. the world has to speak up. this is the only way. >> one plate at a time. >> the world central kitchen says it along with several other restaurants have served more than 41,000 meals. in at least five ukrainian cities. they're looking to expand the services to six bordering countries. now as russia continues its invasion of ukraine, more people are around the world are voicing their opposition to what is happening. have a look at the scene in venezuela. on thursday. opposition leaders joining the demonstration. along with hundreds of venezuelaens. the government is a close ally of russia. and blamed nato and the united states for the crisis. and in nepal and u.s. diplomats held a candle light vigil at the katmandu. the demonstrations lit lamps and

observed a minute of silence for the those who lost their lives so far. in the ongoing war in ukraine. and as the air raid sirens sing out here in lviv, i'll leave it at that for the moment. our breaking news coverage continues after the break.

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hello, welcome to our viewers in the united states. and all around the world. i'm michael holmes live from lviv in ukraine. fears of the russian invasion