hello and welcome to all of you watching us here in the united states, canada and all around the world. i'm kim brunhuber. i want to get straight to our breaking fuse. russia and ukraine say they've both agreed to temporary cease-fire in southern ukraine. it would allow the citizens to leave the cities. now those areas have been under heavy shelling in recent days and cut off from basic supplies. the ukrainian president's office says humanitarian evacuation corridors are being prepared for opening after the russian defense ministry made the initial announcement as comes amid a dire warning of increasing population attacks.

the u.s. says about 92% of the forces russia staged for theithe invasion are in ukraine. meanwhile we get a look at the nuclear power plant now occupied by russian forces. a video of a warning sounding inside the control room. listen to this. >> translator: stop shooting at the nuclear hazardous facility. stop shooting at innuclear hazardous facility. stop shooting at the nuclear hazardous facility. attention. stop it. >> the head of the international atomic energy agency says while the attack on the plant was a close call, no radioactive material was released. all right, cnn has correspondents positioned around the world, ukraine, belgium, poland and the united arab

emirates to bring you up to minute developments. scott, i know you've been covering this issue of humanitarian corridors. what more are we learning about this latest agreement? >> reporter: hey, kim. this was one of the few bright spots, really the only bright spot that came out of the negotiations that took place between uyaengen and russian negotiators. and they agreed at least on principle to open up these humanitarian corridors, but what they were trying to work out yesterday is how exactly they would work on the ground because as the ukrainians point out you can't just walk up to a russian soldier and try to negotiate something on the ground. it's dangerous. you're not going to be able to do that. so they were working through the red cross to be sort of the intermediary, the coordinator on the ground. the russian ministry of defense said beginning about two hours

ago these humanitarian corridorsweed open up, a cease-fire agreement would be in place at least temporary, and these convoys, evacuees are being organized. yesterday there was a press briefing involving two of the negotiators who were in belarus for those talks, and they said there's some 200,000 people that want to get out of mauriopol alone, but there are still other cities around ukraine that would very much love to have these kind of cease-fire agreements in place or humanitarian corridors to be able to get people out and get supplies like hersan where it is difficult to find supplies. people there running out 06 options. the world food program says for instance between 3 and 5 million people in this country because of the fighting are in immediate need of food.

>> we'll see if any progress is made in the upcoming negotiations. now, the negotiations are taking place in belarus. i mean the ukrainians initially didn't want to hold talks in that country because it was seen as complicit in this invasion. is that still the case? does ukraine feel that belarus is still a threat? >> reporter: so i actually asked that question yesterday about, you know, whether these negotiators felt safe in that country and they said, well, certainly belarus was our only option, but in the future they'd very much like to change the venue of those negotiations assuming that they continue to a country where they feel more comfortable, a country that's less hostile. now, last week the belarusian president, alexander lukashenko, said there were no plans for belarusian troops to assist in their invasion. but ukrainian intelligence were

indicating perhaps russian troops were readying themselves. but yesterday these negotiators said that no longer seems to be the case. listen. >> translator: i wouldn't exaggerate the threat from belarusian side. periodically we see information there's some military activation or mobilization there. if you verify this information you should know as of now right now there's no level of movement necessary for belarus to take part and facilities alongside russia. >> one of the things we learned in that briefing is that ucrippian negotiators claim they had brought up or made this proposal in those talks to have a 30 kilometer buffer zone around all the nuclear power plants in ukraine, a buffer zone

where there would be no violence, no fighting taking place. the russians seemed to brush that off and now obviously we have this situation happening where things are quite fragile around one particular nuclear power plant in this country. the russians have not commented or not responded to that for their part, though, kim. >> let's hope they reconsider on that issue, certainly. scott, thank you so much. and do stay with us, later in the hour i'll speak with the managing director of the ukraine forum at chatham house about the humanitarian corridors. and just west is the city of odesa. residents there fear they'll soon be under attack. just a warning you may find some of the images disturbing. >> reporter: what they once felt between their toes now they want between them and the russians. sand from a yacht club's beach

through these human chains. sent to barricade odesa's center. in times past this fun spot would have pleasured rich russians, too. now even if you're aged 11 you know to keep them out. i expect, she says, we'll defend odesa and everything will be okay. then a siren again. off the coast are two ukrainian naval ships pacing worriedly. at any time the russian amphibious landing could hit. they clear out fast. on the shore to strike a pose of defiance. the alert clears and the church begins to sound friendly again as people thin out on the

ground. but the youngest are the last to leave. and for kira, age 3, these up and down days in the dark are too much. i've lost my train toy, she says. oh, wait, it's over there. parents who can only hope this happens so rarely they never think of it as normal. out east of here, the new russian fake world that wants to envelope theirs is unfolding. these videos showing apparent aid trucks. ukrainian officials warning they are part of a movie scene being concocted in which russia will hand out aid to face a crisis of its own making. although at first contact the pr operation doesn't appear to be going that well.

the night before locals filmed this civilian convoy arriving in town, possibly the fake locals intended to provide public support for russia's occupation. theater we've seen before in crimea and donbas. but in one village around a taste how the future may look for russian units out alone. these soldiers hunted, locals said, by actual local huntsman. now their radios, uniforms, maps, call signs, vehicles even are in the hands of the people who know the land and have shown they can prosecute their grievances. russia's wars are ugly, but here in remote hamlets that won't back down is where they'll get uglier still. nick paten walsh, cnn, odesa, ukraine. >> and lawrence freedman joins me now. he's an aemeritus professor of

war studies at kings college, england. thank you so hutch for being with us. i want to start on the news there. do you make of the cease-fire in humanitarian corridors that russia has declared while at the same time we have nato and u.s. intelligence saying putin plans to, quote, bombard cities into submission? >> it's obviously good news if you can get out people who have been having a terrible time and need food and medicine as well as rest from the bombardment. you have to assume that when these people are out the bombardment will be stepped up and there'll be a harder push to get into the towns. so it doesn't necessarily make a lot of difference to the outcome of the -- of these battles, as it were, but it's obviously welcome to get as many civilians out as possible. >> yeah. bigger picture, you've said

putin's war so far has, quote, gone spectacularly not to plan. so what have been putin's biggest miscalculations so far? >> well, there are so many of them. i think that the first is he's fighting a ukraine of his imagination. as all your correspondents have shown, this is a country with a very strong national identity and will to fight. they're defending their homeland. he had in mind this was a non-country with little identity, the wooden fight, and that it would be possible in really short order to get to kyiv, take out zelenskyy, install some sort of puppet, turn it into a neutral demilitarized country that wouldn't cause russia any problems again and it would be slowly reunited with his view of russia. and that was always a fantasy. it was never going to happen. but beyond that, there's all

sorts of strange military mistakes, which may not be putin's responsibility. the limited use of the air force, the reliance on quick moves without proper backup to, for example, on the first day to kyiv. the logistics is clearly in the west now, especially in the north and south it's a different matter for the russians. so it's hard to think many think it looks particularly impressive from the russian military perspective. >> we heard ukraine's president saying again yesterday condemning nato for not establishing a no-fly zone over ukraine. but, you know, that's a lot more difficult and dangerous than it sounds. so just take us through how feasible that would actually be. >> i mean, basic problem with that is effectively it means nato is declaring war on russia. if it happens it means nato

would not only have to be attacking russian planes in the air, but it would also be having to go through fences and so on. this is how nato would do it. those two additional points, first is actually a lot of the damage is to ukrainian cities. it's not being done from the air. it's being done from the ground with artillery or cruise missiles from a distance. and actually the ukrainian air force is still going. so i can understand obviously anybody in zelenskyy's position would be anxious to get as much practical support as possible, but i don't think this was ever likely. and that has been reaffirmed again. and i think it's dangerous to exaggerate the difference it would make even if it didn't lead to a sort of dangerously

escalatory response by the russians. >> as we just saw in the piece there by our correspondent, many ukrainian civilians are joining the fight against russian forces, overmatched though they might be in foreign fighters it appears some americans and canadians are also joining the fight. so i wanted to ask you two questions on that. first of all, how effective do you think there'll be, and secondly do you think civilians joining the fight russia might see all civilians as combatants which could lead to much greater casualties, many more innocent people being killed? >> i mean, this is a war for cities. there hasn't been some big battles, you know, in the countryside. there's been ambushes of convoys. the ukrainian strategy compared to the russians has been quite cunning. they've attacked logistics and convoys on the move. so in the battle for cities then

an armed militia, a local militia could make a difference because it's sniping, it's ambushing. and we've already seen even when they're unarmed that civilians can embarrass and get in the way of russian movement. so i think a mobilized population is one of the achievements of the ukrainians. it makes everything more difficult for the russians. it obviously means that a lot of people are putting their lives at risk, and that will have consequences. but it also has deterrent effect for the russians, that they've got to be quite careful how they approach some of these cities. i'm afraid one reason why they're probably relying on artillery and battery places rather than just trying to walk into them. >> we'll have to leave it there but thank you so much for your analysis. really appreciate it. >> my pleasure. just ahead here on "cnn newsroom," the u.s. secretary of

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the only way we can implement something like a no-fly zone is to send airplanes into airspace and that could lead to a full-fledged war in europe. president biden has been clear we're not going to get into a war with russia. >> u.s. secretary of state antony blinken there warning of the consequences of a no-fly zone in the skies over ukraine. the acranian officials have been urging the u.s. to implement one. listen to this. >> translator: today the alliance's leadership gave the green light for further bombing

of ukrainian towns and villages refusing to make a no-fly zone. >> secretary blinken was also told the european union is ready to cause more economic pain for russia. he met with the eu commission president in brussels friday. blinken said the war in ukraine may not be over soon so the two sides should keep up the pressure on moskow. he she said the eu is ready. >> we know this conflict is far from over, and be very clear we are ready to take further severe measures if putin does not stop and reverse the war he has unleashed. >> so for more on that and the consequences of the sanctions on the global economy we're joined by natasha bertram from brussels and elainy giokos is standing by. putin's plans to, quote, bombard

cities into submission are dire, ominous. what more are we learning? >> reporter: telling me yesterday that the idea that the u.s. and nato have is that russia is going to increase its bombardment of cities over the coming days and weeks. and this comes as russia has had a lot of difficulties seizing the cities in ukraine it has tried to get over the last couple of weeks including kyiv. they've had major issues, major stalled convoys getting into that city and now they're trying to do an all out bombardment. and they're going to bow sending according to a u.s. official up to 1,000 mercenaries into ukraine as the russian forces, again, are killed in very large numbers, as injuries skyrocket, and this marks a shift in the russian strategy here. earlier we had seen they were targeting primarily military targets. now we see they're primarily targeting or at least increasingly targeting civilian

targets including infrastructure. all the warnings yesterday from the eu, from nato, from the u.s. this was going to get a lot worse before it gets better. >> yeah, not what we want to hear. natasha, ukraine's president as we were just saying has been very consistent and vocal about the need for a no-fly zone, and some u.s. lawmakers are echoing those calls, but again we're hearing the biden administration pushing back. what are they saying? >> they've essentially taken this off the table, and that was one of the first things nato secretary-general jens stoltenberg said yesterday. he said nato does not want to send boots on the ground into ukraine and do not want to send planes into ukrainian airspace because of that risk of escalation with russia. essentially they'd have to shoot down russian planes and that would cause poejy an international conflict or world war 3.

zelenskyy saying at least give us fighter jets or give us an ability to have increased security in the air. for now the u.s. is not considering that. the secretary of state said planely during his remarks as well that's not on the table at the moment. >> interesting. we want to go now to elainy giokos. the sanctions on russia are causing problems. we're seeing that here in the u.s., with huge spikes in gas prices, for example. what are the markets telling us now? >> reporter: just hearing how the political tensions, the geopolitical ramifications are heating up, these are exactly what the sanctions are made to do, try to squeeze putin into a corner to de-escalate isn't going to have the desired effect. but vladimir putin is of course very calculated in the way he's gone about his business the last couple of decades. he's created strong economic partnerships, created reliance

on his commodities, oil and gas which has been very important. of course ramifications of a much higher oil price has hit just around $120 a barrel on the global crude front. it basically means inflation for the rest of the world and economic pain for the rest of the world. and basically means all the companies, all the sovereign wealth funds that have had any kind of exposure to russian assets, russian people, russian businesses, it means they have to now try and divest, how to figure out how to pay people and also make sure they don't violate the sanctions currently in place. i want you to take a look at the entire list of global companies that have been implicated. it is enormous and it also pertains to small and medium sized enterprises. it is the tourism sector, and the mother of all sanctions is actually putting sanctions of oil and gas out of russia. just so you understand this is

the third largest producer of oil and gas from the world. european countries rely on oil and gas from russia as well, and this is going to have enormous ramifications. how do you balance out putting putin in and corner and ensuring the global issues and global consequences are not going to be painful as well as we're coming out already the economic pain with the global pandemic. >> appreciate those insights. thank you both, natasha bertram and elani giokos. before we go to break another example of ukrainian defiance. standing before russian soldiers you can hear a woman saying get out of here. a crowd joins us telling the soldiers get dressed and leave ukraine.

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hello and welcome back to "cnn newsroom." i'm kim brunhuber. the latest breaking news this hour russia says it will allow humanitarian corridors out of two cities in eastern ukraine. and those exit routes agreed to with ukraine should be open right now. they also declared a cease-fire effective a couple hours ago along those corridors and it remains in effect for another 4 1/2 hours. the u.s. says about 92% of the forces russia staged for its invasion are now inside ukraine, and we're learning russia is poised to send-up to 1,000 more mercenaries to ukraine. and according to both the u.s. and nato russia is prepared to, quote, bombard cities into submiz, a move likely to cause

even more significant civilian casualties. we're also learning around 100 people could be trapped in the rubble of a wrecked apartment block. it was hit by shelling on wednesday. the town is just northwest of kyiv has seen persistent shelling in the past few days. and we should add in a phone call with the german chancellor on friday russian president vladimir putin called news of russia shelling ukrainian cities, quote, gross propaganda fakes. the managing director of the ukraine forum at chatham house and she joins me live from london. thanks so much for being here with us. i want to start with what you make of this latest cease-fire in the humanitarian corridor in those two cities. >> we observe the failure of russian blitzkrieg so to speak to take over kyiv and decapitate ukraine from its leadership. and we've seen the quite heavy shelling of civilian buildings

and encirclement of cities themselves where russia is moving from annex crimea to connect and create the land bridge. what is striking is that these cities were resisting, the ukrainian army was putting up defenses that led to quite substantial entrapment of the cities after russia destroyed the city grid and water supply. it's shocking to see these images of mostly elderly grandmothers with grandchildren fleeing. it's good news for those who want to leave because there will be an increasing lack of food, of course water and other supply while men stay behind. we have to carefully watch how this corridor will be implemented because russia is known for its brutal practice of violating some of the previously agreed terms. >> i want to get a bit more on that block aid of mariopol.

they've been laying siege to it for days, cut off electricity for heating. this in the depths of winter. some people were comparing it to nazis susurrounding leningrad. how dire is the situation there right now? >> it's quite dire. that is some even say it's medieval, sieges of the city. think about what are we thinking in the # 1st century? this is russian tactic to basically put so much pressure through civilian intimidation and death that ukrainian leadership will capitulate, and also want to show to the russian population how ukrainians are suffering allegedly not from their own bombshells but from ukrainian armed forces. it's very cynical and brutal but we've seen russia doing this in syria, and we let them do it. so now they're unpunished and

they're continuing creating crimes. and i must say that we have to carefully document all crimes against ukraine, crimes against peace and war crimes. >> so with all of that obviously a humaneitarian corridor is much needed, but is there a fear there might be a darker side to this especially since nato and u.s. intelligence have been saying putin, quote, plans to bombard cities into submission. could this be an effort to get more civilians out of there until the city is eventually pounded into submission? >> absolutely. we all hear from u.s., from france, from nato that in the coming days this war is likely to get worse. so what is needed, you know, on the part of ukrainian authorities, that's why they were demanding these corridors is to evacuate the most vulnerable so that whoever stays in the city will be able to

defend it. but let's also remember that russians may use this pause to restock problems with their logistics. so they're also using these humanitarian corridors as part of their military strategy. >> so give us a sense about the strategic importance of mariopol. what would it mean if they fall to russia? >> russia emphasis objective is to take all southeast of ukraine, that's the minimum. and what is key about mariopol, it's the major port. almost all ukraine grain export is going through there, steel. it's a major port. that would actually deprive ukraine from access to sea. and if russia takes over that is already trying to control odesa, ukraine will be landlocked, kind of squeezed from all sides.

and that creates a lot of pressure for ukraine. and of course we will see more of these battles, and we should be watching the upcoming battle for odebtsa where actually there will be -- we already see russian ships starting to shell and mount possible offense on aodesa. >> finally before we go we heard ukraine's president again demanding nato establish this no-fly zone across the country. do -- do ukrainians really think that is a viable option considering the possibility of it might trigger another world war? >> there's a global pain and we see it in all cities from berlin to london, ukrainians complaining, the president is complaining. i think this is one of the options. it's the scream of desperation to say we need to protect ukrainian skies.

but ukrainian government is also working on another trap, which is to provide air defenses, asking member nato states. honestly i think there is much more that is done by individual member states of nato than by nato, providing fighter jets. all of this is very much needed so even without no-fly zone ukrainian air defense that still stands would be sustained. >> all right, we'll have to leave it there. really appreciate your insights on this in london. thank you so much. we want to show you the moment of an air strike wednesday right in front of kharkiv's administration building. have a look at this. this man here was in the midst of talking about distributing monetary donations when the attack happens, sending debris flying and forcing him to take

cover. watch here. now, this video shows how these attacks can happen without warning for locals on the ground. now, earlier cnn's erin burnett spoke with a kharkiv resident sheltering in place with her family. she took this video showing the city's historic freedom square in ruins as russia carries out the strikes in the region. here's a bit of their conversation. >> i know you were emotional, so emotional when you saw a school, and i just want to play your video and what you said on that video when you saw that school. here it is for our viewers to see. >> here is a place for children. i hope nothing happens here.

>> tatatiana, it must be so -- >> it's not just a school. it's a place where children can learn something, to play music or be artist or sing or dance and they took picture of the exact name of this place and i can transfer it to you now. when i saw this i saw some costumes, like some colorful costumes for shows, i don't know like dancing. it's awful. i really hope no one was there at that time. i know that after this explosion we had like ten people died and more than 35 had needed help, more than 35 people.

so -- and i'm not sure if there were children among them. it's awful. >> awful, indeed. coming up on "cnn newsroom," some of ukraine's youngest and sickest were already fighting for their lives, now war is forcing them to flee. we'll follow with them on their journey to safety. stay with us.

i brought here a child and i want to go back. ukrainian people won't give up. ukrainian people fight. i don't believe we give kyiv or any city. we won't give up because if we give up it won't be stop war. >> the news that civilians will

be allowed to leave two cities comes as refugees are leaving to escape the fighting. millions more will make the journey as well. thousands of people like those you see here pouring out at the border are desperate to escape from ukraine. fortunately, other countries are offering to take them in. the brazilian president has signed an executive order allowing ukrainian citizens displaced by the war to live and work on a humanitarian visa. the masses of refugees fleeing ukraine include children with serious illnesses. arawa damon rides along a train to carry them to safety and find the medical treatment they desperately need. >> reporter: the train speeds through the darkness and crosses the ukrainian border into

poland. most of these children are from hospices in and around kharkiv. it had the best palative care for children in ukraine. now one of the area's most intensely palm barded. the carriage is filled with a sort of emotion too intense, too incomprehensible for words. but it is also filled with so much love. love among strangers seen in the tenderness of the touch of the medical team, the whispered words of you're safe now. love of mother who will dig up super human strength just to keep her child safe. >> hi. look at that smile. >> reporter: victoria who has cerebral palsy can't sit up. her mother doesn't know what to say. she has so much pain in her soul, her tears just won't stop. they had to get closer to the border with poland before this

humanitarian train could pick them up. ira carried victoria for three days, through the panic of others trying to flee, trains so packed she could not even put her down until now. the doctor worked to bring the families together inside ukraine, to get on this train organized by the polish government and warsaw central clinical hospital. it's a trip that could have killed any one of these children even without a war. that reality had the medical team so understandably anxious we were not permitted to film anything until the children were safely onboard and stabilized. >> how old are you, sophia?

5. >> while this train was heading toward safety ira heard that her town was bombed. ira follows quietly as victoria is carried off the train. they are now away from their home that was filled with such love, a home and family that may no longer be. arawa damon, cnn, warsaw. >> and if you'd like to help people in ukraine in need of shelter, food and water please go to cnn.com/impact, and you'll

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shane redefined cricket in the 1990s and 2000s. he was a legend of the game. he elevated to cult status at a time when pace bowling was dominating our game. our thoughts with all of those who knew and loved shane and rodney. >> all some sad news from the world of cricket. shane warne widely considered one of the greatest to ever play passed away suddenly from a suspected heart attack. he was just 52 years old. have a look here. this was the zeen in his hometown of melbourne. people bringing flowers and paying respects as his statue. cnn's patrick snell looks back

at his remarkable career. >> reporter: shane warne is rarlded as not just one of the greatest cricketers of all-time, a showman and entertainer with a flare of brilliance when it came to spin bowling taking over 1,000 international wickets in 1993 setting him on the road to global sporting stardom. warne with his very first delivery producing the ball of a century, the ball spinning so dramatically it left the opposing batter absolutely bamboozled. >> without question the greatest ball he ever bowled. that will live on long after all of us are gone. it is that ingrained not only in cricket folklore but in sporting fol folklore. he had cut through and he had this ability to transcend the sport he played. >> warne 708 test wickets the

second highest of all-time. he was part of his world cup triumph in 1989 and inducted into the sports hall of fame in 2013. the revered leg spinner at times the subject of tabloid headlines was the charismatic mega star cricketer turned pundit and businessman. a cricket icon whose death is being widely mourned. players from cricket west indies and england mens team play paying their respects. tweeting i cannot process the passing of this great of our sport, greatest to turn the cricket ball. while the last tweet from warne himself came in tribute to the life of another australian contradict great, rodney marsh who had passed away hours earlier. on friday meantime australia's test captain honoring warne. >> we love so much about warne,

you know, his showmanship, his charisma, his tactics, the way he just willed himself and the team to win. the game was never the same while he was around and never be the same after his passing. >> shane warne was just 72 years of age. >> and more tributes from around the world are pouring in including this tweet from australian prime minister scott morrison saying in part austral krns are woken in shock and sadness the awful news of the death of shane warne. shane was one of the greatest cricketers of all-time. and australian batsman david warner had this, i'm lost for words, this is exteamly sad, my thoughts and prayers go out to his family. and a competitor of warne's, former captain of the indian national cricket team paid tribute to his friend saying,

quote, i'm shocked, stunned and miserable, we'll miss you, warne. there was never a dull moment with you on or off the field. as we said shane warne, cricket legend passed away from a suspected heart attack on friday. he was just 52 years old. and that wraps this hour of "cnn newsroom." i'm kim brunhuber, our breaking news coverage of the war in ukraine continues. you're of course watching cnn. do you have a life insurance

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this is cnn breaking news. good morning to our viewers here in the united states and all around the world. it is saturday, march 5th. i'm john berman with brianna keilar. this is a special edition of "new day." and this morning, new developments in the russian invasion of ukraine. they are changing very rapidly. a senior u.s. official warns that russia is planning to bombard cities into subpoena mission. and there is word that russia is planning to deploy up to 11,000 more mercenariries. russian troops