for the foster kids who need it most— at helpfosterchildren.com hello and welcome to our viewers joining us in the united states and all around the world, i'm michael holmes coming to you live from lviv in ukraine and we're following the breaking developments in russia's assault on this country, this hour, the russian defense ministry expected to allow the opening of humanitarian corridors from four ukrainian cities including kyiv and mariupol, this comes as ukrainian civilians increasingly caught in the cross-fire as russia intensifies its attacks.

now, this video shows russian missiles streaming towards dnitsya an airport just south of the capitol kyiv, residents say the airport is destroyed. also witnessing the brutal reality for civilians on the ground in ukraine, intense russian shelling hit the town of irpin, complicated evacuation efforts for residents trying to flee the fighting. irpin is on the outskirts of kyiv and in the path of russian forces ramping up efforts to encircle the capitol. now this next video may be disturbing to some viewers, shows russian strike targeting irpin literally as ukrainians were trying to leave.

now the mayor of i irpin says a family was killed in the strike, eight people killed during the evacuations. volodomyr zelenskyy accusing russia of planning deliberate murder. >> translator: it seems it is not enough for the russian troops. not enough ruined destinies, crippled lives. they want to kill more. for tomorrow, russia is officially announced an attack on our territory, our defense facilities. most of them were built decades ago when there was soviet government. they were built in cities and now they are in the urban setting where dozens of people work and hundreds of thousands live nearby. this is murderer. deliberate murder. >> now since the start of the invasion, russia has fired 600 missiles, according to senior u.s. defense official who says moscow now has 95% of its

amassed combat power inside ukraine. the u.n. says more than 360 civilians have been killed, but the real number is likely much higher. >> we've seen very credible reports of deliberate attacks on civilians which would constitute a war crime. we've seen very credible reports about the use of certain weapons and what we're doing right now is documenting all of this. >> now russia's assault continues to be met with strong resistance, ukrainian national police special forces say this video shows members taking out two russian tanks. this is a small village northeast of kyiv. amid all of this, a growing refugee crisis, of course, ahead of the u.n. refugee agency says more than 1 1/2 million people fled ukraine and crossed into

neighboring countries in 10 days, he calls it the fastest growing refugee crisis in europe since world war ii. meantime, growing questions whether russia is actively targeting civilians or doesn't care what it hits. cnn's alex marquardt reports from a small village west of kyiv devastated by a small aircraft on friday. >> the small country road is now lying in rubble, collapsed homes and a deep crater where a russian missile struck. the attack, caught on a village security camera hit the home of igor megiav in a small village about 15 miles from kyiv where he was with his family. now they're gone, killed in an instant, five family members and a friend, including his 12-year-old daughter who was disabled in an accident with a drunk driver, his wife just 46

years old and his son in law, the father of his grandchildren. today, mozharev, black-eye and face bruised picked through the debris trying to find belongings and documents. there was a brief moment of happiness when he found one of his missing cats, but the reality of how his life is forever changed has not yet sunk

in. >> reporter: there is simply no explanation for all of this destruction, for the death that happened here. there is no military target around for miles. this isn't a strategic village or town that needs taking. so as the kremlin continues to deny that they are targeting civilians, it is indiscriminate attacks like this one that show the reality of what is going on here. olga lives down the street and points to a map that was used to pull the children out of the rubble. it's too much for olga and for millions across ukraine who are in utter disbelief about what is happening to their home.

praying, and pleading and the violence to end. alex marquardt, cnn, ukraine. >> now music can do many things, of course, and one of ukraine's top music stars is using it to boost morale for ukraine's fight against russia. ♪ >> that was a song called "not your war" by one of the country's most popular acts. the group's lead singer, sladislov using his star power to draw support to fellow ukrainians, no stranger to

social activism, visiting soldiers, bringing food and fuel even singing with the troops in the moments between battles. ♪ [ singing in foreign language ] >> sladislov joins me here live in lviv. everyone here knows you. you're one of the most famous figures, politician, activist and of course, music star. you've been out visiting the troops, you've been to a military hospital. tell me what you have seen and what the morale is like. >> first of all, thanks for having me here, and it's great to talk to such a big audience and the morale is very high. i'd would say it's higher than anybody in the world expected. from my opinion, ukraine is to me the bravest nation in the

world and i'm proud of that. so wherever i go, a hospital in zaporizhzhia, empty streets of shelled and bombed streets of kharkiv, military units, everybody's ready to fight, everybody stands by other people and like ukraine is 40 million people, it's an army ready to fight. everybody on its place. >> and i only heard a little while ago, you just joined up with the territorial defense forces. >> yeah, i did, because i think i really am convinced that everybody in this country, all men should do that and this is an example that we are all equal and we all fight for our country and sadly i will continue doing what i do now, going to the east and boosting up the morale, and helping people, because i think so far for the time being it's the most effective thing i can do but i'm officially commanded to do that -- >> but you will fight if you

need to? >> no doubt. >> one thing, on your facebook you have posted messages direct to the russian people, who were these messages? >> these messaged were very simple. you can stop the war more effectively to anyone in the world. if millions of flood the streets and say stop, crazy putin, millions, not thousands, that can be changed. remember the collapse of soviet union in 1991 when millions flooded streets of moscow, that worked. i don't want now russian people to stay home and say we are for peace but doing nothing because at the end of the day, when we will win the war, if we do nothing, they are to blame, the whole country, not putin, the other thing i say appealing to the murothers of soldiers. i say take your children home, otherwise they come back like, you know, in packages and we don't want you to feel that. if you don't want just to go out to the streets for ukraine, do it for your own children.

you can stop it. >> the music industry here has been pretty united in this environment here. what else are they doing, your industry, it's not just you, other musicians. >> many people join territorial defense. other people are helping once again in hospitals, vauolunteerg so everyone is united and everyone, you know, celebrities and ukrainian well known people are doing the same job. we want to win the war and will fight to the end because this is our model and we don't have any other choice. >> several weeks now, one thing that keeps coming up, people hear, like, i think around the world, just didn't think this would happen. can you believe what is happening right now that russia has invaded your country? >> i will tell you, honestly, i had some feeling, internal feeling that one day it would happen. because russian elite does not recognize the very existence of

ukrainian nation so it's similar to some iraq states formerly didn't want to recognize the state of israel existed so in their political dna they just don't want ukraine to go independently, but it's our choice, we want to be european nation. we're not a part of russian world and sadly, we will fight. if they kill our children, women, we go even more furious and we will fight until the last boot of their soldiers are out. >> what do you think putin's plan is? >> i don't know. he's crazy. i'm not sure anybody can predict him but we need to be ready for the worst and that's why the claim to control the sky over ukraine is not just cry for help. it's very practical thing, and some say that it might trigger world war iii. i actually believe the opposite is the truth. so if we don't do it, if we don't stop putin now and if he is a able to win will be the

dpin beginning of a nightmare for the world, and all countries including united states and europe opinion allies who are now cautious to deal with russia will inevitably be doing much more than even now they want to do. so the more effective we stop him now, and the quicker we stop him now, the better for all nations. so not only a no-fly zone but certainly military aircraft and antidefense missiles is much needed. ukrainian soldiers are ready to fight but you look, they're shelling our cities, killing children, women, destroying hospitals, kindergartens so this is crime against humanity, this is world war ii hitler crimes, that scale. >> what, i'm just getting to know your music in the last couple of days. i can say -- our ukrainian staff

here were so excited we found out you were here so we brought you here. you were such a big figure in this country. what is your message to ukrainians? >> to ukrainians it's very simple. i'm no winston churchill but it's very simple to what he said, in the darkest hours of 1940 to brits. so we will fight, we wion't surrender, we will fight on the beaches, land and sea everywhere, we shall never surrender and fight until the end. i know that i mean it and 40 million ukrainians mean it and 20 millions of ukrainians soldiers need it -- >> thank you so much for being with us. we're going to be back after the break with a lot more. give us a ukrainian song as we go to break. >>. [ singing in foreign language ]

>> we will be right back. do stay with us.

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safety. the exodus has been so overwhelming in neighboring areas that tank cities such as this one in moldova popping up around the border. u.n. says 1.5 million people fled since this began and escalating at a pace europe has not seen in decades. >> we have not seen in europe, a crisis escalating so fast since the second world war. that's a long time. because, of course, in europe, there have been many refugee crises including in the balcans with bosnian wars now it's 1.5 million in 10 days. >> and these images coming to us live from kyiv at the moment, this is a check point manned by ukrainian forces as civilians

start to evacuate those towns, corridors meant to be opened up, you can see civilians moving through there. these corridors, been a couple of attempts in mariupol, the port city, over recent days and both of those attempts ended with continued russian shelling according to ukrainians and that collapse, basically, and people were forced to basically go back to a city that had no food, no running water, no electricity. they weren't even able to go back and collect the dead. so heartening scene here. this is just outside kyiv, people making their way out from the violence, that is some good news there. all right, now i want to bring you two views of the city where i am now, lviv, in the west of ukraine. in a moment, i'll show you how some people who worked with ukraine's most vulnerable children hope lviv can be a haven but first, cnn's scott mclain takes us to the city

train station and talks with those whom the city promised of escape. >> reporter: with each new round of bombing and shelling comes a new wave of people seeking refuge outside ukraine. many arrived in the western train hub of lviv, people lined up outside the doors of the station for the next train to poland. those who wait are almost entirely women, girls and boys who suddenly look a lot like men. this family fled central ukraine, yulia left her murkts father and brother behind to fight the russians now going to poland with her mother and two boys aged 1 and 16. >> when my husband left he said to my son, you're the man of the house and now at 16 years old he's become a ground man. our children need to have a childhood they shouldn't become adults under these circumstances. >> well into a week in the war, there are swarms of volunteers handing out food and hot drinks

and heated tents for a break from the brijd winter cold, but sometimes, tempers still flare. this woman says she's been here since 5:00 a.m. with her 10-year-old son. >> translator: i don't have any other choice. i came from far away. i need to evacuate my child. am i husband stayed. >> reporter: exhausted and frustrated, a volunteer suggest she try a bus to the border. there are line-ups for those too, standish room only to make the 50 mile journey to the pedestrian crossing to poland, cancer patient, tetiana wanted to stay in kyiv but said the bombings were getting too close to home. >> crash, crash, crash, crash, crash -- >> reporter: as darkness arrives so does this family, three days from across the country from a individual in kharkiv, trying to

find where to stay the night but resigned to sleeping in the car. her elderly mother and husband stayed behind. not only has to get her own children to safety but her friend's daughters too. >> i don't know when this nightmare will end. i'm so tired. >> reporter: back at the station, the next train won't leave for another four hours, but for the masses of people here, it's worth the wait. scott mclain, cnn, lviv, ukraine. >> but leaving the country isn't an option for all ukrainians. some can't, some don't want to. the eu estimates 7 million ukrainians could be internally displaced by russia's invasion with the number of refugees fleeing the country potentially much higher than that. major fighting hasn't reached the city of lviv here in western ukraine where i am, but that could change.

a children shelter in western ukraine, kids being kids. no parents looking after them, though. they're foster children from tro troubled homes, around 700 evacuated here, safe for now, but already scarred from this war. >> you could tell the kids were very worried when they arrived, when they heard the first siren here during the day, some had a panic attack. they were looking at me with their scared eyes, shabing from anx anxiety. >> several humanitarian organizations helping shelters like this take care of the children and the many more who will come in the days and weeks ahead. the russian military, not in this part of the country yet. >> translator: we are ready. we only hope that the situation doesn't get worse here. because then we will have to move somewhere with all those kids to, and it is scary.

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welcome back, developing for you, russian defense says it's opening humanitarian corridors in four major cities to allow civilians to evacuate, in kyiv, kharkiv, under heavy bombardment of course, sumy and mariupol, got these images to bring you i believe these are live pictures at a checkpoint manned by ukrainian forces. we've been seeing in the last few minutes, civilians leaving that, through that checkpoint there and you can see some more there on the right of your screen, leaving as well.

obviously, some very relieved people there. now all of this coming after a russian military strike hit an evacuation crossing in a kyiv suburb on sunday, a family with two children, several other civilians were killed in irpin. irpin is north west of the capitol, been targeted with intense shelling for days. we must warn you the next images are graphic. and debris you can hear it there falling on the building. as the dust cleared, someone seen pulling the ukrainian soldier away, see running out, grabbing him and pulling him away and others go to the aid of that family that are across on the other side of the street. now, u.s. defense official,

meanwhile, is estimating that russia has fired 600 missiles since the invasion began and 95% of its amassed combat power is now inside this country. u.n. says over 360 civilians have been killed and admits the real number is likely much higher. >> today is forgiveness sunday, but we cannot forgive the hundreds upon hundreds of victims, nor the thousands upon thousands who have suffered and god will not forgive. not today, not tomorrow, never. and instead of forgiveness, there will be judgment. >> now that video shows russian missal shooting towards an

airport about 120 miles south west of the capitol, ukrainian president volodomyr zelenskyy says the airport is destroyed. there is, of course, still resistance all around the country. a video published by the ukrainian national police shows a number of officers ambushing russian tanks using rocket propelled grenades. now, more than 1 and a half million refugees have fled ukraine in the past 10 days. the u.n. says it is the fastest growing refugee crisis in europe since world war ii. turning now to the ukrainian defense of the city of mykolayiv which has kept it from falling into russian hands so far, but nick payton walsh reports for us the civilian death toll is rising as russia repeatedly targets that city with rockets. we do warn viewers, some of the images are disturbing. >> reporter: putin needs it, but he's having real strubl getting it. drive to the last ukrainian position outside the port city

of mykolayiv and you can see the mess made of the kremlin's plans. even the z russian propaganda says it's for the de-nazification they ridiculously be claimed to be acting. its captured, their missiles on display, along with their names. >> it says the army of russia. >> reporter: further down the road are the rest of the russian tanks, but one was left behind. and now, farmers, pensioners and bemused locals are picking it over. the model may be newer but the empire it seeks to restore is long gone. estimate just saying it goes forward but doesn't turn around. the same can't be said for its crew who fled.

the ukrainians here are a little gleeful this keeps happening. >> they needed to do that. they didn't have much of a choice. >> reporter: then, a warning -- >> helicopter coming. >> reporter: a helicopter is spotted and we have to leave. rushing in, the weapons, they stated has hit the russian goliath with again and again. the kremlin is sure to impose a cost on anyone it can. ground rockets have slammed into

homes regularly. this woman thinks she has broken her back. my house collapsed on me, she says, then they pulled me out. there are no other patients in this hospital. all the injured treated here died in their beds, we're told, including one 53-year-old man brought in on sunday morning. across town, the rockets, apparent costume munitions that seem to fall just anywhere, from cars to vegetable gardens. at the morgue, the toll is growing. at least 50 bodies, they told us, 20 of them incinerated in a russian missile strike on the

naval port of kharkiv, they said, the elderly who would have survived being a soviet citizen but not this. russ lan has worked here 16 days straight and from crimea where russian propaganda still poses the narrative versus the nazis

they show us the corpse of a russian soldier and ask us to film him up close, which we don't do. loathing here set in deep and lasting with each body in the ground. nick payton walsh, cnn, mykolayiv, ukraine. >> all right, much more from ukraine coming up, but first, let's head back to atlanta, my friend and colleague, rosemary church, hi. >> hi michael, thank you so much and we'll see you at the top of the hour. coming up on "cnn newsroom,"

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ties with russia over its invasion of ukraine, american express is the latest credit card company to end operations, its globally issued cards will no longer work in russia and streaming giant, netflix, joining entertainment companies poising operations in russia, it will stop selling and providing its video service there. but two global giants are not abandoning russia, coca cola along with fast food giant mcdonald's continuing to operate there and that has angered ukraine's foreign minister. >> upset to hear that companies like coca-cola and mcdonald's remain in russia providing their products. it's simply against basic principles of morale to continue working in russia and making money there. this money is soaked with

ukrainian blood. >> ukrainian president volodomyr zelenskyy says the sanctions being imposed are not enough and nations must do more. >> translator: the aggressors audacity is a clear signal to the west that sangctions impose against russia are not enough, they haven't felt them over there, they haven't noticed the world is truly resolute, seeking to stop this war. you will not hide from this reality, you will not hide from new murderers in ukraine. >> and major energy companies are feeling the economic pressure, both in russia and beyond. russia's second largest oil firm, luke oil is breaking ranks with president putin and calling for an end to the war. and u.s. secretary of state antony blinken says the u.s. and allies are discussing what to do with russian oil imports. >> we're adding to the sanctions virtually everyday, we're doing it in coordination with europeans.

when there's a difference between us, a loophole on one side or the other we're closing it, and when it comes to russian oil, i was on the phone yesterday with the president and other members of the cabinet on exactly this subject and we are now talking to our european partners and allies to look in a coordinated way at the prospect of banning the import of russian oil while making sure that there is still an appropriate supply of oil on world markets. >> more than 4,500 people were detained across russia sunday in connection with antiwar protests. that's according to an independent human rights monitoring group tracking detentions in the country, in st. petersburg, video posted to social media shows antiwar protesters in a violent altercation with police. cnn geolocated and verified the authenticity of the video which was taken on sunday. in new york city, the war on

ukraine has shaken a tight-knit russian and eastern european neighborhood known as little odesa, cnn's talked with residents there who strongly opposed the conflict. >> tra . >> reporter: here on the board walk next to the ocean. >> putin is a killer! >> reporter: anger about the war in ukraine, and about the man who started it, russian president vladimir putin. born and raised in russia, south of moscow, she came to the united states eight years ago. >> i think that he's drunk with power and i'm not sure what goals he tries to pursue, but i just hope that he will wake up one day, look in the mirror and ask himself, is he happy with what he's done and one day the answer will be no and he will step away and he will keep his hands off the people out there. >> reporter: the board walk in brooklyn's brighten beach neighborhood where the noisy train rumbles over businesses

that have signs in russian. so many people of the countries of the former soviet union live here, the neighborhood is also known as little odesa. she moved here about five years ago. lilia, you are from russia, what do you think of putin? >> putin, is a killer. putin is killer. >> reporter: putin is a killer she says, this shouldn't have happened. we lived together with ukrainian brothers and sisters. this has to be stopped. inside the grocery store full of russian specialty foods and delicacies, we meet michael who moved here 20 years ago from russia. >> governments should have negotiated, there shouldn't be war with this. >> reporter: do you think russia has any business invading ukraine? >> probably not. >> reporter: up the road a bit, a traditional russian bathhouse with a tv tuned to russian news

and clientele tied to the country of the former soviet union. ukrainian, owned the business decades and said everyone should be here. >> all of a sudden we're being divided saying you're ukrainian we hate you, you're russian, we hate you, it's just not so. nobody wants this war. >> reporter: here, she says both her parents were sent to a gulag during world war ii for poli political activities, emigrated. >> it's like a 20th century war in 21st century and i feel hopeless knowing what putin could do, it could be a forever war. >> reporter: back at the beach, ana stagia says for her, this is

unbearable. >> i lost my sleep. i lost my appetite. i cry everyday i read the news. and can i just say one thing? russian? >> reporter: yes. >> [ speaking in foreign lan language ] i said please hold on, we're together here for you, and everything will be good, because there's no other way. >> reporter: the people we talked to here were passionate and eloquent, but nobody is optimistic that this will come to an end soon. instead, people seem frozen in fear about the next terrible thing that will happen. it's a traumatizing time in little odesa, this is gary tuchman in new york. >> new details on arrest of wnba star britney in russia and what affiliations are saying about her detention.n.

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welcome back, everyone. well, there is a lot of mystery surrounding the arrest of russia wnba star and two time olympic

gold medallist brittney griner, officials near an airport in moscow reportedly found cannabis oil in her luggage next month but news of the arrest just went public over the weekend. cnn world sport anchor, don riddell with the details. >> one day after we learn the ame american basketball star brittney griner arrested in russia, announced they were helping with her case. secretary of state antony blinken spoke briefly about griner's situation. >> with regard today individual you mentioned there's only so much i can say given privacy considerations at this point. let me just say, more generally, whenever an american is detained anywhere in the world we of course stand ready to provide every possible assistance. >> much about this case, however, remains unclear. news of griner's detention only

emerged on saturday when russia's federal custom service said an unnamed female basketball player had been arrested at a airport near moscow in february. news agency later identified the citizen as griner. a custom service claimed griner was carrying vape cartridges containing hashish oil in luggage, the seven time wnba star could be facing a jail sentence up to ten years. now further complicated by the invasion of ukraine and the global condemnation of hostile actions, may inhibit the ability of u.s. to help, while actively applying sanctions against russia and trying to not further escalate tensions in the region. given her case, her wife exemplifies on instagram, thank you to everybody wishing my wife's safe return from russia.

please honor our privacy as we work on getting my wife home safely. meanwhile, a great deal of concern for brittney griner's health and well being, iranian journalist telling me, quote, it appears to be the most audacious hospice taking by a state imag imaginable, calling for griner's release and release of other american citizens held in russia on twitter. spent 244 days unjustly held in prison by russia. thank you, we'll be back in just a moment on ukraine for more of the breaking news coverage.

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and welcome, joining us in the united states and all around the world, i'm michael holmes coming to you line from lviv in ukraine where we continue to follow breaking developments and the russian defense ministry says it is opening humanitarian corridors from four ukrainian cities including kyiv, and in mariupol where shelling over the last few days has made it too dangerous to evacuate civilians.