. hello and a very warm welcome to our viewers joining us in the united states and right around the world. i'm isa soares. we are following breaking news coverage of the war in ukraine just ahead right here. >> it is not clear to us that all of the soldiers that russia has put in the ukraine realize that they were actually going to invade ukraine. >> ukraine is independent. >> there are far more people coming over by foot than we have seen since the beginning of this. >> i just want to live in peace

and freedom. this is cnn breaking news. it is 11 a.m. in ukraine where we're learning another 9 civilians have reportedly been killed by a russian airstrike that hit an apartment building overnight. ukraine's state emergency services say two children are among the dead. this happened in the northeastern city of sumy which is covered in an intended cease-fire as you can see on your map. russia proposed the cease-fire to allow refugees to evacuate safely and minutes ago we have learned ukraine and russia have agreed to human any karen tori door from sumy. most of the escape routes lead to russia or to a staunch ally, belarus where many ukrainians simply just don't want to go.

russia is accused of targeting some of the existing evacuation routes. residential areas are facing increasing bombardment according to a u.s. defense official. we can see the smoking rubble of what appears to be an apartment complex. . explosions rang out monday in the southern city of nikolais. the pentagon says nearly all the russian troops russian troops

are present in the northeast and the south. odesa, kherson and crimea. the ukrainian president was seen in his office. he's not leaving, not hiding and not afraid. he believes the u.s. president can do more to stop the war in ukraine. have a listen. >> american people, they speak about freedom and they know what it is and now when you are looking at ukrainians i think you feel what that has meant for us. so we are not far from you. we are not far from you and that's why americans, if you see and you understand how we feel like, how we fight against all the enemies for our freedom, support us. support us and not only with words, with direct steps. do it. >> not just words, he says.

talks between russia and ukraine on monday once again resulted in no major break through for russian and ukraine foreign ministers are scheduled to meet again on thursday. the united nations says the war in ukraine is driving the fastest growing refugee crisis since world war ii. that's just counting the people who have fled the country. many others are displaced internally. the mayor says they're struggling to provide food and shelter. he's calling on the international community for urgent help. the u.n. says more than 1.7 million people have crossed into neighboring countries since russia invaded and that number is expected unfortunately to keep rising. meanwhile, heavy fighting broke out in the wide area on kyiv on monday. clarissa ward went to a train station as families hurried to escape the assault. >> at the kyiv central train

station a crush of people trying to escape as russian forces hit closer to the capitol. many here have just been evacuated from the hardest hit areas. few know where they are going next. ala and her family made it out of the kyiv suburb of bucha earlier this morning, leaving behind her 81-year-old grandfather. he didn't want to come with us. he decided to stay, she says. he's old. he can't run very fast and we had to leave so quickly. i don't know what's happening there now. it's so scary. this is what remains of the place she calls home. burnt out husks of russian armored vehicles, entire apartment blocks destroyed. i don't understand how you can shell peaceful people. we never wished harms on anyone. we were friends with russia. we have relatives in russia, she

says. they just want to erase ukraine from the face of the earth. it's that fear that is fueling the sense of desperation here. >> the minute they announce the next train going west, you can see everybody just scrambles to try to get on it. down below the platform is packed. the people remain calm. they rush in to help an exhausted elderly woman who has fallen on the track. close to departure time confusion sets in. another train arrives and people run across the tracks hoping to catch t. finally the train to lviv arrives. pushing and shoving as people jostle for space. let the women and children go first, one man shouts. another weeps as he hugs his wife good-bye. sonya, i love you, he calls out. he waits for the train to leave, eyes locked on the window for

what may be his last look. >> heartbreaking report there from our clarissa ward reporting from kyiv. scott mcclain joins me live from lviv. they're traveling through to escape the war. scott, we have heard in the last few hours russia has opened humanitarian corridors to allow them to get out? has that been met? they failed disastrously over the weekend here? >> reporter: yeah, things are not looking good. the russians are offering these out of a handful of cities but they're all going to russia or to belarus, something that ukrainian president says is really just a cynical attempt to get ukrainians fleeing into russia where they'll surely be greeted by russian tv cameras to aid in the propaganda war. the red cross, which is sort of facilitating the humanitarian

corridors on the ground, look, both parties need to agree on the need but also on the fine beer details, who can leave, exactly when, the route they will take. the outcomes of that, it's simply fos simply not going to work. yesterday there was a third round. the ukrainians said small progress was made. the russians said that they were discussed extensively. they continue to blame the u yanians. the ukrainians see things much differently. you can't allow people to leave when there's heavy shelling going on from the russians. whatever happens with the corridors, they cannot come soon enough. there are places running out of food and water and no water and heat. and it is supposed to be the

coldest week ukraine has had in several weeks. >> as we've seen in the report from clarissa ward, people packed into that train, they were leaving to lviv. we've seen so many in the last few days. how is the city, lviv, where you are coping with the surge of displaced ukrainians, scott? >> yeah. each one of those stories that clarissa told in that piece, that really heartbreaking piece, none of those stories are unique. they're stories we heard over and over again hundreds of thousands of times with all of the people trying to get out of this country. obviously as cla rissa reported many people arrive in lviv, still a relatively safe part of the country. from here they try to board trains out or they try to get on the bus for border and cross on foot where you saw there is long lineups. you can go by car but you may wait for 24 hours or longer at all of the checkpoints and waiting to actually get across. a lot of people have resigned

themselves to staying in lviv or they're in lviv only because they have to be because they've maybe made several attempts to get out towards poland already and it's failed. it's difficult if you're traveling with elderly people, traveling with small children. you can only wait outside in the cold reasonably so long. the mayor of lviv says his city has essentially reached its capacity to help. he says 440 schools and other cultural buildings are being used to house and feed people on top of 85 churches and other religious buildings. he says he needs help from international aid organizations, they need food, water, bullet proof vests and they need foreign volunteers to administer all of the aid. >> scott mcclain, thank you very much. the pentagon says that large russian military convoy outside of kyiv is still stalled but

it's not clear for how long. satellite images show the scene outside the capitol as you can see there. the pentagon says it appears much of the convoy is made up of supply trucks with some combat vehicles mixed in. meanwhile, european leaders say there is assistance. pentagon john kirby says they're trying to capture mayriupol. >> what we assess is they continue to get frustrated. they continue to rely now more on what we would call long-range fires. missile bombardment. missile strikes into city centers that they aren't in yet at least not on the ground in any significant number. so we're seeing that. that has been leading to, as you

would expect it would when you're relying more on long range fires, you're going to cause more damage and kill more people and injure more people. >> let's get more on this. joining me from london, the director of ukraine at chatham house. good morning. great to have you back on the show. in the last few days we have seen some severe actually shelling from russia major cities, even as they've promised to have a cease-fire. they are advancing closer to kyiv and odesa. what is your assessment of what you are seeing? >> what we are seeing is basically a consistent strategy of vladimir putin to take over the south of ukraine, to create that land bridge and also to prepare battle for kyiv. i mean, we are watching these

heartbreaking images of kharkiv being bombarded, the second largest city. mariupol is there already under the siege. and what we will see in the coming days will be an attack on odesa. they are gearing up for an attack on the capitol. we see this bizarre statement by the former president calling zelenskyy to capitulate. so they are preparing political and military ground for a regime change the way russia sees it in kyiv. >> let me break that down slightly more if you don't mind. let's start with southern ukraine because we have seen them taking hold of crimea. pentagon has their eyes on mariupol. what is their strategy on the southern point of ukraine as we look at the map right here? >> so obviously the strategy is to take as much ukrainian territory as they can and the south, mariupol is the strategic

port. ukr ukraine's trade is almost entirely going through mariupol. they want to land lock ukraine by basically taking over the southern strip that would connect crimea through ukraine all the way through occupied moldova. >> hold on. we're hearing the secretary of state antony blinken is about to speak. let's listen in. >> we were together just a few weeks ago in washington on the eve of this terrible aggression by russia against ukraine. i think we both recognize that this was more than possible, it was probable. we of course were hoping for the best, which was not to have a war with aggression by russia, but prepared for the worst and

what's been so important is that over many months working closely together with estonia, working with nato allies, working with european partners, working with other countries around the world, we were prepared and prepared to make sure that we were doing everything possible to support ukraine, prepared to make sure that we would do everything necessary to strengthen nato and its eastern flank, prepared to carry forward our commitment to impose massive consequences on russia if it committed aggression against ukraine, and we've done all three things. now as we were discussing today, it's very important to sustain all of those efforts and not only to sustain them but to build on them and that's what we're working on together. that's what we're working on

with nato allies and partners, that's what we're working on with the union and countries around the world. the fact that it's 100 years of partnership through many ups and downs but always that consistent partnership between our countries, i think that is very meaningful because we're reminded today especially of how important it is that we have that partnership, that we have the alliance that joins us and that we have the extraordinary coordination and cooperation that we've experienced over the last months especially and i think we're both determined to see that continue. so it's wonderful to be here. i wish it was under a different circumstance but the circumstances really require it. finally, i just want to reiterate one thing because it's

so important. president biden is absolutely committed to our nato alliance, committed to article 5, the proposition that an attack on one is an attack on all and he's made very clear repeatedly, including to the american people during his recent state of the union address, that we will defend every square inch of nato territory if it comes under attack, if it's on the receiving end of aggression. and it's important that i reiterate that message from the president here in estonia. thank you. >> thank you. quick remarks as well. thank you. >> you having listened to the u.s. secretary of state there, antony blinken, meeting the foreign minister there yesterday. he was in lithuania trying to

have a show of unity and giving the same message he's given in the past few days that they're committed. the nato alliance and that president biden is committed to the nato alliance and saying the attack from one is an attack on all. yesterday we had a similar message from antony blinken. we will defend every inch. no one should doubt our readiness and resolve. >> i want to go back to our guests just before we heard from the secretary of state there and i hope you're still there with me. thank you. i'm sorry to have interrupted. i'm going to ask you, you were talking about the importance of mariupol and taking the southern part of ukraine. finish your point there. why is this so important, taking the southern part of ukraine here for putin? >> so the eastern ukraine will connect, a necks crimea to much-needed water resources,

energy resources, but also it will land lock ukraine and cut it off from the black sea and as i was saying, the seaport of mariupol and verdannes that are there are key for ukrainian export, for the world actually export of cereal. this will have a cascading effect on the global economy, markets, middle east, africa, china. we should remember the effect of that occupation on the global economy. >> we heard in the last 24 hours from the pentagon really that russia has been relying more on long-range fight including missile strikes. that can no doubt only increase the number of civilian casualties we've seen on the ground. how do you see the next few weeks playing out? do you think they'll take kyiv or do you think ukrainians can hold the city? >> look, i think they will definitely try because we see all those preparations underway.

the military preparations, they're trying to take over airports around kyiv to supply that takeover by russian troops, the alleged deployment of the special chechnyian national guards. they have put in more of their elite fighters on the ground to take the capitol. and obviously that political preparation of former president sending a letter to zelenskyy asking him to concede is the plan of installing some kind of a puppet regime that would later on wage the war on the rest of ukraine. let's remember, russians were not planning to fight a long-term occupation of ukraine. they want to undermine ukraine with ukrainian help and they are failing to massively do it. >> you mentioned about the fighters. reports are circulating russia may be trying to supplement its

forces by enlisting syrian fighters. how troubling is this? >> obviously this is very troubling because we do know the kind of syrian cities, the way they look, aleppo and others after the urban warfare. what is also troubling is the russians are stationing their artillery in the civilian quarters so this would prevent the ukrainian forces to prevent from destroying them. we will see a huge toll civilian tolls are going to take. russians are using civilian shield. very cynical. very close to war crimes n. violation of geneva conventions and i do know that ukrainian international human rights lawyers are already reporting these incidents for the future special tribunal on aggression that russia wages. >> thank you very much for your time and your perspective.

appreciate it. still to come right here on the show, mow pain at the gas pump as the price climbs to an all-time high in the u.s. we'll have the numbers up next. >> we don't have a strategic interest in reducing the global supply of energy and that would raise prices at the gas pump for the american people.

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global markets continue to be rattled by russia's assault on ukraine. there is so much volatility you can see. a little over an hour into the trading day across europe, we did begin in the red. we're seeing things turn around vitally but it is incredibly volatile. we'll keep an eye on those numbers. we're watching u.s. stock futures for hours until the opening bell on wall street as you can see there as well. very different picture from what we've been seeing in the last few days. stock markets closing and the s&p 500. the nasdaq closed down more than 3.5% and it's now in a bear

market. while stocks slip, oil prices are surging. prices not seen in nearly 14 years. the price of gasoline in the u.s. has reached an all-time high according to the oil price information service, the average price perfect gallon of regular gas climbed to $4.14 breaking a record set in 2008. the white house press secretary talked about the president's message. >> the president's message is that he's going to do everything we can, everything he can to reduce the impact on the american people, including the price of gas at the tank. what is also true is that because of the actions of president putin, because he invaded a sovereign country, that created instability in the markets. that is something the president talked about even before russia and president putin moved forward with their actions. >> and those actions have come with consequences. the list of businesses suspending operations with

russia continues to grow. automaker nissan and prada are among the groups to join the list. nissan ceo said they're donating 1 million euros to relief organizations and ready to donate vehicles should they be needed. world leaders are working to put pressure on vladimir putin. u.s. secretary of state antony blinken said they are looking at the possibility of banning oil imports. russian ruble dropped even further against the dollar and now more sanctions are coming. australia and japan are the latest countries to announce further sanctions against russia. cnn's nina dos santos joins me. the sanctions piling up on russia, are they having the desired effect? >> reporter: well, they're certainly having an affect on

the very rich russians. we've seen these trophy assets like yachts being seized in the south of france and italy. that doesn't look good for the elite in russia, but the real emphasis that people are trying to have here is on the average way of life. average russian citizen as well to pile on the pressure there so that your average person understands how economically isolated russia is becoming as a result of its invasion of ukraine. that's where you're seeing many different countries tighten the screws on these sanctions. there can be no place for russian money to hide, these countries are saying. the only outlier in all of this is china because a lot of people are assuming that economically speaking the big one to win from all of this will eventually be china that can mop up various businesses and assets if a lot of these assets are frozen. the russian central bank is

frozen out of the currency markets, u.s. dollar markets. that's worth about $630 billion. we've got numerous individuals and entities unable to do business or travel outside of russia and now we've also got this really heated debate heating up about whether or not to stop buying russian oil and gas. this is very keenly felt here in europe because the eu relies on russia for about 40% of its gas needs and 27% of oil needs. we have members pitted against each other about the merits of stopping the flows of these russian gas imports at a time when gas prices are very high, still winter over here. this is something that antony blinken is trying to smooth over on his whistle stop diplomacy tour. it's not felt quite as keenly because they only rely on russian oil for 2% of imports. the question is whether the united states and other energy partners will be able to make up

the difference if europe does turn off the taps. >> i know we expected to hear from president zelenskyy that the u.k. hasn't done enough in targeting the russian olely gas -- oligarchs. what can we expect to hear? >> it's very likely volodymyr zelenskyy will ask for upping the pressure on the no fly zone that they have been lobbying for. again, we've already seen a verbal preemptive move on the part of the british defense secretary earlier today who's been hitting the air waives on various british broadcasts to put forward the message saying we don't believe that the threat is necessarily coming from the skies. we also believe nato can't get drawn into a war with russia if it engages in putting forth a no fly zone and implementing it.

the one thing the defense secretary did talk about is he would support poland if poland was to lend aircraft to defend their skies. appeals for help, appeals for more ukrainians for visas to come to the u.k. only a few hundred made it to the shores yet. isa. >> that has been incredibly controversial. thank you very much. far from ukraine front lines, suffering the after math of a russian strike. we'll show you the devastation left behind. that is next. due to afib not caused by a heart valve problem. so if there's a better treatment than warfarin that's's a trail i want to tak. eliquis. eliquis reduces stroke risk better than warfarin.. and has less major bleleeding than warfarin. eliquis has both. don't stop taking eliquis without talking to your doctor as this may increase your risk of stroke. eliquis can cause serious and in rare cases fatal bleeding.

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welcome back to "cnn newsroom." i'm isa soares. ukrainian officials say they have reached an agreement with russia to evacuate civilians from the ukrainian city of sumy. that is the same city where ukrainian officials, at least nine civilians were attacked by bombing. russia proposed a cease fire in four other cities to allow the civilian evacuations. ukrainian officials haven't reached an agreement on the escape routes. on monday noerks 2,000 civilians were evacuated. several people including one family were killed as they tried to flee. in all, the u.n. says 400 civilians including 27 children

have been killed since russia invaded. the actual number could be much higher. we are also seeing russia's attacks on ukraine intensify. videos posted on social media shows the devastation. ukraine's military continues to fight back near kyiv and the pentagon says massive russian convoy that's been making its way towards kyiv still remains stalled outside of the capitol. despite that, one senior defense official tells cnn all of the troops that were once amassed along the border are now inside the country. this video taken from social media shows russian tanks taking up positions along residential apartment blocks in suburban kyiv. russia's in discriminant

shelling has left people trapped. many without food, water or electricity. moscow denies deliberately targeting civilians. the scenes challenge that daily. matthew chance has the story. >> reporter: clearing up the broken debris of a shattered homeland. this is the devastation caused by a russian attack on a russian neighborhood. 50 miles south of the ukrainian capitol is nowhere near the front lines. it has felt the rage and the pain of this war. >> we've come inside one of the houses who was affected by apparently random artillery and rocket fire into this residential neighborhood. you can see just how shattered the lives of the family here

were. look. the windows have all been blown out obviously. all their belongings have been left behind as they've sort of gone into hiding. a picture up there of the people who lived in here. a family with children. apparently they've survived this, which is good. of course, when you look at the situation and the way the russians have been shelling residential areas across the country, so many people haven't survived. it's a children's bedroom. you see over here, look, the bunk beds. it's fallen down. and of course in the panic and evacuation the kids have left all of their toys. it just shows you, no matter

where you are in this country with russia attacking, lives are being shattered. >> this is a close friend of the family who were nearly killed. god father to the three children who escaped with their lives. now he has one request, he tells me, for the united states. please, close the skies over ukraine. if we can just contact nato and ask them this, everything will be fine. otherwise, he warns, putin will cross ukraine and threaten the wh whole. the bunker, it's terrified children singing ukraine's national anthem. it keeps them calm. russia invades a whole generation of ukrainians is

being united by this war. together as they shelter from the horrors above. matthew chance, cnn, in ukraine. and still ahead right here, ukraine could be one step closer to joining the european union. why becoming a member of the block matters even as russian forces continue their assault. that's next. lavender baths calmed him. so we made a plan to tururn bath time into a business. ♪ ♪ find a northwestern mutual advisor at nm.com

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i'm joined by natasha bertrand in brussels. the fear is that with war on their doorstep they could be targeted next. so there's clearly a need to protect them. how quickly can this happen? talk us through the process. >> reporter: well, it's unlikely to happen very quickly at all, isa. this is a process that does not happen overnight, over a matter of months or even years. some nations that have tried to join the european union have been waiting over a decade. so it is a very long, drawn out process. it is a complicated process. ukraine has been asking if it can expedite its candidacy. is e.u. leaders will be meeting to discuss fast tracking. they could punt this question to the european commission because there is not total unanimity whether the ukraine should join

or be on the expedited track. the european commission could that i can up, do a review and that could take a year and a half, two years. it's a very complicated question. of course, ukraine is in the middle of a bloody and brutal war. this would allow the ukrainian president and leadership to give the people a morale boost. at the end of this war we will be european. that's what he said last week. we are not only fighting for ourselves and ukraine, we are

fighting for the whole of europe and the international order, frankly. the ukrainians say they feel european, they feel they have met the standards and proven themselves as european. the eu says it does support their aspirations but not everyone believes that now is the time to be focusing on that. rather, they believe they should be focusing more on the immediate needs of the ukrainians in terms of weaponry and humanitarian aid, isa. >> thank you very much, natasha. some have already escaped attacks on their cities, but these ukrainian women are staying to support the fighters on the front line. we'll bring you their stories straight ahead. thanks, gary. and for unexpected heartburn... frank is a fan of pepcidid. it works in minutes. nexium 24 hour and prilosec otc can takeke one to four days to fully work. pepcid. strong relief for fans of fast.

ukrainian defense ministry says it's formed a special unit to fight the russian invasion thanks to thousands of foreign volunteers. the international legion has sent outcome bat missions. the number has exceeded 20,000. it has become disturbingly clear that ukrainian civilians are

targets in this war. the u.s. ambassador are concerned about women and children. for some women want to stay and support some women who stayed to support their loved ones. >> reporter: in a volunteer center in lviv, moms whose husbands and children have taken up arms gather supplies for those fighting for the east. >> we understand we need to hold strong. like a fist, like this, and we have very strong faith. we believe that we will win and this will hold us together. >> reporter: irina works for a group and she has recruited more than 100 women to pack boxes around the clock. >> nonstop, nonstop. >> reporter: everything is donated, medicine, toiletries, all kinds of prepackaged food. >> reporter: looking for things that are easy to prepare, add

water to, troops and families. . nothing stays here for long. the work is hard. the war is harder. angela's husband left for the front yesterday. >> my husband, yesterday -- >> he's a doctor, a veteran of the soviet war in afghanistan. >> does it help to work here, stay busy. >> translator: we are doing what we can. we keep on praying. people ask how you are not crying but you know crying doesn't help. each person does what they can. >> reporter: angela is in the reserves as well, but for now she's taking care of her family and volunteering. >> reporter: thank you for your strength. you give me and everybody strength. >> translator: thank you very much. >> reporter: in another building more mothers, more volunteers

making camouflage netting to hide tanks and artillery. >> let me teach you. do you see? just like this. >> reporter: elena's son is already in the fight. what made you want to come here? >> translator: we need to protect our country. it is difficult to speak. my husband is in the army since 2016. i didn't want to let him go and he said who will go if not me? how will i be able to say that i hid in shelter? so he left and it was extremely difficult for me. >> reporter: many in this room have had to flee their homes in kharkiv, kyiv. they wonder when the bombs will fall here. >> reporter: if you could talk to mothers in russia, what would you tell them? >> translator: i would tell them to take their sons back. we are also sorry for them. they are also humans.

human life was created by god. how can it be taken away just like that? they will be judged and face punishment like this. you cannot do it. let them take their kids. >> reporter: this war has many fronts and for mothers there are many ways to fight. anderson cooper, cnn, lviv, ukraine. >> beautiful piece. on this international women's day, our thoughts here at cnn are with the extraordinary women of ukraine as you just saw there in that piece, those on the front lines fighting for their country. those tightly holding on to their little ones as they put on a brave face, as they flee this war and the many others that you saw in that piece staying behind to look after loved ones, those who are sick and the elderly. we are in absolute awe of your bravery as well as your resilience. and if you would like to help people in ukraine who may be in

need of shelter, food, water, please go to cnn.com/impact. so far 40,000 donors have raised more than $3.2 million. and i want to bring this -- this coming in to cnn. ukrainian officials say the sumy evacuation corridor which we mentioned at the top of the hour is now operating. a cease-fire said to be in effect. they can leave the city safely. of course, we'll keep you updated on the evacuations and the possibility of other humanitarian corridors today throughout the day on cnn. that does it for me. thank you for your company. i'm isa soares. our coverage continues on new day with brianna keilar and john berman. you are watching cnn.

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. this is cnn breaking news. good morning to viewers here in the united states and around the world. it is tuesday, march 8th. i'm brianna keilar with john berman. we are following breaking news this morning. evacuations for ukrainian civilians leaving the northeastern city of sumy this morning are underway. if russia stops attacking for a few hours, that is. the ukrainian government agreeing to an offer from russia to set up a humanitarian c cor corridor. russia originally offered humanitarian corridors in five cities. none of the other four have been agreed to at thi