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ukraine's government will go along. they don't like the fact that most of those routes lead to russia or belarus. now the country's armed forces issuing a statement earlier saying it is difficult to trust the occupier. sumy's regional governor says evacuations will continue in that city for a second day. as many as 5,000 people did manage to leave on tuesday. that's according to the ukrainian president's office. ukraine accusing russia of bombing the city from the air just a few hours before that. authorities say 21 people were killed, two of them children. and the southern city of mykolaiv is having explosions lighting up the night sky there. city leaders asking residents to bring tires to every intersection to stop the russian advance. the port city of mariupol another flash point. residents there have been without water or electricity for days now. ukraine claims russian forces

struck an aid convoy trying to bring in vital supplies. a senior u.s. official says the city is virtually surrounded. ukraine president volodymyr zelenskyy once again urging a no-fly zone and more sanctions on russia. >> translator: the war midwest end. we need to sit down at the negotiating table. honest in the interests of the people. not obsolete, murderous ambitions. >> oren liebermann with more now on the developments on the ground. >> reporter: in northeast ukraine, not far from the russian border, the city of sumy was supposed to be safe, if only for a few hours. ukraine and russia agreed on a single evacuation corridor open for half of tuesday. but the agreement has not protected the city. the announcement came after ukrainian officials say a russian air strike killed 21 civilians, including two children overnight. russian strikes have destroyed homes in the i strks flattening neighborhoods.

western leaders have accused russia of targeting preapproved safe routes in ukraine. the city of mariupol in the south has been isolated by russian forces according to a senior u.s. defense official, cutting off hundreds of thousands from water and electricity for days. but that official says the russian forces have not entered the city. >> we feel putin feels aggrieved, the west does not give him proper deference and perceives this as a war he cannot afford to lose. >> reporter: estimates are russia has lost between 2,000 and 4,000 troops in combat, but they still retain an overwhelming amount of combat power with new advance east of kyiv. russian forces have still not been able to encircle kyiv with the assault stalled from the north. ukraine says the russian invasion has killed more than 400 civilians to date, including 38 children, calling it genocide and accusing russia of war crimes which russia denies. russia's invasion has now created more than two million refugees, according to the

nations. while millions flee, others stay to fight. in irpin on the outskirts of kyiv, a ukrainian police officer says goodbye to his son. for how long, no one knows. ukrainian president volodymyr zelenskyy addressing the british parliament. >> translator: we will not give up, and we will not lose. we will fight until the end at sea, in the air. we will continue fighting for our land, whatever the cost. >> reporter: he showed once again his mixture of composure, defiance. zelenskyy urged western nations to ban russian energy imports, a move president joe biden announced today. >> russian oil will no longer be acceptable at u.s. ports, and the american people will deal another powerful blow to putin's war machine. >> reporter: the european union says it will cut russian gas imports by two-thirds this year

and phase out russian oil completely before the end of the decade. a daunting goal since europe relies much more heavily on energy imports from russia. meanwhile, in moscow, the russian stock market remains closed for the eighth consecutive business day with the ruble in free fall. oren liebermann, cnn at the pentagon. >> well, ukraine's first lady is accusing russia of carrying out the mass murder of civilians, and she is extremely worried about the suffering of refugees. olena zelenska posted an open later on tuesday that reads, quote, look into the eyes of these tired women and children who carry with them the pain and the heartache of leaving loved ones and life as they knew it behind. and the u.n. now says more than two million people have escaped ukraine in the nearly two weeks since the invasion began. that's an amazing number in a short period of time. the majority heading to poland. but hundreds of thousands have fled to neighboring countries as well. zelenska thanked ukraine's

neighbors for generously opening their borders to provide shelter for women and children and for keeping them safe. >> translator: i was hearing explosions all the time. i was scared because i knew the rocket could hit my house or the home of my relatives. that's what scared me. the soldiers from russia don't want to stop. they don't know where to stop. they're dropping bombs all the time. >> now that boy is one of the more than 1.2 million refugees who have made it out of ukraine and into poland. cnn's scott mclean shows us the situation along that country's shared border. >> reporter: for more than a million ukrainians, the road to safety in poland is filled with checkpoints, bumper-to-bumper traffic, and seemingly endless anticipation. valentina and her family had been waiting to cross the border for more than 24 hours.

they're still nowhere near the front of the line. >> translator: i don't know what's waiting for me and my family. we're going into the unknown, and it scares us. >> reporter: everyone in their cars is willing to wait. closer to the border, even hobble. buses drop people off by the dozens to cross on foot, joining lines that stretch for blocks and for hours. max is taping and zip tying leftover insulation from his heating business to his daughter's feet to make sure she is warm while she waits for hours in the frigid cold. you just wanted to make sure your family got here safe? >> yes. he says us and that so. >> reporter: when they get to the front of the line, max will have to stay behind as a man of fighting age. his in-laws aren't leaving either. >> it's very difficult. it's so hard. my heart is ripped into pieces. my parents stayed back in kyiv region. i don't know even what is going with them now. it's so scary. >> reporter: ilona with her young daughter and godson in tow

fled heavy shelling of irpin just outside kyiv. >> it was terrible. and we left only two days ago. sat on the last train. we didn't believe that in 21st century it can be a real war. >> reporter: valentina also fled kyiv. she's never been forced from her home, but she's no stranger to tragedy. >> my husband died at the chernobyl nuclear power plant. do you understand? and that's what they are doing now. they are destroying the whole world. it is outrageous. people around the world should not be silent. >> reporter: this elderly couple fled kharkiv, but only after spending eight days sheltering in a metro station. on the eighth day, an explosion shook their underground hideout. >> the women were hysterical. i understood this is not going to pass. this horror cannot be endured.

i cannot express it, the fear, the crying children. when i saw a pregnant woman entering the metro, i understood this cannot be forgiven. >> reporter: from here many have no idea where they'll go when they get to poland, or when they might be able to come back. scott mclean, cnn, near the polish border in ukraine. >> now moldova is another country taking in a large number of people fleeing this war. cnn's ivan watson reports now from a recreation center in moldova's capital that is being turned into a makeshift shelter to help people escape the violence. >> reporter: look how people here in moldova are improvising to deal with the refugee crisis from neighboring ukraine, turning a squash court into a place for refugees and for children, some of whom here have been on a bus for more than 70 hours, traveling across the border to relative safety. this is a small country, just

2.5 million people, and it has already dealt with more than 230,000 people streaming across the borders from the war zone in ukraine. they come to makeshift places like this. and i can tell you, refugees are still in shock, but some of them are also very angry and defiant. >> we are ukrainians. it's our land. my son was born in independent ukraine. it's our land, independent. nobody can enter our land. and if you -- if someone is entering, we have to answer, because it's our motherland. we have no other choice. we're a very peaceful people. we're not nazi. we'r please, we want to leave, we want to be happy. stop shooting, please.

>> reporter: this is not a government-run shelter. this is coming with the help of private donations, groups like the jewish community of moldova, taking care of thousands of people at centers like this and others that have cropped up in just the last week and a half. almost everybody we've spoken to in moldova has in some way reached out the help their neighbors from ukraine if not providing assistance, then even opening their doors and housing families as they come through. most of the people here are going to move on to other countries. and they are just the beginning of a much larger flow of civilians fleeing russia's invasion of ukraine. ivan watson, cnn, kishonel. >> now, if you would like to help people in ukraine who might be in need hoff shelter, food, warm chloes, go to

cnn.com/impact. you can find several ways to help if you so wish. we're going take a quick break on the program. when we come back, oil and gas prices spiking as the u.s. slaps a ban on russian oil imports. we'll have the latest in a live report. also, the fighting still raging, but it's already clear ukraine will be facing a costly recovery. now a new plan could be taking shape to help fund those efforts. we'll be right back.

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welcome back. the price of gas in the u.s. has hit an all-time high. according to aaa, the price for a gallon of regular gasoline stands at $4.17. and u.s. president joe biden warning that that price will continue to climb after he announced the u.s. is banning imports of russian oil, natural gas, and coal in the latest move meant to punish moscow for its assault on ukraine. >> the united states is targeting the main artery of russia's economy. we're banning all imports of russian oil and gas and energy.

that means we'll deal a powerful blow to putin's war machine. >> while demand is relatively low, demand is high across europe. but the eu has announced plans to move away from dependence on russian oil by the end of the decade and aims to slash russian import gas imports by 2/3 this year. with more on the latest developments, and anna, how is russia reacting to the west's moves on its oil and gas? >> well, quite strongly. overnight we've had a presidential degree from president putin, and it says a ban will be placed on certain exports and imports, some restrictions on others. no real detail, though, on what that would be or when it would happen. but of course russia being a major producer of energy, but also metals and wheat, commodities in terms of trading today. this would be a problem for

europe if gas were targeted. and that is a threat we actually had about 24 hours ago from the deputy prime minister of russia who said in retaliation for what happened with nord stream 2, germany halting the piping process, they could stop piping gas through nord stream 1, which is the biggest pipeline delivering gas from russia to europe. as you can see from the reliance that europe has when it comes to russian gas, that would be a big problem. it's 40% of their gas at the moment, energy mix. while they're trying to slash that by 2/3 by the end of the year, it is going to take time. even without this big announcement, though, from western allies that they're going to try and sideline russian oil and gas, and they're going to do it in certainly different timelines, that is going to be really damaging for russia. oil and gas accounts for a third, over a third of revenue each year. this is going to hurt. and already, michael, we're seeing that shipper, trader, bankers are making a big shift away from russian oil. they don't want the get anywhere near it. 17% of russia's sea borne oil is

currently struggling to find a buyer, according to jpmorgan. russian oil is trading at a $25 a barrel discount to brent, which tells you a lot. >> yeah. and meanwhile, more corporations are pulling out of russia. what's the latest on that? >> yeah, in the last 24 hours we've had starbucks shutting their restaurants and cafes in the country, unilever, danon, pepsi suspending organizations. they're going to still sell essential items to russians. mcdonald's is the biggest one. they decided to close up shop in russia, at least temporarily. this comes after nearly a week of #boycott mcdonald's trending on twitter all over the world. mcdonald's actually owns the vast majority of its locations in russia. it is shutting 847 of them. it employees 62,000 people in russia. it will continue to pay their salaries, but just think about that. 62,000 people who will not be

going to work. the impact for them and their families, the impact for all the burger loving russians out there, they're going to notice this and hopefully they will question what their government is doing in ukraine, even if they can't see the pictures due to censorship. mcdonald's opened in moscow in 1990 as the soviet union was waning. it was a real icon of american capitalism arriving in the country. and russians queued in the cold for hours to get a big mac and fries. so it's really symbolic to see this brand closing up shop, at least for now. >> yeah, absolutely. anna, thank you so much. anna stewart there in london for us. now each day the conflict in ukraine brings new scenes of devastation. homes, schools, even historic sites coming under fire from russian strikes. and eventually when the fighting stops, as it surely must at some point, that means ukraine will be facing a massive rebuilding project. on tuesday, president zelenskyy said the west plans to help with

those efforts similar to how the u.s. helped europe rebuild after world war ii. >> translator: there will be a new marshall plan for ukraine. the west will form the support package. the british prime minister said this today. a man of his word. a sincere friend of ukraine. >> and for more i'm joined by an economic adviser to ukraine's president zelenskyy. thanks for being with us. revenue from oil and gas related taxes and tariffs account for 45% of russia's federal budget in january. and you wrote an article in "the los angeles times." you said, quote, such payments fund an evil war machine focused on killing ukrainian civilians. the u.s. has now stopped russia's oil and gas exports to the u.s. what more do you want to see done? >> look, for now this is how we see the picture from kyiv. for now for us it's very clear.

we have two fronts now. one front is on the ground where our army, our people, you know, are trying to fight against russian aggression. on the other side we have a second front, and this second front is very clear an economic front. and this economic front is joined already by many countries, and it's very clear that it's leaded by the united states and business decision which was taken yesterday by the united states is really extremely symbolic for everybody. i understand that it is definitely not enough. but what we would like to see, we would like to see other allies, not only of ukraine but of united states for the whole civilized world will join this initiative, will join these efforts, and everybody will be doing the same. each was already done by the united states.

look, in my view, it's very clear, and there are many already estimates coming from the european experts who are saying that u.s. need to be cut off from europe from russian gas and from russian oil. we will not supply this bloody money to russian federation. which they use in order to kill my people. look, a couple of hours ago, several kids were killed in sumy. several hours ago, you know, they destroyed the extra hospitals and houses in my country. so we would like everybody to do the same which was already done by the united states. and in my view, and according to the experts, the loss is going to be really tiny, very small for europe. we are talking about something like in not more than 1% of most, most likely some like 0.5%

declining gdp. but these possibilities, this is, you know, for international security. so we do believe that it should be done, and should it be done immediately. >> what damage -- we know the damage that's being done to this country and to its people. but what damage is being done right now to the ukrainian economy? >> look, 50% of our economy doesn't operate now. 50%. so far it's very, very preliminary estimates, but according to our very, very preliminary estimates, somewhere around $100 billion of our assets are already destroyed. please keep in mind that we are talkling about the country which was able to reach last year a historic maximum of and our historical maximum was around

$200 billion gdp. 100 billion of assets is already lost. and this number is increasing dramatically. so we have destroyed infrastructure. we have destroyed schools. we have destroyed houses. we have destroyed bridges. but the most terrible is that we have killed people. our people are -- >> of course. >> -- are killed all the time by these russian aggressors. >> yeah. of course it's the people that are the focus. but the damage being done. and the other thing too, ukraine exports a large amount of wheat to the world. and that's going to be a big problem as well in terms of flow-on effects outside of ukraine. even if the russian invasion ends, talk to us more about what help ukraine will need once it's over to rebuild. the costs are going to be in the tens of billions one imagines. >> i would say hundreds of

billions, you know, because of rebuilding everything. look, already lost 100 million so, you have to be prepared to write that kind of money. in terms of agriculture, look, for us, this spirit of time is a time when we are doing our land field works. and these field works usually starts in the first decade of march and should be completely ended in the third week of april. this is a time where our companies are working in the fields. we already, you know -- in the time this work has to be started, it's not started then, it's going to be a significant damage not only for ukraine, but also for the world because ukraine is a big exporter of products on the national market. we are number five in terms of wheat on the national pocket.

we are supplying 50% of sunflower oil to international market. so we have to expect that there is going to be a hike in international prices for our commodities which will definitely negatively affect everybody. in terms if you are asking about -- yes, please. >> no no, no. i was going to say yes, a hike in prices for everyone. and shortages also in food. i know that aid agencies are worried about the wheat shortages they rely on ukraine to distribute to poorer nations. i wish we had more time. we don't. oleg ustenko, really appreciate you joining us. we'll chat some more another time. >> thank you very much. and thank you very much for standing with ukraine. >> all right. we will take a short break here on the program. when we come back, as war rages here in ukraine, one letter has become a symbol for those who support russia's invasion. we'll have the details after the

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welcome back, everyone. i'm michael holmes with the latest developments from here in ukraine. and russia's plan for a limited ceasefire to allow for limited aid and evacuations, it's supposed to be in effect this hour. it would provide corridors for

people to leave, among them sumy in the northeast. the regional governor announced that the corridor will stay in operation today. government officials say 5,000 people were able to leave sumy on tuesday. now that evacuation came hours after officials say an overnight russian air strike killed 21 people, including two children. well, there has been no escape for people trapped in the besieged port city of mariupol in the south. ukraine's foreign minister said russian troops are holding 300,000 civilians hostage there, as he put it. and in the northeast, sustained strikes on kharkiv continue, despite the shelling. air raids and strikes on residential districts. the city has not fallen to the russians. >> translator: we've been holding the line successfully for over ten days now. and as you know, we are all fighting against one of the most powerful armies in the world.

our troops have been fighting fiercely and courageously in the kharkiv region and the city of kharkiv itself. and now i would like to say that kharkiv is under our control. we will fight until the end. >> now for the first time in more than a century, the "new york times" has pulled all its correspondents from russia. the paper made that announcement on tuesday, citing russia's new law cracking down on journalists, even referring to the invasion of ukraine as a war. a former moscow bureau chief for "the times" shared the paper was able to weather the rule joseph stalin and the cold war, adding, quote, it's a sad day for the history of "the new york times." now there is one letter that has emerged as a symbol of russia's war against ukraine. that is the letter "z," or zed,

which doesn't even exist in the russian alphabet. but it's been seen on russian tanks and military vehicles. how it is now being used to show support for russia's unprovoked invasion of ukraine. >> reporter: it's impossible not to notice. many of the russian vehicles invading ukraine carry a distinctive mark. trucks, tanks, fighting, engineering and logistical vehicles, they are advancing through ukraine with the letter "z" painted conspicuously in white. the people being invaded have noticed. here in the eastern ukrainian town, an angry crowd swarms after and attacks a single vehicle. its only obvious connection to the war the letter z. >> it's almost certainly some kind of tactical grouping. there is a million different theories what the z means, but i think it's just a marking. it's an easy thing to mark. it's like a square or triangle. >> reporter: in a war where the wanna-be conquerors are not flying their national flag, that single character has taken on special significance. at a recent gymnastics world

cup event, 20-year-old russian competitor ivan kuliak accepted his bronze medal wearing a z prominently on his chest. he was standing next to a ukrainian athlete. the sports governing body described it as shocking behavior. but how do you describe this? terminally ill children and their careers formed a giant z outside a hospice in the russian city of kazan. >> it's disgusting that the state is coopting young children to be propaganda mechanisms for their war. it is dangerous when small little symbols become proxies for being a loyal citizen in an authoritarian regime because who don't wear it, those who don't show the z could be targeted by the state. >> reporter: in this highly produced propaganda video, russian men wearing that letter declare their support for the invasion, chanting "for russia, for the president, for russia,

for putin." an aerial shot shows a giant z, made from the orange and black, a traditional symbol of russian military glory, usually associated with victory over nazi germany. by accident, or design, a character that doesn't feature in russia's alphabet has become an iconic symbol of putin's invasion and a propaganda campaign, to win support among his people. phil black, cnn, london. well, much more from ukraine coming up. let's go to atlanta and my friend rosemary church. r rosy? >> thank you, michael. we'll be back with you very soon. straight ahead, the arrest of two-time olympic basketball gold medalist brittney griner has left supporters anxious about her well-being and fearful that she might be used as a political pawn by moscow.

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welcome back, everyone. well, there is growing concern for brittney griner, the u.s. olympic basketball gold medalist has been detained in russia since last month on drug charges. russian state media say this picture shows the wnba star at a russian police station, but very little else is known about her case, including how long she has been detained and her current whereabouts. russian authorities say they found cannabis oil in her luggage at a moscow airport. she faces up to ten years in prison. u.s. officials say it will be very difficult to secure her release as there are no diplomatic channels right now due to russia's invasion of ukraine. and that is raising fears moscow

might try to use griner as a political pawn. journalist cameron sprole created a change.org campaign to try to secure griner's release. she joins me now from boston. thank you so much for being with us. >> hi, rosemary. thank you for having me. >> so wnba star brittney griner arrested and detained under drug charges in russia, potentially faces ten years in prison, and there is of course concern she'll be used as a pawn in the midst of this war in ukraine. you have gathered nearly 40,000 signatures on your petition, calling for her immediate release. how you think that can be achieved, though, at a time when u.s. diplomatic relations with russia are at an all-time low? >> i don't know that the petition itself can secure griner's release, but i wanted with so much going on with the invasion of ukraine, i didn't want her story line to fall

through the cracks. i want people to remember that she's there and not to just carry on as normal with the 2022 wnba season approaching in may. so if it keeps it in the media and keeps it on the minds of u.s. officials, on the minds of decision-makers in the wnba and beyond, then hopefully we can keep her present on the agenda so that she doesn't just get lost. and just, you know, global story that is catastrophic on so many levels. >> absolutely. and you have written about what you say is silence on the part of the wnba and with only one statement coming from griner's team. what more are you hoping they will do or say? >> i do understand if their hands or tied in terms of what they can say legally.

perhaps who knows if the u.s. government has given them orders on what they can and cannot do. what we don't want to do is make anything worse. and before i even created the petition, i reached out to the wnba and said, you know, as a citizen, just a human wanting to look out for another human, what -- if i take an action, will it interfere with anything that you guys have going on behind the scenes? and although i could not get a clear answer to give me any indication whatsoever of what that might be, i also was not told, you know, no, don't do it. so i felt compelled to just do whatever i could to keep her name out there. and fans want answers. if you look at social media, they are, you know, they're seeing tweets from teams, and they're just like wow, what's happening? are we just going to carry on

with the season and pretend like brittney griner was never part of the league. i'm sure that's not at all what anybody in the league is thinking or what they're dealing with. but perception also matters. and those optics and silence, lack of transparency of which the league unfortunately has been accused in the past, it just doesn't seem like a really good look right now. but i do appreciate, of course, how delicate of a situation this is for everyone involved. >> yes, it most certainly is. we don't know where griner is being held or under what conditions, and that is a concern in itself. but how much do you worry that griner's sexual orientation may have played a role in her being targeted at the airport? and what might this mean for her if she is being held in some unknown facility in russia? >> that is the biggest concern. i've had people ask, well, bring

up the fact that there are other prisoners being held from the u.s. and of course the concern for them has been long-standing. some have been there for years. but with griner being a black woman, a gay woman, an outspoken advocate for lgbtq human rights, that makes her even more of a target. and it's just impossible not to have extra concern for her given those circumstances. >> and we thank you for shining a spotlight on all of these issues. tamarin sprall, thank you so much for joining us. >> thank you. thank you for having me. despite a full-on russian invasion, the people of ukraine still have hope they can win this war. after the break, a look back at the last two weeks of the war in ukraine. >> i left my heart there in ukraine. >> she said i'm afraid. >> we're hoping that the international community will help us.

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welcome back everyone. i'm michael holmes in lviv, ukraine. days turn into weeks for those hold up in bomb shelters, some ukrainians still finding ways to to do the things they love. ♪ ♪ >> a haunting moving performance there. by a ukrainian violinist in a shelter. in kharkiv.

she posted the video on instagram. saying it's a song of her late grandmother used to sing at family gatherings. she says her grandmother survived the occupation of kharkiv in the 1940s. she has no plans to leave the city. >> now tomorrow will mark two weeks since the start of the russian invasion. into ukraine. hundred of ukrainian lives have been taken. more than two million people have fled the country. and russian assaults have laid ruin to many cities. the heartbreak here. the resolve of the ukrainian people unwaivering. he's a look at the war so far. set to the music of glen --. >> my family was divided by war. i left my heart there in ukraine.

>> i'm afraid. >> we're hoping the international community will help us. ♪ ♪ we could save lives ♪ >> i want to believe in peace and freedom. >> this is good-bye. temporarily. >> difficult times. but we're optimistic. we're fighting strong and we will win. >> i told her something will explode. she needs to hold her sister and don't run to me. they need to stay there. and be there for her.

♪ together we can change the world ♪ make it a better place ♪ there will be no hungry children ♪ no more wars ♪ we can all live as one. >> we're living in real hell. i can't imagine something like that can happen. >> the country is strong people. strong nation. >> i brought here a child. and i want to go back. >> ukraine is today the most greatest nation in the world. i'm proud of that ♪ ♪ we can change the world ♪

>> it is horrible to watch what it happening to this country. but the spirit of the ukrainian people i can tell you personally is strong. and unbroken. that's all time we have this hour. i will be back with more from lviv in a moment. ♪ ♪ we're carvana, the company who invented car vending machines and buying a car 100% online. now we've created a brand-new way for you u to sell your car. whether it's a year old or a few years old. we wanna buy your car. so go to carvana and enter yourur license plate answer a few questions. and our techno wizardry calculates your car's value and gives you a real offer in seconds. when you're ready, we'll come to you, pay you on the spot and pick up your car, that's it. so ditch the old way of selling your car, and say hello to the new way at carvana.

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hello, everyone. i'm michael holmes from lviv in ukraine. we're following breaking developments. russia's latest plan for a limited cease fire and opening of humanitarian corridors. has been in effect for