foreign ministers are about to try talking again. this time, in turkey. that's meant to be in about an hour from now. but all previous attempts at dipl diplomacy have failed to yield any real braeakthroughs. and russia's ongoing attacks on civilians will be tough for ukraine to get past. the latest target appears to be a maternity ward and children's hospital in mariupol. we are about to air some images you will, no doubt, find upsetting. they show some of the 17 pregnant women and staff who were visibly wounded in that blast. you can see there is blood and a tremendous amount of rubble. a few hours before the bombing, russia's foreign ministry claimed that ukrainian combat troops were holed up in the hospital, and had expelled patients and staff. clearly, that is not true. mariupol's mayor called the attack pure evil, and said the occupiers will face justice at the hague. the ukrainian president agrees it is a war crime.

>> translator: a strike on a maternity hospital is a final proof -- a proof of genocide of ukrainians is taking place. >> in mariupol in the southeast has been particularly hard hit as we have been reporting. but the ramped-up attacks are also unfolding in other key parts of ukraine. the areas in red, showing where russian troops have been gaining ground. but perhaps, what's most egregious about the maternity ward attack is that it happened during what was supposed to be a cease-fire. a cease-fire, proposed by russia that was meant to help civilians trapped in mariupol to escape. cnn's sam kiley picks up the story. >> reporter: we are really stretched. whatever cars you have, send them here. he says air strike, maternity hospital. this was russia's response to a global appeal for a cease-fire to evacuate a city of a million people. a bomb dropped next to a maternity hospital in mariupol.

it's hospital number three. inside, a frantic search for survivors. early reports say that there were more than a dozen injured. a miraculous outcome to an attempt to a mass killing at a place where lives should begin. many women and children had already fled to underground bunkers after a week of russian' bombardment. ukraine's president renewed his pleas for nato to drive russia from his nation's skies, after the hospital air strike. >> translator: everything that the occupiers do with mariupol is already beyond atrocity. europeans, ukrainians, citizens of mariupol, today, we must be united in condemning this war crime of russia. >> reporter: evacuations from other towns have been more successful. but still, very limited. around 700 people, mostly women and children, were bussed out of the site of europe's biggest nuclear reactor which was

captured recently by russia. >> translator: the shops are empty. there is nothing there. not enough medical supplies. we're tired. we need to eat and rest. >> reporter: it may seem extraordinary but these are the lucky ones. they have escaped from a shadow of a nuclear power station and the clutches of russian troops but in comparison to what people are enduring in mariupol, this is good fortune. julia volunteers at a refugee center set up to receive people fleeing her hometown of mariupol. it's empty. she's been waiting a week for news from home of her husband and daughter. this morning, she got a brief call. how is your daughter doing? >> my daughter told me she loves me. >> of course she does. >> actually, how she is -- she is alive -- she is doing, like, all the children doing now in mariupol. almost no food, no drinking

water, no electricity, it was -- last night they have no heat and sitting in cold basement and some cots. >> her small family is live inning a bomb shelter with hundreds of others. she says they can only survive another few days. then, they will have to surface perhaps to face more of this. sam kiley, cnn. >> now, ukrainian officials often use two words to describe attacks like this -- war crimes. but the nation's top prosecutor says the current legal structure is not enough to investigate alleged war crimes in ukraine, so she called for new investigative mechanisms as part of a special war crimes trib yunl for her country. here's why. >> into hospitals and schools, killing our children. these are war crimes and crimes

against humanity. >> and she joins me now, here on set. and thanks so much for coming in. what kinds of war crimes do you think you will be able to prove as we go forward? >> michael, thank you very much for this invitation. very important to speak about this. of course, we speak about war crimes, about crimes against humanity, about war, and of course about genocide. but what we have now in ukraine, every day, we have innocent civilians who are killed, murdered. yesterday, you remember, it was a hospital in mariupol. every day, we see them bomb to schools, to just civilians' houses and, every day, we have more and more deaths. >> war crimes are often hard to prove. are you confident that there will be the proof of war crimes

and the evidence to hold those responsible? >> we prove everything. now, we have thousand cases in ukraine. we have big case against top military and politicals in russian federation and the propaganda agent because what we see now -- yesterday, before this bomb attack on the maternity hospital, russian speakers from ministerial defense told that national troops were in this hospital. >> yeah, that ukrainian troops were in there. >> it is absolutely untrue and we are ready to prove and in national courts and our jurisdiction. i am very thankful for the prosecutor general from now five european countries who started their own investigations by the own legislation. and what is important to me -- we will make joint investigation team and we do it together. and we will be successful. and -- and i am sorry, michael, another platform is of course international criminal court.

and we now understand that our judicial front will be successful because we have a lot of good lawyers, a lot of top people who are inside the country, statesmen and women and we will. >> how important is it for ordinary ukrainians that there is accountability for what has happened here? >> how important for ukrainians? it's -- it's a question of life and death, actually. i am from kharkiv. i am russian speaker, and maybe 100% in kharkiv, people who spoke russian before this war. that's why for ukrainians, very important to stop this war. this is cruel, brutal war. you remember chechnya. >> yeah. >> you remember syria. and what -- what is these people who were responsible for chechnya and ghazni? nothing. and just look at the -- and now,

i am very scared that whole civilization world decided that ukraine are, okay, let's speak about this later. but not gentlemen and women. it's very, very important if we not stop putin now, the war will be in other houses. in houses of europe and other part of world. >> it is notoriously difficult to lay or get indictments for people high up in the chain of command. some people say that vladimir putin's own statements are making him indictable. do you think that vladimir putin could be charged? >> i am sure, yes. and he and his authorities and whole people who -- who -- um -- agents of his propaganda and that russian citizens who are just silent and look at this. and try not to see all of this. and i ask russian citizens, stop this war. because if you don't stop,

you're war criminals, too. i want -- if it's possible, i want to demonstrate this projectile was in the [ inaudible ]. he was with his family. he tried to hid in the attic. and his mother could not even took them -- her son. after several hours, she went again to the and several hours from her one region of ukraine to other region to ukraine, try to -- >> and this is evidence for you. >> and this is evidence, of course. and we have a lot of, lot of such evidence. >> yeah. this is -- this is a huge piece of a bomb fragment that came out of a child's chest. um, does it complicate matters that ukraine is not a signatory to the icc? the u.s. isn't, russia isn't.

does that complicate things or it doesn't matter? >> actually, certain countries referral. and now, the prosecutor of international -- um -- criminal court started his own investigation. russia did not sign, that's why it's impossible to go with the crime of aggression. but for this, imagine for this crime, we decided to make maybe special military tribunal. because for us, this plitication, it's very important, too. but it's now a question how to do it with competence of international criminal court. >> right. thank you so much, prosecutor general of ukraine. appreciate you coming and making the time. very important for ukrainians that there is accountability for some of the things that have gone on. >> it's very important for us. we are very appreciated the american citizens with us. i feel it. i see it. and i hear it every day. thank you very much, michael.

>> appreciate you coming in. thank you so much. that's the prosecutor general of this country joining us now. um, and all right. now, a warning, once again, we are about to air some images that you might find disturbing once more. they show bodies being placed in mass graves. this is also in mariupol. which was hit hard early in the invasion. has now been under siege for about a week. two city officials say about 1,300 civilians have been killed there since this all began. we can't independently confirm that figure. but you can see, the pictures. that figure goes far beyond, by the way, the u.n.'s estimated death toll of 516 which is for the entire country, and clearly is a vast underestimation. just horrific scenes there. well, new diplomatic efforts set to begin amid the growing civilian toll. the ukrainian foreign minister will meet with his russian counterpart sergey lavrov in turkey next hour. now, kuleba says that he will

try to get the most out of this. his expectations, though, are not high. jomana karadsheh joins me now from where the talks will take place in turkey. jomana, so much at stake. these are the highest-level talks since the invasion began. what does each side want? what can we expect? can we expect anything tangible to come out of this meeting? >> well, look, michael. the -- both foreign ministers arrived here in this really beautiful resort town. a gulf and spa resort town in southern turkey on the mediterranean coast, quite a world away from the war zone they are expected to meet as you mentioned in the next 45 minutes or so. we are already seeing bilateral meetings taking place between the turkish foreign minister and his ukrainian counterpart. of course, the turkish foreign minister will be attending those meetings. trilateral meetings between both the ukrainian and the russian foreign ministers.

this is really coming after a serious diplomatic push from turkey, the turkish foreign minister, and turkish president, recep tayyip erdogan, for the past few days and weeks have really been working the phones to try and get a meeting going. they tried to bring president zelenskyy and putin together but, for now, this is the meeting that they have managed to facilitate. and, you know, turkish officials, michael, are quite hopeful that this is going to be, in the words of the foreign minister, a turning point president erdogan hoping that this will crack open the door to a permanent cease-fire in his words. but i mean, realistically, michael, no one is really expecting any sort of a major breakthrough here, especially when it comes to the major issues at the heart of this conflict for both countries. you know, the russians are saying that this is an important continuation of the negotiations that have been already taking place. the ukrainian foreign minister as you mentioned saying that he

doesn't have very high expectations but he is going to try and make the most out of it in his words to try and get the maximum out of it. he is coming to these talks with three main issues we understand from a statement he made yesterday, and that is a cease-fire, and then quote/unquote liberate our territories, and to try and resolve the catastrophic humanitarian issues on the ground. you know, while he's not really expecting any sort of a breakthrough, at the same time, he says he is coming to these talks from a position of strength. they feel confident with the support that ukraine has gotten, with the fighting that the ukrainians have put on -- on the ground. and also, the sanctions that russia has been hit with. so, we will have to wait and see what comes out of it. michael, but also a very important development late-last night. we heard from the director general of the iaea, the international atomic energy agency, saying that he got an

invitation from the turkish foreign minister to meet with the foreign ministers of russia and ukraine here. saying that he is going to try and hopefully make progress on the safety and security of nuclear sites in ukraine. >> all right. appreciate the update there, jomana. and keep us informed of how those talks go. jomana karadsheh there in turkey for us. just after 9:00 a.m. here in lviv and let me tell you, earlier on today, it was 11 degrees fahrenheit. it was minus 11 celsius. so imagine being that cold and on foot. that's how many ukrainians are fleeing the war zone in their country. we are going to look at how many are leaving, where they're going, when we come back. and also, for the children of the war in ukraine, the journey from home can be terrifying and confusing as the attacks they survived. coming up, their troubled past gives way to an uncertain future. stay with us. we'll be right back.

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all right. u.s. vice president kamala harris in poland right now, and will meet the country's president and prime minister in the coming hours. she is hoping to clear up a dispute over poland's plan to send fighter jets to ukraine by

way of the u.s. nato airbase in germany. the u.s. has rejected that idea saying it could drag nato into direct conflict with russia. very touchy subject. now, the u.n. refugee agency says more than 2 million people have now fled ukraine -- about half of them, going to neighboring poland. they're cold, they're tired, and they arrive with only what they can carry. the burden to flee put on women and children since men under 60 are expected to stay and fight for their country. the u.n. estimates if the war grinds on, the number of refugees could hit 4 million. now, one group taking care of ukrainian orphans who need help to escape the attack, sara sidner reports they're safe for now, but they have little hope of returning home anytime soon. >> reporter: the normal beautiful chaos of children at play. but these children have been through hell and back more than

once in their young lives. some are orphans. others, foster children in ukraine and suddenly, overnight -- they became war refugees. fleeing over the polish border from kyiv. youngest one says i want to go home. i am telling him that he can't. it's scary there. he doesn't understand. this is the only woman they know as mama. this is their comfort, their constant. she helped them escape ukraine. but doing that meant leaving her own family behind, and becoming a refugee herself. i have a daughter and mother in ukraine. i'm worrying so much but these children should be saved. her daughter is staying behind to fight russia as a member of the ukraine territorial defense. these children have been fighting for their place in the world from an early age. we are not showing their faces to protect them.

is there abuse, as well? actual physical abuse? before the war, our children have been abused physically, psychologically, economically, and sexually. they suffered. they didn't have a childhood. now, in poland, they are safe at the sos children's village but the trauma of war and abuse never really goes away. their longtime mental health counselor says. she's held it together to reassure the children, even while they all hid in the basement with bombs exploding outside. it was around 4:00 a.m., i woke my husband up and told him this is war. we started to seal the windows, the children started to scream. i was trying to calm him. look at me. breathe. we're gonna seal the windows. everything is under control. now, we need you to stop the panic and help us. so far, sos children's village says it has brought 107 orphans and foster children out of

ukraine. some children escaped without seeing war up close. others witnessed horrific scenes. there was a girl which is coming to us. she broke free from the hell of irpin. a city that's been levelled and she witnessed a family being shot before her eyes. what she thinks of the man responsible for raining down bombs and bullets on her beloved country, her tears turn to rage. putin is the second hitler. it is serious. if the world doesn't stop him, there will be world war iii. putin has said that he is going into ukraine to kill nazis. you are saying that putin is, in your mind, the new hitler? >> yes, it is obvious now that he is not fighting nazis. >> reporter: while they are all grateful to escape to poland, the children and adults all say they want one thing -- to be able to cross the border home to a safe ukraine. and i should mention now the number of refugees in total that

have come over the polish border from ukraine is now up to 1.3 million people. sara sidner, cnn, poland. now, if you would like to help people in ukraine who might be in need of shelter, food, water, warm clothing, please go to cnn.com/impact. you are going to find several ways there that you can help. quick break here on the program. when we come back, two weeks since the start of the russian' invasion and ukrainians remain resilient, vowing to defend their land. that includes the country's former prime minister. >> shocked the entire world we have will, we have guts, and we are fighting like hell. jamaica. heartbtbeat of the world. let's go!

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welcome back. i'm michael holmes in lviv, ukraine. the world reacted with shock and horror to the scene in the southern port city of mariupol. ukraine blaming russia for bombing a maternity and children's hospital. we do warn you, the images are graphic and upsetting. police reporting at least 17 people wounded. no reports of anyone killed, as yet. russia claiming, without any proof, that there were combat positions in the hospital. not far away, more civilians targeted at a university and city council building. more civilian targets.

ukraine's president says the bombings are proof that russia is committing genocide. >> translator: the hospitals are ruined. the schools are ruined. the churches are ruined. ordinary buildings and all the dead people, dead children. >> well, it's been two weeks now since russia unleashed -- and this is important -- its unprovoked assault on ukraine. and we have seen the devastating toll facing civilians, as attacks ramp up and evacuations remain limited. and the death toll climbs. the heartbreak and devastation on the ground, unimaginable. cnn's phil black reports. >> translator: our plans are not to occupy ukraine. we do not plan to impose ourselves on anyone. >> reporter: with those false words, the unthinkable began. violence, destruction, and suffering rained down on ukraine

and its people. in this new time of horrors, people sheltered underground or risked being bombed in their homes. vast numbers had little choice but to flee. they had a choice but decided to stay. the president is here, he said from the streets of kyiv. russia's firepower, its vastly greater numbers, failed to make quick early progress. some of the first russian units to try pushing in to major cities were wiped out. while advanced weapons supplied by allies added to russian' losses, here knocking an attack helicopter out of the sky. vladimir putin insisted russians and ukrainians are one people. ukrainian civilians showed they

disagreed by chasing russian vehicles, lying down before them, climbing on top of them, even defying russian gunfire to peacefully protest the invasion. but while ukraine's spirited resistance inspired the world, russia's war machine continued to inflict a terrible human cost. near kyiv, thousands fled across a downed bridge. the bombardment, ever closer. for some in ukraine, death now comes with little warning. this strike killed a family of four. cameras have occasionally captured terrifying moments of impact. or weapons flying through the sky. far more often, they record the aftermath. the fires. blackened, ripped and punctured

buildings. usually, people's homes and businesses. but also, schools, churches, hospitals. the devastated communities that proved false russia's claim civilians are not targets. two weeks into this war, russia's invasion grinds on, advancing in the south slowly encircling kyiv from the north and kharkiv in the east. the world can only watch. largely, united in disgust, determined to punish vladimir putin. but incapable of stopping him. phil black, cnn, london. much more from ukraine, coming up. but for now, let's head back to atlanta and rosemary church over to you, my friend. >> thank you, michael. appreciate it. well, countries around the world are cutting ties with russia as it escalates attacks in ukraine. but not china. after the break, why chinese

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welcome back, everyone. while the west and ip deed most of the world stands with ukraine, russia still has a major ally in china. instead of denouncing russia for its invasion, beijing has instead taken to spreading its propaganda. cnn's david culver reports. >> reporter: china's national broadcaster, cctv, looking increasingly like russian state television these days. its anchors, parroting the kremlin calling the invasion of

ukraine a special military operation. its stories highlighting moscow's grievances against kyiv and its western allies along with russia's military progress on the battlefield. they rarely mention the fierce resistance and growing suffering in war-torn ukraine. publicly, beijing stresses its impartiality in the conflict. even indicating its willingness to be a mediator. coverage in its strictly controlled state and social media tells a very different story. cnn combing through chinese tv and digital news reports in the first eight days of the russian' attack along with thousands of social media posts from the outlets. our findings? china has largely adopted russia's talking points. actively, helping the kremlin disseminate its version of the bloody war to millions here, and beyond. the chinese foreign ministry has yet to respond to our request for comment but remember, russian president vladimir putin's last foreign visit before he launched the invasion was here to china.

following the 38th meeting between putin and chinese president xi jinping since 2013 and just hours before the opening ceremony of the winter olympics, the two governments declared a partnership with no limits. china and russia's increasingly close ties had included coordinating their message on the global stage. such coordination it now appears has drawn beijing into playing an important role in the kremlin's disinformation campaign. on february 26th, after two nights of russian bombardment, zelenskyy shared a video of himself on the streets of kyiv. russian officials, quickly, alleged that zelenskyy had fled the country, and the video was prerecorded. less than 15 minutes later, cctv flashed a news alert claiming zelenskyy has left kyiv. initially, without any attribution. more than 160 chinese state me media outlets reposted the cctv alert. a hashtag, russia says zels has left kyiv later got 510 million views on chinese social media.

and yet, it was not true. perhaps most damning? an internal memo purportedly from state-run publication beijing news surfaced online two days before the russian' invasion even started. the memo directed staff not to publish anything negative about russia or pro-west. it was mistakenly posted on the outlet's social media account before being set to private and eventually deleted. cnn research has found that china's major state media outlets appear to be following that playbook of the most retweeted posts from february 24th through march 3rd, more than 46% contained pro-russia comments, compared to less than 5% with pro-ukraine statements. roughly 35% of the posts included attacks on the u.s. and its allies. with reports by russia's state media outlets being banned in many western nations, and moscow enacting its own great firewall to sensor dissenting voices domestically, chinese state media is spreading and amplifying putin's narrative on

air and online. around the clock and across the globe. david culver, cnn, shanghai. jamie served as director for multilateral affairs on the u.s. national security council and is now a senior fellow at the atlantic council. he he joins me now from new york. thank you so much for being with us. >> my pleasure, rosemary. >> so, we've seen chinese media adopt russia's narrative in this war on ukraine. and we know that president putin's last foreign visit before he launched his invasion in their country was with china's president xi jinping. and you recently tweeted this -- there can be no doubt that xi jinping gave putin the green light to invade ukraine. but do you think china was onboard for an invasion as extensive and deadly as what we have all been witnessing? targeting citizens, homes, and hospitals? >> certainly, china gave putin the green light for this

invasion. but for sure, they didn't know and i don't think putin know -- knew what this would entail. so, what they thought it would be would be some lightning strike. perhaps, some limited effort. maybe, the chinese thought that. what we are seeing is a grinding war and we've seen that the russian strategy has shifted from taking the cities quickly to pummeling and murdering ukrainian citizens into submission. so, china is finding itself in this very, very difficult position where xi, um, called president putin his best friend. they said there were no limits to the friendship between china and russia. and now, that friendship is -- is being tested because china is ostensibly all in for this invasion. certainly, based on the majority of what chinese government officials have said. based on what kind of communications are being allowed in -- in -- in chinese social media. and based on the actions of the chinese government. so, the chinese government is not in for murdering ukrainian

civilians now is the time to speak up. >> yeah. and of course, china has prospered over the years under peace and doesn't like global instability like this. president xi would of course also be infuriated by the unity and strength that we've been seeing with the alliance of democracies, the u.s. and its allies working in unison against russia would have taken china by surprise, no doubt. do you think this is why we are seeing china offer to mediate in this crisis? and could president xi stop this war immediately with just one phone call to president putin? >> well certainly, both president putin and president xi and frankly much of the world were surprised by the unified and strong response by the western alliance, japan, and others. and certainly, had the russians been able to waltz into ukraine, that would have had big implications for china and its ongoing threats to taiwan. so now, everybody is having to

take a fresh look. i've not heard of any serious effort by the chinese to mediate between russia and ukraine. um, it's clear that president xi could end this war with a single phone call and a single public statement demanding that putin end the war, and that russian troops withdraw from ukraine. he is choosing -- china is choosing -- not to end this war because it's siding with -- with russia in this terrible catastrophe. china, in many ways, has been a free rider in international affairs. if china wants to be a leading nation, then it should want to be a leading nation, now is the time for china to speak with a moral voice and it's very unfortunate that we have yet to hear that voice. >> and the u.s. has banned all russian energy imports. but the eu has not gone quite as far as that and then, of course, china will likely buy cheap russian oil and gas, anyway, that the west is now banning.

so what is achieved by doing all of this? especially, when the west is going to have to turn to other autocrats to supply their nations with energy. >> well, we have to be very strong on russia. what we are seeing now in ukraine is an absolute violation of the united nations' charter of a bedrock principle of international law and international relations. so we need to be extremely tough and many chinese companies and the larger banks are actually quite cautious now about doing business with russia because they don't want to be caught by secondary sanctions. um, and that's why, though, we need to be strong now. we need the strongest possible sanctions. we need to make sure we are giving ukraine the weapons they need to defend themselves. not because we want war but because a strong stance now is the most important step we can make to prevent a larger war that we will stumble into if we just escalate, bit by bit, because we have all spent the

first week of the war falling in love with the ukrainian people, with their incredible courage. and it would just be beyond tragic if we spend the next week watching them murdered, wholesale, by indiscriminate russian bombing targeting civilians. >> jamie metzl, thank you so much for joining us. appreciate it. still to come. cnn speaks with a family in ukraine that's had to leave two homes due to war in their country. their story, just ahead. get decision tech from fididelity. [ cellphone vibrates ] you'll get proactive alerts for r market events before they happen... and insights on every buy and sell decision. with zero-commission online u.s. stock and etf trades. for smarter trading decisions, get decision tech from fidelity.

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welcome welcome back. breaking news in ukraine. the head of the regional government in sumy says three

green corridors will be open there today. if all goes as plan to cease-fire and evacuation also take place, they could already be under way. sumy one of the first humanitarian corridors agreed to by russia and ukraine earlier this week. it's also been the scene of heavy shelling and civilian casualties. now there is no -- there is growing concern for ukrainian civilians, of course, as the desperation and devastation on the ground worsens. for some, this isn't the first time fleeing a conflict. cnn's anderson cooper met one family who has had to abandon a home twice now because of war. >> reporter: it's good to know there are still some children in ukraine who have no idea the war has come. can you make the sound of a pigeon? in lviv, a little girl named eva delights in feeding pigeons in the park. she is 3 years old, but this is

not her home. she arrived two weeks ago with her mother anna and timor, her father and baby sister from kharkiv. do they understand what's going on? >> no. we are lucky because when bombing started in kharkiv, it was 5:00 a.m., and she was asleep. she didn't wake up. all of our basic necessary things were already packed. do you understand? my husband and i, we just grabbed documents, our photo card, my child's toy, and the suitcase that was already packed. we sat in the car and drove straight away. every day timor filled up the car with gasoline so we would be ready. we expected this to happen. we are from donetsk. we have gone through this before. >> what do you tell a child about what is happening? >> an adventure. just an adventure. >> mama. >> reporter: the kids think it's an adventure, but for anna and timor, it's more like a nightmare.

it's the second time they've lost their home. in 2014, when russia invaded, they lived in donetsk and had to flee to kharkiv. now they're displaced again. >> they will never defeat us because this is our land. i just want the whole world to help so our kids don't die. yesterday i saw in the news that a baby died because its mom was crushed under the building. i cannot imagine this. i want the world to help us to stop it. >> reporter: timor has volunteered to fight. he may be called up any day now. you have taken a military course, but you've never fought before. are you -- are you worried about it? are you scared? >> i am ready to defend my country. i'm not scared. >> reporter: ukraine will win? >> ukraine. nobody can defeat us.

>> reporter: for now, timor volunteers moving and packing supplies for soldiers on the front lines. how do you both try to keep things normal for your children? >> simple, really. cartoons. >> cartoons, drawing, dancing. >> reporter: no. >> now we are learning to play hide-and-seek so they will learn to hide when needed. >> this place is not safe because the rockets can -- >> reporter: the war can come here. when you go to fight, will your family stay here? >> yes. >> reporter: you don't want them to go to another country? >> i love my country and my life loves my country. we don't leave our motherland. >> reporter: like so many here, they plan to stay, one family determined not to flee any more. anderson cooper, cnn, lviv, ukraine.

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this is cnn breaking news. >> hello and welcome to our viewers joining us all around the world. i'm michael holmes coming to you live from lviv in ukraine. i do want to get to our breaking news now. two weeks into the russian invasion of this country, a merciless blast in mariupol hurting hearts and causing global outrage. russia accused of striking a maternity ward and children's hospital. we're told 17 people were wounded in the explosion, pregnant women, new mothers, and staff members. amazingly, no deaths