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hello, everyone. welcome to our viewers around the world and in the united states as well this hour. i'm hala gorani lye in lviv, ukraine. we're following all the breaking developments here in krub. ukraine and russia are scheduled to hold another round of talks even as russia expands its unprovoked military assault on the country, and we're now learning that moscow may be looking for outside help. a senior american official says russia has asked china for military assistance in ukraine, including drones. meantime, the u.s. secretary of state antony blinken is calling for an end to the quote, brutality, as he condemned russia's deadly attack on a military base near ukraine's border with poland. the british prime minister, boris johnson, vowed that the u.k. will continue to pursue options to boost ukraine's self-defense. during the call with the president of the country, volodymyr zelenskyy on sunday. all this as concerns mount for

civilians trammed by the heavy bombardment. from russian forces, including in mariupol. mr. zelenskyy said a top priority now is to get a humanitarian convoy tom city. >> reporter: let's see whether they'll listen to us in moscow. we know it is extremely difficult to all ukrainians today. all of our 40 million. but we shall win 100%. glory to ukraine. >> cnn correspondents are tracking developments. we have oren liebermann at the pentagon, but we begin with sam k kiley. >> there has been a respite for the people of kyiv.

notwithstanding the murder of the american journalist brent renaud. there have been a reduction of air strikes and bombardments in the capital because military analysts in the united states and the united kingdom have believed there is a consolidation and reorganization within russian forces, possibly with reinforcementes from the combat units further east for a push in against the capital city from the east as part of the ongoing attempts to try to encircle and perhaps ultimately besiege kyiv. the road to the south is the main supply route for goods and services coming in and out of the city, and cutting that route would be a disastrous for the cam. this coming as russians have increased with particular precision the use of long range missiles against a location 11 miles from the border with poland, attacking a training facility there, killing at left a 35 people and wounding over

100 using long-range ballistic missiles. these missiles we've seen used across the country but nothing like the volume of the bombs they've been dropping, particularly in the north of kyiv where bomb disposal experts have been disarming what look like old style second world war type bombs. clearly indicating an intent to bomb civilians with no regard for targeting. simply a decision to try to kill as many people as possible elsewhere in the country, mariupol continues to be under bombardment yet again. attempts to relieve it have fallen flat by, as a consequence of the russians not allowing a convoy in or indeed, evacuation of refugees out. there have been limited evacuations from other cities around the country. but there has been no significant movement forward by russian forces who still are being held up by the ukrainian

defiance. sam kiley, cnn in kyiv. >> more now on the death of american journalist killed sunday in ukraine. jose arredondo described from the hospital what happened to them. apparently at the time he didn't know that his friend had died. >> we were, we crossed one of the first bridges in irpin. going to fill the refugees leaving and we got on to a car. somebody offered to take us to the other bridge. we crossed the check point and they started shooting at us. so the driver turned around and they kept shooting. two of us, my friend is brent renaud and he's been shot and left behind. >> reporter: and how is he? >> i don't know. >> reporter: you don't know what happened? >> i saw him being shot in the neck.

and we got split. >> reporter: well, brent renaud was in ukraine working for "time" magazine. the magazine that, our hearts are with all of brent's loved ones. the publication said it is essential that journalists are able to safely cover this ongoing invasion and humanitarian crisis in ukraine. our condolences to the friends and family of brent renaud. a video documentary. here's part of a story that she filed this weekend about a young officer for the ukrainian army who was killed eventually by russian forces. >> reporter: the senior lieutenant was killed on the eighth day of the war with russia. he was a 28-year-old paratrooper with the ukrainian army with. heavy fighting in the mccykolai

region. the coffin arrived sealed shut. the family requested that he be buried back home. for miles as the funeral procession passed, villagers gathered at the side of the road to pay their respects. >> now from ukraine, what is it

like filming, you're behind the camera there, filming this invasion, some of the worst times in the lives of people who are losing loved ones, who are fighting to defend their land. what has it been like for you as a journalist? >> thank you so much for having me on the show. just to give the proper credit. i've been here about two months and i spent the first month filming and the second month i've had an amazing cinematographer in michael downey and now in benjamin foaley. so that's my colleague, benjamin. we were there together with the family and actually, unfortunately, we learned last night that the brother in the video was actually killed.

his name -- >> take your time. >> sorry. we're still confirming the details. >> it's okay. >> it might have been, he might have been killed in the strike at the base camp yesterday. which i was, i spent the entire day reporting on yesterday but only found out in the evening. but again, that needs to be confirmed. but unfortunately, these stories have been unfolding in front. us on a daily basis. we filmed with a paramilitary fighter in early february. he was killed in irpin last week. unfortunately, the tenor of the news here, the reality on the ground is just that the people that we meet on a daily basis, and millions of other families, many of whom i've met along my

journey here may potentially face the same fate. which is just a de stating part of our job here. >> yeah, yeah. i can see how many it affects you. that's a good thing, actually. when you become numb to this type of thing you're doing the wrong job. so that's not a bad thing that you're feeling it so deeply. what is the morale like among these men and sometimes women? they're taking losses but they're quite motivated to defend their land. can you describe how they continue to keep that motivation up in the face of so much loss? >> absolutely. i've reported in many conflict zones around the world. that is something that i keep reiterating to my friends and editors, the resilience that the

people we've been filming, their country is being attacked and they're willing to stay and defend their homeland. we've covered the story of many civilians turned defenders, turned fighters, computer programmers, actors, who have lined up for hours to pick up, to pick up a weapon and to spend their day at a freezing cold check point to make sure their city is safe. we filmed with mothers who traveled extremely long distances from front lines like kharkiv, who traveled alone because their men, their fathers, their husbands, their brothers stayed behind to defend their cities and these mothers took incredibly long train rides to lviv and crossed into poland. and while they suffered enormous

challenges and are suffering enormous challenges, they are so resilient and resolved. i ask everyone, do you describe yourself as a victim? how do you want the world to see you? i can comfortably say every single person i've spoken to said that they are prepared to do anything that they can do for their families and for their country. >> yeah. and you mentioned working in other conflict zones. each conflict is different. i mean, each conflict is different but in the fundamental way, each one is the same is that it involves. so human tragedy and suffering. is there anything that surprised you, reporting from ukraine versus other places? if so, what was it?

>> yeah. my family is american. so unfortunately, if anything, the syrian war has provided a bla print for some of the violence that we see here. unfortunately, nothing seems to be too surprising anymore. i think perhaps some of the differences is the speed in which this happened. and the extent to which the front line is sort of the entire country. i left lviv two days ago and at the time it was considered the final, sort of the city where refugees were staying and landing and staying. and the day after i left, of course, 35 people were killed in an attack at the base very close to lviv and very close to the polish border. so there seems to be no safe

place in ukraine anymore. and for a lot of the families we've met, i think just the speed in which this happened and the urgency to flee is perhaps something i haven't seen before. >> and you say you're syrian american. that means you're familiar with the blue print of the assad regime with the assistance of russia, targeted civilian installations, hospitals, and we're seeing similar tactics used here. where you have hospitals, schools, shoe factory randomly. and this is really creating waves of desperate refugees and internally displaced people. those people, too, not just the fighters are the ones suffering. can you tell us about your job witnessing that aspect of the invasion? >> yeah, absolutely. and my colleagues have reported extensively on the impact of

russian bombs on civilians and syria and myself in 2019 with my colleague evan reporting on just, what you just mentioned. attacks on civilians, attacks on hospitals. and you know, i think that the burden is just sort of the, most of the burden is borne by civilians. and yeah, i mean, on one hand, you have the fighters, and the civilians who picked up arms but you also have people just suffering. i think the most palpable place or scene that i've witnessed are the refugees in lviv. we filmed one of the first from kyiv, an organized train to evacuate families from hot spots like irpin, kyiv, kharkiv, and

we were where they were landing, where they were arriving before the final journey across to the polish border and the desperation. mothers with children who are just born two months ago. we interviewed mothers with children who were born just two months ago. we interviewed mothers who had one bag for their entire family to evacuate with. and i think these images will haunt us the rest of our lives. >> take care of yourself. thank you very much for doing this. can you remind me, the names of your colleagues and specifically you mentioned the name of the journalist who filmed the footage that we saw. >> his name is benjamin foaley. >> great. thank you so much. thank you for the work you're doing, documenting all this. really appreciate it.

>> thank you. >> we'll be right back.

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welcome back to our breaking news coverage. a u.s. official says russia is asking china for military and economic assistance. let's go live to beijing where steven has more on this request. steven. >> reporter: hala, we have reached out to the chinese foreign minister for comment. they have not responded back. we expect officials to stick to china's usual talking points, stressing their supposed impartiality in this conflict and likely denousing the u.s. effort to smear china and probably again going to blame the u.s. and nato's east expansion for causing this conflict. that of course is parroting a key kremlin talking point. the timing of this leak from washington is very interesting. jake sullivan, the u.s. national security adviser is meeting his

chinese counter part who is also a key adviser to xi jinping in rome. it is not something hastily arranged because of ukraine but ukraine will undoubtedly be on the top of the agenda. washington exerting more pressure over beijing. chinese state media outlets have been really pushing back and warning the u.s. against this approach, cautioning the u.s. not to sow division between moscow and beijing. ever since the war broke out, china has been trying to strike this impossible balance. they have obviously tried to stand behind russia, especially on disinformation or propaganda effort but they are trying to say the right things, at least in public, reiterating the right to national sovereignty and peace talks and the impact of severe russian sanctions on

chinese entities. some exerts that have point to some subtle sign of change from beijing including china extending small scale humanitarian assistance to ukraine, and also, some chinese entities with large exposure to the western markets, for example, indicating their willingness to comply with western sanctions. at the end of the day, china, the leadership, is very problematic. self-interests are paramount. that's why they don't see any benefits getting deeper involved on a war not fought on their soil. that's why whatever happens on the battlefield, they anticipate moving ever closer to this orbit of china as a junior partner in their no limits partnership. that's why people are still consecutive cal of china getting directly involved. specially by providing arms to russia. >> thank you. so. nearly 2.7 million people

have fled ukraine, according to the u.n. getting civilians out of some of these areas has been near impossible because of the heavy fighting. on sun, the ukrainian government says more than 5,000 people were evacuated using corridors. nearly 4,000 were from the kyiv region and about 1,600 were able to escape from luhansk. it has been very cold as even the elderly wait in long lines to cross the border into moldova. and some are sharing horrific stories about living through the bombings. >> translator: we're bombarded. houses are blown up. people have no place to live. we're scared. >> i have friends in kyiv. they stay underground for three, four days. they not see the sky or the sun. i can't imagine what they feel.

for me, it was enough to feel the vibration in the house from the bomb. >> reporter: well, cnn's ed lavandera is at the polish town with more on the implicate of these refugees. >> reporter: this is the pathway that is bringing thousands of ukrainian refugees to safety and also to a life of uncertainty. many of these people have been traveling from the interior of the country. we spoke with one family that had come from, as fate would have it, the home town of ukrainian president volodymyr zelenskyy's home town. he has become such a beloved figure among ukrainian people. they have been traveling since 7:00 in the morning on sunday. it was just after midnight when they arrived to this border check point in the cold in poland. the uncertainly now comes from, as these families begin to board

these buses, what happens to them next is still very much up in the air. they will be taken to temporary shelter in a nearby town here on the polish border and they will be able to figure out what to do next. where to go next. that is the question that so many of them are now facing. because many of them, when you speak to the refugees, they talk about their homes in the past tense. they don't know if they're going home in the coming weeks or even months or if ever. and this is an operation here in the border city of medyka, poland, running 24 hours a day as thousands of refugees continue to come across the border. and this is a scene that even here in the late hours, continues to unfold as thousands of refugees continue to arrive at the border here in western ukraine. a great deal of uncertainty about what happens next. a great deal of emotion.

watching what so many of these people and the journey they've been through and this is a season that continues to play out around the clock here in poland. ed lavendera, cnn, medyka, poland. >> if would you like to help people in ukraine who may be in need of shelter, food or water, among other needs that they have, so desperate as some of them are at this i know at a. to go cnn doc/impact. cnn viewers have help raise $5 million. still ahead, on the program, the u.s. is fast tracking more military aid to ukraine despite warnings from russia that weapons convoys to become mill targets. we'll be right back.

this is a scene in kherson, ukraine sunday morning. one of several cities that has fallen to russian occupiers in reason days. as you can see there, the residents are not taking it quietly. hundreds of people turned out for one of the largest protests we've seen since the invasion began. at least one russian soldier fired over their heads to try to disperse the crowd. the protesters continued to channel anti-russian slogans and

slurs aimed at vladimir putin. cherson's mayor said the city's main weapon is unity. more on our breaking news. russia and ukraine are expected to hold another round of diplomatic talks in the coming hours. officials on both sides have signaled they are making some progress. so far, negotiations have not yielded any breakthroughs. in ukraine, the fighting wages on. russian tanks are seen directly firing into the city. hundred of thousands of civilians are trapped in mariupol. aid workers are saying that food, water, medicine, all sorts of things are just running out. but heavy fighting has prevented humanitarian convoys from reaching the city. and russia, maile, has expanded the offensive in ukraine, carrying out a deadly strike on a military base not far from our position here in lviv. 25 kilometers from the border of

poland. ukrainian officials tell us, 35 people were killed and more than 130 injured in this attack. despite russia's relentless assaults, ukraine's president said he is confident his country will win. >> translator: we are going through the worst ordeal in our lives. we protect the most precious thing we have. we must hold. on we must fight and we will win. i know that. i believe in that. >> the u.s. is moving quickly, or quicker, to sent more military equipment into ukraine to defend against the widening russian offensive. oren liebermann reports speed is a priority with the kremlin warning that it might target arms shipments. >> reporter: over the week, the white house approved another $200 million in security assistance to ukraine. that's on top of some $350 million approved about two weeks ago. so in this short span since

russia's invasion of ukraine, the white house is prepared to send in more than half a billion in security assistance to ukraine. anti-armor, anti-tank, anti-aircraft missiles. all of which has been incredibly effective in slowing down the assault across the country. it used to take weeks or months for this to get in on previously approved packages, it is now taking days. the u.s. well aware of the fact that russia may make it difficult to get in those convoys, that equipment, and they're trying to do it as quickly as possible. in fact the deputy foreign minister from russia said they would consider targeting these convoys if they continue. but the national security adviser jake sullivan has made it clear, they're still going in. >> the united states, our nato allies and partners and the ukrainians have set up a system where we believe we will continue to be able to flow substantial amounts of military assistance and weapons to the front lines to help the

ukrainians ensure that ukraine is a strategic failure or the vladimir putin. of course, these convoys are going through a war zonal. so to describe them as safe wouldn't quite be accurate. we believe that we have methods and systems in place to be able to continue to support the ukrainians as they fight very bravely, very effectively against the attacking russian forces. >> of course, the u.s. remains concerned about the direction this is going. as russia's attack and invasion across ukraine grows wider and closer to territory in western ukraine. there of course reminds the concern of the use of chemical weapons. u.s. officials have said they're concerned, not because they've seen evidence that russia is preparing such an attack but russia has accused the u.s. and the defense department of working in ukraine on biological and chemical weapons with ukraine. it is that sort of warning that the u.s. says could be a false flag operation as russia often accuses others of what it

intends to do itself and that is what is ringing alarm bells here. cnn at the pentagon. a bipartisan delegation of american lawmakers. that delegation is in poland right now to reaffirm the commitment to its allies during the russian invasion of ukraine. they're to meet with the polish government and the officials and visit refugees and some are calling for more military help for ukraine including fighter jets. >> may personal feeling is we should provide those planes. they are potentially very important to the ukrainian defense. we have given them helicopters as recently as january. we provided them u.s. military helicopters. those are directly from the united states. i don't understand why this is any worse than from a russian point of view than other things we've already done or we're talking about. >> i still don't rule out having planes at some point. but again, you take one day at a

time and make the best defense decisions and that can't always be discussed on the air or you would be giving vladimir putin the road map. >> reporter: well, earlier i spoke with the former ukrainian finance minister, natalie. i asked her what more the u.s. and its allies should be doing. especially since they've said a no-fly zone over ukraine is a nonstarter. >> i think we need to do more urgently the things we're talking about and more completely. so when we talk about providing military support, frankly speaking, every day matters. every hour matters. and the nato countries, the united states, need to do this urgently and focus primarily on the air defense. if they're not going on provide a no-fly zone, then provide everything humans possible to allow ukrainians to close the sky. on the sanctions, we need to finish what we started.

we've been doling them out in traunches. we need to guard against all state banks. sanctions all the state energy companies, all the state commodity companies and all the state-owned transportation companies. we need to be more complete and more urgent. >> do you think that will have an impact? it seems as though vladimir putin has not been swayed so far by very, very severe sanctions that have are ready been put in place beyond anything implemented before. are you suggesting the whole energy sector should be cut off? germany among other european countries have expressed that. >> i understand that it seems

costly for european union to do this. but not defeating putin would be much more costly than what they're thinking about with energy. >> well, that was natalie jaresko. in another troubling development, the staff at the chernobyl nuclear power plan is so tired that the workers have stopped carrying out repairs and maintenance of safety equipment. that's not very reassuring according to the international atomic energy agency. they said physical and psychological fatigue working nonstop for three weeks is partly to blame. the agency's director general has proposed a plan to deliver stance but it has to be approved by the ukrainians and also by russian authorities as they are okay paying the plan right now. all right. that will do it for me for now. rosemary church is at the cnn center in atlanta.

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new images showing riot police cracking down on anti-war protesters in russia. more than 850 people were detained in demonstrations across the country sunday. that's according to an independent human rights group. it says russian security forces are no longer detaining just protesters. they're also trying to identify, quote, unreliable people in the places where demonstrations were announced.

overall, the group says almost 15,000 anti-war protesters have been detained in russia since the invasion of ukraine began. retired nasa astronaut scott kelly is in a twitter fight with the head of the russia space agency. it began when kelly criticized russia's invasion of ukraine. he he then criticized the russian space official over a video he tweeted. kelly says the video seemed to suggest an american astronaut who is on the international space station with two russian cosmonauts will be abandoned in space by the russians. the russian space official wound up killing kelly a moron at one point and blocked him on twitter. kelly said this is the first twitter argument he's ever had but he insists the russian partnership in space is vital and he doesn't want to see it end. >> the space station has the program for the last 20 plus

years, has transcended what goes on politically on planet earth. and i think it is worth saving. it is our connection with a country that, you know, we're sometimes, you know, not too friendly with. but it allows us to work cooperative and peacefully together on something that's important to us, and i think if we lose this, then there's really nothing left that keeps us connected. >> retired nasa astronaut scott kelly there and his twin brother mark is also an astronaut and currently, a u.s. senator. many ukrainians are facing an increasingly dire situation, cut off from humanitarian aid and running out of supplies. but ukrainians around the world are coming together to help. cnn is at a los angeles church with that story. >> reporter: here at st. andrew, the ukrainian orthodox church in

los angeles, they're checking supplies, medical supplies here, supplies for soldiers over there including thermal underwear because it is so cold. they put together other kits. if you look behind me, they have toiletries, hand sanitizer. there are about 14,000 ukrainian americans here in the los angeles area. and this scene is being played out at other ukrainian churches. what is astounding here, not only are the ukrainians helping out. so but other people in the community from all walks of life are also contributing. >> it started so small and then i am overwhelmed with phone calls. people asking about ukraine and crying over the phone, and supporting ukraine. whatever they can. clothing, medical supplies, money, everything. prayers as well. >> reporter: and the father that as people have been reaching out to him. they asked him, what is it you

need in ukraine right now, and emthink of it like car. ing. anything you would take on that sort of trip is what people can use right now in ukraine. reporting from los angeles. back to you. >> and remember, if you would like to help people in ukraine who are in need of shelter, food and water, you can go to cnn.com/impact. at last check, cnn viewers like you have helped raise nearly $5 million to help in drawn and neighboring countries with shelter, food, water, and other needs. the war in ukraine is rippling through the world of elite football. more countries are imposing sanctions against the russian billionaire owner of chelsea football club. coming up, a look at the alleged ties between oligarch roman abram activism and vladimir putin. back in a moment.

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♪ even as war rages, music still has the power to uplift and give hope. this group of violinists recorded themselves performing an old ukrainian folk song. some of them were hiding in bombshbomb shelters as they played. musicians from 29 countries sent in videos over the course of just two days. their music a show of support for ukraine. well, within the past few hours, australia announced sanctions against 33 russian oligarchs, business people and their family members. this includes roman abramovich, the owner of the soccer club. they are believed to be close to president vladimir putin in the

wake of russia's invasion of ukraine. the british government also sanctioned abramovich last week and halted any potential sale of chelsea for now. chelsea has a long and storeyed history and the club's success on the pitch has made roman abramovich one of the high-profile elites. cnn's randi kaye has more on the oligarch facing an uncertain future. >> reporter: that's russian billionaire celebrating a win by the british football club chelsea, a team he bought in 2003 for what amounts to about $233 million. >> it's about time that the west really look at where is this money coming from. >> reporter: but the welcome matt in the uk is now gone. abramovich is one of many sanctioned for ties to vladimir putin. >> i can essentially get a meeting with putin.

>> reporter: in his case, the british government has banned him from its shores and frozen all his assets in the uk. one day before he was sanctioned, abramovich announced plans to sell the chelsea football club and was reportedly trying to unload some of his homes in london including a 15-room mansion known as billionaire's row. >> they get their money oftentimes through under handed corrupt means and park that money in the west to gain respectability. they buy real estate whether that's in the united kingdom, whether that is an apartment in new york which he has. they buy yachts. this was a way of roman having his money. >> reporter: they called him one of the wealthiest and influential oligarchs, saying he is being sanctioned because his wealth and connections are closely associated with the kremlin. his representative did not respond to cnn's request for

comment. forbes estimates as of this year abramovich is worth $14.5 billion. but now he's in "jeojeopardy of losing many of his high-priced toys, helicopters, super cars and mansions. abramovich accumulated much of his wealth when the soviet union collapsed in 1990s and russian state assets were divided up. >> you had these state-owned companies that got privatized. and he was there and was able to buy up and be part of buying up a number of these companies and became incredibly wealthy. this is sort of the classic era of gangster capitalism in the 1990s. >> reporter: he bought an oil company from the soviet union for $200 million. and later sold it for nearly $12 billion. with some of his remaining assets being seized by foreign governments, roman abramovich's

future is suddenly uncertain. >> this is absolutely devastating for him, for his family, many of whom remain in the west. this is costing the oligarch class tens of billions of dollars and i think he personally is in the billions. >> reporter: randi kaye, cnn, palm beach, florida. >> well, it turns out retirement doesn't fit well with tom brady. the 44-year-old legendary quarterback says he will return for his 23rd season in the national football league. just last month, of course, brady said he was retiring after his second season with the tampa bay buccaneers. but on sunday he tweeted this. these past two months i've realized my place is still on the field and not in the stands. how about that? well, thanks for being with us this hour. i'm rosemary church. our breaking news continues after a break with hala gorani. ♪

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