hometown of mariupol. [ speaking foreign language ] they are hoping the war will end soon and we'll be able to come back to our houses, to our towns and our houses if they are still there, but if not, we'll rebuild them. >> we will rebuild them. we have heard this again and, again. a powerful reminder again tonight of the strength and fortitude and resolve of the people of ukraine. thanks for joining us. a 360 starts now. good evening. the fight of hundred is is unknown and mariupol's largest bomb shelter. this was the theater hit by an air strike. it was for civilians a place of comparative safety in a city under almost constant bombardment. the satellite image showing what is more apparent from the air

than space. painted on both sides of the theater russian for children. now as a warning or caution to avoid the very thing that happened, well have a full report in just a moment. first, the consequential day surrounding it starting with ukraine's president and his speech to the congress. >> remember pearl harbor. terrible, morning of december 7, 1941 when your sky was black from the planes attacking you. just remember it. remember september 11th, a terrible day in 2001 when evil tried to turn your cities independent territories in battlefields. when innocent people were attacked from the air. yes. just like nobody else expected

it, you could not stop it. our country experienced the same every day right now. >> got a standing ovation from lawmakers and after president biden announced an additional $800 million in assistance for ukraine but not the no-fly zone zelenskyy wants. the weaponry will include switch blade drones that are comma cazy drones that detonate on impact. there is some of what the president said. this could be a long and difficult battle. his unethical attacks on populations. we are united. and we'll continue to have their backs as they fight for their

freedom, democracy and very survival. we'll give ukraine the arms to fight and defend themselves through all the difficult days ahead. >> someone asked later, the president said he thinks vladimir putin is a war criminal, a characterization he previously stopped short of saying. >> the president's remarks speak for themselves and from his heart and what he has seen on television, which is barbaric actions of a dictator of a foreign country. >> they >> they continued without let up today. >> more residential neighborhoods said to be hit near kyiv. my conversation who has been living with her three kids in the shelter, a basement really.

regional authorities say ten people died. they were waiting in line for bread when russian shells were landing. there was success on the battlefield. a second strike destroyed more russian helicopters. the first which we reported on late last night destroyed at least three and a plume of smoke large enough to be seen from space and set off the nasa detectiontion citizen. the mayor seen at the top of the frame being abducted last friday was freed in a prisoner swap exchange according to ukrainian authorities for nine russian soldiers. vladimir putin said the west is trying to cancel russia and saying they are scum and traitors. >> [ speaking foreign language ] >> obviously, the west will try to rely on the so-called fifth column on national traitors on those who earn money with us,

but live there. and i mean live there, not even in the geographical sense of the world, but according to their thoughts, their slave vish consciousness. >> more so than most nights, there is a lot to cover. we have more from the story of a family that turned their home into a makeshift area. you have been reporting on a swimming pool in mariupol. what do we know at this point? >> you have to remember, this is a city under seen with hundreds of thousands of people according to the red cross and forced to fight over what little food remains there on the persistent bombardment by the russians whose defenders refuse to give it up, but in that too, greater

horror that a bomb shelter inside a drama theater where women and children have been hiding has in fact hit by an airstrike. here are the scenes. >> the flicker of flame here where russia's barbarism peaked and an airstrike hit a bomb shelter hiding hundreds beneath a neat ter said local officials. the damage so complete, the entrance was reduced to rubble. this satellite image from two days earlier showing the building standing with children outside and in case you're thinking nobody knew who was here, videos had been circulating for days of the hell inside. how over a week of siege and shelling had forced those still living into a space so tight and dark it must have felt like a tomb. [ speaking foreign language ] >> here he says, is where we give out food to children,

women and elderly first. this is the converted cloak room of the theater. >> [ speaking foreign language ] >> if this looks like how you imagine the end of the world for these children packed in, that may have been the case when the bombs struck. russia claimed ukrainian radicals caused the blast. a in this room, 15 people. little comfort any parent can give, this would be over soon. >> and below this, there are yet more and an entire city forced under ground. little aid allowed in and few allowed out. [ speaking foreign language ] >> people here are children lee says. his appeal is for food, help, perhaps unaware it may have led russian bombs straight to them. >> [ speaking foreign language ]

>> the swimming pool was also hit, a place where this nara toe said a pregnant woman was trapped under the rubble and where only expectant mothers hit. they wanted to that ten this port but de fenders still exact a cost, still keep them out. this drone video shows the moment ukrainian fighters hit a russian tank, the shots come again and, again removing one of the tanks' tracks. >> the crew seen hit as they try to flee. no room for mercy in a city that has little space left for life itself. >> at this point, are there any confirmed death tolls of -- is it known exactly what happened to the people inside that

theater? >> reporter: no. i'm be honest. there is no information that has come out. it is sparse at the best of times. we know the entrance of that bomb shelter was destroyed leaving many to be concerned obviously that would result in deaths inside, but rubble, too, that the intense shelling has been hard frankly for those remaining able to rescue those inside to begin to think about clearing and then, of course it is just why this is such utterly gastly moment of the people of mariupol. this is exactly where the most vulnerable there and in the most vulnerable in the city in the country were trying to find solace, but, still that was considered to be a target. you can just see there, anderson, the volume of social media material. the things you could see from space written staying this is to be left alone and this could have been forethought by the

return shen authorities. >> it is sick ening. >> will it change what the president is willing to provide the ukrainians? >> reporter: it doesn't seem like it because he labeled it at that for the first time after he laid out what a cities stance the u.s. will give to ukraine in the form of that $800 million today signing it in front of us that came hours after zelenskyy spoke calling for a no-fly zone. though zelenskyy seemed to indicate he understands it is not something they are going to get, certainly from the united states prompt positions there, but president biden saying vladimir putin is a war criminal is a shift from where he was. two weeks ago he said it was too early to say if he committed war crimes but things like what we saw with this bombing of the theater where people were sheltering and bombing of ma

teen fi wards, hospitals and apartment buildings where it is hard to make the argument that vladimir putin is not targeting civilians. you have seen them shift in this direction and biden saying he does believe he is a war criminal, though we should be realistic about what that means because that is him speaking from the heart and an investigation would require cooperation from russian officials if russians accused of crimes were traveling abroad, there wouldn't be any repercussions but we have to make sure you're telling the truth of what is going on and documenting what has been happening on the ground there in ukraine. >> yes. i'm going to be talking later on in an interview i did earlier today. he was on the ground starting his investigation into allegations of war crimes and crimes against humanity. we'll have that interview throughout the night tonight. nick, you were on the air earlier during a live shot. it sounded like a sustained

battle taking place. you are in odesa. what was happening there? >> reporter: yes. antiaircraft fire for 20, 30 minutes, the longest bursts we have heard since woe got here almost three weeks ago when the invasion began. clearly, there is increased military activity around here, the third largest city and most think russia has to make some move against if it wishes to feel it might have a chance to claim control overall of ukraine. that has had two russian planes taken down in the last 24 hours and shelling of the coastline. a statement, the last one backed up by defense officials who say there is military activity out there in the black sea. behind me, the longer term fear, some sort of am fish ous assault against this russian speaking heart of ukraine, it seems almost preposterous but it is

there as a threat. the real activity is around the city of nick lie. we talked about that many times. also, the russian military has been going around and to cut it off and pushing up from the south east if they en circle it's like the awfulsteens russia can focus on odesa here. we have seen them very heavily stretched along this black sea coast. it doesn't seem like they are there in big enough numbers. as far as we know to exact treasure where they are not doing brilliantly at the moment and this city of odesa that doesn't stop bombardment or something foolish happening from the sea behind me, but odesa very much on edge. antiaircraft gunfire, an abs salute shim bol of that. >> and i am going to speak to

him and you hear the russian foreign minister and zelenskyy and talks between the cub tris may be improving. how much confidence does the white house have on that front? >> they are hopeful obviously. they would like to see something come out of those but they are realistic about it and they have seen this indications from some official; some top russian officials of what could by coming out of this, but you listen to the speech vladimir putin gave today and it is horrifying what he is talking about and the way he is framing this and talking about pro western russians and the way the framing of their thinking is and what he thinks should happen talking about purefying russia so they are realistic as well as they are seeing these bombardments cop ting win and president biden said today after talking about the new assistance that the united states is sending to ukraine, he said he wanted to be hon knees. that this is going to go on for a long time. it has been three weeks tonight

since this invasion started but you saw the video that president zelenskyy played for congress today. look how much ukraine has changed in three weeks because of this russian invasion. that is the concern the white house las and ukrainian forces running out of supplies. not just military equipment but food and drinking water as we know that has been an issue for the civilian population as well. i think getting that a sentence stance is going to be difficult and grows more difficult by the day as you're seeing the russians invasion continue and also on the defense systems that we have talked about the s30 o's zelenskyy said they are trying to get that into ukraine with other countries. the white house is being very quiet about it. i think they know it can bow a target for russia and a much more sophisticated system than what ukraines have and that is all top of mind tonight. >> when you see ukrainian forces, you have been traveling

around so much. what are their capabilities? obviously we know about javelins and stingers but not all troops have those. are their weapons up to date? are their guns? do they have ammunition? >> >> reporter: we get a very partial limited picture of what ukraine's military capabilities are. that is quite deliberate where we are certainly and they don't want us to know their positions and full capabilities. it is there from the ukrainian process there are special forces units and capable units taking on russians and doing damage far beyond many expectations of what ukraine's army would do, but we have seen quite makeshift units taking up positions around key cities, nervous even to be filmed even there, because of the intense rocketing they

often get. a lot of the movement we see of troops are not enormously sophisticated in terms of the vehicles they have and how they move around so it is definitely a mixed picture. you always hear morale when you talk to them, because it is clear they are fighting for their homes and we spoke to some troops outside and he pointed to his house down the road and said i'm fighting for that. that is a complete change to the russian troops that they say they are fighting that they captured and don't even really know why they are there and cannot go back without being persecuted from their own side and if they go forward might end up surrendering so u's military, being on the counter offensive of pushing forward, it is always hard on the ground to be sure that is exactly what you're seeing. you mentioned the airport. that is first down the road. we traveled where we saw a mixed picture in terms of the damage

being done by russian forces along that road, but at this stage, the key point to remember is that the absence of russian control over make cities shows they are simply not doing the thing they thought they were able to do. it is slowing down and it is proving tough and how long can they go for? anderson. >> yes. thank you both. we appreciate it. coming up next, i have been watching over the last three weeks. you know who alayna is and she and her three kids have been sheltering in a basement since the war began in kyiv. we'll talk to her again tonight to see how they are doing. and later with vladimir putin lashing out again and president biden calling him a war criminal, the conversations with the chief prosecutor who is s here already starting to gather evidence. where do you thinknk you're going? smart move, mom. wicked smart. i think they get it.

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bombardment and much hit in residential areas. we're hitting a kind of warfare we have seen before, but on a far greater scale this time. trying to survive through all of it, some 40 million ukrainians and it is hard to imagine what their life must be like and harder still thinking about doing it with three young children as she is doing. we have been talking to her throughout the war and marveling about her strength, resilience and grace. >> it is so lovely to see you with your family. you look well. how are you holding up? >> well hello anderson. we're happy to see you. we're still alive. we're fine, but today is one of the middle east difficult days for me personally. we are like in a curfew so we stayed all the time in the basement and most of the time

isiah was reading and following the news and the news is pretty bad especially what happened in mariupol and now it hurts. my heart is just really bleeding when i'm reading this news and i real loy feel like my sisters and brothers, my children are being killed in mariupol and in other places and it is really hard. it is really hard. >> yes. we're still waiting for more information on exactly what has happened at that theater. you just introduced who you have with you? >> oh, yes, sure. lisa, my children. da reena, she is four months. soon she will be five months old already. this is seven years old. and she shows how angry she is all the time. this is terrace. he is five years old. >> i can't imagine what it has

been like with the curfew for 35 hours to be in one room, underground with your children. that is a lot. >> oh, yes the they are full of energy and they don't know where to give this energy especially we ask them to be quiet and we are in the closed room without in a sunlight and for children, it is pretty hard and they feel how stressed we are adults and they hear what we are talking about, so, yes, they are stressed but we still have -- >> they are scary tigers. they are fierce. >> yes -- >> they are asking all the time about vladimir putin. why is he such a bad person? why is he destroying ukraine and killing people and when daddy will come back home and when we

can go home. >> you went to the supermarket before the curfew and i understand the lines were very long. were there supplies there? yes, i don't know because i couldn't stand too long in the line. the lines were very long because this was after the local authorities declared the long curfew so people rushed into the supermarkets to buy what they need like for some days in advance. other people started to drive away from here. these days at night, these shells in kyiv intensified so there were more bombs flying on the residential areas, on the buildings here. so, yes, that makes people feel more scared than before. one of these bombs -- it was

very close, like in our neighborhood close to our basement. >> there was a bomb close to the basement. you could hear it? >> we, yes, we hear many explosions, even if they are quite far away but they are so loud that we can hear even in the basement but the one that fell just two kill lomes away was really loud and the building was destroyed and it was pretty close. >> that must be obviously very scary for the kids. >> it is. it is. >> do they get used to it in any way? >> i think they kind of they get used to it so they are not surprised to hear the explosions anymore. recently just yesterday, we were outside to take some water, and like we went outside of the

basement with empty bottles and we heard explosions like one and second and third and each one was more loud than the previous and i said well, okay, we are going to have another explosion, we'll go back into the basement and he said if there is another explosion, it will be just here, so we better come back now. then another explosion happened and neigh just ran back into the basement, so they kind of now understand the danger that it is real. i think this stress is accumulated little by little. i feel it. so they are like coping with the situation, but it is really too much for the children, it is too much for them. >> yes. there have been reports about neg they stores maybe perhaps making some kind of progress. do you trust that?

do you have hope for some sort of settlement? >> no. i have no trust, no hope, because i mean how can you trust someone who keeps lying all the time? i mean, in negotiations, vladimir putin said he will not a fact and then he attacked. he said just military training and then he said he will not kill civilians, and now he is killing civilians. look what happens in mariupol. he is bombing places filled with civilian people. what changes if he will say right now if he promises okay i will not kill anymore? officially by russian tv he is not killing anyone. it is not even the war. russia did not a fact us, it is the military operation so so what is the base of negotiations? >> i mean, he just needs to take away all his russian troops from ukraine, from all of ukraine, and i don't know. we need a really big wall

between us and russia and crocodiles between us and russia to stop it from happening. personally, even -- even if there will be some agreements and russians will go away because they will understand that are defeated, that they cannot really take and control ukraine. he is a terrorist. he killed more e people than i think any previous terrorist. i don't know. so he needs to be just punished and he needs to be imprisoned. i can't understand how you can negotiate with a people who is killing thousands of civilians. >> alayna, you're in my thoughts and prayers. thank you. >> thank you. >> three kids for 35 hours in a basement just waiting.

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we reported earlier president by president biden is calling vladimir putin a war criminal. today the chief prosecutor of the criminal court was in ukraine for the first time to start gathering the facts. we spoke with him at length and cnn exclusive interview. this is the first time prosecutors have been to ukraine. he met virtually with zelenskyy. he takes us beyond the accusations, the belief we have all seen war crimes on the television which russia denies but he is the one who has to try and build a monumental case to prove them, to follow the chain of command to find out the people who are responsible for any alleged war crimes. here is the first part of our conversation earlier. >> reporter: you're here on the ground. you're muiring very fast on this. >> we have to.

we see on our tv screens, anderson, the attacks against sivs civilians and we have to separate fact from fiction. >> it is not enough to know, you have to prove who is responsible. >> absolutely. we have a duty to investigate incriminating evidence equally and the criminal law standing of proving it's beyond a reasonable doubt. if we are to fill our obligation we have to conduct those independent investigations. >> do you have to have the chain of command? do you have to have a document? what do you look for? >> the truth and it can be testimony evidence, it can be satellite. it can be radar. it can be insiders. it is a whole variety but it is the evidence that is reliable, authentic, verified and that judges can take it's not just from me, but when they assess it and hear what the defense has to say, they can say that is the

truth and we say that these conclusions are true beyond a reasonable doubt. >> so these videos are what we're seeing. >> yes. >> it must be hard. >> it is never as easy to get the to the truth but we have seen the truth is out and that gives me confidence. >> you are confident you can find the truth. >> there is an international solidarity building up. 41 states have referred this matter. >> you have 41 countries refer the matter to the criminal court. >> yes and hopefully it will be great. >> and you have obviously been working in international law and justice. you know how long in the past getting people to in the past getting justice has taken years and years, decades sometimes. what is the time frame you think this may take? >> i think this is a test for

us. international justice has done remark call things but it has been criticized in parts for being slow, for being in effective and not making a real difference to people's lives. i think this is a test for the court, for me, for the office. that we see the whole world is holding its breath. abuse the word is watching what is happening here, the stakes are high not only for finding justice here, but for the international order of law. >> this is why we need the law more than ever. we have to value the law, restrain ourselves individually when we have the upper hand and for our collective survival and progression of civil nation and humanity, this law is worth fighting for and protecting and supporting. what i'm really keen about, it is not a burden of the prosecutor or of ukraine or the

states, these redlines that de mark basic norms of acceptable conduct prohibit bis of genocide, these redlines have to be policed by all of us. >> it is interesting in the world of politics and international diplomacy, minute cal leaders are often wary of drawing redlines. you're not wary when it comes to the law. >> well, there are redlines. these are the basic minimum standards. this is an opportunity to mobilize the law and send the law into battle to protect and today ter and to insist on accountability because if we don't do this, we're going to keep on having these sweet nothing of never again, of ringing our hands and knowing what is coming tomorrow because we saw it yesterday. >> we have seen video of the maternity hospital being attacked. we have seen a pregnant woman being brought out that ultimately died as did her baby and other face of it that would

seem a be a war crime. is that enough from a legal standpoint? >> it is a start. clearly i'm here for wa reason and we have reasonable grounds to believe crimes are being committed. >> absolutely. and one sees one thing is clear. the law is clear on this. it is a crime to intentionally target civilians and to target civilian objects. of course there has to be further investigation. were those being used to launch attacks to make them legitimate targets but they can use attacks in concentrated civilian areas. >> you're talking about buildings, churches, schools and theater perhaps. much more from our exclusive conversation coming up in our next hour. the chief prosecutor talks

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earlier today my colleague spoke with russian journalist. you may remember the video of her protests on a major russian evening newscast with an anti war sign, an incredibly brave act. she was later find for her actions. she opened up during an interview and how this decision spon tain jus had been brewing for a long time. she said part of her motivation was what states television did to her mother. >> i'm watching my elderly mom who watches and listens to this propaganda morning tonight and she is so brainwashed that i can't talk to here for five minutes because these phrases she keeps repeating, the

phrases she hears on tv, the phrases that our propaganda created and i think 50% of our society are like my mom, but i wanted to show to the world that russians are against the war, the majority of russians are against the war. >> reena also called it the war the point of no return. she is not the only one. hackers are trying to use their skills to reach the russian people. >> you should see all these people refugees from ukraine, people like you and me. a hackers fighting against russia's information war. a we knew that there are people all around the world who would like to do something, but

stopped by a gun. >> this man part of the quad 303 online activists in poland who built a tool to let anyone send text messages and emails to give them more about the war to get around vladimir putin's iron curtain. russia recently cut off access to facebook and twitter. >> there is a new group that came out with a website to allow you to text russian cell phones. >> so how many text messages do you think you have sent to russians over the past few weeks? >> three, four, five, six, thundershowers. i can't count. it keeps going. >> a truck salesman has messaged russians and most don't get him a responses and others say go

away, but others engage. >> i had a gentleman early on that reached out to me and sent a picture of where he is working and i sent him how we like to trax so i sent him pictures of my traxes and he sent me pictures of his travels. >> i'm from a generation of radio free europe and we all remember how the enslaved country -- and proper information legal information about the world. i can remember a time when we used to listen to radio free world. the only voice from the free world for enslaved people in poland. >> thomas kept is the former ceo of radio for europe and an expert in russian disinformation. >> do you think some people in russia will be receptive to these messages or will they say

why is there an american sending me a text message? >> well certain number of people will say absolutely this is hostile propaganda, this is spam, an attempt, it is psychological war against us, but many others will be grateful for some information that they are having trouble to get and maybe affected by the fact that there is someone out at the end of the communication who really would like to hear from them. >> other taking a different approach on the telegram map, they have amasked 300,000 members and sends out lists of rub shen website toss attack. >> you're a code er, not a gunner. >> that us true. >> we >> we spoke to him over the phone and he said he is in ukraine. >> you took down food delivery services for take out in russia. i think i saw you guys targeted

some banking services in russia. i mean, what you're doing is targeting russian citizens, people in russia. do you think that is fair? >> well, that is exactly the point that we wanted to convey. we want those people to feel that the war has started. many people in russia don't feel that the war is fair, and we want them to feel that. >> donny joins us now. is that kind of cyber attacks -- is that legal? >> yeah, anderson, this is a difficult one in that ukrainian government is pushing people. its ministers are tweezing about the i.t. army, which is telling people to go attack these russian websites. but certainly a lot of this activity is illegal. we asked a u.s. states department spokesperson about this because some americans --

there are 300,000 members of this so-called i.t. army. the u.s. state department threaded that needle carefully saying ukraine is entitled to defend itself in cyberspace, but it does not condone anything illegal by u.s. persons here in the united states. >> fascinating reporting. donie o'sullivan. appreciate it. the ukrainian military aren't the only ones working to defend their homeland. ordinary civilians are helping to make gear for those on the front lines. their story next. ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪

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. important, earlier president biden announced an additional $800 million to security systems to ukraine after president zelenskyy addressed congress, calling for more support against russia's invasion. provide ukraine with military

equipment. some of the people decided to remain in ukraine have been using their skills to assist the war effort behind the scenes, helping to make gear for those on the front lines of the conflict. cnn's ivan watson has their story. >> reporter: a melody in a time of deep uncertainty. a family hard at work, turning their living room into a makeshift workshop, producing locally-made armor for the ukrainian military. >> translator: this is heavy. this is a flak jacket. >> reporter: these flak jackets are the work of this grandmother and former seam stress. russia's invasion of ukraine pulled this 68-year-old out of retirement to work as a volunteer sewing flak jackets for ukrainian soldiers. she says she sews these flak jackets with love, and it's with that love that she hopes it'll

help protect defenders, help save their lives. in the kitchen, her son, a lawyer, crafts the blue and yellow arm bands that security forces wear on their arms to identify themselves. how many do you make in one day? >> 200. >> 200? >> yeah. >> reporter: this family workshop, part of a larger improvised production chain that sprouted up in the central ukrainian city. it's the brain child of this man. he takes orders from soldiers and members of the territorial defense requesting armor before they head to the front lines. before the war, vitali was a lawyer and an amateur reenactor of scenes from the first world war, when ukrainian nationalists fought against russian bolsheviks. several days into this modern war, vitali says he asked his moern, irina, to help sell armor when his son's god father

couldn't find a flak jacket before heading off to combat. this relies on donations and improvisation. this is some padding for the flak jackets to go around the armor plates. and they're made from the material that's used for floor mats for cars. the armor plates come from scrap metal scavenged from old cars, welded and reworked by volunteer mechanics, and field tested. so, he's taken out a plate to a firing range. this is six millimeters in wid , and they tried different kinds of firearms and rounds, and it was able to block some rifles. but a sniper's rifle punched right through, as did a machine gun. they're not using this width for their flak jackets. the team settled on a width of 8 millimeters. vitali says this newest model will go to a new fighter within

the hour. my normal work is to defend people in a court of law, but now we have to defend people's lives from the enemy, from the killer who is for some reason want to kill me, my little daughter, my grandmother, and so on. this is just one example of the collective war effort that has sprung up here. ordinary ukrainians doing their part to protect their homeland. >> i mean, it seems like the needs for body armor, for ammunition, for guns is really enormous in part because there's so many volunteers who have now joined the fight, people in territorial defense forces, in city defenses, as well as people who are obviously going to the military. >> that's true, and they're calling people up. but part of this program, this

grass roots program, was organized at the very beginning of the conflict, when some of the frontline people didn't have armor. so, i think this underscores some of the challenges that the ukrainian armed forces face. you know, one of the guys who was welding those armor plates is about to become a grandfather in just two week's time. he's 58 years old, and he's standing by for his own call to be sent towards the front lines, worried that he may miss the birth of his first grandson. anderson? >> wow, ivan, appreciate it. thanks so much for that report. up next, despite russia's assault, ukrainian forces have been putting up an incredibly tough fight. now they're getting more tools from the u.s. how that could change the battle when our coverage of ukraine continues. lavender bataths always calmed him. so we turned bath time into a business. ♪ and building it with my son has been my dream job.