this is cnn breaking news. hello and welcome to our viewers around the world and in the united states this hour. i'm hala gorani bringing you breaking news from ukraine, coming to you live from lviv. we begin with this breaking news. at least one person is dead and three others wounded after debris from a downed missile hit a residential building in kyiv. authorities say a fire broke out in the 16-story building, but that it was put out pretty quickly. the state emergency service reports 30 people have been evacuated from that site, and rescue operations are ongoing. meanwhile, a dire situation in the southern coastal city of mariupol. what could be one of the most brutal attacks since russia

invaded this country late last month. local officials say russian forces bombed a theater in the heart of the city where hundreds of people were taking shelter. it is not clear how many were killed or wounded, but here's part of what makes this attack so insidious. satellite images show the russian word for "children" spelled out in large letters on two sides of the building, front and back. ukraine blames russia for another attack on civilians in the northern city of cherniv. russia denies its forces were responsible for this. and in ukraine's second largest city kharkiv, emergency workers say three people were killed and five wounded after shelling caused a major fire at a market. protesters turned out in another city after russian forces detained the mayor, his deputy and the city council secretary. you can see how russian troops responded there with tear gas.

ukraine's president says russia has killed more than 100 children in this invasion so far. he was asked wednesday if russia using chemical weapons would be a red line. >> i don't understand the meaning of red lines. what else should we wait for, for letting russians kill 200, 300, or 400 children? >> more now on that attack on the heater in mariupol from cnn's nick paton walsh. >> reporter: the flicker of flame here where russia's barbarism peaked and an air strike hit a bomb shelter hiding hundreds beneath the theater, 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 written large outside.

in case you're still 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. here he says is where we give out food. children, women and elderly first. this is the converted cloakroom of the theater. 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. in this room, 15 people. little comfort any parent can

give. below this door, yet more, an entire city forced underground. little aid allowed in and few allowed out. people hear us, here were children, he says. his appeal is for food, help. perhaps unaware it may have led russian bombs straight to them. the swimming pool was also hit, a place where this narrater says a pregnant woman was trapped under the rubble and where only expectant mothers and those with under 3s hid. its defenders 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 tank's tracks.

the crew were later seen being hit as they tried to flee. no room for mercy in a city that has little space left for life itself. nick paton walsh, cnn, odesa, ukraine. >> well, here with me to discuss the humanitarian situation and aid decision is the head of the emergency operations in ukraine for the international federation of the red cross. thanks for being with us, steve. first, talk to us about how this conflict and your operations here compare to other conflict zones you've worked in. >> yes, this conflict here is much larger in scope and speed and intensity than others we've worked in recent years. and it's spilling over into all the surrounding countries, and it's moving very quickly. >> what are your biggest challenges? >> our biggest challenges a the moment are access, logistics, supply lines, safety of our volunteers, protection of the people we're trying to help. and everything else a person

will need who has been affect by a conflict. >> you heard me report here, one attack after another on civilian targets. how do you get around that? who are you talking to guarantee to try to protect your access routes into these hard hit civilian areas? >> so our colleagues in the international community, the red cross are holding confidential talks with all sides, reminding them of their commitments and requirements under international humanitarian law. so it's a continual dialogue, and a continual effort. i think the main thing we do to solve this is persistence. >> when you say dialogue, that implies that there is a conversation ongoing. are you getting any kind of positive messages back from specifically the russian military? because they're the ones targeting civilians right now. >> well, as i said prior, the dialogue is confidential. we find of measure things not necessarily in positive or negative, but we measure by the people we help who are not --

who are affected by the conflict. so we have people we're serving on all sides. we just keep trying and trying. it's a changing situation, and it's moving, and we're also seeing a wider devastating humanitarian crisis unfold here in western ukraine and stilling across the borders. >> talk to me what we see in areas like mariupol. what are you hearing back from red cross, officials and workers on the ground there? are they at all able to access the people who need their help? >> there is definitely red cross support going into people in those areas. in all the areas affected by conflict here in ukraine. they're in all sides on both sides of the conflict lines. we have red cross volunteers from the ukraine red cross. but we also have russian red cross working on this and other volunteers who were there even before the conflict started. so we're helping. we're getting aid in. it's not enough. it's a drop in the bucket. >> what do you need most? >> we mostly need -- we need

people to care about each other. and if you care about each other and you're watching this transmission, you can support your local red cross anywhere in the world. you can donate, donate time. and that will be channeled through the red cross movement here to help the people on the ground. >> and what i meant really is what do you need most in terms of supplies, in terms of aid? what is missing still here? >> well, we are short on almost everything. we need funds in order to -- fuel. fuel trucks, supplies, food, water, shelter. blankets, everything people need. basically, everything. all basic needs are what we are in need of right now. >> so a satisfy like lviv like we are right now has taken in more than 200,000 internally displaced persons. if you walk the streets of this city, you wouldn't necessarily know it compared to other conflict zones where you see tents and you see some mini refugee cities pop up. what is different about here?

is it's how the krauns have responded? >> yes, definitely. we're actually here, and we have over 300,000 in leave as of last night. and it's only a city of 700,000. so it's almost 50% increase. so the locals are telling us, you can feel it, because everything is full. hotels are full. houses are full. and we do have makeshift camps. we do have some makeshift shelters, the train station has people coming and going. you've been out there? >> uh-huh. >> all the services are under heavy pressure. and there is a lot of people coming and staying and moving on. and others are just staying here. so the local response has been absolutely fantastic. there is an outpouring of volunteers that have joined the red cross and other organizations. so we have the manpower and we have the energy. we still need more resources. >> so for anybody watching, because people can sometimes feel helpless, how can they help specifically the red cross. >> donate to your local red

cross, wherever you are in the world. even if you're in my how many town of philadelphia, you can donate to the red cross philadelphia, this will get channeled through to the person on the ground. >> how do we know it's going to the ukraine appeal, though? is there somewhere on the website to click that makes sure or will they donate to it the local red cross? >> all the different red crosss have different websites in different ways. so they can engage. you can donate online. you can put on a request to where it goes, but i can't speak to all red crosss which i'm supposed to. the best way is to really engage and show interest and then find out how to help. >> thanks very much. good luck to you and your team here in ukraine, the head of emergency operations in the country joining us on cnn. president dzelenskyy will take ms. plea for support next hour that follows his virtual address to the u.s. congress on

wednesday there he urged joe biden to be a world leader, a leader for peace. he went on. and he reiterated his request for a no-fly zone, saying that russia has turned ukrainian skies into a source of death. as dell compared this moment to other turning points in u.s. history. >> remember pearl harbor? terrible morning of december 7th, 1941. when your skies was black from the planes attacking you, just remember it. remember september the 11th, a terrible day in 2001 when evil tried to turn your cities, independent territor. when innocent people wer our country experienced the same, every day, right now.

>> well, after mr. zelenskyy's speech, president biden announced an additional $800 million in security assistance to ukraine. now those include weapons, some pretty heavy ones too. and aircraft systems, drones, grenade launchers, guns and ammunition. mr. biden warned this war could be a long and difficult battle, but said that americans would be steadfast in their support. president biden made his harshest condemnation yet of vladimir putin. listen. >> they're war criminals. are you ready -- >> oh, he is a war criminal. >> well, the kremlin says that mr. biden's calling vladimir putin a war criminal, is, quote, unforgivable. the kremlin spokesperson tells reporters that russian president is still open to talk with his american counterpart, despite u.s. sanctions, and maybe even

despite president biden calling him a war criminal. mr. putin delivered a stark warning to russian protesters on wednesday, calling them traitors and scum. listen to his eyebrow raising words. >> translator: they will try to bet on the so-called fifth column on traitors, on those who esch their money here but live over there. live not in the geographical sense, but in the way they think with the wind set of a slave. these people cannot live without oysters and gender freedom. >> well, we heard plenty of reports about russian treeps being depleted in ukraine. now they may be getting some badly needed help from back home. japan has released new images of russian warships passing through its waters, possibly carrying troops and come bad vehicles to the battlefield. let's get more now from cnn senior international

correspondent jim bittermann live this hour in paris with the very latest. jim? >> hala, speculating on troop loss is something that probably would not put us in very good step with vladimir putin in that speech yesterday. he was even more unsettling in what he had to say. he said those are in the west are trying to split our society. the russian people will always be able to distinguish between two patriots and common traitors, and simply strip them out like bugs on to the pavement. accidentally flown into their mouths. it was really a kind of an unsettling speech. i guess that's the best way you could put it because he was saying things that were just outside the realm of reality in some respects. so basically criticizing what was going on. and it reflects also what's going on from an administrative standpoint in the sense that the government is going after people. there is a blogger here for example, they're going after,

trying to pursue them for a fake news and that kind of thing. so clear evidence i think that they're worried about the kind of reporting that is going on in the west. >> all right, jim bitter man, thanks very much. live in paris. a lot more to come on our special coverage as russia's attacks on ukraine escalate. the international criminal court's top prosecutors is there to determine whether war crimes are being committed. cnn exclusive interview with him is just ahead. . >> we need to get to the truth. to get to the truth, we need to be here and separate fact from fiction. with fragrgrance that's always fresh, never overpowering. air wick. connect to naturure.

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raised the rhetorical stakes of the russian invasion of ukraine by labeling russian president vladimir putin a war criminal. it's an allegation not taken lightly by the international criminal court. already investigating whether russia's attacks meet the bar to be considered legitimate war crimes. the icc's chief prosecutor spoke down exclusively with my colleague anderson cooper to talk about the investigation so far. >> you're here on the ground. it seems you're moving very fast on this. >> i think we have to. i think we see on our tv screens, anderson, the attacks against objects, the attacks regarding civilians, and we need to get to the truth. to get to the truth we need to be here and separate fact from fiction. >> it's not enough to know that war crimes are being committed. you have to prove who is responsible. >> absolutely. we have a duty to investigate exculpate and incriminating evidence equally.

and that's an arduous standard. should it be. but if we are to fulfill our investigation 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 evidence? >> well, the truth. and the truth can take many forms. it can be testimonial evidence, it can be radar, it can be insiders. it's a whole variety. but it's the evidence that is reliable, that is authentic, and that judges can take it not just from me, but when they assess it and whatever what the defense have to say, well, that is the truth. and we say that these conclusions are beyond a reasonable doubt. >> so the cell phone video that we're seeing. >> absolutely. >> it's going to be hard to find the truth in a time of disinformation. >> it's never as easy as people think to get to truth. but we've seen time and time again from nuremburg, the truth will out. >> you're confident you will find the truth?

>> i'm confident we'll do the job. there is an international solidarity building up, 41 states unprecedent have had referred this matter. >> you've had 41 countries refer to the criminal court? >> hopefully it will be great. >> in the past, justice has taken years and years, decades sometimes. what is the time frame you think this may take? >> i think it's a test for us. international justice has done remarkable things since nuremberg, but it's not been an easy road. it's been criticized in some parts for being slow, for being ineffective and not making a real difference to peoples's lives. it's a test for me, a test for the office that we see the whole world is holding its breath. >> because the world is watching what is happening here, the stakes are high for not only for finding justice here, but for the international order of law. >> i think this is why we need the law more tan ever. we have to value the law,

restrain ourselves when we have the upper hand. and realize for all the elective progression of civilization, humanity, this law is worth fighting for, supporting and pro protecting. it's not a burden of the office of the prosecutor. it's not a burden just of ukraine or estates. these red lines that demark basic norms of acceptable conduct, a prohibition against genocide and crimes against humanity and war crimes. these lines need to be policed by all of us. >> the chief prosecutor at the icc. the war has touched nearly everyone in ukraine, and the stories of loss are all too easy to find. after the break, you'll meet a father who had to get devastating news from social media. plus, coming up, one woman's twitter campaign to show the worrell what russia is doing. we'll speak with her live, after this.

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constant stream of vehicles, dropping off and picking up body bags. they contain both soldiers but also civilians. their families wait outside to identify their loved ones. just unconscionable. and at this port on the black sea, the military is just starting to bury the soldiers who made the sacrifice, the ultimate sacrifice. it was one of their first targets of russia's invasion last month. of course, the tragedy is not limited to the military action. one man described the moment he found out his family had perished. >> translator: i call this is war on line, because we used to be in our family, we used to use google geo location. and we used to see each other with my wife on google maps. and that's morning. i notice there was a -- an unusual chill occasion between keefe and the european.

and then 20 minutes later, moved to another location to -- a hospital in kyiv. and i suspected something was wrong. and i asked friends to come to the hospital and find out whether there were any bad news. and then later, there was a news on twitter that in -- that there was mortal shelling, and that family died. two children, their mother and their father. and then i saw on twitter, and i recognized my children. i recognized their things and their clothes. and i called my friends to say that the children are dead.

their board is lying on pay. . >> oh, just unbelievable. ukrainians have been enduring russia's brutal progression as best they can. some stand to choose to fight, others get the day away. people around the world are now following her as the conflict interests its fourth week yaroslav joins us from western ukraine. thanks for being with us. what has your experience been in the last few weeks as you documented this tragedy on social media? >> hello, hala. hello, everyone. i am rest in ukraine right now. i am safe at the moment, i came here just on march 4th so almost since the days we were in kyiv and to left the capital after

all this explosions, bombing, this terrible experience. but now i am fine, here with my mom and my son as i'm tweeting, and telling my story, my simple story to the mac & cheese. >> yeah, what are some of the stories that have resonated the most with people who follow you online? >> it's difficult to say because they are reacting very warmly on almost every tweet, especially when we are drinking our coffees in the morning, actually in the morning in ukraine, or is evening in australia and in the u.s. and it's some kind of you know unity, solidarity between people and as i say, there are no nationalities, and this time we

are just people of the earth. we don't want my nor deaths, any more tragedies. yeah. and probably later just a few weeks ago, i decided to make some kind to very shot chronicles of this world. and it redeem just right this terrible thing, especially, for example, yesterday this horrible tragedy in the mariupol theater, and yes, its residents, people too. but i don't want to press anyone. i just want to tell how regular people, ordinary people leave through these terrible advance. >> how is it affecting you in how is it affecting you psychologically? this is your country? >> i used to out the that live finished, it just topped. and right now we've got here

completely different life, a diesel life. everything has changed. it's even -- if it's safe, if flavio are flying here, so if they had enough food, bad sleep, people suffer in other parts of the ukraine. but it's impossible to leave just regular life, to pretend that it's nothing, just to go you don't. not when people are dying. it's very difficult. when we see this news. and also this war is very close to us. we've got alerts here twice, three times a day. >> and what do you tell -- how old is your son, first of all. and what do you tell him about what's going on? >> my son is 19, and definitely

he understands what's going on here from the very date. and i just remember waking up in kyiv at 7:00. it was magic that he was sleeping, and the first phase for him was just -- i told him, my son, the broke is down. and it was difficult forehim because he was probably afraid as everyone was. but right now he just wants to go to fight it seems to me that everyone in our country has -- yeah, definitely. but he's young. and now they don't take such young people to fight and also -- i don't want him to go to fight. he can can't do it because he doesn't know how to take the gum. >> yeah. i can imagine how worried you are for him and this young

generation of ukrainians. so much uncertainty ahead. thank you very much for your joining us. she has been documenting the war on her twitter account, and she -- many people have been following the tragedy in this country through her eyes and her post. thank you so much. a ukrainian mayor who was captured by armed men last friday now says he is ready to fight for his country again. as cnn reported back then, the mayor was seen in this video being dragged away after the city of was captured. but now ukrainian officials say the mayor has been released through a prisoner swap for nine russian soldiers. he later spoke with president zele zelenskyy who told him to get back to work. >> i'm very glad to hear from you, the voice of a living person. >> thank you so much for not leaving me. >> we dent leave our people.

>> i need a day were to to recover. after that i am ready to fulfill any of your demands, so the day of our recovery becomes much sooner and refloor the ukrainian flag which these [ bleep ] pook down while they put me in jail. well, we can't promise you two days. you are a young man. you will recover in one day. we're very happy you were rescued. it is not possible to rescue everyone yet. >> just a bit of colorful language there in the call with the president. the flag mentioned was taken down on sunday while he was still being held. zelenskyy said the russian military tried to get fedorov to collaborate with them, but he did not cave in. i'll have more from l kyiv, ukraine, but first let's bring rosemary church.

>> a woman is back home with her husband and daughter in the united kingdom. charity work stepped off a royal air force plane early thursday and with her another british iranian, anusha assurecigarry ratliff was taken into custody in 2016 while visiting relatives in iran. she received a five-year sentence for espionage. a chair she denies. iranian authorities did not say why she was released. but it came after the uk announced it had settled a long-standing debt owed to tehran dating back to before the 1979 islamic revolution. well, after protesting russia's invasion of ukraine, live on state tv, one russian journalist says her life is changed forever. after the break, why she

believes most russian citizens want no part in vladimir putin's war. >> russians chant no to war, sending a message from abroad that's muted at home. and you will see how a top russian rap artist got behind the anti-war movement outside the country. so anyone who says lactaid isn't real milk is also o sayig mabel here isn't a real cow. and she really hates that.

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welcome back, everyone. well, russia has avoided a sovereign debt default and made good on interest payments, which fell due on wednesday. the finance minister told state media the $117 million payment came from russia's foreign reserves, which had been frozen by the united states. a treasury spokesman says the payment will be allowed to go through. but there is trouble ahead with a $2 billion debt falling due early next month. the russian state tv journalist who protested the war in ukraine during a life broadcast says it was impossible for her to stay silent anymore. you will of course recall she rushed the set of a newscast on russia's channel 1 monday holding a large sign that said "no war." on wednesday, she told christiane amanpour many russians don't support the

president's decision to invade ukraine. >> i wanted to show to the world that russians are against the war. the majority of russians are against the war. and even if they support the kremlin policy, they are pacifists. they hate war. inside themselves, everybody russia is scared by what's going on. everybody is confused. our life changed overnight. russians are really scared by what's going on, and their faces show fear and confusion. >> so far she hasn't been charged for the on-air protest, but a moscow court did find her guilty of organizing an unauthorized public event for a video statement she recorded prior to the incident.

she was fined the equivalent of nearly $300. one of russia's top ballerinas has quit the world famous bolshoi ballet to protest the war in ukraine. august minova left for the netherlands where she joins the dutch national ballet with her first performance already scheduled for april. the prima ballerina had been with the bolshoi for more than a decade where she climbed to the position to the principal soloist. she explained her decision this way. i never thought i would be ashamed of russia. i have always been proud of talented russian people, of our cultural and athletic achievements. but now i feel that a line has been drawn that separates the before and the after. since speaking out against the war is off limits in russia, some ordinary russians are taking a stand abroad. this week a large crowd attended an anti-war concert in istanbul,

headlined by a top russian rap artist. and jomana karadsheh said, no one criticized more the invasion. >> reporter: to protest putin's war, top russian rap artist canceled concerts in russia. on tuesday, he kick started the first of his russians against war charity gigs in istanbul. proceeds from this concert streamed live he announced will be going to ukraine, and donations came rolling in fast. tickets for this event sold out pretty much immediately. it is packed here. but not everyone is here for the music. >> i want to meet people with the same views as me. i want to meet with them and to feel that i'm not alone with this position. >> reporter: in 28-year-old anatoly is not alone. many here left russia in recent days, escaping a crackdown on

dissent, where thousands have been detained at protests, even calling putin's invasion what it is, a war, has been criminalized. >> when we are posting something on social media, at least we know that nobody is going to come for us. but back home, even now they have a new law, if you post something that you can be arrested. at least we can speak up from here. >> reporter: like many of those here tonight, masha and darya have no plan. they just bought plane tickets and left the country. >> sanctions, it's not feeling -- we are not feeling safe there. we're afraid of this iron curtain thing. >> reporter: they're here to help ukraine, they say. it's the least they can do. >> it's very hard to feel that you are on the side of aggressor, you know. it's like you feel responsibility. you feel shame. you also a victim of the situation because back home it didn't feel like -- it's very hard to understand what can you do.

>> reporter: the crowd spontaneously chants what they couldn't back in russia, no to war. tanya just arrived in istanbul. she says she was detained and fined in st. petersburg for taking part in a protest. she had to leave her parents behind. opposing the war has even torn apart her own family. >> they watch tv, and they listen to propaganda, and it's really hard, because now many, many families in russia are divided between these two sides, those who are against war and those who unfortunately support. but they even don't know what do they support. >> reporter: tanya, do you have hope that you will have a future in your country some day? >> during the putin's regime, no. no. definitely not. >> reporter: there is so much uncertainty here. it's the fear of the unknown. many don't know when or if they'll be able to go back home.

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