nascar! yes! find rewards like these and so many more in the xfinity app. this is cnn breaking news. hello and welcome to our viewers around the world and in the united states this hour as well. i am hala gorani reporting live from lviv, ukraine. ukraine's military says it's exacting a heavy toll from -- for -- on russia, claiming 14,000 russian troops have been killed so far. others estimate russian deaths are fewer, but still in the thousands. and it's not obviously without ukrainian losses. russian bombers struck army barracks in the southern city of mykolaiv. swedish journalists who were on

the scene shot video of rescuers pulling one person from the debris. it is feared dozens of ukrainian soldiers may have been killed in this attack. in the besieged port of mariupol, drone footage shows the utter devastation that russian forces have unleashed. a huge shopping mall -- you see it there on your screen -- stands gutted and completely burned out along with blocks of charred apartment buildings. new satellite images show some russian forces taking up defensive positions, digging earthen berms for protection. ukraine's president is now warning moscow that its aggression will only end up hurting russia. >> translator: these tactics of the russian military are only worsening the situation for the russian state. they result in new and devastating sanctions. they encourage new participants to join our antiwar coalition. they help unite countries that

always tried to remain neutral to pressure russia. that is why negotiations about peace, about security for us, security for ukraine, substantial, honest ones, and without stalling are the only chance -- the only chance -- for russia to mitigate the damage inflicted by its own stakes. >> in the u.s., president biden spoke for nearly two hours with china's president xi jinping. warning of unspecified consequences if beijing assists the russian side. we will have more on that story, later this hour. but as the conflict enters its fourth -- fourth week, cnn's kristen fisher has the latest developments from across this war zone. >> reporter: russia is broadening its targets with new air strikes hitting the western city of lviv, which previously had been largely spared. the mayor confirming missiles hit near the airport.

the city is just over 40 miles from the border with poland, a nato country, and lviv has been a haven for refugees fleeing the conflict or a stop on the way to europe. and russia is not letting up on the capital kyiv, with new strikes on the northern residential district, ukrainian emergency services say one person died after remains of a downed missile set fire to a residential building. in the northeast, fires broke out in this massive market in the city of kharkiv after it was shelled by russian forces. city officials say one rescue worker died. in the southern city of mariupol, 130 people have been rescued from that makeshift shelter, bombed by russian forces. a theater with the russian word for children written beside the building. russia denies the attack. >> translator: hundreds of mariupol residents are still under the debris. despite the shelling, despite all the difficulties, we will continue rescue work. >> reporter: the seemingly intentional targeting of civilians has led many in the

biden administration, including the president and secretary of state, to accuse russia of war crimes as the state department works to gather evidence against russian president vladimir putin. >> in terms of international law, you have to have evidence. you have to have a body of proof that, in fact, there was intentionality. >> reporter: and as civilians die in ukraine, putin held a concert marking the anniversary of the russian' annexation of crimea. the concert featured patriotic songs, like this one called "made in the ussr." putin claims russia has never been more united as his country suffers a collapsing economy caused by western sanctions. >> translator: the best proof is the way our boys are fighting in this operation. shoulder to shoulder, supporting each other. and if need be, protecting each other like brothers. >> reporter: that's not how a top u.s. general sees it. >> they don't appear, from where

i sit at least, to be particularly motivated or particularly -- or particularly engaged in the campaign that they are undertaking. >> reporter: kristen fisher, cnn, washington. well, as the russian ground offensive largely grinds to a halt, the u.s. defense secretary lloyd austin says things are not going according to plan for moscow. he spoke with don lemon during a visit to bulgaria friday. >> i think, you know, they -- they have not progressed as far -- as quickly as they would have liked to. uh, they -- i think they envisioned that they would move rapidly and very quickly seize the capital city. they've not been able to do that. they've struggled with logistics, so we've seen a number of missteps along the way. >> well, echoing what president biden said, austin also said he was hoping china wouldn't offer a military or economic lifeline to russia, which moscow had

reportedly requested. let's talk more now about vladimir putin's huge rally and concert in moscow celebrating russia's annexation of crimea. some of those attending said they felt pressured to go. mr. putin also used the occasion to justify his renewed invasion of ukraine, falsely claiming it was necessary to protect ukrainians from, quote, genocide. >> translator: to free the people from suffering and this genocide is our main initiating reason and goal for russia starting a special operation in donbas and ukraine. >> well, as mr. putin celebrates, the reality can hardly be more -- more harsh. for the defenders of this country in ukraine, they are in some cases the only thing standing between the russian military and their homes and families. we spoke with one battalion commander about this war, and he told cnn's ivan watson that

dying is only the second worst thing that could happen to him. >> it's not so scary to die. it's much more scary to lose. when we met the second army in the world by statistic, we expected more professionals. we expected more aggressive and more strong fighting. >> reporter: your battalion filmed this? >> it's hitting in russian tanks. >> and that's hit by ukrainian artillery? >> artillery. yes. >> reporter: drone footage that cnn cannot independently verify from battlefields northwest of kyiv, filmed by a battalion of ukraine's territorial defense force, commanded by major sergei tamarin. has your battalion had casualties? >> yes. yes. >> people killed? people wounded? >> yes.

i prefer not to tell the number of people. but we have -- i -- i already lost my friends and people who serve with me. we have people who wounded. >> reporter: what is the weapon that is hurting your men? >> the most dangerous, it's artillery. >> reporter: tamarin is a veteran of the long war in ukraine's southeastern donbas region. he re-enlisted along with most his battalion of nearly 400 after russia invaded ukraine on february 24th. he calls his strategy aggressive resistance. >> just -- um -- separating four small troops, not more than ten people with few grenade launchers and some kind of -- um -- clean-up group with rifles and machine guns. i can say that russian army,

regular army, infantry groups fight well. they even have -- um -- food packs which is expired few years ago. so, they don't have normal food. they don't have even water. >> reporter: your battalion -- how many armored vehicles/tanks do you think you've destroyed? >> right now, um, more than 20. it's not only tanks. it's, like, tanks and other armored vehicle. >> reporter: does your battalion have an estimate for how many russians they killed? >> for now, we destroy almost 200 russians, captured alive close to six or eight soldiers. >> reporter: tamarin is recovering from injuries sustained during a combat operation. >> fall down from the bridge which was blown up. half of my ribs are broken. >> reporter: he says his men have started to receive some

foreign weapons. shoulder-fired missiles. and he's confident ukraine will have victory but at a terrible price. >> the price which pay ukraine right now is i think impossible. it's -- it's some kind of whole sacrifice of all nation. >> reporter: ivan watson, cnn, ukraine. a member of the ukrainian parliament joins me now live from kyiv. we have spoken before. when you heard that battalion commander on the ground saying ukraine will prevail, but it will come at a very heavy price. i mean, how concerned are you that this russian offensive is -- is going to inflict a lot of damage to the infrastructure of your country, to obviously the population in your country. that it might be difficult to recover from in the future. what is your -- what is your biggest concern on that front?

>> the reality is when you think about the gift that you got from your ancestors, that is your country's independence, your country, your nation. keeping it and given a chance to have the future that it chooses is a worthy goal, and that is something that everyone is realizing my country. and that's why commander yours truly and numerous armers have tried to join in, in one way or the other. and to become useful one way or the other for the efforts that are putting whole nation on the road to victory. and again, cost and the price of -- of having your liberty is something that is too -- too dear to even consider giving up. and the point here is that this cost is multiplied every single day that the west chooses not to

take part in a way that matters. not -- not to help us imposing a no-fly zone. giving us the means to do so or doing it themselves. >> i -- what -- what we are seeing now are russians using longer-range missiles, for instance, because they have clearly been taking losses to their ground troops. um, how does ukraine defend itself against those weapons that now russia is using? they are causing a lot of civilian damage and misery. >> first, they are using cruise missiles and other means of that sort from day one. and the fact is that as far as russia's concerned, they have tried to immediately show to all the world, to ukraine that they are willing to attack every part of the country. attack everywhere because from the west of my country to the east of the country with cruise missiles, exactly.

defense against cruise missiles it is something first we thank the west for providing anti-air protection means. but we need to discuss it further. we have systems in the world. iron dome developed with the help and the immediate support by the american army and that is system that is providing a lot of security against missile attacks on israel. that is something ukraine needs clearly and as you see those images mounting on your tvs, the facts are very clear. we need that -- that can try and help us protect against the air. the russians, again, can cause terror in any part of ukraine even as close to nato borders. you have seep basically what they base those attack five miles away from the nato border. this will spill over if don't help us stop it. >> do you have any -- any hope that some of these talks that have been taking place between the russian side and ukrainians will -- will yield anything? i mean, there have been, at the

very higher levels, efforts. macron has had, i think, his 15th phone call with vladimir putin this year. we know joe biden spoke to the chinese president, xi jinping, trying to press upon beijing not to help the russian side. do you have any hope on the diplomatic front? >> we, from the very beginning -- from a week before the invasion when putin released an hour-long video which he basically declared all his goals for this war, destruction of ukrainian statehood, destruction of ukrainian nation and cooperation of us into whatever ambitions he has for creating greater russia. um, the point is that it is no surprise that negotiations are failing because every single time we agree on something, like humanitarian corridors, for example, to try bring our elderly, women, children to leave the cities which russians are trying to besiege and causing hell on earth like what

you see in mariupol, for example. what is happening there, they are breaking the truth. they are fighting and killing our civilians. and the point here is that it is very hard to trust when even rudimentary, something that everybody should agree on is broken and people are getting killed when they are trying to follow what the russians supposedly agreed to yesterday. >> yeah. so you can't trust them? i mean, that they break every promise they make is what you are saying. >> well, from the very beginning. i mean, the whole idea is we gave up biggest nuclear arsenal in the world for guarantees not just from russia but from the u.s., from uk, independence and integrity. the point here is those promises haven't been kept and the -- the response has been so mild that russia felt emboldened to continue the war after the crimean occupation to start war in the east and now to launch a full-scale invasion. the point here is that russia never respected its agreements

and when we speak about compromise, we cannot compromise something that we are fighting and losing people daily for. that is defenders, our integrity, and our sovereignty. >> all right. a member of the ukrainian parliament. thanks for joining us from the ukrainian capital. coming up on cnn poland has become a refuge for millions of ukrainians with thousands more arriving every day. how long, though, before resources run out? that's just ahead. under budget too! and i geget seven days to love it or m my money back... i love it! i thought online meant no onene to help me, but susan from carvana had all the e answers. she didn't try to upsell me. not once, because they're not salespeople! what are you...? guess who just checked in on me? mom... susan from carvana! [laughs] we'll drive you happy at carvana.

refugees from ukraine are spreading out across europe. hundreds of the displaced reached munich aboard a train from budapest yesterday. most were women with kids. many others were elderly. germany has now received nearly 200,000 ukrainians so far. and according to the u.n., more than 3.2 million people have fled the fighting in ukraine. at least 2 million have crossed into poland alone, and many of those people have now moved on to other european countries. it is the largest movement of refugees in europe since world

war ii, and it happened very fast and it just keeps growing. cnn's melissa bell shows us how the exodus from ukraine has changed one small border town in poland. >> reporter: it's been a long road. liberty may lie ahead, but at least safety's been reached for now. ukrainian children and their mothers who have made it just across the border to poland. their first night of peace, spent in a school gym. so much of what is here, provided by volunteers. >> translator: in the beginning, spontaneously from many different sources but i must admit these are not from the government. i do not hide that we are disappointed here because this volunteering has accelerated. we are starting to fade here. >> reporter: but still, more refugees arrive at the border town. about a thousand per train, and several trains a day.

carrying what little they can of their former lives. pinning their hopes of survival on the kindness of strangers. mainly women and children, who have left their fighting-age men behind. >> it's difficult. and really, i don't know what i feels because i have little baby. i love my family. i had plans and now i don't have plans. >> reporter: of the more than 3 million who have fled ukraine, about 2 million have come to poland. a figure that means that the country's population has risen by 5%. >> we act very quick but we can do this for three, four weeks, not -- not for long time. so, we just wait for action. our government, as well,

countries. >> in brussels, the commissioner in charge gave a tour on thursday of the emergency response coordination center from where the european union is organizing its largest emergency response to date. >> we now have 1 million refugees per week, so if this goes on, if this goes on ten more weeks, yes, we could reach the figure of 15 million people. >> reporter: european transport ministers meeting last weekend in the polish city of krakow to try and figure out the problem of bottlenecks caused by the number of people arriving, seeking peace, and for now, just safety. melissa bell, cnn, poland. well, if you would like to help people in ukraine who are in need of basic necessities, like shelter, food, and water, go to cnn.com/impact. you'll find several ways to help there. leaving scenes of

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i am hala gorani reporting live from lviv in ukraine. russia is making a renewed push to take the southern port city of mykolaiv. you are looking at the aftermath of a russian strike there on a ukrainian base friday. soldiers working to pull people from the rubble, but dozens are feared dead. one of the survievving soldiers told swedish journalists on the scene that it appears that most people inside were killed. meanwhile, we are getting new images from mariupol, one of the worst-hit cities. much of it lies in ruins after days of nonstop russian shelling. and france says president emmanuel macron made yet another appeal to the russian president vladimir putin friday. this time, to stop the siege of mariupol to allow humanitarian access. the ukrainian president, volodymyr zelenskyy, has a new message for moscow, saying it's in russia's best interest to negotiate for peace. he spoke after vladimir putin appeared before a large crowd at a moscow stadium to mark the

anniversary of russia's annexation in crimea in 2014. listen. >> translator: just imagine 14,000 dead bodies at that stadium in moscow. and t and tens of thousands of wounded, maimed people. that's how great are the russian losses already as a result of this invasion. that's the price of a war in a little of three weeks. the war must be stopped. the ukrainian proposal is on the table. >> downed russian cruise missile landed near a school building in northern kyiv on friday. and as cnn's sam kiley shows us, the destruction that resulted from that one missile is staggering. >> reporter: this is the scene in the northern edge of kyiv where a cruise missile landed

here in the small hours of this morning. now, officially according to the authorities, it was shot down. normally, that would mean the warhead was destroyed in the air. but clearly, that is not the case. beyond this truck here, beyond the jcb working, a kindergarten. mercifully, no children in it because -- because of the level of bombardment of kyiv. of course, the kindergartens are closed. but it's right opposite another school for older children. but look at the ferocity of the blast. that is what remains of a vehicle. right at the center, the epicenter, of this blast. absolute scene of devastation. if we look over this way, you can see the extraordinary level of devastation in this very densely populated residential area. these are homes, humble homes, of ordinary ukrainians struggling to get by, working

with dignity, hoping one day to join the european community, possibly even nato. and this from vladimir putin's perspective is the result. now, if we walk over this way, you can see just how devastating the size of these weapons is quite extraordinary. this is the result of one single blast. a blast that has ripped through this community. peppering cars with shrapnel holes. every one of those would have torn through dozens of people. every one of those bits of flying-hot metal, designed to rip into human flesh like a razor, white hot and burning. and of course, mercifully, no children playing in the kindergarten. sam kiley, cnn, in kyiv. well, as the war spreads throughout ukraine, everyday people are getting ready for the

worst-case scenarios. cnn's scott mclean talks to a group of civilians in lviv learning how to treat war wounds from an american veteran. >> reporter: this is the kind of lesson that few people want to have to teach, and fewer want to have to use in real life. it's basic-first aid for a community coming to grips with the reality of war. >> translator: i am afraid because we are not prepared. i am not a professional soldier, but i understand it is better to meet the enemy being prepared and with the right skills. >> reporter: dr. robert lim is an american war veteran working with the global surgical and medical support group. it's bringing medics, doctors, and surgeons to ukraine to train civilians. it seems fine now, but these scenarios may soon become reality. civilian training head held in a local gym attracts engineers, teachers, dancers, all kinds of professions and age groups,

including high school students suddenly forced by the war to put their own plans on hold. >> i don't understand and know when i will study because now it's hard time. and i don't know what can be tomorrow. >> reporter: lim is teaching people battlefield survival skills, like how to apply a tourniquet or how to keep an injured person breathing. with 23 years of experience as an army surgeon, he is also training doctors to prepare for the type of wounds rarely seen in civilians during peacetime. if you are in new york city or london or another big city, most the injuries are blunt. so car accident or a fall or something like that. whereas most the injuries on the battlefield are going to be penetrating wounds that might injury an artery or major vessel. >> reporter: all with a small fraction of the resources they are used to. >> do what you can with what you've got. >> reporter: in many parts of ukraine, medical supplies and facilities are getting harder to come by.

and in the worst-hit areas, many hospitals are now operating in basements with only flashlights to avoid attracting russian bombs. dr. tonya boychuck is a dermatologist from western ukraine, one of dozens of medical professionals sharpening their skills for battle. >> translator: in normal life, dermatologists do not provide first aid, do not stop bleeding, do not do tourniquets and punctures. >> reporter: with her day job on hold, she is planning to join the military. and she won't wait for the fighting to come to her. >> translator: i plan to go to the war front. my close friends are there now and i want to be there too. >> reporter: scott mclean, cnn lviv, ukraine. well, i will be back live from lviv at the top of the hour. after the break, paula newton is in to look at just what role china could play in this crisis and what's at stake. plus, many ukrainians and russians fleeing the war are seeking asylum in the united states, but so far it's been quite difficult to get in.

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so, ukraine was, of course, the overriding concern when the u.s. and chinese leaders spoke by video link friday. president biden wanted to make it clear that if china provides support to russia, there would be consequences. the white house didn't give specifics, nor did chinese state media. but it did release this quote from chinese president xi jinping. quote, the world is neither peaceful, nor tranquil. the ukraine crisis is something we don't want to see. now, could that mean that he does want to be somewhat of a peacemaker in this conflict? phil mattingly takes a look. >> reporter: there has been

palpable and increasingly public concern raised by u.s. officials about potential chinese actions to aid russia. either through economically -- economic or military support. so much so, that the issue was raised to the absolute highest level. presidents biden and xi holding their first phone call in four months. a secure video call that lasted nearly two hours and focused, according to officials, almost entirely on ukraine. in that call, president biden didn't make any explicit asks but he did lay out the u.s.' view of what has transpired over the course of the last four weeks, as well as the scale of the united western response when it comes to sanctions. military assistance. other issues. the implication, very clear. china needed to be warned about what could happen if they decide to engage. concern, however, still remains. take a listen. >> we have that concern. the president detailed -- um -- you know, what the implications and consequences would be if china provides material support to russia as it conducts brutal attacks against ukrainian cities and civilians and obviously that is something we will be watching

and the world will be watching. china has to make a decision for themselves about where they want to stand, and how they want the history books to look at them and view their actions. and that is a decision for president xi and the chinese to make. >> that unified western response will be on full display next week. president biden heading to europe for a hastily called meeting of nato partners will also participate in a european council meeting, will also participate in a g7 meeting called by germany. again, it is that united western front that the u.s. officials believe has provided so much power in terms of their response to russia's actions, and also could serve as a deterrent to china, particularly when it comes to european partners china has tried to establish relations with over the course of the last several weeks. that, more than any bilateral issues or maybe even singular sanctions threat is what president biden was attempting to convey to president xi jinping. the question now is what will china do next? u.s. officials made clear they will be watching very closely. phil mattingly, cnn, the white house. now, earlier i spoke with

the former u.s. ambassador to china. gary locke. i asked him how he expects china will pursue its own interests or whether or not it ends up helping russia. listen. >> i think that china is very much in a predicament. first of all, many of your cnn pictures and video of the tragedy, the massacre, the devastation, and the suffering within ukraine has been broadcast throughout china. and china has even reiterated publicly its respect and acknowledgment of the territorial integrity of ukraine, that it is a separate country. and so, um, i think china would be very, very hard pressed to justify to its own people any type of military or economic aid to russia despite the -- the close relationship that china has with moscow. nonetheless, the -- china has also seen just how swiftly, decisively, and extensively the west has imposed sanctions on

russia. so, i'm sure that in the conversation today between president biden and president xi of china, that president biden reiterated the firm commitment of the united states and the west to impose sanctions, should china intervene on behalf of russia. >> that was former-u.s. ambassador to china, gary locke. now, ukrainians and russians fleeing the war are having a difficult time entering the united states. cnn's lucy kafanov talks to some asylum seekers at the u.s.-mexico border who've now been there for days. >> reporter: at america's southern border, anguish and uncertainty for the weary. christina was in kyiv when russia unleashed terror from the skies. >> i just wake up from bomb. >> reporter: she fled, first to poland, then france, then mexico. unable to bring her parents or brother along. >> just cry so much. just hugging so much and tell

good-bye and we don't know. they -- they don't [ inaudible ] anymore in this life. >> traumatized, shaken, waiting for a chance to apply for asylum in the u.s. >> two weeks. >> two weeks at the border and you have not been able to cross? >> yeah. >> despite the fact that you are fleeing war. >> yeah, and here we are third time. yeah. and we just try to go there. >> reporter: his wife lana and their two little ones fled as soon as the invasion began, before the russians turned their home to rubble. they said they are really hoping to be able to cross. he says he wants to go to america. an unreachable dream for many with the u.s. southern border largely closed off to asylum seekers for the past two years thanks to a controversial trump-era covid health order known as title 42. shortly after we spoke, christina and other ukrainians were allowed to cross but they weren't the only ones seeking

refuge from vladimir putin's wrath. >> there is confusion at the border here in tijuana. we saw some ukrainians allowed to enter, including those that have been turned away several time. this group consists of mostly russians. they have been here for days. their fate remains uncertain. katya and her two children came from saint petersburg. her husband was arrested for protesting the invasion hours after it was announced. he he feared prison or forced conscription into the war. she caught the last flight to mexico hoping to gain refuge and safe haven in the u.s. what do they tell you? she says they were promised entry, then told to wait. six days later, they remain in limbo. no access to funds because of sanctions. a department of homeland security memo, obtained by cnn, instructs customs and border protection officers to consider exempting ukrainians from title 42. an agency spokesman said other

vulnerable individuals could be accepted on a case-by-case basis but no other nationality was singled out in the new guidance. >> our thanks to lucy kafanov there. now, mixing of religion and politics is creating a messy situation in russia. we'll look at the russian patriarch who calls putin's government a miracle of god. we have that for you, after the break.

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solidarity with the people of ukraine. as they fight for their freedom. and their future. one russian religious leader is in full support of the war in ukraine. and putting his blessing on the conflict. it comes with controversy. and costing his some followers. we have the story. >> reporter: the russian orthodox church is playing an important role in putin's war in ukraine. its leader, who once called putin era a miracle of god. is firmly in favor of war. they are christian. but his version like putin's idea of russia is based on a nationalistic of a once great russian world. and that world used to include ukraine. in this nationalist view the russian state and russian orthodox church were founded

together. around the year 988. with the baptism of the first. the ruler of kyiv on. a territory including parts of modern day ukraine, russia and belarus. the capitol was not moscow. but kyiv. this is why kyiv and ukraine are so important to putin and patriarch. they want to return to the glory days of the midevil empire. ukraine has been independent since 1991. part of the ukrainian orthodox church for centuries linked to the russian church also officially severed ties to moscow in 20196789 -- 2019. he wants the ukrainian church back. we must do everything to protect our church from outside action. his influence is important for the roughly 100 million russian

orthodox who even if they are not religious, identify deeply with the orthodox church. he accuse ts western countries which he walls evil forces of infiltrating ukraine with liberal values in effort to divide them from russia. he saez the war is about quote a fundamental rejection of the so called values offered today by those who claim world power. the test he says of which side you are on is your country's willingness to hold gay pride parades. patriarch support of the war is costing him followers. amsterdam severed ties. 12 russian orthodox churches in ukraine refuse to say his name. during their define litter ji. around 300 priests and deacons seened an open letter. protesting the war, a risky act of disobedience in russia. bishops of the church still connected to moscow pleaded with him to call on putin to stop the war.

and the pope gave him an earful on wednesday night. on a video link. telling him there's no such thing as a just war. and that quote church shouldn't use the language of politics. but the language of yjesus. on sunday, he presented an icon of ma ri. to the head of russia national guard in a moscow cathedral. as a blessing for the russian troops in ukraine. a christian leader in an unholy alliance with the president. blessing a war that is unleashing death and destruction. so that does it for us this hour. stay with us. we're back with the breaking coverage out of ukraine.

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to share with the world? get published now, call for your free publisher kit today! hello, welcome to our viewers around the world and also in the united states. this hour. reporting live from lviv, ukraine. the war in this country is in its fourth week and already the reported body count is startling. ukraine says 14,000 russian troops have died in the conflict. others estimate russian deaths are fewer but still stand in the thousands. and ukraine president is warning that it will get worse if moscow's aggression continues. now obviously there are a losses as well on the ukrainian side. russian bombers struck army barracks in the southern city.