this is cnn breaking news. >> hello, and welcome to all of you watching us here in the united states, canada and around the world. i want to get straight to our breaking news. russian forces have bombed an art school that was being used as a shelter in the city of mariupol. they believe around 400 people were inside when the attack hit and destroyed the building. the council said a short time ago they believe people are still trapped in the rubble. the school attack comes after a theater in the city center was bombed on wednesday.

satellite images show little left than a facade standing. now this is a new assessment from british intelligence, as russian forces are likely to continue indiscriminately shelling ukrainian areas, but ukraine continues to mount a stiff resistance. ukrainian officials say another russian general was killed last week amongst fierce fighting in southern ukraine. cnn can't independently verify those claims. ukraine's president says his people will continue to fight for their country. listen to this. >> translator: ukrainians have prove than they can fight more professionally than an army that has been waging war for decades in various regions and conditions. we respond with great courage and number to the equipment sent to ukraine. >> we're learning 71 children

from an orphanage have been evacuated safely from sumy. many are disabled and all under the age of 4 spent time in the basement sheltering from the attacks. we'll have reports from turkey, poland, arlnd at the white hous. take us through the message. >> reporter: we've been hearing very consistently from president zelenskyy who has addressed at times russian troops directly. he another video message today urging them to come to the table and end the blood letting.

they've had significant losses on the ground. >> translator: the enemy is sustaining unprecedented losses. some of the occupier units have been 80% to 90% destroyed. in the areas where heavy fighting took place, the frontline of our defense is littered with corpses of russian soldiers, and the corpses, theses dead bodies are not being picked up by anyone. new units are sent to advance right over them. some reserves that the russians are gathering wherever it can. >> reporter: now what president zelenskyy is describing there is consistent with what russian officials are saying where miscalculations have been made and russia is struggling to recuperate losses. but in the absence of taking an outright military victory, what they're doing is increasingly

turning to these horrifying tactics, like this bombing on this art theater this morning in mariupol. using even more indiscriminate shelling to try to pressure communities, pressure cities, try to bring places to their knees. that's fear here is that as the russian military feels increasingly cornered. as it runs out of weapons, as it runs out of soldiers, what they're going to do is turn to these ever-more brutal tactics that mean more hloss of life. >> given what you say, given the war, for russia, clearly it isn't going as planned. will that put more pressure on putin to maybe cut a deal here? >> reporter: well, you do have, of course, a flurry of diplomatic activity. president biden is supposed to visit europe in just a few days' time. you have a lot of different efforts from poland, turkey, jerusalem, making efforts here

to try to reach a peace deal. we did find out more about what president putin wants. this is the one man who started the war, the one man who can end the war. he a call with president, sorry, he had a call with turkish officials. we started to get an understanding of the comprehensive deal that he wants, but president putin still saying they haven't reached the deal that they want, they haven't made the progress they want. it's still too early, that's what president putin has said so far. we're still far here from reaching a tedeal, which means that the senseless violence that we're seeing here is going to continue. >> thank you so much. in ukraine's capital, kyiv, fierce fighting continueses around the city as ukrainian forces put up stiff resistance to russian advances. >> reporter: sirens have continued to go off here in the

capital of kyiv as the ministry of defense on the ukrainian armed forces continuing to claim that they're pushing the russians back. they've been fighting them hard in the north of the city, to the southwest, west, and indeed to the east. they've inflicted casualties, some of which have been caught on video. these are russian soldiers who have been killed fighting here, and according to the ukrainians, the russians are running out of logistical support, weapons, and they've been pushed back at least 70 kilometers in the east. we've got no independent verification of that, but there has been a slight shift in tactics by the russians here, using long-range missiles to attack the capital, rather than artillery, which would indicate their artillery has been either destroyed or pushed further away. miserable scenes have been witnessed on the other side if you like down in the south of the country, where there is now images coming of mass casualties

among ukrainian forces after their barracks were hit. scenes in the hospital, very bloody scenes indeed and no great surprise that there are people bloodied and mortally wounded in hospital, because there were more than 200 soldiers in this location, in a city that has fought a very determined defense indeed against the attempts by the russians to capture that port city and push on to odesa. one the ukrainians have been payable to sustain quite well. in mariupol, continued bombardment and now people forced in the words of the local administration into the hands of the russians and suffering some kind of screening process, even allegations they're being sheped o off to remote parts of russia.

we don't have independent confirmation of that but that would be consistent with past actions. as the finding grinds on, the world health organization says medical facilities are increasingly becoming a target that is cor that includes an attack on this maternity hospital. russia tried to claim without evidence that it was a legitimate target of war. >> translator: armed forces from crain havukraine have set up a position there. >> it had already been seized by the azov group.

>> the world health organization says by now there's a long track record of medical facilities coming under fire in this brutal war. >> since the beginning of the war in ukraine, there are three verified attacks on health care. w.h.o. condemns attacks on health care wherever they happen. attacks on health care not only endangers rife but break already strained systems. >> we're joined by a spokesperson for the world health organization from lviv, ukraine. first of all, tell us about the attacks on hey,alth care facilities. tell us what the w.h.o. has found and how but it about verifying the number of those

attacks. >> well, unfortunately, i found out -- contacting different -- sure that -- director general has said you have to condemn this. these attacks have to stop, because they have devastating effects at all levels. >> all right, we're having a bit of trouble with your audio. i'm sorry, so we'll have to end it there for now. thanks for joining us. we'll see if we can reconnect with you a little bit later. all right, ahead on "cnn newsroom," ploend has taken in more ukrainian refugees than

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picture that shows how far people in ukraine have to go to protect their loved oneses. this is olga, she shielded her child with her body. the mother underwent multiple surgeries. thankfully the baby is okay. olga's husband is there in the picture and the attack wounded his legs. according to the u.n., nearly 850 krichcivilians have killed. the numbers will cliekllikely c much higher. since the beginning, more than 3 million have fled. that's more than the population of chicago. europe hasn't seen a refugee crisis that's escalated this quickly since the second world war. >> very worked in refugee emergency force almost 40 year, and rarely have i seen an exodus

as rapid as this one. our by hour, minute by minute, more people are fleeing the terrifying reality of violence. >> u.n. estimates that 90% of the ukrainian population could face poverty and economic vulnerability if the war doesn't end soon. that could set the country and the region back decade, leaving deep social and economic scars for generations to come. cnn is monitoring the refugee crisis in poland and we're joined live from near the border with ukraine. i'm struck by the sheer number of people flooding this there. a huge stress on the refuges themselves, obviously, and on the city as well. >> that's right, and i think your point a moment ago was a good one. it is the speed with which these extraordinarily high numbers of refugees have been flooding over the border.

and very large numbers, very quickly and consequences that will last no doubt for generations. and bear in mind the people who are arriving in stations like this one are 90% women and children. a lot of the aid has been provided either by ordinary residents of towns or by humanitarian group. perhaps you can see behind me, a bus has just arrived, carrying medical supplies that will head into lviv this morning. others are bringing clothes that will be provided to refugees arriving here. and what we expect to see is in the next ten minutes or so another train arriving from odesa, it is a train arriving from keeyiv, so you're talking about 1,000 to 1500 people

arriving. they car carry with them the tr. more populations will be crossing with very little in the way of certainty or places to go. so it is a catastrophic situation that is unfolding here, and what authorities are warning about, if it continues at this rate and the sheer number of people crossing the numbers continue to do so in these numbers, the european union say it is could be up to 15 million ukrainian refugees that the european union has to find shelter for. and remember that so many of the ones that we've spoken to say look, we don't want to go terribly far from these border areas, because our plan is to get back as soon as we can. >> certainly all that is unsustainable. but i know amidst the stress and desperation there, there are so

many acts of kindness, big and small. what have you seen there? >> reporter: it's such a good point. what we've seen day after day at this train station but also at the land border crossing is people arriving with their own cars, with their own trunkfuls of groceries that they want to help. then you have ngos that have filled in the gaps. it takes some time to get things together. the unhch has been praising polish civil society for the way it's tenn it's stepped into the breach. this town is a town of 60,000. in the early time of the conflict, it was nearly the same amount arriving. it means people putting refugee up in their homes, liberating

any rooms that they may have, using their cars to help erd pe shepherd people around. it is longer-term accommodation that needs to be found t. the mayor was telling us there is this geographical location. they consider themselves brothers. lviv was part of poland until the second world war. they have all that shared history, so there has been this extraordinary sense of brotherhood. more than three weeks into the war t war, it is the resources running out. population has already grown by 5% in poland.

>> if you'd like to help people in ukraine who may need shelter, food and water, go to cnn.com/impact and find several ways you can help there. with the war now into its fourth week, ukrainians are scared of potential russian saboteurs on their soil, and some people even asking strangers on the street to show their papers. but in a kucountry where many people speak russian, it's not easy to tell if they're friend or foe. > >> reporter: not everyone who comes here is welcome. shortly after we arrived, the men we're filming drew suspicion from staff. they claim he has links to russia. more than an hour passes. the man tells us his only link to russia was a 5 yield passport ta stamp.

they let him g eveo. we've been had the police called on us twice, people asking to see our documents and random ordinary citizens are asking strangers for identification. if one asked you for your passes port you wouldn't think it was weird? two weeks ago he was walking home during an air raid alert. you saw two guys that looked suspicious in. >> yes. >> reporter: and they were walking through the bushes? >> they physically grabbed them here and didn't let them go. they would probably let them go, but if they could show us some documents or something like that. but they didn't. >> translator: they want to destroy ukraine politically by destroying head of state.

>> reporter: cnn found that in one place, any man gets special attention from police. >> we are afraid that russians may have sent some of their own. >> reporter: ukraine's rail chief says security has been beefed up to guard against saboteurs planting special targets to guide russian missiles. staff detained this man mere kharkiv. how do you no hknow for sure ? >> russian documents. >> reporter: his wife found someone suspicious. >> translator: i'm happy that there are such security measures. if you are an honest person and have no bad intentions, there's nothing to worry about. >> reporter: was the word

saboteur in your vocabulary before the war started in. >> translator: it is simply impossible to consider every russian-speaking person as saboteur. a saboteur peamay have a russia accent, not just be a russian speaker. >> reporter: only soldiers and law enforcement can demand papers. >> it is the decision of each person. >> reporter: he she says not a single person has been charged with sabotage. turkey's leader says he's willing to mediate talks with ukraine, but vladimir putin's demands may get a chilly reception in kyiv. a live report from istanbul just ahead. stay with us. you'd never get a. you said you'd never do a lot of things.

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welcome back to all of you watching us here in the united states, canada and all around the world. shocking report the out of mariupol of a school being bombed while hundreds of people are sheltered inside. this word come prts city council a hor a short time ago. about 400 people were inside when it was shelled, this after the u.s. confirmed russia strurk ukraine with hypersonic missiles. it it's believe to be the first time they were used in combat.

a fifth russian general was killed in southern ukraine. cnn can't independently verify the claim. the general died when ukrainian troops attacked russian forces. now, in some hopeful news from eastern ukraine, 71 orphans, all under the age of 4 and many with spe special feeds were safely evacuated from the town of sumy. a big question remains, why did vladimir putin attack ukraine in the first place? among his explanations that ukraine would join nato, which he franmed as an existential threat to russia. boris johnson said putin's real concern was that russians could follow the lead of democ

democracy-loving ukrainians. >> he was frightened of ukraine, because in ukraine they have a free press and free elections and every year that ukraine progressed, not always easily toward freedom and democracy and open markets, he feared the ukrainian example and the reproach to himself. because in putin's russia you get jailed for 15 years just for calling an invasion an invasion. >> now we're learning new details about a call between russian president vladimir putin and turkey's president on thursday. according to turkish officials, putin laid out a specific set of demands. he also offered to host negotiations between ukraine and russian presidents. turkey sees itself as an important broker of peace. what's the latest on the efforts to do that between the two

sides? >> reporter: well, kim, as you know, turkey is a key nato member. it's country that maintains very strong ties, both defense and economic with russia and ukraine. president erdogan has a very good working relationship with president putin. so they've really been trying to use this for a real diplomatic push to try and bring an end to the conflict or at least start with some sort of permanent cease-fire at that turkish officials have been really calling for. w we've seen some success in their efforts. they realize that if you really want to go for this permanency, a long-lasting agreement, this is going to have to be the decision of one man, and that is vladimir putin of the and that is why turkey has really been pushing hard for talks on the leadership level. and president erdogan has been

working the phones, kim. he's made multiple calls to both presidents putin and zelenskyy in recent weeks. the latest call was on thursday, and this is where they say president putin laid out, again, his demands for negotiations to end this war. and there's nothing new there. we've heard these demands before from russia. and, you know, the list includes the, you know, disarming ukraine, a neutral ukraine, when it comes to no nato membership. that so-called de-nazification. these are issues they say can be resolved in the ongoing negotiations between both sides, all these talks that have been taking place at a lower level. but the main issues at the heart of the conflict that they see very difficult to resolve for both sides, very content

hushus president putin telling president erdogan that he wants the recognition of these territories. we know for the ukrainians that that is a red line when it comes to territorial integrity and sovereignty of ukrainian territory, that is not negotiable. and we also know this is an issue for the international community as well. so while president shzelenskyy, from turkish officials and from him too, that he is ready for these leadership talks, officials saying that according to what putin has told erdogan that he doesn't think they can have these talks just yet because of the difference in positions when it comes to these key issues, but nonetheless, you know, we're seeing, kim, turkey trying to push to bring them together. they're not ruling out that this is going to happen. but they do understand that it's

difficult. president erdogan trying to bring them together for face-to-face talks in istanbul or ankara. >> the turkish track is just one track. european leaders have been very vocal in terms of trying to call for a cease-fire. any movement there? >> well, we do know, kim, that presidents macron and chancellor scholz have been pushing for a cease-fire and i think are understanding from turkish officials, and we need to keep in moind that wahile all these efforts are ongoing, turkey is the only one that seems to have opi been able to bring these sides together. it is a nay to country but has been able to maintain good

relations with russia. turkey says they need to keep the channels open with the russians. they have put in some measures in place, including restricting the movement of russian military vessels, warships, through the turkish straits from the mediterranean to the black sea, you know, invoking a 1938 treaty, but they are not closing their airspace or putting sanctions on russia just yet, because they believe that they are in a very unique position. they want to continue to use this, because they believe they can bring both sides together and negotiate some sort of a cease-fire. we'll have to wait and see if they're going to be successful, kim. >> thank you so much, appreciate it. the nato summit is this week in brussels, of which turkey is a member. u.s. rpresident joe biden and others will be grappling with how to best deal with russia's

war with ukraine. >> reporter: the white house has described president biden as a big fan of face-to-face diplomacy, and he will have an opportunity to engage in just that when he travels to europe on thursday. the president will have a host of meetings with allies, beginning with an extraordinary hay nato summit to discuss russia's war with ukraine. leaders are expected to speak about deterrence measures and it gives president biden an opportunity to reaffirm that the u.s. remains committed to them and their ability to defend themselves. additionally, biden will be meeting with the european council at a summit where they will talk about a host of issue such as sanctions and humanitarian assistance. and later in the day thursday he will attend a meeting with g-7 leaders, a meeting that was called by germany, where they will also talk about further ways to respond to russia. now the u.s. has been working very closely with allies over

the course of the past few months. every step of the way, as they've crafted these responses to both russia and also developed ways to assist ukraine going forward. this hwill give biden one of hi first opportunities to sit face-to-face with these leaders as the u.s. wants to try to show this united front against russia's aggression toward ukraine and also developing ways to help ukraine defend itself among these attacks. arlette saenz, cnn, the white house. 3 million ukrainians have fled the country and thousands more have been displaced internally. the waves of refugees streaming into neighboring countries are leading to an enormous humanitarian challenge. with us from baltimore, maryland, head of the lutheran immigration and refugee service. thank you so much for joining us. i was struck by this fact. some 3 million ukrainians, as i

said, have left since the war started and practically none of them have been allowed into the u.s., no more than a handful. why not? >> i certainly know that the administration is contemplating what more the u.s. can do. and it couldn't come at a better time. obviously, as you mentioned, with 3.3 million refugees and frankly more expected to leave ukraine, no country, no region can do this alone. i know there are programs we have in place in the u.s., everything from the asylum system at the southern border where we have seen an increasing number of ukrainians seeking to cross. refugee resettlement. unfortunately, less than a dozen people in march have come as ukrainians refugees. these systems are beset by

backlogs. behave to look at humanitarian pull, that is meant to allow for populations coming to the u.s. in urgent humanitarian situations to enter. >> yes, i want to follow up on a couple of those things that you mentioned. just to start part of the problem as i get it is that it's not possible for american families to sponsor ukrainian refugees, is that right? >> that's, it's right in the sense that there is a process. it is not a quick process. one of the things that my organization has called for is to expedite family reunification of ukrainian refugees who have family here. to allow them to travel to the u.s. and then to finish that expedited processing. we've done that before, and it's obviously a situation where that would make since. >> you referenced the so-called humanitarian parole process that

the u.s. use thd that to admit e 80,000 afghans when the taliban took over. but even that is beset by backlogs and delays. is that really the best solution? >> humanitarian parole does are about 45,000 people who have applied for that. but humanitarian parole is really the president's progress toif. if prerogative. so when we talk about the afghan, the 76,000 who came into the u.s. last year, the president was allowed and used what we call port patrol, parole. and so these individuals were able to come into the country. it doesn't require the years-long process like refugee resettlement, where on average it takes five years.

>> you know, part of the problem here it seems is that the immigration system is broken and much of the infrastructure was dismantled during the trump administration. how big of a factor has that been and how hard would it be to change given we have president biden saying that he wants to change things and there seems to be bipartisan support, specifically on the issue of ukrainian refugees. >> absolutely right in terms of bipartisan spofrmt we have governor dewine from ohio saying that his tstate is preparing to accept ukrainian refugees. governor wolf of pennsylvania has said the same. during the trump administration. the target went from 110,000 under the obama administration

to only 15,000. there were over 100 offices closed. but we have rebuilt over the last several months because we had to in response to afghan arrivals. i think that is a system we can use. but we have to figure out a way to allow the ukrainians to travel into the u.s. if we one, prioritize family reunification, two, allow for refugee resettlement to happen more quickly and three, use humanitarian parole, we, as a country, can play a global humanitarian leadership role when every country needs to do as much as it can. >> certainly, your organization has helped bring in many ukrainians in the past. hopefully with changes to the system as you've been saying you w will be able to facilitate more. we'll have to leave it at that, we appreciate you coming on.

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welcome back. we'll return to our coverage of the war in ukraine shortly, but first, let's give you an update on the coronavirus pandemic. here in the u.s., moderna is seeking emergency use authorization for a second booster shot. but unlike pfizer and biontech which are only seeking a booster for those 65 and older, moderna want it is for all adults. it comes as a wave is going across europe.

>> however, it does not appear to cause more severe disease, and in very good news, the vaccines that we have still provide good protection against it. is it possible we will see an uptick in the u.s. as well? yes. however, as long as our hospitals are not overwhelmed, as long as the vaccines continue to provide good protection against the new variant, i do not think we need to have new restrictions coming in, in the u.s. >> let's bring in barbie, cases are going up even though restrictions continue to fall. >> that's right. it's really the same theory there. you're not seeing this increase in hospitalizations and deaths. so even the higher number of cases aren't prompting officials to institute more restrictions. in germany, which has seen a high case load, almost 300,000 in a 24-hour period, they're getting rid of almost all their

restrictions in the coming weeks. here in italy we're seeing numbers spike up again. we're going to be out of the state of emergency that's been in effect for more than two years here at the end of the month. and we're looking at getting rid of mask mandates by may 1st, which is something that hasn't happened in two years. so you're right, despite the high number of cases, restrictions don't seem to be following suit. >> that falls into the pattern that it seems to be generating a different reaction to this wave this time. there's less concern. is that fair? >> yeah t, it is fair, and i thk that also people are finally getting their lives back in order. these economies that have been struggling for two year now finally seeing better days, and these government officials are just not in a position at all to tell people to if go back and lockdown and close things up again.

when you look at the relatively low number of hospitalizations in comparison to the high number of cases, the governments are saying enough is enough. people stay vaccinated, get your boosters, stay safe, we'll be able to keep new work and keep the businesses open. >> that's the same attitude people are trying to take here, but our vaccination rate is a lot lower here in the u.s. than it is in a lot of places in the u.s. thank you so much. appreciate it. the world of sport isn't immune from the effects of are what. a high jumper flees the turmoil in her homeland and gives her nation something to cheer. stay with us.

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we'll have a look at this. these kids are taking art lessons, seems normal enough, but they're doing it in a bomb shelter in lviv. this is a way to create a sense of normalcy, adding that kids shouldn't have to live through this sort of trauma. solidarity with ukraine has

been on display in the world of sport. an emotional finish at the national indoor championships, ukraine's high jumper takes the gold and italy pays tribute. patrick snell has the details. >> a golden moment of courage and inspiration at the world indoor athletics. ukraine securing victory this the women's high jump, after spending days sheltering in a cellular before making a three-day trip of nearly 2,000 kilometers by car from her war-torn homeland to get to belgrade. the 20 year old, a bronze medal winner at last year's tokyo olympics, winning the gold medal with a sensational first-time clearance at 2.02 meters. >> i was elated for winning the medal. but now it's gold medal. and gold medal for all our ukrainian people, for all ukrainians. i want to say thank you for all

our military who protect our country. because you protect countries and i come to here, protect country on the track. thank you. >> meantime, the pole vaulter was clear with the words "stop war", declared on her face. and a further show of solidarity for ukraine in the men's rugby tournament this weekend. the italian team putting blue and yellow hearts in their uniforms. a late try before the victory was sealed with the final kick. italy's one-point victory ending a seven-year, 36-game, six nations losing run. this win meaning so much to their eck stastatic players.

and england was wroverpowered. patrick snell, atlanta. and that wraps this hour of "cnn newsroom." our breaking news coverage of the war in ukraine continues on new day with kristin fisher and boris s boris sanchez, but before we go, we want to leave you with a moving performance. have a look here. ♪ ♪ that is ukraine as national anthem. now a hymn of defiance, now more than three weeks into putin's war. the musician is a ukrainian soldier. some recording it on their phones. no♪

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good morning. welcome to your new day. it is sunday, march 20th. i'm boris sanchez. >> i'm kristin fisher in for christi paul. thank you for starting your morning with us. we begin with russia raising the stakes. we are getting word of yet another attack on ci