hello and welcome to our viewers around the world and in the united states this hour. reporting live in lviv in ukraine. our breaking news this hour after days of filgting the ukrainian army forces say they have rekbaned control of the key

town near the capitol. sustained major damage from russian air strikes. ukraine military says the country's flag is once again floating over this community. however, in other parts of ukraine, the violence is still raging. take a look. well russian forces are accused of firing on a daily protest in kerr son. and wounding one person. the southern city has been occupied by russian forces for about two weeks now. and mariupol is defieing russian demands to surrender and remains under constant bombardment. reports of strikes every ten minutes. this drone footage shows explosions at an industrial compound in mariupol. president zelenskyy says the city is being reduced to ashes. but the it will survive. the eu foreign policy chief

calls the onslaught a massive war crime. pentagon says the up tick in russian air strikes is due to ground troops failing to achieve many of the objectives. russia war is approaching the one month mark. leaving hundreds dead and called untolled damage across the kun. unfortunately there's no end in sight to the suffering. >> reporter: across ukraine, the sounds and scenes of war. the air raid sirens in the western sanctuary city of lviv while snow covers the debris after russian air strikes destroy residential buildings. on the other side of the country and the capitol kyiv. over night attack on a shopping center. which officials say killed eight. the besieged port city of mariupol is a critical fight in the war. a ukrainian officer tells cnn that bombs are falling there

every ten minutes. russian forces bombed an art school being used to shelter around 400 people. according to to the city counsel. the number of casualties still unknown. satellite images show the after math of the bombing of the theater where over 1,000 civilians were reportedly sheltering. with the russian word for children written clearly on the ground. ukraine rejecting a russian ultimatum to surrender this crucial city. which stands in the way of connecting western russia to the crimea peninsula. the mounting death toll across ukraine particularly among civilians is the result of what american and nato officials see as a stalled russian military campaign. >> the ukrainians have continued to trick the forces and been very effective using the equipment. >> in the few cities russia has taken, citizens have been bravely protesting. this shocking video capturing the moment peaceful protesters

were interrupted by russian gunfire. and explosions. that left at least one civilian shot and wounded. elsewhere the russian forces run into stiff ukrainian resistance, russia has escalated their weapons. u.s. officials confirming russian claims it used higher sonic missiles. flying five times the speed of sound. and difficult for missile defense systems to shoot down. >> i think again the reason that he's resorting to using these type of weapons is because he's trying to reestablish some momentum. >> the ukrainian president zelenskyy says he's ready to speak directly to president vladimir putin. warning of the disasterous consequences of failure. >> i think we have to use any formatt. any chance in order to have a possibility of negotiation. a possibility of talking to putin. if attempts fail, that would mean this is a third world war.

>> the head of the ukraine forum and she's with me now from london. why is mariupol -- why are russians so relentlessly bombarding and striking mariupol? trying to terrify its civilian population. and really trying to subdue it. according to to some reports forcibly moving some of the residents to russian controlled territory. >> mariupol is key for two reasons. one is of course on the way to creating a land bridge to connect occupied crimea peninsula. to russian federation through land. because of the this point the only connection is through the long bridge that putin has built over the years. on the other hand mariupol is the key sea port for ukraine. where use for export of grains, steel, important industrial port. and i would also add there's

another under kind of emotional reason. it's that it's been a headquarters of the that actually took russians and kicked them out of occupied mariupol in 2014. so if putin wants to show this denaziification. he wants to have the military personnel arrested and parading showing this is how it looks. >> it will putin succeed here? >> obviously he's not succeeding to making city, authorities military defenders to capitulate. they said it clearly they will not. it will be a fight until the last bullet. and i think that is important. but also strategically. they don't move ot another target. the longer mariupol holds the

longer other city hold ukrainian control. >> because we have talked a lot about how the russians obviously have heavier weapon ts and long range missiles. they have their using air strikes. they can cause a lot of damage. but they're having a lot of trouble taking cities and holding them. holding them is something that considering just how over stretched this russian military is, will be another challenge altogether. >> absolutely. bombarding and destroying the city. it doesn't necessarily mean taking over a civilian infrastructure. and in the way operationing it. making it a base for your military. and for occupation authorities. and basically saying we establish control. military terms, people know that once you bombard the city, it's very difficult to actually control it. and very costly to restore everything you destroyed.

>> especially as you mention the longer the ukrainians resist, the more opportunity there is for western nato allies to supply them with the weapons they need. to resist attacks from the sky. as well. >> absolutely. we see the new appeal for several countries. including the u.s., baltic state. eastern europe, netherlands. to establish more assistance for ukraine on the air defense. and i'm sure that nato will be talking about it. how this could be done on the multi-level to ensure ukraine can resist. but also because the longer ukraine resists, the better deal it will get out of this war. and it is this point keeping a strategy momentum and superiority on the battlefield. >> what about this talk of increase sanctions against vladimir putin's oil and gas

sector? is it an idea now for western countries to go all out to play every sanction card they have or in terms of keeping some leverage for the future is it a better idea to hold back? i have heard both analysis. this is not a question of rewarding vladimir putin for anything. it's strategy what could the best approach be? right now. >> i think our approach should be as it was by president biden. that president we should cripple the economy and dry out the war chest. not to be able to finance the war. and the same was expressed by the british prime minister. putin must fail. and i think the more forcefully we act at this point, we already see quite substantial escalation with the super sonic, with the nuclear rattling. more verbal way.

even nuclear forces on the alert. i think the oil and gas embargo should be put on the table. especially because it will take time for the european markets to adjust. find alternative supplies. this should be clearly communication to putin. this game is over. regardless of when this happens this is going to happen. it's a strategic decision. russia depends on oil and gas. the resource economy and this is what allowed putin this arm program. expansion and trade of oil and gas. >> thanks so much for joining us. the united nations says russia war on ukraine has driven nearly three and a half million people out of the country. the vast majority are heading west to neighboring countries. and if you include those internally displaced but inside ukraine rk the number jumps to 10 million people.

that is almost a quarter of ukraine's total population. that's been forced from their homes. this as the u.s. says it sees quote clear evidence that russian forces are committing war crimes. on monday the pentagon spokesperson said the u.s. is helping collect the evidence. the defense department said russian forces are targeting civilians intentionally. in ukraine. the lviv art palace has been turned into makeshift distribution center for aid to ukraine. with some volunteers coming from thousands of miles away. here's our report. >> reporter: sometimes the kindness of strangers comes in boxes and bundles. blankets, food, diapers. bottled water. she drove 1,000 miles from france to deliver aid to ukraine. >> our small town of 2,000 people has already sent three shipments of supplies here.

>> okay. all right. >> michael left his family in london to pitch in at this distribution center in lviv. >> what inspired me was watching and seeing the women and children suffering. even the men. and seeing them being pushed out of their homes and leaving everything behind. i had to come out and give a help with my two hands and two feet. and do the best i can. and hopefully it's helping. >> lviv's art palace is a hive of activity. taken over by volunteers over come by donations. supplies continue to arrive at this center and others like it. around lviv. from ordinary citizens and from abroad. the bitterness of this war, the milk of human kindness hasn't soured. in the basement, this doctor

sorts through thousands of boxes of medicine. >> our pharmacies are empty. >> those in need come here for help. which goes only so far to dull the pain. >> we feel the support. without tears it's impossible to think about my home about my city. kharkiv. which is completely destroyed. and even the kindness of strangers can't change that. well, still ahead on this special edition of "newsroom." u.s. president biden new warning for american businesses about a possible russian cyber attack. that story is next. with mucinex all-in-one you've got unbeatable relief from your worst cold and flu symptoms. so when you need to show your cold who's boss, grab mucinex all-in-one... and get back to your rhyhyth. ♪ don't play around with cold and flu symptomsms.

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welcome back. u.s. intelligence has been pretty accurate in predicting russian president vladimir putin moves. even if the weeks before he invaded, in the weeks before he invaded ukraine. a new warning that russia could launch cyber attacks against u.s. businesses. is getting quite a lot of attention. cnn caitlyn collins has more from the white house. >> reporter: tonight, president biden is preparing to embark on one of the most consequential trips of his presidency. >> there will be deliverables. >> before he heads to europe for urgent talks with allies, he spent 58 minutes on the phone with his counter parts in france, germany and italy. and the united kingdom. >> they discussed serious concerns about russia's brutal tactics in ukraine.

and attacks on civilians. >> president biden is warning companies to harden cyber defenses quote immediately. based on evalvg intelligence the russian government is explores options for potential cyber attacks. >> this is call to action. and a call to responsibility for all of us. >> russia claiming threatened to cut diplomatic relations with the u.s. after president biden called president putin a war criminal and pure thug. >> a pure thug. >> it's important always to maintain diplomatic relationships. because that's a method of communication. >> biden upcoming visit to europe follows rounds of talks between russia and ukraine that haven't yielded any real progress. as russia continued to ramp up attacks. >> each day brings more attacks. more innocent men, women and children killed. >> on wednesday, biden will travel to brussels for a full day of meetings with critical allies on thursday. before heading to poland on

friday. and sitting down with polish president on saturday. to discuss the crisis in ukraine. despite some current and former ukrainian officials calling on biden to visit ukraine, u.s. officials say it's not on the schedule. >> you have to remember we have discouraged americans from going into ukraine. this is a country at war. >> biden is in europe, poland is expected to propose conduct an international peace keeping mission in ukraine. top officials are ruling out u.s. military involvement. >> the president has been clear. that we will not put american troops on the ground in ukraine. we don't want to escalate this into a war. with the united states. >> reporting from the white house. all right. the european union adopted its long awaited strategic compass document on monday. plan to the blocks military

defenses as russia goes to war against ukraine. here's more from the foreign policy chief. >> this certainly a point. for the european union. as i said security provider. and very much important step for the european security and defense policy. i think that the adoption of the document sends a strong signal of unity. and resolve. and it comes at the very important moment. because we certainly need to increase capacities. security and defense. it's not an answer to the ukrainian war. we start working two years ago. but it's very timely. >> meantime, leaders agree they are ready to impose more

penalties on russia. over its actions in ukraine. this includes potentially targeting russia's energy sector. with sanctions for more on this let's bring in cnn. in brussels. i was speaking with a the lithuania foreign minister. and says there's more discussion in the direction of agreeing to more sanction on russia energy sector. it doesn't sound like they were close to any kind of agreement on this. >> there's so many disagreements about how exactly to target russia's energy sector. without causing a lot of pain to the european countries theps themselves. the baltic states are all in. they really want to impose sanctions on that energy sector. germany, italy the netherlands say it's just not possible at this point. because of how much their countries and the eu rit large relies on russian oil and gas. it remains to be seen if there's an agreement able to be had and

the red lines. if russia were to escalate for example in the form of chemical weapons attack or complete bombardment of kyiv. would that change minds within europe about the need to really hit russia where it hits. of course the energy sector. as we have seen russia hasn't been deterred so far by the sanctions that have been imposed by the west. tough sanctions-over 600 oligarchs. russian businesses and banks. bombardment of ukraine has escalated in the brutality. that is because according to the u.s. and western officials that we have been speaking to, russia ground campaign stalled. and because of that they have only resorted to more brutal tactics from the air. including shelling, air strikes, and those have yet to a bait. that still believe that despite all the sanctions that have been imposed, despite the losses that russia incured over the last month. thousands of russian soldiers

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welcome back. in lviv, ukraine. update on breaking news. ukraine army says it managed to regain control of a city located west of the capitol kyiv. but, to the south, it is still a scene of carnage and destruction. ukraine president zelenskyy says the besieged city of mariupol is being reduced to ashes. the city has endured weeks now of near constant russian attacks. a ukrainian soldier says bombs are falling every ten minutes. while some have escaped from it the city, ukrainian officials believe that tens of thousands are still trapped there without water, heat or power. and new satellite images give you an idea of the scale of the destruction. entire apartment buildings burning. and russian artillery deployed

around the city. ukraine capitol there is a strict curfew. in effect until wednesday morning. after that powerful explosion that ripped through a kyiv shopping mall on monday. and we're being told eight people were killed. the officials on the ground warn that number could rise. in between attacks, residents of ukraine capitol continue to pick up the pieces. video from monday shows a man going through his belongings. in an apartment building after shelling ripped the wall clear off. the un reports nearly one in every four people in ukraine have been forced from their home by the russian invasion. three million fled the country and six and a half million others are in internally displaced. we spoke with one family from mariupol. >> children at play. frolicking in an arcade meant to host game of laser tag.

but these are not normal times. the owners here turned the business into a makeshift shelter. a place to house dozens of ukrainians. who just fled the besieged port city of mariupol. >> the last couple weeks were like hell. >> he and his wife and daughter escaped mariupol on thursday. they endured weeks of russian bombardment. from artillery and air strikes. >> even 15, 20 minutes. you can listen to the airplane. and then the sound. bomb bomb. >> she kept a journal. march 2, day seven of the war. nothing changed. she writes. no electricity or heat. and there's no running water now as well. they lifed in the basement and when they emerged she took photographs and videos of the apartment building. with bullet holes.

unexploded shells in residential streets. desperate people looting a bomb damaged store. for food. >> there's no water to drink. >> they scavenged for drinking water. pulling buckets from street suers. >> the rain water. and waiting for the rain water. >> heavy shelling on nearby houses, she wrote on march 5. we went to sleep with the thought of how to survive and stay alive. one day a shell exploded near him as he stood in line for water. >> it fell down and three people in front of us. one guy was without head. who was like taking the water. and other one in the line was half a head. and the last one was killed. with my three people completely i saw clearly. we were making a grave for them. digging. >> in your neighborhood? >> yes. >> finally. it was all too much.

>> the last day i saw my father. completely destroyed mentally. it was like depression. and she haven't left the cellar. since the beginning of the war. staying inside. unfortunately. and the last day i saw my father and he begged me that please leave. leave somewhere. i don't know where. just escape this. and he was crying. >> they piled into a car with friends. and spent 15 hours driving through russian front lines. to escape the siege of mariupol. their parents refuse to leave. >> i don't know. if i'm going to see my parents or listen to them again. i don't know. it's like living day-to-day. today we're alive. tomorrow maybe not. >> in the relative safety of the arcade built to entertain children, the kids welcome the escape from the conflict.

>> i really want to say hello to other children. her 7 year-old daughter says. and i want the war to end quickly. her parents appear haunted. clearly traumatized. she gets a call from her mother in mariupol. weeping. and saying good-bye. because she fears she will not survive the night. >> well. another grim reminder that the horrors of war are relentlessly repeated. the death of a 96 year-old holocaust survivor. he was killed during a russian strike on kharkiv. he had survived four concentration camps including -- during world war ii. it is this war started by vladimir putin to denazify ukraine. that ultimately claimed this man's life. president zelenskyy office noted

his death. saying each passing day makes it increasingly clear what russia's denaziification is all about. if you would like to assist people in ukraine, who need shelter and water or food. go to cnn.com/impact to help. i'll have more from lviv in the coming hours. first let's go to rose mary church in atlanta. thank you so much. reporting from lviv. still to come here on cnn. is russia's war on ukraine nearing a stalemate? assessments from the u.s. and nato just ahead.

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welcome back, everyone. officials from nato to the pentagon are giving us a better sense of a russian military campaign that remains stalled on the ground. senior nato official says signs are pointing to a stalemate in russia's war on ukraine. from ground forces to combat aircraft that have failed to achieve the advantage in the air. the official says russia isn't backing down. it's assembling reenforcements and continue to resort to less precise and brutal weapons. saying russian forces failed to achieve many of the objectives

on the ground. he says russia is increasingly turning to long range strikes from cruise missiles to artillery fire. >> steven is a senior fellow at the center for european policy analysis. he joins me now from annapolis in maryland. thank you for being with us. >> thank you for having me. >> russia's war on ukraine is apparently nearing a stalemate. that is according to a nato intelligence official. neither side can win and both refuse to surrender. >> that is a possible out come. stalemate on the ground. but there's also wide range of what that could be. if you get to a stalemate. and i think a lot of the cases would be a lot worse than anyone perceiving a cease fire or truce. you look at what happened in eastern ukraine. you had the sides dig in. get entrenched. still exchanging artillery.

with the current lay down that would be russia continuing to shell ukrainian population centers. >> so, if this war in ukraine is indeed nearing a stalemate, it appears ukrainian's president she zelenskyy is aware of this and ready to gonegotiate with putin. what are the possible out comes? >> the peace talks and what's coming out of them are interesting. even in his remarks to the u.s. congress where president zelenskyy said i recognize we're not likely to be allowed into nato. he's putting that sort of neutrality i think on the table. in those peace talks. but i expect that the trade off for that neutrality would be security guarantees. u.s., uk, turkey have been mentioned of guarantors of ukraine sovereignty and territorial integrity.

in such a cease fire situation. in that case, i would expect that president zelenskyy and ukraine want that ukrainian territory to be that before 2014. >> of course russia wants a whole lot more than just ukraine saying we won't be a part of nato. right? at this stage, president zelenskyy has to be very careful that he doesn't compromise too much. >> very challenging to think of what could look like a win for president putin in moscow. if there's a stalemate sort of a situation. look at the desired strategic end state is a compliant, totally non-west leaning ukraine. that seems impossible. with the expectations i think he built up of a quick victory. it's hard to see what sort of concessions could be acceptable at all to russia. >> and of course russian bombardment from afar continue

targeting civilians. and growing in intensity and brutality. but as this war becomes bogged down how much do you worry about what putin may do in desperation. his back against the wall here. given we have now learned that his used his hyper sonic missiles. will likely use more. do you worry this could expand to a nato russia conflict possibly by miscalculation? >> that's a worry. and that sort of escalation is very important for ukraine to continue to get continued military assistance from the west. that's coming over land now from nato countries. and i think russia has to realize how important the continued resupply of ukraine by the west is. those become targets, that becomes a lot more of a risk for the nato russia escalation. >> and is russia's relentless bombardment of mariupol in particular part of the russia's effort to create a land bridge

to the russian mainland from the black sea? essentially cut ukraine off from the coast to create a landlock nation and could putin accomplish that and perhaps other initial strategic goals he had? >> mariupol has been talked about as key terrain since the initial sort of stalemate in eastern ukraine. in the donbas. that port city and port highway juncture that is long been thought of as key terrain to link russian occupied crimea with the russian led separatists in eastern ukraine. and the effort they expended to knock that city down and try to conquer is indicates just how important it is. expending that further west to the port cities probably more difficult for russian fors. >> all right. steven, thank you so much for joining us. we appreciate it. >> thank you for having me. another story we're

following a senior u.s. air safety investigator will help the chinese government try and determine why a china eastern airlines flight crashed on monday. the boeing jet carrying 132 people lost contact before falling thousands of meters over the city. so far, no survivors have been found. according to chinese state media. cnn joins me now from beijing. with more on this. steven, video of this plane going down is chilling. and we don't know why it suddenly fell out of the sky. what's the latest on the investigation and of course help that is apparently on the way? >> the chinese investigators dozens of them on the scene. face the daunting task of locating and identifying and collecting a lot of pieces and debris of this aircraft. now as you can imagine they're most important and urgent task

is find the two so called black boxes that are the plane flight data recorder as well as the cockpit voice recorder. these are the recorders that will potentially hold crucial information, help the ngt tors find out what happened at the final moments of the fateful flight to help them find out how the plane behaved and what was being said between the pilots in the cockpit. and those final moments. and because this is a boeing aircraft, there's also a u.s. investigative team already assembled led by a senior investigator the a the national transportation safety board and he's joined by representatives from boeing. but also the engine maker. as well as the federal aviation administration. this team is now on standby. it's not clear whether or not they will be allowed to come to china. there are things that can be done with them being not being on the ground. the critical information sharing. right now of course there's some concerns about whether or not

this kind of information sharing would be hampered because of political tensions between the two governments. most people believe these are professionals on both sides who will do their job properly and cooperatively. even though the government here still branding their mission as search and rescue. this is increasingly turning into a recovery mission. so right now of course what's most important for the investigators to do is to piece together all the evidence from the ground. but also talking to eyewitnesss as well as looking to the video as you mention to really find out what happened to the modern jet liner. this is a complex task that could take months or years to complete. they are under pressure because the grieving family and general public demandsing quick answers. they need to take their time. a very dark chapter in chinese aviation history. because before this accident, this country's airlines had been

flying continuously and safely for over 100 million hours. >> simply horrifying. dreadful for the farmers of the victims there. -- families of the victims. still to come. we are awaiting a verdict from a court hearing for kremlin critic. stay with us.

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right now kremlin critic is in court hearing verdict to new charge ts against him. prosecutors are seeking a 13 year prison sentence. allegations of fraud and contempt of court. cnn joining me now from london. what more are you learning about the new charges? this immeant verdict. and of course the timing of all this. coming while putin wages his war on ukraine. >> the details are on the verdict are coming in just now. as we speak. you mentioned we know that the prosecution is seeking to send him to a maximum security for 13 years. on the charges of contempt of court and fraud. he and his team consistently denied these allegations. he is already serving a two and a half year sentence just outside of moscow. and he has continuously maintained this is being done to silence him.

as an opponent of president putin. recently in january, he and several top aids were added to russia easter ridiculist and extremist his opposition movement is deemed a terrorist organization and extremist organization and shut down. of course the timing of this is important. we have seen a recent weeks a real crack down on opposition in russia. and of course a real crack down on signs of opposition to the war in ukraine. the kremlin of course pushing the narrative this is a special military operation, not a war. and he recently actually shared a message on instagram urging russians to oppose the war in ukraine. now we wait to see whether or not the court will rule to send him to the maximum security peal colony for 13 years. >> all right. we'll see what happens there. of course, most of us pretty sure what the out come would be. live from london.

many thanks. thank you for joining us. i'll be back with another hour of breaking news coverage after this short break. stay with us.

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switch today. hello, everyone. very warm welcome to our viewers joining us here in the united states and all around the world. i'm rosemary church in atlanta. we are following the breaking news coverage of the war in ukraine. just ahead -- >> i never seen my father cry. please