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horror of the invasion is on true display. this is the town of bucha in the northern part of can he have. journalist report at least 20 bodies were dead in the street, all wearing civilian clothes. moskow set a goal of controlling the eastern region of donbas by early may. and ukrainian officials in the port city of odesa say russian missiles were fired on the city early this morning. a cnn team there reports a fuel depot there on fire. witnesses report multiple explosions at that site. others say they saw drones in region over the past two days. ukraine asking for heavy weapons as it prepares for renewed battle in the east. >> reporter: president zelenskyy says russian forces are leaving the north. in some cases he says they are pulling back voluntarily from other area. he says they've been expelled by ukrainian counter attacks. satellite images show there are positions russia claimed very early on in the invasion and

held as it sought to surround kyiv and which have now been abandoned, notably the town and the airfield. an advisor to president azelenskyy says there are some in the capital which have been re-claimed from russian control. further north ukraine's flag flies over the power plant after russian forces suddenly depart that site and surrounding area. but none of this is cause for celebration because the ukrainian government believes these forces will simply replenish and then rejoin the fight in the east where russia will seek to expand and consolidate control over the donbas region. an advisor to president zelenskyy says if russia gets a strong foothold in the east and the south, it will dig in, fortify those positions, and russia will be very difficult to dislodge unless western allies provide the ukrainian military with more heavy weapons. phil black, cnn, lviv, ukraine.

>> earlier we spoke with cnn military analyst jeffrey clark. he put it this way given ukraine the firepower it needs now to essential to keep moskow from advancing on europe. here's general clark. >> we're not dealing with a third world country here. what we are dealing with a country that doesn't have its own defense establishment. and it's critically reliant on us. they believe they're fighting for us, and i believe it, too. ukraine is the toughest opponent russia will have to fight. if it gets through ukraine, nato, these countries in the front line don't have the experience. they don't have the size of the forces. they don't have the same population. this is for all the marbles here in ukraine. this is the future of the international system. i think the united states has come to realize this. we've just got to break the logjam in getting them the full

array of equipment they need and not prejudging it and thinking we know better than they do. we probably don't. >> general wesley clark there. now with the offensive on kyiv stalled the russian president vladimir putin is changing his goals here in ukraine and his time frame. it could be a day that holds an important place in many russians hearts and mind. details now from cnn's arlette saenz. >> reporter: russia is starting to shift its war strategy in ukraine, trying to focus on taking control of the donbas and other regions in eastern ukraine with a possible target date of may #th. that is according to u.s. officials familiar with the latest intelligence. and those officials say that russian president vladimir putin is starting to feel the pressure to show some type of victory in ukraine as his fighters had a hard time keeping control in the areas where they've been fighting. now, that may #th date also has some historical significance.

in risha it is considered a victory day when they celebrate the nazis surrendering during world war ii. but there's also some tactical concerns when it comes to that may 9th date. with winter starting to fade away and the ground softening there, the russians are trying to get their units in as quickly as possible. that's according to an intelligence assessment from the u.s. additionally in that eastern ukraine area there have been for years now russian backed fighters with a strong presence there. one other thing that cnn has learned is that the u.s. believes russia soon may announce a name, an overall commander for their war in ukraine. this follows a previous reporting that russia did not have an on the ground theater wide commander running the operation in ukraine, which has contributed to some of the disorganization and dysfunction seen among russian troops. now, as the russians are starting to shift their focus towards eastern ukraine the u.s.

and allies are really stepping up their support militarily and defense flights to the ukrainian fighters. just this weekend the u.s. authorized sending over $300 million worth of security assistance to ukraine. this would include suicide drones, night vision equipment as well as anti-drone systems, really bringing the total that's been contributed to ukraine to more than $2.3 billion. now, additionally sources have told cnn that the u.s. is working to help facilitate the transfer of soviet made tanks from allied countries into ukraine. it's unclear just now where the tanks will be coming from or how many will be sent, but these tanks, one source says, would be t72 tanks which the ukrainians know how to operate, and this one source also said that they would be sent over in a matter of days not weeks. but clearly the next five weeks

of this war will be pivotal as russia is trying to make a point, trying to show some type of victory. but u.s. officials say even if there is a russian celebration, that does not mean that an absolute victory is at hand especially as ukrainians continue to put up a fight. >> arlette saenz, at the white house thank you for that report. now the expected repositioning of russian forces to the east and south is now opening a new chapter in this war. earlier cnn spoke with the mayor of the embattled coastal city of mykolaiv to get his assessment. here he is. >> i don't believe to putin the russian troops are removing. and they fall back just to get more force from russia and to go to the east and to the south where we are. and in the previous episode of your program someone said that

putin overestimated the force or strength of his troops. what i would say he underestimated is the strength of ukrainians. and for sure we are ready to meet him here again and fight with his troops here on the south. >> there are developments as well on the diplomatic front with the possibility, a very slim possibility of talks between the ukrainian president volodymyr zelenskyy and the russian president vladimir putin. that coming from a member of the ukrainian negotiating team. now, these talks if they happen, they've not been confirmed and details are still very scarce at this point, but it could happen some time this week possibly. and it could happen in istanbul, turkey. according to this one negotiator the issue of crimea which russia annexed back in 2014 continues to be one of the sticking points during these negotiations. let's get a little more now on the diplomacy. we're joined now by the former u.s. ambassador to as-- they sa

they've laid out their conditions. the russians have no objectives except for crimea. they can deal with that later on. but then that negotiator added this. listen to this. >> translator: ukraine's foreign minister said there was no official confirmation in writing, but as of yesterday in a videoconference we heard that the russian side does not object to such positions. >> so nothing in writing. it's all a verbal agreement. is the verbal agreement with the russians not with the paper it's written on? >> of course it's not worth the paper it's written on. even agreements with the russians are written on paper you see from the budapest memorandum where russia along with the u.s. and u.k. pledged support and guarantees of territory if ukraine gave up its territory. so i think the russians here are

using the prospect of the agreement as a way to buy time and to keep the pressure on and shift the offensive to donbas. and if russia is able to consolidate its hold on donbas and convince the world it is now a legitimate, if you will, owner of the donbas, then it can claim a victory for the big may 9th victory parade and putin can live to fight another day. >> that does not mean the war will come to an end though, right? >> i definitely agree with that. i agree all along the goal was to do the consolidation in the east. maybe he thought he could decapitate the leadership. but ultimately his first step is to consolidate in the east, gain that land bridge num donbas and russia down to mariupol that will cripple ukraine's economy even if he stops just there and

russia will be rewarded for unprovoked military progression by territorial gains. and those gains as we see now in reports of those civilian massacres will lead to the deaths of civilians under occupation. and then in perpetuity haake threaten to do the same thing again and wait to see how the rest of the world reacts. >> we should note we had a ukrainian lawmaker on one of our previous hours who basically said there were mass graves in putscha with as many as 300 civilians, hands tied behind their back and they're shot. if putin gets hold of the donbas region is that what's ipsn stor for them in. >> that's what i really fear. russia has so much history of doing these things, during their occupations in europe during

world war ii they did it. right now they're doing it again. and so there's no reason to believe they would stop and they're able to hang onto these territories. that's what's going on right now. it's all about destroying civilians physically and peertually by using massive military force. what happens with these troops whether some are czechens and just ethnic russians they get emotional, they get angry. authorize low discipline, low morale. so when they're defeated or pushed back on the battlefield, they take it out on the civilians, and i think that's going to continue. >> as far as diplomacy goes we've heard a lot about this concept of a neutral ukraine. president zelenskyy has talked about this in a past week essentially giving up any claim or hope of joining nato and being this neutral on the doorstep of russia but at the same time wanting these security guarantee but not actually being a member of nato, which seems to

be nato lite. ukraine gets the benefit of protection but doesn't have to reciprocate. that hardly seems something putin will be able to accept. >> yeah, i agree. israel, france and turkey wouldn't be willing to accept. it's pulling those countries into a fighting war with russia if and when russia continues these sorts of operations. i actually think this is a shrewd tactic by zelenskyy. lulen skae is under pressure by those three countries that would be a guarantor. zelenskyy doesn't want to accept a cease-fire because it will reward the unprovoked invasion with the loss of ukrainian territory. okay, countries pressing me to give up ukrainian territory by agreeing to a cease-fire, okay, i'm going to pass the ball back to you. it's on you then if you want me to say yes to guarantee we'll

have the same security guarantees as we would under nato membership. he's cleverly rejecting these demands for a cease-fire. >> i guess the question is how long can he hold out and where is the off-ramp here for putin? >> yeah, how long he can hold out, of course depends on the depth of humanitarian and human suffering in ukraine, but it also depends on how much support he gets from the rest of the world. if he receives the javelin missiles, the air defense systems, now the armor that the biden administration is talking about sending to ukraine, the sove jt era armor and all the support he needs, maybe not talking about an actual enforcement of a no-fly zone, not only can he hold out, he's pushing russia back and putin is losing now. so i think putin is going to have to make a compromise if that sort of western support continues because the resolve of ukraine to keep up the fight is it seems boundless. off-ramps for putin, putin

totally controls the information landscape in russia ssh, so he can define victory any way he wants and going back to this interview he made the sign victory is going to be consolidated and say this is great victory for russia, look what we've done, we've liberated these people from ukrainian nazis and then again live to fight another day and calculate how much pressure he can put on ukraine based on the resistance he feels from the rest of the world. >> how do you see the outcome here for not just for ukraine but for europe and the rest of the western world? >> it best outcome i think would be that ukraine says, okay, we're going to remain neutral, donetsk, luhansk, we can settle

their legal status in the future. that's a tough thing to convince putin of, but if there's pressure from the west i think he'll have no choice. >> we'll see what happens. ambassador, thank you so much. appreciate your time. >> thank you. russia's war on ukraine has claimed the life of yet another journalist. maxim levin was killed. the photo journalist was found unarmed, two gunshot wound. he'd worked for a number of major western news outlets including reuters and the bbc. its a statement reuters said they're deeply saddened by his loss. he described himself as a documentary photographer, videographer, a father and a human being. coming up next here on cnn, even as the ukrainian military takes back more areas from russia, aid groups struggling to free thousands of sul villains trapped behind the front lines.

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to be exempt from trump era border restrictions on a case by case basis. mexican officials to expect all migrants to enter the u.s. but have been slow with the processing. even as russia pulls back in some parts of the country aid groups are still struggling to get ukrainians out of harms way. according to the u.n. more than 4.1 million refugees have fled ukraine since the fighting began. more than 6.5 million are internally display. the international committee of the red cross has managed to reach irpin in recent days, treating the wounded, delivering food hoping to return with more essential supplies. for many ukrainians there is a choice, stay and face the dangers or try and escape and face the risks. cnn spoke with a ukrainian man who escaped russian soldiers who nearly killed him twice. he described that harrowing experience to cnn's jim acosta. >> i decided to leave just because like days before i was arrested and searched and

actually almost led to execution by russian military. and the last moment they canceled it and let me back like underground and said, okay, next we'll come back and decide what to do with you. next morning i just fled and decided, okay, i will go away and that's what i did. and i just went and i didn't have a car. they gave me a ride while i was moving zaporizhzhia. the main reason they searched and found my smart phone, and i took pecktures of buildings destroy by them around the city. and so it became reason for them to think i'm a nationalist nazi, something like that.

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the world. i'm john vause. this is "cnn newsroom." time to get up to speed with the latest developments here in ukraine. ukraine's deputy defense minister says the entire kyiv region has been liberated, cleared of russian forces. cnn cannot independently confirm that. still, ukraine troops have been gaining ground around the capital as the russian military says it's de-escalating. also in the capital we're hearing from two former ukrainian pows who were swapped in a prisoner exchange. they exclusively spoke with cnn about what they endured in russian captivity. >> translator: at first they took us very aggressively and made us shout glory to russia. and whoever didn't want to do that they used physical measures. >> translator: they hit me in the face with machine gun butts and kicked me. my front teeth was also chipped. >> critical infrastructure was hit just a few minutes ago.

a massive fire at a fuel depot created visible smoke from miles away. ed, what can you tell us? >> hello, john. well, this morning we were jolted awake by multiple air strikes here inside odesa. we were at the scene a short while ago and the strikes, multiple strikes hitting another infrastructure target here in the city, a fuel depot. there are firefighters at the scene. they're trying to continue working for the last several hours to contain the blaze, but it was rather strong jolt we felt here in the city of odesa this morning with those blasts hitting -- striking just before sunrise. we spoke with multiple residents. this is an area that is -- an industrial area of the city, not residential. but there are a small number of

apartments in the immediate area around this fuel depot. we spoke with several residents who described the shock of hearing those blasts so close to where they live. one woman that we spoke with was actually working in a building and had been cooking meals, was part of a team cooking meals for ukrainian soldiers until about 4:00 in the morning, so she'd only been asleep a few hours when the missile strikes hit there at that fuel depot. she talked to us with tears in her eyes about experiencing something so close to where she live. we've spoken also to three people in that area who also told us interestingly enough that in the last couple of nights they had noticed that there were drones flying over the fuel depot area. so they believe those to be reconnaissance drones gathering information to carry out this strike. that is the scene here now in

odesa where crews are continuing to work the scene. officially local officials are saying there are no injuries to report, but the fire and the smoke still rages there at that scene here this morning. >> interesting to note this strike on a fuel depot comes about two days after there was a strike on a russian fuel depot just across the border. we appreciate the update. ed lavandera there live from odesa. gyning me now from kyiv is a member of ukraine's parliament. thank you for taking time to speak with cnn. as we see these russian forces withdraw especially from around the capital we're seeing this sort of trail of death and destruction left behind. one city, bucha, bodies left on the streets and you recently tweeted this. this is bucha, the outskurts of kyiv. russians are killing people with hands tied behind their backs and left on the road. i am shaking. stop putin now.

did you see those bodies with their hands tied behind their backs first-hand or hearing that from residents during this week on russian occupation and do you think those scenes will be repeated in towns and villages elsewhere? >> thank you so much for having me. yes, i have seen these bodies with my own eyes. i have seen the destruction, and this is something that i have never seen before in my life. there were so many bodies we have found a grave of 300 people who were killed right thereof women, children and men. and it's just unspeakable what happened there. and i cannot mention what is happening right now in occupied territories in occupied cities where russians are still holding. we -- we will work on fixing the destruction but we cannot

possibly return people who are killed. and we are extremely frustrated. everybody was there i think will never be able to forget what we have seen. the main issue is they were killed with a shot on the back with their hands tied on their backs. it's like since second world war when nazis were committing the same crimes i cannot imagine like who gave this order and why. there were civilian people and not military. >> just to be clear you're saying there were mass graves in bucha with hundreds of civilians essentially being executed or murdered, their hands tied behind their back and shot in the back of the head. this is compelling evidence russians have committed war crimes through this invasion of ukraine. you want putin to be held not only accountable but to stand trial in ukraine.

is that even in any way possible? >> i think the international tribune is possible. this is the point where we as politicians, as members of parliament are working. we are gathering evidence. we are creating the baseline for that, so at some point not only putin but everybody who give the orders, who executed on the orders will be able to come to trial and be prosecuted and then executed. we want the nuremburg process much les this is something that need to happen because what we have seen, it's not -- it's not war crimes. it's just crimes against humanity. it's devastation. how is it possible that people would do something like that? and here in the peaceful outskirts of the capital like more than a month ago these people were alive. they were living their normal lives.

they were like creating well-known cadence and like europeans everything was normal. and now it's like movies from the second world war, and you can see it in your own eyes. >> it is horrific what has been happening. there are also reports, too, that the russian sole have been using children as human shields placing them on tanks, holding them hostage so their parents would not give away the position of the russian soldiers, you know, to the enemy, if you like. what do you know about that? >> we had evidence of russian soldiers using children. we know children had been taken back with russian army as hostages to make sure that ukrainian army wouldn't be following them. we have also seen ukrainian women being burned alive and

raped or taken away for the same reason. this is all being documented so we can then present it to the world and show what ukrainian nation is suffering. >> oh, my god. that is horrendous. maybe conditions will allow for a meeting between president zelenskyy and putin. do you know if that's likely in the coming days? how do you trust a leader like putin who's a proven liar? >> we can't be trusting putin, and this is definite that all the agreement if any needs to start with security guarantees that will come from putin. the security guarantees from turkey, the united states, the united kingdom and some european countries probably. that should be plan one from all the negotiations. then we can think of talking to

putin and having some agreements with him because so far everything that we have seen from him was just simple breaking his word and bringing more and more death and devastation to ukrainian lands, ukrainian people. we cannot trust him. we can only gather all the powers from the world to make sure that at some point we are all standing against him. >> you have somewhere horrific stories that you've shared with us over the last few moments, but we thank you for that and wish you all the best. >> thank you. my colleague kim brunhuber is standing by with some of the day's other news. the big concern now is as these russian troops pull back and these ukrainian towns and villages are once again taken over by the ukrainian forces that come under control this is just the very tip of the iceberg

and there's a lot more of these horrendous stories that will come out. >> very powerful interview you did there and moving to hear her heart breaking testimony about these atrocities as you say are threatening to become more commonplace. thank you so much. we'll come back to you in the next hour, john. sri lankan police are cracking down. we'll have the l latest on the unrest coming up. stay with us. you'd think the sax player would be getting ready for his solo... but no. he's currently checkin' his investments. you gotta have a plan outside the band, man. digital tools so impressive, you just can't stop. what would you like the power to do? i'm on a mission talk to people about getting screened for colon cancer, and hear their reasons why. i screen for my son.

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police in sri lanka say they've arrested more than 600 people for violating a weekend curfew. the curfew was launched amid unrest of a struggling economy and as anti-government demonstrations grow. so much unrest in that country. what's the latest there? >> reporter: so despite that 26-hour curfew imposed by the sri lankan government that came into effect people have been out on the roads protesting across sri lanka. the government has also gone ahead and imposed a social media ban. an attempt to crack down on the protesters to ensure they cannot collect in different spots outside the capital.

people are determined to raise their voice. they've been chanting, protesting, and they want this government led by the family of sri lanka to resign. this is by far the biggest economic crisis it's seen ever since its independence in 1948. what do these protesters want other than this government to resign inthey've actually been standing in long queues for the last week. they've been needing fuel. they've been needing food, they've been needing medicines and they've been standing in long queues waiting to get commodities and there's been a shortage of all these things in sri lanka and there's been a crisis of a power outage. just imagine in the searing heat in sri lanka people standing in those queues. they're frustrated, they're angry and they want a change

from top establishment in sri lanka. covid hasn't really helped the country and the revenues really haven't been going up because people haven't been visiting this country. now, according to the prime minister of sri lanka the reason behind the coming crisis is essentially covid. people on the ground have been saying the protesters are out on the streets. we're expecting a massive protest today and the cause of this protest from yesterday was expected in the afternoon and because of the public emergency that's been imposed by this government yet to see if people are going to gather and protest against the family. analysts say things will only get worse before they get better in the island nation, kim. >> all right, we'll keep covering that story.

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america's most populous state is already experiencing its driest year in nearly a century. new evidence shows the dry spellman worsening. in california's last snowpack survey, 2 1/2 inches of snow were measured. it should be around 5 feet. let's talk about this historic drought with karen maginnis. i was in california covering that historic drought in 2015. the dry start to this spring is similar to what we saw then. how bad can this get? >> it looks extremely dire. you said it as well. a lot of people, not just? california but across the west, looking at this particular situation when there should be a whole lot more snow on the ground and wondering, what's going to happen? what's going to happen during the fire season? now we know, fire season is just about year round. especially for california. when they should see about 66

inches of snowfall average, we've got nine states across the west, you can see the areas covered by drought. and that is just about every one. save for a small area in northern idaho and northwestern montana and extreme northern sections of washington state. that's because we've seen atmospheric rivers. that plunges that moisture, that long fetch of moisture from the pacific. for california, there's been this very persistent ridge of high pressure. that's not unusual but the strength of this high pressure ridge is also important. so any time we don't see this winter moisture, so vital to crops, to urban areas, to everything that operates as far as life concerns for california, it really begins to shut down. 93% of the state of california is under severe to extreme drought. this is just california. for los angeles county, millions of people there, everybody is

under drought conditions. what could happen? they'll limit the water usage, hydropower is going to be a problem. along the colorado river, which runs across four states, for lake powell, beautiful lake powell, lake mead, this is vital. a vital artery for people and their water supply across california. is it going to get any better? at least in the short-term, kim, it doesn't look like that's going to be the case. >> very concerning there. karen maginnis, thanks so much. at least 14 people are dead, including seven children, after landslides in brazil. days of heavy rains triggered flooding and landslides in rio de janeiro state. firefighters and civil defense authorities have responded to affected areas to help rescue people. they say they brought more than 140 people to safety in the last 24 hours. parts of middle east and north africa are hugely dependant on wheat from ukraine and russia. the muslim holy month of ramadan

is beginning and many are finding the price of food becoming unbearably high. >> reporter: baskets of colorful grain for sale at a market in iraq. but for many families, the price of buying bread and other staples this holy month of ramadan is just too high. >> translator: everything is expensive. meat is expensive. we will not buy it. other things like sweets, we will not make them. they are expensive. same with the oil. we can't even use it anymore. >> reporter: during ramadan, muslims fast during the day, then gather with friends and family to eat traditional foods when the sun goes down at night. but the world food program warns this year, that meal will be a costly one. food prices were already high in some countries because of the weak economies, global supply shortages, and security concerns. well now, rising even more because of the russian invasion in ukraine. >> energy and food prices have gone up. that has had a broader impact on many developing countries, especially those that are import

dependent on wheat from ukraine and russia and where the wheat is their staple food. so those are countries like egypt, like tunisia, as well as yemen, lebanon. >> reporter: ukraine and russia are both major exporters of wheat and sunflower oil. and though this supermarket in war-torn yemen looks well stocked, customers say they can no longer afford many of the items on the shelves. >> translator: the people are living in a state of distress and cannot take it anymore. prices have now increased by 50 to 70%. >> reporter: the u.n. says since the war in ukraine began, cooking oil is up 36% in yemen and 39% in syria. wheat flour is up 44% in lebanon and 15% in libya. tunisia was suffering from a political and economic crisis before supplies imported from ukraine and russia were disrupted. now some bakeries have had to close because they can't find any flour, and many shoppers

face long lines for bread if supplies haven't already run out. stores in lebanon are also cutting back. this shop, which has been in business for 100 years, says it's just too expensive this year to make some of its traditional ramadan sweets. before the invasion, lebanon's economy was already spiraling out of control. and since then, prices have only risen because the country imported some 60% of its wheat from ukraine. the sticker shock for some is just too much. >> translator: i've never experienced a year like this before. where is the joy of ramadan? before, we used to look forward to it. but not this year. >> reporter: for many who were already struggling, the shortages caused by the war in ukraine are making a bad situation worse. this ramadan, there will be even less on the table. the ukrainian government is raise is money through the sale of dij tart art, nonfungible tokens, nfts.

according to the meta history museum of war which is organizing the sale, proceeds will support the ukrainian military and civilians. the auction was announced on wednesday and within 24 hours they managed to sell more than 1,000 artworks, raising more than $500,000. the digital art pieces were made by ukrainian and foreign artists and depict various moments and aspects of conflict since it started on february 24th. i'm kim brunhuber. thanks so much for watching. john vause is back live in lviv with more coverage on russia's war in ukraine after a short break.

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