and emotional eating. at last, a diet pill that actually works. go to golo.com to get yours. hello, welcome here in the united states and around the world. i am john vause. russian forces retreat from the kyiv region. scenes of horror and devastations in their wake. the i mages you are about to se is disturbing and difficult to watch. the mayor says up to 300 people, most of them civilians could be buried there. the discovery of that mass grave

coming so soon after other images emerged of dead bodies. some with hands behind their backs and others killed execution style with a shot to the back of their head. north northwest of kyiv, condemnation of world leaders, many demanding war crime investigations and accountability. the president echoes that call. >> we have seen many war crimes. it is time to do everything to make the war crimes of the russian military the last manifestation of such evil on earth. >> on sunday the kremlin denied killing any civilians, the ministry defense claims the images coming out of bucha are fake. similar stories emerged across the country. on sundays, kharkiv says there were 23 casualties.

human rights watch says it is documented allegations of war crimes in areas around kyiv, kharkiv and chernihiv. >> a warning his report includes disturbing and graphic images. >> reporter: as the russians continue to withdraw here towards the border of belabelar. a lot of hardware taken out and a lot more civilians came to harm as well. we witness soed some of that firsthand, here is what we saw. >> reporter: scenes of utter destruction. whole blocks of houses flattened. ukrainian authorities say they believe dead bodies are still lying underneath.

here the dead also laid in the open. massive grave in bucha up to 150 civilians buried here but no one knows the exact number. people killed while the russian army occupied this town. this is what it looks like when the hope is crushed. vladimir is searching for his brother and now he's convinced his brother lies here everynthoh he can't be 100% sure. the neighbor accompanying him with strong words. why do you hate us so much. you just want to destroy us and you want us gone. we'll be everything, we'll be okay. i believe it. >> reporter: videos from bucha shows bodies in the streets after russian forces the area.

some images of bodies with hands tied behind their backs. the russian defense ministry denied killing civilians and images are quote, "fake." >> we met a family returning to their house which was occupied russian soldiers. they showed a body of a dead man. his hands and feet tied with severe bruises and shell case laying near by. heavy losses before being driven out in the area. this area in bucha is completely destroyed. >> reporter: the way the ukrainians tell us is russians trying to go towards kyiv and they were intercepted by ukrainian drones and artillery and javelins. it is not clear how many russians were killed here. many were and other fled the scene. >> reporter: a national police officer says the russian troops were simply too arrogant.

they thought they could drive on the streets and just go through that they would be greeted as though it is all right. maybe think think it is normal to drive around looting and destroy buildings and mock people but the people did not allow it. now it appears all the russians have withdrawn here. ukraine says it is in full control of the entire region around kyiv. it is only now that the full extent of the civilian suffering is truly coming to light. >> what we saw there in bucha was awful but unfortunately it is not something that's necessarily unique just to that one. a small town around the capital of kyiv. today we were in various other places and satellite town around the ukrainian capital and every single one of them we saw the same scene and utter destruction and destroyed buildings where local authorities said there were still dead people underneath, dead bodies in the

streets and dead bodies in the backyard. ukrainians making access to a lot of these areas, they're going to find more of the same unfortunately. >> fred pleitgen, thank you for that report. >> reporter: the biden administration expressed shock on sunday over the horrific scenes out of bucha. with antony blinken describing it as a hunch to the gut. while president zelenskyy described it as genocides. both blinken and general stotenberg refrained from using such a term. >> you can't help but see these images as a punch to the gut. >> there needs to be

accountability for it. the most important thing is we can't become numb to this. we can't normalize this. >> it is a brutality against civilians we have not seen in europe for decades. it is horrific and it is unacceptable. >> reporter: blinken says the u.s. will gather incidents and document to help with any invasion into possible war crimes. the united states last month did say they officially russia has committed war crimes in ukraine. there is that official investigation with the international criminal court that's still underway. the next step to watch is whether the biden administration may decide to impose additional sanctions on russia. something they said will be on the table. the u.s. is also expected to continue supplying the ukrainian fighters with military equipment. what sources are telling cnn that the u.s. is expected to

help facilitate the transfer of soviet era made tanks from ally country into ukraine in the coming days. cnn, the white house. the brutality of jihadists. >> bucha is the most outrageous atrocity of the 21st century. and by saying we refer to bucha but we should not forget other towns and villages which also became the crime scenes for russian army. by what we have seen in bucha and the vicinity, we can conclude that russia is worst than isis. >> the british prime minister

boris johnson says russia is acting recklessly. bucha is more evidence that putin and his army are committing war crimes. the kremlin can't hide what we all know to be the truth. putin is desperate and his invasion is failing. ukraine has never been stronger. in chancellor owe laugh scholz, calling an end to the war. >>. >> i call on president putin and russia to finally agree to a cease-fire and stop the fighting. it is a terrible war. a senseless one, one that can't be justified by anything. it is a war that is causing endless suffering and benefits no one. it must stopped. >> joining us now from washington, cedric leighton. good to see you again, colonel.

what life is like for residents living under russians' occupation. i want you to listen to president zelenskyy, here he is. >> when we find people with their hands died behind their back and decapitated, such things i don't understand. i don't comprehend, the kids who were killed and tortured. it was not enough to just kill for those criminals, indeed, this is genocide. >> so he does not understand it. i don't understand it. is this typical for if the russian military, were they receiving orders to carry these atrocities or straight out of putin's playbook. >> it is a tragedy that words can't describe these. to the russians in the past,

have done these many things they fought the last 100 years. they come to this reputation to mitigate and you can go back to world war ii and what happened in georgia and the donbas region in 2014. they have done things like this many, many timtimes. they lose control of all of their army, centralized army until the call for withdraw happens and the soldiers are given free reign to do whatever they want, looting and killing and raping, all of those terrible things and that's precisely what we are seeing in bucha and several other cities throughout the region, throughout kyiv. it is a hallmark of the russian military and it is not going away at all.

>> zelenskyy went onto say that those areas where the russians have left, there will be still targets of airstrikes. the russians left with mines and bodies left. what is the point on that? is this just a scorch earth policy? >> very much, john. it is a design to terrorize the si civilian population and making it difficult for the ukrainian forces to come in zn and take o and sort of control the land. the population is in favor of ukrainian forces coming back in. bi b mines and bobby oby traps. it is very much an as expect of russian warfare and it is a very dangerous one.

>> i am wondering, the russianss are about to ramp up the south and the east. what's the timeline here? is that still a way off or do they have time for re-enforcement? >> it looks to me they had some plans to occupy part of the south for some time and of course the east always been in their plan once they told us about. >> it does seem that they have at least some of these supplies they needed to move forward. i would expect them to try some kind of amphibious landing. the question remains it is very good that you pointed this out. that's going to be a major

aspect of the next few days i believe that certainly in the east, they do have enough to move forward and some in the east, i also think they're going to be hard pressed to keep any gains they may achieve. they do that and some of the advantages when it comes to being close to supply line or where they were in kooyiv, for example. it remains to be seen how they'll deal with the ukrainian forces and as well as the south. >> just very quickly, what's the strategic value of the ports of odesa? >> it is huge. it is the third largest city in ukraine but it is the major port basically from all over the agriculture exports that ukrainian has a large preponderance of is economic lifeline going through there. it is the lifeline for a lot of military supply.

it is extra credicrit criticall ukraine and the russians. >> colonel, i appreciate it. we'll take a short break. we have the latest on the attack. plus, safe place, how families are on the run with death and destruction are taking refuge in lviv's wild house. >> tech: cracked windshield? make it easy and schedule with safelite, because you can track us and see exactly when we'll be there.

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there are still devastating attacks taken place in the cities such as mykolaiv. one dozens were killed and many were hurt. ben wedeman reports. >> reporter: the first one just afternoon local time of what appears to be an attack in the se center of the city. afterwards the mayor put out a video, the russians trying to panic residents at a time many people beginning the return to their homes after having fled the city.

the russian strikes killed one person. the prime minister has accused russian forces of detaining 11 mayors and killing one in areas under russian control. although cnn could not independently verify those claims. the ukrainian government would alert the international committee of the red cross and other international organizations to their captivity. i am ben wedeman, reporting from mykolaiv. many are still struggling to reach vulnerable civilians. take a look at this footage. 500 residents escaped mariupol in their own vehicles on sunday. ukrainians continue to flee the

country. 4.1 million refugees have fled since the fighting began. much more help is needed. u.s. ambassador to the united nations says the u.s. is pledging $50 million to the country of moldova to assist with the influx of people fleeing this war. it will help with trading and management and counter human trafficking. >> you know i have been watching the news reports of refugees crossing borders into poland and as i looked at the map, moldova is the smallest country, it is the poorest country and per capita is taken the most. >> it is a neutral country and it does not have protection and umbrella organization like nato or like even the eu, they apply

for rapid membership. given all of that and new threats coming from ukrainian officials telling moldova officials that they think the russians may be eyeing them next. what more can the u.s. do? >> i will be meeting with the president and the prime minister later today and that'll be quite a discussion i will have with them in terms of what else can we do to give you confidence about your security, to address the problems that you might foresee in the future. i will take that back to washington and share it with other cabinet officials to see how we can better support them. >> that was cnn with the

ambassador linda thomas greenfield. aid workers are speaking outside the box. the wild house opens doors to war refugees. >> this is our photo studio and now it is still shelter. >> reporter: when bombs started falling on her country, the 29-year-old knew she had to act. >> one day, february of 24th of february, we woke up and we understand this war is coming. >> reporter: everything changed? >> everything changed. >> reporter: she and her friends founded what may be lviv's collected shelter. in a building she calls "the wild house." upstairs a performance space. all of it used to shelter v

evacuees when the war began. we decided of what we can do. oh, we have place and we understand that a lot of people like our friends start to come to lviv and they need a place to stay. next day we take things that we can take from our place like pillows, like medicines and food. they provided housing for more than 300 people. >> there is as big table. you can take some tea, coffee and everything is free. >> reporter: now evacuees live here. olek is one of those stranded

here unsure when he'll be able to return home. >> i have no idea. i dream about this but it is very hard and i think some years i need to wait. >> reporter: he's grateful to have a safe place in lviv found through his friends. >> thank god to my friends and my lucky fate to find this place. >> reporter: as the war continues, he's working to displace an informal network of 20 small shelters across the city. >> we want to give karen support. >> reporter: doing good in the midst of the bad. >> kids and families, when they're endangered, you need to do the best you can.

>> reporter: don lemon, cnn, lviv, ukraine. the russians say they did it, they launched the missile at an oil refinery. we'll look at that strategic port city and how it could influence the outcome of the war.

welcome back, we are fo following horrific discovery in bucha, images you are about to see are very graphic. mass graves of 300 people barricade. russia would like you to believe it is all staged and fake. cnn has a team on the ground. at least a dozen bodies on church ground. some people's bodies are not yet buried. they're bodies are still contorted on the street. the kremlins denied targeting civilians. russia claims the images on the body of bucha are fake. >> our national public of nato. lawrence, thank you for taking your time to speak with us.

the war rages around you but for the most part the city has been spared, is this a sign that the russian military has its sight on odesa. >> so that's really nothing new. the larger problem is that we actually are 60 kilometers at the front line here. yesterday was the first time of russians' forces high caliber rockets. this is the biggest port in ukraine by far. the fact that it is extremely well defended. their catacombs and dtunnels. if you had cities on a hill with

400 million people. anyone who would step into here will face severely difficult heat, i would think. >> how much is the fate of o odesa? russian forces continue to face problems. >> i don't think that of course that's theoretically possible. there is no question that the fact that mariupol, at least half of it in russians hands is nothing more than impossible. >> it has been bogged down russian forces and forcing them to deliver resuources to that

area. it is true. >> so, you touched on this. the preparations there in odesa. >> you said it is a million people. any idea when they can hold a rush army for? >> they just started this week, they can hold out in definitely. >> it is well fortified and for a long time. there is also another question. which was a majority of the city until 1941. many people will tell you, even though their names have been changed, they have deep ties to israel or identify part any jewish. >> this creates a great problem in israel. in russia were to come in here to discriminate me in the city,

it will create many political problems on israel themselves. >> the background, some sort of bombing or rockets. >> do you think if the russian repeats that in odesa that you see some kind of valley. >> israeli' involvement would not be truth of course. it could be the use of attempt of israeli's specials here of the secret service. >> it could change. there is been a course about this and cnn on your network. >> of course it is possible but there will be enormous price to pay. will it make any sense. a lot of things have gone up in this war makes no sense from the russian's side. >> what are people saying about

the preparations and what are they expecting. >> how they think this is going to end. ? >> i guess one of the questions, what is the mood like. oh yeah. >> people are anxious and scared and worry ried. >> definitely, after the rookt strik strike. >> i would say that there were 20% of the normal flow of traffic in this area. >> you question people of their faith. >> but, people are not threeing the city. the area with i am happens to be closer at the port so there are few people here for the reason that it is not as safe. >> of course you get to the sense of more normal. and there is a couple of days go by. things turn to normal. and dings open and transport

works so on and so forth. >> it is a big civilian city. people are different here. >> what ises the gain if he gets control of russia, why is it so important? >> it is important symbolically. mr. putin taken to read the book katherine the free. >> espin 2014 this concept emer, it included that russia was t the -- theoretically this is what he's interested in. we have not seen mr. putin the last 20 days. >> we see one incident could be

then autentic. >> it is a good question. it is a good point to end on. thank you so much for taking the time to speak with us. please stay safe. we hope to see you again. >> you are welcome, sir, thank you. one of vladimir putin's best friends in yaurjust skrur anoth four year in power. coming up. taking a dig on president zelenskyy and. and hang high starts another round of covid testing. >> they sents is growing thin for this zero covid policies. more details after the break.

welcome back, i am kristie lu stout. >> hungary called ukraine's president one of the many opponents he overcame to win reelection. >> the prime minister and

putin's allies feared of a forth executive term. m over the erosion of democratic rights during his time in office. he made life with his long tensions with europe during a victory speech in budapest. >> challengers remained conceded defeat on sunday. >> will myth says he accepts the victory. >> pakistan will stay on job despite the country's own economic problems and efforts to oust him. >> em iron khan will continue.

>> this is after parliament blocked and voted no conference on sunday. >> a fresh election called, sparking protests . >> chinese officials are holding firm to the country's zero covid policies as cases skyrocketed throughout tl region. >> the city reported more than 9,000 new invasion on sunday. that's the highest daily tount to date. shanghai is on longed down on tuesday as mushls rushed to get testing for 25 million residents. selena wang is joining me. >> record highs lashaun stewarded at shanghai this weekend, what's the latest? >> reporter: as we see those covid cases rise, the population

in shanghai continues to grow. >> this is the eppie serpt of china's biggest covid 19 outbreak. it is proven to be a critical test for chinese harsh con at the same time policy. >> they are under a strict lockdown. the authorities have implemented in stages. >> half of the city had been on lockdown for a week now. >> the on friday, the city is also carrying out loss of math testing. the scale here is hard to over state. shanghai is the country's financial and economic cut. for many of these residents. it is important to note they have been in lockdown for weeks or went into place. that's because of a neighbor

targeted kmcommunity lockdown until their entire ned tested negat negative. more than 7,000 members have been leiving in the airport for more than a week now. >> also, out cry for how authorities are separating covid children from their parents. >> they're throw niese photos and video circulating on tonight some of which we are showing you up here which shows the children celebrated from their families. >> they are offering a slow and, even though cnn not able to verify these images. >> these are children who david west tested positive for covid-19.

>> we spoke to a smoer who toll us that, in shanghai,she was not able to see her nearly a week. all of these harsh policies christie, they're taking an in this case common sense shl and a strong human toll. >> selena, thank you. >>. president biden has asked for congress to refew talks on gun control after a fatal shooting in california. >> residents woke to the news that 18 people had been shot and candlestick of them killed. >> multiple hshooters putting fire. >> background checks and gun purchases will more. >> he says, this. in a single part of zproe. >> a suzen more in clured. >> forever change.

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welcome back. as families flee ukraine, some are finding refuge in places they never imagined. cnn randi kaye reports from outside miami, florida. >> i realize something happened. at 5:30 maybe a.m. the neighbors called me and asked did you hear something? >> reporter: she was on a business trip last month in lviv rk ukraine. near the polish border. when russia started bombing her country. her husband and their three children were hundreds of miles away at the family's home outside kyiv. >> i just asked me husband to bring the kids to me. >> reporter: they devised a plan. he would drive them through the night about seven hours one way. to meet her in lviv. >> as your husband drove towards

lviv, you were able to track him on your phone? >> on the what's app. share your location. and i can check where he's at. it was like the hardest hours. when you realize that all your family, your husband and kids driving and it's bombing and can be anything. >> reporter: when the family reunited, she thought her husband wasn't able to cross the border since men of a certain age were being told to stay and help defend ukraine. so her kids ages 3, 7 and 9 boarded a train to poland. meanwhile around the same time, half a world away, this man phillip brad ford was watching the russian siege on tv at his florida home. his mother was from croatia and stepmother from ukraine. he felt the urge to help. >> i heard my wife and mother and my stepmother in law, my mother-in-law telling me get off

my rear end and do something. >> just a few minutes away from his home is ukrainian orthodox church. >> i went to the church, i gave them a couple hundred dollars. thinking i'm done. i have done my good deed like a boy scout. and i said if i can help more, let me know. >> turns out, there was more. a lot more. she had made her way to miami with her kids. she visited that same ukrainian church last year. so when she went back and shared her struggle, a church volunteer called on phillip to help. >> i was told about this mother with three children from ukraine. >> i want to help. i have a big house. i want to give you the place to stay for your kids. and you have a separate room for them. >> reporter: his wife is in a nursing home for four years. he's been living alone.

not anymore. they moved right in. >> i'm almost 80. so it's like having grand kids running around again. >> how do you feel about a stranger opening up his home to your family? >> i was shocked. now we're like a family. all together. >> reporter: phillip even insisted she take the kids to disney world. his treat. >> you sent them to disney. >> she told you about that. >> we know all your secrets. >> that's what grandfathers do i guess. >> reporter: meanwhile, soon after she left ukraine, she found out men who had three or more children were allowed to leave the country. so a few days ago, this happened. upon his arrival as a gesture of thanks. her husband brought him this bracelet.

in the same colors as the ukrainian flag. >> what does that bracelet mean to you? >> well, it kind of -- it makes me one of them in a sense. you know. >> bonded. >> yeah. right. >> reporter: randi kaye, cnn, cooper city, florida. such a beautiful story. the grammy awards featured a special guest. ukrainian president volodymyr zelenskyy. who appeared in a pretaped message. the president appealed to the international community for help sharing the truth of what is happening in inside ukraine. >> our musicians wear body armor instead of tux. and those who can't hear them but the music will breakthrough. we defend our freedom to live sound and our land we're fighting russia. which brings horrible silence with its bombs. the dead silence.

fill the silence with music and today to tell our story. >> john legend joined ukrainian performers and musicians performing his song called free. celebrating the power of music in dark times. especially war. finally golf fans on the edge of their seats wondering if tiger woods will play in this weeks masters golf tournament. of the five time masters champ tweeted that he'll be making a game time decision. after he played a practice round at the course. woods suffered serious leg injuries in a single vehicle crash in february of 2021. he hasn't played in an official tournament since november of 2020. our coverage from lviv, ukraine continues after the break. (burke) that's not wrong. when you switch your home and auto policies to farmers, you could save yourself an average of seven hundred and thirty dollllars. (customer) that's something.g. (burke) get a whwhole lot of something with farmers. ♪we are fararmers.bum-pa-dum, bum-bum-bum-bum♪

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hello, welcome to our viewers in the united states and all around the world. live in lviv, ukraine. we begin this hour with mounting evidence of possible war crimes in ukraine. russian forces retreat from the kyiv region, they're leaving behind scenes of horror and devastation in their wake. a warning the images you are about to see are disturbing and difficult to watch. cnn teams on the ground captured images of a mass grave. the mayor says