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>> it is monday, april the 4th, 11:00 a.m. in ukraine. we're following breaking news out of the southern ukrainian city of odessa. in the last few hours officials will confirmed an overnight air-strike in the city. we are still waiting to hear about any casualties there. to the east in the besieged city of mariupol, officials say a humanitarian corridor will be working today, efforts to evacuate citizens have been hampered as fighting continues around the hard-hit port city. it comes as ukrainian officials continue searching for bodies in bucha and other towns near kyiv. russian forces have retreated from that region, but ukraine says danger from land mines have slowed search efforts. meanwhile, new images reveal the extent of the horrors visited upon bucha. a warning this video is very disturbing. it is very hard to watch. a cnn crew capturing these images of a mass grave at a church in bucha. the mayor says up to 300 people,

many of them civilians, could be buried there. these satellite images taken just last week show a long trench dug into the ground at the church where the mass grave was found. russia's denied far dtarget civilians saying the videos are fake. world leaders denying it. potential war crimes might be addressed sunday. ukraine's president echoed their calls. >> translator: the world has already seen many war crimes at different times on different continents. but it is time to do everything possible to make the war crimes of the russian military the last manifestation of such evil on earth. >> stories of brutality by russian troops have been emerging across ukraine. on sunday the regional military governor of kharkiv said there were 23 casualties including children after russian forces fired on part of the city.

a human rights watch says it is documented allegations of war crimes in areas around kyiv, kharkiv, and chernihiv. our fred pleitgen traveled there to see what the kremlin calls the war operation and the disturbing and graphic images. >> reporter: as russian forces retreat from the area north of kyiv in their wake, scenes of utter destruction. whole blocks of houses flattened. ukrainian authorities saying they believe dead bodies are still lying underneath. but here the dead also lay in the open. ukrainian national police showed us this mass grave in bucha, saying they believed up to 150 civilians might be 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 has been searching for his younger brother dmitry. now he's convinced dmitri lies here although he can't be 100% sure. the neighbor accompanying him with strong words for the russians. why do you hate us so much, she asks. since the 1930s you've been abusing ukraine. you just want to destroy us. you want us gone. but we will be, everything will be okay. i believe it. video from bucha shows bodies in the streets after russian forces left the area. some images show bodies with hands tied behind their backs. the russian defense ministry denies killing civilians and claims images of dead civilians are, quote, fake. but we met a family just returning to their house which they say was occupied by russian soldiers. they show us the body of a dead man in civilian clothes they

found in the backyard. his hands and feet tied with severe bruises and a shell casing still laying nearby. russia's military appears to have suffered heavy losses before being driven out of the area around kyiv. this column of armoured vehicles in bucha completely destroyed. the way the ukrainians tell us is that the russians were trying to go towards kyiv and they were then intercepted by ukrainian drones, artillery and also the javelin anti-tank weapons. it is not clear how many russians were killed here, but they say many were, and others fled the scene. a national police officer says the russian troops were simply too arrogant. they thought they could drive on the streets and just go through, he says, that they would be greeted as though it's all right. maybe they think it is normal to drive around looting, to destroy buildings and to mock people. but our people didn't allow it. and now it appears all the russians have withdrawn from here. ukraine says it is now in full

control of the entire region around kyiv. but it is only now that the full extent of the civilian suffering is truly coming to light. >> fred pleitgen in bucha, ukraine. russia denies killing civilians in bucha and claims the bodies on the streets of the town are fake. moscow says it has been assisting in delivering humanitarian aid in the kyiv region. cnn hasn't confirmed this is happening, but what is clear, russia isn't done fighting. the british defense ministry warns, quote, russian forces are continuing to consolidate and reorganize as they refocus their offensive into the donbas region. we have also learned that russian forces are withdrawing with their equipment from the sumy region. that is 38 kilometers from the border with russia. it was one of the first areas attacked in russia's invasion. i want to bring in cnn's nnanna bashir. she is looking at international

reaction. while the russians are saying these pictures are fake, other world leaders are clearly not buying that. >> absolutely. there has been a huge outpouring of outrage from leaders, allies over the weekend over these images we're seeing coming out of bucha. u.n. nato secretary-general stoltenborg said we haven't seen this for decades. prime minister boris johnson describing the image as, the actions as despicable. the message we're hearing from european leaders, the economic sanctions placed on russia need to be reinforced, they need to be strengthened and russia needs to be held account for these actions. we heard from french president emanuel macron saying he wants to see a total block on all oil and coal exports to european union countries this week. we heard from the european council saying they want to see the sanctions strengthened this week, too. so we will see further action on that front over the coming days. but the other message that we've been hearing from european

leaders, from nato allies is they want to see an investigation into these allegations of war crimes. now, president zelenskyy has called on the international criminal court to carry out an investigation. we've heard from german chancellor olaf scholes and other european leaders they will be able to facilitate in carrying out the investigation. they want to see independent investigators into the into ukraine to take a look at the evidence and the continued message we've heard from zelenskyy is that russia is carrying out war crimes in ukraine, and he had said this amounts to genocide against the ukrainians. >> the important thing is to get those investigators in, not just journalists, but investigators who gather legal evidence that can be used later on, get them in as soon as possible to try to document things. boris johnson, his statement actually naming putin as someone who's committed war crimes. i mean, how does this process play out? how do we hold them accountable? >> absolutely, there will be a key task from independent investigators. but for the european union

nations, nato allies who have pledged their support to ukraine to facilitate gathering evidence who is responsible for the crimes, the russian leaders have been highlighted as key perpetrators of these war crimes. not just the russian forces, but those who have given the orders. that was the message from s zelenskyy, too. he said all those who gave orders to carry out the attacks, many journalists have seen bodies in ukraine. they need to be held account for their actions. we've heard russia be accused of war crimes like in syria. that will be a key focus in coming weeks. >> thank you. meanwhile, western leaders are advising skepticism and caution about russia's shift away from the kyiv region. cnn's dana bash spoke with the nato secretary-general on sunday. >> what we see is not a real withdrawal, but we see that russia is repositioning its

troon troops, and they are taking some of them back to rearm them, reinforce them, resupply them. we should not in a way be too optimistic because the attacks will continue. >> now we're joined by the former commander of the australian defense college. he's the author of war transformed, 21st century confrontation and conflict. thank you for joining us. >> thank you. >> what do you make of what we're calling a retreat from kyiv? it shows that the ukrainian defenses have been very effective, but what does that mean in terms of russian strategy? >> it means russian strategy has failed. right from the start they claimed on kyiv and capture the zelenskyy government. they have totally failed in this endeavor. ukrainian army has fought them

to a stand still and forced them to retreat back over the border. it's unlikely we're going to see many russians advance on kyiv again. notwithstanding their operations in other parts of the country. >> that's the question, isn't it? are they going back to russia or are they acting as reinforcements to the south and the central part of the country where they appear to be focusing their efforts right now? >> i think it's likely that many of them will take some time to refit and to reinforce before they send to other bits of the country. ukrainians have handleded the russians in the north a tremendous beating. some of them will move to reinforce units in the east. it will take them sometime to physically move, but probably much more time to reinforce and to reequip those units. >> what do you make of the channel that they appear to be reinforcing down there, to the

east, to the south, what are they trying to achieve there? >> i think it's just a continuation of the war the russians have waged in eastern ukraine since 2014. the original statement from putin and others has talked about a liberation of donbas, and they will seek to get something out of this war that they can sell as a victory. they have not done that yet, and they will continue to throw troops at this problem in the east to try and get something that approaches a success for them, but they are a long way from that. >> could this be a temporary shift? could they, you know, regroup and then go for kyiv again? >> it's always possible, but they're going to have to fight for that ground all over again. that doesn't make a lot of military sense, and the ukrainians are even better set up to defend that ground now. it's most likely that they will continue to reinforce efforts in the east and try and get something they can call a success in that part of the country. but that will take them

sometime. this won't be over in days or weeks. >> most shocking part for this weekend's news is the images out of the regions around kyiv, in the areas where the russians are retreating. would you say from what we've seen there that there is very clear evidence of war crimes? and how do we investigate that? >> i think it's very clear evidence of criminal behavior by military commanders who have established a lawless, unethical culture in the russian army. this goes all the way to the top. to be frank, in an army that has for weeks indiscriminately targeted civilians in cities, we shouldn't be surprised that russian soldiers feel comfortable then descending even further to the murder of innocent civilians. >> this is a familiar technique, isn't it, by russian forces in conflicts gone by. >> unfortunately, that is very

true. this is a playbook they used in chief mete chechnya and syria. unfortunately, a lot of lessons learned in syria were these very ones about the deliberate and systematic terrorization of civilians. these are not individuals going rogue. this is a systemic approach to terrorize the ukrainian people right from the top of the russian army. >> this is about attacking civilians, you would argue, where you basically punish them for resisting. >> that's right. you're punishing them for resisting, but you're also punishing them in the hope that the zelenskyy government will seek some kind of political accommodation. it's actually had the reverse effect on the ukrainians. it's made them fight harder because they know this is an

existential fight for them. >> in your experience, is this a very crucial stage in the process of ultimately getting justice or getting those investigators into those areas when, you know, the russians have just left to try to get the best evidence against them at any future trials? >> absolutely. the collection of evidence is probably already starting. i doubt the ukrainians are ceasing their activity. they'll be getting in, collecting evidence. they will want to ensure as we in the west that people responsible for these crimes and the commanders responsible all the way to the top of the russian army are held to account, even if it takes months, years, or decades. >> okay. appreciate your perspective. thank you for joining us. coming up, russia's continued strikes in ukraine. they're complicating the humanitarian crisis there and making it more difficult to get civilians to safety. more details coming up. and a family of a journalist

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as russia continues to pound parts of ukraine with devastating strikes, getting civilians to safety has been far more difficult. according to a ukrainian official, nearly 127 people were evacuated through humanitarian corridors on sunday. hostilities aren't likely to ease up soon, the latest report confirms mariupol is still a hot bed for fighting, but also air-strikes. that complicates the ongoing refugee crisis. although numbers have slowed considerably, displaced ukrainians continue to flee the country. more than 4.1 million refugees have fled since the fighting began. just outside of kyiv, the suburb of irpin is finally free of russian troops, but the city lies in ruins. too dangerous for civilians to return. one man there made it out, but just before russian strikes destroyed his apartment building. since then he's been recording videos of life inside a war zone

all whilst taking care of his infant son. ♪ oh, yesterday was such an easy game to play ♪ ♪ i need a place to hide away ♪ ♪ >> his son was born two weeks before the war started. earlier he speaks to jim accosta about raising a son in a war zone. >> i will tell him that he started his life in the time, in the historic time when the entire country got together against this evil, against this devil, because this is, this is not even a war. it's a massacre. it's genocide. they came to erase our nation and everyone is fighting, everyone is fighting in this country for our country, for our

land, and for human values and for freedom. and i'm sure that what is happening now will change the entire history of the country, of europe, and of the world. >> alex said he started singing to his first son 25 years ago during a time of peace. russian forces deny allegation that's they detained scores of civilians since the war began, but the family of a missing ukrainian journalist isn't buying that denial. they are waiting in agony to hear from her again, and know that she is safe. cnn's ivan watson has their story. >> reporter: marsha plays by the banks of the nipa river under the watchful eye of her grandmother. in a few days she'll be turning 4, but her mother may not be there to celebrate. she is missing, taken captive, her family says, by the russian military. the family last heard from her

on march 26 when she called from her home in the russian-occupied village, saying russian soldiers had searched her house. >> translator: she was really frightened. she told us that the russian soldiers said, we know everything about you and you should be shot on the spot for what you did. >> reporter: the next day neighbors say the russians returned and detained her who works as a freelance journalist. they haven't heard from her since. >> translator: we don't know where she is right now. we have no information about her. >> reporter: the alleged russian abduction of irina reflects a broader pattern. the human rights accuses russia of detaining at least 55 civilians since invading ukraine on february 24th. a kremlin spokesman told cnn he's not aware of cases of disappearances, but adds that they should be examined carefully. at least 11 detained civilians are elected mayors like yvon.

a security camera caught them kidnapping him on march 11 in the russian occupied town. he says he was later released in a prisoner exchange for nine captive russian soldiers. >> translator: i would happily offer myself in a prisoner exchange for her freedom. her mother says. just let her go. she has a child. she and her husband tried to rescue her from her russian occupied village on march 7. this is your mother's car. but they were forced to turn back after gunfire shattered their car window. larisa is showing me a bullet casing from a round she says hit her car on march 7th when she tried to reach the village that her daughter lives in. she says russian soldiers opened fire on her vehicle. at some point in the first

weeks of the war, irina took in a wounded ukrainian soldier. >> translator: irina told me she wasn't home, she was treating his bandages. >> reporter: when they searched her house on march 26, they detained the wounded ukrainian. >> translator: he was wounded in the arm and the leg. they handcuffed him and took him out right away. >> reporter: on march 28, after the alleged abduction, her mother made it safely to the occupied village. she says the russian officer told her that irina had been taken to the russian-backed separatist city of of donetsk to be tried for sheltering a wounded soldier. that is not a crime of international war. if a civilian treats a wounded combatant according to the geneva convention, is that

allowed? >> that is not only allowed, it is also protected. article 18 of the first geneva convention is crystal clear about it and says that no one may be molested or convicted for treating a wounded. >> reporter: cnn reached out to russia's ministry of defense for detaining irina. they never replied. her family waits in terrified limbo. >> translator: she asks, where is mama? every day i say, she is coming soon, she's coming tomorrow, she'll be here in an hour or two. >> reporter: the truth is no one here knows when masha will see her mother again. ivan watson, ukraine. world leaders are shocked and outraged by the horrifying images from bucha in ukraine. strong reaction from the u.s. secretary of state coming up for you next.

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accusing russia of genocide. russia wants you to believe this is staged and denies any involvement. a cnn crew saw it with their own eyes. at least a dozen people piled here on church grounds. some people aren't yet buried. their bodies still contorted on the streets or tied up with their hands behind their backs. cnn spoke to the mayor of bucha a short time ago. referring to russian troops, he says, quote, they weren't able to take kyiv, so they vented their frustration on bucha and the surrounding areas. the mayor went on to say, we will not forgive the russian people for the atrocities that happened here. they'll never be forgiven on this earth or in heaven. you can see that interview coming up on cnn's "new day" and that starts 90 minutes from now. from the united states and nato, swift condemnation to the horrors committed in bucha and beyond. cnn's arlette saenz has details from washington. >> reporter: the biden administration expressed shock on sunday over the horrific

scenes emanating out of bucha with secretary of state antony blinken describing it as a punch to the gut. now, while ukrainian president zelenskyy described it as genocide, both blinken and nato secretary-general stoltenberg refrained from using from such a term. but both men insisted that russia must be held accountable for what they describe as a pattern of brutality. >> you can't help but see these images as a punch to the gut. >> there needs to be accountability for it. i think the most important thing is we can't become numb to this. we can't normalize this. >> it is a brutality against civilians we haven't seen in europe for decades, and it's horrific and it's absolutely unacceptable. >> reporter: now, blinken said that the u.s. will gather evidence and document each of these incidents to help with any investigations into possible war crimes. of course, the united states

last month did say that they officially believe russia has committed war crimes in ukraine, but there is that official investigation with the international criminal court that is still underway. now, the next steps to watch is whether the biden administration might decide to impose additional sanctions on russia, something that they have said will be on the table. the u.s. is also expected to continue supplying the ukrainian fighters with additional military equipment, with sources telling cnn that the u.s. is expected to help facilitate the transfer of soviet-era made tanks from allied countries into ukraine, possibly in the coming days. arlette saenz, cnn, the white house. other world leaders condemning the massacre in bucha. bruteish prime minister boris johnson said russia is acting recklessly as it loses ground in ukraine. despicable attacks against civilians in irpin and bucha are more evidence putin and his army

are committing war crimes in ukraine. no denial or disinformation from the kremlin can hide what we all know to be the truth. putin is desperate. his invasion is failing. and ukraine's resolve has never been stronger. and the german chancellor olaf scholz is calling for an investigation into the killings in bucha and an end to the war. >> translator: 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 cannot be justified by anything. it is a war that is causing endless suffering and benefits no one. it must stop. >> and bucha isn't the only area under threat. russia is continuing its devastating attacks on cities such as mykolaiv. ukrainian officials said at least one person was killed and more than a dozen were injured and taken to hospital. cnn's ben wideman reports.

>> reporter: the city of mykolaiv came under multiple russian missile strikes sunday. the first one just after noon local time when what appears to be cluster munitions slammed into a residential neighborhood in the center of the city. shortly afterwards, the regional governor kim put out a video of himself walking down the street saying the russians were trying and failing to panic residents at a time when many people are beginning to return to their homes after having fled the city. the russian strikes killed one person and wounded more than a dozen, according to a statement put out later by the governor's office. meanwhile, ukrainian deputy prime minister irina has accused russian forces of detaining 11 mayors and killing one in areas under russian control. although cnn cannot independently verify those claims, she said the ukrainian

government would alert the international committee of the red cross, the united nations and other international organizations to their captivity. i'm ben wideman, cnn, reporting from mykolaiv. still to come on cnn, the u.s. president is asking congress to act on gun control after another mass shooting. this time in california. and with the latest shooter still at large, the victims' families are still on edge. >> i'm just to the point right now i don't know what to do. i don't even think this is real. i feel like it's a dream. the stinging. my skin was no longer mine. emerge tremfyant®. with tremfya®... ...most people saw 90% clearer skin at 16 weeks. the majority of pepeople saw 90% clearer skin even at 5 years. tremfya® is the first medication of its kind also approved for adults with active psoriatic arthritis. and, it's six doses a year, after two starter doses. serious allergic reactions may occur.

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police say there is still no suspect in custody. cnn's josh campbell has the lateel latest from los angeles. >> reporter: a man is under hunt. as shots rang out in sacramento at 2:00 a.m. on sunday. this was two blocks from the state capital building in an area with several restaurants and bars. six people have been confirmed dead. at least 12 injured. the city's police chief spoke about the incident sunday morning. >> we had officers in the area that heard shots fired and responded to the area of 10th and k. they found a very large crowd here, and they also found that we had a number of people that were shot in the area. those officers, we know, rendered aid to our victims and called for additional assistance. right now we do not have a suspect in custody on this and we're asking for the public's help. if anyone saw anything, has video or can provide any information to the police department, we are asking for their assistance.

>> reporter: now, at this point authorities don't know if they are dealing with one or 34multie shooters and they have not released a motive. there is evidence circulating on social media that shows a physical altercation with people as shots rang out. that video has not been confirmed by cnn. the sacramento police spoke about that video saying they are aware of it. they are asking anyone who has additional video to contact authorities. sacramento police have assigned numerous officers to assist with this investigation. calling in resources from neighboring agencies to help respond to new police calls as their investigation in this manhunt continues. again, a deadly night yet another mass shooting in the united states, six dead, 12 injured. the shooter still at large. josh campbell, cnn, los angeles. meanwhile, u.s. president joe biden has asked for congress to rehe new talks on gun control after the shooting. he says the time for action is now. the president is asking lawmakers to put stricter barriers in place to ban certain

weapons, require background checks for gun purchases and for congress to approve his budget proposal which mr. biden says would give cities more funding for crime prevention and intervention strategies. now, the hungarian leader celebrated his reelection with a jab at european leaders. right-wing minister and putin ally secured a third consecutive term. he said european bureaucrats and ukraine's president were some of the many opponents he overcame at the polls. he's drawn criticism for erosion of democratic rights during his time in office. in the coming hours, pakistan supreme court is expected to weigh in on the country's political crisis. prime minister dissolved parliament and called for fresh elections. the move came after the deputy speaker blocked confidence in the prime minister which he was expected widely to lose. they protested and called on the

supreme court to uphold the constitution. cnn producer joins us now from islamabad. thanks for joining us. how will the supreme court session affect this, do you think? >> reporter: well, max, what the opposition party said after the absolute chaos in parliament yesterday was that the action of the deputy speaker to block the vote of no confidence which had been brewing since the 8th of march and -- to have a complete minority, the opposition had more than 177 votes. you need 172 to vote out a sitting prime minister, and the political position was already quite precarious. and the information minister went ahead and said that pakistan was under the grips of a foreign conspiracy, that there were attempts by the united states to change the regime, and that is what compelled the vote of no confidence, calling for it to be blocked. the opposition has now gone to

the supreme court which is due to begin proceedings any minute now to decide whether this act was unconstitutional or not and whether moving forward the elections are actually going to take place, what happens with the position. he has been talking and speaking directly to the public for at least ten days now when he brought up the matter of this foreign conspiracy. there is a lot of populist support for ron con. he is as we know a major cricket superstar in this country. and while there have been critics of his 3 1/2 year long tenure as the prime minister, there has been inflation. there are depleting foreign currency reserves in the country. and the opposition has said that they have had enough. so we're going to have to wait to see what the supreme court says what happens next. will the vote of no confidence actually take place, or will the supreme court judges decide that this is, a, unconstitutional,

but to cleanse the political palate, there will be elections -- to take place in 2023 and will now have to take place within 90 days. so we are all just waiting on tender hooks to see what is going to happen with the supreme court judgment in just a couple of hours and minutes. max? >> sofia, back with you as soon as we get that. thank you. sri lanka's central bank governor has resigned following economic unrest and widespread anger across the south asian island. police used tear gas there to disperse student protesters on sunday amid a weekend curfew and state of emergency declared by the government. shortage of foreign currency from the covid-19 pandemic are fueling that crisis. the country has seen rising prices, scarce central goods and rolling power cuts. still to come, shanghai sets out to test all 25 million of

its residents as covid infections surge. how the city is faring against the latest outbreak when we return.

chinese officials are holding firm to the country's zero covid policy as cases skyrocket throughout the region. residents of shanghai have been ordered to complete another round of covid testing after a weekend of rising cases. the city reported more than 9,000 new infections on sunday, the highest daily count to date. shanghai is effectively under lockdown until tuesday. as officials rush to complete covid testing for all 25 million residents, cnn's selina wang joins me now from tokyo with more. it is a massive undertaking, putting such a large city under lockdown and then testing everyone. how are they doing it? >> reporter: yeah, max, it's hard to overstate the scale here. shanghai is china's most populist city. it's the financial economic hub, and essentially most of the 25 million residents of shanghai are all under strict home quarantine and authorities have attempted this ambitious lockdown in two phases.

so one half of the city went into lockdown first for a week. now that the lockdown has been extended, the other half of the city went into lockdown on friday, and people are growing more and more frustrated, complaints continuing to grow about lack of daily essentials, the struggle of ordering food, and more heartbreaking stories of people struggling to seek medical care. this is a strong test of china's zero-covid strategy and many are asking at what cost is this being implemented. there is also outrage growing over photos and video circulating online of young children, max, and even infants being isolated alone, and hospitals crying, separated from their families. cnn was not able to independently verify those videos, but we did speak to the mother of a 2-year-old who said that her baby was taken away from her after the baby tested positive for covid-19, and she was not reunited with her child until a week later. it is also important to remember

here that for many residents of shanghai, they haven't just been locked down for a matter of days. many neighborhoods, neighborhood communities went into lockdown weeks before the mass city wide lockdown even went into place. and they are actually confined to their homes essentially indefinitely until their entire community tests negative for covid-19. so the frustration and anger for many continues to grow, max. >> absolutely. celina, thank you for joining us from tokyo. now, the grammy awards sunday featured a surprise and special guest. ukrainian president volodymyr zelenskyy appeared in a pre-taped message. the president appealed to the international community for help sharing the truth of what's happening in ukraine. >> our musicians wear body armour instead of tuxedo. they sing to their wounded in hospitals, even to those who come to hear them. but the music will breakthrough anyway. we defend our freedom to live,

to love, to sound on our land. we are fighting russia which brings horrible silence with its bombs, the death silence, fill the silence with your music. fill it today to tell our story. >> following the message, singer john legend joined ukrainian performers and performing his new song entitled "free" celebrating the power of music in dark times, especially war. there were some big winners of the night including r & b duo silk sonic winning four grammys for their song "leave the door open." >> leave the door open. christoffer brown. dennis amir ii. silk sonic. >> they won for best r & b song, and a tie for the best r & b performance. an incredible night for them. disney star olivia rodrigo also

took home multiple trophies, winning grammys for best new artist, best pop solo performance and best pop vocal album. fans are on the edge of the seat wondering if tiger woods will play in the masters tournament. the champ tweeted that he will be making a game-time decision after he played a practice round at the course. cnn's world sports patrick snell has more. >> it is the big question, will he or won't he? will tiger woods tee off first at this year's masters? speculation reaching fever pitch on sunday here in augusta as he arrived at augusta national to hit the range, to hit the practice range for about 20 minutes or so. and then what happened? he goes to the 10th tee box to play some practice holes here. really getting those insights going in terms of a feel for the course. maybe that's going to be the big question here. how will he and his body handle

the notorious undulations of the course, a course now playing to around 7,500 yards. how will his body handle it after everything that happened early last year with that horrific car crash and the subsequent surgeries he underwent. of course, if i can go back to last week where we had that viral moment, woods on the course with his 13-year-old son charlie and fellow american professional justin thomas as well. that's really what got everyone so excited in the buildup to this year's masters. but i tell you what. i want to just leave you with this note. the fact that tiger woods doesn't intercom petitions unless he feels he can win. so that is something to be borne in mind as he goes for a sixth masters title he hopes, and a 16th career major. the big question we're all waiting, will he play on thursday? it will be a game-time decision says woods. back to you.

>> meanwhile in basketball, in college basketball, there is a new champion in the women's game. connecticut to grab their first ncaa championship since 2017. they beat the huskies 64-49. it is the second title under head coach dawn staley. meanwhile, the men's national title game tips off later today between kansas and north carolina. news just coming into us about ukraine. the head of the lahansk regional administration of eastern ukraine says the russian military has been gathering what he calls a significant accumulation of troops and military equipment. the official described it as an apparent preparation for an offensive push. the russian military has said it is pulling back its forces from around kyiv and parts of northern ukraine to concentrate efforts in donbas region, and it

is to be transpiring today. thanks for joining me here on cnn newsroom. i'm max foster. our news on the coverage continues s on new start with brianna keilar.

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