this is cnn breaking news. hello. i'm john vause live in lviv, ukraine. welcome to our viewers in the united states and around the world. thank you for joining us as we report day 43 of russia's unprovoked war on ukraine. and on this day, cities and towns in the donbas region and across eastern ukraine bracing for what they expect will be a renewed russian onslaught. putin's goal now appears to be take and hold a large hunk of ukraine. already, residential districts in the luhansk region reporting heavy shelling and the local official in donetsk saying a humanitarian aid distribution center came under attack by russian firepower killing two people, wounding five others. and pus loads of civilians now making the heart-wrenching decision to evacuate from around

kharkiv, where russia has attacked a fuel depot, as well as a railway station which was used to supply ukraine's military with weapons. ukraine official says russian forces are deliberately aiming at civilian targets. counteroffensive by russian -- ukrainian fighters, i should say, have now pushed russian troops from areas in the north. and ukraine's president says moscow shifting course now. atrocities like those in the town of bucha have been exposed. >> translator: it seems the russian leadership really got scared of the world's wrath, that what we saw in bucha may repeat pause of what we may see in other cities from where we will inevitably kick out the okay piers. he have the information that the russian military has changed its tactics and is trying to kill people from the streets and basements in occupied territory. >> new drone video released by ukraine appears to show the location of trenches in the

radioactive forest around the chernobyl nuclear power plant. apparently, the work of russian soldiers who took control of the site of the world's worst nuclear accident in late february but have since left with the defunct plant now back under ukrainian control. the fighting will likely intensify in coming weeks and ukraine's military, though, still has a chance of mounting a successful counteroffensive. >> of course they can win this. and -- and if you look at what they've been able to do just thus far, mr. putin has achieved exactly zero of his strategic objectives inside ukraine. >> the latest u.s. assessment shows russian forces have completely withdrawn from areas near kyiv and chernihiv. but in their wake, those russian troops have left behind in one town where very little remains. >> reporter: welcome to sasha's restaurant, it says.

only sasha's is no more. nor are any of the apartments in this block above. a dining table and chairs, a jacket blowing in the wind still in tact. the only visible reminders of the families who lived here. the crows caw above this city. perhaps, they sense the death here. it is clear that the heavy destruction is mostly along the main street. it appears the russian armored columns simply opened up with heavy machine guns and artillery as they rumbled through town. brick by brick, today the digging starts. trying to find civilians or their bodies buried beneath the rubble when even their basement shelters were turned into graveyards. on this corner, they are looking for at least four missing from this block alone, says victoria, who is with the rescue team.

we have never seen anything like this. it is very difficult for us, she says, and not only for us but for the residents, it is a great tragedy because of an ill-disciplined force with a license to kill. so, this is vladimir putin's idea of liberating a fraternal brotherly nation. so, either he is doing all this because he loves ukrainians or, as many believe, because he's motivated by a rising hatred and anger at their westward loving democracy, at their resistance, and at their refusal to come under russian control. and as an afterthought, a bullet to the head of ukraine's cultural hero, the great poet not even statues are immune. amid all this destruction, the summary executions, the ukrainian flag flies proudly in the central square. for good measure, these ukrainian soldiers are pulling out a captured russian tank that

was dug in. they say they'll use this and anything else the invaders have left behind to fight them in the villages, in the towns, in the fields, and all the way back to the russian border. christiane amanpour, cnn, borodianka. joining me now from yonkers in new york, retired u.s. army major mike lions. major, thank you for being with with us. um, so far, the russian record is not looking especially good. they underestimated ukrainian resistance, have opinion incapable of adjusting to setback, failed to effectively combine air and land operations, have still not yet reached air superiority. they haven't been able to defend their supply lines. they have bungled logistics. so what does that now mean for the donbas region, how will this phase be different? >> well no question, they have been outfought, outthought. we thought the russian military would have learned and adjusted but they totally haven't. those troops now that they have withdrawn from the north are going to have to go a long way

to reinforce that bowel they think is going to take place in the east. and at the same token, ukraine military can now reinforce itself on interior lines inside the country, get there a lot quicker and start the attacks and continue to probe and continue counterattacks. so russia does not have any momentum and i don't see how they are going to gain any momentum by doing that over the next few weeks. he needs -- vladimir putin needs to find victory someplace. ukraine wins by not losing and it's just, again, a small miracle from a military perspective that without any really additional troops, that the ukraine military was able to eject the russians from those areas around kyiv. so next phase, russia thinks it's going to try to dictate because it brings mass, it brings a lot of tactical kit, it brings a lot of tanks and battle tactical battalions to the formations. however, i don't think the war is going to get fought that way. the ukraine military is going to have a big say in all the equipment that the west has poured in is also going to

approximate be a difference maker. >> that is the thing. right now, czech republic have provided tanks to the ukrainian military. there is also armored vehicles which are coming in from other countries, as well. long-range artillery, also. um, how will that change the battlefield in the -- in the favor of the ukrainians? >> well, the javelins that the west has sent i think are the most important element. it's going to be challenging for those tanks to kind of get to the battlefield. they are going to have to put them on rail heads. i think that the we have got to see how that goes and the apc, armored personal carriers the czech republic is also there. they have got to have the soviet equipment. when we bring more difficult weapons systems in from a logistical perspective, ukraine has got to figure out how it supports them, how it rearms them and the like. i think it's going to be the stingers, the javelins, um, the -- the switch blades, those drones. you see the fact that the ukraine military is able to use drone technology to show the attacks, they are literally coordinating small-unit tactics

with the drones that they are getting as well as with the equipment that's coming from the west on the ground. i think that's where they are going to be successful in the small-unit elements. the days of maneuver of those tanks are over and i am just not sure they are going to make their way to the battlefield. >> ukrainians continue to hamper russians from gaining total control of the city of mariupol. the mayor says 90% of buildings there have either been destroyed or damaged. at this point, what is left to fight over? >> well, it's about real estate and batteries i think and -- and this is very similar to what i saw in 1973 with the -- the arab-israeli wars there. and it's likely there is going to be a redrawing of -- of ukraine. and so, what -- what the ukraine government wants to do is hold out as much as, as long as possible. if it does end up falling, it's -- it's going to be grozny. it's -- there is going to be nothing there. there is going to be a complete rebuild and there will be an unfortunate escape for the people that are currently living there. um, but the ukraine military has

to hold odesa. they have got to keep at least one port there. but again, i think that what we are going to see here if there's going to be some kind of victory that russia wants, it's that land bridge that goes from crimea right to the donbas region and unfortunately mariupol is right in the middle of it. so, they have to -- from their perspective, for their claim victory, they have to have that town. >> hard to see how this will be a negotiated settlement at this point given everything that has happened but we will see how this all plays out. major mike lions in new york, thank you so much, sir, we appreciate it. >> thanks for having me. well, the u.s. has announced new sanctions on russia to increase the pressure on vladimir putin for this unprovoked war as well as for atrocities committed by his military in towns and cities across ukraine. among them, sanctions on russia's alpha bank which will freeze assets held by the banks in the u.s. and prohibit transactions with u.s. financial institutions. and there will be new sanctions

on russians' elite including putin's two adult daughters. >> bodies left in streets as russian troops withdrew. some shot in the back of the head with their hands tied behind their backs. civilians executed in cold blood. bodies dumped into mass graves. the sense of brutality and inhumanity left for all the world to see unapologetically. there is nothing less happening than major war crimes. responsible nations have to come together to hold these perpetrators accountable. >> u.s. president joe biden there explaining why these sanctions have been put in place. nato secretary general thanked the u.s. for continued support for ukraine, the sanctions, and for quote tireless efforts in consulting and sharing intelligence with nato allies. those comments come ahead of a high-stakes nato foreign ministers meeting in brussels set to begin in the coming hours. we have more now from cnn's nic robertson. >> reporter: the focus for

nato's foreign ministers in two parts. one is sustain and continue their commitment, the military commitment, the javelin missiles that have been so effective at targeting russian tanks and the surface to air missile systems that have targeted helicopters and fighter jets as well to continue the supply of those. but there is a recognition here that the war could go long. >> we have seen no indication that president putin has changed his ambition to control the whole of ukraine. and also, to rewrite the international order. so we need to be prepared for long haul but at the same time, we have to be realistic and realize that this may last for a long time, for many months, for even years. >> reporter: so the second point here is making sure that ukrainian forces have the sustainability capacity, the logistical supply lines, the fuel, the helmets, the flak jackets, the medical equipment they need, and recognize as well that the fight that is to come may be different, may be fought

needing tanks, needing armored personnel vehicles. these sorts of things. that is the second phase. in parallel to that, the other important part, the sanctions. the european union finalizing their position on sanctions targeting coal. saying they will no longer buy russian coal. value about $4.3 billion a year. but as we heard from the european union's foreign policy chief, the sort of top diplomat, if you will, the european union really could be doing a lot more to cut back on oil and gas because they are giving russia so much money. >> translator: we have given ukraine 1 billion euros. it might seem a lot but 1 billion euros is what we pay putin every day for the energy he provides us. since the beginning of the war, we have given him 35 billion euros. compare that to the 1 billion euros that we have given to ukraine in arms and weapons. >> and the eu targeting russian banks, russian vessels, russian-operated vessels, not

allowing them to use eu ports. but that energy issue is the issue perhaps that -- that really european union has the most difficulty finding unity for. nic robertson, cnn, brussels. but the u.s. believes there is enough support at the u.n. to expel russia from the u.n. human rights council. a vote is expected to take place thursday had the general assembly resumes its emergency session. it would take at least a two-thirds vote to remove moscow from the council but the u.s. ambassador to the united nations believes the votes will be there. >> we have been working very, very hard since this war started to build a coalition of countries who are prepared to condemn russia. we got 141 votes the first time we went into the general assembly. the second time, we got 140 and i have no doubt that we can

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the mayor of mariupol says russian attacks have decimated at least 40% of the city and destroyed most of its infrastructure. he also believes about 5,000 residents have died during the

blockade. cnn cannot verify that number, which is significant ly higher than the u.s. nationwide death toll of nearly 1,60. meantime, the red cross says the humanitarian crisis in mariupol is only getting worse but around 500 civilians were evacuated to zaporizhzhia. the ukrainian deputy prime minister puts the number of evacuees at about 1,200 but many remain trapped. a red cross spokesperson described the situation there. >> we were hearing really tragic stories. people who had fled walking, leaving also part of the family behind in mariupol. right now, there is nothing, no water, no electricity, barely any connection, so no way to be able to say also to the family that they are safe. no medication. and the humanitarian situation is really growing worse and worse. >> ukraine's president says russia is using hunger as a weapon. severe food shortages have seen

millions of people flee the country. now, refugees themselves are also becoming a weapon that's being used against poland. cnn's kyung lah explains. >> reporter: poland is already waging a war with russia. it's just not the kind you imagine. nearly 2.5 million ukrainian refugees have crossed into the safety of poland as war ravages their country. packing poland's arenas, lining up for government benefits, and sending their children to public schools. these innocent faces are part of vladimir putin's war of mass migration. >> it's a kind of a callousness that we just don't understand here. >> reporter: retired arm yu lieutenant colonel alexander vindman is known as a crucial witness in former-president trump's first impeachment proceedings but he was also a child refugee from ukraine whose family moved to the u.s. in 1979. >> refugees have been a weapon for a long time. russia is used refugees as a

weapon for years. >> how do you deploy refugees as weapons? >> you bomb cities and those cities result in civilian populations, women and children in particular. >> what is the theory behind that? >> well, they are weaponized just by the mere fact that these are large numbers of people flowing into a country that is not prepared to handle refugee camps that has to, you know, now spend funds on those refugees. >> reporter: the alleged goal? destabilize poland, a nato country, from within. but that hasn't happened yet. >> poland, which was having a mixed record with regards to democratic activities and democratic backsliding has actually, you know, kind of gone back to its roots. it has been extremely welcoming to the ukrainian population, welcoming ukrainians into their homes as members of the family. that's to putin probably unexpected. >> reporter: but warsaw's mayor says the pressure on his country grows by the day. >> putin wants to stop the whole western world. he miscalculated because he

thought that he is going to divide ukraine society. he lost. he wanted to divide us in the west. he lost. we we are also waging a war against his effort to destabilize us and we have to prove to him that we stand united, that we share the burden. >> reporter: we are just so thankful to poland, says marina. something we hear again and again from ukrainians. nearly six weeks into this war, they hope that good will lasts. kyung lah, cnn, warsaw, poland. >> if you would like to help the people of ukraine who may be in need of shelter, food, and water, please go to cnn.com/impact. and there, you will find a lot of ways that you can help. when we come back, russia's attack on ukraine now entering its seventh week with mounting casualties on both sides. ♪

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welcome back, everyone. newly released drone footage from bucha shows russian forces shooting civilians. the video is graphic and it is hard to watch. the footage was shot about a month ago. it shows a man on a bicycle turning onto a street when a russian armored vehicle opened fire with a high-caliber weapon. the man's body and thepy sickle were found weeks later in that same spot after ukrainian troops retook that town. the u.s. official tells cnn the u.s. now believes it will be able to identify the russian troops responsible for the

atrocities and the official adds, u.s. intelligence have given the matter an extremely high priority. well, ukraine's military has not released any combat figures about the number of ukrainian troops who have died here but clearly they are paying a high price and now they are opening a new cemetery to bury their dead here in lviv. cnn's jake tapper has more. >> reporter: grave diggers at the cemetery in lviv, western ukraine. today, had to break ground in a fresh field to make room for the new war dead. repurposing the cemetery's adjacent world war ii memorial. to find space for the influx. today, it's ukrainian army sergeant, 43, killed march 28th. and private, 33, killed on april 1st. both killed in lieu hlihansk in

the donbas region. both called to service after the russians invaded. the soldiers family started this grim day at the church in lviv. as their caskets passed the crowds on the way into the church, their loved ones wept for those whom they lost to putin's invading army. the sounds of grief, combined with that of prayer. inside, the formerly jesuit church built in the 1600s, locals have wrapped historic statues to protect them from debris in case of expected russian shelling. after the service, a military tribute as mourners paid respects and gave flowers to the families, flowers always in even numbers. the presiding officer of the

ukrainian parliament, basically the speaker of the house, stopp stopped by to honor the fallen. >> i come here. russia is guilty for everything, crimes, for everything, genocide which they do in my land. i want the whole world knows that we never forget for nobody. >> reporter: right next to this monument, famous and beloved ukrainian poet who was exiled by russia's czar in the 1800s for advocating for ukrainian' independence from russia and for human rights. one of his most famous poems, testament, reads when i am dead, bury me in my beloved ukraine. my tomb upon a grave mount high amid the spreading plain. cars, vans, and buses full of mourners traveled the short distance to the cemetery. caskets were unloaded.

prayers offered. >> ceremony of burial has been simplified and made shorter in order not to decrease the morale and the spirit of our other military. every day, we have two, three burials here in lviv. that is the price for our victory. >> reporter: and the military paid tribute with instruments of both art and instruments of war. >> we say heroes never die. we bury the body but the glory of these people will live forever in our hearts and in our history. >> reporter: a spokesman for the city would only say dozens when asked how many locals have been killed fighting to defend their homeland from the latest russian threat. t spreading now in order to make room for the dead. >> cnn's jake tapper with that report. i will have more from ukraine later this hour.

but for now, let's go back to cnn's world headquarters. lynda kinkade and, there is one certainty, there will be many, many more funerals to come before this conflict is over. >> yeah. it's -- it -- sure to be certain. our thanks to you, john, there and the team in lviv. we welcome back to you at the top of the hour. thanks very much. well, i want to move to yemen now where the president has announced the establishment of a presidential leadership council. transferred both his and the vp's power to the council on thursday. the leadership council will be responsible for political, military, and security affairs during a transitional period. and it comes after the saudi led coalition and iran aligned houthi movement announced a two-month truce last week. the first since 2016. still to come here on cnn. russia is stumbling under the weight of international sanctions. but is it enough to end the war?

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welcome back. i'm lynda kinkade. good to have you with us. on wednesday, the u.s. announced sanctions targeting vladimir putin's family and any secret stashes they have hidden outside of russia. not much is known about putin's family, especially his two grown daughters. cnn's brian todd investigates. >> reporter: they are among the most closely guarded of the kremlin's secrets. vladimir putin's two adult daughters from his first wife. both believed to be in their mid-30s, now the subject of u.s. sanctions. a senior biden administration official confirms their names are maria who is believed to be the older daughter, and also goes by the name and kateryna shown here once speaking at the saint petersburg international economic forum. putin spoke about his daughters in 2017. >> translator: my daughters are

not involved anywhere in politics or somewhere else. they have ordinary lives. >> reporter: putin is so secretive about his daughters, that analysts have been left to fill in some of the gaps in the mystery. >> maria is now, um, in healthcare in moscow. the old -- the younger daughter, kateryna, is now working in an ai institute at the moscow state unive university. >> we know they have traveled widely, especially in the west. we know one of them, kateryna, was married to russia's youngest billionaire and we we know she also tried to pursue a career in acrobatic rock and roll. the other one, maria, we don't know quite as much about. we know she has pursued or reportedly pursued a career in medical sciences. >> reporter: the younger of the two adult daughters, kateryna, was married to a russian billionaire hos also under sanction but they are now divorced. putin's discomfort with speaking about his children was exposed in a series of interviews he did with american director oliver stone where he acknowledged he has grandchildren. >> are you a grandfather yet? how do you -- you like your grandchildren? >> yes. >> so, you -- are you a good

grandfather? do you play with them in the garden? >> very seldom. >> very seldom? you are a very lucky man. two good children. >> yeah. yes, i am proud of them. >> under deposition. but he is more interested in appearing with the russian orthodox church or in military situations or -- or riding shirtless on back of a horse to project his power. that's power. family, in many ways, is weakness. >> reporter: but one analyst says putin has a darker reason for keeping his family details secret. >> he doesn't want to be vulnerable to anybody else doing something to him if, um, a lot is known about his family. >> reporter: a senior-administration official says the u.s. is targeting putin's adult daughters for sanctions because officials believe many of putin's assets, his money, his luxury possessions, are hidden family members. >> he is keeping bank accounts. he is keeping shell companies. keeping large-scale purchases in

the names of not himself but those around him. >> reporter: experts say there is also putin's ex-wife, the mother of maria and kateryna, who also may have accounts in other places where putin is hiding his assets. one expert who tracks putin's finances says he doesn't believe she's been placed under any sanctions yet but he says that could be coming as the u.s. tries to ratchet up the personal pressure on vladimir putin. brian todd, cnn, washington. many are asking if sanctions are enough to really deal a blow to russia. despite efforts to starve the russian economy, the eu has paid at least 35 billion euros to russia for energy since the invasion of ukraine began. the eu pumps about 1 billion euros every day into the russian economy for energy payments. this according to an eu representative. one official says the energy sector is exactly where russia needs to be hit. >> if we are serious about our

sanctions, if we're serious about our reaction to massacres of bucha and other -- other cities that are being uncovered, then we have to be serious with our sanctions. and oil, i think, is the next logical step that has to be taken. >> let's talk more about this with danny glasser. he served as assistant secretary for terrorist financing in the u.s. department of treasury during the obama administration. good to have with you with us. >> oh thank you for having me. >> so, new sanctions by the u.s. in coordination with the eu and the g7 were announced targeting putin's daughters along with top russian security officials and russian banks. and the measures include a ban on all new u.s. investment in russia. what's your response to these latest sanctions and how much impact could they have? >> well, i think the latest sanctions are significant tightening of an already fairly tough set of measures that the u.s. and the g7, the eu and

their allies have -- have put on russia. um, it's -- it's not a massive increase. there's -- there's still plenty of room for the u.s. and the eu to continue to escalate. um, but the ban on investments is going to be damaging to the russian economy. um, continuing to put pressure on the russian financial sector is going to continue to make it difficult for russia to make payments for its imports. um, and it's going to continue the financial isolation of -- of russia more generally. >> and of course, ukraine's president wants all russian energy sanctioned. several european countries rely heavily on russian energy. germany is sending an estimated 200 million euros -- that's about 220 million u.s. dollars -- to russia in energy payments every single day. could putin use oil and gas as a political weapon? >> he could use it as a

political weapon. i think he is using it as a political weapon. the -- the -- the -- the fear of -- of losing access to -- to russian oil and really, in particular, liquid natural gas, um, i think is what's holding the west back from -- from really taking the measures that would cause a collapse of the russian economy. and that is -- and that is measures that would fully cut the russian financial sector from the western financial sector. and measures that would -- would deprive russia of any of its -- its gas and oil income. the united states and the -- and the west has the ability to do that but they're -- they're holding that back for now. they are holding that back because u.s. is -- is dependent on this. >> after seeing the horror in bucha, city on the outskirts of the ukraine capital, the u.s. said it would announce further

sanctions this week. what could that entail? >> there -- there's many banks. um, and there's a lot of connectivity that the -- that the west -- that the west could target. i think the most significant thing that they could do -- and i -- i do not think they are going to do it yet. um, as you said is to target russian oil and to target russian gas. and another significant thing they could do is to impose secondary sanctions. that would be a major step they haven't taken yet. secondary sanctions would require countries around the world and entities and -- and banks and -- and -- and -- companies around the world to have to choose between doing business with russia and doing business with the united states and europe. um, that would be an awesome measure for the -- for the west to take because it would -- it would suddenly make chinese banks, um, indian banks, banks in asia, banks in africa really have to question whether they were going to do business with russia or not. >> in terms of russia's central bank being sanctioned, how much

impact does that have? how much of russia's reserves are likely to be affected? >> well, it's -- it's -- it's an -- it's an enormous impact and that was -- that was the most important measure that the -- that the united states and the european union took in the early days of -- of the invasion. what it essentially does is it prohibits countries, companies, and banks in united states and in europe from conducting financial transactions with the russian central bank which essentially prevents the russian central bank, um, from taking measures that would -- taking measures that would allow it to protect the ruble. the -- the sanctions on the russian bank are really -- it's -- it's an example of economic warfare being waged on russia and an example of an attempt by the united states and european union to crash the ruble. now, the ruble hasn't completely crashed yet but the ruble can't

you know, can't maintain its value for very long if these measures are maintained on the russian central bank. >> exactly. danny glasser, great to get your perspective. appreciate your time tonight. thank you. >> thank you very much. well, russia's invasion and the west' retaliatory sanctions are driving up costs everywhere and they are impossible to avoid. a bushel of wheat is now up 12%. global inflation now stands at 8.6%. and oil prices have gone up 7% since the invasion began. nonetheless, oil company ceos are refusing to take steps to lower gas prices for american consumers. during a hearing on wednesday, none of the big oil bosses from companies, including exxon mobil, shell, chevron, and bp would commit to reducing dividends and share buybacks. instead, and use those profits to ramp up production. democratic lawmakers accuse the ceos of padding share holders' pockets at the expense of the american people.

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>> announcer: this is cnn breaking news. day 43 of russia's war on ukraine. hello, i'm john vause live in lviv, ukraine. welcome to our viewers in the united states and around the world. and on this day, cities and towns in the donbas region and across eastern ukraine are bracing for what they expect will be a renewed russian onslaught. putin's goal now appears to be taking hold a large part of ukraine mostly controlled by russian backed separatists. a local official in donetsk claims a humanitarian aid distribution center came under attack by russian firepower, killing two people and wounding five others. busloads of civilians making their heart-wrenching decision to evacuate from around kharkiv, where russian forces have attacked a fuel depot as well as a railway station which they claim was supplying ukraine'