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. ukraine now getting some high-tech help from the united states in its fight against the russian military. defense secretary lloyd austin acknowledging for the first time the u.s. is providing intelligence to ukraine as the

war moves to the donbas region. russia is concentrating on areas in the east, which it already partly controls. regional authorities say russian forces have been hitting hospitals, train stations and other civilian infrastructure. and ukraine's foreign minister says the heaviest fighting in the donbas region is yet to come. and when it does, battles will be reminiscent of world war ii. meantime, russian forces have withdrawn from areas around the capital, kyiv. and they have left behind an apocalyptic scene of death and destruction. 26 bodies have been found in the rubble of two buildings in borodianka russia is the greatest threat on the planet to freedom and security. >> translator: after bucha, this is already obvious. and the work on dismantling the debris in borodianka began. it's much worse there. >> ukraine's foreign minister says negotiations will continue with russia to try and prevent

more buchas. but more atrocities from that city now coming to light as well as the stories of the victims. and phil black's report now contains graphic images and disturbing details. >> reporter: iryna filkina in a happier time. it's likely this video shows her after the invasion in early march, just moments before her death. she is seen cycling through bucha, heading t ing toward a l number of russian vehicles. as she approaches the corner, she dismounts. one of the vehicles fires. she moves around the corner out of sight, and it fires again and again, at least five more times. then a large muzzle flash from a second concealed vehicle. moments later, smoke rises from near that corner. a different video geo located by

cnn to the same corner shows a dead woman on the ground next to a bike. other images of that body clearly show her hand and her distinctive nails. the woman who only recently taught iryna how to apply makeup recognized them instantly. >> shows a heart on the finger, because it started to love herself. this woman was incredible. >> reporter: olga didn't need to see the nails to know that was her mother's body. she tells me she doesn't know what she feels now. it's such a void, she says. when i saw it was my mother, the war faded away. the war ended with her, and i lost the war. olga says her mother called her while she was cycling that day, not long before she had been killed. she had been sheltering at her workplace, and decided to go home because she thought it would be safer.

tell us about your mother. how would you like the world to know her? she says irina had a hard life, overcoming obstacles, only really starting to live in the last two years. but she could do the impossible and inspired others to believe they could too. elsewhere in bucha, someone recorded the moment three men were found, all facedown in a yard, all shot in the head. this video is how olga found out her son, roman, and son-in-law sergei had been killed. she says "i don't want to live anymore. the grief. i cry day and night. i don't know how to live." images from bucha have taught the world undeniable truths about the brutality of russia's invasion. for some that knowledge is deeply personal and impossibly

painful. phil black, cnn, lviv, ukraine. >> the european commission president ursula von der leyen will meet with president zelenskyy in the capital kyiv. the time of the meeting has not been disclosed for security meetings. on thursday, the eu also slapped a fifth wave of sanctions on moscow. they include a ban on coal imports, on selling high-tech products to moscow. eu ports will also be off limits to russian vessel. russia singled out italy saying its support is indecent. >> translator: about that declaration of indecent sanctions, the only indecency are the massacres we see every day. >> russia has also lost its seat on the human rights council

because of the brutality of the military attacks in ukraine. before the vote, russia circulated a letter saying, quote, consequences against countries that supported that measure. the u.n. ambassador to the united nations says the suspension sends an important message. >> right now the world is looking to us. they're asking if the united nations is prepared to meet this moment. today the international community took one collective step in the right direction. we ensured our persistent and egregious human rights violator will not be allowed to occupy a position of leadership on human rights at the u.n. let us continue to hold russia accountable. for this unprovoked, unjust, unconscionable war, and to do everything in our power to stand with the people of ukraine. >> the big question, how much

can these economic and diplomatic moves have on changing minds in the kremlin. for that we're joined by dominic thomas. he is with us now from paris. dominic, thank you for joining us. suspending russia from the human rights council, sanctions on putin and his daughters, all of this is symbolic. it's meant to send a message to the russian president. but is putin not hearing the outrage and disapproval, but is he hearing the sort of weakness and impotence? >> at the end of the day, i don't think he cares one little bit about these sort of international attempts to have withdrawals to call legislation and so on and is not concerned about the enforceability of all of this. having said that, these are part of the multipronged western response to his actions that include sanctions, humanitarian assistance, military aid and so on. i think that beyond seeing a kind of weakness here, i think what he is fastening in upon is a kind of vulnerability where he

sees a question around the kind of the will of the united states, of the european union, and of the different european union, different countries of different relationships, of course, to this conflict, and to what ukraine has been asking all the time and is persistent in his goal of trying to undermine the multilateral order. and the more he does that, the more he can attack on some kind of level of weakness here. >> and when it comes to the impact of the economic sanctions, i want you to listen to a former deputy secretary general of her opinion on how putin sees all of this. here she is. >> i think in the end of the day, president putin doesn't care that much about the economy. he would be happy enough returning to the planned economy of the soviet union. that's what he seems to indicate. i don't think he understands a lot about the nuance of international economic practice and what a healthy economy looks like. from a western perspective. >> so he doesn't care.

he doesn't care the impact on the russian population, the hardships they'll be feeling. so does this now come down to russian oil and gas? if economic sanctions are to be effective, europe has to bite the bullet, shut off the russian gas. forget about china throwing russia a lifeline. europe is sending moscow a lifeline every day it pays for energy. >> yep. i think you're absolutely right. and within that equation, which is not surprising that the leadership went and particularly singled out an italy because of their gross dependancy on russian energy, but germany is the one that stands up. as you know, it's a country going through a remarkable transition. after 16 years of angela merkel being at the helm, it's a complex coalition government in which the greens play a major role. in fact, the foreign secretary is one of the former leaders telephone green party. and the long-term goals of germany are renewable energy. but short-term they're struggling to manage and balance their economic goals, their

economic policy interests, and so on. but it is unambiguously clear that until they stop buying russian energy and until they do that as soon as possible, they are effectively undermining and the efforts that are being made and to curb russia's aggression towards ukraine. and so that is at the moment the question of the embargo and oil and gas is absolutely front and center in terms of impacting the russian economy and putin. >> i want you to listen to the former u.s. president barack obama and his assessment of the russian president right now. here he is. >> i don't know that the person i knew is the same as who the person who is now leading the charge. for him to bet the farm in this

way, i would not necessarily have predicted from him five years ago. >> so is the west working from an outdated assessment of putin, assuming that he is rational? >> i think that certainly historically, dealing with russia has meant appeasing, managing. let's not forget that former president trump was pushing to have russian federation back into the group of the g7, g8. those days are clearly over. i would say on the contrary, there is a clear awareness now that they're dealing with a nonrational actor, and that there has been tremendous restraint therefore because of the real risk of escalation being presented here by president putin. but having said that, the recent coverage, the incredible work done by correspondents, journalists and reporters are uncovering war crimes, genocide, and a clear link between the

language of the russian leadership and the inte intentionality and the actions taking place on the ground. i think we're at a crucial turning point where public opinion does not understand why they're watching this country being systematically destroyed and why they are witnessing the kinds of crimes and massacres that are taking place on the ground. and thus far certainly, the ways in which they've been dealing with this have been conscientious restraint, but ultimately you could argue that they are not achieving the desired impact. and i think that the days and weeks ahead are therefore going to be crucial in recalibrating this policy to stop this kind of outcome. >> dominic thomas, thank you so much for being with us. it does beg the question, when will the west grow a spine and stand up to this man. thank you, dominic. to the southeast now and the portsy of mykolaiv where nowhere

is safe is russian strikes, including the city's cancer hospital or a market full of civilians. cnn's ben wedeman with some of the victims of russia's brutality there and others desperately trying to flee to safer ground. >> this has become nikolai's day, glass shards and shrapnel tore into marina. as she lies in a hospital, her thoughts are with her teenaged daughter, also injured, now at a children's hospital. "my doctor and i were caught between two bombs," she recalls. "it is a miracle we're still alive. it was terrifying." the hospital where marina is recovering was hit in the morning. dirt covers the blood from one of the injured. closed circuit television video

from the city's cancer hospital captures the moment it was struck. earlier this week, a missile barrage killed nine people and wounded more than 40 at this market. we were able to count 23 impact points in a radius of just 100 meters. and each one of these incoming rounds sprays shrapnel in every direction. danilo was working in this store and rushed outside when he heard the blasts. "over there a woman was screaming help me. her leg was shattered." behind the store go people were killed. blood and flowers mark the spot with people died. last week a bomb struck the regional governor's office, killing 36 people. every day in mykolaiv, this relentless bombardment shatters any semblance of normal life. mid afternoon and people line up to escape the danger. this bus bound for poland.

victoria cradles her 1-year-old daughter ivana. her husband stays behind. "soon we'll be back home," says victoria. "everything will be all right." how soon that will be nobody knows. ben wedeman, cnn, mykolaiv. when we come back, for many ukrainians who have been wounded by russian shelling or air strikes or missile attacks, there are no nearby medical facilities to treat their injuries. they have all been damaged or destroyed. so they come here to lviv, hundreds of miles away for a chance to live. that story just ahead. i always wanted to know more about my grandfather. he...was a hardworking man who came to new york from puerto ri when he was 17.

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ukrainians are making that difficult decision to pack up everything they have and leave their homes behind and head to safety. the u.n. says more than 4.3 million ukrainians have made the decision to leaf this country. over 7 million have fled and are now internally displaced, leaving the east for the west. hospitals are among the civilian infrastructure which has been targeted. the world health organization says there has been more than 100 attacks on ukrainian health care facilities with dozens killed and wounded. >> attacks on health care out of violation of international humanitarian law. peace is the only way forward. i again call on the russian federation to stop the war. >> health care facilities, especially in the east have been so badly damaged by the russian onslaught, many wounded civilians must now come here to lviv in the west for life-saving

medical care. it is a long and difficult journey. cnn's jake tapper has that story. >> reporter: just as putin's forces did in syria, here they are in ukraine. 279 hospitals have been damaged since the war started, according to the ukrainian health minister, 19 of them completely decimated. forcing thousands of innocent ukrainian civilians, wounded in russian attacks in the east and south to be shuttled hundreds of miles to hospitals in western ukraine to fight to stay live. such as olga zuchenko. do you ever think you'll be able to go back to your normal life? she ran a grocery store in the luhansk region with her husband maxim when seven bombs hit their neighborhood. shrapnel pummelling their apartment balcony.

>> translator: i have lost everything. i have lost my flat, my property, my health. we didn't expect to see it. we always have counted russians as brotherly people. we never hoped they will exterminate us like that. >> reporter: olga has been here in this hospital for one month. she may never walk again. their elderly neighbor was killed in the same attack. they tell me she had been so scared she stayed with them for a few days before her life was so brutally and unfairly snuffed out by putin's bombs. by now it is clear these attacks on civilian apartment buildings are no accident. entire civilian, city blocks in irpin and mariupol, residential apartment buildings have been obliterated. the facts lead to only one conclusion. the russians are purposely slaughtering ukrainians, moms and dads, children, grandparents.

the russian government of course denies targeting civilians. a group of american doctors with expertise in war injuries because of unfortunate american experiences in afghanistan and iraq were visiting the hospital when we were there. meeting with the mayor of lviv, sharing what they knew about war wounds. >> we wanted to share information from our experiences in the war in iraq and afghanistan and in the civilian hospitals in the u.s. >> thank you for your visit. thank you for support and thank you for cooperation. >> of course. >> it is very important for ukraine and for the united states and for future. >> reporter: these are brutal injuries. that are unfamiliar to young surgeons in western ukraine. dr. herk, chief surgeon has seen an influx of thousands of these patients. >> the injury that we have now is unbelievable. >> reporter: what do you want the world to know about what you're seeing here?

>> i want the world know that -- they need to know that the russian forces, they don't fight with the ukrainian army. they fight with the ukrainian people. they're killing civilians. they're killing children. they destroying our country. >> reporter: shrapnel, shrapnel now in my back, in my feet, everywhere. >> reporter: before he was a patient, whose body is now riddled with shrapnel when his home was hit, yuri from the luhansk region was an anesthe anesthesiologist. "the flat where we lived in is destroyed. my parents' flat is destroyed. my wife's flat is destroyed. we lost everything." >> reporter: he has a number an army medic wrote on his arm so they could keep track of patients needing help in the chaos of the war. causing war, creating war is not

just directly inflicting pain with bullets and bombs on a people. it's also creating conditions of desperation, which poses a whole other set of problems, whether disease or starvation or panic. and these secondary effects from the chaos of putin's war can also be fatal. "we had a happy life. everything was perfect and then everything changed very abruptly. >> reporter: we met ola on her 45th birthday. she and her husband and son had been hiding in their basement in the kharkiv region for a month. the shelling they say was relentless. >> we were so afraid, especially our kid was so afraid that we couldn't stay anymore. >> reporter: when the building next door was flattened, she was so scared for her son's life, they got in their car and fled. she had not slept for two days. she was in a horrific car accident.

>> when i got at my first hospital, they couldn't help and operate severe broken skull and bones. >> reporter: you can't see right now? "only silhouettes like very far away you think you'll ever go back to the life you had? >> translator: i hope it will. the school where my child learned has been destroyed, but i hope if our house stays safe, that we will return, rebuild. our neighbor will rebuild, our village, our town. i love my ukraine so much. i would only want to live here in ukraine. >> reporter: putin fashions himself an alpha male, a tough guy. one has to wonder why putin thinks slaughtering civilians, seniors, women and children, mutilating women such as olga and olha, are those the actions of a strong, powerful man or are they the actions of someone else, someone weaker and pathetic? >> our thanks to jake tapper for

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welcome back. i'm john vause live in lviv, ukraine. you just heard the air raid sirens going off warning of a possible strike. but we'll keep an eye on that and see what happens. ukraine's prosecutor general says search crews have found 26 bodies under the rubble of two houses in borodianka. the town northwest of kyiv has been left in ruins by russian forces. ukraine's president says he expects more atrocities will be discovered there, proving russia is the greatest threat on the planet to freedom and security.

>> translator: but so far, the russian state and the russian military are the greatest threat on the planet to freedom, to human security, for the concept of human rights as such. after bucha, this is already obvious. >> there are also disturbing reports of ukrainian troops executing a wounded russian soldier. this is a still photograph of the scene. the video itself is too gruesome to show. and it shows what uniformed ukrainians coming across four russian casualties after a firefight. three appear to be dead, but one is badly wounded and gasping for air. three shots are then fired into the body which then stops moving. when asked about this, ukraine's foreign minister said the ukrainian military adheres to accepted rules of warfare but said there may be isolated violations which will be investigated. and then there are other stories of ukrainians being

deported to russia, forced to pass through filtration or deportation camps. russia has agreed to evacuation corridors and its creation of the filtration centers a part of a broader effort to cover up war crimes carried out in his city. the council says the russian forces want to identify possible witnesses to the atrocities and destroy them. cnn cannot verify the claims. but they were sent to russia against their will, as well as reports of missing children. we have a report from london. >> reporter: post after post of missing children in ukraine. families desperate to find their loved ones. most come from the cities most severely impacted by the fighting. and at the top of that list is mariupol. these pictures of missing children were provided by parents and police through magnolia, a ukrainian ngo tracking children. the ukrainian director told cnn they are inundated with cases. >> the number of missing children is close to 2,000 for only one month.

>> reporter: a scene of utter devastation amid the chaos and uncertainty, families told cnn relatives, including children went missing. and now from this void, a story has emerged of people not missing, but deported. >> unfortunately, some of people are stolen, forced stolen by russians. some were displaced in russia. but no one knows information of where exact alive and for what. >> reporter: cnn has spoken to multiple mariupol residents who say soldiers from the russian army forcefully evacuated them to russia. >> some of those who asked to stay were told no. >> reporter: this testimony is from anna. we're using a pseudonym to protect her identity and a cnn producer is reading her words. like many others, anna, a young woman was living under bombardment in mariupol. "they came in and said it's an order." he told us if you make a fuss, things will get worse." many told us it started with a promise of evacuation. soldiers came to where they were

staying and told them it was dangerous and they needed to get out. so they went to shelters, and then camps further and further into russian territory. it was then that they realized that there was very little option to get out. cnn spoke to multiple people on the condition of anonymity and using anna's testimony, we started tracking the key locations along the deportation route. we are not identifying individual routes for the safety of our viewees. this is the town. these tents indicate one of many sites across the town where interviewees tell us they were taken on the first step of their journey. anna described her stop as a, quote, registration camp where they said they were interrogated for hours by russian and russian-backed forces. russia claims these camps are to harbor refugees. another shelter seen here. and while some interviewees saw the journey to russia as a necessary passage to safety, others including anna found the experience distressing and forced.

this is anna's migration card, a standard document provided to her by russia upon entry, but it masks a troubling journey. anna told cnn they were forced to surrender their phones and passports during intense security checks. >> they photograph you from all angles. i felt we were treated like criminals or being held as the property of the russian federation. i didn't feel we were free to leave. >> reporter: after questioning, interviewees told cnn they were transferred to other locations dotted across russia and russian occupied expert. some made onward journeys as far as moscow and st. petersburg. the limitations on freedom of movement for those interviewed by cnn seemed to vary based on their access to money and family ties in russia. ukraine's government claims 45,000 people have been forcibly taken to russia so far, which cnn cannot independently verify. international human rights conventions prohibit the forced deportation or transfer of civilians.

after a week of transfers across russian territory, anna was finally given permission to leave and decided to drive to the border with estonia, a route others have also managed to take according to the estonian authorities. however, others still remain in russia, or unaccounted for entirely. and while the conflict in ukraine continues, the panicked search for the missing feared dead or deported guess on. cnn, london. >> it's just gone 37 minutes past the hour, and i will be back at the top of the hour. in the meantime, history in the u.s. on thursday. the senate confirmed the first black female supreme court justice ever. and my colleague and friend paula newton has all the details in a moment.

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53. the nays are 47. and this nomination is confirmed. [ applause ] >> with a round of applause there, the u.s. supreme court will have its first black woman justice. ketanji brown jackson. now she watched the vote with president joe biden thursday. confirmation follows a contentious hearing in the senate. despite that, vice president kamala harris, who you just saw there, calls it a victory for the entire country. >> i think it makes a very important statement about who we aspire to be, who we are, who we belief ourselves to be. the statement about that on our highest court in the land, we want to make sure that there is going to be full representation and the finest and brightest and the best. and that's what happened today. i'm very proud. very. >> jackson will be sworn in after justice stephen breyer retire, and that will be some time this summer. now an outbreak of covid

among washington power players is triggering alarm because of their proximity to president joe biden. house speaker nancy pelosi has tested positive for covid. that happened on thursday, a day after standing right next to the president at a bill signing. you see her there. and the justice department confirmed attorney general merrick garland tested positive for covid as well. he is not said to be experiencing any symptoms and is fully vaccinated. and republican susan collins of maine also has covid-19. she and garland were among 37 people who tested positive after attending a dinner of washington elites over the weekend. now we have to stress here so far mr. biden has not tested positive for covid. now shanghai has yet to get a handle on the covid outbreak there. now in the last few hours, government officials announced more than 21,000 new cases in the city. that's nearly all the cases in the entire country.

the outbreak has reached nearby cities, and they too are now being put under lockdown. kristie lu stout is live for us in hong kong. and you've been following all of this, including these late-breaking details. all of these details, to be frank, are kind of shocking with china's punishing zero covid lockdowns still in force. it really seems like people in shanghai are really being driven to the brink here. >> yes. shanghai is buckling under the citywide lockdown with no end in sight and some residents have hit breaking point. and they're speaking out. now earlier today, shanghai reported over 21,000 new cases of covid-19. and as the cases continue to rise, china continues to cling on to this tough zero covid policy that is punishing to both lives and livelihoods in shanghai. now this next video clip that we're going air has gone viral this week in china. and i want you to watch and listen to this man vent his frustration about life under

lockdown in shanghai. listen. >> he has reached his limit. cnn can now confirm the authenticity of that video. that video has gone viral. there is also rising anger over the continued food shortages in shanghai. in this next clip, you'll see this really angry confrontation, a standoff between residents and residential compound and police. a at some point in this clip, the residents say "we are starving." we again cannot independently verify this video. but on thursday, the shanghai government did say and did pledge they're working to resolve the food distribution issues in the city. and there is also rising concern and anger over this video that

has gone viral this week. it's a disturbing account, basically this medical worker was caught on camera beating someone's pet to death, a pet corgi. it happened after the pet's owner apparently tested positive for covid and was taken away to quarantine. and the dog in view of eyewitnesses and to the person who shot this video was bashed to death. now cnn has made several attempts to reach out to the residential committee overseeing this compound. we're waiting to get comment and any more clarity in what happened here. but look, in all these clips, paula, they showcase the brutality and the desperation that are caused by these extreme measures all done in the name of zero covid. back to you. >> yeah. and what's so disturbing is 21,000 cases now. this is clearly going to go on for some time yet.

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now as you might imagine, the war has affected every aspect of ukrainian life. even something as ordinary as celebrating a birthday. despite these dark times, one ukrainian family did their best to give their daughter a bright and joyful celebration. cnn's raphael romo has their story. >> reporter: the cake is ready, and most of the family has arrived. and what's a birthday party without birthday hats? >> happy birthday. >> reporter: grandpa and grandma get their hats, too, and it's time to light the candles but there is something missing or, rather, someone, the birthday

girl herself. is that why her father seems pensive? sad perhaps? a girl from the city of lviv in western ukraine turns 10 today. but she is far, far away -- 1,500 kilometers away. technology allows for long-distance birthday wishes. we congratulate you on your birthday, her grandmother tells her on the phone. we wish you happiness and health, and although we're not together, our hearts are with you. the story about how this family is celebrating a long-distance birthday is the story of thousands upon thousands of ukrainian families, whose lives have been upended by a russian invasion. how would you describe the experience of having witnessed the bombing? >> it was scary. >> reporter: yuri is her father. you told me that you could actually hear the bomb coming here. >> yeah. yeah. >> reporter: he says he wanted

to keep his family together in their home, but when bombs flew right above his apartment building and exploded at a military base a few kilometers away, he knew it was time to say good-bye. >> it's war. it's like a horror field. it's like a bad dream and you wake up and it's not like -- bad dream. >> reporter: the following day, he drove his father, wife, and mother to krakow, poland. there, they took a flight to milan, italy, where they are currently staying with family, far away from many air strikes. how do you explain to a 10-year-old girl that the only country she's ever known is at war and that -- and that bombs are falling? >> we explain that it's russia come to our country, and bad things are happening now. people die and it's very dangerous. >> reporter: when the family finishes singing happy birthday,

there is not a dry eye in the room. everybody gives the birthday girl a virtual kiss. and moments later, they all have to run to the underground shelter after the air-raid siren goes off once again. what is your hope for the future? >> my hope for the future, that everything will be okay. i know that that everything will be okay. we win the war. >> reporter: and when ukraine wins the war he says he will be able to be reunited with his family. her 8th and 9th birthday parties were cancelled because of covid-19. her father hopes the whole family will be able to celebrate her 11th birthday next year, together, in a country at peace where children are to longer afraid of falling bombs. raphael romo, cnn lviv, ukraine. >> millions looking for similar reunions. now if you would like to help

eem people in ukraine, please go to cnn.com/impact. you will find several ways to help. so many of you already have. already, viewers have contributed more than $7 million for humanitarian relief efforts in ukraine. and finally for us, we are just hours away from the launch of axium 1 which will carry four civilians now to the international space station. it is the inaugural mission for the commercial space flight company known as axium space and the first time in all private crew will go to the iss. now, they are expected to dock with the orbiter on saturday, and spend eight days working on experiments alongside american and european astronauts. and of course, russian cosmonauts. despite tensions between russia and the west, hope remains the iss can remain a symbol of cooperation. >> honestly, i think that's one of the reasons we have been able to have an international space station. some people that don't care so much about space care about international relations, and having a space station where we

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