>> there was a body that was here and trying to look for any physical evidence as to how she was killed or where she was killed from. >> translator: from bucha there are many more towns russia has occupied, more towns it is still occupying. this is cnn breaking news. it's friday, april 8th. 9 a.m. here in london. 11 a.m. in ukraine. we begin with new video showing just how suddenly russia is raining down destruction on ukraine. a building in borodianka. somebody was about to sit down to dinner. someone's jacket in the back still hanging on the hook by the front door. a picture of sudden destruction in vladimir putin's war. we have new evidence of just how indiscriminate and brutal that war is.

a ukrainian official says 26 bodies have been found in the rubble of 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 has just begun. it's even worse there. even more victims of the russian occupiers. >> russian occupiers are raining down on the donbas area. ukraine blames a russian airstrike for taking out a crucial railway link. 500 evacuees are stuck.

a bread factory was shelled and killing one person and injuring 14 others. brew talts have cost russia seats on the u.n. council. the vote was 93 to 24 with 58 countries abstaining. over in brussels nato foreign ministers are pledging to strengthen and sustain their support to ukraine. that includes increases to humanitarian aid. ukraine's foreign minister said help can't come soon enough. >> translator: either you help us now, and i'm speaking about days, not weeks, or your help will come too late. and many people will die. many civilians will lose their homes. many villages will be destroyed. cnn correspondents are

covering from multiple angles. phil, ukraine's foreign minister saying a starking image of what's lying ahead in donbas. >> reporter: that's right, max. he says it's going to be -- look and feel like something from world war ii in terms of the vast number of tanks, armored vehicles, artillery, planes. it's the sort of assessment we heard from ukrainian civilians before. the point is the tactics they've been using up until now with some effect aren't going to work as effectively in this newcombing phase of the war. so far ukraine has had some success being lightly armed, agile, fast moving, striking russian units and columns that have been over extended across a wide area. in this coming phase the

expectation is they're going to be facing a much more consolidated russian force. a greater density of troops and forces across a narrower area. the expectation is when russia does take ground they will be much more fortified. in the past weeks you've been hearing the ukrainians say we need more big, heavy weapons. they say they need them now, they want them now while russia is in the process of resupplying, reequipping. before they begin the fight in the east and russia launches the new big offensive operations ukraine wants all the weapons and armaments on its wish list so that it feels it has a chance in this coming fight. >> phil in lviv, thank you. back in washington, congress has passed two bipartisan bills to punish russia for the

invasion. >> on this vote the ayes are 100, the nays are zero. the bill as amended is passed. >> the measures suspend normal trade relations with russia and ban any imports of russian energy. both bills were passed. they go to the u.s. president who is expected to sign them into law. the european union is stepping up pressure on russia by further tightening the screws on the economy. the eu has banned russian coal. the european commission president is on her way to kyiv for a meeting with president zelenskyy. she tweeted a picture of herself earlier walking up to a train. the time of the meeting hasn't

been disclosed for security reasons. for more, we're joined by melissa bell in paris. that visit so symbolic of the message europe is trying to send not just to ukraine but to russia. >> reporter: yes, that's right, max. we had seen the last few weeks east european leaders. the leaders of poland, slovakia heading to kyiv to meet with zelenskyy. this time the president of the european union tells us more. the latest round of sanctions that you mentioned, this time targeting coal imports. it's the first time europe targets russia's energy sector. whilst europe sees 45% of the coal imports come from russia, it is more easily replaceable. bhooils those included weren't

targeted in the latest round of sanctions, the oil exports of russia could be targeted next time. europe determined to bring as much pressure to bear as it can on the russian economy. they will be written in the official journal of the european union today. they will be voted on on monday by european members. also worth noting, max, in terms of the pressure being brought to bear, we've seen individual european countries expel russian diplomats. in all, there is determination of individual european countries. >> the eu leading on the sanctions. it was military support and equipment the ukrainians were asking for in the recent meetings. that's being done on a

country-by-country basis, isn't it? >> reporter: that's right. what we heard was from the ukrainian foreign minister meeting on nato that he was after weapons, weapons, weapons. they believe, ukrainians, if they get the right amount of weaponry they can win this war. we've seen the united states announce more weapons delivery, in particular suicide drones and anti-tank systems as well. those deliveries krugs tool ukraine's efforts to push back especially as we were hearing from phil as he anticipates the renewed more concentration of amassing of troops in the donbas region. that's what he's preparing for and calling on the west to cough up more weapons in order to help him achieve that. >> melissa in paris. joining me now, robert brinkley. he's now chair man of the ukraine forum at chatham house here in london. thank you so much for joining us. what do you make of the latest

round of sanctions? is it enough? is it even what the ukrainians need right now? >> well, it's good but, no, it's not enough. while europe continues to receive so much of its gas and oil in in particular from russi it's sending a huge amount of money, hundreds of billions of euros worth to help the russian economy which in turn enables russia to continue its aggression against ukraine so more needs to be done. >> chancellor scholz making quite a big deal they are going to cut off coal imports. that's very much different from what you were just referring to, oil and gas. >> yeah, that's good. the oil should certainly be the next one because that's easier to replace than gas which comes through fixed pipe lines over land mostly. so that's the most difficult one to replace, but i think european

union really does need to pick up the pace on this because this is the major financial support to the russian economy. >> how does a country like germany practically do that though? >> well, you talk very actively to all of the alternative sources of supply, which is already being done. the americans have offered 15 billion cubic meters a year of liquefied natural gas but that's only a small part of what's needed so it's a matter also of dealing with the other suppliers. then, of course, there's the matter of reducing demand where that can be done through energy efficiency matters. >> these things take years, don't they technically, so when germany talks about a couple of years before they can come off gas, it's probably true and it doesn't make a huge amount of difference to the current situation. >> well, in normal times you'd

be right, but this is an emergency. ukraine is fighting for its life, for its existence as an independent country, as a democracy in europe. they need all the help we can give them. that includes the armaments but it also includes tightening the screws as quickly as possible on the russian economy. >> we're looking at the map there, the whole russian campaign is very much moving, isn't it, to the east? we understand that troops are going into belarus and back around to come into the east. it's going to be pretty horrific couple of weeks by all accounts according to experts. how can the european union whep that effort? because it's about arms, isn't it? >> yeah. well, it's been horrific already, since the start of this full invasion. in fact, going back to 2014 we've seen the dreadful pictures of the massacres in bucha and

elsewhere. we've just been talking about how the european union can most help and that is through economic and political measures. the individual members of the european union, member states, most of them are also members of nato and a good number of them are already helping ukraine with armaments and that has to be stepped up, but that's really for coordination among themselves and in nato, not within the european union. >> what do you make of the current russian strategy? where does it go now? what are they looking as an end point? >> very hard to know what their end point is. i think they started off with extremely ambitious, over ambitious objectives of quickly conquering kyiv around taking over ukraine and they've been beaten back on the ground. they've now had to accept they're not going to do that. so i think they're now falling back to more limited objectives,

which is consolidating their hold over donetsk and luhantsk. they've also just about secured the land bridge between crimea and donbas. i'm sure they'll try to hang on to that. equally, the ukrainians will want to liberate all of their territory, which is rightly ukraine recognized over 30 years since the independence of ukraine. >> but if you're involved in the discussions between u.k. and russia, would you -- where would the compromise be? because i think everyone's probably looking at parts of the east being handed to russia more permanently and also agreeing not to join nato in the longer term. where will those negotiations end up, do you think? >> i think the aim must be for

putin to fail in ukraine. for ukraine to succeed in recovering its sovereign territory. the aim shouldn't be finding some sort of compromise. we've seen in the last few years if you think back to the minsk agreements 2014, 2015, they were fatally flawed. they were dictated by russia at moments of ukraine's greatest weakness and they never worked. they could not produce a lasting peace. the aim now should be a lasting peace which will come when ukraine recovers control over its soveveveveign territory. >> as you say, that would mean defeat for russia and that could create a lot of anger, presumably, within putin. could you create more of a beast in putin by not compromising at all on those eastern regions?

>> undoubtedly it will create anger in putin. he already comes across as a very angry man, but that should not be what drives our policy. we should be driven by what is right and just. ukraine is fighting a just war to defend its country and defend its people against unprovoked aggression. >> okay. robert brinkley, really appreciate your time. chatham house. >> thank you. russia has been increasingly accused of war crimes. could russian intercept link them to the atrocities? now, t. ♪ things are getting clearer ♪ ♪ yeah, i feel free ♪ ♪ to bare my skin ♪ ♪ yeah, that's all me ♪ ♪ nothing and me go hand in hand ♪ ♪ nothing on my skin, that's my new plan ♪ ♪ nothing is everything ♪ keep your skin clearer with skyrizi. most who achieved 90% clearer skin at 4 months

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russian shelling has destroyed all of the medical facilities in luhansk. >> attacks on health care are a violation of international humanitarian law. peace is the only way forward. i again call on the russian if he had der trying stop the war. >> we now have a warning on a breaking story. we know the identity of a ukrainian citizen totally unprovoked. horrifying scene captured in a video taken by a drone. her name was irina bulkina, a 52-year-old mother of two. her identity was identified by

one of her daughters. filkina's daughter said she recognized the body by her distinctive redman any cure. radio chatter could bolster evidence of possible war crimes. according to a source, germany's audio intercepted communications. >> reporter: these are potentially very significant because it's something that's been picked up by german intelligence. they've been briefing a parliamentary committee inside germany what exactly they've picked up.

what it seems to be, the content of the intercept, they are radio communications linking russian forces with specific killings that took place in bucha over the past. the place where, of course, there's been so many atrocities taking place. that took place at the hands of russian forces. there's no end of evidence, of course, video evidence of the atrocities there, the mass graves, the videos we've all seen of the twisted corpses that have been filmed by soldiers, passers by and people in that communities. video of bodies and pictures of bodies does not equate to evidence of war crimes. that's why potentially these german intercept are so important. that linkage between russian forces and actual kings of

people that can be identified for war crimes that may take place or the aggression that will take place and whether russia will comply with that is another discussion all together. cnn's erin burnett asked the reporter about the tone of the russian troops in the radio communications. >> we spoke to several people that are familiar with these intercept. we don't have access to them directly, of course, because it's classified intelligence. the tone is basically reflecting an attitude where people are not supposed to take prisoners. one call where they say, oh, yeah, we did a terrible thing, and then we shoot them. there is another one where a bike is mentioned and that kind

of reminds us of the pitch in am the area. and in general, those people familiar with the recordings tell us that it seems to them there is a strategy of spreading fear and panic at work with the russian troops. >> germany's foreign intelligence office would not confirm this reporting. still to come, a once vibrant city in ukraine now in shambles and suffering severe shortages. this is how the russians left cher november. plus, hugs and history as judge ketanji brown jackson is confirmed. we'll look at how the final senate vote came down. stay with us. it's an innovative way to... so, wait. i dodon't always have to wear reading glasses?

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welcome back. i'm max foster in london. two of europe's top diplomats are now on their way to ukraine. ursula van did he line. the situation in the capitol is much calmer now. russian forces have withdrawn. mr. zelenskyy is calling on foreign governments to restore their diplomatic missions in kyiv as a show of support. australia says it is sending 20 armored personnel to the region.

they say russia's preparations to attempt a massive breakthrough there are nearly complete. ukrainian authorities claim russian shelling has destroyed all of the hospitals and medical institutions in the eastern region of luhansk. some of the wounded must be taken hundreds of miles to ukraine hospitals. they're saying russia suffered huge numbers. dmitry peskov also said that the russian retreat from the kyiv and chernihiv regions says this was an act of goodwill. >> reporter: for weeks chernihiv was completely cut off from the

rest of the country. once a thriving city of 300,000 people, now parts of it a wa wasteland. 45 minutes from the russian border, it was quickly cut off. no power, water and food. this man's struggles are far from over. he's saying that he's hungry. he needs something to eat. he asked us if we have any groceries. less than one week after russian forces left this area, chernihiv is reeling and the true scale of its loss is only starting to emerge. outside the morgue make shift coffins stand ready for the dead. authorities say at least 350 civilians were killed in the bombardment and they expect to find more.

overwhelmed, morgue director sergei andreiv is now using a refrigerator truck to store the bodies of those who have yet to be identified. their relatives likely fled the fighting or were killed in it. he tells us hundreds more died because they couldn't reach the border. there was a constant flow like this of dead people in our morgue. i believe all of this was because they didn't get medical treatment on time. main cause is heart attacks, diabetes. the city was forced to clear a room to make room for the dead. buried in large trenches, their names sign posted for loved ones to find. >> reporter: so heartbreaking as people are looking desperately to try to find their loved ones

a among this mass of new graves. did you find him? this woman asks. she is looking for her husband, vladimir shulga. i can't find him, her daughter tells us. i need to keep searching. those who are lucky enough to find their family members can at least say good-bye. a farewell gives little solace. at one grave relatives mourn the death of vladimir adjuchenko, a ukrainian soldier who was ambushed as he tried to recover the bodies of his fallen comrades. his father leonid said it was 17 days before the russians left and he could finally reach the place where his son was killed.

i dug the ground with my own hands. i uncovered his face, he says, and i recognized him. we waited for him and then we lost him, vladimir's wife says. they took him and we lost him. russia's war has taken so many from chernihiv. while its forces may have retreated, the grief will long remain. >> in you'd like to help people in ukraine who may be in need of shelter, food, water. you'll find several ways you can help that. legendary band pink floyd is releasing a new song in support of ukraine. their first single in 28 years with proceeds going to ukraine. it's called, hey, hey, rise up. ♪

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station. it happened in a city of krem kramatiorsk. it's not clear how many people have been hurt. two missiles hit a train station in kramatorsk. we'll give you more information as we get in to us. >> on this vote the ayes are 53, the nays are 47 and this nomination is confirmed. more positive news to bring you, vice president kamala harris confirmed ketanji brown jackson's nomination to the supreme court so a new era does begin. as a black female justice will sit on america's highest court for the very first time. more from cnn's lauren fox. >> reporter: a historic day in the u.s. senate with the confirmation of ketanji brown jackson to be the first black woman on the supreme court.

judge jackson will take her seat on the bench after steven breyer retires. they were joined by three republicans in supporting her nomination. senator mitt romney of utah, lisa murkowski of alaska and susan collins of maine all joined together with democrats to support her confirmation citing not just judge jackson's qualifications but also the fact that they wanted to move beyond the partisan battles that have dominated the nomination theories. rand paul was late for the vote. with many seated in their desk, it was a moment where lawmakers were milling about waiting for one last senator to vote. senator lindsey graham and senator jim imhoff had to vote

from the cloak room because they weren't dressed. senate rules require ties and jackets to be on the well of the senate. still, they said they were not going to let a couple stop the joy they felt. thursday's confirmation vote in the senate may become notable for another reason as well. the president's sister got a covid positive test.

susan collins was seen thursday in the senate chambers casting her vote for judge jackson. senator raphael warnock tested positive. we haven't heard if he was at the dinner. house speaker nancy pelosi tested positive for covid. she wasn't at the event but she was standing next to president biden. president biden has not tested positive. covid outbreak in shanghai, china, shows no sign of easing. officials say the outbreak has spilled over to neighboring cities which are now on lockdown as well. grocery stores are helping people cope by delivering meals and banks are accepting late mortgage payments by those accepted by the outbreak.

kristie lu stout is live in hong kong with the details. so much sympathy for people in the very strict lockdown. so frustratings that it doesn't really appear to be working. >> reporter: the anger and frustration continues to rise. shanghai is buckling under the city wide lockdown that shows no end in site. a number of residents have reached a breaking point and they are speaking out. earlier today we heard from shanghai government officials. they reported 21,000 official new cases of covid-19. the cases continue to rise and china continues to cling on to this tough and punishing zero covid policy, punishing to both lives and livelihood in shanghai and elsewhere. i want to show you this video that's gone viral on chinese social media this week. watch how this man vents his frustration about living under lockdown in shanghai .

cnn cannot verify the authenticity of that video. it's been circulating widely on social media. there are food shortages in shanghai. you will see an angry confirmation between lockeddown residents and police. and in this video the residents yell at the police at one point they say we are starving as they try to break out of their lockdown compound. again, cnn cannot independently verify this video and on thursday the shanghai government conceded there is a problem with food distribution and they pledge to improve it. there's also rising anger after this video clip emerged which is very distressing especially for animal lovers. a health worker, this is a

pandemic prevention worker, was caught on camera bashing to death a corgi, killing to death someone's pet outside a residential compound in shanghai. this happened after its owner allegedly tested positive for covid-19. he was taken to quarantine. a resident of the compound filmed this video, we have to blur it out for you, in it this covid prevention worker is hitting the corgi three times with the shovel. the pet died at the scene. cnn has made attempts to reach out to the residential compound. the residential compound has spoken to local media to acknowledge this took place and they believe the owner should ask for compensation. the reason we're showing you all of these video clips is they give us a look inside shanghai right now under this tough punishing lockdown and the scenes of just brutality as well as desperation, which are all caused by these extreme measures done all in the name of zero covid and the outrage just keeps

on growing. back to you, max. >> as you say, it's important to see but very difficult to see as well. kristie, thank you. israeli officials say the gunman who carried out an attack in a popular dining area in tel aviv has been killed. it is the latest in a series of violent incidents that have put israel and the palestinian territories on edge. joining me is journalist lauren izzo. what's the latest in terms of context here? >> reporter: well, max, after an overnight manhunt. israeli security forces say they shot and killed the gunman responsible for the shooting. security forces caught up with that gunman right here in jafa, actually just a few meters to my right early this morning at 5 a.m. where a gun battle ensued.

if you look to my left, you can see there is a vehicle parked right here that still has damage, that has a shattered window as a result of that gun battle. now security forces have named the assailant as 28-year-old ryan hazam, a resident in the west bank. they said he has no affiliations to any official terror organizations, no previous arrests and no security background whatsoever, but the attack has been claimed by the al axa martyr's brigade. meanwhile, mahmoud abbas has said this is not helpful and it will lead to further deterioration. they say the investigation is ongoing. >> there has been talk of this escalating. what's that based on?

>> reporter: so in the last month or so there has been five attacks carried out in major israeli cities. the police presence on streets has been really ramped up, but like we're talking about right now, an attack still took place last night even while the police are all over the streets trying to, you know, find these people before these attacks are carried out. it's also the month of ramadan. it's an extremely sensitive time so we can all only hope we won't be seeing any further attacks in the future. >> thank you for the details on this incident. we'll be back in just a moment. i was printing outut labels and saving money. shipstation saves us so much time. it makes it reallyly easy and seamless. pick an order, print everything you need, slap the label onto the box, and it's ready to go. our costs for shipping were cut in half. just like that. shipstation. the #1 choice of online sellers. go to shipstation.com/tv and get 2 months free.

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rather grim update on our breaking news this hour. authorities in eastern ukraine say there are dozens of casualties after a missile hit a train station. this happened in the city of kramatorsk. they say first responders are reporting dozens of dead and injured. station was crowded with thousands of people looking to evacuate from the region. again, ukrainian authorities reporting dozens of casualties after two missiles hit a train station in kramatorsk.

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its kind is a go. >> the ax-1 mission is a real challenge, a real opportunity but, you know, with that comes a real responsibility and to do it through the professional standards that both space-x and nasa have established. >> reporter: set to launch friday. spacex's falcon 9 rocket is set to carry a four-man crew to the international space station for the first time. overseen by axiom space, the mission will be the first without a management government role. the crews are clear. this comes with a higher level of professional training than some other launches. >> there's a place for space tourism, but they're going to do 10 or 15 hours of training and be in space for five to ten minutes. in our case, as i said, we're over 1,000 hours and we're going to be in space ten days, eight

of which are going to be at the iss. so there's a very significant difference. >> reporter: u.s. investor and private pilot larry collins will be piloting the ax-1 mission alongside a retired nasa astronaut. two mission specialists are there as well. the three crew members reportedly each shelled out about $55 million for their seat. axiom isn't revealing financial details of the trip, but the company believes that the ax-1 mission is more substantive than other space rides for wealthy entrepreneurs. >> the company is going to build the first commercial space station in low earth orbit. these missions like axiom 1 is the precursor to four other missions. it's exciting because we'll be

testing out processes and procedures. >> reporter: axiom contracted spacex for the launch. the four crew members should arrive about 20 hours after liftoff as the new guests on the iss. >> having had the experience of having a visiting non-governmental astronauts visiting the space station, we anticipated that might be challenging and in every case we were pleasantly surprised. it quite honestly felt reinvigorating. >> reporter: while at the space station they will be living alongside an international group of astronauts, some from the u.s. and ones from russia. mark vande hei said the relations are highly professional. >> honestly, i think that's one of the reasons we've been able to have an international space station. some people who don't care about

space care about international relations and having a space station where we can cooperate i think is really important for a peaceful future. >> reporter: as part of the ax one mission, they will carry equipment and supplies. among them, a study on brain activity from an israeli startup in which three crew members will wear a special helmet for 20 minutes each day to test neural activity and potentially detect abnormal brain dynamics. the quest for fresh insight into mind and space quickly approaching as the expansion of commercial space flight rockets into the future. rachel crane, cnn. thanks for joining me here on earth on "cnn newsroom." i'm max foster in london. our coverage continues on "early start" with laura jarrett in new york, brianna keilar in kyiv. you're watching cnn. we got the house!

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this is cnn breaking news. good morning, everyone. welcome to our viewers in the united states and all around the world. it's friday, april 8th. i'm laura jarrett here in new york. christine romans has the day off. brianna keilar continues our live coverage in ukraine. what's the latest there? >> reporter: laura, ukraine's president is now warning that the atrocities in borodianka will be worse than found in nearby bucha. crews in borodianka are digging through rubble. they are