this is cnn breaking news. >> hello, i am john vause reporting live from lviv in ukraine. welcome to our viewers in the united states and around the world. a devastating missing strike has targeted a train station, where thousands of men, women, and children in eastern ukraine were trying to flee ahead of a russian military offensive. local authorities say two missiles struck the kramatorsk terminal. at least 50 people were killed, many more were hurt. ukraine's president vowed to pursue this attack as a war crime. here he is. >> translator: we expect a firm global response to this war crime.

h like the massacre in bucha, like many other russian war crimes, the missile strike on kramatorsk must be one of the charges at the tribunal, which is bound to happen. >> there are allegations these russian missiles were armed with cluster bombs, which scatter and explode over wide area. despite moscow's denials of the involvement, the head of ukraine's national rail system says this air strike shows russia deliberately trying to prevent civilians from evacuating. >> yesterday, they bombed the bridge which connects all the cities with ukraine. and they keep shelling stations. they keep shelling trains. and they do whatever they can to stop the evacuation program of civilians. >> meantime, ukrainian military commanders warn that russian forces regrouping near the eastern donbas region are almost

ready to launch an all-out assault. cnn correspondents are covering this conflict from across the region. we have matt rivers in georgia. kyung lah in warsaw, poland. raphael romo here in lviv and we begin our coverage, though, with cnn's christiane amanpour and a warning, the images in her report are extremely graphic and are difficult to watch. >> reporter: you can hear the fear and the anguish. you can see the desperate efforts to rescue civilians after an attack on this train station in the eastern city of kramatorsk. a crowded platform hit by russian missile strikes as people try to escape heavy fighting. russian forces also struck the building itself the head of the railway told cnn. now, dozens are dead including children and many people remain unaccounted for. i asked ukraine's chief of military intelligence for his reaction. >> what can i say? this is another example of

criminal activity of war criminal dictator putin. it is another case that i hope that would be added to the criminal investigation against him in the international court. conducting the powerful missile strike against a civilian infrastructure during the evacuation of civilians, it's -- it's an act of terrorism. >> reporter: in the hours and days before this attack, the station was crowded with thousands of refugees. kramatorsk has been a hub for internally displaced people in the donetsk region. families desperately boarding trains to escape the russian assault. now, body bags and abandoned lug are all that remain. the hundreds wounded are one step further from evacuation. painted on the side of this deadly rocket were the words "for the children." a chilling message the european commission president tells me just strengthens her resolve to make sure vladimir putin fails

in ukraine. >> if you look at the a attack today at the train station, i was shown pictures where the shelling had written on "for our children," which means like revenge for our children. so, they are building indeed this -- this awful narrative as if they would be returning something. a nightmare. >> reporter: russia has denied responsibility for the strike, calling it a provocation by ukraine. but the brutality of this invasion is well documented despite russia's military consistently denying attacking civilians. kramatorsk was one of the first places targeted when the russian invasion was launched february 24th. >> why do they need this war against ukraine? why do they need to hit civilians with missiles? why this cruelty that the world has witnessed in bucha and other cities liberated by ukrainian army?

>> on friday, ukraine announced ten humanitarian corridors, including one in the donetsk region but civilian casualties are increasing every hour that russia's bombardments continue. christiane amanpour, cnn, kyiv. international condemnation has been swift. french president emmanuel macron calling the attack an abomination, saying the only things in the victims' hands? push carts, teddy bears, suitcases. u.n. secretary general an tone yoe guterres tweeted there must be accountability for a gross violation of humanitarian and human rights law. there can be no doubt that the war crimes are being committed in ukraine. >> children's lives cut short. mothers and children, women and men bombed indiscriminately. what we are seeing there are crime scenes, international war crimes being committed against a sovereign people who are simply fighting for democracy and for

their country. >> moscow continues to attack civilian infrastructure in this country. russian armed forces seized the offices of ukraine's national telecom provider. on its official telegram channel, it said all equipment had been removed and the city may be left without ukrainian communication and the internet. the u.s. now believes russia has already lost more than 15% of the military assets sent into ukraine. a senior-u.s. defense official says moscow down to less than 85% of the combat power initially set aside for the war. the assessment includes russian tanks, fighter jets, missiles, as well as troop numbers. but this official did not say how many russian soldiers have been killed since this conflict began. many russians apparently are not happy with vladimir putin's decision to invade ukraine. in the week after the war began, the google search term "how to leave russia" hit a ten-year high inside russia as people look for ways to get out of the

country. cnn's matt rivers in the neighboring country of georgia talking to russians who left everything they know behind in search of freedom from putin's oppression. >> reporter: across from a church lies a bar called grale, a holy place of sports for a cold lager and a conversation. and the bar owner who is russian says he has had one particular conversation a lot more lately. >> i just move two days ago. i just move three days ago. >> so there is a lot more russians coming in? >> yeah. >> and why are people leaving? >> why people leave something because they scared. >> reporter: we met about a half dozen such people here but one stood out. elisa left with her husband just a few days after the war began. >> you couldn't take it anymore after this invasion? >> yes, it was like an additional trigger. i -- i just had to leave. >> reporter: the 33-year-old has long been a member of russia's

opposition in favor of democracy. she says, not putin. this is her being arrested in 2016 while she was working as an independent poll watcher in her hometown in russia. she says pro-putin authorities accused her of vague elections violations, and held her in detention until voting ended. but the invasion was the final straw. elisa could no longer live in russia. now in georgia, she wants everyone to know what side she's on. >> i am just trying to take it in stride, and signal as much as i can. >> the ukraine flag there. >> reporter: it is a public show of support ukraine flags fly all over in georgia, a former-soviet republic, also invaded by putin's armies in 2008. many here have deep sympathy for what ukrainians are going through. but it is not just about pro-ukraine sentiment. it is also anti-putin. so look at the coffee shop door. it says you are more than

welcome here if you agree that putin is a war criminal and respect the sovereignty of peaceful nations. pretty clear how the owners of this store feel. another sign at a shop not far away says, in part, putin is evil. if you do not agree with these statements, please do not come in. many russians in georgia feel the same way. some even taking part in recent protests where an effigy of putin was burned but they are sometimes grouped in with putin and his supporters, nonetheless. over coffee the day after we met drinking out of cups emblazoned with ukraine's colors, elisa says that a cab driver told her recently that she was one of the good ones because 90% of russians should be hanged. >> it's not nice knowing that you are the nazis now. >> reporter: back at the bar, every single russian told us that the vast majority of georgians have been kind and welcoming, and that they are grateful to live in a freer place because everyone we spoke

to, also, said they'll be here for a while. >> i love my life there. but i'm not returning there anytime soon. >> reporter: matt rivers, cnn, georgia. well, ukrainians in the southern region of crimea have been living under russian' occupation since 2014. with us now, she represents the mission of the president of ukraine in crimea. so, maria, thank you for coming in. what is the situation right now for ukrainians living in crimea under -- under russian occupation right now? what are their fears? what are they going through? >> indeed, crimea is under occupation for eight years. and it's not only about ukrainians but all the nations and indigenous population, including that are living in crimea and they have really complicated life now even more because of this all-out aggression of the russian federation. because they also are oppressed for protesting against this war. for instance, those people who

go to single protest or who speak up in social media, they immediately become a target for the administrative and criminal prosecution for the so-called discreditation of the armed forces and the russian federation. that new article was established by russian government, by russian parliament, right after the beginning of the all-out war. >> there is also a concern that there could be ukrainians drafted by the russian military to fight with the russians? >> they are drafted, already. i mean, the ukrainians are -- ukrainian citizens in crimea are being conscripted illegally to the russian army throughout the eight years of the occupation. and there's been more than 3,500 of people who want -- 35,000, excuse me -- people who went through this. but now, of course, some of the people end up in the frontline against their own country so that's the dramatic, um, development of -- of this story. so, and we cannot estimate the

very approximately -- the number of those people who being sent to war against their own country but we can say that at least 35 crimean residents have died as a result of this war. i mean, they died because of -- they -- they've been participating in the fighting in ukraine and we know at least about 15 of those who were captured as prisoners of war by ukrainian army. >> how do you help ukrainians in crimea? how do you help them avoid all of this? >> i should say that now it's extremely complicated even to stay in touch with our citizens in crimea because, for them, even contacting ukrainian satat authorities is a threat. however, we try to circulate the instruction on how to avoid serving at the russian army, being conscription -- conscripted to the russian army and it includes basically the key idea is that they have to avoid any contacts with the occupying authorities. they have to avoid so that they

cannot get this announcement about the conscription, so they have to, you know, run away somewhere in the mountains or just get lost. in order just to -- to abstain from any contact. so that's probably the one. but, you know, even if the person is conscripted illegally, this person should -- still has a choice even if he is sent to war, he can still surrender to ukrainian army. he can provide information about the personal and military, you know, equipment and vehicles and that's how he can avoid, you know, some punishment in ukrainian mainland. >> this war did not begin february 24th. this war began 2014 with the russian invasion and the annexation of crimea. the world didn't really do anything back then and putin got away with it. is that why we are now here where we're at? >> thank you for pointing that -- this out because that's how we are paying, basically. world did not react. it -- by the way, it's not the first time kramatorsk that mentioned was under attack.

it was already under russian occupation in 2014 and there were awful victims and now it is really important to say that we need really to be tough on putin. we need to impose fossil fuels embargo on russian fossil -- fossil fuels. we need to provide ukraine with armings as our minister of foreign affairs says we need arms, arms, and arms. and also, of course, we need to realize that russia is a threat. and we need to think how to deal with this threat because i think that this threat is really underestimated in terms not only putin and his, like, allies, in terms not only russian army that commits awful war crimes all over the place in ukraine. but also, the moods of the russian society which is extremely aggressive and obsessed with this violence unfortunately. i am sorry to say. >> if -- if the russians move in on the eastern donbas region, if putin takes hold of that, will he stop there? or will he just keep going? will he then go on to kyiv and

to lviv and then to poland and then to the rest of europe? what do you think? >> he won't stop. he won't stop unless we don't stop him. so that's -- i think that that's the lesson that we can learn from his previous activities because, also, ukraine is not the first. before ukraine, there was georgia that russia invaded in 2008. there was numerous, um, gray zones so to say which was established de facto by russia all over the place in post-soviet union space. so putin will not stop as his predecessors did not stop for -- i mean, the -- within the russian empire or ussr. so he just tried to repeat all those -- all those schemes of the previous existnence of moscow. >> how much longer can the ukrainian people put up this fight? >> ukraine has been fight throughout centuries i should say and dozens of years. i -- i'm sure that we are going to win. the question is when?

and how many victims will there be? and how many casualties we will have? it also depends on how active international society is. so therefore, again, i call on supporting ukraine not only with humanitarian help which is important. but with something that we can defend us with, like weapons and economical pressure on russian federation. >> weapons, weapons, weapons. maria, thank you so much for being with us. best of luck. take care. maria joining us here in lviv. but when we come back, distance and dark times could stop the ukrainian family from celebrating their daughter's birthday. how they made sure the birthday girl could still blow out the candles and how they could still be there with her. more on that coming up.

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with russia on the verge of stepping up attacks in the east of the country, the ukrainian government urging all those who can leave to evacuate. according to officials, more than 6,80 0 people have fled via human tarnor tarn corridors on friday. in the coming hours, there will be others open from mariupol, cities in the zaporizhzhia, and the luhansk region.

according to the u.n., more than 4.3 million people have fled ukraine for other countries. more than 7 million have left their homes and are internally displaced. this war has affected every aspect of life here in ukraine. even something as simple and ordinary as a birthday. despite these dark days, one ukrainian family did their best to give their daughter a bright and joyful celebration. cnn's rafael 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? >> 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 is like a horror field. it's like a bad dream and you wake up and can't understand it. it is not like bad dream. >> reporter: the following day, he drove his daughter, wife, and mother to krakow, poland. there, they took a flight to milan, italy, where they are currently staying with family far away from any 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's 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. his daughter's 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 no longer afraid of falling bombs. rafael romo, cnn, lviv, ukraine. remember, if you would like to help the people of ukraine, please go to cnn.com/impact. at last check, cnn viewers helped raise millions of dollars to help ukraine, and neighboring countries with shelter, food, water, and other needs for refugees. well, a message from nato to vladimir putin. how the west is making a big show of military exercises not

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from lviv in ukraine. ukraine's president says russia will be held accountable for a missile attack on a train station which left at least 50 people dead wounded dozens of others. thousands of people were waiting at that train station for a journey away. >> eastern ukraine, a journey to relative safety. here is how one ukrainian member of parliament described what happened. >> this is one of the next level of russian crimes. i cannot even describe in words what we feel here. russians are hitting where it hurts the most. they are hitting train stations where there are people trying to evacuate. >> and much of northern ukraine is in ruins after russia's failed push on the city of chernihiv. russian forces have now abandoned as they focus on the east. cnn's clarissa ward shows us the trail of destruction they left behind in their wake. >> reporter: this is what

remains of russia's presence in much of northern ukraine. a hastily abandoned camp by the roadside just 30 miles in from the belarusian' border, where soldiers dug in and prepared for their advance. their foxholes still littered with their rations. so this is where it looks like they were doing cooking. you can see some onions, coffee, some water, some cans over there. but what's so striking walking around this camp is that it's just a mess. it seems there was a total lack of discipline. around the corner, she tells us residents hid their valuables, as russian forces looted the area. five weeks, they were staying here, tanks were all around us. at night, they would shoot at the houses with machine guns she says. but praise god, they didn't touch us. as the russians continued their

lightning offensive down to the city of chernihiv, their tactics grew more brutal. faced with stiff resistance on the ground, they doubled down on bombardment from the skies. this ukrainian soldier shows us what is left of the village just outside chernihiv. the scale of the destruction is jaw-dropping. not a single house is untouched. bogdan explains that this was the final push to get into the city. so he is saying that this was a ukrainian position. the russians bombed it heavily, and then russian soldiers were actually here in this area, just a mile away from the city. nikolai never saw the russian soldiers here, but he felt the full force of their assault. this is my cellar, he says.

he tells us his nephew was sheltering from the bombardment there when it took a direct hit. nikolai was forced to bury him in a shallow grave in the garden. we put a cross and covered it with a shield so the dogs wouldn't dig him up, he says. i feel such hatred for putin. i want to tear him apart. i lived for 70 years but i never saw a beast like this. many here fear they haven't seen the last of him. on a destroyed bridge, an emotional tatiana and svetlana are returning from their first visit with their parents since the war began. they're worried they may not see them again. we don't know if the russians will come back to the village where my parents are, tatiana says, and this is so scary. in the end, russia's offensive in the north was a failure.

but the scars of its assault remain deep, and the prospect of a return to normalcy still seems far away. clarissa ward, cnn, chernihiv region, ukraine. if vladimir putin thought that invading ukraine would be a warning on nato expansion, well that now appears to be another miscalculation by the russian president. officials tell cnn that discussions are underway with finland and sweden to join the alliance, and those discussions and those negotiations are now extremely serious. public opinion in favor of the alliance has grown significantly in both countries. government says russia would be forced to rebalance the situation if finland joins nato. we note finland was hit by two cyberattacks and an air space violation by a russian plane on friday. u.s. president joe biden has signed two bills that further sanction russia and belarus for the invasion of ukraine. one suspends normal trade relations with russia and

belarus. the other bans any imports of russian energy. both bills were unanimously approved by the u.s. senate and overwhelmingly supported by the lower house. ukrainian mayor killed by russian forces in the kyiv region has been laid to rest. ukraine authorities say she was brutally murdered along with her husband and son while being held captive. they were shot in the head. hands tied behind their backs. gruesome nature of their death is shown in a photograph and we want to warn you, it's very graphic. it's very disturbing. the family is shown here in a shallow pit. they are half buried. a friend of the mayor and her family spoke with cnn's erin burnett earlier. >> when the war started, a lot of villagers left the city in order to escape from war. but her family decided to stay because they really wanted to help others. i -- i think that they're really heroes of ukraine because they

stayed in order to help others and support others. >> at least 11 mayors from the kyiv, kherson, mykolaiv, and donetsk regions are believed to be held captive by russian forces. that is according to one of ukraine's deputy prime ministers. our paula newton standing by in atlanta. let's go back to you for other news. john, thank you very much. and now, to a very public display of the military might from nato on its eastern flank. for the first time, we are getting a close-up look at american troops training on the ground in poland. kyung lah has our report from a base where joint military exercises have been taking place. >> reporter: no words needed. this is the nato' message to russian president vladimir putin. this is the first look at american troops firing weaponry on the ground in poland since the war in ukraine began. u.s. and polish forces publicly showed off the might of the west

in a bilateral live-fire training exercise. one by one, polish tanks lined up heavy artillery and paratroopers dangled from helicopters, landing on a battleground that is designed to prepare for a war just a short drive away. the 82nd airborne infantry brigade combat team based at fort bragg has been drilling with american black hawks here in poland for weeks. deployed in mid-february, before russia invaded ukraine. what we understand is that there are two platoons here, about 60 american troops taking part in this live fire act. it's a show of force. we are about just two hours away from the ukrainian border. the americans, trying to show that they are indeed working with the polish troops. this is just a small snapshot of the greater u.s. force here. a u.s. official says approximately 11,000 u.s. troops are deployed in this nato country.

they are a visible sign of a larger military ramp-up near ukraine. a senior u.s. official tells cnn about eight to ten aircraft a day land in airfields near ukraine, with weapons and security assistance material that is moved into the war-torn country by truck convoy. this bilateral drill ends with a photo op for the cameras. the two countries, side by side. what is the message you're sending to russia? >> we are strong, we cooperate with other forces from the nato. we are ready for an action. we are ready to defend our country. >> reporter: you may notice we didn't interview any members of the 82nd airborne in that story. that's because there is a blanket no-media policy with the army right now here in poland, at least that's a directive from washington. but we did speak to them, and they told us that since they have arrived in poland mid-february, they have been sleeping in tents. it's been winter out here. they haven't seen any of their families. but this isn't being presented

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raimondo, several members of congress, and president joe biden's sister. now, no one has reported severe symptoms, thankfully, from their infections. the coronavirus still has not loosened its grip on shanghai. health officials there report more than 20,000 daily infections for a second day in a row now. of the 25,000 cases reported in all of china, 23,000 are in shanghai. officials are now planning new citywide testing to help them decide how to go forward from here. meanwhile, the biden administration is closely monitoring the lockdown in shanghai, which could lead to delays in the shipment of goods to the united states. zblt >> the port is continuing to operate normally and where we are seeing impacts, which still could have an impact over the course of time, of course, is factories, warehouses, and trucking where we are seeing, um, shutdowns within the region which we know could cause delays, especially for air cargo, as well. >> now, more fallout from this.

french citizens living in shanghai will not be he able to vote in sunday's first round of the presidential elections. now, the french embassy says china has refused to open a polling station in the city's consulate. voters and polling officials wouldn't even be allowed to leave their homes to cast those ballots. one french voter says it's a shame his voice will not be heard. >> translator: it's a shame, as it's the first time that i am not able to vote. we don't have many opportunities to voice our opinions because french people living abroad have few opportunities to vote. we hope to be able to vote in the second round. that's the small glimmer of hope that we still have. >> reminder here. those are all the candidates on this weekend's ballot. president emmanuel macron is seeking re-election, while far-right candidate gains popularity. now, on friday, mr. macron tried one final push to appeal to younger progressive-leaning voters. polls show he is slightly ahead in opinion polls but rising

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black woman justice. a title she says she does not take lightly, of course. listen. >> i'm just the very lucky first inheriter of the dream of liberty and justice for all. i strongly believe that this is a moment in which all americans can take great pride. we have come a long way towards perfecting our union. in my family, it took just one generation to go from segregation to the supreme court of the united states. >> you can hear the emotion in her voice. she will be sworn in this summer when justice breyer officially retires. academy reveals the repercussions that will smith will face after slapping chris rock at the oscars. we have the details.

>> reporter: oscar winning super-star will smith banned by the academy for from attending the oscars for ten years. for infamous slap heard round the world. >> that was a nice one. okay. -- uh-oh. oh wow. wow. >> the decision to ban smith for a decade came after a meeting friday of the board of governors on the academy of motion picture arts and science. board member telling cnn there was quote tons of debate on what the consequences for smith should be. >> i'm a little surprised that he got a ten year ban. i'm not surprised this was the way they went. i knew they would give -- i believed they would give a long term ban. i thought maybe three to five years. because i think it was incumbent to send a message. this was actual punishment there would be accountability. >> uncensored feed from a japanese out let the night of the oscars, shows how chris rock

and smith reacted immediately after the slap. >> will smith smacked the shit out of me. >> keep my wife's name out your -- mouth. >> wow, dude. it was a gi joke. >> g.i. jane joke. >> in addition to announcing the ban, extraordinary admission from the academy that it mishandled the incident. in an open letter obtained by cnn it said quote we didn't adequately address the situation in the room. for this we are sorry. this was an opportunity for us to set an kpexample for des gues and viewers around the world. unprepared for the unprecedented. >> they bungled it. they had an opportunity to do something on the spot. they didn't even address it. >> in its statement the academy expressed what it called the deep gratitude to chris rock for maintaining composure under

quote extraordinary circumstances. from will smith a very concise statement to cnn on the ten year ban. quote i accept and respect the decision. all right. tiger woods continues his remarkable come back after the car crash that almost cost him his leg and career. the five time masters champion made the cut in the tournament. and yes, that's a big deal. now before we get ahead of ourselves, he still has quite a tall order if he's going to get the sixth green jacket. he trails the leader by nine strokes. shelver the number one ranked golfer and has a five shot lead into the third round of the masters. new york yankees paid tribute to ukraine before the season opener friday.

ukrainian national anthem, you hear it there performed by an 11-year-old brooklyn resident. her family immigrated to the united states from lviv in 2006. yankees also flew the ukrainian flag alongside the u.s. flag at yankee stadium. mentalist oz pearlman is attempting a new world record. he's trying to run the most miles ever in central park for one day. all the money raised will go to save the children ukraine relief fund. he never backs away from a mental or physical challenge. >> i figure if you are doing something this crazy. you better put a good mission behind it. i'm a parent of three young children. my heart has been breaking. powerless, families like mine that are there within the stretch of a week or two their life is up ended. >> his go fund me raised more than $108,000.

we will be right back with more cnn "newsroom" in a moment. with the latest developments from russia's war on ukraine. we will be live in ukraine. right after the break.

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hello, everyone. reporting live from lviv in ukraine. we'd like to welcome our viewers in the united states and around the world. once again, russia facing accusations of war crimes. after a devastating missile strike on a crowded train station. it happened in the city a major rail hub in the east. thousands of men, women and children waiting for a train to escape the conflict. local authorities say the station was hit by two russian missiles. dozens killed where