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world. i'm john vause live in lviv, ukraine. russian tanks and troops on the move heading towards eastern ukraine's donbas region in what is likely to become a bloody, more devastating phase of this war. and i am rosemary church here at cnn headquarters in atlanta coming up. after mounting pressure to address rising gun violence in the united states, president biden takes action. his plan to tackle untraceable so-called ghost guns. according to the u.s. and multiple sources, russia continuing to redeploy weapons and material gear into eastern ukraine as it looks to resupply and reinforce troops in the donbas. new images show a long column of russian military vehicles not far from ukraine's border. all of them, pointed towards the donbas. meantime, ukrainian president volodymyr zelenskyy says reportedly tens of thousands are dead in mariupol after weeks of

bombardment by the russians and this is new drone video of mariupol theater where hundreds of people died last month after a russian strike there. many who died were women and children, seeking safety. and on monday, there were unconfirmed reports of a chemical attack in mariupol. cnn cannot independently verify that ukrclaim but both ukraine the u.s. say the threat of chemical attacks need to be taken seriously. >> translator: today, we heard a statement from the occupiers confirming they are preparing for a new stage in their terror against us and our defenders. one of the spokespeople of the invaders said they are considering using chemical weapons against the defenders of mariupol. we take it very seriously. >> there was credible information available to us that the russians may have been preparing to use agents, chemical agents, potentially tear gas mixed with other agents as part of an effort to weaken, to incapacitate the ukrainian military and civilian elements that are entrenched in mariupol using these agents as part of an

effort to weaken those defenses. >> also, learning more about the austria austrian chancellor's visit with the russian president on monday. the first european leader to meet with putin face to face since this war began and he says the meeting was tense. >> translator: those direct talks were very open and tough. it was not a friendly visit. i really confronted the russian president with the facts arising from the ukraine war. >> president zelenskyy also accused russian forces of planting tens, if not hounds of thousands of land mines and ordinance in northern ukraine, a move he calls a war crime. this after the russian military's retreat from the kyiv region as the russians ramp up efforts in areas in red here. they are leaving behind evidence of intense battles near the capital. warning, our next report contains very graphic images and

graphic details. fred pleitgen shows us the ongoing devastation in the suburb of irpin. >> reporter: the tour is a sad routine for the body collectors in the outskirts of kyiv. finding corpses has become eerily normal here. a house destroyed by an artillery strike, a body burned beyond recognition. a mangled car wreck. two bodies burned beyond recognition. a house that was occupied by russian troops, an elderly lady dead in the bedroom. these bodies evidence of a brutal russian occupation, and then a fierce fight by the underdog ukrainians to drive them out. a fight 81-year-old kateryna witnessed up close in her village. there were explosions, explosions from all sides, it was scary she tells me. i am in my house. i crossed myself and lie down, and then i hear how it thundered

and all the windows in the house were broken. the ukrainians tell us the russian troops didn't even bother collecting most of their own dead. more than a week after vladimir putin's army was pushed out of here, they showed us the body of what they say was a russian soldier still laying in the woods. and that's not all they've left behind. this mining unit says they found hundreds of tons of unexploded ordinance in just a matter of days, including cluster munitions like this bomblet, even though the russians deny using them. these weapons are extremely dangerous for civilians who might accidentally touch them, the commander says. there are about 50 such elements in one bomb, he says, this is a high-explosive fragmentation bomb to kill people, designed just to kill people. they blow up the cluster bomblet on the spot, and then move the heavier bombs to a different location for a massive controlled explosion.

the body collecting, the mine sweeping, and the clearing up of wreckage are just starting in this area. and yet, this pile of demolished vehicles, both military and civilian, already towers in the kyiv suburb of irpin. if you had to picture russia's attempt to try and take the ukrainian capital, kyiv, it would probably look a lot like this. destruction on a massive scale and absolutely nothing to show for it. russia's military was humiliated by the ukrainians and caused a lot of harm in the process. and they have devastated scores of families. at irpin's cemetery, the newly widowed weep at funerals for the fallen. ala, her husband igor fought alongside their 21-year-old son in irpin and died in his arms on the battlefield. wife of dimitro, killed by a

russian mortar shell and tatiana, her husband alexander promised her he would come back in a few hours but was killed defending this neighborhood. i am very proud of him, tatiana says, he is a hero. we have many people in ukraine who have not fled, and are defending their homes. sasha died just 200 meters from our house where we lived. laying the dead to rest, another sad task they've become all too efficient at performing in this area. close by, the next funeral is already underway. fred pleitgen, cnn, irpin, ukraine. >> the longer this war goes on, the longer the list of alleged russian atrocities in ukraine. among them, bombing of a children's hospital, a massacre at a train station, raping mothers in front of their children, mass graves, other crimes so brutal they cannot be shown. ukraine's prosecutor general, already looking at nearly 6,000 cases. that number continues to grow.

>> we will see horrors of war, a lot of war crimes. actually, not only war crimes. now, we can see about -- um -- a lot of crimes against humanity. new data on the staggering toll russia's invasion is taking on children. u.n. now says nearly two thirds of ukrainian kids have been displaced since this war began. they have been forced to leave everything behind, their homes, schools, often family members, as well. unicef said about 1.6 million children still here in ukraine may be going hungry, not enough food. the estimated number of people fleeing ukraine has now surpassed 4.5 million. the vast majority crossing into poland with jewish families have their own haunting memories of war and genocide as cnn's kyung lah reports, many of those families opening their homes to ukrainians seeking safety,

seeking shelter, looking for hope. >> reporter: this is more than yan's warsaw neighborhood. >> the white one? >> it's a path to his family history. >> my grandma was born and raised. >> reporter: he lives a block away from where his jewish great grandparents lived before the holocaust. >> that is my grand mom and her mom. >> in the chaos of world war ii, sophia was separated from her husband and child. the nazis executed her at a death camp. of the 6 million jews murdered in the holocaust, around half were killed in poland's concentration camps but his great grandfather julian escaped the horror, sheltered by a non-jewish family. >> we are alive because someone help us. and that i can help other

people. >> reporter: his home has little space. >> we are sleeping over here, and that's used to be our bed. and we gave these bed to our ukrainian guests. >> reporter: but it's enough to share with the ukrainian mother and child. the third family he's taken in since the war began. >> i just felt it's part of me and i don't know if it's faith or tradition. it's just part of me. i have to do it. >> it's our time to do what we needed to have done for us 80 years ago. >> reporter: michael is chief rabbi of poland. in warsaw, the jewish community has plunged into help in this humanitarian crisis. offering everything from childcare to food and housing, counseling, and polish lessons. they say jewish fphilanthropies mostly american, have donated

about $100 million to help ukrainian refugees no matter where they are or whatever faith they practice. the effort is centering on poland where in world war ii, the majority did not help. >> half of the jews killed during the holocaust were from poland. >> so given that complicated history, how does that motivate the jewish community today? >> it clearly has an added meaning for those who are jewish. understanding that this is what my grandparents needed, and if we still have somewhere in our hearts a sadness that more people didn't help, it needs then to push us to do more to help now. >> reporter: you are volunteering here? >> yeah. yeah. yeah. >> reporter: he feels his country changing as poland welcomes almost 2.5 million ukrainians. his great grandmother's home is now a shelter for refugees.

do you think about what would happen if more of your family had been protected? had been taken in? >> it's a great question. i would hope there will be someone like me helping my grandparents, great grandparents, and my cousins during the kholocaust. yeah, that would be wonderful. i would have much greater family next to me. to have great, big family in warsaw, jewish family, and survive the war, that's -- that would be most beautiful, beautiful thing definitely. >> reporter: the $100 million raised by jewish organizations worldwide -- that is going into the lessons that you saw. those language lesson as well as the childcare and we spoke to the women who are being helped out. none of them are jewish. in fact, one of those ukrainian refugees -- she didn't even know that it was a jewish organization helping her out.

so after seeing the incredible inhumanity in ukraine, they are seeing the grace of the jewish community here in poland. kyung lah, cnn, warsaw. moldova is also helping ukrainians as they try to escape the violence here and according to united nations, more than 400,000 ukrainians have crossed into moldova since the russian invasion began. let's bring in catholic relief services. he joins me now from moldova where he is coordinating the agency's humanitarian efforts. connor, thank you for taking the time. it's often the case those who have the least are the often the ones who give the most. that seems to be happening now in mol dough have so how can the rest of the world continue to help moldova and ukrainian refugees? >> i think to -- to your point, that is exactly what we are seeing here and in the last

segment, i saw that we have -- that you referenced around the grace of people. we are seeing the exact same thing in -- in moldova here. moldovan citizens continue to open up their doors and their hearts to ukrainian refugees. but we must remember that moldova is a very small country. it's a poor country, as well. and we are moving towards half a million ukrainian refugees that have passed through or come into moldova, as well. and that puts a strain on the country, as well. so from an international community perspective, our humanitarian agencies, such as catholic relief services, we have to support and sustain moldova to be able to provide relief, immediate relief for ukrainian refugees. but also -- and it was referenced in your last segment as well -- we are almost two months into this crisis now and other needs, beyond meeting those basic relief, like in terms of accommodation and food, we also need to think around education assistance for ukrainian refugees, for children that are here. and for childcare and for

psychological support for the trauma that so many families have experienced. >> are you now at that point where you are shifting away from, you know, the emergency response, the crisis of people just getting out of harm's way, to now sort of long-term assistance? and -- and do you have the resources that you need to do this? >> we are doing both. i think the emergency response absolutely remains. we still have people coming into moldova from ukraine. some that have lived through the war, and have experienced horrific violence as well that need immediate assistance. so that strand and that pillar of our work is there. but in parallel, as you mentioned, we do need to consider longer-term needs, as well. and also, i would say the -- the other -- the other aspect to that is that we have to be prepared. many -- many ukrainian refugees here hope that they can return to ukraine soon and we must hope for the best but we must prepare

for the worst, as well. and we may see further inflows of refugees here, so that preparedness that we are able to scale up our relief efforts in a situation or a scenario where that happens, we must be ready as well and that's what catholic re relief services is also focusing on but we do need to consider longer-term needs now. we do need to consider access to education for children. longer-term accommodation support for our ukrainian refugees that, you know, builds off all that good will that we referenced at the beginning of moldovan citizens that have opened up their homes and their hearts for our ukrainian refugees. >> are you concerned, though, that, you know, eventually, all the generosity, all the help, all the good will that is out there just gets exhaust over time? that becomes fatigued. you know, the plight of so many in need of so much and eventually, the world turns away? >> i think that is -- that is a concern and that is the -- that is the challenge. we know that there has been this

impulse, this enormous, you know, good will that has opinion there. that is a challenge to sustain for any country, ask particularly again for moldova, that is a small country of less than 3 million people. seen nearly half a million people come in. so that -- that poses challenges for our society as well and i think for the humanitarian community and for crs, we do need to stay the course on this. and we do need that sustained international support in order to. >> you know, ukrainian refugees can continue to live in moldova in dignity in long-term, and have access to services that they need because we know that this war may continue. we may have further inflows of refugees that people may not be able to go home soon even if that is what's in their hearts and that's what they hope for, we have to sustain our support and continue that for the long run as well. >> we should note moldova has

per capita i guess taken in more refugees than any other country that we have seen so far. connor lockland, thank you so much for being with us. and thank you for everything you do. still to come. u.s. officials fear russia's election meddling could get a whole lot worse as vladimir putin lashes out over washington's support for ukraine. also, the russian propaganda machine kicks into overdrive. state-run media spinning the war in ways that are practically unimaginable. fingersticksks can be a real challenge. that's why i use the e freestyle libre 2 syste. with a painless, one-second scan i know my glucose nunumbers without fingersticks. now i'm managing my diabetes better and i've lowered my a1c from 8.2 to 6.7. take the mystery out of managing your diabetes and lower your a1c. now you know. try it for free at freestylelibre.us

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welcome back, everyone. well, the u.s. believes vladimir putin may escalate his attempts to interfere with american elections in response to washington's support for ukraine. so far, russia has mainly used influence campaigns to create doubt about election legitimacy. now, spelintelligence officials believe president putin might be willing to go further, including direct attacks on u.s. election infrastructure. one official says these assessments are not based on direct intelligence but on signs of vladimir putin's increasingly unpredictable behavior. well, meantime, a prominent

critic of president putin has been detained in moscow. he has survived two suspected poisonings. a russian opposition politician says he was detained outside his apartment building. it's unclear what charges he may face, but it's unlikely the russian people will get much information about it anyway. independent media outlets have opinion banned, and state media is a propaganda machine. cnn's chief media correspondent brian stelter reports on the russian' misinformation campaign about its unprovoked invasion. >> reporter: here is what russia's upside down media world is like. they claim the train station missile strike in eastern ukraine was committed by ukraine despite all evidence to the contrary. this post from the foreign affairs ministry parroted by pro-russian accounts on social media, claims that kyiv regime wants more of its own civilians

to die. >> russians who get their truth from the state media are living in an alternate reality. >> reporter: every day, madelyn roach watches the morning news on channel one. a top state-run tv channel in russia. >> the russian army is portrayed as triumphant, as not sustaining any losses, any casualties, and is certainly not committing any atrocities. meanwhile, according to the state media, it's the ukrainian army committing, um, atrocities, killing civilians, sustaining heavy losses, and losing territory to the russian forces. >> reporter: they deny, they deflect, and according to julia davis, creator of the russian media monitor, they portray the russian armed forces as liberators. >> they are presenting it like the ukrainians want them there, they want to be liberated. they have been oppressed by this so-called nazi government. and they welcome russia's

intervention. >> reporter: independent news coverage disproves this. but this is almost none of that left in russia. >> essentially, journalism has been banned now in russia. >> anne applebaum notes so many journalists have fled the country. russians are thus even more dependent on state-owned tv. cnn's nic robertson says. >> there is no surprise that so many people are just following along with the kremlin's lines. it is the easiest thing for them to do. they don't see an alternative. they feel powerless and it's information that they have been fed year upon year upon year by putin and by the soviet leadership back in those days. >> creating this sort of hermetically sealed bubble that doesn't allow for information that contradicts the government to -- to enter. >> reporter: roache is now writing a daily report for news guard, making a record of the false claims. she says others need to know

what it's like. >> russians would have every reason to feel proud based on what they are seeing on the state tv. >> well next hour, a u.s. marine veteran has an appeal hearing in moscow. trevor red ed was detained ther in 2019, was later convicted of endangering the life and health of russian police officers during an altercation. he received a sentence of nine years. reed's parents say he is in the hospital with tuberculosis but they don't know if he is receiving any real medical care. they are urging the biden administration to help bring him home. and the head of the wnba is reaffirming the league's commitment to helping bring home brittney griner. the basketball star has been detained in russia since mid-february on drug charges. espn reports griner has been able to see her legal representative in russia twice a week, and is able to receive letters. the wnba commissioner says they

are doing everything they can to bring her home but she acknowledged it is a complex geopolitical situation with russia and ukraine, and they don't want to jeopardize her safety in any way. well still to come, president biden and the indian prime minister's candid exchange over russia's war on ukraine. why india's neutral position has caused increasing concern in the united states. plus, economic sanctions haven't stopped everyone from doing business with russia. who is still buying russian gas and oil? that's just ahead.

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welcome back, everyone. i am john vause live in lviv, ukraine. it is 31 minutes past the hour. a white house official says there was a candid exchange of views about india's neutral stance on putin's war during a virtual meeting monday between president joe biden and prime minister narendra modi. but president biden did not specifically ask the indian leader to take a stand. india's neutral position has caused increasing concern in washington. america's most seen kror diplomat, antony blinken, is pressing india and other countries to use their leverage with russia to end this war. >> india has to make its own decisions about how it approaches this -- this

challenge. we, as a general proposition, are consulting with all of our allies and partners on the consequences of putin's war, the atrocities being committed against the people of ukraine. in our judgment, it is important that all countries, especially those with leverage, press putin to end the war. >> ukraine's president's calling for an embargo on russian oil and gas as the european union waged new sanctions on moscow. russia, though, actively looking for new trading partners to buy its energy. and some countries -- they are willing to step in even among rising pressure from the united states and allies. cnn's claire sebastian has our report. >> reporter: less than three weeks before invading ukraine, russia's president visited china to attend the winter olympics, and most importantly shore up relations with his biggest trading partner. in early april, with western sanctions tightening on russia, it was foreign minister sergey lavrov on the travel circuit. this time, in india. the country dependent on russia

for about 60% of its military equipment. >> we will be ready to supply to india, any goods which india wants to buy. >> what russia is now trying to do is to find the replacement of these markets that it has now lost. so, to replace investment, to replace businesses, and to replace goods that are traded. >> reporter: and russia has options. this u.n. vote on march 2nd serves as a rough guide. five countries voting against a resolution urging russia to end the offensive in ukraine. russia, of course, and belarus, north korea, syria, and eritrea. 35 abstaining, including china and india. 141 countries voted in favor. what you are starting to see is that this conflict is splitting the world. this map, produced by the economists intelligence unit, sets out what they see as the long-term stance of countries on this war. those that prodly support the west in the very pale orange. those that are trying to stay

neutral like india are in darker orange here and in red are those that either directly support moscow or staying close to its narrative on the war, including china. so this is not an isolated russia but a potential redrawing of the global order when it comes to geopolitics and trade. there are signs this could be happening. pakistan, whose now former prime minister was in moscow the day the war broke out struck a deal in march to buy wheat and natural gas and says it is close to an agreement for russia to build a gas pipeline in that country. meanwhile, some india refiners have bought russian oil at a discount according to reuters. analysts say this kind of deal making could, though, get harder as the conflict goes on. >> the sanctions regime that is currently in place is constantly expanding and is also really unclear what the sanctions actually involve and whether companies will fall under

secondary sanctions. and whether something is not sanctioned now, could be sanctioned tomorrow. so there is a lot of uncertainty there and a lot of companies are really, really weary of doing business, doing trade with russia. >> reporter: despite saying publicly it opposes sanctions on russia, china is staying silent on whether it will let moscow convert its reserves into dollars or euros. critical for a country facing default. brazil, whose president visited moscow in february and which is heavily reliant on russian fertilizer, is set to receive its last shipment at the end of april according to risk management consultancy stone x. it says no more have been scheduled because banks ask shipping companies didn't want to fall foul of sanctions. russia, facing an 11% contraction this year according to the world bank, is working overtime to keep its remaining markets open. as the risks for its allies grow. >> this isn't actually a new strategy from russia.

it's been courting economies, particularly asian economies like china and india for many years. that was a trend we actually saw accelerate after the annexation of crimea. but this time, because of the nature of the conflict, because of the ever-expanding sanctions regime, it feels more enduring. president putin actually said recently that -- that he believes the sanctions are going to be in place for many years, and russia should plan its economy accordingly. and -- and on those sanctions, we know from the eu top diplomat josep borrell, that they advanced the eu foreign minister advanced discussions of further sanctions yesterday. he said nothing is off the table. >> well, let's hope that includes oil and gas from russia to the europeans because that is the only thing that is going to make a difference. claire sebastian live for us in london. ahead, the biden administration announcing new firearm regulations amid growing concerns over gun violence in the u.s. we will explain the new rules for so-called ghost guns. simpt and onlyly monthly chewable that covers heartworm diseseas,

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welcome back, everyone. well, the biden administration is cracking down on so-called ghost guns. the untraceable weapons can be ordered in kits online and assembled at home. and they have been popping up at more crime scenes in recent years. new rules announced monday from the biden administration require anyone purchasing a kit to undergo a background check. ask those manufacturing and selling these kits will be required to include a serial number, so the firearm can be traced. during an event at the white house, president biden defended the new regulations. >> some may call this rule i am about to announce extreme. extreme. but let me ask you, is it extreme to protect police officers? extreme to protect our children?

extreme to keep guns out of the hands of people who couldn't even pass a background check? look. the idea that someone on a terrorist list could purchase one of these guns is extreme. it isn't extreme. it is basic common sense. >> christian hiney is the vice president of policy at brady united and was at monday's rose garden event. he joins me now from washington. good to have you with us. >> thank you so much for having me. >> so it is important to point out that you are also a survivor of gun violence. so, how confident are you that these new regulations president biden announced for untraceable ghost guns monday will make these homemade guns easier to trace? >> yeah. i mean, this country is going off of one of the -- or coming off one of the most deadly years we have ever seen with regards to gun violence and we know we

have a ufnique problem of gun violence here in america already. there were more gun-related injuries in 2020 than any other year on record in the last 20 years. 45,222. so these ghost guns have been an escalating problem every year and have been a huge part of the reason why we have seen those upticks and this rule is gonna be, um, just a monumental step forward in being able to push down on this market of unregulated and untraceable firearms. >> and president biden addressed the main criticism that he has received for his new regulations. many calling them extreme. but he ppushed back on that, sa it's not extreme. it's just common sense but that won't satisfy the many critics of course linked to the very powerful gun lobby in this country. is there any way to convince them? and how might they fight back against these regulations do you think?

>> yeah. i mean, i think if you have the opportunity to talk to most americans in this country, you will find that, you know, asking individuals to undergo a background check or proper screening in order to purchase a firearm is something that a majority of americans support. oftentimes, we see that 90% of americans support things like universal background checks and what we are really talking about with this ghost-gun rule is to make sure that these firearms, these firearms that people are purchasing without any regulation, without any ability to trace them, that they are regulated the same way that we regulate other fierls. so i think if you really get down to brass tax and start talking about it to the american people, you will find overwhelming support for -- for policies like these and not just among a general population but among gun owners and our nra members alike. so i think joe biden's absolutely correct. these are common sense measures that are going to save american lives. >> and president biden also announced the name of the nominee he wants to lead the

agency that regulates firearms. the bureau of alcohol, tobacco, and firearms. former-u.s. attorney steve dettelbach. if he gets confirmed -- and that is a big if because i mean they haven't had anyone in this position confirmed since 2015 -- what would he bring to the table? and how would he deal with this role? >> right. and it -- it's a great question. you know, i think that, um, the announcement today of steve dettelbach for this position is an absolutely vital one not only because dettelbach is clearly an accomplished former u.s. attorney, somebody who as president biden noted, had unanimous support when he was appointed to that station but he also has a history of working directly with the atf on -- on critical issues across the board but we also know that role of the atf director is absolutely vital to being able to do everything that we can to combat gun violence.

we have a problem here where -- where a small minority of irresponsible and negligent gun dealers are responsible for the vast majority of crime guns that are being used in our communities and tearing our communities apart. that station is critically important to make sure that we are holding the gun industry accountable, that we are holding them responsible, and that we are doing everything we can to prevent -- prevent the theft and straw purchasing that is allowing that market to thrive. so we are incredibly excited about this nomination and -- and we do hope that the senate will react in kind because this role is so important in the face of what we are looking at with gun violence in america today. >> we will watch to see what happens with that. christian hiney, thank you so much for joining us. appreciate it. >> thank you so much for having me. well, time for a short break now. when we come back, covid cases are rising again and at least one major u.s. city is bringing back its indoor mask mandate.

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up in 26 states compared to last week. but they are nowhere near january levels. and hospitalizations remain low. the new white house coronavirus response coordinator says the rise in cases is not a cause for alarm just yet. >> we are seeing case numbers rise in new england and here in the mid-atlantic. we'll see this. in the pandemic we'll see moments where cases go up. cases go down. if we were to see a new spike in cases we would see that eventually trickle into hospitalizations, we're not seeing that. hospitalizations at the lowest level since march of 2020. >> the u.s. state department is now ordering non-emergency personnel to leave the consulate in shanghai. due to surging covid cases and china's tough restrictions. the city of 25 million has begun easing its covid lock down. dividing shanghai into three categories. based on recent infections.

but frustrations there are growing with residents complaining of food and medicine shortages. because of the strict control measures. and cnn joining us on the phone. from hong kong with more on all of this. good to have you on the line. so, apparent easing of covid restrictions in some parts of shanghai. what does that mean in terms of access to food and water and medicine for many residents there? >> very good question. to those people living in neighborhoods that have been covid free for the last 14 days, means they can now leave their home, they can leave their compound. perhaps go to the local shop. if the shop is open. this is a problem they are facing supermarkets and public transport is closed in shanghai. certainly we have seen footage of people dancing down the street. enjoying the newfound freedom. that is going to be the case for seven and a half thousand neighborhoods in the shanghai.

for 2,400 neighborhoods remain covid free for the last seven days. they will be allowed to leave homes and go to the store, purchase essential items and return to the confines of their home until the neighborhood is covid free for two weeks. the remainder of shanghai that constitutes 7,600 neighborhoods, they have had cases in their community for the past seven days. that means they are still stuck inside. these people have been locked down for the two weeks and a severe shortage of food, of fresh vegetables and fresh fruit, meat and i spoke to one resident earlier today, she said i feel like a caged animal. there's no end in sight. >> yeah, just extraordinary situation. thanks for keeping such a close eye on that. joining us from hong kong. many thanks. thank you for watching. i'll be back next hour.

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are you a christian author with a book that you're ready to share with the world? get published now, call for your free publisher kit today! hello, welcome to our viewers in the united states and around the world. live in lviv, ukraine. ukrainian forces are bracing for a russian offensive in donbas as russian troops continue to mass in that region. >> in atlanta following the situation in shanghai. residents grow desperate as the ongoing lock down causes food and medical shortages.