>> announcer: this is cnn breaking news. hello. welcome to our viewers in the united states and around the world. i'm john vause live in lviv, ukraine. well, ukrainian authorities are reporting a significant increase in russian shelling along ukraine's eastern and southern fronts. the governor of mykolaiv in southern ukraine says russian attacks using cluster munitions left at least five civilians dead on friday. more on that in a moment. meantime, the russian military

continues to resupply and rearm in the east with a renewed offensive expected within days. but ukrainian military officials claim recent russian attempts to seize more territory have been repelled. and confirmation from the u.s. the guided missile cruiser moskva was sunk by two ukrainian anti-ship missiles. moscow says the flagship of its black sea fleet sank while being towed to port after being damaged by a fire which set off munitions. there's no information about the 500-plus crew onboard. gruesome scenes being uncovered around kyiv where the russians laid waste to many surrounding villages and towns before and during their retreat. more than 900 bodies of civilians have been recovered so far. and a warning, this report from cnn's phil black contains some graphic images. >> reporter: the operation to recover and investigate bucha's dead is now industrial in its scale. teams of people are working to

empty the town's mass grave and many smaller ones. the victims of russia's occupation are being retrieved from the earth. there are so many bodies, rarely do those doing the digging know the stories of how each person lived and died. here, two men are being exhumed from the grounds of a small church. the priest who oversaw their first burial didn't know them. he says he thinks one was a scientist, the other a school bus driver. he thinks they were shot and killed in the street. among the now notorious images from bucha's road of death, yablanska street, was this man lying beneath his bag. his name was vladimir bachenka. svetlana is his widow. she says she told her husband, don't go. they're shooting. the tanks are already on

yablanska street. but he insisted on leaving the house. she says the 68-year-old grandfather was killed as soon as he reached the road. his bike is still there. this building stands near bucha. among those killed here were yulia's parents, natalia and viktor. she says her mother was helping a young injured woman who had been discarded by a russian soldier when more soldiers suddenly entered their home. she says they came in, shot the woman, shot my mother, and then my father ran out when he heard something was wrong, and they shot him. the young woman was karina. she was 23 years old. karina's mother says police told her her daughter was raped before she was shot. it's more than two weeks since the russians withdrew, and the

operation to account for all the bodies they left behind isn't finished. mourning each victim, remembering how they lived, understanding why they died will take much longer. phil black, cnn, bucha, ukraine. well, with russia's war lol lol losses mounting, volodymyr zelenskyy spoke exclusively with cnn's jake tapper. >> not only me. i think all of the world, all of the countries have to be worried because you know that it can be not real information, but it can be the truth because when they begin to speak about one or another battles or involved enemies or nuclear weapons or some chemical, you know, issues,

chemical weapons, they should do it. they could do it. i mean they can. for them, life of the people is nothing. >> the director of the cia has earlier voiced similar concerns, but u.s. officials say they've seen no evidence so far the kremlin is preparing to use short-range tactical nuclear weapons. over the past 24 hours, the southern ukrainian city of mykolaiv near the black sea has been the target of multiple russian attacks. local officials say cluster munitions hit residential areas, killing at least five people, wounding more than a dozen others. cnn's ed lavandera was on the scene and filed this report. >> reporter: the residents of mykolaiv, ukraine, woke up this morning to hours of bombardment on the edges of the city and then an explosion, multiple explosions of cluster munitions here inside the city. you can see the impact of just this one munition here. and in this park where we are, we have learned that there are

at least two people that were killed. and we are in a park, as you see. this actual church behind me was not necessarily targeted, but one of the cluster munitions went off over here, and i can show you where that happened. but this is a largely residential area. we were talking to one lady who thought -- and she described to us as when the munitions went off just outside of her window, the windows exploded. she thought it was the end of the world. this is an orthodox church here in mykolaiv. you can see the impact spot of one of the munitions that went off this morning. and, again, this is an area where two people were killed, and there have been attacks and explosions felt in various parts of the city. and as you look around here, you can see the impact and the damage done to this church here as well. and all of this unfolding in the early friday morning hours. one witness told us there were people walking their dogs in this area. this is an area that appears

completely civilian, apartment buildings. as we've driven around, we don't see any evidence that there are military installations or military targets in this area. but this really speaks to the heightened fear that people here in the mykolaiv region have given the news of the russian warship that was sunk in the black sea off the coast of ukraine, there's a great deal of concern and worry about what the retaliation for that will be and also the news of russian forces renewing their offensive in the east, and will that make this city once again a target? we are seeing whether or not these attacks this morning and the constant bombardment that we've heard for the last 12 hours or so is part of that is hard to say at this moment. but right now there are neighborhoods of civilian residents here in mykolaiv who are kind of coming to terms and picking up the pieces of the

horror that they've had to experience this morning. ed lavandera, cnn, mykolaiv, ukraine. the organization for security and cooperation in europe has released a preliminary report into allegations of russian atrocities and has found clear patterns of violations of international humanitarian law as well as credible evidence of war crimes. with us now is a human rights lawyer based in kyiv. thank you so much for taking the time to be with us. just as this report is coming out, we're now finding out that 900 bodies, mostly civilians, many of them shot dead, hands tied behind their backs, have been found just around the kyiv area alone. clearly that is not addressed in this initial investigation, but the scale and the number of people killed is just a reminder that ukraine is in many ways an active crime scene right now. these war crimes are ongoing. >> yes.

unfort unfort unfortunately, according to our investigation into the crimes which we are doing with effort of volunteers, can clearly state that russia used war crimes as a method of warfare. >> the report from the osce was unable to conclude whether the russian attack on ukraine per se may qualify as a widespread or systematic attack directed against a civilian population. it does, however, hold that some patterns of acts violating international human rights law, such as targeted killings, enforced disappearance, or abductions of civilians, are likely to meet this qualification. so legally what does this all mean, and what does it mean in a practical sense? what are the implications here of this finding? >> we have to understand on restrictions, which have three

experts which were appointed to conduct this report, they are not in ukraine. they are not working the fields. they have only access to materials which were submitted to them, and it's very important to verify from the ground whether this fact is true or not. so that's why this conclusion told that they're not able to verify all acts, and as a result, to provide final conclusions. but still, it's very important that in this report is mentioned this clear connection between violations of international human rights law and international humanitarian law and the action of russian troops. the experts emphasized also that majority of this violation were committed in the area under the russian control. >> why aren't these investigators on the ground in ukraine? i know it's dangerous.

there are risks. but surely it's much easier to collect this evidence in real time, document as it happens, and conduct an investigation now than, what, six months, a year from now? >> i totally agree. that's why in early march there was published an appeal, and we asked all international organizations to return because when they were started, they withdrew their staff from ukraine or transferred them. and we asked them to ensure international presence in the war zone during evacuation of civilians from destroyed cities, to be present in occupied territories where people, locals, left alone to face only with russian occupiers. so it's very important that international community has to react. but unfortunately we still have

no response, and all international organizations with small exceptions providing the -- distantly. >> the report also looked at video of ukrainian troops shooting russian p.o.w.s it found it could not confirm the authenticity of that video, but also voiced some concerns about the treatment of prisoners of war who originally were considered criminals and treated in ways that are incompatible with geneva conventions. in particular, this report raises concerns about p.o.w. images being used by ukrainian officials posted on social media as a way of informing families back in russia they've been captured. that was seen as possibly putting those p.o.w.s in harm's way. would you like to see an end to that process? >> i think and i'm sure that ukrainian official has to provide a proper investigation, and if it's the fact of inappropriate behavior with war

prisoners, will be confirmed. the results of this investigation has to take the guilty people to accountable and make them accountable because ukraine has clearly demonstrate that our state is fulfill in line of international humanitarian law. and here i may say that we have some steps of improvement because in march as the national information bureau was created, this bureau is responsible for all question and international committee red cross has access to war prisoners, which is called by ukraine. unfortunately, international committee has no access to war prisoners, which is hold by russia. >> the ukrainian government did promise a transparent investigation. it said that the results would be made public. do we know where that investigation stands right now? when will those findings be

released? and this is in particular with the allegations that ukrainian soldiers shot dead russian p.o.w.s or russian soldiers who were wounded. >> yes. we as a human rights organization openly urged our ukrainian authorities to provide this investigation as quickly as possible and also report publicly not only to human rights organization but to the whole international community because it's violated the policy of ukrainian army, which distribute a lot of information to russian soldiers how they can stop their battles and to go to a hostage. and if ukraine will not be able demonstrate a safe conditions in accordance of international humanitarian law, this will violate this broad state

official politics holding russian soldiers. >> thank you so much for being with us, and please stay safe. thank you for your time. we'll take a short break. when we come back, from heartbreak to relief. we'll have an update on an elderly woman. you may have seen her. she was trapped in a war zone. she was with cnn's clarissa ward. it was heartbreaking to see what this lady was going through. also, jews around the world celebrating passover. our cnn's jake tapper met with jews in ukraine to find out why it's so much more poignant and meaningful passover this year.

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a few days ago, and many people want to know what is her fate, where is she now. it was heartbreaking at the time. she wouldn't let clarissa's hand go at one point. she didn't want her to leave. clarissa has this update. >> reporter: lidia thought this day would never come. after weeks of horrors, she waits outside her apartment to be evacuated. so we're here at the big heart living facility, and we're just waiting for lidia to arrive. she's been driving for some hours, and we're excited to see her. here she is. >> good to see you, ma'am. we got her out. >> reporter: lidia greets cameraman scotty mcwhinny. "it's our old friend," she says. "i'm so glad to see you again." after we left lidia thursday, there was an outpouring from people who wanted to help.

we managed to connect volunteers to a care home in the relative safety of dnipro. leaving lidia arlone in her apartment was incredibly tough. to see her safe is a huge relief. "today i will finally feel calm," she says. "this is so important. thank you." her journey out was far from easy. she's saying that there was a lot of shelling this morning. it was terrifying. it took six long hours to get here, but she made it.

"i'm so lucky," she says. "safe and comfortable at long last." >> clarissa ward, scott mcwhinny, great story, thank you. there was a show of solidarity in rome on good friday. pope francis oversaw the way of the cross, the process that recreates jesus' steps towards calvary. this gesture was criticized by some ukrainian catholics. in kyiv, the passover story, the exodus of the israelites from slavery in egypt is especially meaningful for ukrainian jews forced to flee their homes. cnn's jake tapper joined with a rabbi in kyiv for passover seder preparations. >> reporter: at every seder, jews say, let all who are hungry come and eat. at this synagogue in kyiv, they're taking that literally. >> we have been providing food

packages, water, non-perishable items, medicine, evacuations, trying to celebrate freedom while there's so much terror going on around us. it is very, very difficult. >> reporter: still the consistency of tradition is all the more crucial when it's hard to uphold. last night, russians were shelling nearby. tonight, the rabbi invites me in and asks me to put on the fill actries containing parchment inscribed with versu verses fro torah. >> this is a way of showing defiance. this is a way of showing that the jewish people live on no matter how many years pass by, the jewish people are alive and well, and we're proving it by praying. >> hear that? hear that, nazis? we're still here. before sundown, rootman shows me

the seder table and answers the traditional question, why is tonight different from all other nights? >> there are many other things about this night that are different. people who are coming to spend the holiday will be spending it under curfew, and arrangements had to be made for that. so there are a lot of very things different about this night. passover is passover. it's about freedom, and we cannot give up, and the good always has to outweigh the evil and the bad, and it will. >> that report there from cnn's jake tapper. a tournament that celebrates the endurance of the human spirit itself will welcome members of ukraine's military this weekend in a powerful display of solidarity. the invictus games founded by prince harry was born on the idea of endurance. this year, the event in the netherlands will see ukrainian athletes taking part, many of whom were on the front lines

just days ago. president zelenskyy has given his full support, saying he believes the competitors will make ukraine proud. new york's empire state building is shining its tower lights in the colors of the ukrainian flag for the 15 minutes after sunset. if you would like to help the people of ukraine who are in need of pretty much everything right now from shelter, food, water, medical supplies, what they want really is peace, but in the meantime, let's try to help them out as much as we can. go to cnn.com/impact. there you can find ways to ensure your generosity will find the people who need it the most. i'm john vause. for our international viewers, please stay with us. we'll take a short break. when we come back, "living golf" is next. for everyone else, our breaking news coverage live from ukraine will continue in just a moment.

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welcome back, everyone. i'm john vause live in lviv, ukraine. it has just gone 30 minutes past the hour. the very latest developments now. russian troops appear to be testing ukrainian defenses in the east ahead of an expected offensive. ukraine says shelling has significantly increased across the region, including multiple rocket attacks which killed ten people in the city of kharkiv on friday. 35 others were injured. the u.s. now confirms two ukrainian missiles sank the pride of russia's black sea fleet, but russia says the cruiser moskva suffered an accidental explosion and went down while being towed back to

port. the russian news agency tass reports at least some of the surviving crew members have arrived in the port of sevastopol on friday. the remains of more than 900 civilians have been recovered near kyiv since russian troops withdrew two weeks ago. russia is facing accusations of atrocities. the brother of kyiv's mayor tells cnn that russians may try again to take the capital. >> we do expect that the russians are going to be back, and we are preparing for that and past 51 days have been shown that they might use anything possible to come back. so we need to be prepared for everything. >> well, the u.n. security council is under scrutiny yet again for its inability to do much about this war in ukraine. the council's role is to maintain international peace and security. it has clearly failed to do that

here. cnn's gloria borger reports the ukrainian president did not mince words when he pointed out that glaring obvious error. >> reporter: it didn't take a translation to feel president zelenskyy's outrage. >> translator: where is the security that the security council needs to guarantee? it's not there. >> reporter: then the final insult. without action -- >> >> tran >> translator: then the next option will be dissolve yourself altogether. >> he was absolutely right. i thought one more convert to understanding what's wrong with the united nations. it's political institutions are fundamentally broken. >> reporter: former u.n. ambassador john bolton has never been a united nations booster. >> i think it is unfixable. >> reporter: neither has liz cheney. >> it is not the kind of effective entity people hoped it would be when it was created. >> reporter: that was in 1945 when the world war ii victors established the u.n. security

council with five permanent members. today those are the u.s., france, the uk, china, and russia. each with veto power as josef stalin himself insisted. the world has changed, but the council still remains largely as it was 77 years ago, that is, russia has the power to veto any resolution it opposes. >> it's like giving a senator on the floor a veto over any legislation without any overrides. >> exactly. and what we're seeing is when there's a fundamental disagreement among the permanent members, nothing happens. >> reporter: suggestions to reform the council by adding more permanent members or removing vetoes altogether have been non-starters. as former u.n. ambassador bill richardson points out, it's all about keeping power. >> i'm being honest with you. i don't think anyone's going to want to give up their veto. >> reporter: and russia is not about to vote itself off the security council either.

although weeks ago, it was condemned twice by the u.n. general assembly. but those were nonbinding resolutions. russia was also thrown off the human rights council, but even that wasn't a unanimous decision. >> here's the real headline. a majority of the members of the united nations did not vote to expel russia. >> what does that tell you? >> it tells you russia has significant support around the world. >> reporter: what putin really cares about is the stature permanent membership on the security council confers. >> now, in the real world, russia is not that important. it's china and the u.s. that are the dominant players. but in the security council, the russians stand as equals to the u.s., and they're very, very proud of having that status. >> reporter: all of which leaves the security council paralyzed. and if the u.n. can't stop what's happening in ukraine, what's it for? >> the u.n. is for airing

publicly the tragedies of the world, like the refugee crisis in ukraine, like the possible war crimes. at the same time, the u.n. is providing food and refugee assistance. >> reporter: yet in a bizarre looking glass moment on tv -- >> translator: a special military operation in the donbas. >> reporter: russia chaired the security council session as weapons were unleashed in ukraine. diplomacy could not stop the killing. appoi a point the ukrainian ambassador made recently as he read a letter from a 9-year-old boy to his mother. >> you are the best mama in the world. i will never forget you. such letters should not have to be written. if they are, it means that something has gone terribly wrong, including here at the united nations. >> reporter: even so, no matter how many times the ukrainians

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welcome bafnck. the u.s. is sending heavy weapons to ukraine as quickly as they can be loaded onto planes. moscow has officially warned the u.s. to stop supporting ukraine's military or risk unpredictable consequences. now, among the bigger items to arrive soon are mi-17 helicopters which the u.s. redirected from afghanistan.

also being sent are hundreds of hunter/killer drones called switchblades and howitzer cannons. now, that new batch of u.s. weapons to ukraine should start arriving in the region in the hours ahead. that's according to a pentagon official. cnn's kaitlan collins reports from the white house. >> reporter: despite this warning from russia that if the united states continues to send more weapons to ukraine, they would risk these unpredictable consequences, you are seeing the united states continue to do so because we do expect in the next 24 hours that first shipment of the latest authorization from president biden of those $800 million in military assistance will arrive in ukraine. and this is the package that is much more sophisticated, heavier duty than some of the previous ones we've seen from the white house since the invasion started. and of course in the weapons shipments they sent before the invasion actually got under way. that's a new shipment. it's tailored to what the white house is expecting to be this major ground offensive in

eastern ukraine. but this is exactly what russia was warning about in this memo that i'm told was sent to the white house on tuesday. it's notable that the next day was when president biden announced this $800 million in new assistance, clearly undeterred by russia. but this does come as the white house says that what this russian warning shows them is that these shipments are basically working, that they are upsetting russia, they are clearly having an effect, and that is why russia wants them to stop and says it's prolonging the war, of course making this invasion for them a lot harder than they expected it to be. we should note this comes as cnn is now reporting that zelenskyy is ramping up the pressure on biden to do more to make russia a pariah. even wants to put them on the state-sponsored terrorism list, which of course would be a significant development if president biden decided to take that step, though with should note sources told cnn that there has been no firm commitment from biden yet on that front. kaitlan collins, cnn, the white

house. jill dougherty is an adjunct professor at georgetown university's walsh school of foreign service. she's also cnn's former moscow bureau chief. good to see you, jill. to start with, what is your read on russia's warning to the u.s. on those western arms being shipped? i mean calling for unpredictable consequences and so forth. what are the risks russians might bomb convoys of western arms inside ukraine? >> i think they might. as alex pointed out, they're already threatening to do that, and they could. i mean they made the case. i think it was a couple of days ago, where they actually said, you know, according to the rules of war, we can do this because it's, you know, material that can be used offensively. therefore, we can hit it. now, whether they will do that, i don't know. but you would have to think that if it's being used by the ukrainian military, then they

would think that it is fair game. >> i wanted to ask you too, because i know you've been talking about this, tell us how embarrassing is the loss of the russian flagship, the moskva? how embarrassing is that for putin? how is it being seen in russia because i know you monitor such things. >> right. well, i mean, let's look at it militarily. it's very significant militarily. and the fact that it took, you know, a little while and the government continued -- the russian government continued to say it was a fire aboard and then that detonated armaments, and then it was towed, and then it sank. if you watch russian media, there have been talk shows, and these have been used for particular purposes of often kind of putting up a trial balloon for an idea. so at one of these talk shows i was watching, they said, well, actually, they didn't go along

with the party line. they said, well, actually, the ukrainians were trying to hunt that ship and take it down. the attack was planned in advance. so that, to me, was very strange because that is not what the government is saying. but if you look at that argument, then it is embarrassing to the russian government to have the ukrainians kill a ship like that. so immediately then, the argument becomes, on this show, in fact, it had to be nato. it had to be the united states. and i think in most of what russian propaganda is saying right now, everything really does boil down to the united states because when you get into details about ukraine, it gets very confused. you know, are they slauvic brothers? are they the enemy? are they the government? it gets very confusing. and also the only country that

really means something in the sense of big power and competition to russia is the united states. >> when it comes to what's being seen inside russia, i mean funerals are happening. thousands of young men can't just disappear without it being noticed. what is your read on if ordinary russians are hearing more about the facts rather than state media's take on events? >> well, i think, michael, they're going to have to hear that, in the sense, from their own friends, from their own families. and if they have lost a boy, they're going to have to hear it, you know, when the body comes back because there's very little information about how many people have been killed. the military rarely releases any concrete figures. and, in fact, in the sinking of the moskva, we still don't know, according to the russians, how many people actually survived that, how many sailors survivsu,

how many were killed. that is not public information yet. then you add that to the fact the media have been absolutely -- any independent media have been absolutely decimated. and then the control over the central media, the government media. so there's very little information coming to anybody unless you get it firsthand. >> yeah, good point. always good to see you, jill. jill dougherty there. thanks so much. we'll take a quick break here on the program. when we come back, tensions high in jerusalem after violence breaks out at the al aqsa mosque compound. also the queen enjoys a long-awaited family visit this week. we'll have details on that and the latest on her health concerns. that's when we come back.

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jerusalem on edge after clashes between palestinians and israeli police at the al-aqsa

mosque compound. palestinians say more than 150 people were injured by israeli security forces. this was on friday. israeli police say they made more than 300 arrests but they only entered the compound they say, because those throwing rocks were jeopardizing safe worship, as they put it. queen elizabeth had some visitors this week. prince harry and meghan markle stopped by to visit the queen who has been dealing with health issues. >> reporter: the duke and duchess of sussex have paid a private visit to the queen, according to the couple's spokesperson who that the pair made a stop in the u.k. on the way to the games. this marks the first time they've returned together since 2020. the year they stepped back from the royal family. prince harry was notably absent from a memorial service for his

late grandfather, prince phillip, in march of this year. while there has been intense scrutiny on the couple's decision to step back as senior members of the royal family, prince harry has said he has maintained contact with the queen. his family now based in california, often taking part in video calls with the queen. so this will certainly come as a welcome visit. this does come at a time of heightened concern around the queen's health, she has expressed that she has felt tired and exhausted after a bout of covid in february. we've also seen her in recent situations. she is experiencing mobility issues. and in march she did take a break from royal engagements after spending the night at a london hospital for preliminary tests. doctors telling her to take some time off. there are concerns there. of course, the queen is due to celebrate her 96th birthday next month. this is year called jubilee.

there is also some focus on the easter weekend. the queen traditionally attending an easter sunday service in windsor. but according to royal sources, she won't be in attendance this year although other family members will be. cnn at buckingham palace, london. twitter's board of directors has adopted a poison pill that might thwart elon musk. he's offering more than $41 billion to buy the company but the board is making it harder and more expensive. they're preserving the right of other shareholders to acquire more shares of the company at a relatively inexpensive price. thursday, the tesla ceo said the takeover move is about more than just business. >> this is not a way to sort of make money, you know. i think this is, it is just that i think this is, my strong

intuitive sense is that having a public platform that is trusted and broadly inclusive is extremely important to the future of civilization. >> musk says twitter needs to be in his view, transformed, saying there is a lack of free speech on the social media platform. thanks for spending part of your day with me. i'm michael holmes. you can follow me on twitter and instagram. do stay with us. our breaking news coverage line from ukraine continues in a moment. -- captions by vitac -- www.vitac.com

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hello and welcome to our viewers in the united states and around the world. i'm in lviv, ukraine. this country has been working for weeks. now russia prepares for a new offensive in eastern ukraine, the first u.s. shipment due to arrive within hours. among those, helicopters which were specifically requested by ukraine's president. moscow this week formall