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to get in their car and leave certain areas and regions. >> ukraine and the people of our state are absolutely clear, we don't want anyone else's territory, and we're not going to give up our own. >> this is cnn breaking news. it is monday april 18th, 11 am in ukraine, and we begin with breaking >> that is according to the original military governor, lisa mayor has confirmed several missiles hit the city within the last few hours. the city, less than 100 kilometers from the polish border, has largely been spared the brunt of russia's assault so far. in the last few hours, we have also learned of at least two

missile strikes in central ukraine. the region's military governor says that two people were injured and some railroad infrastructure was destroyed. this, as you want amir zelensky warns that russia is preparing for a major offensive in eastern ukraine, soon. >> russian troops are preparing for an offensive operation in the east of our country. it will begin in the near future. they want to literally finish off and destroy donbas. destroy everything that once gave glory to this industrial region. just as russian troops are destroying mariupol, they want to knock out other regions. >> russia was also intensifying its assault on ukraine's second largest city, a warning, this index the video is graphic. the northeastern city of kharkiv came under heavy shelling on sunday. at least five people were

killed and 20 injured in the attack. to the east, the governor is urging all civilians to evacuate, saying they are, quote, no safe places left. ukrainian officials expect the written offensive to begin soon. >> russian's unrelenting assault has kept the port city of it mariupol in ruins. russian forces announced they were closed on the city for entry and exit on monday . and warned that the menu remained would be, quote, filtered out. the ukrainians are not backing down despite the onslaught. ukraine's prime minister said on sunday, the city is still had not fallen. ukraine's foreign minister said the situation may be a redlined in negotiations with russia. >> the remaining ukrainian army

and a large group of civilians are encircled by the russian forces. they continue their struggle. no high-level talks are taking place. after bucha, it became particularly difficult to continue talking with the russians. but as my president mentioned, mariupol is a redlined. this >> before we get to the situation in mariupol, what is the latest that you have on the missile strikes and hit where you are just a few hours ago. >> we just left the scene of one of those missile strikes. we are not too far away from it at the moment. military officials at the scene are preventing us from going

live in from the scene due to what they call security concerns point we have left that scene and or a little bit away from that. the thing that we visited was one of four missile strikes. that according to ukrainian officials took place this morning. three we were told was military infrastructure, the fourth was just a tire repair shop. it was clearly a civilian building. we saw firefighters on the scene . we saw a large number of police and ukrainian military personnel. what we know so far, and his number is going to be changing as we get throughout the day, six dead across all four missile strike sites, and at least 11 injured at this point. again, those numbers could very well change. what we saw with the strike zone that we were at was not only a building that was only destroyed, fire that was ongoing, but also across the street we saw civilian homes that were damaged. we spoke to one woman who said she was terrified but she was

walking her face and it blew out multiple windows. she lived just across the street. she was clearly quite shaken up. this is the first time in several weeks that we have seen this region targeted. however, it was just two days ago that ukrainian officials say they shut down, using air defense systems, for cruise missiles that had been sent to unspecified targets in this region. it has been an active couple of days here in lviv. four missile strikes hitting four different locations around this region. >> let's turned out to the dire situation in mariupol. what more your learning about what is happening there and what is likely to happen to the ukrainian five -- fighters who were there pushing back against the russian offensive?

>> sure. this is been a city under siege for weeks now. that has not changed. even though on sunday we heard from the russians, they actually put down an ultimatum, saying that all romanian ukrainian defenders needed to lay down their arms and surrender by 1:00 p.m. eastern ukrainian time. that did not happen point they said we're going to continue fighting. it's not clear how many troops remain, clearly they russians control the vast majority, but there are some defenders left. they declined it to surrender. the russians in response and part in a statement from the russian defense ministry saying that they would eliminate anyone who continue to put up resistance. this cedes that has been going on for weeks continues. the fact remains that there are some 100,000 people living in and around the city that need to be evacuated that that can be evacuated. there were no humanitarian orders that were open as far as we could tell. no large-scale evacuations were

not today. the situation remains incredibly dire. >> thank you so much for joining us live. to take care. in an exclusive interview with cnn's jake tapper, ukrainian president vladimir zelensky says he's happy with the security systems he's getting from the u.s., but more help is needed and fast. he is also warning that i russian offensive in eastern ukraine could begin in the near future. >> for us, the battle for donbas is very important. it is important for different reasons. for the reason of safety, for trial. the grouping is located in the donbas is one of the best military we have. it is a large grouping. russia wants to encircled them and destroy them. it is nearly 40,000 people. it is 44,000 professional military men who survived a

great war from the beginning of 2014. this is why it is very important for us to preserve that part of our army that is one of the most powerful. this is why it is very important for us not to allow them to stand so it will be several battles, and we don't know how long it is going to take, we can influence the course of the whole war. because i don't trust the russian military, russian leadership. that is why we understand the fact that we fought them off, and they laughed, and they were running away from kyiv, from the north, from chernihiv and from that direction. it doesn't mean that they were able to capture donbas they won't come further towards kyiv. that is why, for us, this battle is very important for many reasons. it is very important to win this battle. [end of translation] >> president zelenskyy there.

russian forces have entered a city in the luhansk region, that is according to the regional military governor. he says there is fighting in the streets and evacuation is quote, impossible. the town has been under bombardment from weeks, as russian forces pushed west into the donbas region. the governor says russian forces entered criminals with a huge amount of equipment. he added that a sports facility in the town is on fire as well, with at least six police officers injured. with me now is malcolm davis. he is a senior analyst of defense strategy and capability at the australian strategic institute, he joins us from canberra, australia. thank you so much for being with us. i want to start with this apparent shift in tactics by the russian, military with these four, perhaps five military strikes on targets in lviv. one sitting the cities railway

structure apparently. what do you make of, this but is it all mean to you? >>, look even though the russians are focusing their plans on the donbas region, particular the desire to capture donetsk and luhansk by launching an offensive south from izyum, and north from mariupol, they're still going to continue bombardment of key locations oh around ukraine, including kyiv and live. if those attacks on live if clearly went around infrastructure, which is where western military supplies and equipment have been coming through to ukraine. so, the russians are trying to slow down the ability of the west to deploy western military deal to ukraine. and if they can do that, they will have a better chance of launching successful offensive in the east, in the donbas. >> right, and you mention

mariupol. and that situation is dire and an official there says russian forces are threatening to close down the city monday, in what they call filtering out any remaining man, and their words. this, after mariupol rejected a russian surrender ultimatum on sunday. so, how long do you think ukrainian fighters in mariupol can hold off russian forces? >> look, putting a city under siege is a long term business. if you think back to your history the siege of leningrad lasted many months, where russian forces were outnumbered by superior german forces in the second world war. so if you bring back the focus to today, it's possible that although the russians had captured parts a variable, there are still enough ukrainian fighters inside mariupol to make lives difficult for them and certainly impose cost on them if they tried to take the city as a whole. without controlling mariupol, it's very difficult for the russians to coordinate a

pincher movement to control and the don badge reason, and to encircle ukrainian forces the jr faye. so, seizing control mariupol is really important for the russians, but it's not going to be an easier cheap victory for them. >> right, as you mentioned, that focus now shifts to an imminent russian offensive, around the donbas region in the east. how do you see this phase of the war playing out for ukrainian forces, as russia tries to establish that land bridge in the east and south? >> the situation in the east, in the donbas region, probably favors the russians, if the russians can sustain their logistics. as i noted earlier, the ukrainians are launching a counteroffensive from kharkiv, east into the donbas to try and cover the supply lines to the russian forces there. now, if that counteroffensive

doesn't succeed in doing that, that it's quite possible that the russians can control their logistics buildup, their forces and then the train favors the russians at that point, because it's wide open plains which is good for armored fighting vehicles, tanks, combine operations. and not so good for the ukrainians. so, this is a decisive phase of the war. this is probably more important in many respects than the first phase, where the russians try to capture kyiv. if the russians try to win here, they will have a position where they can rebuild and strengthen their forces so they can then go on the offensive against kyiv again in the future. right, and of course u.s. officials are concerned that ukraine's ammunition and infantry may not be enough going forward, even after that first shipment of heavy weapons arrived in the region as part of that 800 million dollar u.s. security package. so, what more is needed, and how long do you think this

might go on for? >> certainly could go on for months. i don't think this war is going to be over anytime soon. i do think the ukrainians are stating very clearly what they need, which is heavy armor, artillery, manpower, more long-range firepower in terms of those switchblade drones. and also of course the shoulder fired weapons they've been using so effectively up until now. they also need logistics support in terms of sustaining counteroffensives, closer to russian forces in the donbas. because as they push their forces out to attack the russians, their logistics train gets a little more fragile. so there needs to be greater support in terms of fuel and ammunition from the west there. so it is becoming a prolonged and intense conflict, that will go on for many months. and there's no clear idea of who wins this particular phase of the war.

-- >> welcome davis, thank you so much for your perspective, we appreciate it. >> many thanks. >> well, china's economy beat market expectations in the first quarter. but economic output is much them or. we go live to beijing to learn what's weighing down the world's second largest economy. plus, a remarkable reunion. a california teenager missing for nearly three years has been found alive hundreds of miles away. his family is overjoyed. >> holy crap. >> is it him? >> a little bit older, but yeah. >> my sweethearts alive. oh, my god. mance. more brain performance? yes, please! neuriva. think bigger.

welcome back everyone as china struggles to contain its biggest covid outbreak in two years along with escalating

lockdowns. cnn's steven jones is following the story for us, he joins us live from beijing. good to see you steven. so, china, big expectations in the first economic corridor. but unfortunately bad news lies. ahead what is the sticking point here and how does beijing plan to overcome this? >> the positive government and media spin of that 4.8% growth for q1 belies the fact that this is an economy in distress according to many experts and analysts, because of the increasingly brutal lockdown of shanghai, the country's biggest city and largest hub. manufacturing center, and it only really started to happen in late march, early april, so the impact of those measures have yet to be fully reflected in economic data. even so, we're already seeing some very worrisome downward trends in key sectors were governments had been counting

on -- growth model driven by manufacture and export, to being driven by services and consumption. so that's why authorities must be very worried about the three and a half percent drop in march in retail sales, as well as rising unemployment figures. and all of this of course is expected to get worse in the coming months because there appears to be no end in sight for the shanghai lockdown. remember, this is a country that continues to stick to a zero covid policy. and shanghai has been reporting over 20,000 new covid cases on a daily basis for the past few weeks. so, given shanghai's importance, especially its international port and airport, not just in the national economy and supply chain, but also in global trade. it's implications and ramifications of the continued lockdown will be felt far and wide. that's perhaps why the central government here has announced a so-called white list of over 600 companies and key

industries in shanghai, authorizing them to resume production under a so-called closed loop management system. that's the system they used during the beijing winter olympics. the problem right now is that local officials are seeing little incentive to do this, given the far greater potential risks if new cases emerge within their jurisdictions. rosemary? >> all right, steven jiang joining us live from beijing, thanks. south korea lift most of its covid-19 restrictions starting today. curfews for businesses, caps on private gatherings and rallies, and restrictions on religious activities have ended after more than two years. indoor and outdoor mask wearing will remain mandatory, but officials say other restrictions will be lifted if cases continue to decrease and medical system capabilities remain stable. here in the united states, a group of business owners and residents are suing the city of philadelphia to overturn its renewed indoor mask mandate

which takes effect today. the city is bringing back the requirement due to a rise in covid cases. the white house covid response coordinator says he supports local officials making mask mandate decisions based on the data they have. doctor ashish jars also says an up taken cases across the u.s. is being driven primarily by the ba.2, the highly contagious sub variant of omicron. but he says hospitalizations remain low and covid vaccines are helping to keep americans safe. >> the good news is our vaccines are holding up really well against ba.2, against all the omicron variance, especially if you've been infected. so the key is you have to have the initial two shots and you've got to have a booster, that's really what's protecting people at this moment. >> the pandemic and the war in ukraine are taking an ongoing toll on the u.s. economy. inflation hit a 40 year high of

eight and a half percent last week, with gas and food prices largely to break. the nationwide average of gas prices is just over $4 a gallon, with the war in ukraine keeping global commodities unsettled. a year ago, gas was $2.87 a gallon. and potential home buyers looking to escape record high rents are now facing mortgage rates of 5% for over a decade. still to come, the austrian chancellor is revealing more about what he discussed with vladimir putin in moscow. and what this might mean for the ongoing conflict. plus, many estonia's are using work-arounds to watch russian state media channels broadcasting kremlin propaganda. how it's affecting their view of the war, when we return. ♪ ♪

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welcome back to cnn newsroom, i'm rosemary church. an update on russia's war in ukraine, at least six people were killed and 11 wounded in a missile strike on the western city of lviv this morning. that is according to the regional military governor. lviv's mayor has also confirmed several missiles have hit the city within the last few hours. cnn teams on the ground heard the explosions as well. meanwhile, russian forces have now entered kreminna, in eastern ukraine's luhansk region, that is according to the regional military governor. he says street fighting is now underway and evacuation is impossible. the un says more than 4.8 million people have left ukraine since the war began nearly two months ago. but according to the polish bowler guard, more people are

going into ukraine and then poland for two land running. it's the first time since that began since the russian invasion began. pullen says some of those are entering annexed-ing ukraine our aid workers who crossed the border frequently, and aid workers are coming under fire. on saturday, a restaurant partnered with world central kitchen, was hit by missile, injuring for workers and causing fast amounts of damage. but they're not letting that stop them, workers at the western aunt are back at it, salvaging what they can, and gearing up to feed the hungry. world central kitchen founder jose andreas spoke with us just a short time ago about the situation on the ground, and what needs to be done. >> please stop killing civilians. it doesn't stop, day or night. that's why people are still in bunkers. and why many people, they don't

want to be in their comfort of their homes. many nights, they go to the safety of the subway. that's why, again this war needs to and. -- what are we going to do for the millions of ukrainians who are here, who are fighting this war for liberty, and freedom and democracy, alone? i think this war can be won in many ways. the troops of america, the troops of the world we do it we know. this is a way hopefully for these 14 ukrainian people as this war keeps going. we're gonna be there for them in the long run. i, again we can't be fighting this war. and it gives me hope. >> chef jose andreas there in kyiv. sadly, please like that have largely fallen on deaf ears. we are getting reports that

ukraine's deputy prime minister says there will be no humanitarian corridors today for the second day in a month. and if you would like to help people in ukraine who are in need of shelter, food, and water, you can go to cnn.com/impact, and you can find several ways that you can help. australian chancellor carl nehammer says flattering putin has a full grasp of what's unfolding on the ground on ukraine, but has his own war logic. mr. nehammer mast with the russian president last, week the first european president to do that since the war began. he said at the end of their meeting, mr. putin warned them in german, it is better that the war ends earlier rather than later. here's more from the austrian chancellor. >> i think he is now in his war logic. he thinks the war is necessary for security guarantees for the russian federation. he doesn't trust the

international community. he blames nuclear for genocides, genocides in the donbas region. he thinks he believes he is winning the war. >> meantime, estonia is finding it hard to battle the kremlin's propaganda. once part of the soviet union, a stony is home to a huge russian speaking population, many have whom are going out of their way to get access to russian state media, despite the misinformation. cnn's scott mclain has the report. >> in eastern estonia, the vast birch forest and open planes daughter with industry, concrete apartment blocks, can feel a lot like russia. most people are ethnically russian, many signs are in russian, and russia itself is just across the river. the estonian border town of narula, more than 86% of the

population speaks russian. even on this side of the river, native russian speakers make up a significant chunk of the estonian population, one lasting legacies of the soviet era. many estonian's don't speak russian, well and russian state media has been left to fill the void, giving people a steady dose of kremlin propaganda. that is, until the start of the war with ukraine, when estonia blocked many russian news outlets and tv channels, a decision that came with plenty of controversy. >> why i don't agree, because i think democracy can't defray any propaganda. >> many people here are buying systems to pick up russian channels. restrict is not the way. >> antennas are suddenly a popular item at electronics stores, for russian speakers to

easily pick up russian tv channels. others swatch online through vpn's. this man and his father have an even better set up in their home right across the river from russia. >> these are the channels people usually get in the russian household as well. >> they've got this tv hooked up to a russian satellite dish, another hooked up to an antenna, both picking up all the russian channels. although some they'd rather not watch. >> i can only watch 15 seconds maximum because the levels of aggression, paranoia, and lies, blatant lies is crazy. >> a lot of people here are still very connected to russia. do you think they believe everything that the kremlin is saying, about the war in ukraine? >> [interpreter] i don't just think, i know they're a lot of people who know that russian state media is the truth. but it is false lies, and only a minority now don't believe russian propaganda. [end of translation] >> some of those true believers

are reluctantly tuning into this channel. eat ev plus, launched in 2015 to give russian-speaking a stone ian's access to reliable news about their own country and their world. >> we don't have propaganda, we can make news about prime ministers and presidents in our country, our politics, many russian journalist can't do that. >> on friday, we etv+ reported on the sinking of the russian ship the moscow, giving ukraine's claim that missiles sunk the ship, and the more benign russian version saying that it was after a fire. since the channels launch, etv+ ratings have made gains, but gaining trust is much tougher. >> many of our viewers are ready to blame us, ready to judge us because they don't believe us. but we are ready to speak with them we don't want to judge them. i am ready to wait, i'm ready

to give those people a time, to make them believe me. >> scott mclain, cnn, narva, estonia. >> the u.s. envoy for north korea is in seoul for talks about pyongyang's most recent missile launches on saturday. state media reports that north korea tested missiles that could develop tactical nuclear weapons. the meeting continue as south korea hold joint virtual military exercises for the next nine days. paula hancocks is in seoul and joins us now with the details, could see you paula. what do you expect to see come out of these discussions about north korea's missile launches? >> some say the special envoy for north korea from the united states, he's here for a week effectively, the next four days, he'll be meeting his counterparts, meeting officials

of the military, trying to come up with a plan for how to deal with north korea. we're not expecting any significant announcements from these meetings, but it is interesting timing considering how much is going on surrounding pyongyang at the moment. as you mentioned, there will be these military drills, the u.s. size joint military drills. which start today, monday. they will be computer simulations, but that doesn't necessarily mean that it will irritate pyongyang laying any last. these are military drills which every year north korea reacts to in some way, whether it's verbal, or some kind of launcher test. and we have seen, just a few weeks ago, there was a test of an intercontinental ballistic missile. it's a significant time for north korea as well. last friday was the most important day of the north korean calendar. this time, it was 110th anniversary of the birth of the founder, kim ill john's grandfather kimmel song. so we will see a lot of

activity, there wasn't a military parade which some had been expecting or at least thought would be possible it could come at an anniversary later in this month,. but there is an awful lot going in with north korea. when you consider that january is in the record books for the most number of, the highest number of missile launches from north korea. so, certainly these meetings do come at a very significant time. many experts i've spoken to say that north korea may well see this as a very opportune time to carry on with its weapons testing, to push its capabilities forward, given the fact the rest the world's attention is elsewhere. rosemary? >> all right, paula hancocks, joining us from seoul, thank you. still to come, tensions are high in jerusalem after more clashes break out in and around the and ask a mosque compound. plus, the north eastern u.s. may get a small reprieve from

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welcome back everyone. jerusalem is on edge after palestinians and israelis clashed around the al-aqsa mosque. this comes after violence fled at the site on friday. morning had asked joins us with more, so what is the latest on these clashes in jerusalem? >> well, rosemary this was supposed to be a uniquely holy weekend. because for the first time since 1991 ramadan, easter weekend, and passover were all

overlapping. but it was marred by violence. on yesterday morning, there were clashes and violence in and around the old city, including around its holy sites, the owl oscar mosque compound. which is also known as the temple of the mount. people were throwing rocks at buses used by jews to reach the site. according to israeli emergencies services, at least seven people were injured. at the mosque compound itself, israeli police clashed with palestinians. israeli police said they went into clear out young people who said they were throwing rocks in order to disrupt visits by jews and others to the area. and those confrontations lead to around 19 people being injury. the clashes we saw yesterday were nowhere near the levels we saw on friday morning, when more than 150 people were injured in clashes between palestinians and israel security forces at the al-aqsa mosque compound. those clashes were at levels we

haven't seen since this time last year. and it's clashes like that that help spark off that 11 day war between hamas and militants in gaza, and the israeli army. so, things have actually been relatively calm, despite the clashes over the weekend, we haven't seen any rockets or anything like that fired by hamas or other militant groups in gaza. so not nearly the same sort of response we saw last year. however, there have been some political ramifications, including ram, which is the arab israeli party, the first arab israeli party that sits as this coalition government, has said it's freezing its membership in a coalition government. these really parliament is not in session right now, so this will only have an effect when they come back into session. but if this continues, it could mean the opposition will suddenly have more votes than the current coalition has. it goes to show you how. so much wider ramifications. >> bringing us the latest from

jerusalem, thank. you freezing temperatures in the northeastern u.s. are said to be pushed out for a wave of warm weather systems this week. meteorologist has the latest from -- >> good evening, rosemary. yes conditions across the southeastern united states are starting to quiet down after multiple days of severe weather. take a look at the last three days, storms with up to 350 weather reports. the vast majority are related to large hail. related to large winds and a tornado report in the last couple of days. the hailstones from tennessee to alabama, parts of mississippi, as large as 1 to 2 inches in diameter. areas that did not see hail saw some significant rainfall. look at, alabama look 4 to 6 inches of rainfall came down in the last couple of days. cold weather, that's the story in the northeast. cold weather alerts for as many as 20 million americans, that

includes parts of philly, into baltimore, where temperatures at least the morning hours upper 20s and lori 30s. and usually cold across areas of the midwest, kansas city as well. temps struggling to get above the upper 20s into the early morning hours as well. but notice the afternoon temperatures also staying well below seasonal averages. new york city, should be about 63 degrees this time a year, aiming for about 53 over the next couple of days. boston about 50, closer to 60 or so is average. again, those major cities plenty warm to support anything beside war rainfall. but working way across interior areas of new england, pockets of heavier snow showers are possible. back in the western u.s., multiple systems coming in over the next couple of days. plenty cold up on the higher elevations their support higher elevations, the olympics, cascades, csus getting a disk thiesen amount of snow flus over the in days. temperature raining from the 30s, why not, in the --

in atlanta, tempers around 67 degrees. rosemary? >> sounds great, thank you so much pedro. we appreciate it. still to come, here on cnn newsroom. the moment when this teen was found alive, nearly three years after he went missing. we'll have reaction from his family, next.

>> well, now to a heartwarming story of a families happy reunion. it began with police checking on a young man, sleeping outside in the cold, and it led to a phone call that his mother had been waiting to receive for nearly three years. cnn's has the story. >> this is a remarkable story. and the summit county sheriff's office in utah is describing it as serving with compassion. i will start from the beginning. over the last couple of weeks, they were a number of calls made to report 19 year old connor jack oswald in the greater park city, utah area. deputies went out there to offer help and he had refused. but last saturday, they were called out there again. they were able to help them. all of that was caught on police body cam video. here is part of that moment.

>> you think you are shivering? are you hold? do you want to come sit in his car and warm up for a minute? i can't have you sitting in front of the door here all night. sorry, i cannot hear you. >> [inaudible] >> no, you're not being taken anywhere. sit in the car, and warm up. where is your shopping cart at? it got stolen? well, that is no good. okay. >> you can sit in my front passenger seat, where it is warm! >> come in here and warm up! okay. do you have a knife, a gun or anything like that? just have a seat, warm up. where were you at when you are shopping cart got stolen? what is that? >> and after this encounter, it was a dispatcher who went

through pages and pages of missing children. they were able to find connor jack oswald who was reported missing in september of 2019 in clear lake, california. and then, deputies were able to get a hold of his mom, who told them he had a distinctive birthmark on his neck. then, his stepfather went out to park city, utah, to identify him in person. and there was a moment when the stepfather called his mom to tell him that he was in fact, alive. it was a very moving moment, also caught on police body cam video. here is what happened. >> it is a missing person photo, the one we located was this. and then, the photo that came from nevada, with the arrest, was this. >> holy crap! >> is it him? >> a little bit older, but yes. >> it was sent out to me.

>> oh, my goodness! >> you know, and not knowing him, he looks pretty similar to this. his hair is longer, beard is a bit thicker. >> yes. oh, wow. >> oh, my goodness! [laughs] >> yes, i will definitely do my best to bring him home. >> and the sheriff said there was not a dry eye in the room. we know that connor jack oswald is receiving health resources at the moment. cnn, los angeles. >> well, now an update on a

story we brought you earlier. we told you how russian forces had entered eastern ukraine. now, the head of luhansk region military says control over the city of criminal is lost, adding that heavy fighting continues. the town has been under bombardment for weeks now, as russian forces have pushed west into the donbas region. the governor says russian forces entered with a huge amount of equipment. we continue to watch that story very closely. and i'd want to thank you for spending part of your day with me, i'm rosemary church, be sure to connect with me on twitter at rosemary cnn, and our breaking news coverage of russia's war in ukraine, as it continues now on early start. you are watching cnn.

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