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i'm erin burnett. "out front" tonight, breaking news. intensifying indiscriminate attacks by russia and ukraine. this is according to the mayor of the northern ukrainian city. police say more civivilians were killed by russian artillery fire today. officials tonight say more than 50 people were brought to the city morgue wednesday. among the dead, an american, james whitney hill. he lived in ukraine with his partner who was suffering from ms. hill's sister, whom i will speak with in a moment, said her brother stayed in ukraine because he refused to leave his sick partner's bedside. he has seen some of the worst devastation. this new satellite image shows multiple fires burning in the city. you can see that. just -- i mean, look at that. it's leveled. the extent of the damage in other -- there and other cities of ukraine just now becoming clear. i'm going to show you in the south in the donetsk region, look at those homes and buildings before the invasion. see that? that's before. let me show you after. yeah. gone. we have the chief of po

let's go "out front." >>> good evening, i'm erin burnett. "out front" tonight, the breaking news. president biden accusing russia's president vladimir putin of war crimes for the first time. >> i think he is a war criminal. >> well, those are significant words because it's something the biden administration has not said before and they came shortly after the president announced today that he's sending hundreds of millions more dollars of aid to ukraine. a list which does include defensive items, stinger antiaircraft and stingers and javelins and 20 million rounds of small arms and grenade launcher and mortar rounds along with guns, 7,000 of them. this after president zelenskyy asked the u.s. to do more today to help ukraine in a speech via video before the u.s. congress. zelenskyy appealing directly to the american people, first in ukrainian, but then he spoke in english directly to president biden. >> translator: remember pearl harbor. terrible morning of december 7, 1941, when your sky was black from the planes attacking you. just remember it. remember september the 11th, a terr

"erin burnett outfront" starts now. >>> "out front" next, breaking news. ukraine's president said negotiations with russia are only words as putin keeps up the attacks. tensions grow between putin. >>> plus, he was a filmmaker, went to the front lines to defend ukraine. now he's telling me what it's like to be a soldier. ukrainian soldier coming face to face with russian soldiers in a gun battle. >>> and why putin's popularity in russia is higher than it's been in years. stunning. let's go "out front." >>> good evening. i'm erin burnett. breaking news, they're only words from volodymyr zelenskyy. he is calling deescalation by russia after weeks of negotiation just talk. >> translator: yes, we have negotiations process, but they're only words without anything concrete. we will not give anything away and we will fight for every meter of our land. >> this comes as we are beginning to see the full scope of the misery and suffering inside ukraine. the pentagon warning tonight the capitol is still very much under threat. just outside kyiv you can hear the sound

special edition of "erin burnett out foront" is next. >>> multiple explosions rocking ukraine tonight. the attacks coming as the war continues. mariupol the humanitarian cast tas fee is unequivocal and biden backtracking telling reporters he wasn't calling for regime change when he said putin shouldn't remain in power. >>> good evening, i'm erin burnett. welcome to a special edition of "out front." russian forces with bombardment and air raid sirens in multiple cities including kyiv. zelenskyy saying russia is targeting more cities in the west. we have yet to see video of the strikes but it was yesterday when a fuel depot in lviv 40 miles from the polish border was also struck. the new attacks coming as ukrainian president volodymyr zelenskyy gave the first interview since the start of the war which is a significant thing and russia is banning anything there from publishing it. zelenskyy said he won't sit down with russia if it continues to spin the reasoning for the deadly invasion. >> translator: we won't sit down at the table at all if all we talk about is demilitarization or denaz

i'm erin burnett. out front, breaking news. the major ukrainian city appears to be in russian control. in a message to facebook, the mayor of kherson saying no one agreed on anything with me. however, there were armed visitors in the city council today. we don't have ukrainian armed forces in the city. only civilians and people who wanted to live here. kherson is a strategically important city for putin. it is near the black sea west of crimea. russian tanks can be seen patrolling the streets. russian soldiers can be seen looting a bank in kherson. you can literally see it on video, hauling a safe from a back office. that's how russian troops are behaving. and there are more cities in ukraine right now fighting back, but on the edge of falling to russian control. seven days of relentless strikes. america's defense secretary moments ago warning it could get even worse. >> there's a lot of combat power that the russians still have available to them. s? there is. no matter how blundering they may have been so far, they have the sh

erin burnett "out front" starts right now. >>> breaking news. russian troops advancing, making gains near kyiv and in the south. the u.s. ambassador accuses putin of war crimes. putin's forces have encircled the city where they destroyed a maternity hospital. no power, no heat. attacks between residents over food supplies. a putin critic who was poisoned twice telling the world what he thinks putin is capable of. he is our guest. let's go "out front." >>> good evening. i'm erin burnett. the breaking news, putin making gains in multiple cities. tonight, the sound of shelling growing louder and more insistent as russia bombards closer and closer into the suburbs of kyiv. a senior u.s. defense official says the russians are approaching kyiv from all different directions. russian forces overtaking nearby towns as they encircle the city. it's in these towns that we are seeing the new and horrible images of the fierce fighting. ukrainian forces in this image trying to free a town that's currently being occupied by russian forces. the fighting intense

i'm erin burnett. "outfront" tonight, the breaking news. russia's staggering losses. in tonight zelenskyy -- >> translator: 16,000 lost. why is it so? >> we can't confirm that number. it is in any absolute term an incredible loss of military life. 16,000 in more than a month as compared to more than 2,300, 2,300 americans dying during the entire 20-year war in afghanistan versus 16,000 in a little more than 20 days. if true, it is a massive toll and most like livly one of the reasons that russia is calling in backup, putin moving in troops from the independent country of georgia, a country russia invaded and took a region of back in 2008. it all comes as russia may be losing its group on the ukrainian region of kherson. there are areas that were under full russian control. officials saying, quote, we would argue that kherson is contested territory again. and kherson is crucial. it is an area along the black sea so it's that crucial sea access. it was first occupied by russian forces on march 3rd after days of devastating strikes. just yesterday the mayor of the city p

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i'm erin burnett. two major cities coming under attack as russia condense si phis its campaign targeting more and more civivilian areas. in kharkiv, this is the graphic aftermath after a building was hit. bodies can be seen on the ground. everything scorched. this is the moment a russian missile struck kharkiv's historic square. you can see what the russians have done to it. in the capitol of kyiv five people were killed when they hit a massive tv area. the holocaust memorial was damage the. that memorial memorializes one of the worst mass killing. president of ukraine, volodymyr zelenskyy tweeting, what is the point of saying never again in 80 years if they're being bombed again? five killed there. atrocities taking place across ukraine and they are looming large around the world including in washington where president biden will deliver his state of the union address. we are learning biden will blast vladimir putin for a premeditated war. tonight we are getting new information on the 40-mile long rus

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let's go outfront. >>> good evening, i'm erin burnett. outfront tonight, the breaking news, russia intensifying its assault as it targets ukraine's fuel supply. according to a top ukrainian military official, russian forces have hit a fuel depot in western ukraine. this is just the latest strike targeting the country's fuel facilities specifically. over the weekend, a barrage of russian missiles targeted fuel storage sites including in lviv and today's attack happening as russia and ukraine are battling for control of crucial ukrainian cities. tonight the mayor of the besieged city of mariupol using some important words saying humanitarian corridors are now in the, quote, hands of the occupiers. also calling for a complete evacuation of the city which at one point had a population of 440,000 people. just outside the capital, ukraine's deputy defense minister claims russian forces are attempting to block humanitarian supply routes around kyiv. our fred pleitgen traveled to one village north of the capital and this is video that he and his

"erin burnett outfront" starts right now. >>> breaking news. the u.s. warning china not to help the russians as more senators push biden to give fighter jets to ukraine. how much longer can the world stay out of putin's war? the u.n. calling a port center the center of hell. mass graves, a maternity hospital bombed, people with no food, no power, no water, no heat. and a shocking display of dissent. a woman interrupting a live broadcast on russian state tv to protest putin's invasion. let's go "outfront." i'm erin burnett. breaking news. the u.s. putting china on notice. warning beijing it will pay a price if it supports russia's war in ukraine. >> we have communicated very clearly to beijing that we won't stand by if -- we will not allow any country to compensate russia for the losses. >> that comes as the u.s. warns russia is broadening its targets. >> this is now the third significant strike in western ukraine. certain lip appears as if the russians are broadening their target set. >> that strike killed more than 35 ukrainians and was the most signif

"erin burnett outfront" starts right now. >>> outfront next, breaking news.utin's war taking a horrific new toll on civilians. apartment buildings and schools blasted. i'm going to speak to a "new york times" photographer who was just feet away as a mother and her son were gunned down. >>> plus what's happening inside ru russia? a russian journalist forced off the air is our guest. >>> and the american basketball player detained in russia. officials say it will not be easy to get her out. let's go outfront. good evening, i'm erin burnett. outfront tonight, the breaking news. the president of ukraine daring putin tonight. zelenskyy showing up in his office, not his nightly inspiring speech from his bunker, from his office, okay, for the first time in two weeks delivering a message to putin. >> translator: now i'm going to say here i am. i'm staying here, not hiding, and i'm not afraid of anyone. >> a defiant message coming as putin steps up his assault on civilian targets in ukraine. tonight the horrific images of these strikes. one hitting an evacuation route

good evening, i'm erin burnett.out front," breaking news, russian shelling bombardment multiple cities as the foreign ministry says the leader of mariupol was abducted by russians. mayor federov detained. this is according to ukraine's parliament on its official twitter account. they say they put a plastic bag on his head. we will have much more on that breaking and disturbing story in the moment. first, though, putin's brutal campaign is widening this hour. new video shows heavy shelling in southern ukraine. we are getting new satellite images of russians firing artillery 18 miles north of the capital. you see the flash of smoke. obviously, this is all escalating four miles to the east, more images show what appears to be multiple fires, homes damaged. residential homes, civilians, impact craters. near the capital, russian forces are moving 52 exfrom that 40-mylicon voi, pulling them off the road into a nearby woods. it comes as russian forces are inching closer and closer to kiev. one convoy now only nine miles aw

i'm erin burnett. "out front" the breaking news. news that putin is angry and can double down at any time. here's the director of the cia, william burns. >> i think putin is angry and frustrated right now. he's likely to double down and try to grind down the ukrainian military with no regard for civilian casualties. where that leads, i think is for an ugly next few weeks. >> a top state department official warning putin may be eyeing other countries in the region. >> his appetite has only grown with the eating. so, you know, we can't allow this to stand. >> his appetite has only grown with the eating. these chilling warnings come as the international atomic energy agency, the iaea has lost contact with the key monitoring system at chernobyl which was taken over by russian forces during the invasion. they're deeply concerned not only because chernobyl is still filled with deadly radioactive waste and the people working there to keep control are hostages and they've been on the job for two weeks straight and their situation is worseni

good evening, i am erin burnett. out front taunt tonight, the breaking news, the worst is yet to come. that is the chilling warning tonight from u.s. officials, who fear a frustrated putin may soon up the ante. and we are just learning what house members are giving being what is called an alarming timeline during a classified briefing. we are going to speak to a lawmaker who just came out of that room t. comes as putin is launching a shock lig more aggressive attack on the capital. it is a frightening assessment given the russian president just had a devastating assault across ukraine in kharkiv. we will show you the video. that is a residential area being bombed in the city of kharkiv. it is second-biggest city in the country. according to the city mayor, nine people were killed, three children. burned alive in their car. 37 others were injured. these are civilians. in a lit-flight address, ukraine president volodymyr zelenskyy calling attack a war crime. in the capitol taal again, sirens ringing out. some of the lo

i'm erin burnett. out front tonight, utter devastation in ukraine. tragic new images tonight from the southern city of mariupol and these are new drone images. this is a shopping mall completely gutted. a month ago, right, people were shopping there. completely gutted. looks like the entire complex, which is massive, has been burned completely through. this city has seen some of the worst damage from the russian attacks, thus far. we are also seeing these new images from an apartment building that russia hit in mariupol. look at that. look at that picture. people were living there a month ago. it's -- it's unbelievable. completely destroyed by vladimir putin's attack. and tonight, a new satellite image showing a massive line of cars filled with people who are still trying to flee mariupol. i want to make two points here. one, they say more than 300,000 people are still in that city. we don't know the real numbers. but it's a lot, a lot of humanity still in that city that hasn't had any supplies since the 24th of february in terms of food. and also, w

"erin burnett outfront" starts right now. >>> out front next. breaking news. putin gaining ground in southern ukraine as the mayor of the sen second largest city tells me his people are under siege and konts bomba bombardment tonight. he says putin is intentionally targeting innocent civilians. plus, the west punishing putin looking to go after the pricey yachts, belonging to russia's richest. yachts that include missile defense systems and submarines in addition to massive pools. and we are live in moscow tonight, where citizens tell cnn that fae negative news about putin's invasion is, quote, fake news. let's go out front. >>> good evening, i am erin burnett. out front ton tonight the breaking news. vladimir putin is gaining ground tonight in southern ukraine has forces now closing in on key cities, port cities like mare yoeple. the city trying to stop russian forces to fight devastating attacks that have cut power and water there. and caused inconceivable suffering. force yourself to look at this. a father and his dead son -- a son named elia. and tonight,

i'm erin burnett. out front tonight, two majoric braing story, intense fighting this hour in ukraine. we have new video of a fire fight with russians on the outskirts of the ukrainian capital. [ shots fired ] [ speaking foreign language ] [ shots fired ] >>> there is taking place just about 18 miles from kyiv. this video coming in, obviously it happened earlier and it is dark there now, but you hear that gun fire and a man firing a shoulder-fired missile launcher. according to the ukrainian politician who published this video the fighters are chechen immigrants who are taking up arms to defend ukraine. all of this as the war in ukraine could be about to escalate, get bigger. u.s. and nato officials tell cnn that belarus may send soldiers into ukraine to help putin. a u.s. official telling that putin needs support. anything would help. our other top story this hour is also ongoing. a contentious senate hearing for supreme court nominee ketanji brown jackson. that is under way and we'll bring that to you

erin burnett starts right now. >>> up next, biden headed to nato headquarters as putin ramps up his attacks on civilians. ukrainians accusing russian troops of holding people hostage. >>> remember the woman who protested the war, you saw her last night, she tells us what she went through after being arrested. >>> and people are telling us that what putin is doing is a crime. a show of force. the white house announcing tonight that president biden will travel to naval headquarters in brussels. it's an important meeting as puwit inl p goms for 209th straight day. poland andlso with volodymyr zelenskyy. he said, ukraine is a strong sign of support. we really appreciate it. a dramatic visit given bombs continue to rack that building. just destruction, smoke, entire interior wheels gone. so we should emphasize no one immediately knows, given the horror of this situation, where people are and what those numbers are. people are continued on lockdown. in kharkiv, scenes of dramatic rescues after that city was pummelled by russian strikes. 65 of them in 24 hours. i spoke to the city's mayor today. h

erin burnett starts right now. >>> breaking news, russia forced to make a major shift on the battlefieldo kill the president. and a russian oligarch says he doesn't know if he'll suiv

cnn's erin burnett spoke with him in a powerful interview. erin?, brianna, yes, they were killed on a bridge, a bridge they were trying to cross to escape the horrible violence in irpin and kyiv. the graphic image of their death, the world is now seeing. it was taken by a "new york times" photographer there. it's difficult. it's horrible to look at it. but it is important to show this image. because sergei saw it on twitter. that is how he found out his wife and children were killed by russian fire, because he saw that image on twitter. and he wants the world to know what happened. i speak to him and here's what he told me. >> reporter: as a parent, we can't imagine your loss above all losing your children. could you tell me about them? >> translator: i called this online. we used to be -- in our family, we used to use google location. i used to see my wife on google maps. and that mourning i noticed there was an unusual geo location between kyiv and irpin. and then 20 minutes later, her phone moved to another location to a hospital in kyiv. and i

erin burnett "outfront" starts right now. >>> the breaking news. the u.s.ack on a maternity hospital. >>> lucky to be alive. a reporter shot while reporting outside kyiv. he'll tell me how he came under attack and survived. r >>> a chinese journalist gets access to the pro-russian forces in ukraine. why? >>> good

i'm erin burnett. and welcome to a special edition of "outfront."ine is refusing to meet russia's demands to surrender the city of mariupol. and that deadline is now formally passed just seconds ago. ukraine's deputy

now, earlier cnn's erin burnett spoke with a kharkiv resident sheltering in place with her family. she took this video showing the city's historic freedom square in ruins as russia carries out the strikes in the region. here's a bit of their conversation. >> i know you were emotional, so emotional when you saw a school, and i just want to play your video and what you said on that video when you saw that school. here it is for our viewers to see. >> here is a place for children. i hope nothing happens here. >> tatatiana, it must be so -- >> it's not just a school. it's a place where children can learn something, to play music or be artist or sing or dance and they took picture of the exact name of this place and i can transfer it to you now. when i saw this i saw some costumes, like some colorful costumes for shows, i don't know like dancing. it's awful. i really hope no one was there at that time. i know that after this explosion we had like ten people died and more than 35 had needed help, more than 35 people. so -- and i'm not sure if there were children among them. it's awful. >

erin burnett outfront starts right now. >>> an alarming announcement to the russians to stop shootingfter coming face-to-face with a russian tank. >>> cnn is on board of

kharkiv's mayor spoke to my colleague erin burnett earlier. >> mayor, president zelenskyy said today -- and i quote him -- he said we have nothing to lose but our freedom, our dignity. this is our biggest treasure. how far will you go to defend your freedom and your dignity? >> translator: just like the entire ukrainian people, i will go till the end. >> and i want to ask you, mayor, about the civilians there. the people of your city. more than 1 million of them. you talk about entire blocks of residential buildings being bombed. it -- it seems when you think about that, that this is purposeful. from what you see, is it purposeful right now? is vladimir putin purposely targeting civilians in your city? >> translator: as far as the residential blocks are concerned, what i can say is that i look around and i see that there are no military troops stationed in our residential blocks, and what does that mean? that means that they are purposefully hitting at the residential buildings, intentionally trying to eliminate the ukrainian people. >> the mayor there speaking to us from the besiege

something that cnn's erin burnett and her crew saw up close on their own 21 hour grueling journey toorter: the day began well before dawn with air raid sirens. those sirens you hear actually mark the end of the air raid warning that we just had. the air raid went off while it was still dark, while i was getting ready. had to go to the basement for a little bit. obviously it was full because the hotel is absolutely full of people fleeing trying to get further west. now we're loaded up, a few minutes delayed and heading towards the border. we were in the van driving through a shell shocked city, a city where people already fled. others were arriving en masse from points farther east. the cold is cruel. there are young children everywhere. exhausted families. most have nowhere to go. their destination still unknown. this is the main train station in lviv. it is unbelievably crowded and most of these people are trying to get west. many men are trying to bored buses to get to poland. unbelievable hoard of humanity. this is the most diverse group of people we have seen since we came into t

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"erin burnett outfront" starts right now. >>> outfront next, breaking news.resident biden makes no apologies for saying putin cannot remain in power. >>> plus, quote, we walked among corpses. hear the horrifying accounts from ukrainians who have managed to escape the besieged city of mariupol. >>> and negotiators, including a russian oligarch, trying to hammer out a deal between ukraine and russia recently experienced skin peeling and sore eyes after a negotiating session. what happened? let's go outfront. >>> good evening, i'm erin burn

"erin burnett outfront" starts right now. >>> "out front" next, explosions in two major cities, the capitoll out vladimir putin. and volodymyr zelenskyy speaking to cnn from his hidden bunker in kyiv. plus an american couple's premature twins each weighing 4 pounds. the at

erin burnett "outfront" starts right now. >>> the breaking news. the u.s.ns russia could be on the verge of using chemical or biological weapons as ukraine accuses putin of general side after an attack on a maternity hospital. >>> lucky to be alive. a reporter shot while reporting outside kyiv. he'll tell me how he came under attack and survived. r >>> a chinese journalist gets access to the pro-russian forces in ukraine. why? >>> good evening. tonight the breaking news. the white house warning tonight that russia could use chemical weapons in ukraine. the white house press secretary jen psaki tweeting we should be on the look out of russia to use chemical or biological weapons in ukraine or create a false flag operation using them. it's a clear pattern. a chilling warning coming as ukrainian president accuses putin of general siocide after e on a maternity hospital. asking why the maternity hospital was bombed. >> children's hospital. maternity ward. why were they a threat to russian federation. what kind of country is russian federation that is afraid of

erin burnett "out front" starts right now. >>> "out front" next, president biden says flat out that vladimirr the country and who are the top generals leading that fight? we have a special report for you this hour. i'll speak with a man who lost his wife and children in that horrific attack. found out about their death on twitter. the image seen around the globe of that innocent family lifeless on the street. what he wants you to know now. let's go "out front."

"erin burnett outfront" starts right now. >>> outfront next, breaking news.ned down. >>> plus what's happening inside ru russia? a russian journalist forced off the air is

cnn's erin burnett spoke to him earlier. >> reporter: shelling continues both in the center part of kharkiv continues incessant shelling and firing and it seems like it has actually increased towards the evening and we had more air strikes and it seems like more of them hitting at residential blocks and infrastructure of the city, so basically the situation is dire. >> tragically kharkiv is just one of the ukrainian cities dealing with dire circumstances tonight. cnn's nick paton walsh reports on the situation. >> reporter: this is the road down which russia's war of annihilation lurks. its emphasis speaks only of what is to come from russian held kerrson up here from the vital port of mick coe live. out of 18 homes, ten are left in our village she says. no electricity, gas, water, or heat. the only ones left are those who can't leave another adds. they're young, edgy, guns raised. unsure who we are. press written on our vests and press cards slowly calms them down and they apologize. but this is not an army in full control of its destiny. the trenches are where the rockets land every night

"erin burnett outfront" starts now. >>> "out front" next, breaking news.th russia are only words as putin keeps up the attacks. tensions grow between putin. >>> plus, he was a filmmaker, went to the front lines to defend ukraine. now he's telling me what it's like to be a soldier. ukrainian soldier coming

erin burnett outfront starts right now. >>> an alarming announcement to the russians to stop shooting. a reporter lucky to be alive after coming face-to-face with a russian tank. >>> cnn is on board of a train full of children who are weak and sick trying to escape ukraine. >>> we begin with the breaking news. the russians closing in on a second nuclear reactor according to the united states. this is cn getting the first images from inside the nuclear plant it was being attacked just hours ago. the ukrainian government releasing video from inside the plant that is largest nuclear plant in europe. here is the chilling message that we hearing now for first time. >> you're endangerring the world. stop shooting at a nuclear hazardous facility. stop shoogtting at a nuclear hazard out facility. stop it. >> workers have now being lheld at gun point by russian soldiers according to ukrainian officials. there's confusion over what is happening and what happened inside the plant. a u.s. official said sensors around the nuclear power plant are not indicating radiation leakage. data from the plan

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. >> "erin burnett outfront" starts right now. >>> "out front" next, rising civilian death toll in ukrainesnipers while he waited in a bread line. plus we'll go inside vladimir putin's front line. like the god father, she says. and the most innocent victims. we're going to take you to a hospital stretched to the limits caring for the very, very youngest ukrainians. let's go "out front.

erin burnett starts right now. >>> "outfront" next, a key city in ukraine appears to be in control tonight. putin ramping up his air assault. plus, russia facing mounting allegations that it is using weapons banned by many countries, intended to inflict mass casualties. what are they? will putin use them against ukrainian civilians? out front tonight. and we'll take you inside a makeshift bomb shelter in a synagogue not far from the ta

"erin burnett outfront" starts right now. >>> out front next. breaking news.round in southern ukraine as the mayor of the sen second largest city tells me his people are under siege and konts bomba bombardment tonight. he says putin is intentionally targeting innocent civilians. plus, the west punishing putin looking to go after the pricey yachts, belonging to russia's richest. yachts that include missile defense systems and submarines in addition to massive pools. and we are live in moscow tonight, where citizens tell cnn that fae negative news about putin's invasion is, quote, fake news. let's go out front. go

erin burnett starts right now. >>> up next, biden headed to nato headquarters as putin ramps up his attacksops of holding people hostage. >>> remember the woman who protested the war, you saw her last night, she tells us what she went through after being arrested. >>

i'm erin burnett. and welcome to a special edition of "outfront." we begin this hour with breaking news. ukraine is refusing to meet russia's demands to surrender the city of mariupol. and that deadline is now formally passed just seconds ago. ukraine's deputy prime minister saying, there can be no question of any surrender or putting down arms. we have informed the russian side about it. ukraine's standing firm despite the other devastation that russia has inflicted on mariupol, today bombing an art school where the city council says 400 people may have been sheltering underneath it. that school across from a theater that was bombed that was week that was also being used as a shelter. missing are still missing in the rubble there. 800 are unaccounted for. yet this act of defiance tonight by ukraine categorically refusing the unconditional surrender that russia was trying to get for mariupol is complicating putin's plans, plans u.s. officials say, and we all have seen clearly, have not yet gone putin's way. >> i believe that he's taking these kinds

special edition of "erin burnett out foront" is next. >>> multiple explosions rocking ukraine tonight

erin burnett starts right now. >> up next, breaking news. kyiv under attack. our crew on the ground reporting major rocket fire tonight. russia claims it is scaling back on attacks there. plus, cheating death. a survivor of the theater bombing, the single deadliest attack of the war so far. speaking to cnn about how she narrowly escaped death. and a super yacht belonging to an unnamed russian businessman seize bid authorities tonight inside so-called infinite wine cellar. fresh water swimming pool. so what is that yacht's connection to vladimir putin? let's go out front. cnn's crew on the ground reporting they heard major artillery and rapid fire attack tonight. they scaled back on attacks in kyiv. that claim is coming after weeks failed attempts by russians to overtake the cities. ukrainian president zelenskyy calling out putin's empty promises tonight. >> translator: the signals that we hear from the negotiating platform can be called positive. but these signals don't drown out the explosions of russian bombs. >> president biden echoing zelenskyy tonight say

erin burnett "outfront" starts right now. >>> next, breaking news, united states says ukrainian forces have pushed russia back to the capital. kyiv regaining crucial ground as nato estimates up to 15,000 russian troops are dead. the governor in ukraine calls on r residents to help collect russian corpses that are piling up. and inside a rare face-to-face meeting between the u.s. and russia. saying he was depressed over what's happening in ukraine, but wait until you hear why. what does it tell us about putin's army? >>> plus, he was once the richest man in russia, but then he crossed putin and spent ten years in prison. he tells me why biden has putin all wrong. let's go "outfront." >>> "outfront" tonight, the breaking news. a big victory for ukraine and a mass barrage of fire in kyiv tonight. senior official tells cnn that east of kyiv, craukrainian forc have pushed russian forces back significantly. they were about 20 kilometers from the center of kyiv. they're now about 55 kilometers from the center and the battle for kyiv continues through the night. look at the striking new image.