brianna, you heard from the mayor, over 200. friend heard from someone searching for the bodies that over 400 at this point. we may never get an exact count. but when you see the scenes behind fred people searching for loved ones in a ditch, one death is a tragedy, a horror. in the meantime, let's go to christiane amanpour in kharkiv, northeastern ukraine, a place we haven't had any visibility with our reporters in some time. christiane, just tell us what you are seeing there. >> reporter: well, john, you can imagine that the people here in ukraine's second largest city are really terrified about anything we are seeing happening here as russian forces redirect to this part of the country. we have heard in the last 24, 36 hours we have been here constant and regular artillery. we saw this morning the result of just one mortar that fell in a residential complex. and in that neighborhood we're told there were 34 casualties, including seven deaths. and that's just yesterday. why am i here right now? i'm here in the metro in central

tell us why. >> good morning, brianna.stice to appeal this decision. i think at this point it is the wrong time with cases on the rise in the united states. it's the wrong time for us to be lifting the mandate. cdc really needs to have the ability to assess, look at the data, look at the evidence, look at the trajectory of disease of cases, hospitalizations to make the decision on whether or not the mandate is really important. the other reason i think this is really important is that cdc needs to retain its authority to really protect the public from introduction and spread of disease within the united states. and this decision by the federal judge in florida really needed to be challenged. >> you have seen some of the video of it being announced on planes, people getting on flights and the flight attendant says masks aren't mandatory any more and people are so thrilled. what do you say to people who are so sick and tired of wearing masks and they want to celebrate that it's not allowed on public transport? . >> brianna,

brianna? >> hi there fred. yeah, from more on what's happening on the ground, i want to go to ed lavandera who is actually live for us in the southern port city of odesa. ed, russia right now is really putting -- we've seen them putting a new general in charge of the onslaught there. how does this appointment change the landscape of this war? >> well, i think it's a question of expectations as to exactly what's going to happen here next. and the new general is aleksandr dvornikov. the u.s. army general describes him as the butcher of syria during that war there. he was known to decimate civilian neighborhoods in the quest to reach his objectives. and so there is great understanding and a great belief that he is going to simply employ many of those tactics that wreak so much havoc there in syria. and perhaps we're already getting an indication of that based on the missile strike at the train station in eastern ukraine that killed more than 50 civilians and wounded almost 100 others. but this is someone who has b

tell us what you found, fred. >> reporter: hi there, brianna. it was pretty wild actually, getting to chernobyl. we had to go off road because so much was destroyed when the russians invaded ukraine. when we got there, there's really two things that stood out. you can see the final checkpoint, actually, with the ukrainian forces that are towards belarus, where, of course, the russians came from but there's two things that really stuck out. object one hand, you're absolutely right. the russians appear to have exposed their own forces to radiation. in fact, what we found when we went to the quarter where the russians stayed as they were occupied in this place, they were increased radiation levels and the ukrainians told us that's because the russians ventured out into that area and then took the radiation back with them into their own quarters. what you're seeing on your screen right now, that's the really awful bit of this. this is where the russians kept a lot of the staff and security officials from the ukrainians underground in the bomb shelte

brianna, one more thing, you were mention thing that beautiful nighttime launch.so many people thought it totally impossible, now spacex has done it more than 100 times. the booster we saw return to earth just a few hours ago, that was the fourth time that it has had a successful landing and, brianna, i absolutely love this, spacex names its drone ships, these boosters return not on land, but on a ship that's floating in the water and the name of this drone ship, one of my favorites, it's called a shortfall of gravitas. quite the name. >> i love it. i always tell people because i've been lucky enough to see a night launch, you have to see it in-person. the video is amazing but it does not touch what it is like in-person, it is truly just something you have to see to really understand. kristen, thank you so much for that. really appreciate it. "new day" continues right now. >>> all right. good morning to viewers here in the united states and all around the world, it is wednesday, april 27th, i'm john berman with brianna keilar. karma is a cruel thing. breaking news

brianna?lling russia's actions in this country genocide. and the worst may still be ahead. there is new satellite imagery that shows russian forces deploying in eastern ukraine in preparation for a large scale assault. and this just in, a cnn team in northeastern kharkiv reporting witnessing intense shelling in a residential district. a local ukrainian official says russia appears to

putin's words, you know, skeptically, brianna.ig show yesterday of him saying he wasn't going to go into that plant and try to eradicate the people that are there. actions, not words. i think we have to watch and see what the russians actually do here. what we would tell you this morning, we still assess mariupol is contested, that it hasn't been taking by the russians and there is still an active ukraine yann resistance. so they continue to fight for that city. . >> we are hearing, john, of these audio recordings that the ukrainians have intercepted of russian troops talking how they are killing prisoners of war. are you confident they are authentic and is the u.s. working with ukraine to verify them? . >> we have not been able to verify those recordings. certainly we are aware of that. i would just tell you broadly speaking, brianna, we continue to get indications through information channels as well as intelligence that the russians have not solved their leadership challenges. they have not solved their command and control chal

brianna?ward. clarissa? >> reporter: well, brianna, ukrainian military officials are saying that russia is beefing up its forces along the border as they continue to soften the ground in preparation for this major offensive, according to the ukrainia

brianna? >> here in ukraine, president zelenskyy thanking president biden for calling russia's actions in this country genocide. and the worst may still be ahead. there is new satellite imagery that shows russian forces deploying in eastern ukraine in preparation for a large scale assault. and this just in, a cnn team in northeastern kharkiv reporting witnessing intense shelling in a residential district. a local ukrainian official says russia appears to be stepping up attacks in a new phase of military operations. and take a look at this, this is new video that we're just getting in of what appears to be explosions from a cluster bomb also in kharkiv, you see that car backing up, keep an eye on that, you see the explosion behind it and then others scattered around it to follow, even more after this. just this morning, president zelenskyy also accused russia of using phosphorous bombs to terrorize civilians. first, though, back to john berman, he's outside that brooklyn train station. berman?

brianna? >> yeah, it is a trauma every day still.bash, thank you so much for that very important report for us from warsaw, poland. >>> we do continue to follow some breaking news of that train station attack in kramatorsk. as many as 30 people reported dead now. this includes children. and president zelenskyy says that around 300 people were left hurt by this attack. i'm now joined by alexander kamchin, the head of ukrainian railways which services this area here. sir, thank you so much for being with us. these are horrific images that we are seeing here. what can you tell us about the latest on the casualties? sir, can you hear me? >> yeah, i do. >> what can you tell us about the latest on the casualties, the number of killed and injured there? >> the russians shelled the station of kramatorsk. we have 39 people killed. all civilians. we have 87 people injured. and indeed this shows they tried to kill civilians. they do block -- yesterday they bombed the breach which connects all the cities, like kramatorsk and others, with ukraine

i'm brianna keilar live in western ukraine.rnalist is reporting on alleged russian war crimes and the conditions that civilians in ukraine are facing, calling the current circumstances a desperate situation. even says families are being deported through filtration camps, which would be a violation of international humanitarian law. joining us is alex. what do you know about these filtration camps? >> the first information we got, the girl from mariupol, she contacted her mother, who was first deported from mariupol through the filtration camp as she called it. her grandmother died in this camp. her mother was moved further to another place. and the woman of ukraine said there is some information about the filtration camps. people are searching there. they checked all the phones, emails, private messages. they were sent somewhere else. and she also reported about this filtration camp in a region of russia. yesterday there were 400 ukrainians living there, including 100 children. and it was about 150 to come to this filtration ca

scott. >> reporter: hey, brianna.he middle east, syria and afghanistan. for this small country, that was a lot of people. now they suddenly have 30,000 ukrainian refugees. almost all of them women and children. the last two months, this has been a mad scramble for the government to find plates for them to stay. hotels are quite expensive. instead, the government came one this. this is the top deck of a cruise ship. normally this would be shuttling people back and forth from latvia to sweden. now it is parked here in talinn. this is the 11th floor. there are seven other floors that look a lot like this with a lot more space, actually, where people can gather, mill about. the kids can run around and be kids here. they have all the space in the world. the rooms are extremely small here. some will only hold about a bed and maybe a tiny little bathroom. so there's not a whole lot of room. that is a lot better than a school gymnasium or sheltering in a bomb shelter in ukraine. the government tells me that by and large eston

and we thank you for talking with us about it. >> thank you very much, brianna.r the great segment on trevor reed. >> oh, yes. very exciting news. very exciting news there, dr. birx. thank you so much. we have more on our breaking news as she mentioned there, american trevor reed released from custody in russia in a prisoner swap. what does this mean for talks between the west and russia during this war? >>> and -- >> four, three, two, one, zero. ignition. and liftoff. >> nasa astronauts heading to the space station, making history in the process. children under 18 in the united states developed coronavirus antibodies by the end of february. it is unclear when the results -- what the results mean and for protection against future infections. >> this morning, the funeral service for former secretary of state madeleine albright is going to be held at the washington national cathedral. president biden will be there delivering the eulogy. >> a court and militarysentencis former leader for corruption. the nobel laureate led myanmar for five years. >>> madison cawthorn

brianna keilar live in lviv in western ukraine.at did she go through before she escaped? >> reporter: it was horrific. she managed to get her kids out and went back to bucha to get her mother but got stuck because that's when the russian tanks rolled in. she ended uptak taking shelter a basement very cold, terrible conditions. her mother, 70, the oldest person and the youngest person was 8 months old. here's what she told us about her experience. >> about 50 or 70 people for ten days in the cellar in the very center of the town of bucha. children among us and the youngest one was eight months only and the oldest probably was my mom and she's 17. besides, there was a woman who was pregnant on the 39th week and for days, it was impossible to get through to the hospital because the hospital was the other side of the main road. all the fighting there. and we were very lucky because we were staying in the center of the town and he had two big supermarkets nearby, and our men were very brave. >> reporter: natalia talks about how they wou

our brianna keilar joins us now from lviv in western ukraine.o said she has to be strong for their children. understandably so. how does she do it and what has the experience been like for them? >> one of the ways she does it, jim, is she's had to do it before. i spoke with luba, who does have two kids ask and another one on way, and she was quick to remind me she's not a military spouse at this point in time as so many might be. her husband was drafted and that's the case for many here in ukraine. he signed up back in 2014 with the ukranian army then, and she thought that was going to be it, but here he is fighting again. she said sometimes she's angry with him for joining the armed forces again, even though she knows he really had no choice, but most of all she is so angry that this war is happening. >> translator: my kids, they know that the war is happening. they know that their father is in the military. somon is going through this as an adult. he understands everything. my daughter will sometimes run to me and cry and say she's afraid her

john, brianna? >> clarissa, kharkiv is just so emblematic of, i think, what vladimir putin expected and what the ukrainians were not going to go along with. like you said, it's so connected to russia, it's right there near the border and of course there's strong resistance there. what are people there telling you, even as they're enduring this, and they are remaining or fleeing? >> reporter: well, this is what's so hard to get your head around, brianna, because if i lived in a city that was being bombarded in this way, i would probably flee. i'm not that brave. but the people of kharkiv are staying put. this is a city of about 1.5 million, they estimate as many as a million people are still here. now, obviously we have no way of being able to verify that number, but certainly you do still see that people are here. even in the hardest hit areas, there's a place on the northeastern outskirts that we spent some time in over the weekend. incredibly dangerous. relentless bombardment. there are still peop

cnn's brianna keilar joins us now from lviv and brianna, it is almost exhausting, right, to see thesewitness the civilians suffering. you spoke to the mayor yesterday. how did it describe it all? >> he basically described, jim, a city that is raised, right? these were high-rise buildings and they have been pancaked with people inside of them. we heard from president zelenskyy saying that borodianka is even more dreadful than b bucha. there were more than 300 believed to be dead in bucha and in borodianka, believed to be even larger. he also said when i interviewed him, there's a lot of rubble but doesn't have much hope of survivals. >> the city is completely destroyed in terms of its infrastructure. the power lines are down. water and gas supply pipelines destroyed. even sewage pipelines are destroyed so effectively, the city was turned into the prehistoric conditions and it's uninhabitable at the moment. >> so right now, this is what people, ukrainians on the eastern side of the country are looking at. they're looking at what the russian forces left as they departed from the kyiv are

>> well, brianna, before the russian invasion we had about 80,000 u.s.feeder command is what it's called. we plussed up about 25,000 service members, added strategic assets, tactical assets, weapons and equipment. and i think what we are going to see a long-term shift as well from fewer number of large garrisons and bases to a larger number of smaller garrisons and bases throughout eastern europe. i think we will see distribution of the u.s. basing to more eastern-flanked countries. that's going to take years to do. certainly we are going to evolve as the russian threat evolves. >> are we going to see you here in ukraine? do you want to come over to ukraine? >> i do want to come over. and i've actually made some requests to do that. i think it's time to start showing american support on the ground in ukraine. i will continue to push to do that. ukrainians certainly would love to see americans in and around ukraine to have boots on the ground, so to speak in a nonmilitary way, but diplomatic way, in addition to the substantial military assistance we've be

brianna. >> it is horrific. and some of the more errors, a continuation of some of the more errors we have been seeing and hearing about in mariupol. i want to bring in the deputy mayor of mariupol. we are witnessing this now in kramatorsk. we understand there have been mobile crematorium facilities. this is something we have not been able to independently verify. is this something that you have seen evidence of, that you have talked to people who have seen evidence of? >> hello. we received a lot of information and continue to investigate this issue. so what do we have? we know that 10, 12, 15, 20 days ago, there were a lot of bodies on the street. we saw it on images. we saw it on photos, we saw it in the words of witnesses. and it was thousands of killed people all over the street. so we had a lot of information when you come to 100 meters when you come to any city, seeing a killed person. and they start to disappear when it was well-known about bucha, about irpin. and we understand a lot of russians start to

brianna keilar is in lviv, ukraine, for us this morning. hi, brianna. >> hi there, christine. atrocities left behind after russian forces retreat from the region around kyiv. and we do want to warn you that these are disturbing images that you are going to see. in the town of bucha, which is northwest of the capital, these are images showing the bodies of civilians, and a cnn crew was taken to a mass grave that the mayor said may contain up to 300 bodies. outraged western leaders accusing russia of war crimes. they are now calling for investigations and escalating sanctions. more now from cnn's fred pleitgen who is on the ground in bucha. >> reporter: as russian forces retreat from the area north of kyiv, in their wake, scenes of utter destruction. whole blocks of houses flattened. ukrainian authorities saying they believe dead bodies are still lying underneath. but here, the dead also lay in the open. ukrainian national police showed us this mass grave in bucha, saying they believed up to 150 civilians might be buried here, but no one knows the exact number. people killed whi

brianna. >> it's horrific.w confused and scared all the drivers in the cars are there. ed, thank you so much for that report from odesa. we do appreciate it. all of this is coming as vladimir putin claims talks with ukraine hit a dead end and new evidence showing his forces are amassing in the east. >>> in the east, the manhunt intensifying after the subway attack in new york city. we are live on the ground next. lactaid is 100% real milk, just without the lactose. tastes great in our iced coffees too. which makes waking up at 5 a.m. to milk the ws a little easier. (moo) mabel says forou, it's more like 5:15. man: mom, really? allergies don't have to be scary. spraying flonase daily stops your body from overreacting to allergens all season long. psst! psst! flonase all good. panera chefs have crafted a masterpiece... succulent, seared chicken... a secret aioli... clean ingredients... in a buttery brioche roll. made fresh, to leave you... speechless. panera's new chef's chicken sandwiches. $1 delivery fee on our

brianna, it's not just georgians here.ving in this country that have left russia since this invasion began, who are very much opposed to this war. you know, earlier this week we actually got to meet some of those russians who are not happy with this war. we spoke to one woman who has a pretty extraordinary story. here's her story. down a tbilisi side street across from a church lies a bar called grail, a holy place of sorts for a cold lager and a conversation. and bar owner vikente alexiev, who's russian, has had one particular conversation a lot more lately. >> i moved here days ago. >> a lot more russians coming in? why are people leaving? >> because they're scared. >> reporter: we met a half dozen such people but one stoos out, alisa left russia with her husband a few days after the war began. you couldn't take it any more after this invasion? >> yes. it was an additional trigger. i just had to leave. >> reporter: the 33-year-old has long been a member of russia's opposition in favor of dem democracy, she says, not puti

. >> i'm brianna keilar live in lviv, ukraine. we begin with breaking news, world leaders around the globe taking unprecedented action to isolate russia. the united states general assembly voting soon on suspending russia from the u.n. human rights council as more evidence of their atrocities in ukraine come to light and in washington, the senate voting to end normal trade relations with russia and they move to ban imports of russian oil. all of this as fighting intensifies on the eastern front of ukraine. its military says it shot down three russian cruise missiles overnight near zaporizhzhia as ukraine makes another desperate plea to nato for more weapons. cnn's nic robertson on the u.n. vote to suspend russia from the human rights council. it is odd that russia, doing what it's doing, is even on the human rights council. what are we expecting to happen here, nic? >> reporter: russia takes pride in having strong positions on all the u.n. bodies that it can because it sees it as prestige. that's been president putin's sort of bas

brianna? >> scott, thank you so much for that report from lviv. >>> i want to bring in cnn military analyst, retired army general james spider. if i can i want to focus on what appear to be ukrainian counter strikes in russian-controlled areas or russia itself. russia claims a fuel depot hit here and mortar attacks on a checkpoint inside russia. again, the ukrainians haven't acknowledged responsibility for this, but if this is the ukrainians, what do they get out of this? how important are these counter strikes? >> these deep strikes, as they are known, are absolutely critical for the ukrainians to establish the initiative in terms of how russia will deploy its forces. let's look at the map. the strikes that you talked about were here and in the vicinity up there. what ukraine needs to do and increase the pace of that is to strike deep into russia and into russian-held territory. by doing that, that alters how russia can then deploy its forces into the fight. instead of a strong advance, what

brianna keilar is in ukraine. good morning, brianna. >> good morning, christine. the threat remains this morning long after russian troops retreated from the outskirts of kyiv amid debris and corpses. they deliberately planted thousands of mines, something he calls a war crime. ukraine's prosecutor general telling cnn general her office is building more than 5800 cases of war crimes committed during russia's invasion. there are also unconfirmed reports of a chemical attack in the southern port city of mariupol. local and u.s. officials confirming the report is unconfirmed. president zelenskyy says the possibility should be taken seriously. we begin on the ground with this report from fred pleitgen near the capitol. >> reporter: the tour is a sad routine for the body collectors in the outskirts of kyiv. finding corpses has become eas eerily normal here. >> a body burned beyond recognition. a mangled car wreck. two bodies burned beyond recognition. a house that wasccupied by russian troops. an elderly woman dead in the bedroom. a fierce fight by the underdog ukraini

>> brianna, good morning. the real concept we have to move and see exactly how the russians are responding to things. what they're doing is they're making things in essence very different from what our force posture was structured for. so as a result of that, the way that the president is talking about this, we really have to look at how we respond to what the russians are doing. whether it's the missile launch or what's happening here in ukraine. these are the kinds of things that are made challenges for u.s. security right now. and that's why the president said we need to move and make sure that we can respond to crises like this, as well as other crises that are out there. >>> there is a view, cedric, that due to supply issues, command issues, low morale, that russia has no more likelihood to win in the east than it did in the north. i have heard this from senior officials in the pentagon, acting ambassador to ukraine yesterday. do you agree with that view? >> i do. there are going to be a lot of different

i'm john berman with brianna keilar. to evacuate hundreds of civilians from the steel plant there was supposed to begin today. but officials report russian troops are blocking part of this complex. now, this site has become something of a last line of defense for ukrainians in that city. officials say it was hit by 50 air strikes in the last 24 hours, the situation is critical. just a few moments we'll hear from the deputy mayor of mariupol, among those trapped in the plant, dozens of children, the youngest just four months old. also breaking overnight, new signs of ukrainian counterstrikes in areas controlled by russia or inside russia itself, this is a fuel depot, attacked and set on fire in parts of donetsk. this is an area controlled by russian-backed forces. ukraine is not commenting on that. and the russians also claim that a checkpoint at a village in kursk was hit by mortar fire. that is, again, inside russia, but not far from the ukrainian border. >>> and some new images of heavy damage in kyiv. president zelens

brianna, they say it's not over until it's over.nk you so much. really appreciate it. >>> the recent dropping of mask mandates has many people wondering just how well protected we are against the coronavirus. our best defense is our immunity from infection or from vaccination. but as cnn's dr. sanjay gupta explains, not all protection is the same. >> reporter: in this lab at emory university, scientists like this are working to answer one of the most common questions of the pandemic. how much protection does a previous covid infection provide? >> a vaccine response, all individuals will have high antibodies that wane over time. you will have individuals with very low and very high antibody responses. >> reporter: take a look at this graph from people with immunity from a prior infection. see how varied the blue lines and dots are. it is all over the place. it is proof, he says, that not all infections are the same. but with vaccines, a much more predictable, consistent antibody response. but how do you use this data to make decision

i am brianna keilar. john berman is off. john avlon is with us this morning. great to have you here. russia launching strikes across ukraine, sparing no city. four missile strikes hitting lviv overnight. seven people were killed, a dozen others injured, including a child among those casualties. officials say three of the missiles hit warehouses not being used by the military. the blast shattered windows at a hotel housing evacuees. the attacks breaking a relatively calm in the western city that has largely been spared. no civilian targets have yet been hit. even the curfew in lviv was relaxed. people were starting to breathe i think a little better. but this is a sign that la leave practically on nato's doorstep, 43 miles from the poland border, not safe. there were strikes in luhansk. the governor urging people to evacuate, saying there are no safe places left in the region. >>> and kreminna has fallen into russian hands. they entered the town with a huge amount of equipment. some tried to escape in their vehicles and russians opened fire on their car, killin

brianna keilar is in lviv, ukraine. what's the latest? >> vold odymyr zelenskyy saying this may be just the beginning. the number of victims may be much higher in other cities around kyiv now liberated from russian control. and a warning now that much of this video is graphic and disturbing. in bucha alone, zelenskyy said more than 300 people were killed and counting. russia will try to cover up the violence committed in bucha and elsewhere. on cue russia claiming ukrainian's fake video in the street after russian troops left the area. objects from this march 18th satellite view exactly match the locations of bodies that are seen in the video. journalists from around the world are on the ground in bucha as witnesses to this horror. here's dan rivers. >> reporter: the gateway to bucha, there are the mangled remains of russian vehicles and the blown bridge which marks the extent of their advance and nearby the burnt bodies of soldiers killed here by a ukrainian counter. dated russian machinery was pitted against the latest western supplied

>> hi, brianna. thank you for having us today.ut invasion, i was terrified. just a few weeks before the invasion, i brought her to my parents. and the first second i heard about invasion, i knew i should get her out of there. >> her father, your ex-husband, a russian citizen who lives in the u.s., he got her out of ukraine? how did he do that? . >> well, that was big trip. it was a 10-day trip for him. he had to fly from logan airport in boston with qatar airlines. he flew to qatar. from qatar he flew blissy. he went from the georgian border to russia. and he was hitch hiking and taking buses and trains to get to crimea. . >> and he was able to get her out through russia, then through armenia, as i understand it, and eventually home -- home safe to you. both your parents and your ex-husband's parents don't believe what's happening. they believe russian propaganda. can you tell us about that? . >> yes. and this is devastating. because the moment i spoke to my parents, it felt like they were different people. and i have great relati

i'm brianna keilar in lviv, ukraine, with john berman in new york.e may only be scratching the surface of russia's atrocities in ukraine with what we now know. other towns and cities may be worse than what we have seen in bucha, we are being told. a kyiv suburb that russian forces turned into a killing field before leaving. the world left reeling by the unimaginable brutality there. we do want to warn you that the images you're about to see are disturbing. a cnn team witnessed the removal of five bodies from a basement in bucha. they were in an advanced stage of decomposition, found in an area that had been held by the russian military. a ukrainian official says they were tortured and executed. the death toll in bucha alone is believed to be well over 300. and the deputy prime minister of ukraine told me that casualties could be even worse there than in other cities. >> translator: also fully o occupied for a while and we had no access. we could not see what was happening there. therefore we are inviting journalists, criminal experts and anybody with

i'm brianna keilar live in lviv with john berman in new york.want to warn you that the images you are about to see are graphic and disturbing, but they are incredibly important. in bucha, a suburb northwest of kyiv, bodies are seen littering the streets. the unburied dead. some with hands bound, killed execution style. sickening scenes of murdered civilians revealed after russian troops withdrew from areas surrounding kyiv. the mayor of bucha told us earlier half of his city is destroyed. they said they will never forgive the russian people for the crimes that have been committed there. >> translator: we get the impression that the russian occupiers have got the green light from putin and the russian defense minister to have a safari in ukraine. and they weren't able to take kyiv. so they vented their frustration on bucha and the surrounding areas. >>> here in a moment we will see show you the entirety of the interview. it is essential to hear what he has to say there. these atrocities against civilians are sparking global outcry, sparking conde

brianna? >> let's begin in the eastern city of dnipro with cnn's chief international correspondent, clarissa ward. clarissa? >> reporter: well, brianna, ukrainian military officials are saying that russia is beefing up its forces along the border as they continue to soften the ground in preparation for this major offensive, according to the ukrainian military, there are now command and control components as well as aviation assets along that border. and many of the troops who took part in the northern failed offensive above and around kyiv have now taken positions in order to participate in this offensive. it is a three-pronged attack, reportedly. coming down from the north to the east, up to the south, as they soften the ground, we suffer ourselves these towns, these front lines in the donbas region are being shelled day in, day out. we visited one, where many people are desperate to evacuate, but told us they simply don't have the means to do it. the town is no stranger to war. eight years t

brianna keilar is in lviv, ukraine, for us. brianna, good morning. what's the latest there? >> reporter: good morning to you. we are actually under air raid alert here in the lviv region. it was just -- we just heard sirens here moments ago and this is the case -- i'm actually looking at a map right now of all of ukraine and almost every region is under an air raid alert, which is something that is pretty unusual here for recent days. in the meantime, and perhaps connected, a major setback for russia this morning, a huge blow to the country's military and to its morale. the sinking of a key russian war ship, the moskva which ukraine claims they hit with neptune missiles, cnn can't independently confirm what caused the daniel to the ship but, remember, this is the same ship that attacked snake island, was part that have attack on day one of this invasion that spawned that famous saying cursed out by ukrainian soldiers on the island who said russian warship go f yourself, now commemorated on a stamp with that phrase as well. in an interview ukraine's national security adviser

brianna? >> yeah, this is the squeeze that we are seeing and so many people are suffering. vanessa, thank you for that great report. we do appreciate it. >>> "new day" continues right now. >> announcer: this is cnn breaking news. >>> welcome to our viewers in the united states and all around the world, it is thursday, april 28th, i'm john berman with brianna keilar and we do have major breaking news this morning for millions of parents with young children and babies. moments ago moderna announced it is seeking emergency use authorization for its covid vaccine for children six months through 5 years old. this has been the missing link, these people -- kids -- have not been covered, not been able to be vaccinated until this point. >> am i smiling? i think i'm smiling. the pharmaceutical giant is presenting data from its latest studies to support this move. the company believes this vaccine will be able to safely protect children against the virus. >> joining me now cnn chief medical correspondent dr. sanjay gupta. okay, sanjay, give us the numbers here. give us the presentati

brianna keilar is anchoring our coverage from lviv. brianna, i know it's quiet now but what is it that people are bracing for? >> reporter: a lot in the east, a lot of fears about what's ahead here. let's get some updates here on what's happening on the ground. i want to go now to cnn's he had lavandera live for us in odesa. this appointment, ed, of this new general leading the russian charge has so many officials worried about what's to come. >> reporter: there's no question. general david petraeus calls him the butcher of syria. this is the russian general that led the russian attacking there several years ago, hallmarked by a devastating campaign against civilian neighborhoods, decimating cities in civilian areas. there is large reason to believe that perhaps that is going to be the tactic that russian forces continue deploying in eastern ukraine as they work to regroup and move their forces and weaponry to that area of the country. and it's something we've already seen here in the last few days, a train station attack were more tha

brianna keilar is in ukraine. breaking news this morning. brianna? >> laura and christine, beginning with breaking news. the western part of ukraine is under attack. officials say air defense officials say they shot down missiles in borodakiv. the situation in mariupol is worsening with no light, heat, medicine or water as heavy airstrikes pound the city. even as russia sticks to the story that the troops are not targeting civilian homes or infrastructure, things we know to be untrue. this security footage shows the moment that an ambulance parked outside of a children's hospital in mikolaiv was hit by an artillery shell on monday. it is images like these, horrible images like these along with sickening pictures emerging out of bucha that left president vold mer zelenskyy outraged when he addressed the u.n. security cou council. today president biden will speak to the council. what are we expecting? >> so, brianna, let's talk about the fighter jet attacks overnight. what we've seen is that these are being shot down by air systems according to the ukr

angi... and done. >>> i'm brianna keilar in western ukraine.ng news that major fighting is under way in the eastern part of the country where russian forces have turned their focus. but new cnn reporting reveals vladimir putin may not be done with the capital, with kyiv. cnn's natasha bertrand joins us with new reporting on this. i think this is certainly a concern of many people who left kyiv. they don't necessarily want to go back, even though it appears to be safer immediately. they fear the russian forces will be back. >> that's exactly right, brianna. u.s. and western officials do believe right now russia is replying and they are going to launch a major new offensive in the eastern part of the country. but what they are fearing and preparing for is the possibility that if and when the russian forces are able to consolidate control over the entire part of the east that they want to take over, the donbas region essentially, he could then use that as a launching pad to relaunch operations into the west of ukraine, including the kyiv region. n

brianna: i do not know how possible it is, but i do think it is a good ideal to strive for.ot of misconceptions about the trust and safety policy have been because there is this veil between what happens on the team and the public. i found a very notable with my work with them i was encouraged not to speak about it ever. i only spoke about it this week because i felt the stakes were so high and it was worth kind of talking about my expenses on the team because of this misconception that it was a bunch of democratic people behind the scenes trying to silence conservatives. absolutely not my expenses all. i think we have these policies applied more transparently ethic would be good for getting the trust of all users. what i find it so interesting, emily, is from my perception, if you look at twitter and their ability to address things we all agree should not be on the platform. things like death threats and rape threats, they do a much better job than their competitors, better than facebook and read it, they have never gotten the public credit that they deserve for that. if th

i'm brianna keilar in lviv, ukraine, with john berman in new york. we're beginning with breaking news. vladimir putin's shifting his war strategy, major fighting under way right now in eastern ukraine. a local military official in luhansk is warning civilians to leave some towns before it is too late. nato leaders have been expecting putin to start targeting the donbas region where luhansk is located. military analysts caution this new chapter in the war if it materializes, could last years. also breaking, explosions overnight in western lviv, about 45 miles from where i am right now, not far from the polish border. that, of course, is nato territory. ukrainian air force officials say that two suspected russian cruise missiles were downed last night before they could do any damage. in the meantime, ukraine's president volodymyr zelenskyy is turning up the pressure on the west, he is demanding the united nations do more to protect ukraine, even questioning why the council exists if it allows the slaughter to continue. >> translator: civilians were cru

brianna keilar is in washington. we do have breaking news. reports of a ukrainian strike inside russia. we want to show you some new video. it shows a fire at a fuel depot near the ukrainian border in bell going rod. this was attacked by two ukrainian helicopters flying in at low altitude. cnn cannot confirm this claim. we were told there were no victims. but this would be a very significant development and an extraordinary counterattack by the ukrainians. russians have been attacking ukraine's fuel depos for weeks. >>> also this morning, new attacks in the donbas region in eastern ukraine. russia conditions to prioritize military operations in the separatist controlled area. >> translator: the situation in the southern direction and in the donbas remains extremely difficult. russian troops are accumulating the potential for strikes and powerful blows. >> zelenskyy is also sending a warning to what he calls traitors within the ukrainian military. he fired two generals, saying, quote, if you don't decide where your homeland is, you will be pun

i'm brianna keilar in washington with jim sciutto in ukraine. mariupol is on the brink of falling into russian hands with russia saying it can take control of the steel plant in three to four days. vladimir putin announced storming the area is no longer

it is thursday, april 14th, i'm brianna keilar in lviv, ukraine, with john berman in new york. a large scale assault on the donbas region could be just days or even hours away, according to french military officials. the kremlin clearly stating that its mission in donbas is to conquer it as we reach the 50th day of russia's war in ukraine. kyiv could also be targeted, the russian military threatening to strike ukrainian decision-making centers including those in the capital. there are contradicting reports about a critically important russian warship in the black sea that has suffered heavy damage. the kremlin says there was a fire on board its flagship vessel. the ukrainians claim they hit the ship with a missile attack. >> the ukrainians just released new images purporting to show a special forces operation that blew up a bridge in the kharkiv region as a group of russian military vehicles heading to donbas was crossing it. ukraine says armored cars and trucks there were destroyed. russia is also releasing video, which aired on russian state tv, so consider the source, claimi

brianna keilar is live in lviv, ukraine. brianna, good morning. >> reporter: good morning, laura.e're beginning with breaking news. overnight we've learned three cruise missiles were shot down near zaporizhzhia. our cnn team on the ground heard what sounded like antiaircraft and one loud explosion. this is as people are being told to get out. ukrainian officials also accusing the russian forces of using mobile cream ma tore yums to burn bodies to hide evidence of war crimes. cnn cannot verify these claims. coming from local officials. president biden vowing to rachet up the pain on president putin with new sanctions. zelenskyy praising the move while also saying it isn't enough. >> translator: if there is no really painful package of sanctions for russia, there is no supply of weapons to us, weapons which we have asked for, this will be considered by russia as permission, the green light to go forward to start a new bloody wave of attacks in donbas. >> we're also getting a bird's eye view of new drone video we're seeing here. this is what you're looking at. you're seeing footage f

i'm brianna keilar in lviv, ukraine, with john berman in new york. and we're beginning with breaking news. horrible news out of eastern ukraine. we have to warn you here, these images are disturbing to see. this is the scene in kramatorsk this morning, another heinous act of brutality against innocent civilians. new images showing a russian missile strike on a crowded train station where thousands of people were trying to evacuate. first responders say at least 30 people were killed, including at least two children. 300 more are injured. the estimates here vary and so we're trying to look into that as well. the 300 number of injured according to ukrainian president volodymyr zelenskyy. bodies lying on the ground, the suitcases of these people next to them covered in tarps. you can see blood everywhere. innocent civilians trying just to escape, trying to escape from hell. ukraine's foreign minister calls this a deliberate slaughter. just look at these images from four days ago, where you see families on crowded platforms, waiting, waiting for trains t

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. >>> i'm brianna keilar live in lviv, where you can hear the air raid sirens going off, actually anlear for this area. we have breaking news. a major announcement from the u.s. add bass door to united nations. cnn's bianna golodryga is covering this from romania. >> i'm bianna golodryga reporting from the central train station whereas many as 600,000 refugees have come through fleeing their war-torn nature. short li we'll be hearing from the u.s. ambassador to the u.n. responding to the at strosities coming out of bucha. she'll return to the united states and the united nations where she'll be holding a vote seeking russia's removal from the human rights koun the sill. >> it's our intention to hold a meeting and call for a vote to suspend russia from the human rights council. >> you think you'll get the two-thirds needed? >> i know we're going to get it. anyone looking at the scenes have to ask whether russia should be on the council. this is beyond horrific. it's unacceptable, and we will ask countries to support us in that action. >> joining us is ida sawyer, the crisis and confli

. >> cnn's brianna keilar joins us now from lviv in eastern ukraine. brianna, president volodymyr zelenskyy is about to address the u.n. security council. what do you expect to hear from him? >> reporter: we're expecting, bianna, that he's going to highlight these atrocities. we are seeing them in bucha. hundreds of bodies have been reported, but now we're hearing about it from other villages, from other cities where russian forces once occupied and now that they have withdrawn or been pushed out, you're seeing what they're leaving in their wake. and that's the message that president zelenskyy is going to be taking to the u.n. he did say yesterday that these atrocities make it more difficult to negotiate with russia. he want to be coming from a position of strength, obviously, in negotiations and so he's going to be pressuring the u.n., he's going to be pressuring the west and his allies to put more pressure on russia. i spoke earlier with the deputy prime minister of ukraine and she said it really comes down to an oil embargo, a gas embargo against ru

i'm john berman with brianna keilar.tary of state antony blinken and defense secretary lloyd austin to kyiv. this was the first time that high-level u.s. officials visited ukraine since the russian