send men, women and children scrambling to get away, even as explosions ring out. >> duncan: charlie d'agatashowing us the harsh realities of war, charlie, going back to mariupol, a ceasefire collapsed two days in a row. is another attempt even possible? >> reporter: jericka, you have to hope so. because the ceasefire has been agreed upon. it has been for the past couple of days. and a humanitarian corridor, they are just not adhering to it, one sign of hope, there are peace talks that are going to be taking place between ukrainian and russian delegations tomorrow. >> duncan: before you go if i could ask another quick question, where you are in kyiv, what are people on the ground saying who decided to stay? obviously two weeks ago there were different sentiments. many people didn't even think what we are seeing was truly possible. >> reporter: oh jericka, they know it's coming now. and they are preparing for it. men are arming themselves, barricades that you have seen throughout the city, they are grimly determined and serious about what is to happen. volunteers are all pitching in, in terms

norah. >> o'donnell: stay safe, charlie d'agata, thank you. vitali klitschko is the mayor where charlie is in kyiv. he's been documenting the war on mise social media ladies and la. we spoke with him about the fight for his nation's survival. is your city in the crosshairs tonight under yh. it's every night, during the day, during the night. people spend weeks and underground in bunkers. people are so angry. it's no panic. instead of panic, they want to fight, they want to defend the city. >> o'donnell: mayor, you have warned russians could carry out a chemical attack. do you see any evidence that that could happen soon? >> everything the possible. we see in this war russia doesn't have rules, doesn't have war rules. they kill children, women, children. the thousands of people, thousands of civilians already died. they are with any price to be in kyiv. i hope it's not with chemical weapons with the civilian population. with any price, they want to win. >> o'donnell: that was our conversation with the mayor earlier today. meanwhile, some of the

and that's where cbs' charlie d'agata is tonight. vening, charlie. >> reporter: good evening to you, norah. more explosions tonight. the fourth round of peace talks took place with no other breakthrough than the plan to resume talks tomorrow. ukrainian president volodymyr zelensky described the talks as difficult, but is hoping for progress, even as fighting rages on. the bombardment of that base is the farthest the russians have reached yet and the nearest they've come to hitting nato allies. it's part of a dramatic escalation in airstrikes and artillery attacks across ukraine. rockets took out a tv tower in rivne, far west of the capitol, killing nine. early this morning, a missile strike in kyiv left an apartment building in flames and rescuers scrambling to save survivors. as russian troops close in on the capital, video from the ukrainian defense ministry shows soldiers taking up positions and fighting back. they need every weapon they can get and, at a car repair shop, we found a small team reassigning weapons ripped off russian

our coverage tonight begins with cbs' charlie d'agata in kyiv. >> reporter: there is no escape from mariupol. the temporary cease-fire that should have allowed the safe evacuation of as many as 200,000 residents was shattered by renewed shelling for the second day in a row. both sides blaming each other for opening fire. the southern port city has been the target of a sustained and merciless russian bombardment for days. the city's hospital can't keep up with the amount of civilian casualties. a young man rushes into the emergency room, cradling his 18-month-old son, injured in the shelling. emergency teams do everything they can, but the little boy can't be saved. his mother breaks down in tears in disbelief, almost collapsing in grief. and then kisses her child goodbye. russia's offensive has advanced ever closer to the capital itself. residents are digging in, preparing for the worst. volunteers provide hot drinks and stew. last week, this 25-year-old was a drummer. now he's making molotov cocktails. what help do you want from america? >> we need shotguns from them, and people. the army h

>> brennan: charlie d'agata, thank you.turn to odesa for a look at how the ukrainians are coping. >> reporter: it is is pendulum of war, first deathly loud. then at once, a deafening silence. in the black seaport city, the morgues are full, mostly with civilians. ththese victims laid out in the freezing cold. among shows spared, a woman at an abandoned supermarket. they are people putin says he wants to protect, says the mayor. >> i think the main idea is to kill ukrainians as much as they can. it is a complete lie when they say they want to protect us. they want to kill as many as they can. >> reporter: human obstacles on the road to odesa, the former crown jewel of the russian empire, and today ukraine's biggest port. it is a city half deserted. but there is optimism, like this soldier who calls himself snake. 15 days we've stood up to the second biggest army in the world, he says. it is weaker than us. others fill sandbags where russia fleets will come ashore any day. sergei, a plastic surgeon, is ready to stitch up sold

and that's where cbs' charlie d'agata is tonight. lie. >> reporter: good evening to you, norah. more explosions tonight. the fourth round of peace talks took place with no other breakthrough than the plan to resume talks tomorrow. ukrainian president volodymyr zelenskyy described the talks as difficult, but is hoping for progress, even as fighting rages on. the bombardment of that base is the farthest the russians have reached yet and the nearest they've come to hitting nato allies. it's part of a dramatic escalation in airstrikes and artillery attacks across ukraine. rockets took out a tv tower in rivne, far west of the capitol, killing nine. early this morning, a missile strike in kyiv left an apartment building in flames and rescuers scrambling to save survivors. as russian troops close in on the capital, video from the ukrainian defense ministry shows soldiers taking up positions and fighting back. they need every weapon they can get and, at a car repair shop, we found a small team reassigning weapons ripped off russian military v

charlie d'agata reports today from kyiv. charlie? >> reporter: good morning, margaret.rific situation unfolding in mariupol took tuthukn ofcials have accused ru bombing a hundreds were taking shelter, and now claim residents are being forcibly taken to rua. they lie where they died, so many bodies all over mariupol. some buried right on the spot. drone footage reveals the extraordinary destruction after weeks of relentless bombing, whole neighborhoods in ruins in what human rights groups describe as a catastrophe. city council officials say russian soldiers are forcibly deporting several thousand residents to russian ter territory, like at this refugee center. this resident said they didn't have much choice. the russian soldiers gave us 10 minutes, saying if you want to live, go. her husband, victor, said the whole of mariupol is gone. there is nothing left alive there. in a late-night address, president volodymyr zelenskyy condemned russia's constant bombardment saying the terror inflicted on this peaceful city will be remembered for centuries.e erwitex the doors. civn

. >> charlie d'agata, with that powerful interview. thank you, charlie. >>> let's turn now to moscow, where wnba star brittney griner will be held in jail at least another two months, that's according to russia state media. griner was seen entering court today, the first public appearance since her arrest at an airport last month for allegedly having cannabis vape cartridges in her luggage. griner was part of a group of wnba stars who played in russia during the off-season. let's turn now to some big headlines tonight on the covid front. here in washington, the prime minister of ireland had to miss st. patrick's day celebrations with president biden, after the irish leader tested positive for covid. cbs' meg oliver reports now on the return of st. paddy's day parades, amid concerns over that new strain ofcovid. >> reporter: today, thousands of people lined up along new york city's famed fifth avenue to celebrate st. patrick's day without covid restrictions. >> it's been two years of us doing it virtually or just with close family, and n

we have a team of reporters on this story and cbs's charlie d'agata will start us off from the capitol of kyiv. good evening, charlie. >> reporter: good evening to you, norah. president volodymyr zelensky pleaded for international support today asking once again for u.s. and nate to impose unc. the management pentagon says russians have launched more than 480 missiles since the invasion began. today president biden accused the russian forces of pfeiffering on civilians indiscriminately. >> o'donnell: i have to ask you as the invasion is entering a second deadly week, a what is it like there on the ground? >> reporter: well, norah, you may have noticed behind me, the city has been ordered into a complete blackout. the city itself is unrecognizable from a week ago. there are sandbags everywhere, cement barriers, barbed wire, checkpoints whereverring you and are filled with heavily-armed men with a grim determination to fight no matter the cost. norah. >> o'donnell: all right, stay safe, charlie d'agata. thank you. tonight the biden administration says they want vladimir ptin and the peop

>> brennan: charlie d'agata in kyiv, stay safe.s national security correspondent david martin has been closely tracking the russian military's march towards kyiv and he joins us now. david, the u.s. had projected kyiv would fall within days. is that still what they expect? >> no. the russian attempt to quickly take down the ukrainian government has clearly failed. the russians stalled. but we've got to remember they're stalled, but this is not a spent force. we've seen the satellite photos of that convoy stuck on the road northwest of kyiv. there is another convoy east of kyiv, which is a tank column,lmost a division's worth of tanks. they ended up there when they ran out of gas, literally ran out of gas. but they've been refueled now. and you can just see that it seems to be a matter of time before this push from the northwest and this push from the east come together in an encirclement. >> brennan: and what happens when kyiv becomes encircled? because the united states has set some pretty clear lines of what they won't do. if ukr

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but we begin tonight with cbs' charlie d'agata reporting, once again, from kyiv. d evening. >> reporter: good evening to you, jericka. the russian government again declared a cease fire and a humanitarian corridor starting tomorrow in five cities including here in the capital and the besieged city of mariupol. the deputy prime minister tonight said not a single citizen was able to leave that city today. a day after the air strike that ripped through the maternity hospital in mariupol... ( crying ) ...no mercy in the response from russia's foreign minister. >> ( translated ): it's not the first time we've heard pathetic shrieks of so-called atrocities committed by russian forces. >> reporter: sergey lavrov insisted the hospital was a legitimate target being used as a base by 'radical militants.' highest level talks since the invasion began. any hope of a breakthrough lay buried beneath the rubble. city officials say a child is among the dead at the hospital adding to more than 70 children killed and countless more injured across ukraine. on a visit to neighboring po

we have a lot of news to get to tonight, starting with cbs' charlie d'agata in kyiv. charlie. good evening. >> reporter: good evening, major. it's clear tonight that russian forces are edging closer to the capital, explosions are becoming louder and more frequent, and new satellite images show units deploying closer to the city. and it comes as russian troopses advance across the country. russia widened the punishing military offensive and extended its reach today. unleashing air strikes and bombarding new cities for the first time since the invasion began. of and closed in on areas already in its grip, like some of the suburbs surrounding the capital, where residents fled in terror. "the snipers have taken over my house," says valentina, a school teacher. "they're shooting in the direction of my seen house, my only son." preparing for the kind of siege already under way, in ukraine's second-largest city of kharkiv, where russia, too, has paid a heavy price, evident in the bodies of its soldiers laying face-down in the snow. in that horrific air strike on the maternity hospita

we risk our live for him, and that's it. >> that was charlie d'agata reporting. >>> now the journalist who was arrested after interrupting a russian newscast with an antiwar sign has appeared in public after being released from custody. that doesn't mean she is free from trouble. debora patta has the story. >> reporter: an extraordinary act of defiance in a country where there is zero tolerance for criticism of russia's war on ukraine. marina ovsyannikova, an editor for the state run channel one, bursting on to the set of the nightly newscast shouting "stop the war, no to war," and holding a sign saying don't believe propaganda, they are lying to you here, before the channel switched to a different report. in a video posted on line before her demonstration, she explained she was ashamed she let the russian people be, quote, zombie-fied. she was arrested and appeared in court where she was fined $280 for an illegal protest. speaking outside the court, she said she was exhausted and needed to rest after being questioned for over 14 hours with no legal assistance. there are fears she coul

we have team coverage tonight, starting with cbs' charlie d'agata in kyiv. vening, charlie. >> reporter: good evening, norah. in a late-night address moments ago, president zelensky frustrated at nato's refusal to impose a no-fly zone over ukraine, had harsh words to say. "all the people who will die starting from this day will die because of you." nothing is off limits to russia's military machine, even nuclear power plants. u.s. officials say the world only narrowly avoided a nuclear catastrophe during the violent siege of europe's biggest nuclear facility. president volodymyr zelensky called the attack terror on an unprecedented level. "russian tanks knew what they were firing at," he said, "directly aiming at the station." after a slow start, the russian invasion is now bearing down with fighting that is raging across the country, destroying cities, neighborhoods, and lives in its path. to the north, in chernihiv, residential areas leveled after days of russian shelling.. th "this is a nightmare, how is this possible?" a woman cries. "just look at this."

we have a lot to get to tonight, starting with cbs' charlie d'agata in kyiv. good evening, charlie. >> reporter: good evening to you, norah. the russian government announced another cease-fire here in the capital and four other cities starting from tomorrow morning to allow for the evacuation of civilians. while there was some limited success here today, there's also skepticism. this cease-fire came too late to save the lives of two children pulled from the rubble in sumy. among the bodies of at least 21 people killed in the russian airstrike overnight, officials say today a brief break in fighting allowed the evacuation of thousands of people, including foreign students trapped at the university for days. but the cease-fire in the besieged southern port city of mariupol collapsed amid renewed shelling for the third time. hundreds of thousands of residents at the mercy of russia's onslaught, in catastrophic conditions. "we don't have electricity," a woman shouts. "we don't have anything to eat. we don't have any medicine. we've got nothing." on the outskirts of

cbs' charlie d'agata is in the capital. vening, charlie. >> reporter: good evening to you, norah. officials from both russia and ukraine have expressed optimism today that peace talks were making progress. but there is no hint of these horrors coming to an end. we warn that our report includes some images that some might find disturbing. ukrainian officials tonight accuse the russian military of bombing this theater in mariupol where hundreds of people had taken refuge in the hope of some protection from the bombardment. a satellite image before the bombing shows the building intact, with the word "children" in russian lettering outside. ( explosions ) in the besieged port city, even getting into the hospital means running a gauntlet of bombs and bullets. inside, a vision of hell. rescue teams and civilians shelling faster than medics can treat them, many already too far gone to be saved. an exhausted doctor covers the body of a three-week-old baby. down in the basement, he says, "these are all the people we couldn't save."

cbs' charlie d'agata is in the capital city of kyiv. good evening, charlie.od evening to you, norah. u.s. officials tell cbs news that 200 stinger missiles have now been delivered to ukraine with hundreds more on the way. the united states has been sending arms to this country for years, but this is the first time these anti-aircraft weapons have been part of the package. the relentless bombing of kharkiv as russia resorts to brutal force to break the sies jt how bad it is and then... ( explosion ) and he survived that blast. with ukrainian forces refusing to fold, the russian military has unleashed punishing artillery and airstrikes. the city of 1.4 million people suffering heavy losses as indiscriminate shelling rained down on apartment buildings, buses, even ambulances, the university in flames. ukraine says more than 2,000 civilians have been killed. the besieged port city of mariupol has taken a battering, residents rushed to the hospital, innocent victims of ceaseless shelling. "do i need to say more," a doctor asks. "he's just a boy." in another port c

we have team coverage and cbs' charlie d'agata will start us off again tonight from kyiv. vening, charlie. >> reporter: good evening, norah. that's right. tonight russia is accused of war crimes. ukraine's u.n. ambassador accusing russia of using thermobaric bombs: one of the most devastating weapons short of nuclear weapons. its a violation of international law and escalates this conflict to an unthinkable level. ukraine's demand for an immediate cease-fire went ignored this evening with russian artillery opening up around kyiv. and tonight worrying developments that russian troops are tightening the noose. satellite images reveal a 17 mile long russian military convoy headed to kyiv, now less than 20 miles outside the capitol. ukrainian forces are hitting back everywhere they can. the defense ministry releasing drone footage, striking another convoy in southern ukraine. the interior ministry says multiple russian missile strikes in a residential neighborhood in the second largest city of kharkiv killed dozens of civilians. as the attacks escalate, so too does the civilian

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charlie d'agata, thank you. of back here in washington, president biden held a nearly-two-hour call with chinese president xi to discuss ways to deescalate the crisis in ukraine. but russia's vladimir putin showed no signs of wanting peace any time soon, holding a massive rally in moscow, saying his country will prevail. cbs' weijia jiang is at the white house. >> reporter: the high-stakes call with chinese president xi jinping ended with no assurances that beijing would refuse russia's request for help. vladimir putin has asked his key ally for missiles, drones, and cash. did president biden directly ask president xi if he intends to help russia? >> well, he made clear what the implications and the consequences would be if china provides materiel support to russia. >> reporter: but did he ask if putin asked for help? cbs news has learned the chinese have still not decided whether to help putin or not. but president xi made clear to mr. biden today that it is the russian leader's responsibility to pull back, imp

we have a team of reporters on this story and cbs's charlie d'agata will start us off from the capitolod evening, charlie. >> reporter: good evening to you, norah. president volodymyr zelensky pleaded for international support today asking once again for u.s. and nate to impose a no fly stone here, if not, threes please send me planes ( screaming ) civilians once again bore the brunt of russia's full scale assault when missiles slammed into residential neighborhoods in the northern city of chernihiv, at least 33 killed. a dash cam video captures the moments multiple rockets shattered homes on city streets. with the sheer destruction from russia's bombardment stretching for miles across several cities, we are learning more about the massive explosions that lit up the sky here, just as we finished last night's reporting. the military says its defense systems intercepted at least two russian missiles midair before they could strike their intended targets in the city. while russian troops have taken control of the port city of kherson, they're closing in fast on mariupol, today president p

we have team coverage and cbs's charlie d'agata starts off from kyiv.ood evening. >> reporter: russia is accused of war crimes. ukraine's u.n. ambassador accusing russia of using thermobaric bombs, one of the most devastating weapons short of nuclear weapons, it's a violation of international law, escalates conflict to unthinkable level. ukraine's demand for immediate cease fire went ignored with russian artillery opening up around kyiv and worrying developments that troops are tightening the noose. satellite images reveal a 17-mile long russian military convoy headed to kyiv, less than 20 miles outside the capital. ukrainian forces are hitting back everywhere they can, defense ministry releasing drone footage striking another convoy in southern ukraine. interior ministry says multiple russian missile strikes in residential neighborhood in second largest city of kharkiv killed dozens of civilians. as the attacks escalate, so, too, does the civilian death toll. emergency teams raced to save the life of this 6-year-old girl injured by russian shelling whi

we have a team of reporters covering the story starting with cbs' charlie d'agata in kyiv. charlie. >> reporter: good evening to you, norah. the u.n. estimates tonight there have been at least 1,200 civilian casualties since the war began. that number is thought to be higher and also climbing. the shelling increases across the country. a russian jet goes down in flames over the besieged city of kharkiv as ukrainian residents cheer. ukrainian troops on the outskirts of the capital open fire in an effort to keep the russian advance at bay, but cities are under siege, like mariupol, where citizens have been unable to flee after two cease-fires were shattered. a man rushes into the emergency room carrying his 18-month-old son but doctors are unable to save him. his mother kisses her baby boy goodbye. a savage attack on residents trying to flee urpin outside the capitol was captured by the "new york times." a mother and her children lie dead. deliberately targeting civilians or firing into them with a total disregard for human life. the incident enraged ukrainian president volody

but we begin tonight with cbs's charlie d'agata reporting once again from kyiv. porter: good evening to you, jericka. the russian government again declared a cease-fire and a a humanitarian corridor starting tomorrow in five cities, including here in the capital and the besieged city of mariupol. tonight the deputy prime minister said not a single civilian was able to leave that city today. >>> a day after the air-strike that ripped through the maternity hospital in mariupol, no mercy in the response from russia's foreign minister. >>> it's not the first time we've heard pathetic shrieks about russian armed forces. he said the hospital was a legitimate target, being used as a base by radical militants. he was in turkey meeting with ukrainian counterpart for the highest-level talks since the invasion began. but any hope of a breakthrough lay buried beneath the rubble. city council officials say a child is among the dead at the hospital, adding to more than 70 children killed and countless more injured across ukraine. on a visit to neighboring poland, vice president

cbs's charlie d'agata is in the capital city of kyiv. , charlie. >> reporter: good evening to you, norah. u.s. officials tell cbs news that 200 stinger missiles have now been delivered to ukraine with hundreds more on the way. the united states has been sending arms to this country for years, but this is the first time these anti-aircraft weapons have been part of the package. the relentless bombing of kharkiv as russia resorts to brutal force to break the resistance. a resident describes just how bad it is, and then -- [ explosion ] and he survived that blast. with ukrainian forces refusing to fold, the russian military has unleashed punishing artillery and airstrikes. the city of 1.4 million people suffering heavy losses as indiscriminate shelling rained down on apartment buildings, buses, even ambulances. the university in flames. ukraine says more than 2,000 civilians have been killed. the besieged port city of mariupol has taken a battering. residents rushed to the hospital. innocent victims of ceaseless shelling. "do i need to say m

we'll get the very latest from charlie d'agata in kyiv. and then a closer look at who knows what.se, vietnam was our first television war. >> this is what the war in vietnam is all about. >> pauley: cameras brought the horrors of war into american living rooms as never before. helping to fuel a growing anti-war movement. russia's vladimir putin is well aware of that now much amplified power, which is one reason he has clamped down on the press and prevented the russian people from learning the truth about his invasion of ukraine. lee cowan this morning takes us to the front lines of this all-important battle of words. >> reporter: if there is one thing vladimir putin fears it is dissent. the less people know, the better. >> they actually don't have access to information that would make them doubt what they hear from the government. >> reporter: expressing any doubt, in fact, has been made a crime. >> all russian opposition has been destroyed. >> reporter: and yet in the face of all those restrictions, everyday russians are still finding ways to let their outrage be known. their st

we have a lot to get to tonight, starting with cbs' charlie d'agata in kyiv. charlie. >> reporter: good evening to you, norah. the russian government announced another cease-fire here in the capital and four other cities starting from tomorrow morning to allow for the evacuation of civilians. while there was some limited success here today, there's also skepticism. this cease-fire came too late to save the lives of two children pulled from the rubble in sumy. among the bodies of at least 21 people killed in the russian airstrike overnight. officials say, today a brief break in fighting allowed the evacuation of thousands of people, including foreign students trapped at the university for days. but the cease-fire in the besieged southern port city of mariupol collapsed amid renewed shelling for the third time. hundreds of thousands of residents at the mercy of russia's onslaught, in catastrophic conditions. "we don't have electricity," a woman shouts. "we don't have anything to eat. we don't have any medicine. we've got nothing." on the outskirts of the capitol

stay safe, charlie d'agata. now to the humanitarian crisis, which has spiked to more than a million refugees in just seven days. today, there was little movement on a cease-fire, but both sides did agree on a humanitarian corridor for civilians to leave ukrainfely. cbs' chris livesay is in lviv with the harrowing tales of the exodus. >> reporter: the strong do what they can. while the weak suffer what they must. of the 1 million refugees who have already fled into neighboring countries, 500,000 of them are children, the u.n. says. and yet, they are the lucky ones. roughly 1 million more people remain internally displaced in a current gripped by war, such as these families at a shelter in the western city of lviv. that's 4-year-old andre, exhausted after 20 hours of sleepless escape with his 16-year-old brother dennis and their mother olga. >> translator: we heard explosions over our heads at the train administration and all the way on the train. you're aware you may never return home. >> reporter: he says, every

this morning we'll hear from charlie d'agata in kyiv.stion, of course, is how far will vladimir putin go in his war against the ukrainian people? while here at home the question is: how bad could things get? and just how much are americans willing to sacrifice in hopes of saving ukraine's fragile young democracy. ted koppel goes in search of answers. >> reporter: 10 years ago, defense secretary leon panetta warned that the time would come when an enemy of the united states could hit this country with -- >> cyber pearl harbor. >> reporter: 60 years ago, the world came to the brink of nuclear war, when this little girl's great grandfather, nikita khrushchev, put nuclear-tipped missiles in cuba. >> it would be a walk in the part, comparing to what nuclear weapons can do now. >> reporter: what, the world can only wonder, will vladimir putin do next, coming up on "sunday morning." >> pauley: then to that other two plus-year-old battle against covid. there are hopeful signs the worst may be behind us. the right time for us our martho go in sea

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charlie d'agata, we thank you from new york.ll continue on the cbs news streaming network, your local news and tonight on the "cbs evening news" with norah o'donnell. many of you will return to "cbs mornings." this has been a cbs news special report. i'm gayle king. >> i'm tony dokoupil. here in new york. be on the hor the cdc said it's already seeing the up tick in wastewater samples the same as a current trend in the uk. some bay area doctors say we are in a better position now to handle the possible surge. it is wednesday, march lce to o viewers. are you watch that special report on cbs. we have a lot to get too. we start with darren with the midweek forecast. >> a little cooler from yesterday. that really just says so much about how warm yesterday morning was. we are back down to typical. mob sup today than anything else it. will be a pretty day. you can pick out your part of the bay. san rafael is 67 and fremont goes to 68. you will watch the chance for light rain on saturday. not a lot with that but since it is the weekend

we have a lot of news to get to tonight, but we're going to start with cbs' charlie d'agata in kyiv. e, good evening. >> reporter: good evening to you, jericka. a day that began in the hope of a limited cease-fire, ended in horror. a senior u.s. defense official said tonight, there are indications that the russians are using dumb bombs, unguided weapons, increasing civilian casualties and damage. ( explosions ) a massive airstrike shattered the fragile cease-fire in mariupol late this afternoon. emergency teams and soldiers scrambled to evacuate the wounded, including pregnant women from the city's maternity hospital. ( crying ) a hospital for those needing care, maybe the only place where they felt some measure of security, but it seems nothing is off limits to the russian onslaught. the blast destroyed the complex inside and out. the shattered nursery. a blood-stained mattress. the size and the depth of the crater and the surrounding debris and destruction evidence of its ferocity. the besieged port city in the south, has come under heavy russian bombardment that's cut off electrici

. >> reporter: i'm charlie d'agata in kyiv where russian forces are stepping up their offensive and nowe outskirts of the capitol itself. >> duncan: president zelensky pleads for more firepower to turn back the invaders. the latest on international efforts to help. >> we're talking with a

charlie d'agata and his crew had just signed off when the blast happened yesterday. they're okay. meantime, the u.s. is sending more troops to europe to show support for nato. nearly 4,000 soldiers based in georgia had just one week to prepare before yesterday's deployment. >>> laura podesta is at the united nations following the very latest on all of this. good morning. >> reporter: good morning, anne-marie. and after three days of discussion, the united nations general assembly overwhelmingly adopted a resolution demanding russia stop the attack. the u.n.'s attention now turns to helping the people of ukraine. the united nations says one million refugees have fled ukraine in the past week. some of them ended up here in berlin where volunteers are offering shelter and supplies. >> i had to get out from this hell. now i'm here. i hope i'm in a safe place. >> reporter: back in ukraine, authorities say more than 2,000 civilians have been killed. >> russian strikes are hitting schools, hospitals. >> reporter: the prosecutor of the international criminal court announced an investigati

cbs's charlie d'agata spoke to the grieving widow whose family's death has been captured on video and a symbo r rutality. >> reporter: the missile fired straight into a line of civilians, even as they were trying to escape.ng fleeing residents -- ( shouting ) -- but the cruelty of those opening fire on them. the embattled city of irpin' had been under heavy shelling for days. when the war broke out, serhiy perebyinis was hundreds of miles away, looking after his ailing mother, but his family was hunkering down at their home. his son, 18-year-old mykyta, 9-year-old daughter alisa, and his wife tetiana, together they decided it was too dangerous to stay. i told my wife, i'm sorry i couldn't be there to protect you, but she said, don't worry, we'll get through it, everything will be good. serhiy tracked tetiana's phone, it showed up as a local hospital. 20 minutes later ha photograph flashed on his phone from the scene. the lifeless bodies of the children and the the young churn volunteer helping them escape ensaps lating the savage riof the war. >> i was able to recognize them by their

to start us off, charlie d'agata has the latest from the front lines. >> reporter: they were asleep inmiddle of the night on friday, around 200 ukrainian soldiers, when 300 russian missiles turned their barracks into a mountain of rubble and twisted rebel in the southern city of mykolaiv. dozens are feared dead. in kharkiv, a sign of life beneath a flattened apartment block kept emergency teams digging with their bare hands for hours, until a man emerged with little more than a cut on his forehead. it is a miracle, rescuers say, a miracle. they're praying for a miracle in mariupol, the besieged southern port city, where russian forces have tightened their stranglehold. in the overnight address, volodymyr zelenskyy said the siege of mariupol would be remembered for centuries to come, for terror r raining down on a peaceful city. drone footage reveals the extraordinary destruction and shear loss of human rights in what human rights groups describe as a catastrophe. a police officer made a direct plea for help to president biden: save the civilian population, he says. children, elderly pe

we have a lot of news to get to tonight, but we're going to start with cbs' charlie d'agata in kyiv. evening. >> reporter: good evening to you, jericka. a day that began in the hope of a limited cease-fire, ended in horror. a senior u.s. defense official said tonight, there are indications that the russians are using dumb bombs, unguided weapons, increasing civilian casualties and damage. [ explosions ] a massive airstrike shattered the fragile cease-fire in mariupol late this afternoon. emergency teams and soldiers scrambled to evacuate the wounded, including pregnant women from the city's maternity hospital. a hospital for those needing care, maybe the only place where they felt some measure of security, but it seems nothing is off limits to the russian onslaught. the blast destroyed the complex inside and out. the shattered nursery. a blood-stained mattress. the size and the depth of the crater and the surrounding debris and destruction evidence of its ferocity. the besieged port city in the south has come under heavy russian bombardment that's cut off electricity and water to more

this morning we'll hear from charlie d'agata in kyiv. the question, of