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liberty.♪ >>> i'm back now with our chief international correspondent, clarissa ward. here for the handoff of the remains of american veteran joshua jones in ukraine today. clarissa documents the return of the tennessee native who were returned to ukraine back in august. >> on the frontlines of ukraine, he was known to his fellow fighters as tactical jesus, on account of his long hair and deep knowledge of the bible. to his mom, he was simply joshy. tennessee native joshua jones was just 24 years old when he was killed fighting in eastern ukraine back in august. his passport and ukrainian military id showed up on russian social media channels soon after, but his body was never recovered. since then, ukrainian lawmakers have worked tirelessly to get his body back. and today, it is finally happening. why is it important to you to recover the body of joshua jones? >> he was for me, our soldiers. we should make everything possible to give his body back to his family. >> reporter: we are driving to the front line in zaporizhzhia. we stop along the way to link up with militar

cnn's clarissa ward was among the cnn team to witness this transfer and she's joining us from zaporizhzhia has been months in the making, ana, basically the parents of joshua jones and also the office of the presidency of ukraine and two ukrainian lawmakers have been working around the clock to try to get the remains of joshua jones repatriated so that his family can have closure and have a proper good-bye and today it finally happened and we were fortunate enough to be with them, these two ukrainian lawmakers as they drove to the front lines in zaporizhzhia where you've seen a number of prisoner swaps happening over the last few weeks. we drove into no man's land, there was an agreement between the russian and ukrainian side that there would be two hours of cease-fire so it was a very eerie, tense quiet. really unthinkable to move in these no man's land areas under normal circumstances for journalists but this was a very particular occasion. we then stopped a little bit short of the actual handover for our own security and a small convoy with just a few military intelligence officers went

cnn's chief international correspondent clarissa ward joins me now from central kyiv. what is the latest on this? >> reporter: so, essentially, rosemary, people here woke up to the sound of air-raid sirens followed by two loud explosions. then there were at least another two explosions, and we're right in the center of the city at the location or right next to the location of the impact of one of those blasts. you can probably see behind me there's still a lot of smoke in the air from that explosion. we don't know yet how many people may have been injured or possibly killed in this series of blasts here in the capital. we did speak to the paramedics who were on the scene. they said five ambulances took wounded away from the scene. but, again, we don't know what exactly was hit or how many people may have been injured or killed as a result, but we do know russia has been stepping up its attacks particularly on civilian infrastructure. i think what makes today's attack or attacks i should say so notable is that we are hearing from ukrainian authorities that the weapon of

clarissa ward in kyiv, thank you very much. we me now, phil mudd and susan glasser. phil, despite iran's denials, ukraine insists these are iranian drones. clarissa sarr the farsi there. what does iran get out of supplying drones that are killing ukrainian civilians? >> well, i think there's a couple things. there's a picture in terms of their relationship with russia, that relationship goes back years. if you're looking at the countries around the world that have consistently and you're looking at the iran, starting with the revolution in 1979, that have consistently said, we want to oppose american intervention overseas, it's russia, it's iran, it's syria, other countries like north career ya, so, to me, there's a strategic relationship here that goes well beyond unicrane. there's a smaller piece, john, and if you look at what iran has done to america in the middle east, helping groups in iraq during the american intervention in iraq, obviously helping bashar al assad in syria. if -- we don't want the americans here, and we will support those who are fighting the am

that's where cnn chief international correspondent clarissa ward is tonight.on the plight of civilians in both cities. >> reporter: by now, it has become a familiar routine in mykolaiv. in the relative calm of daylight hours, residents comb through the wreckage of the night before. on this day, it's an apartment building on the outskirts of town. two russian s-300 missiles hit at 1:00 in the morning. so this here is where the first strike hit, and then you can see the second one just smashed into the top of that building. five people were injured, but miraculously, no one was killed. in one apartment, andrei is busy cleaning up. he tells us this is what the russians do. they shoot not at military objects but where people live, he says. the fact is the anger towards them is rising, and it won't go away, not in a month, not in a year, not even ten years. in this southern port city, people have become used to hardship. since april, there has been no fresh water here. the main pumping station was hit in a russian strike. now they gather every day and patiently wai

what books did clarissa ward read?es an image, either a hero, or a martyr from the mercenary allan joshua, this now posthumous veteran of the us army, this is how they write about him . now they will be taken to the states. he was a soldier. he was a born soldier. it's missions, gosset josh's mother , and her tears. cnn is also used for propaganda. the tv channel parsed the interview into quotes. here, perhaps, is the most memorable, he disinterestedly he risked his life for the sake of a country with which we have nothing to do, but he felt he felt, and the vocation could not be dissuaded from him. end of quote. america lives in the atmosphere. good press heroes they create such false heroes. you and i understand very well, why, where and how did they go to fight, and what do they get for it? moreover , they have daily, as they say, fees for all this. foreign mercenaries in ukraine have separate rates for prisoners, for example, for destroyed and captured military equipment, they also told us in ministry of internal a

cnn chief international correspondent clarissa ward joins us live from kyiv. clarissa, this death toll is ticking higher and higher. >> reporter: it is, alex. we were down at the scene of one residential building that was hit by one of those kamikaze drones. three people were found dead in the rubble, an elderly woman, also a young couple, including the woman who was just six months pregnant. so truly a tragedy. the residential building very near to several installations that pertain to sort of critical civilian infrastructure. the feeling on the ground here seems to be that that is very much the target of this new wave of attacks, but this is definitely a new and grim chapter in this war. up until last monday, things had been relatively quiet and peaceful in the capital. life here was getting back to normal for the last several months. that all changed last monday with this barrage of deadly missile attacks and to today now with this spate of kamikazi drones. we have seen these shahed drones used in several places around the country in the last month, but this

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clarissa ward is live in zaporizhzhia with the latest. what can you tell us? >> reporter: brianna i think there had been high hopes towards the end of last week that with these evacuations, or as the ukrainians would call them, forced deportations, that potentially russia was preparing for a withdrawal from kherson city, but it's becoming clearly in the last days particularly, that actually the russians are determined to put up quite a fight. we have heard from ukraine's defense minister who said that ukrainian offensives or cou counteroffensives have been thwarted somewhat, it hasn't been as easy as the kharkiv region. he gave two reasons for that, partly because of the weather, it's damp and muddy, that makes it more difficult. and he pointed out the terrain, there are lots of water supply canals which the russians are able to use as trenches and use as their defenses. so it is becoming a much tougher battle than many hoped. russia moving its civilian administration out but moving a lot of conscripts in and hunkering down for a longer protracted battle. >> y

cnn's clarissa ward has this exclusive report. >> reporter: on the front fliens ukraine he was known to his fellow fighters as tactical jesus. to his mom he was simply joshy. tennessee native joshua jones was just 24 years old. he was killed fighting in eastern ukraine back in august. his passport and ukrainian military i.d. showed up on russian channels. his body was never recovered. since then the ukrainians have worked to get it back. today it is finally happening. why is it important to you to recover the body of joshua jones? >> he is a hero to me like our soldiers. we should make everything possible to give his body back to his family. >> reporter: we are driving to the front line in zaporizhzhia. we stop along the way to link up with military intelligence. in another car, a russian soldier sits slumped over. he is being released today as part of a larger swap in which ten ukrainians were already freed. the lawmakers talk with the officers to go over the plan once more. a makeshift white flag is put together for the moment of transfer and we're off again. this time to no man's

clarissa ward is live for us in kyiv this morning. clarissa, how severe is the damage in the capital city and how are residents holding up? >> reporter: well, john, basically kyiv's player is now asking people to try to conserve electricity and also water on the back of a number of attacks that took place earlier this morning. these were rocket attacks. we know according to the mayor at least two critical infrastructure facilities have been damaged, and it appears that one was particularly seriously damaged. it's being described as an energy supply facility, but from what we understand it's basically like an energy plant that creates power but also is an important factor in creating heat for people's homes which obviously is not a crucial thing at the moment, but certainly will be as the winter sets in and as the months get colder. we're hearing that two people were killed as a result of this morning's attacks. not using drones this morning as were used yesterday, but the overall focus for the russians seems to be very similar to what

let's begin with clarissa ward in kyiv. and clarissa, i want to talk more about the attacks but i want our viewers to look at what you saw firsthand this morning. >> this is quite clearly a residential building. we have already seen one body being removed from here. we also saw another elderly woman being rescued from the rubble. actually from one of the -- the balcony on the neighboring building. we just spoke with the head of the ambulance services who said they don't know for sure but they do believe it is likely there are other people still trapped in the building. earlier on there were reports of voices being heard from under the rubble. >> just once again attacks on civilians. with we learning more about the fate of the people that were trapped there zbl. >> reporter: so we are and it is not good news. ukrainian authorities saying at least four people were killed in that attack that hit that residential building. among the dead, an elderly woman but also a young couple. the wife apparently six months pregnant. emergenc

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let's get to clarissa ward live for us in kyiv with the very latest. >> reporter: good morning. we are standing right near the site of one of those blasts that woke up kyiv residents at about 6:45 this morning. they've actually now pushed us back from the site because this is an ongoing rescue operation. ukrainian authorities saying they've rescued 19 people at least three people have been killed. and they believe there may be more people in the rubble back there. i want to stress, this is a residential building that was hit this morning by these iranian drones. ukrainian authorities saying that one of the drones had written on it, on the debris that they discovered in russian [ speaking non-english ] essentially saying it was in revenge for attacks on the russian side of the border that the ukrainians have not officially claimed responsibility for. there had been a huge amount of activity until a few minutes ago, then we heard the air-raid sirens again. understandably people have moved away from the area. this is a place with a lot of critical infrastructure. it's been hit many

i'm joined now by clarissa ward who filed this report from ukraine tonight. >> reporter: in the suburbfe has started to return. but the scars of russia's occupation remain. she hasn't seen her son dima, the 23-year-old engineer, since russian soldiers took him from their family home seven months ago with no explanation. they took him from our front yard and he's being held in the territory of the russian federation, she says. i know for sure he's alive because i received a letter from him. i demand russia release my civilian son. the letter sent from russia was delivered via the red cross in geneva. there are just three words "mama, alive, healthy." did you know immediately when you read it that it was from him? >> yes. >> he wrote it, she tells us. i feel he is alive, i hope. >> reporter: what would you want dima to know right now? dima should know mama is waiting for him, she says, mama is fighting for him. she's not the only mother fighting. on monday 108 women including 12 civilians were released from captivity in russia. according to human rights groups hundreds of ukrainian civil

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cnn's chief international correspondent clarissa ward is joining us live from inside ukraine. and this mass grave were found in the ukraine forces took the city back just weeks ago. it really paints a very grim picture and one we've seen in other parts of the country, too, unfortunately. according to ukrainian authorities, as you mentioned, 146 bodies found in this mass grave, but 111 of them are reportedly the bodies of civil yabs. according to this report, some of those civilians were killed by shrapnel or shelling. some of them also died from natural causes, and others, and they don't get into details, they say, died, quote, a violent death. a cnn team was on the ground shortly after the city was taken back by ukrainian forces. they describe seeing a number of bodies in that grave that had their hands tied behind their backs, bound, if you will. again, this is something that has become an all-too familiar pattern of sort of brutality, mass graves in these areas that are held by russian forces for protracted periods of time, wolf. >> on top of all that, ukrainian officials ar

not far from there, clarissa ward. >> reporter: good morning, john. that's right. about 35 miles away from the city of kherson, and mykolaiv has been getting slammed really since the beginning of the war but an uptake in the last few weeks and as russia focused on critical infrastructure, rolling blockouts, no fresh water. people became and wash clothes using saltwater. at night can't have lights on. incredible to see. people are resilient and say they don't want to leave. take a look. by now it has become a familiar routine in mykolaiv in the relative calm of daylight hours, residents comb through the wreckage of the night before. on this day, it's an apartment building on the outskirts of town. two russian s300 missiles hit as 1:00 in the morning. so this here is where the first strike hit. then you can see the second one just smashed in to the top of that building. five people were injured, but mira miraculously, no one killed. in one apartment this man is busy cleaning up telling us this is what the russians do. they shoot not at military but where people live.

clarissa ward joins us live now. the ukrainians are saying the russians may intentionally blow up a dam not from from where you are in kherson, what do you think about that? >> this started a few days ago when the russians started warning that they believed the ukrainians were going to blow up a critical dam in the kherson region. and the ukrainians started saying they thought this was the start of potentially a russian false flag operation because their argument was they have no clear incentive to blow up this dam. now we heard from president zelenskyy last night, speaking to european leaders, who said they believe the russians have already mined this dam and that their fear is that the intention could be to blow up the dam, to create even more widespread damage to critical infrastructure, with the ultimate goal of creating another refugee crisis. as it gets colder, as we go into winter, the end game, president zelenskyy believes of the russians is to try to force ordinary ukrainian civilians out of their homes and

clarissa ward reporting from ukraine. thank you so much.l dougherty, currently a georgetown university adjunct professor. good morning, jill. good to have you on bright and early. as russia has been losing ground on the battlefield, we've really seen them start to attack the infrastructure. there's a dam under their scope. how long do you anticipate this is going to continue in. >> this could continue for quite a while. really what's happening if you stand back and look at it, at the beginning of the war, the russians were attacking fuel depots, things that could be used in kind of a military sense. but now they're creediceding territory, the russians are trying to figure out what to do. on the ground their gain is not strong, so they've taken to the air. this is where they can really go in and just bomb civilian infrastructure. you say why would they do that. well, number one, it degrades the ukrainians. but it also sows a lot of fear and makes areas inhabitable. if you go after water, electric, lights, et cetera, it makes it almost imposs

clarissa ward is live in kyiv. you were able to go to one of the sites where the kamikaze drones hit. what did you see? >> reporter: well it was a devastating scene, kate. it is a residential building that was hit. it is in the neighborhood of a kind of energy plant which has been targeted today but also was targeted a week ago when that barrage of missiles hit kyiv. so they're clearly trying, the russians that is, to hit civilian infrastructure, particularly as ukraine braces itself for another cold winter. but in this instance, four drones did make impact some 15 that were heading into the city were intercepted. the one that we saw hitting very sadly a residential building, at least four people were killed, we saw the body of an older woman that had been taken out. but also a young couple were killed. and the wife reportedly six months pregnant. so a very grim scene here in kyiv. and really, i think, for a lot of people who live in the city who had felt there have been some modicum of peace and relatively calm ov

let's get to clarissa ward, live for us in kyiv, ukraine. you have just visited the site of one of these attacks. what have you seen, clarissa? >> reporter: it was a horrific scene and we were quickly moved on from there because there were continuing alerts about possible oncoming missiles. essentially it was a residential building. we saw one elderly lady who was rescued during our time on the ground there. one body of a resident of that building. but authorities saying three people were killed, two of them killed were a couple, a young couple. the woman according to ukrainian authorities was six months pregnant. this is the new normal where residents of kyiv find themselves in. they are waking up in the morning to the distinctive sound, as you can see in the social media video, of these drones, these kamikaze drones that have been wreaking havoc across the country for almost a month now but still a relatively new phenomenon here in the capital. we were able to speak on the scene to the mayor of kyiv. he said that, you know, while russians d

it's gonna be better indeed, anderson. >> clarissa ward, be careful, thank.we mention about the use of dirty bombs, russians claims without evidence, ukraine was prepared to use what they is essentially a device that contains explosives, with radioactive material. all their concerns tonight, as -- to escalate the war perhaps to such a bomb themselves. -- >> how concerned is the united states and nato of about the dirty bomb allegations? >> it's deeply concerning. you can pick up the tone and tenor from the readout the pentagon game after secretary austin's call with the russian counterparts. it certainly, we know these are false allegations. there is no such dirty bomb planned by the ukrainians. that's false. but the russians would raise it, at their request, they initiated that phone call. it gives us cause for concern. i will tell you, we'll watch this as close louisiana clued in today i'm just not seeing any kind of preparation moving in that regard right now. >> what sort of preparations, i don't if you can say, i will kind of preparations would onesie, o

clarissa ward, appreciate you being there.nk you so much for your reporting. >> let's bring in cnn military analyst and retired major general james spider marks for more analysis. first of all, not that russia has any rules of engagement, but what is the purpose of targeting civilian infrastructure? >> yeah. this is a battle of wills. as russia desires to continue the fight and the ukrainian ability to resist and try to push the russians back. these attacks have little effect on the tactical engagements that are taking place in different locations in the southeast. what this goes on is really trying to push president zelenskyy into a position where there might be an opportunity for some type of a negotiated settlement. both sides are working to try to achieve a position that will give them an advantage going forward. what we are seeing clearly is they're setting the conditions for what the fight in ukraine and the conditions on the ground in ukraine will look like over the course of the next few years, althoughe zelensky does

let's begin with clarissa ward live in kyiv. i know you spoke with the mayor this morning. what is the latest on the ground there and what did he tell you? >> reporter: so, bianna, the death toll here in the capital has now risen to at least four people dead. 19 were successfully rescued from a residential building that was hit. we visited the scene of that building earlier. we spoke to the mayor. he said it is quite clear that russia is targeting civilians and also crucially civilian infrastructure. heating, electricity, power, these all being very much the focus of russia's attacks as ukraine braces itself for a chilly winter that will be expected to come soon. now, we don't know exactly how many people were injured in those attacks. we do know that there were many more drones fired at the city than actually struck, though. according to ukrainian authorities, at least 15 were intercepted on their way into the city. and now you're hearing once again from the ukrainian leaders, basically a full throated appeal to the international community to provide better, more sophistic

cnn's chief reporter clarissa ward. and ukraine saying exposes at dnipro river. russia denies it.l us? >> reporter: so, this is an interesting one, john, because basically the russians have been saying for a couple of days now that they're been trying to evacuate all civilians from the kherson region because they claim that ukraine is poised to blow up this dam. the ukrainians say that's ludicrous, they've accused russia of starting what could be a false flag operation. we heard president volodymyr zelenskyy talking today in a video address to the european council and he said that they firmly believe and others in his office have said the same thing that the russians could be potentially getting ready to blow up this dam, and blame it on the ukrainians with the intended effect of really creating a worsening or impacted effect for civilians here in ukraine. as you know, they have been hitting the civilian infrastructure relentlessly. there are now rolling blackouts throughout the country. there are certain regions where they're going to have to introduce now a limit on how much ele

cla clarissa ward is joining us from zaporizhzhia.he rest of your team witnessed this transfer. how did it all come together? >> so this was something that a lot of people worked very hard for a very long time to make happen, woclf. joshua jones was killed during fighting in eastern ukraine in august, but it was only today that finally his remains were recovered and brought to the ukrainian territory and will now go on the be finally returned to his family in his hometown of memphis, tennessee. two ukrainian lawmakers basically along with his family were lobbying various international organizations around the clock and these ukrainian lawmakers along with the office of the presidency here in ukraine were talking to the russian side as well and trying to come up with some kind of an agreement that both sides would feel was favorable and so we drove out to no man's land on the front line in zaporizhzhia. there was a two hour cease fire agreed. it was very eerie. this is not a place you could ever walk around during normal time because t

i want to get straight to cnn's clarissa ward. she is on the streets of downtown kyiv. arissa, what are you seeing? what do we know? >> reporter: so, christine, we're here at the sites of one of those four explosions that woke kyiv up this morning. and i think you can see behind me this is an on going rescue effort. this is quite clearly a residential building. we have already seen one body being removed from here. we also saw another elderly woman being rescued from the rubble, actually from the balcony on the neighboring building. we just spoke with the head of the ambulance services who says they don't know for sure but they do believe it's likely that there are other people still trapped inside. earlier on there had been reports of voices being heard from underneath the rubble. but you can just get a sense here, christine, i think if we sort of look around of just how chaotic this scene is. there are dozen and doz ens of paramedics, fire workers, many, many journalists as well who have gathered here and we also just spoke to the mayor of kyiv who said that this was q

cnn's clarissa ward is in kyiv. ramped up russian strikes on power plants coming as winter is approaching. what is the latest you're seeing on the ground? >> reporter: so people in kyiv, bianna, woke up again to a day of air raid sirens, to rocket att attacks, two critical infrastructure facilities in the capital were damaged, one damaged particularly badly, we're being told that that was kind of an energy supply facility, creating electricity, also heating. we've heard the mayor of kyiv coming out today and basically asking people to try to conserve their electricity use, but also to try to conserve their water use because the infrastructure is now getting hit pretty hard and while ukrainians are absolutely working around the clock to fix this stuff, in a timely manner after it gets hit, the barrage has just been pretty relentless and has picked up tempo since october 10th. you heard president volodymyr zelenskyy there saying 30% of power plants have been destroyed. that really is a pretty astonishing number, nearl

cnn's clarissa ward is live in zaporizhzhia with her exclusive reporting. arissa, how did all of this come about and what was it like to see this unfold? >> reporter: good morning, christine. this was really down to the extraordinary efforts of joshua jones's family, of two ukrainian lawmakers, of the office of the presidency here in ukraine who were working around the clock, lobbying international organizations and doing everything they could to try to push russian forces to release joshua jones's body so that it could be returned to his family and yesterday that finally happened. take a look. >> reporter: on the front lines in ukraine he was known to his fellow fighters as tactical jesus on account of his long hair and deep knowledge of the bible. to his mom he was simply joshy. tennessee native joshua jones was just 24 years old when he was killed fighting in eastern ukraine back in august. his passport and ukrainian military i.d. showed up on russian social media channels soon after but his body was never recovered. since then ukrainian lawmakers have wo

and clarissa ward was there, she is joining us now live. so what more do we know about this american or about what happened? >> reporter: this is the body of joshua jones, a 24-year-old from memphis, tennessee. who was killed in fighting, fighting with the ukrainians against russian forces in eastern ukraine back in august. his body had not been recovered. and really this was a huge evident on behalf of the ukrainian presidency, on behalf of two ukrainian lawmakers who had been trying now since he was killed in august to get his body back to ukraine and ultimately back to the u.s. so that his family can have closure. we drove in on no man's land, the sort of area between russian and ukrainian territory. the two sides had agreed on a two hour cease fire, so there was a narrow window of time that we had to move in and out during which there was no shelling which is pretty unusual in that area along that contact line in zaporizhzhia. and essentially at a certain point we had to stay back a little bit and an ambulance went with further down the

cnn's clarissa ward is in kyiv and updated us on the situation just a short time ago. >> reporter: this started about 6:45 this morning. the second explosion was by far the loudest seeming to indicate it was a central location within the city. the mayor of kyiv on his telegram channel said a couple of the blasts occurred in the -- district advising people to essentially stay in their shelters until the air-raid was finished and saying that emergency services had been sent to the site. but the more detailed update that we've been given now by the chief of staff for the office of the presidency is that the capital was attacked in his words, quote, ckamikaze drones. and goes onto say in his statement the russians think this will help them, we need more air defense as soon as possible, no time for small action. no word yet on casualties, on whether anyone was hurt or killed possibly in these attacks. obviously last monday's barrage is very fresh in everyone's minds here. so just a reminder that things remain grim and difficult here in the capital. >> in the meantime a senior ukrainian offic

clarissa ward witnessed the transfer of his body after officials met in zaporizhzhia. will join jake tapper from ukraine on cnn tonight. overnight in ukraine, a russian missile strike killed two people after it blew up a gas station in central ukraine. one a gas station attendant, the other a pregnant woman burned alive in her car. russian officials have encouraged more than 70,000 people to leave as both sides prepare for a fierce battle. i want to bring in nic robertson in kyiv. you spoke with ukraine's chief of defense intelligence. >> reporter: he thinks this is putin's psychological pressure, not just on ukraine, but on ukraine's western allies to pressure ukraine into getting into peace talks with russia but on his terms. he is rejecting any sense of peace talks until russia gets out of ukraine back to 1991 lines and rejecting president putin's allegations that ukraine is developing a dirty bomb. >> translator: this is a question that became something of a joke. my answer is direct. we are not getting prepared. we are not working on a dirty bomb. >> reporter: ukr

here is clarissa ward's exclusive report. >> reporter: on the front lines in ukraine, he was known toon account of his long hair and his deep knowledge of the bible. to his mom, he was simply joshy. tennessee native josh jones was just 24 years old when he was killed fighting in eastern ukraine back if august. his passport in ukrainian military i.d. showed up on russian media short after but his body was never recovered. since then alexander truehan and alexander cough has worked tirelessly to get his body back. and today it is finally happening. >> why is it important to you to recover the body of joshua jones. >> he is a hero like our soldiers. so we should make everything possible to give his body back to his family. >> reporter: we are driving to the front line in zaporizhzhia. we stop along the way to link up with military intelligence. in another car a russian soldier sits slumped over. he is being released today as part of a larger swap in which ten ukrainians were already freed. the lawmakers talk with the officers to go over the plan once more. a makeshift white flag is put t

clarissa ward joins us from zaporizhzhia with her exclusive reporting. is is an incredible story, clarissa. >> reporter: yeah, alex. it's not every day you get to witness a moecment like this. this was a moment i should add was two months in the making. ever since joshua jones was killed in august in eastern ukraine. these ukrainian lawmakers, along with the office of the presidency here and his family back home have been working around the clock to bring his body home to his family and yesterday that finally happened. on the front lines in ukraine he was known to his fellow fighters as tactical jesus because of his long hair and deep knowledge of the bible. to his mom he was just joshie. he was 24 years old when he was killed fighting in eastern ukraine in august. his passport and ukrainian military id showed up on russian military channels soon after, but his body was never recovered. since then, ukrainian lawmakers have worked tirelessly to get his body back. and today, it is finally happening. why is it important to you to recover the body of joshua j

clarissa ward is live with the latest. can you tell us what you're hearing happening near kherson? >> reporter: it's an interesting picture. one we didn't expect to see quite this quickly but what appears to be happening is the mass evacuation of civilians to the sort of left bank, if you will, on the dnipro river. to try to, in the words of russian authorities move these people to safety because there's a huge ukrainian attack anticipated. although ukrainian authorities are saying that's propaganda and they aren't planning any kind of attack, particularly not on civilian infrastructure or tarts. but nonetheless we do start to see the beginning of this civilian evacuation. i think the question everybody is asking, does this now portend a larger troop evacuation? are we going to see russian forces start to withdraw from kherson? that would obviously be hugely significant for a number of reasons, not least because it's the only regional capital they have held since the beginning of the war. so everyone watching very closely and judging by those comments from russia's top general, who

ward is in kyiv tonight with a cnn exclusive. what more are you learning what the drones, clarissa?rson, there's definitely a sort of clearing disparity between what we are hearing from the radiance and what we are hearing from the russians, and what we are seeing here on the ground in ukraine. essentially, the russians say they are only using russian weapons. the iranians say they have not been supplying the russians with any weapons. but today, for the first time, we were taken by ukrainian military intelligence to see a large -- six iranian made drone. everyone has been talking a lot about these kamikaze drones but they are not the only ones that are being used on the ground with devastating effect. take a look >> at an undisclosed location, ukrainian intelligence officer alexei takes us to see one of russia's newest threats on the battlefield, an iranian made drone known as the mohajer-6. >> it's big at the bolshoi. >> used by the russians for reconnaissance and bombing. >> yeah, it was shot, i can see the whole where you shot it down. >> this is the hole from the rocket of ukra

start with images of a little boy from a story that clarissa ward filed this week in mykolaiv.ing out across ukraine, a little boy helping move some wreckage from a missile strike in that city. it's likely to get worse, obviously, with winter coming. when you look at these images, what is the u.s. at this point doing about it? >> well, anderson, thank you first of all, for highlighting these stories because it shows the solidarity of the ukrainians on the ground. i was there a few weeks ago in kyiv and the morale is off the charts, which is cou counterintuitive given what the people are going through, part of that is battlefield success, but part of it is everybody finding a way to chip in and be a part of this kind of self-organization. obviously, the effects of the war are devastating, searing, and the loss of life and sexual violence and, you know, every day these attacks on civilian infrastructure take their toll. in terms of the u.s. contribution, first of all, the security assistance is making a major difference on the ground and contributing the battlefield successes. it

clarissa ward is on the ground for us now in southern ukraine at the scene of new russian attacks. >> it has become a familiar routine in mykolaiv. in the relative calm of daylight hours, residents comb through the wreckage of the night before. on this day, it's an apartment building on the outskirts of town. two russian s300 missiles hit at 1:00 in the morning. so this here is where the first strike hit and then you can see the second one just smashed in to the top of that building. five people were injured but miraculously, no one was killed. in one apartment, andri is busy cleaning up. he tells us this is what the russians do. they shoot not at military objects, but where people live, he says. the fact is, anger towards them is rising an it won't go way a. not in a year, a month, a year, ten years. in this southern port city, people have become used to hardship. since april, there has been no fresh water here. the main pumping station was hit in a russian strike. now, they gather every day and patiently wait to stock up. a few blocks down, another line. this one for humanitarian ai

. >> clarissa ward, what a window into the day in the life of kyiv.ou to you and your team for that report. >>> want to bring in the former u.s. ambassador to ukraine bill taylor. i want to read you a tweet from the formeris ambassador to russia michael mcfaul wrote it is okay for iran to provide russia with long range weapons but not okay for nato to provide ukraine with weapons of similar ranges. what is your view of that? >> my view, john, is that nato and the united states should definitely provide ukraine with the long range weapons they need to fight back, to hit back at targets, russian targets in ukraine that are firing these kinds of weapons at them. ambassador mcfaul is exactly right. the russians show no restraint and if we show restraint, that is a mistake. we should be providing the ukrainians with every ability they need to fight back, to attack back, and to defend t themselves against the drones that are coming in. so that is very important that we provide these weapons to them and right now. >> restraint you say is a mistake. i want to

clarissa ward in kyiv and claire sebastian in london. >> reporter: hi, max. that's right.re at the scene of one of those blasts. you can probably see behind me quite a lot of smoke still coming from that area where, according to ukrainian authorities, a residential building was hit. the mayor of kyiv saying that 18 people were rescued from that people. that two people are still believed to be trapped beneath the rubble. that's why you're seeing this on going, significant rescue effort. there are police here. there are paramedics here. you've got the fire department just over here trying to get more water to put out those flames which have been burning now for several hours. these blasts were the result of the so-called kamakazi drones, iranian drones that have really been wreaking havoc on the battlefield here in ukraine for just about a month now. and while there were at least four explosions of drones that successfully hit targets, though not necessarily the intended targets, ukrainian authorities are saying that another 15 were intercepted inbound for the capital alone

what books have read clarissa ward sinan creates an image, then whether a hero, or a martyr from theshua , this now posthumous veteran of the us army, this is how they write about him, he was destroyed back in the summer and now the body was handed over to the ukrainian side in the zaporozhye region, which apparently paid the bounty hunter. now they will be taken to the states. he was a soldier. he was a born soldier. these are missions. josh 's mother is visiting, and her tears. cnn is also used for propaganda. the tv channel parsed the interview into quotes. here, perhaps, is the most memorable, he disinterestedly risked his life for the sake of a country that we do not we have nothing to do, but he felt felt, and and he was not to be dissuaded. end quote america lives in an atmosphere of false heroes. now the americans. we understand perfectly why, where and how they went to fight, and what do they get for it? moreover, they have daily, as they say, fees for everything. foreign mercenaries in ukraine have separate prices for prisoners, for example, for destroyed and captured milit

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cnn's chief international correspondent, clarissa ward, is joining us from ukraine.y where ukrainian forces are pushing back. what's the latest you're seeing on this offensive? >> reporter: well, what we're hearing from ukrainian military officials is that they believe russia is now using some of those recently mobilized forces and really trying to bolster its presence in the kherson region. one military official saying that he believes there are now more than 40 battle tactical batallions in that area. there had been, wolf, a lot of suspicious or speculation that potentially with this kind of force deportation of civilians that russia has announced claiming that they have evacuated in their words 15,000 people from kherson that potentially that could have been used as cover for a russian troop withdrawal as well because it has been very difficult for russia to resupply its forces with these persistent ukrainian counteroffensives going on. but i would say that at the moment, we're in a sort of wait and see sort of holding pattern where everybody is anticipating somet