donna hall joins us now live from living near the border with poland. jonah, so that's what's happened near the nuclear power plant. give us a picture across the rest of the country. well apart from the scene that charles was describing grounds for easier developments on the battlefield. elsewhere in the south, in the east and in the north, in the south along the black sea coast. of course, in the last couple of days, the towns of have sold the city of cash on the port city of bet yonce could fall into the russians. the latest word is that the russians are moving in on the big ship building, city of mich alive, also russian landing craft on the horizon opposite the very large port city of r, desa. the possibility therefore, presents itself that russia is trying not only to create a land bridge between crimea and the east breakaway regions, but also to try and block ukraine's access to the entirety of it's black sea coast . cutting the country off from international shipping altogether in terms of that land, colorado, mario, paul, half a 1000000 people.

dr. bar there in moscow, donna hall extended by an even west and ukraine, jamal a child and antalya, where those talks took place. but 1st task, a name has a round up of development, a man shoes, a child patterned winter coat, peak out from a black tarps that have become funeral shroud. this narrow 25 meter long trench is a mass grave in the besieged city of merrill pole. the mayor says more than 1200 people have been killed. there are no basic services, aid groups or warning of a humanitarian catastrophe. use this one is one of the only thing i want is for this to be finished. i don't know who's guilty, who's right, restarted this, damn them. all those people who started this 3 more humanitarian corridors were expected to open on thursday, according to the ukrainian government. 35000 people found safe passage on wednesday, but thousands more remained trapped. turkey hosted the highest level of talks between russia and ukraine. since the invasion began, the foreign ministers of both countries met in the city of antalya. russia did not commit to a cease fire or a humanitarian corridor

donna hall is recording from the visa and western ukraine, or the russian president vladimir putin says that he will not use conscripts nor reserve soldiers in the military operation in ukraine. june hughes, media. but i'd like to also address the mothers sisters and brides of our officers who are currently fighting to protect russia in our special operation. i understand that you worry about your loved ones. you can be proud of them, just like you. the whole country is proud of them the same way together with you. the whole country is proud of them and worries about them. i'd like to highlight that in the military action, no conscripted soldiers will be taking part. and we will not call for reserves, only professional military personnel will take part in the factions, and we will secure p for all the people russia. a funeral has been held and done yet can eastern ukraine for the commander of the separatists. part of italian, his unit says he was killed on saturday while trying to help civilians leave a nearby city. bernard smith reports from dawn, yet the bloody ms. yoga has become one

now no longer joan of thank you very much, donna hall talking to us from the java leave. okay, let's now take a look at the wider picture in western ukraine. natasha butler is life for us in levine and natasha up to this point to live. even the surrounding area have been relatively untouched by the conflict that's going on. but as we're hearing, obviously it's beginning to move closer. yes, we just had a series of air raid sirens, hey, in the vive, overnight there were ever 8 warnings. i repaired of about 3 hours. we now know we're in connection with that attack on that. so ukrainian military face some 3040 kilometers north of the city levine, where you just heard my colleague jonah how reporting from so people in this city are certainly feeling a lot more anxious. as the days past. we've had 3 nights that have been broken by air right. silence. a sense that something is in the air that perhaps the russian invasion, this war is coming in closer to the west. also overnight though, an airport in ivana frank is. that's a city south west of here is not far from the hungarian

thank you so much, donna hall reporting from the even western ukraine. now foreign fighter is, are headed to the battle ground in ukraine after the government to slide list and international legion for those coming from abroad. they miss robbie has spoken to some of them and hear reports from your friends border with poland as the number of people fleeing the war and ukraine approaches 2000000, some rush to get to its front lines. the job related bravery or bravado mormon, like this one, are coming to ukraine's aid every day. inspired perhaps by a social media campaign. i'm in college right now, or a call to arms for volunteers by ukrainian leaders under siege in their own capital . from her home near keith leslie vaseline co says, there is something to do for everyone coming to ukraine's defense. you are fighting the 2nd biggest on the and the world and the nuclear power. that of course, our military resources are not enough. so we need more people here on the ground. we need more weapons here on the ground. we need more sophisticated weapons here on th

donna hall is reporting from live eve in western ukraine. let's talk about all of this with richard white's. he's a security analyst. that weakest, right? he's joining us from washington. d. c. vice guy, thanks for your time with us. so the suggestion perhaps that we are waiting to confirm this, but the suggestion is that the cease fire has perhaps been broken. the 2nd sees fire in 2 days. but looking at this issue of humanitarian court, or is richard wise, i mean, how efficient do you think these are mandatory and corridors are well, they serve multiple purposes for different actors that are most benign level. they can allow a humanitarian aid agencies to provide needed medical food and other assistance to entrapped citizens. and so we've seen, for example, in syria multiple quarters at one time working towards that. and they also and, but they also can provide military benefits to both sides. so the defenders can have more time to strengthen their defenses and less concerned about protecting civilians. if the civilians are allowed to leave