jomana karadsheh joins me now from where the talks will take place in turkey. jomana, so much at stake. these are the highest-level talks since the invasion began. what does each side want? what can we expect? can we expect anything tangible to come out of this meeting? >> well, look, michael. the -- both foreign ministers arrived here in this really beautiful resort town. a gulf and spa resort town in southern turkey on the mediterranean coast, quite a world away from the war zone they are expected to meet as you mentioned in the next 45 minutes or so. we are already seeing bilateral meetings taking place between the turkish foreign minister and his ukrainian counterpart. of course, the turkish foreign minister will be attending those meetings. trilateral meetings between both the ukrainian and the russian foreign ministers. this is really coming after a serious diplomatic push from turkey, the turkish foreign minister, and turkish president, recep tayyip erdogan, for the past few days and weeks have really been working the phones to try and get a meeting going

cnn's jomana karadsheh has that story.find some of the images in her report disturbing. >> reporter: russia's vicious war in ukraine has shocked the world, but no one should be surprised. for years, russia's ruthlessness played out so openly for all to see in syria, where countless civilians paid the price for putin propping up his ally, bashar al assad. syria is where russia boasted about testing more than 300 types of weapons. it's also where it tested the world's limits, and there seemed to be none. its war has no rules. no one is spared, and no place is safe. russia's bombed hospitals, markets and schools. the u.n. called them war crimes, but no one has faced justice. russia denies it's committed these crimes, but its cruel attacks know no bounds. even those rushing to rescue the injured have been targeted by the infamous double-tap strikes. >> i last two of my team. in one seconds, we were trying to respond to save others. >> reporter: this man survived one of russia's most brutal campaigns in syria as -- >> we are fo

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jomana karadsheh, cnn, istanbul. >>> joining us now is constantine sanin.ank you so much for joining us. let's talk about the economic cost on russia so far. a wide range of economic weapons are being used against russia. you got the sanctions. you have corporate boycotts. you have the freezing of russia's foreign reserves, et cetera. what impact has all of this had on the russian economy? >> this obviously an impact that is the exchange rate changed dramatically. the prices are skyrocketing. there are deficits. for example, there were huge lines for sugar, and people were actually fighting in these lines. but at the same time, economic sanctions and corporate boycotts, they're not missiles, so they do not work immediately. inflation is high. it will be high this year, but it does not -- it does not affect people immediately. they will feel it within the year. >> so far, which of these economic weapons, as it were, has been the most impactful? >> well, i think the middle class obviously noted that mcdonald's is a middle-class restaurant. people noticed that

jomana karadsheh, cnn, istanbul. >>> well, if you would like to help the people in ukraine who may be of basic things like shelter, food, and water, go to cnn.com/impact, and you can find ways to help there. >>> when we come back, they are outnumbered and outgunned, yet ukrainian forces are stalling the russian advance. how they're doing it, ahead. ( ♪ ) ( ♪ ) ( ♪ ) ( ♪ ) with our unique tub over tub installation in just a day, bath fitter doesn't just fit your bath, it fits your busy schedule. why have over two million people welcomed bath fitter into their homes? it just fits. bath fitter. call now or visit bathfitter.com to book your free consultation. >>> we continue our breaking news coverage. i'm hala gorani in lviv, ukraine. a u.s. defense official says the russian offensive in ukraine is, quote, generally stalled. but that has not slowed russia's relentless shelling of ukraine's civilian population. a theater being used as a shelter in the coastal city of mariupol was reduced to rubble on wednesday. if there was any doubt as to whether or not the russian attackers knew childre

cnn's jomana karadsheh was at the talks. >> reporter: a meeting between the russian and ukrainian foreignisters hosted by the turkish foreign minister came to an end after 90 minutes without reaching an agreement on the cease-fire. dmytro kuleba saying he came here hoping he could accomplish a 24-hour cease-fire in the country, and humanitarian corridors in and out of the city of mariupol. but he says his russian counterpart was not authorized to commit to this and he had to take that back to moscow. we heard from the turkish foreign minister saying no one expected any miracles out of this one meeting, but that this is a significant step in the right direction. >> no miracles, but really nothing coming out of that. let's talk about this with william taylor, former u.s. ambassador to ukraine, and vice president of strategic stability at the u.s. institute of peace. that's a dismal outcome. nothing for the talks, nothing on humanitarian corridors. is there any hope in these discussions? >> brianna, not until president putin makes the decision. we heard the ukrainian foreign minister kuleba

jomana karadsheh at the site of the russia/ukraine talks, thank you very much. >>> now after ten days trapped underground with bombs all around them, terrified ukrainians are escaping through certain corridors. we'll take you to their struggle. that's next. t-mobile has more 5g bars in more places. anand now, when you switch, you can get iphone 13 on us at t-mobile. meet jeff. in his life, he's been to the bottom of the ocean. the tops of mountains. the er... twice. and all the places this guy runs off to. like jeff's, a life well lived should continue at home. home instead offers customized services from personal care to memory care, so older adults can stay home, stay safe, and stay happy. home instead. to us, it's personal. i may have moderate to severe rheumatoid arthritis. or psoriatic arthritis. but we are so much more. we're team players and artists. designers and do-it-yourselfers. parents and friends. if joint pain is getting in the way of who you are, it's time to talk to your doctor about enbrel. enbrel helps relieve joint pain, and helps stop permanent joint damage. plus e

jomana karadsheh in istanbul. thanks very much. >>> a former ukrainian leader is calling on the american president joe biden to show solidarity with ukraine by coming to visit this country. the former president, petro poroshenko, made the appeal in an interview with cnn saturday. >> i know that president biden planned to go to visit europe next week. and i think that he analyzing the possibility of visiting poland. why don't a very good friend of mine, very good friend of ukraine, joe biden, the leader of the global world, who demonstrate now the leadership, why don't he come visit kyiv next week? >> that was petro poroshenko. the former president also had a meng for europeans and other western countries. the gist of it was our fight is your fight too and we are taking it on for you. i'm joined now by ukrainian parliament member ivana. thank you for joining us. she chairs a committee regarding uk raip's integration into the eu. and she's live in kyiv. you're still in kyiv. you haven't left. what is it like there r