i'm laura jarrett. >> i'm christine romans. john berman is in lviv, ukraine. john?good morning to both of you. so east of here near ukraine's capitol the pentagon says ukrainian forces are now on the offensive trying to take back territory.

i'm christine romans. >> i'm laura jarrett in new york.ne. john, what's happening this morning? >> good morning to both of you. this morning russian bombs still falling on kyiv in the northern ukrainian city of chernihiv. this is the day after moscow promised it would drastically reduce its assault on the two cities. even so ukrainian troops do appear to be making gains on

. >> i'm laura jarrett in new york. john berman continues our live coverage in lviv, ukraine. john, what's happening this morning? >> good morning to both of you. this morning russian bombs still falling on kyiv in the northern ukrainian city of chernihiv. this is the day after moscow promised it would drastically reduce its assault on the two cities. even so ukrainian troops do appear to be making gains on chernihiv. this is new video showing a burning russian tank in the nearby village of slovoda. minutes ago they say russian troops have agreed to an evacuation corrcorridor. the pentagon said earlier 20% of russian forces targeting kyiv are repositioning with some of them headed to belarus. u.s. officials are saying russian president vladimir putin, that he's being misinformed by his advisers about how badly the russian military is performing in ukraine. joining me is phil black. we're watching the military operations. maybe 20% removed from the kyiv area, what are you seeing? >> it suggests ukrainians are seeing an up tick in attacks. there is new russian hardware being rel

i'm christine romans. >> i'm laura jarrett.me to our viewers in the united states and all around the world. we begin here with more fierce fighting across ukraine as russian forces move even closer to the capitol. new this morning, more explosions in kyiv. four residential buildings near the kyiv city center were hit by shelling. those buildings caught fire. at least two people were hurt. in western kyiv two people were killed in a 16 sto

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. >> i'm laura jarrett. john berman starts us off in lviv, ukraine. john, good morning. >> reporter: good morning to both of you. we do begin here with russia's ground forces stalled in the face of fierce ukrainian resistance. the russian fighter jets still unable to command the skies over ukraine. stalemate is what one senior nato official calls it. >> they've been frustrated. they have failed to achieve a lot of their objectives on the ground. >> reporter: a senior u.s. defense official says vladimir putin's forces are having, quote, command and control problems, struggling with decision making and communications. the u.s. can't figure out if russia has a top field commander in charge leading to a clumsy, disorganized assault. two u.s. defense officials say russian units appear to be competing for resources instead of coordinating. then there's equipment failure. a senior u.s. defense official said they have inventory issues. they failed to hit the target or failed to explode on contact. the pentagon assesses the russians are, quote, near desperate

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i'm laura jarrett. woll welcome to our viewers in the united states and around the world. right at nato's doorstep. russians hit a large military base close to the polish border. now, despite the escalation, ukrainian president volodymyr zelenskyy's resolve only

. >> i'm laura jarrett. "new day" starts right now. >> announcer: this is cnn breaking news. >>> good morning to our viewers here in the united states and around the world. it is monday, march 28th. i'm brianna keilar. john berman is in lviv ukraine. our cnn team on the ground hearing constant explosions there. an adviser warning that russia is ramping up military strikes and that vladimir putin is trying to wipe ukraine off the face 069 earth. >>> we are also getting reports of powerful explosions in the last few hours in the western city of zhytomyr. it was hit by a missile fired from belarus. with a new round of peace talks tuesday in istanbul, zelenskyy said they are willing to accept nonnuclear status under certain conditions. >> translator: our priorities and negotiations are known. ukraine's sovereignty and territorial integrity are beyond doubt. effective security guarantees for our state are mandatory. our goal is obvious. peace and the restoration of normal life in our native state were as soon as

. >> i'm laura jarrett. john berman is live in lviv, ukraine. good morning. >> good morning to both of you. it is now one month after russian troops invaded this country, and as of this morning they are being pushed back some around kyiv. intense combat reported all around the capitol. now it is hard to get a definite read on this, but ukraine's forces appear to have retaken territory east of kyiv. this is new video of ukrainian soldiers showing off a captured russian tank. look at that. elsewhere, six people were killed when a missile in a shopping mall parking lot in kharkiv, that's in the far east of the country as civilians were lining up inside to receive humanitarian aid. a defense official says the assessment is ukraine likely did successfully attack russian ships in berdansk. that is a vivid example of some of the success they've had. joining me is cnn's phil black. i want to talk about what's going on around kyiv. a lot of activity. >> reporter: indeed, john. ukraine is making ground. we have social media video appearing to celebrate in

i'm laura jarrett. >> and i'm christine romans. john berman is in lviv, ukraine. john? >> good morning to both of you. so really no question this morning that ukraine has at the very least slowed russia's advances in certain places. but an adviser to ukraine's president says that multiple cities still being hit by missile strikes -- look, we felt it here over the weekend -- raging strikes after a fuel depot -- a fuel storage center. the mayor of a city about five miles east of here reported two loud explosions overnight. and early this morning, cnn teams on the ground in kyiv heard an explosion and sirens. the head of ukraine's military intelligence unit says that vladimir putin might be looking to carve this country into two. think like north and south korea. he says that russian operations around kyiv have failed. putin's forces are foxing on ukraine's south and east, he says. in the meantime, ukrainian president volodymyr zelenskyy says that he's ready to accept a neutral, non-nuclear status as part of a peace deal with russia. but we begin with the military situatio

joining us to discuss this and more is laura jarrett, anchor of cnn's early start.he is a good friend of mine and a lawyer herself. i'm so excited you are here. it took 233 years for a black woman to sit where judge jackson sat this week. talk about the history of this moment, the significance of it for her, but also our country. laura: it is a hugely significant moment. it sends a message to every little black girl watching her, but they can be in that seat, and that they deserve to be in that seat. given how historic it was, it is striking to me how much time wa spent of the hours and hours of questioning from all of these senators not about her record, not about some of the issues that might pertain to what she would consider on the court, but rather as senator durbin pointed out, some of the more divisive cultural issues of the day. it seems as though some republicans thought that that was their best attack, and their approach would be not to dig into her record or the facts of her record, but rather ask her about antiracist babies coming how to define a woman,

. >> i'm laura jarrett. a lot to get to this morning.ground in lviv, ukraine. good morning. >> good morning to both of you. this morning russian forces seem to be largely stalled in several parts of ukraine, including around chernaiv, mikolaiv and they say

. >> i'm laura jarrett. a lot to get to this morning. we have john berman live on the ground in lviv, ukraine. good morning. >> good morning to both of you. this morning russian forces seem to be largely stalled in several parts of ukraine, including around chernaiv, mikolaiv and they say russian troops have made no progress in moving towards the capitol of kyiv. we have new video showing ukrai ukrainian troops on patrol. battles are ongoing. around the port city of mariupol the mayor says russian forces have consolidated some of their control with evacuation corridors mostly under russian control. new video shows the devastation after weeks of the bombardment that has killed untold numbers of civilians. those who have remained are enduring without heat, electricity, water. meantime, the kremlin spokesperson ruled out russia using nuclear weapons in ukraine telling pbs moscow would only use them if there were a threat to russia's existence. right now crucially a new round of face-to-face talks between russia and ukraine is underway in tu

. >> i'm laura jarrett. john berman starts us off in lviv, ukraine.ood morning. >> reporter: good morning to both of you. we do begin here with russia's ground forces stalled in the face of fierce ukrainian resistance. the russian fighter jets still unable to command the skies over ukraine. stalemate is what one senior nato official calls it

i'm laura jarrett. >> and i'm christine romans. john berman is in lviv, ukraine. john?to both of you. so really no question this morning that ukraine has at the very least slowed russia's advances in certain places. but an adviser to ukraine's president says that multiple cities still being hit by missile strikes -- look, we felt it her

i'm laura jarrett. >> i'm christine romans here in new york.egin with john berman reporting for us in lviv, ukraine. hi, john. >> good morning to both of you. overnight here in ukraine a senior government official says there were no areas without sirens. yes, here in lviv we heard them

laura jarrett has the day off. welcome to our viewers in the united states and around the world.o far the city in western ukraine has been largely spared from the relentless bombardment of russian forces but this morning six missiles were fired towards the area. one hit an aircraft repair plant close to the city's airport. you can see the smoke and hear the sirens wailing. it happened right on nato's doorstep. the plant had been shut down. no one was hurt. here's how one resident described the scene. >> translator: there were some explosions. i heard the noise and i looked right away and i saw a column of smoke rising. >> reporter: even with bombing you feel safe to stay here?

. >> i'm laura jarrett. >> announcer: this is cnn breaking news. >>> good morning to our viewers in theday, march 21st. i'm john berman in lviv and western ukraine. brianna keilar is in washington. we begin with ukraine rejecting an ultimatum from russia for the city of mariupol to surrender. it has just been decimated. 7,000 people did manage to evacuate over the weekend. so many remain

i'm laura jarrett. >> i'm christine romans here in new york. let's begin with john berman reporting for us in lviv, ukraine. hi, john. >> good morning to both of you. overnight here in ukraine a senior government official says there were no areas without sirens. yes, here in lviv we heard them as well. this came after they said they would scut military activity. u.s. officials are skeptical of the russian promises. >> we'll see. i don't read anything into it until i see what their actions are. >> there is what russia says and there is what russia does. we're focused on the latter. >> we are not being fooled. we should not be fooling ourselves by the kremlin's recent dlam it will suddenly reduce military attacks near kyiv or the fact that it will remove all of its forces. >> the troop movements are a repositioning, not a withdrawal. we do have new video this morning showing the full extent of the devastation of irpin just outside of kyiv. this from a ukrainian ngo after ukraine forces pushed russian troops out of the suburb northwest of the capi

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. >> i'm laura jarrett. john berman is live in lviv, ukraine.g. >> good morning to both of you. it is now one month after russian troops invaded this country, and as of this morning they are being pushed back some around kyiv. intense combat reported all around the capitol. now it is hard to get a definite read on this, but ukraine's forces appear to have retaken territory east of kyiv.

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. >> i'm laura jarrett. >> announcer: this is cnn breaking news. >>> good morning to our viewers in the united states and all around the world. it is monday, march 21st. i'm john berman in lviv and western ukraine. brianna keilar is in washington. we begin with ukraine rejecting an ultimatum from russia for the city of mariupol to surrender. it has just been decimated. 7,000 people did manage to evacuate over the weekend. so many remain trapped. perhaps hundreds of thousands. the russians bombed an art school where an estimated 4,000 were sheltered. funerals not even possible. instead, they are digging graves in the streets. this was a bustling city one month ago, one month ago. now the streets are lined with burned-out buildings. teams on the ground report several explosions last night. one on a shopping center. firefighters running towards the blast, pulling victims from the rubble alive. 63 firefighters were at the scene. officials say flames reached as high as the third and fourth floors. >>> anti aircraft fire last night. kremlin forces dug in around the city with most analysts exp

laura jarrett has the day off. welcome to our viewers in the united states and around the world. we begin with breaking news in lviv where so far the city in western ukraine has been largely spared from the relentless bombardment of russian forces but this morning six missiles were fired towards the area. one hit an aircraft repair plant close to the city's airport. you can see the smoke and hear the sirens wailing. it happened right on nato's doorstep. the plant had been shut down. no one was hurt. here's how one resident described the scene. >> translator: there were some explosions. i heard the noise and i looked right away and i saw a column of smoke rising. >> reporter: even with bombing you feel safe to stay here? >> translator: well, i don't know. where would i go? >> all over ukraine russian forces are pounding cities into rubble and killing dozens in the process. in cherniv, there was a strike on this bread line. among those killed, james whitney hill, a u.s. citizen. more details on that story ahead. in kharkiv, more plumes of black smoke rising. 75 acres, that market i

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i'm laura jarrett. >> i'm christine romans. john berman is in lviv, ukraine. john? >> good morning to both of you. so east of here near ukraine's capitol the pentagon says ukrainian forces are now on the offensive trying to take back territory. that's new video of an intensifier fight that happened a short time ago. they have made some head way north and west of the capitol. russian forces still stalled with some suffering frostbite because they lack cold weather gear. new satellite images show more fires and destruction across the besieged city of mariupol in the south. a u.s. defense report says they are firing from the sea of azov. president biden will depart the united states to meet with nato leaders and we've now learned he will announce new sanctions there. let's begin with the very latest here in ukraine. i'm joined by cnn's phil black. phil, we are seeing this clear effort by the ukrainians to take the fight to the russians. >> reporter: john, a real effort to regain territory they've lost. we've seen that in the capitol of mak amakariv. they describe the u

. >> i'm laura jarrett. >>> this is cnn breaking news. >>> good morning to viewers in the united states and all around the world. it is thursday, march 31st. i'm john berman in western ukraine, brianna keilar in washington. russian soldiers refusing to carry out orders, sabotaging their own equipment. supplies are low and morale is even lower. that's according to the uk's intelligence chief. think of that. what are the implications? we'll talk about that at length. also this morning, there are signs that russian forces are regrouping on belarusian territory. this is after suffering heavy battlefield losses in ukraine. the ukrainians say they appear to be replenishing manpower and weapons over the border. >> this as negotiations with russia are ongoing. but president zelenskyy calls the talks only words. he adds, russian troops are now concentrating in the donbas region for a new round of attacks. new video shows a bombed-out russian tank on fire 12 miles from chernihiv. ukrainian troops have retaken the town despite efforts to enc encircle chernihiv. seven russian planes are headed thei

. >> i'm laura jarrett. >> announcer: this is cnn breaking news. >>> good morning to viewers in the united states and all around the world. it is friday, march 25th. i'm john berman in lviv in western ukraine. brianna keilar is in washington. we do have breaking news this morning. intense fighting overnight in several ukrainian cities with ukrainian forces making gains east of the capital. in one town about 35 miles east of kyiv, a ukrainian soldier talks about the destruction of three russian tanks and nine infantry fighting vehicles. he calls them trophies. >>> the uk ministry of defense conforms ukrainian forces have been able to retake some towns up to 21 miles east of kyiv. but this just in to cnn, russia's defense ministry claims its forces destroyed the largest of the remaining fuel depots in ukraine near kyiv with a cruise missile strike. cnn has not verified that claim. >>> there's fierce fighting also reported in the east. the region is badly damaged. new satellite images from maxar technologies shows the burnt wreckage of a school, and a partially destroyed hospital. >>> there's