. >> let's go to ukraine and talk about the southern portion of mary opal. -- mary opal.nnot independently verify either claim that this was the russian fence military announcement earlier. >> 1000 26 ukrainian military from the brigade hav laid their arms down and surrendered. there were 151 wounded among those from the 36 brigade who received medical assistance and taken to mary opal hopped middle -- hospital for assistance. >> it is impossible because i know how many. they do not control -- the immigration district. >>mariupol -- deprived of food an games. some say this was avoidable. >> he said had ukraine received weaponry earlier, this would not have happened. ukraine needs to receive heavy weaponry as soon as possible. >> there have been two incidents in particular they have drawn international outcry. on march 9, the children's hospital in mariupol w bombed. hundreds of people sheltered in the basement and the word children was spelled out in front of it, visible from space. >> everything that is happening in mariupol today, bearing in mind that 90% of the structu

that is why they have concentrated on mary opal -- mariupol.hese airstrikes are happening not only on the northeast of the country, but they are also trying to use the supply chain, railways, and what they expect that should be ammunition coming to ukraine. but also shelling from time to time new places where they will not be able to join other forces. for example, we see the small military bases to distract attention and not being able to coordinate forces or take back. definitely we see the changes. but just tactics changed from the russians. they are trying to do what they can to demonstrate victory. the rhetoric of the different russian speakers also changed a little bit. from that they started to say, we never wanted the whole ukraine, just wanted to secure the whole territory of donetsk. we heard it from several speakers. also what is interesting, it is -- it is extremely painful for the russian military leadership to lose to the ukrainian armed forces. that is why the last week we noticed they are losing tomato. that it is not losses to

the window of opportunity though, is closing with every day, more and more of mary, opal is liberated and chances are high that soon will find out just who these that ukraine and its allies are so desperate to evacuate. more ad gazda of r t for mary opal ukraine's president has given a speech to the greek parliament using statements by notorious near nancy battalion troops. not a member lensky introduced a member of the openly neo nazi as of battalion who claimed he was an ethnic greek . although he did not speak the language creek. parliamentarians gave him answer lensky, a standing ovation. however, both top politicians on the public are furious. so great, all those who clap to this should hang their heads in shame that those who oppress the greeks of mary you, paul, were given a platform in parliament. there's widespread condemnation from all political spectrums and greek media against dissolve appearance in the greek parliament. but only weeks ago there was a huge white washing of them. are we fine with the resolve so long as they're not in greece or did something change? now, sol

the window of opportunity though, is closing with every day, more and more of mary, opal is liberated and chances are high that soon we'll find out just who these that ukraine and its allies are so desperate to evacuate. more ad gazda of archie from mary opal. russia's wound foreign states to stop pumping lethal weaponry into ukraine, which is being used for illegal warfare and to commit widespread war crimes including bye, can't stop fighting for the opening. nazi as of battalion, we call on the international community to give an objective assessment of the crimes of ukraine informations to stop supplying them with weapons and to encourage keith to abandon unacceptable methods of warfare. the us and u. k. were providing weapons to ukraine even before the conflict began. many more western states had begun sending legal aid to key. as in the last 2 months, washington has even approved a bill to use. it's a lend lease program last deployed in world war 2 to land arms and other supplies to ukraine. she 7 member, italy has also pledged to provide lethal 8 with the prime minister, taking a

some 3000 residents of mary, opal have managed to flee the besieged city. but a red cross mission was forced to turn back due to dangerous conditions. for 100000 people remain trapped up next as dw sports life. stay tuned for that. i'll be back in the top of the hour with more news. remember, you can always get the latest headlines that d, w dot com. i'm excited to watch with these places in europe are smashing the records step into a bold adventure. it's the treasure map for modern globetrotters, discover some of you up to record breaking sites on your back youtube and now also in book form that we're interested in the global economy. our portfolio.

as vladimir putin was being told of victory in mary opal, russian back separatist fighters of done yet. and now school was back in session for the 1st time since the invasion on february 24th. according to the don, yet sc people's republic, $721.00 children are going to school and mary opal under its supervision. the separatist say moscow has sent school books for these children, including text books on the russian language and russian history. you are out of the children, neglect, to be alive, to communicate with each other. they respect to elders. some of them at the teachers, this school directors from previous schools, posters, reading for homeland, for russians, for don bass, all in russian cover the walls in the schools. an indication of what's likely to come as russian officials say it is now safe for residence to return home russian forces entered mary opal on march 11th. now, 42 days later they have claimed victory. but at what cause, it's not clear if any one will return to this ruined area to live under russian occupation, or who will be expected to rebuild a city which now

. >> we know the numbers will be higher as the horror is inflated such as mary opal. >> the u.s. department of justice confirmed the u.s. is helping ukraine's prosecutor general. >> they have collected a group of international allies to assist. we are helping in the collection of evidence and preservation of evidence relating to possible war crimes.. >> mary opal has been under siege since february 24th. ukraine said tens of thousands have been killed in the city with 10,000 more people still trapped there. about 1000 ukraine soldiers are making their last stand at a still manufacturing plant as they battle to hold onto the city. >> what we have seen from variable, including those who remain in this facility, is nothing short of bravery and nothing short of inspiring. >> reporter: with russia launching a new offensive in eastern ukraine, the u.s. has sped up a new ghost drawn to be delivered to ukrainian forces. >> this unmanned system is designed for tactical operations. in other words, largely, but not exclusively to attack targets. >> reporter: russia has been selling cities a

, all eyes on the, the civilians trapped underneath that giant great soviet built steel plant in mary opal and no sign still of any humanitarian corridor to rescue them out. as soon as chance stratford reporting live there from the dumbass region of eastern ukraine, chance many thanks. indeed the interior ministry of more dove as break away region trans. these trias, as that shots have been fired from ukraine. russian backed regions says that a large ammunition depot was targeted. the ministry also accused ukraine of launching drones towards its territory. a series of attacks have been carried out in trans desanya over the past 2 days. it's unclear who was behind them. accordingly, emma has sentence, the ousted leader on sans who cheat a 5 years in jail, so she was found guilty of accepting $600000.00 and $7.00 gold bars in bribes. 76 year old trial was close to the median. al jazeera florence lewis is following the case from kwan alone, but she's with us now by florence. what more do we know about the sentencing? while we know that this is one out of 11 corruption charges she faces and ma

more ad gazda of r t for mary opal. ah, will ukraine's president has given his speech to the greek parliament using statements by notorious neo nazi battalion trips. san miss lansky introduced a member of the openly near nazi as of italian. he came to he was an ethnic greek. although he did not speak the language, greek parliamentarians gave him answer lensky as standing as ation. however, both top politicians and the public, a furious. all those who clapped to this should hang their heads in shame that those who oppressed the greeks of mary u. paul were given a platform in parliament. there's widespread condemnation from all political spectrums and greek media against dissolve appearance in the greek parliament. but only weeks ago there was a huge white washing of them. are we fine with the resolve so long as they're not in greece? or did something change now. solidarity with the ukrainian people is a given what the nazis could not have a say in parliament, including a message from an as off battalion member was wrong

, all eyes on the, the civilians tracked underneath that giant great soviet built steel plant in mary opal and no side still of any humanitarian corridor to rescue them in solving ukraine, the russian militaries, 5 tear gas and stone grenades, a protest is in the city of her song. people are rallying against what they're calling a sham referendum. ukraine says roster is planning to hold a staged vote in the household region to try and show popular support for the creation of a rush and backed republic. hassan is occupied by russian troops and residents have been protesting against their presence for weeks. still had on al jazeera, the critical condition were in kenya, where millions phased elevation of the worst routes and decades roaring into orbit . again. stark touched the latest mission to the international space station. ah, the journey has begun. the full world copies on its way to cover your travel package to the hello there. it's all about the heat when it comes to south asia, not just the india, but also pakistan and afghanistan. those hot and dry conditions dominating not just in

building behind thick concrete walls, infantry is no match for them, but a tank ease ah. throughout mary opal, you'll find hundreds of civilians day and night outside their homes. those who refuse to evacuate, they keep shifts, and link arms to block entrances in order to keep ukrainian troops from breaking into apartments and firing at russian forces, making targets of people's homes. sometimes it works. sometimes as of nationalists, just shoot them dead like horses and here we are in a bad state. we've been living in a basement since march 10th. sometimes we'll stick our heads out. our building was on fire. it took a day to put out the blaze on the 1st floor. everything was destroyed. what is the group of the national split up into groups of 10 or so people that took a positions and housing blocks to came here and sat up in the night. you can tell where they've been by the condition of the buildings. if the building is all black and burned down, than the nationalists were there, if the building is untouched than they were probably not allowed in their russian tags. avoid firing at louis flo

still plant in mary opal this morning we are hearing reports. you can imagine as strikes, bring a whole new dimension of fear to, to the civilians living in this area. there's also reports of grad rocket attacks on the grad rocket. so these multiple rocket launches that, that fire these, these rockets that cover a vast area. so abdel eyes on the, the civilians tracked underneath that joint great soviet built steel plant in mary opal and no side still of any humanitarian corridor to rescue them. in southern ukraine, the russian military is 5 tear gas in some grenades. that protest is in the city of cuts on the people rally and guess what? they're calling a sham referendum. ukraine says russia was planning to hold a stage, vote in the coast on region to try to show the interior ministry of moldova as breakaway region. trans. nice jazz says shots have been fired from ukraine, russia back regions as a large ammunition den clear who's behind them. aah! russia on the united states have conducted a prisoner swap to link the negotiations, rushes foreign

according to the done yet so people's republic, $721.00 children are going to school in mary opal under its supervision. the separatist say moscow has sent school books for these children, including text books on the russian language and russian history. you arrived, the children are glad to be alive, to communicate with each other. they respect to elders, some of them and the teachers. this school directors from previous schools, posters, reading for homeland, for russians, for dumbass, all in russian, covered the walls in the schools. an indication of what's likely to come as russian officials say it is now safe for residence to return home russian forces entered mary opal on march 11th. now, 42 days later they have claimed victory. but at what cost, it's not clear if any $1.00 will return to this ruined area to live under russian occupation, or who will be expected to rebuild a city which now lays in ruins. door safari al jazeera, moscow new satellite imagery is showing what appears to be another mass graves. this one near ukraine's besieged city of maria, pulled the private us from

we are russians. mari opal has always been a russian city. we began to fight for our land 8 years of fighting. and finally now i've returned to my native land. i'm overwhelmed with emotions. for me there is great happiness. it's impossible to scribe what's going on in my heart. it's sad that the city is destroyed, but there was no other way out. and no one had the strength to wait any longer. i will rebuild the city. i'll be glad to put my whole soul into making it better. we are russian people. we can do it, they would not so many difficulties. the russian defense ministry has released new footage of an advance of a column of russian forces in the hark of region settlements are providing humana, humanitarian aid, along with primary and advanced medical care. the picture show locals, greeting the column, which is protected by helicopter air support and tanks. meanwhile, in the devastated city of mario pl civilians are just starting to leave their basements after russian troops took control of most of the city. and he, people have been trapped

however, the mayor of the mary, opal is also been speaking. what he's actually said he's, is that he's up the numbers. he's now talking about a 125000 people trapped inside the city, most of whom can get out by the humanitarian corridors. he's also talking about the fact though it's now 90 percent of the city has been completely destroyed just last week. that figure was at 75 percent american that you had down to a shelter if that's what you're being told iran in kiff. docile jibari is in moscow, where officials say the ship will be salvaged. according to the russian defense ministry, this vessel was in the area between the port city of odessa and at nikolai, of on wednesday evening in the black sea, when a fire broke out on board. and then the ammunition i exploded as well as a result of that fire. now, the russian defense mystery saying that the vessel is now being towed to the nearest port and that it is not completely damaged and all the personnel on board were evacuated. what the ukrainians claim is that they struck this vessel, but the r

the evacuation of civilians from the as of self steel plants and mary opal, the un secretary general seemingly managed to achieve what many world leaders have failed to do so far. as he travels to ukraine, he will be looking for officials there to approve this plan as well. all the while to nearly 1000 civilians continue to wait to get out of the underground tunnels in one of europe's largest steel plants. doors such a bari al jazeera moscow was a call to man, law has sentenced, ousted leader also answered she to 5, he is in jail, said she was found guilty of accepting $600000.00 and $7.00 gold bars and bribes. 76 year old trial was closed to the media. she's facing 10 other corruption charges the could she has sentence to more than 100 years in prison. she's already been sentenced to 2 years in jail for him sent to the intent to incite a tubal for breaching with 19 rules possessing, unlicensed walkie talkies and sharing secret information. she charged with influencing the election commission and faces 11 corruption cases which each carry a maximum sentence of 15 years in prison of s

is finished and we can come back for our country really, for mary opal, and be with this city again.asts, depends on one man. and he is all in. what makes this war so dangerous is that putin everyone says he is a great chess player, he is a poker player, he has pushed all of his chips into the center of the table. and he can't lose. if putin loses, he loses everything. and that is a profoundly dangerous position. >> the war so far has taken a massive toll on the people of ukraine. the next stage could be even more brutal. but ukraine is a nation of survivors. we hit the bike trails every weekend shinges doesn't care. i grow all my own vegetables shingles doesn't care. we've still got the best moves you've ever seen good for you, but shingles doesn't care. because 1 in 3 people will get shingles, you need protection. but, no matter how healthy you feel, your immune system declines as you age increasing your risk for getting shingles. so, what can protect you? shingrix protects. you can protect yourself from shingles with a vaccine proven to be over 90% effective. shingrix is a vaccine

as vladimir putin was being told of victory in mary opal, russian back separatists fighters of danielle and our school was back in session for the 1st time since the invasion on february 24th. according to the don, yet sc people's republic, $721.00 children are going to school and marry a pool under its supervision. the separatist say moscow has sent school books for these children, including text books under russian language and russian history. you are out the children neglect, to be alive, to communicate with each other. they respect to elders, some of them of the teachers, their school directors, from previous schools, posters, reading for homeland, for russians, for don bass, all in russian cover the walls in the schools. an indication of what's likely to come as russian officials say it is now safe for residence to return home russian forces entered mary opal on march 11th. now, 42 days later they have claimed victory. but at what cost, it's not clear if any $1.00 will return to this ruined area to live under russian occupation, or who will be expected to rebuild a city which now

finally fall our correspond. rebecca readers is in cave and she told me earlier about the latest in marie opal. well, william for several days now. it thought that with the city, mary hall was close to falling. a couple of days ago, russia reported that they took the money to take the actual port of that city where that was being guarded by the circle 36 battalion. more than a 1000 soldiers rush. ukrainian soldiers from that battalion were reported to have been taken. and others managed to get into the as of steel factory, which is where the other battalion i have managed to be holding out. that's where the last ukrainian stronghold in that city now lies an overnight around 3 am. local time. russia are saying that they will very, very close to capturing and that city, obviously a key target all vladimir putin in the school. he wants to have something to be able to report back. some good news, if you will, for the russian side and taking over mary's whole would be that victory that he's looking for by all accounts. certainly ahead of the may 9 the 3 day in russia. and you've just mentioned that

the mayor of the besieged ukrainian city of mary. opal says the city has become quote, unlivable. he said there was no water, no food, no power, nor medicine. some 120000 people remain trapped. and mary o bull, which has endured over a month of russian shelling allegations of russian war crimes and ukraine have prompted the e. you to propose an import ban on russian coal as part of a new sanctions package. the package would ban russian call imports valued at $4000000000.00 euros per year, and would be the 1st e sanctions targeting russia as lucrative energy industry. russian president vladimir putin has said his country will closely monitor food exports to what he's calling hostile countries. claiming western sanctions have triggered a global food crisis. hootin was addressing a meeting in support of the agriculture sector. he also warned western countries not to nationalized russian assets in use, or is he doing one of ukraine's neighbors. moldova is one of the poorest countries in europe, but it has taken in hundreds of thousands of ukrainians fleeing the war. waldo was prime min

and the red cross is making a fresh push to remove residence from the ruins of mary opal. for weeks, the port city has been under siege by russian forces estimate say more than a 150000. people are trapped in desperate circumstances and exposed to constant showing ukrainian president vladimir zalinski said on friday. some people did manage to escape against the art arriving to relative safety. after weeks of shelling over 3000 were able to escape murray or pull on friday. but it's a journey full of risks. one woman recounts her fears as she crossed the russian checkpoint, that he did as the big but it was very difficult. she said, you can't. i was afraid they would take my son away here. they made him to his phone on the ground and trample on it because he had american music. an attempt by the red cross to deliver aden, evacuate civilians, ended in failure. the organization said the lives of thousands depended on evacuations. there is no plan b here we have been working for weeks. i am telling the media by our efforts to get into my appall with aid and to allow the safe pa

channel is said that as strikes according to him, russian air strike underneath that steel plant in mary opal. this morning we are hearing reports of air strikes on that town of the we are hearing these, these rockets that cover a vast area. so idea, because certainly seemingly, according to reports, the brunt of some of the main movements in the east this morning. but as i say still yes, all eyes on the, the civilians tracked underneath that joint. great. so we built steel plant prisoners at a time when they deeply divide it over the ukraine war. the deal was reached after lengthy negotiations washes foreign ministry says the former us marine health a critical condition or in kenya where millions face salvation of the west route and decades. and we look at how a fire a landfill coupled with a heap of africa in a moment. the 1st. c to the middle east and we've seen some unsettled conditions, work their way across the levant and the gulf states. we are like you to see more showers for places like saudi arabia potentially could tar as that system. those clouds push their weight further east, bu

but i think that's the big question now, because we know very little about what's unfolding and mary opal and the russians have been bombarding the port city for weeks, relentlessly. ukraine officials there say that troops are now burning bodies to get rid of the evidence of their crimes. and we are sure through sufficient statement, and it's very hard to, to check you to be curious. people are kept here in the basement result, which connection is out. what truth is our food to be like 3 city, but we try to keep it for a minute for the whole or where manage to escape from the c t. and now when you pro, in the priority year, so we also gather a testimonial and they told us horrible thinks about what happens in their nature. can i ask you what kind of horrible things they've been telling you? say tell bet. how is the 3 loans were killed by russian troops? is that they suffer it from from a shortage of food or water. they try to bury relatives in the common grief and during this triumph and other people were there. so it's really, it's really horrible. and the most to programmatic is that st

the port city has been under relentless, russian bombardment for weeks. officials say much of mary, opal lies and ruins, and tens of thousands are trapped with little or no food and water. russia has said it will focus on eastern ukraine and intensify its military efforts there. our correspondence, yon phillips schoultz is in the port city of odessa in the south of the country and he earlier explained the current situation. there. people are definitely getting prepared for the worst sir. the city has been hit by several missiles in the past days, and an additional problem for the city is that the russians could take from the lens site as well as from the c sites. so the situation for the city is very difficult, but to really start a major take, the russians would have to take over the city of fermi core life 1st, or which is about 100 kilometers east off for a year. and there still seems to be a lot of resistance from the ukrainian sites. talk to us about the security measures being taken in the city right now. yeah, i just talked to an official from the ukrainian military. and he says t

tel aviv last week. russia say more than a 1000 ukrainian marines of surrender in a besieged city mary, opal, but ukrainian official say they have no information on this and says the resistance is still alive. and over 300 people have been killed and devastating floods in south africa's resolute natal. hoffer the past 2 years for the north, the death toll from sundays attacks and plateau state has now surpassed a 150 people. several people are also still missing. hundreds of thousands fleeing to neighboring countries, most of the internally displaced of from bore no state, which is the epi center of a conflict with buck around. so can or the nigeria becoming stronger. thank you, maria, for some simple reason. if the nobility of the job able to go to their farms, and i mean from fortunately they would be able to produce or to the difficulty of the road from food security to concrete. the livelihood has been affected on part of your report mentioned community, which have more or less been cut off from, from the capital of who jo, movement between capital and i do not have been stopped. and bec

zalinski spoke about said the humanitarian disaster about the situation unfolding in a city of marie opal. when he was addressing south korean lawmakers and we have to stress that the city has been under almost constant shelling by the russian forces since the beginning of the war. and as you just mentioned, tens of thousands are still trapped there without water electricity, without foods. and of course now we can assume, and that is what the ukranian government is anticipating that the russian forces are preparing for a major offensive there to capture the city of new pool. and to take control of to hold the nets, creegan, to establish, to secure and lend rich between their forces in the eastern part of ukraine and their forces in the, in the next crimea. and that is why the government of ukraine is so alarmed that the situation in my you pool could get worse and that the life, all, all of the people trapped there are of course, at stake. now, alexander, russian forces left a trail of destruction following their withdrawal from the north. now you've been visiting those areas. tell us a

s. satellite images appear to show another mass grave in a cemetery, east of mary opal. pictures taken in late march and mid april suggest fresh parallel trenches were dug. ukraine has accused russia of trying to hide evidence of war crimes. during the assault on the city, russia denies the claims ukraine's as of the regiment has released a video of civilians sheltering in bunkers beneath the as of salt steel plant and murray, opal. it's not clear when or where the video was filled with russian president vladimir putin ordered his forces, not to storm the plant earlier this week, but ukraine says, attacks in the area have continue with russia has confirmed the death of one of the crew members of its flagship missile cruiser knoxville a week after it sank in the black sea. the ministry of defense said nearly 400 crew members were evacuated kremlin. critics suspect a much higher number of dead and missing, saying the ship's crew was about 500 strong. now french president manuel mc home, and his far right challenger marina, the pen have made their final push for votes before sundays. pres

s. satellite images appear to show another mass grave in a cemetery, east of mary opal. pictures taken in late march and mid april suggest fresh parallel trenches were dug. ukraine has accused russia of trying to hide evidence of war crimes during the assault on the city. russia denies the claims this week has seen an upsurge in violence in afghanistan on thursday and friday alone, almost 50 people were killed in explosions across the country. dozens more were injured. the recent attacks appear to have targeted houses of worship at busy hours and have therefore left many afghans fearing for their security. many, you're blaming the ruling taliban for not protecting citizens. friday kept a week of relentless violence, enough canister, a powerful explosion killed more than 30 people in this mosque and prayer school in condo us. most of the dead, where students and we were busy worshiping outside walking. and suddenly an explosion took place on the 2nd floor i development them and victims were thrown everywhere. and there's a whole wanna many people were martin wounded and we brought the w

. >> two quick questions, president zelenskyy talked about what he said was the death toll in mary opal. he said tens of thousands fitted -- is that -- >> i don't think anybody is really going to know until ukrainian youth who -- ukrainian authorities are able to look and see. it is still being fought over. it is still contested territory. if you look at the imagery and you see how much the russians have pounded them from the air, it seems unimaginable that there are not going to be significant civilian cal jewel tease -- casualties. >> jake sullivan talked about the new russian general to lead the war effort. is that any sign the president prudent has accepted it is not going to well and needs to adjust? >> i do not think mr. putin needs any signs. it has not been going well for him. here we are come day 46. he failed to achieve so many of his geographic i will let them speak to their personnel announcements. it would not surprise anybody if they are trying to organize themselves better for a more specific set of targets in the south. what i would hasten to offer is if ukrainians have

unlike the devastated port city of mary opal for the east ukrainian officials say miss, i'll fit one of her death says critical infrastructure facilities this morning. footed shows dark clouds of large billowing smoke filling the sky. on friday, ukraine's military said that its anti air defenses had blocked an attempted rushing to strike and rejoin now from odessa by laurence sheets, a former n t r. moscow bureau chief and head of the consulting group, the ration international analytics, is cover the soviet union and russia for over 3 days and is now in the port city where he's been reporting on the military situation for the past 2 weeks. lawrence, thanks for joining us. what happened overnight at about 4 30 am local, which would be 3 30 am further in time. we were open to alert on our cell phones throw to desa as to a warranty, which usually means an imminent strike of some sort. at 6 am precisely, there were enormous explosions. obviously large caliber rockets, landing in the port area of the city about one kilometer from the port i can see black smoke emitting from the port. the

the city of mary, opal has become a symbol of the horrors of russia's war in ukraine for weeks now. the port city has been under what is being called a medieval style. siege estimate say more than a 150000 people are trapped and exposed to constant shelling. attempts to evacuate civilians have failed already on several times. on friday, i read, cross convoy was reportedly blocked from entering mariel. paul still ukrainian president followed amused. lensky says 3000 people managed to escape without the security. they were promised. arriving to relative safety. after weeks of shelling over 3000 were able to escape murray or pull on friday. but it's a journey full of risks. one woman recounts her fears as she crossed a russian check point. is that even as the big but it was very difficult. she said, you can't. i was afraid they would take my son away here. they made him to his phone on the ground and trample on it because he had american music. an attempt by the red cross to deliver aden, evacuate civilians, ended in failure. the organization said the lives of thousands depended on eva

it has been on a on mary opal -- mario pool -- mariupol. sometimes we do everything to destroy the enemies equipment. i am very glad it will not be able to shoot at our citizens anymore. >> other ambassadors in that -- these are extraordinary, trying times. could i ask you to begin our conversation tonight by walking us through what your day is like. your day-to-day life as ambassador to the united states right now. when are you getting up in the morning, who are you in communications with? who are you meeting along u.s. officials? what is it like for you right now? >> when there is night here, there is a full day in kyiv. it's since the beginning of this attack, i want to remind you the war started in 2014. this is that when russia attacked us. that is why we are also hurt. this very difficult time and loss of many people. 24/7 as any ukrainian defending our country. we are also soldiers. we are no different. i wake up pretty early trying to be at the embassy no later than 8:00, 830 and that is when the day starts. sometimes very late, som