lawmakers, i'll bring in matt rivers who joins me from the capital, kyiv. unannounced visit here today from nancy pelosi. what more can you tell us? >> reporter: she was joined by several senior members of this congressional delegation, including representatives gregory meeks, including adam schiff. pretty high-level delegation. it followed more along the security protocols that we're used to, isa, compared to the last senior visit that was undertaken by secretaries of state and defense of the united states. president zelenskyy foreshadowed their visit the night before, saying they would be coming, which was against kind of normal security protocol. this time this congressional delegation came and went. that is normally what happens with this high-level delegation where there's a lot of security risks involved. generally the vips come and then leave then they announce the visit. that is what appears to have happened here. we don't know exactly when that visit took place. both sides putting out statements about the meeting with president zelenskyy as you men

let's get more on the battlefield from matt rivers. matt? >> yeah. john, what we're seeing in the east is this continued russian offensive that really is not making the broad gains that i think we would have expected the russians to have hoped they would have made by now. very incremental progress as they continue their march toward the eastern city. a lot of troops centered around a town as they try to push down from the north into the east up from the south to complete their takeover of the donbas region to ensirk it will ukrainian troops fighting back in the region. they have largely held their grounld, the ukrainians. there has been incremental progress. and british intelligence saying in the beginning of the war they believe russia committed some of 5 -- 65% of their overall combat force to this conflict. they say approximately a quarter of the units have been rendered combat ineffective, including some of russia's most elite units. they say those units have suffered some of the highest levels of attrition, and that it could take years to recons

, cnn, moschun, ukraine. >> important piece there from our matt rivers. joining me now is defense analyst stuart crawford. very good morning to you. i want to start, if i could, really, what we're hearing in a village, which we have been hearing from ukrainian forces has been retaken by them. this, of course, is just east of kharkiv and some 13 miles or so from the russian border. what does that say to you, really, in terms of the fact that they've been able to retake this territory so close to russia itself? >> good morning. it's -- well, it's good news for ukraine, actually, and it shows that far from being overwhelmed by russian forces or indeed even being pushed back by russian forces. they now have the where with all and fairly small scale, or smaller scale operations, to begin to retake their territory. and this is something that i think we've all been looking for for the past few days. when will the ukrainians be able to go from the defensive and transition to the offensive and retake the territory which the russians have captured. and this looks l

matt rivers, cnn, kyiv. >> important context from matt rivers on the situation in mariupol. >>> meantime, russian missiles have again struck ukraine's third most popular city. residents of the southern port city of odesa on the black sea fear it's about to welcome a primary target of the invaders. our nick payton walsh has the latest for you. >> reporter: strikes on odessa have been intermittent since the war began, targeting often military structure. the one we've just seen, no exception, hitting the airport. ar parentally its runway. it's unclear where they originated from. there have been images of russia putting submarines and launching missiles in the black sea. we've seen russian ships off the coast, one key, one hit and destroyed recently. a lot of russian activity to try and pressure odesa. the brought issue, many people in that russian-speaking city of over a million will be asking, this is the prelude to some wider assault on that city? or lake we've seen the past weeks a bid to try to pressure and it keep ukrainian military officials guessing as to what russia's goal along tha

that's it. >> reporter: matt rivers, cnn, kyiv. >> russian occupied kerrson is in the line of fire. there's at least 120 cars with families fleeing the violence. they were seen crammed in with pets and the elderly. >>> now a heads up on the big cnn interview tomorrow. the first interview since u.s. diplomats returned to ukraine. that's tomorrow morning at 9:00 a.m. eastern. >>> parts of texas and new mexico under a tornado watch until late this evening. near hurricane force winds and softball sized hail are expected. jean norman joins me now. how bad are the storms? >> we have reports of hail like this. baseball and larger working into the evening and there have been reports of tornadoes on the ground. one north of fort stockton. also some of these storms produced lightning that have set off grads fires in west texas. what they look for in west texas, tornadoes some intense with hail and the winds approaching hurricane force. areas in red the tornado watch until 10:00 tonight across west texas. yellow box areas are severe thunderstorm watches. take a look here near the raleigh area.

that's it. >> reporter: matt rivers, cnn, kyiv. only yesterday i spoke to one man that told us em are on the front lines. for breaking news coverage, let's go back to chrissy in london. >> thanks very much, isa. it's devastating what ukrainian families are going through. ahead we'll bring you the latest covid numbers in china as the country races to control its current covid-19 outbreak. stay with us. taha, that's funny. it's messing with me nowow. i know exactly what it's doing. ok. ok. she's feeling the power of listerine. he's feeling it. yep, them too. it's an invigorating rush... ...zapping millions of germs in seconds. for that one-of-a-kind whoa... ...which leaves you feeling... ahhhhhhh listerine. feel the whoa! we got the house! you did! pods handles the driving. pack at your pace. store your things until you're ready. then we deliver to your new home - across town or across the country. pods, your personal moving and storage team. >>> welcome back. the u.s. should be preparing for what one health expert calls a now predic

to matt rivers who joins me now from kyiv. matt, remarkable news about some success in evacuating people from mariupol. operations are paused apparently until monday and we've learned some shelling has resumed in certain areas. what can you tell us? a lot to sort out there. >> reporter: yeah, jim. it seems like in mariupol and at that steel plant complex every time there is a small step forward there's two, three, four, five gigantic steps back. and that's exactly where we are seemingly right now with this ceasefire that miraculously held up for two straight days according to both sides, frankly. now over, apparently, because shelling, according to a soldier that we've been speaking to inside that steal plant complex, says that shelling has once again started which means not only the evacuation corridor has stopped, not only have evacuations stopped for the time being, that directly puts in harm's way all of the people still in there. when there is shelling the women and children that remain inside that complex are at direct ri

matt rivers, cnn, moschun, ukraine. >> joining me now is a research fe fellow. and thank you for taking the time to speak to us. let me get your thoughts on what we heard from western officials that they believe that vladimir putin could formally declare war on ukraine as soon as may 9. what would that mean in reality? >> first of all, it is also the opinion much our intelligence services so a scenario that we are taking into account. of course it would be a factor in this war because it would mean mobilization of people and economy. but in the end with the statement made by the u.s. secretary of defense lloyd austin last week that we need to decrease russian ability to threaten both ukraine and europe, we understand the level of the u.s. commitment and with u.s. and its allies, more than 50% of gdp comparing to 1% of world gdp. so it would be a turning point of the war if russia basically declare this is a war and start mobilization of both man and material. but with this level of western partner's commitment, we can withhold another round of connen fro tags an

cnn's matt rivers has more from the ukrainian capital. >> reporter: it was just about one week ago thatelegation came to kyiv. that was secretary of state antony blinken and secretary of state lloyd austin coming here to kyiv to meet with president zelenskyy and some of his administration. fast forward to this weekend and it was a congressional delegation led by none other than speaker of the house nancy pelosi. both sides thanking the other for this meeting with president zelenskyy specifically thanking the united states and speaker pelosi for what he called the united states' continuing support. he said that the united states has become, quote, the leader of the support that ukraine has been receiving in its fight against russia. meanwhile, speaker of the house nancy pelosi saying that the united states will be in this fight to the end with ukraine. here's a little bit of what she had to say. >> i am very honored to be with the very distinguished congressional delegation that has traveled here to send a clear message to the world we stand with ukraine. we stand with ukraine until vict

cnn's matt rivers met with some asylum seekers on the mexican side of the river.the authorities are not going to let you in the country? >> translator: yes. especially for the baby. he's only a year and a half old, so, yes, it's difficult. >> reporter: thank you very much for your time. so, his story there very similar to other stories that we have heard in this shelter, this shelter is called the good shepherd shelter, and it is completely full at the moment. the majority of migrants here right now are actually haitian, but as you just heard from our interview there, he sven sway land, there's people from honduras here and this shelter, which is hold 80 people, is completely full. we can show you -- i want to enter into one of the dorm toirps here, and bear with it, because it is a little dark, as we transition from sunlight to darkness here. there's no lights in here, but you can see just how completely full this dormitory is. there are dozens of people that are living in this facility. most of whom are spread out through the facility. they've asked us to respec

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matt river has the story of how ukrainian soldiers in one city near kyiv helped stop the russian advancee. not far from the flaming pieces of an exploding armored vehicle. as the quiet still of the nighttime bunker is shattered by what the soldier says was a direct hit nearby. this is what happened in the tiny town of moschun just northwest of ukraine's capital city. it was here as much as anywhere else that the battle of kyiv was won. by early march, russian forces had flooded south. it arrived just west of moschun, occupying that entire area. the irpin river, the only thing between them and the town where ukraine would make its stand. >> is it strange to just walk through this area now, you know, when it's safe? he says, what's strange was being here when all hell broke loose. three ukrainian soldiers who fought here took us around moschun. before the ground assault, they said relentless artillery. just listen to this video taken by a soldier. so, they dug this trench here just across the river from russian positions, of course to take cover from things like this. so, this would be spe

cnn's matt rivers and scott mclain are on the ground in ukraine. you're in kyiv where the house speaker met with zelenskyy today. this was a significant moment. why? >> no question. you said it off the top. the most senior u.s. official to visit in kyiv. more importantly, it kind of really tops off an entire change of narrative we've heard from the united states over the past few weeks where they have significantly ramped up what they are willing to do here to support ukraine. not only in the rhetoric, not only in the funding that the u.s. is providing to ukraine, but also look at the business. it was one week ago that we had the secretaries of state and the secretary of defense here from the united states. a few days later president biden announces he's requesting $33 billion in additional aid from congress to send to ukraine. a mixture of humanitarian aid as well as heavy weaponry. after that here comes a congressional delegation led by the speaker. this is a significant moment and one that's not lost on president zelenskyy who pointedly thanked

. >> cnn correspondent matt rivers is live now from the border. was an interview we did yesterday with a venezuelan migrant who was here with his family at a shelter not too far from where we are in ciudad juarez, which is just across the border from el paso, texas, and what we're seeing is kind of a microcosm of what we're seeing up and down the border, going from south texas to southern california. this part of mexico, the border towns, are basically inundated with a number of migrants. thousands of migrants are arriving every single day. that shelter that we were at is completely full. they can't accept any more people, according to the shelter's director, unless some people leave, but the problem is that no one is leaving at the moment. part of the reason they're doing that is because this title 42 obligation in the united states has been extended after that federal judge's ruling in louisiana, and so you're not giving people an incentive to leave these shelters here to go try and apply for asylum in the united states. that means one of two th

. >>> for more, let's go to cnn's matt rivers and scott mclain both in ukraine standing by. matt, you first. speaker pelosi's visit was unannounced but significant. >> no question. and it comes one week after the last u.s. delegation came to kyiv. that was secretary of state anthony blinken and secretary of defense lloyd austin. and we got a congressional delegation led by none other than speaker pelosi. she's the highest ranking u.s. official to come to kyiv. this is just the latest step in what we have seen, a narrative shift in the united states. we've seen the united states take a marked shift in tone over the last two weeks or so, talking about ukraine winning this war as opposed to just helping ukraine fight back against the russians, providing some support along the way. we've seen a tone shift from the united states that has centered on new aid, lots more aid. you're talking about billions and billions of dollars more aid, and also the successive visits by senior u.s. officials really sending a message to ukraine that the united states is in it for the long hall. that

matt rivers is "outfront" in kyiv and what is the latest on the ground tonight? >> reporter: yeah, so we are watching very closely, erin what is going on in mariupol. in terms of evacuations, that is the story going on right now in ukraine and you really have two different evacuation operations on going or at least trying to be on going. on the one hand, you have operations centering on really the entire city controlled by the russians. that was, is where we're seeing the most successful evacuation operation undergoing, which is what happened. today, we've seen dozens and dozens and dozens of civilians making their way eventually to the city of zaporizhzhia in ukrainian-held territory, on the other hand, that steel plant, which along side all the fighters including the captain you spoke to, also civilians inside that steel plant essentially trapped, there are much fewer of those civilians able to get out of there because it remains a target for russia, this, despite the fact that putin said a week or two ago that he wasn't going to be thinking he would storm that

matt rivers spoke to ukrainian soldiers who not only survived the bloody firefight but helped turn the tide in ukraine's favor. here is part two of that report. >> outgoing fire from a frozen fox hole. not far from the flaming pieces of an exploding armored vehicle. as the quiet still of the nighttime bunker is shattered by what the soldier says was a direct hit right nearby. this is what happened in the tiny town of moshun, just northwest of ukraine's capital city. it was here as much as anywhere else that the battle of kyiv was won. by early march, russian forces had flooded south, ukraine's seat of power in its sights. they had arrived just west of moshun, occupying that entire area. the irpin river, the only thing between them and the town where ukraine would make its stand. >> is it strange to just walk through this area now, you know, when it's safe? he says what's strange was being here when all hell broke loose. three ukrainian soldiers who fought here took us around moshun before the ground assault, relentless artillery rained down. there was little they could do but wait it o

laura, amara. >> matt rivers, thank you for that. ukrainian commander says a new round of evacuations has begun at that steel plant in mariupol where hundreds of civilians have been trapped for weeks. we're getting new ground level images that show just the devastation. look at that. many of the buildings in this sprawling complex have been reduced to rubble by russian missiles. >> correspondent isa soares joining us now from lviv with the latest. we know, isa, that hundreds of people were trapped deep down in that basement, some as young as i believe 4 months old. what do we know about how they are doing, did they survive, and what is the latest on the evacuation efforts? >> reporter: good morning to you, amara, good morning, laura, the situation as we have been reporting on for several weeks now inside the azovstal steel plant is incredibly dire. but what we received, what we heard of yesterday was a small breakthrough, a glimmer of hope if you can call it that. we have heard from the azovstal commander inside the azovstal steel pl

cnn's matt rivers live over the border in mexico, with the latest on this. ng there. >> reporter: we're here in juarez, just across the border from el paso, texas, what you see is what you see all across the border, hundreds if not thousands of migrants who are simply waiting for the chance to try and apply legally for asylum in the united states. including one man who we met yesterday at a shelter here who said he's going to try to apply in the next couple of weeks with the hope they make some kind of exception for him at the border. here is a little bit about what he had to say. are you nervous that the authorities are not going to allow you to enter the country? >> si. >> translator: yes, very much so, more than -- is not knowing how long we have to be here. especially for the baby. he's a year and a half old. yes, it is difficult. >> reporter: thank you for your time. so his story there, very similar to other stories that we have heard in this shelter. this shelter is called the good shepherd heshelter and it is completely full at the moment. the majority

our own matt rivers is joining us now from kyiv with the latest. matt, what do you make of this visit of speaker pelosi, and what is the latest about what the situation is in mariupol? >> reporter: well, it's a significant visit, i mean, considering that it was just one week ago that the u.s. secretaries of state and defense, antony blinken and lloyd austin, were both here, one week later. now we're getting a congressional delegation led by the speaker of the house herself. so this is clearly yet another show of support. no question about that, abby. with president zelenskyy saying during this meeting he really appreciates the fact that speaker pelosi and this congressional delegation came here on the heels of more and more aid being provided to the united states, zelenskyy called the united states a, quote, leader when it comes to -- or the leader, rather, when it comes to supporting ukraine in its fight against russia. and, you know, speaker pelosi will have obviously a very key role to play when it comes to shepherding through president biden's r

matt rivers is live from the capital in kyiv. scott mclean is in lviv. we begin with matt and a visit to ukraine by house speaker nancy pelosi and the congressional delegation. give us the highlights of their meeting with president zelenskyy. >> reporter: sure, it was just about a week ago now that we had the first u.s. delegation, senior delegation here in kyiv, meeting with zelenskyy, since the war started. that was, of course, secretary of state antony blinken and secretary of defense lloyd austin. and this morning we woke up to the news that there was another delegation of the congressional kind here led by none other than nancy pelosi, this was an unannounced visit as is the norm in situations like this with security risks, high level visits, generally announced after these meetings take place. that is what happened. we were alerted to the fact this meeting was taking place when president zelenskyy tweeted out a video where you could see both sides meeting, speaker pelosi joined by senior congressional delegation as well. with zelenskyy saying afterw

and matt rivers joins us now. the town, it's amazing that people are still living there. it just seems so completely destroyed. >> when we went there, the first time we went there was about ten days ago or so now with a previous congressional delegation that was in town. and when we were there with them, we spoke to a commander in the ukrainian forces who basically told us this town is the reason there was not street fighting in kyiv. we didn't realize it was that important because it is just this tiny, little village. and yet it's only about 15 miles or so from where we are here. and when we spoke to commanders there, they said had that town fallen, there would have been street fighting here. that's why the russians tried to hard to take it, why the ukrainians put up such a fight, and that's why there's so much damage. we're going to talk about that on the show looking at more how that battle played out. >>> i'm joined by democratic congressman jim mcgovern who was recently in kyiv. he was part of a congressional delegation that just returned. while he was here, he and o

because of the pandemic so they're still there waiting and no one knows what will happen, matt riversxican side of the border, judge's ruling is temporary, we don't know when the outcome will be or when it will be and the administration will have to face, most likely, this major surge and i think that may be an under statement, at some point, in the near future. >> reporter: absolutely, and what we saw during the day today which we spent here just across the border there, behind me from the city of el paso texas is the people here, who have in many cases been waiting a long time to get a chance to apply for asylum in the united states, they're not planning on leaving. many people we spoke to including venezuelan man here said they're going to continue to wait, maybe try to cross. the venezuelan man said he will make an attempt to cross in the next couple of weeks, here's just a little bit of our conversation. are you nervous the authoritys not going to allow you to enter the country? >> si. >> translator: yes very much so, more, the eternity of not knowing how long we'll have to be he

. >> reporter: matt rivers, cnn, kyiv. >> heartbreaking story. all right, emotional moemgts moments on the country music hall of fame as they remember their mother naomi after sudden death. >>> first how russia's war could affect food on your family's table next my fellow xfinity customers. hi tim. the biggest week in entertainment is almost here. watchathon week presented by xfinity rewards. with free access to stranger things from netflix. the boys from prime video. hbo max, starz, and peacock. just say watchathon into your voice remote and get ready to watch. i love you. i love you. i love you all. >>> growing alarm this morning that russia's war will spark a global food crisis, raising prices for staples around the world and hurting the neediest the most. ukraine is the world's biggest exporter of sunflower oil, major exporter of wheat, iron, corn maize and barley. it is now limiting exports to secure food and commodities for their own people. experts say this kind of protectionism plus the loss of ukraine's production sanctions on russian, p

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matt rivers in kyiv, thanks so much. >>> the u.s. embassy in ukraine has now resumed diplomatic operations in the country. just announced plans to return to kyiv by the end of this month if security conditions allow. joining me from lviv is the acting u.s. ambassador to ukraine. first day back, in fact, in the country, since this invasion. ambassador, thanks so much for taking the time this morning. >> very happy to be with you. thank you. >> first, i wonder as a diplomat with many years example in that country there, what is the importance of having u.s. diplomats back on the ground there in the midst of russia's ongoing war? >> well, obviously it's important symbolically that we're there to provide in-person support and discussions with ukrainians. but it also just helps us do our job. we've been doing things through video conferencing and telephone and what'sapp and that's useful but there's nothing like talking directly. also we can have more outreach more quick lly so we can provid information to washington on what we can do to

. >> and that was matt rivers reporting there. >>> and a political career off to a whirlwind start, southnt is a foreign policy novice but already thrust on to the world stage after a summit with president biden. and he is tackling the relationship with north korea and doing it head-on. he spoke with paula hancocks. and paula is joining us now live from seoul with the very latest. so paula, what kind of shift or policy change are we expecting to see if any from president yoon? >> i think that we'll see a shift. he did talk about his prede predecessor, moon jae-in, his tactics and said his approach has shown not to work, many calling it survival diplomacy. and he said that that is simply not working. however, we're seeing really a dual track approach from the president at least from what he was saying in our interview. you see on one hand with all the intelligence assessment saying that missile test or underground nuclear test is imminent from north korea. he said if there was that seventh test there would be a stronger and firmer response than there had been before, it would be kood natur

cnn's matt rivers is live on the mexican side of the border with more on this. e? >> reporter: kate, well, yesterday we got a chance to visit a shelter here which is just across the border to my left from el paso, texas. what we saw at that shelter was basically a microcosm of what's happening across the border from texas to california. this particular shelter is completely full. it has 80 people. if one person leaves, another person enters. they cannot accept any more people. there are bunk beds next to bunk beds, people are sharing bunk beds at this point and that is happening across the city. the interesting thing there is the majority of people in that shelter are not from the northern triangle. they're not from el salvador, honduras or even here in mexico which is traditionally where a lot of migrants have come from. the vast majority of people in that shelter were haitian, and that follows trends bwe're seeig here at the border. those in the month of april were outside the four countries i just listed. and the other thing is the numbers keep going up. we ha

lawmakers, we want to bring in matt rivers who is joining us from the capital. and nancy pelosi, we didn't know anything about it, it was under some kind of an information blackout. and it seems now that the visit is over that they posted the videos. how significant is it given the kind of dignitaries that have come to kyiv in recent weeks? >> reporter: i think it is very significant. look at what happened over the last week. it was just a week ago that i was in this same position doing live shots about the secretary of state and secretary of defense from the united states coming here to meet with president zelenskyy. and then a few days later you had president biden reaffirming his support for ukraine by even increasing the support by asking congress for additional support. and then now here is nancy pelosi with a senior congressional delegation. the united states is sending a message, clearly that they are in it for the long haul to support ukraine. we saw the video that president zelenskyy put out announcing that the meeting had taken place. in that meeting h

cnn matt rivers met with some asylum seekers on the mexican side of the border and here's his report.ow you to enter the country? >> very much so. more than the nervous it's the uncertainty of not knowing how long we'll be here. especially for the baby. he's a year and a half only. >> thank you so much for your time. his story there, very similar to other stories that we have heard in the shelter. the good shepherd shelter. it's completely full at the moment. the majority of migrants here are haitian. as you heard there he is from venezuela. people from honduras here. this shelter can hold 80 people and completely full. i'll enter into the dormitory here and bare with us it's dark. we transition from sun to darkness here. there's no lights here. you can see how completely full this dormitory is. it is just bunk bed next to bunk bed. there are dozen of people that are living in this facility. most of whom are spread out throughout the facility. they sdd asked us to respect peoples privacy. there are people who are sharing beds here. remember, one of the most dangerous cities in mexico,

as russian forces focus their operations on eastern ukraine, matt rivers reports on a small heavily damagedrauma of war. >> at the entrance to the ukrainian village, an effigy twists in the breeze. a uniform stripped off a dead russian soldier, stuffed and hung from a tree. people hate russia here. because of what it did. the tiny town northwest of kyiv has been leveled. russian bombs, rockets, bullets destroyed streets after streets after street. this was the site of some of the most intense fighting of the war so far. on their drive toward kyiv, the russians attacked soldiers and civilians alike here. ukrainian bunkers alongside ordinary houses, shelled relentlessly, to devastating effect. >> this was probably somebody's kitchen. you can see there's an oven there, some pots and pans, a microwave. this isn't a big city, but the scale of destruction in this village is on par with anything else we have seen across ukraine. i mean, this house gets hit with arti artillery. there's subsequent fire. just look, it's eviscerated. if there is a building in this village that hasn't been damaged in t

let's begin with cnn's matt rivers in kyiv. officials say civilians finally getting out of that steel plant, getting out of mariupol. it's going slowly. do we expect it to continue? >> reporter: yeah, so i think we are expecting it to continue, jim. we're talking really about two different evacuation operations that are happening right now in mariupol. on the one hand, you have the evacuation of the general population of the city. of course, almost the entirety of mariupol is controlled by russian forces. what we have seen is a cease-fire hold now so that the overall number of residents in mariupol, tens of thousands of people, according to ukraine, that need to be evacuated. they can start evacuating from that russian-occupied territory. eventually moving to a city called zaporizhzhia, which is in ukrainian-held territory. even though things are moving slowly, what we're hearing from ukrainian officials is the hope by the end of the day today you could be talking about hundreds if not thousands of ordinary citizens of mariupol

matt rivers is here with me in kyiv. is anyone planning evacuations for there? >> reporter: that has been the plans for a while, it's in the luhansk region, rubzhne, trying to get people out for weeks. we have heard from officials urging people to leave. we knew in a lot of ways this was going to happen at some point. the last time evacuation buses were able to get into rubzhne, officials were able to drop off substantial food and water for the people there. they haven't been able to get in since then because it's so dangerous. as a result of that you're hearing officials basically giving up on getting people out, and what they're hoping is that doesn't play out in other towns across the front. >> the ukrainian military saying they hit two smaller russian bolts. >> reporter: i think this goes to show or the message ukraine wants to show it has capability to strike russian naval assets in the black sea. this is drone video that they put out. they show two russian patrol boats, raptor class patrol boats being taken out by ukrainian drones, according to the ukraini

. >>> i want to go live to cnn's matt rivers this morning who is in kyiv. i know you are closely following the situation in mariupol, hundreds of people still trapped inside that steel plant and in zaporizhzhia where she are waiting for bus loads hopefully of citizens from mariupol to be evacuated. what can you tell us this morning? >> reporter: yeah, john, two different evacuation operations going on right now in mariupol, on the one hand you have a general evacuation for the entire city that is still -- that is in russian controlled hands at this point, so buses still making their way according to ukrainian officials to get what is hoping to be hundreds if not thousands of ordinary mariupol citizens to the ukrainian held city of zaporizhzhia. that is ongoing, though progress is slow. you have the other operation centered on that azovstal steel complex, the last remaining pocket of ukrainian resistance inside the city. we saw dozens of people get out of that complex over the weekend. this morning, though, no word yet on if anyone has been able to get out.

matt rivers is "outfront." >> reporter: outgoing fire from a frozen foxhole.ar from the flaming pieces of an exploding armored vehicle. as the quiet still of a nighttime bunker is shattered by what the soldier says was a direct hit right nearby. this is what happened in the tiny town just northwest of ukraine's capital city. it was here as much as anywhere else that the battle of kyiv was won. by early march, russian forces had flooded south, ukraine's seat of power in its sights. it arrived just west there, occupying that entire area. the irpin river, the only thing between them and the town where ukraine would make its stand. is it strange to just walk through this area now, you know, when it's safe? he says, what's strange was being here when all hell broke loose. three ukrainian soldiers who fought here took us around. they said relentless artillery rained down. there was little they could do but wait it out. just listen to this video taken by a soldier. [ explosions ] so they dug this trench here just across the river from russian positions to take cover

. >> matt rivers reporting from kyiv. thank you so much for that report. >> a spokesman for unicef says the conditions in the embattled city of mariupol are apocalyptic and ghastly. before and after satellite photos show extensive damage at the azovstal steel complex after weeks of bombing. mariupol mayor said civilian evacuations from the city and from the plant have been, quote, very difficult. and entirely dependent on cooperation from the russians, who have, of course, not been particularly cooperative. cnn's scott mclean joins us live from lviv, ukraine. what do we know about the progress of these critical evacuations? >> jake, we're getting bits and pieces of information today, and they all add up to a picture that is not looking good. there is an evacuation for people leaving the city of m mar mariupol, independent of the steel plant that is supposed to be meeting up on the northwestern edge of the city at a mall there, but last we heard, there was no indication the buses who were supposed to thak them out of the c

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matt is in lviv with more. >> reporter: ukraine destroyed a pontoon bridge russia was using to cross in eastern ukraine. ukraine's command released videos of a damaged russian bridge over the riverstroyed 73 tanks and other military equipment in the battle this week, push officials say another sign russia's war has gone awry which the port city of mariupol to the south hundreds of ukrainian marines have been trapped more than a month in tunnels beneath that steel plant. the mayor tells fox news they are severely injured suffered in the dark tunnels slowly dying, ukraine's prime ministers said negotiations to get them out of that plant are difficult, the red cross told us they are assisting as much as possible and outside the capital city of kyiv, ukrainian military authorities loaded the bodies of dead russian soldiers onto railcars, they were collected after fighting in the key of and other regions, military operations that the country will return the body to russia in accordance with international law. on friday, lloyd austen spoke to his counterpart, russia's defenseman esther, for the first time since february 18th entered russia to consider a cease-fire. poland's private mi