fred pleitgen in chernobyl and salma abdelaziz in poland. first, cnn's phil black in ukraine. they reveal the true level of true brutality that the ukrainians are claiming on russian forces. >> reporter: for many who fear what is coming in eastern ukraine, kramatorsk has been a place for safety. desperate for the region russia says it will son-s soon conquer with force. witnesses say thousands came friday morning. they sought safety. they couldn't escape the war. these are the moments after a ballistic missile exploded at the station. after debris and shrapnel tore through the crowd. so many dead bodies, a person cries. only children, just children. when the screaming eventually stopped, the broken bodies of the innocent remained. we have to hide much of this scene. most of those lying bleeding and still are women and children. survivors fled. we managed to contact some by phone while they sheltered together in a public building. still scared and shaken. this woman says she looked up when she thought she heard a plane. and then it exploded and everyone went down. this man says

salma abdelaziz, appreciate it. and if you want to help the people of ukraine, go to cnn.com/impact and at last check, cnn viewers, like all of you out there, have raised more than $7 million to help those in ukraine with shelter, food, and water and other needs. >>> just ahead, pregnant women in ukraine face a difficult choice. stay and give birth in a war zone or take their chances and have their baby in a foreign country. kyung lah will have that story from warsaw. plus, we'll look at how women continue to pay a heavy price as the war in ukraine rages on. stay with us. >> translator: without gas, without water, without heating, babies were born weighing 1.5 kilograms, 3.3 pounds, at 5 degrees. they were carried behind the shirt, inside mother's clothes. what could we do? >> when the first russian missiles landed in ukraine, many pregnant women had a difficult choice. stay at home and give birth in a war zone, or take the long, treacherous journey across the border to have their babies in a safe place. cnn's kyung

salma abdelaziz is in poland with the latest on the refugee situation. arlette saenz is at the white house, but we begin with cnn's brianna keilar in lviv, with the latest on british prime minister boris johnson's surprise visit to the capital. >> reporter: in the middle of russia's invasion of ukraine, uk prime minister boris johnson made a surprise visit to kyiv, promising new sanctions against russia and military aid for ukraine. johnson follows a stream of european democrats visiting president volodymyr zelenskyy, austrian chancellor, and top eu diplomat, and european commission president, ursula von der leyen, who toured the atrocities committed in bucha and gave zelenskyy paperwork to begin training the eu. >> ukraine plbelongs to the european family. it is where you pass towards europe and the europe union begins. >> reporter: as the european union and italy announce they would be resuming their diplomatic presence in kyiv, the russian front has shifted to the east. where death, destruction, and chaos are unfolding. a day after a russian missile s

. >> salma abdelaziz live at the border with more. agine this, for tens of thousands of those living under bombardment and shelling every single day, they are essentially cut off from ukraine, even on their native soil. they tell us that if they're fortunate, and fortunate is a relative term here of course, there's only one way out, and that's towards president putin. when you get to russia, how do you get to safety in poland? take a look at one family's harrowing journey. mila does not trust the man she's about to meet. he's a smuggler. she is anxious, looking for her mom and sister, hoping they are here. it's vita, her sister. brief joy. there is no time. the smuggler wants to be paid now. 500 u.s. dollars for the pair. much more than those fleeing war can afford. we pull away with her mom. we don't want our presence to cause problems. away from our camera, mila is extorted for more cash. getting to safety is dangerous. this is the story of one family's escape into russia after its troops bombed and occupied their city. they are from

salma abdelaziz has more from the poland border. >> reporter: many are asking how they can continue to care for over the 2.5 million refugees spread out across the country. the welcomes they received have been really generous and good s samaritans stepped up to help. we met a family running out of the money to help. >> reporter: stories and food and endless hot feel meals and hun hundreds of bunk beds and a lot of love says volunteer kamil. >> i saw women with the child on hands and you see they have nowhere to go. >> reporter: this abandoned school deteormitory was unused. in three days, they turned it into a shelter for women and children. >> i use my skills and everything i got. >> reporter: now the challenge is to keep this place up and running. >> up to know we have received zero aide from an ngo or government. they are huge opportunity for us. >> reporter: behind each of these doors is a story of trauma. victoria and her grand kids arrived here only yesterday. they still feel so raw. >> it was so scary but we had to go for the children she says. >> reporter: i am very, very sorry

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cnn reporter salma abdelaziz is at the polish/ukrainian border. lma, we've been watching this for weeks, wondering if the influx is more fluid now, because this has been going on for so long, that there is more sense of structure for them when they get there? or if you're noticing that there are resources that may be getting very strained at this point. >> reporter: that's a good question. and i want to show you the answer to that question. we're at a train station near the border. and you think about structure. you think about a systems. yes, it looks like quite a chaotic train station, it's also a welcome point for refugees. i'm going to walk you around. you're going to see all these people in high-viz jackets. they are walking around, you see these people walking around with what they can carry, a lot of times, supplies and pets. you see a family, quite literally a family over there. they parked it. they sat down, because now they have to figure out where they're going to go next. you talk about the 2.7 refugees currently in poland, many of thos

salma abdelaziz, terrific reporting. . >> thank you, salma. >>> you may be watching these images from across ukraine and europe and wondering how you might be able to help the people of ukraine. we've offered a series of links. if you go to cnn.com/impact, you'll find vetted organizations that can offer help where it's needed most. and it is needed right now. >>> well, it is a shocker in the sports world. up next, what we're learning this morning about the incident that left steelers' quarterback dwayne haskins dead in south florida. eakage remedy gives damaged hair the strength it needs. even with h repeated combing hair treated withh dove shows 97% less breakakage. strong hair with new dove breaeakage remedy. number one beauty brand not tested on animimals. (ted koppel) the only thing worse than being a target for covid-19... is not knowing you are one. (renee) every half a block, i'm stopping to try to catch my breath. (ted koppel) which is what the 30 million americans with copd are. (terry) [coughing] excuse me. (joy

salma abdelaziz, cnn, on the poland-ukraine border. >> congressman tom malinowski is a democrat from jersey and a member of the house foreign afast ferries committee. good to see you again, congressman. your own family history is tied to fleeing communism during the cold war. how does this refugee crisis resonate with you right now? >> well, you know, all of this reminds me of stories that my family told me about hiding from the nazi invaders of poland during the second world war. it brings back a lot of those family memories. they're not my personal memories, of course. but, look, the good news in this huge refugee crisis is that unlike most of the world's refugees, these ukrainian families have western europe, wealthy countries as their first port of call. they're not in a refugee camp with no food and water. and even more important, they're not looking for permanent resettlement. they are looking for temporary safety, and then to go home to ukraine, to a free and liberated ukraine as quickly as possible. and so, as we think about all of them on this easter, passover weekend, let's

salma abdelaziz in poland for us.ate it. >>> a pair of ukrainian brothers have already experienced more than any children anybody should. the 6-year-old is undergoing treatment for cancer. his older brother, just 10, saw the more errors of war firsthand. and their mother is with us now. marina kamina is with us from poland, which is where the family has, thank god,en reunited. marina, first off, just tell us a little bit about how your family, your boys are holding up. >> hi. thank you for having me here today. now we are okay. my youngest son, who has blood cancer, he asks me every day, mom, am i safe now? you know, it's a big trauma for him and for my eldest son who stayed for 10 days in a well-known town near kyiv, near bucha. >> you were in kyiv with your 6-year-old who is getting cancer treatment. your 10-year-old was in gostumel with your mom and had to take refuge like so many people underground. and you were not able to talk to him. you feared that he maybe had died. what was it like to find out that he was ok

se salma abdelaziz is live with more. where you are, it's a first stop. >> reporter: it's the first stop. but when they get here, they have to figure out where they're going to sleep, to stay, to get their next meal. i'm going to show you here this. hallway at this train station has become a waiting station. people get here. they don't know what they're going to do next. they take a seat. they go on social media, ask friends, where am i going to sleep tonight. again, it's not just a transport hub. it's a place where you can get medical attention. there's a first aid station here for people. there's a paramedic on duty to check people out, women who are pregnant can get consultations, get help if that's what you need. there's even a play room just over there for children so that they can pass the time while their parents try to figure out what's next. you're going to see everywhere volunteers here and they're answering questions as much as they can, providing information when they can. the first question they get is where

salma abdelaziz in poland, thank you. if you would like to help people of ukraine who may be in need of shelter, food, or water, please go to cnn.com/impact. you'll find several ways to assist those in need. >>> we want to go live now to brussels where nato's secretary general is speaking. let's listen in. >> we are joined today by our partners from ukraine, georgia, finland, sweden, and the european union. and by our asia-pacific partners australia, japan, the republic of korea and new zealand. so very much welcome to all of you. russia's invasion of ukraine has profound implications for european security, but has also shaken the entire international order. our partners' presence here today is a sign of our unity, to support ukraine, to condemn russia's aggression, and to defend the rules-based international order. a special welcome to ukrainian foreign minister dimitri kuleba, welcome to you. the ukrainian people have inspired us all with their courage and determination. it is important to hear from you, dmytro, and dis

that is where cnn's salma abdelaziz is live now where some fled on foot. ma, tell us what you're seeing there. >> reporter: yes, so i'm at the pedestrian crossing here on the polish side of the border, of course, and this is a crossing where people literally come on foot. they can only bring with them what they can carry, brianna. and what greets them is a tent full of volunteers that want to help to give them what they might not have. one of these little tents is focused on children, on babies. you can see they have toys out, juice boxes out, baby powder and diapers and baby wash, and anything you might need to get by for a few more days if you're a family that wasn't able to grab these things. and, of course, to bring a little smile to these kids. and what really stood out to me, brianna, because i was just walking through here today is if we turn around here, you're going to see this whole stream of strollers. and i just stopped in my tracks as soon as i saw them, and i met this gentleman here who i want to introduce you to. he came all the way from fran

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david mckenzie in london, salma abdelaziz in hungary, ben wedeman in central ukraine.egin with ed lavandera live in odesa with more on that missile strike which we believe set a fuel depot on fire. what's the latest from where you are? >> reporter: we were jolted away just before sunrise with multiple missile strike on this this fuel depot. you can see that darkness you see in the sky, not clouds, that is the smoke rising from the scene there as firefighters continue to work, and they have been at that scene for several hours already this morning. we were at the scene, and it is a largely industrial area of the city. but there are a number of apartment buildings just across the street from where this fuel depot hit. we spoke with several witnesses who were dangerously close to where the blast detonated this morning. they told us that -- three people told us in recent days they had seen drones flying over at night, these fuel depot areas, describing them almost as if they were reconnance drones flying over this target. that was one of the things that had stood out to th

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the majority are fleeing to neighboring poland which is where we find cnn's salma abdelaziz. you hear me, salma? that would be a pretty good indication she cannot. we'll try again to reconnect with her. now you're back. you are there, you can hear me. very good. okay. tell me how poland is able to handle so many refugees at once? >> reporter: hello? should i be hearing the show? >> we're going to still try this again. >> reporter: so we're at a train station -- sorry for that. sorry for the technical difficulties. we're at a train station here near the border and what this is no longer just a transport hub. yes, people are able to get out of areas of violence, of areas of conflict. they've reached safety, but their journey continues once they arrive here. we're going to pan a little bit to the left. this has essentially become a waiting area for these families. and now these families have to figure out where they go next, where are they going to spend the night? where are they going to sleep? i'm going to walk you through so you can get a sense of this space. again, it's now j

salma abdelaziz reports on how one woman had to deal with smugglers to get her family out of russia.rust the man she's about to meet. he is a smuggler. she is anxious, looking for her mom and sister, hoping they are here. it's vita, her sister. brief joy, but there's no time to hug her mom. the smuggler wants to be paid now. 500 u.s. dollars for the pair, much more than most families fleeing war can afford. we pull away with her mom, luba. we don't want our presence to call problems. away from our camera, mila is extorted for more cash. getting to safety is dangerous. this is the story of one family's escape into russia after its troops bombed and occupied their city. they are from azun, a city under siege. mila's phone was filled with videos like this. living in cleveland, ohio, she had no way to call her family, no way to find out if they were alive. so this is your room? we first met mila a day earlier at this refugee shelter where she volunteers. >> somebody said that missile actually hit my backyard, and i was crying so bad. i just didn't know. >> how did you deal with that? >>

cnn's salma abdelaziz on a home doing everything they can to help women and children on the run from war. >> reporter: what does it take to care for just a few dozen refugee families? stories packed with food. endless hot meals. hundreds of bunk beds. and lots and lots of love. says volunteer kamil proshanovsky. >> these women with child on hands and you see they have nowhere to go. >> reporter: this abandoned school dormitory was in disrepair, unused for over a decade. but in just three days kamil and his best friends turned it into a shelter for women and children fleeing ukraine. >> i need to use my skills, everything what i've got, to help these people. >> reporter: now the challenge is to keep this place up and running, the organizers say. >> up till now we've received zero usd, zloty, pound, or whatever, from any ngo or government. and there are huge bills which we need to pay. >> reporter: behind each of these doors is a story of trauma. victoria and her grandkids arrived here only yesterday. they still feel so raw. >> translator: it was so scary, but we had to go for the chil

cnn's salma abdelaziz is at the border.that emerged this weekend? >> ana, from reporting on this border for weeks now, i can tell you, i'm not surprised by this reverse flow. there's a simple economic reason as to why it's been happening. we've been speaking to volunteers all along the border area who have been putting up these refugees on their own dime. spending thousands out of pocket to provide them with food, shelter, supplies, putting them at times up in their own office buildings, homes, any places they can really find to convert into shelters. and they are running out of cash. they say they're getting no help from government authorities, particularly here along the border. that's not just the shelters running out of money. ukrainians themselves who brought themselves across the border, were putting themselves up in hotels or hostels or anywhere they can find. now they have no work, no cash, no money. they are going back, ana, even if they don't feel it's safe. >> oh, my goodness. and they obviously didn't know when

salma abdelaziz is back with us live.porter: when you talk about those over 3 million people that fled by train, that fled on railways, this is one of the main train stations they come to. what we're seeing increasingly speaking to refugees here is that many of them are coming from the far east of ukraine, the hardest-hit areas. that means their journey took days. and when they arrive here, the volunteers know they're going to need extra support. this is no longer just an extraordinary train station. it is also a medical point, if people need it. you can see there's an ambulance right here and there's always a paramedic inside if somebody needs to be checked out. it's a place where families can get food, clothes, ask a question. one of the first things that happens, frederica, when they get here is they start having to figure out where they're going to sleep tonight. i want to show you something else here. this is one of the charities that has been serving hot meals every day all day to these families. and that hot meal m

se salma abdelaziz, cnn, on the poland-ukraine border. >> far from poland, far from europe itself, ahave actually made it all the way to mexico/u.s. border. cnn's randi kaye has their story. >> reporter: this woman and 2 1/2-year-old son are living in a tent in tijuana, mexico. along with her husband, they escaped the war in ukraine and are hoping to enter the united states. so this is your son? >> yes, yes. >> one child? >> one. >> reporter: she shows me on the map where she says she once lived in western ukraine, before the russian bombs started to fall. how long did it take you to get to mexico, your travel? she tells me she traveled through four countries to get here. mexico is allowing ukrainians in with a simple travel visa. they just ran, she says, taking only a small suitcase and a blanket for her son. she worries about him with the cold temperatures at night. they are just one of hundreds of ukrainian families camped out here at the u.s. border with mexico. the tents are set up at the san ysidro border crossing just south of san diego. at the top of our visit, about 2,400 pe

cnn's salma abdelaziz follows the journey of a holocaust survivor who escaped the city of kharkiv twiceazis and now the russians. >> reporter: this is the moment margarita says she finally felt safe. welcomed by her jewish community in krakow. >> i am presented with so good flowers and it was -- it smells really well. >> reporter: we sat down to hear the story from twice a survivor. >> i was born in 1940. and when the war with germany began, i was only 1 year and a half. >> reporter: in 1941, her family fled their home in kharkiv, where nazis murdered an estimated 16,000 jews. she later returned and grew up in peace time. that is, until russian troops invaded. bombing and besieging kharkiv. there was no water or power. we couldn't buy food. it was impossible to live, she says. there was explosion after explosion. a real war. not even a monument that honors the city's holocaust victims escaped moscow's so-called denatzification campaign. but margarita stayed to care for her sick husband as long as she could. an explosion blew out all our windows, she says. after that shock, he grew weake

salma abdelaziz, what a revealing story.have much more on the breaking news. cnn teams find evidence of mass graves near kyiv. we are live on the ground in bucha moments from now. >>> plus, we're also live in the city of kharkiv, where people are sleeping inside a metro station to void the bombings. christiane amanpour joins us live from the scene. refresh. because subwbway now has italian-style capicola on the new mozza meat and d supreme meats. love the smell of italian food. subway keepsps refreshing and refres- with age comes more... get more with neutrogena® retinol pro plus. a powerful .5% retinol that's also gentle on skin.trogena® retinol pro plus. for wrinkle results in one week. neutrogena®. for ople with skin. ♪ ♪ ♪ "how bizarre" by omc ♪ no annual fee on any discover card. ♪ ♪ people with plaque psoriasis, are rethinking the choices they make. like the shot they take. the memories they create. or the spin they initiate. otezla. it's a choice you can make. otezla is not a cream. it's a pill that treats plaque psor

salma abdelaziz at the border with the scene that greets refugees today. >> reporter: jim and erica,and/ukraine border and just behind me here is the pedestrian crossing. so you'll see families of people with the bags they carry, of course, coming across and registration and what they come into is essentially a little community, packed with volunteers. you see all of these people are the jackets here to help. they're here to offer a warm smile, a warm cup of tea, whatever you need, you'll see them trying to offer these fam families, give them homes but dignity, respite, a chance to figure out what happens next because many of these families don't know where they're going to go next. that's what the volunteers try to do. it's extraordinary to see this global effor t. whatever you might need, the basic supplies that people can get the help to look for. if you need medical attention, they'll help with that. and that's what you see, but walk through here and buses to take them to the next place whether that's the train st station. how truly global this welcome area is. >> so many people

cnn's salma abdelaziz has her story. >> reporter: this is the moment margherita said she finally felt >> i am presented with flowers and it smells very well. >> reporter: we sat down to hear the story from twice a survivor. >> i was born in 1940 when the war with germany began, i was only 1 year and a half. >> reporter: in 1941, her family fled their home in kharkiv where nazis murdered an estimated 16,000 jews, she later returned, grew up and grew old in peacetime. that is, until russian troops invaded. bombing in kharkiv. there was no water or power. we couldn't buy food. it was impossible to live. there was explosion after explosion. a real war. not even a monument, escaped moscow's so-called denazification campaign but stayed with her husband as long as she could. an explosion blew out all our windows, she said, after that shock, he grew weaker and weaker. after nearly a month after war, passed away. his body still lies in a morgue. there is no funerals because of the fighting. now age 82, the holocaust survivor knew it was time to go. packed only what she could carry and fled her

salma abdelaziz, cnn, on the poland/ukraine border. >>> you can help the people of ukraine who are ining, a new start in life, peace. go to cnn.com/impact. you'll tint a number of ways to help. african voices "maichange maker is neck. for the rest, i'll be back after a short break. ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ the ihop rewards program is here, and it's delicious. join the international bank of pancakes and start earning pancoins toward free food. only from ihop. if you're a small business, there are lots of choices when it comes to your internet and technology needs. but when you choose comcast business internet, you choose the largest, fastest reliable network. you choose advanced security. and you choose fiber solutions with speeds up to 10 gigs to the most small businesses. make your business future ready with the network from the most innovative company. get internet and voice for $49.99 a month with a 2-year price guarantee. and ask how to get up to a $650 prepaid card with a qualifying bundle. in the united states. john vause live in lviv, ukraine. in the past 30 minutes there have been reports

. >> cnn reporter salma abdelaziz is near the border which has seen the largest influx of refugees.roughout all this is how long does the hospital take, the warm welcome remain in those neighboring countries. >> 11 humanitarian corridors are opening today, and it is going to take awe fe few more days. but oftentimes those families wind up here at this train station on the polish border. and essentially what you've ended up with is a population of 2.5 million nomadic refugees. that number is expected to rise up to 3 million by the end of the month. i want to give you a sense of that. if you look behind me here, there is a line of people, many of them are ukrainian refugees who have been here a couple of weeks, now trying to find the next city they're going to go to, they may have spent a day on the border, then a spare room in warsaw, they don't have a plan is my point. you can ask them that. i've been speaking to some of them, they told me, i don't know, we'll figure out where the next train ticket will take us. win more indication of how nomadic these refugees are and how much they

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. >> all right, salma abdelaziz, thank you for being there and telling these stories. appreciate it. let's get some analysis now with former u.s. ambassador to nato, kurt volcker. he's also the former u.s. special representative for ukraine negotiations. good morning. so nice to have you so bright and early. i want to talk about these new strikes in odesa. explain for our viewers why this is such an strategically important port for russia and why they want it. >> well, there are several things. and remember, part of this war is putin's vision of restoring the russian empire. so odesa was a partially russian-speaking city, part of the former empire of russia, part of the soviet union. so it's a target in thatceps. from a military perspective, it seals off the black seacoast, so that russia controls all of ukraine's southern coast, from donbas, mariupol, crimea, odesa, and all the way across to romania. so that is important for them to cut off ukraine that way. >> mr. ambassador, throughout this last month, we've seen the information war, really crucial here. we have ukr

. >> cnn's sale ma abdelaziz joins us. salma 2.5 million refugees crossed into poland alone. you've been following the story for weeks now. what are you seeing there today? >> reporter: absolutely. laura, i'm at a train station along the border. this train station, hundreds of family, every day, flow through here. escaping violence, and also a half-way point. they have to figure out. cross into safety but have to figure out what they're going to do next. i really want to show you what greets them when they arrive. the train station doors are just through there. you see crowds of people coming through. they have passports, being processed. look closely, you'll seize thee people in jackets, volunteers. here to make sure everybody is greeted with a warm smile, they can answer questions if they need help. swing around a little to show you the reception point. right there candy bars for children. you can begin to ask questions. get information if you need help and swing a bit over here as well, because there's a group of guys here, a