ukrainians and the protection of mariupol and defenses were increasing in those days, precisely in may , and the heroic ukrainian soldiers were supposed to leave mariupol, and the siege of mariupol began, in fact, on the first day, the russians invaded ukraine on february 24. so, already on march 2, the city was actually surrounded and continued to draw on the potential of the russian troops, and thanks to mariupol, what happened later, and the counteroffensive of ukrainians near kyiv and chernihiv and kharkiv and kherson - this is all thanks to and undoubtedly the defender of mariupol, let's see and then return to the program conducted by mykola veresen in mariupol the war, neither me nor the child . messages were written by residents of mariupol who managed to leave the occupied city on may 20. last year, the last ukrainian defender left the territory of the azovstal plant. 90% of the city was completely destroyed. more than 22,000 civilians were killed by the russians. anastasia was from mariupol and worked in a local pharmacy on february 24. on march 5, until the medicines ran out in the first days of the great war, there were a lot of people. i knew that it was

and it was just over one year ago that the siege of another ukrainian city, mariupol, ended. cbs's charlie d'agata spoke with cptured ukrainian soldiers now trying to recover. >> reporter: for months the soldiers of ukraine's azov regiment withstood relentless russian bombardment beneath the sprawling steelworks complex. until there was no choice but to surrender or die. chief sergeant kyrilo and commander arsen dimitric were among the men hauled away to a russian p.o.w. camp. >> were you fearful for your life? >> translator: yes. of course. >> reporter: this is what kyrilo looked like when he was released in a prisoner swap four months after their surrender. >> it didn't look like you had enough to eat. >> translator: we ate food with no calorific value, mostly with no salt, tea with no sugar and nothing overall. i lost 30 kilos. >> reporter: that's more than 65 pounds. they won't discuss whether they were tortured in order to protect their fellow p.o.w.s still inside. but it was about to get much worse. commander arsen says some of his men were transferred into another barra

destroyed, how both cities of mariupol are occupied, the mariupol 86 exhibition will tell how the world through social networks and content watched the struggle of the city during the siegedays . the flag and it will be among the visitors this year defenders of mariupol as well as ordinary people who lived in the city and continued to survive the siege , it was a real hell and those people who came out of that hell, unfortunately, there are a lot of people remained there died, i always say that it is very difficult to find any mariupol family there , except for one family, who would not have suffered losses among relatives there, close friends of someone. on the territory of the museum of the history of ukraine in the second world war , the commander of the ground forces , oleksandr syrskyi, visited the soldiers who are currently defending in the bakhmut direction, together with the commanders , they planned further actions and strategy in detail the combat commander thanked the soldiers for their service and presented awards. we continue to advance on the flanks in the suburbs of bakhmut and are actually approaching the capture of the city in a tactical encirclement, th

and it was just over one year ago that the siege of another ukrainian city, mariupol, ended. s's charlie d'agata talked with captured ukrainian soldiers now trying to recover. >> reporter: for months the soldiers of ukraine's azov regiment withstood relentless russian bombardment beneath the sprawling steelworks complex, until there was no choice but to surrender or die. chief sergeant kyrilo and commander arsen dimitric were among the men hauled away to a russian p.o.w. camp. were you fearful for your life? >> translator: yes, of course. >> reporter: this is what kyrilo looked like when he was released in a prisoner swap four months after their surrender. it didn't look like you had enough to eat. >> translator: we ate food with no caloric value, mostly no salt, tea with no sugar and nothing overall. i lost 30 kilos. >> reporter: that's more than 65 pounds. they won't discuss whether they were tortured in order to protect their fellow p.o.w.s still inside. but it was about to get much worse. commander arsen says some of his men were transferred into another barracks when ther

of april — unrecognisable. the mariupol drama theatre — one of the major attractions in the city — which you'll remember became a bomb shelter during the siegere is bakhmut in the eastern donetsk region. what were was arable farming land now looks like an image from the somme. and this is the city of bakhmut today. these are aerial pictures that show the scale of the destruction — buildings burnt out, plumes of smoke. they are the same sort of tactics the russian military has employed in chechny and in syria, where very little was left standing. let's speak to retired colonel brendan kearney. he spent more than 30 years in the us marines and is now a military affairs analyst. he joins us live from santa rosa in california. thank you very much for being with again on the programme. these images really demonstrate the strategy that russia has employed, and notjust in this conflict. russia has employed, and not 'ust in this conflict.— this conflict. they really do, and it de . icts this conflict. they really do, and it depicts tangibly _ this conflict. they really do, and it depicts tangibly the _ this conflict. they really do, and it depicts ta

received an award and was it difficult for you psychologically to work in the city of yes in mariupol itself during sieges see what happened there, you understood that they could kill you, they could arrest you there and accuse you of anything in general, and you continued to stay there. was it difficult to tell everyone now? well, it is a mission, but it is a mission that is important to us because we are ukrainians, we are part of it society, it is important for us to help tell the world the history of our state mariupol has become a symbol of the invasion of the russian federation into ukraine , a symbol of murders under torture, but also nadia nadia is a symbol of how ukrainians do not seem to be a symbol of ukrainian resistance to the russian federation and also for it was important to us and now this award means that the world will not forget about mariupol, it is already forever a-a and it is in the history of the world and it will not just be forgotten and when the time comes to judge those who committed these war crimes a-a what we they filmed what we did after we left there and it will be used i

mariupol . samoilenko was among hundreds of soldiers who remained under siege during the bombings in the underground tunnels of azov, from there he told the whole world about the fierce battles in the city, the soldiers refused to surrender. until the order of the top military leadership of ukraine came , he was in captivity for 120 days and returned home as a result of the exchange in september of last year . i am sure that the main battles of azov are still ahead and ukraine cannot lose the war and there is only one option victory at the urzuf base. this is one of our bases near mariupol. well, the first day. it was the 24th. well, how am i ? how ? how? it must be at that moment. that is, you felt before that there would be a full-scale invasion, and at that moment you had to be there. well, how did i feel? i knew that something would happen. it was obvious starting somewhere from november, i think . and all these reports from mh6 are already underway from the american intelligence there, our european partners from the main intelligence agency, and so on, just like us, and how did it feel, yes, ho

practice with weapons before a full-scale invasion , ilya went to mariupol, samoilenko was among hundreds of soldiers who remained under siege during the bombing in underground tunnels , and from there he told the whole world about fierce battles in the city." well, the first day. it was the 24th. well, how am i , how , how, as i promised, i was at the right time, in the right place, with the right people. that there would be a full-scale invasion, and at that moment you had to be there. well, how i felt, i knew that something would be obvious starting somewhere in november, i think. that's where all these reports from mh6 from american intelligence go there our european partners from the main intelligence agency and so on, that's just how we felt, yes, how did i personally feel about what i saw, yes, that everyone thought that it would be solved somehow in exactly the same way. well, nothing will happen . not mental things, as i said then, and i say the same now, before the beginning of the large-scale invasion, the russians had all possible levers of influence on us there, both economic and social, cultural, in some places

when in the spring of leningrad, after the most difficult first winter of the siege, they heard the ringing of the tram. mariupolas returning to peaceful life on the roads, many cars were working traffic lights. businesses shops and even cafes and fountains. the city is changing what they could not do for decades. in just a year , the sixty-fifth school was restored by builders from st. petersburg. fourteen-year-old alexander dreams of becoming an architect during the fighting. action parents died before his eyes. we packed up and went to the center of the city to my grandmother, because there was a real bomb shelter in the house. and when we approached the university, we stopped there to rest with the bags there with the cat. we, well, it turns out that a plane flew and dropped a bomb, as the whole country once raised, donbass after the great patriotic war. now the whole of russia with mariupol settings employs more than 10,000 people, st. petersburg has prepared a phased program to help the city, within the framework of this agreement, a program was drawn up the st. petersburg program for the restoration of fa

is fine, the author of the idea of ​​mariupol portraits meets guests at the national museum of the history of ukraine. in this hall, having survived the hell of the siegeion , the heroes of the project begin a new life; they remember the horrors they had to face due to the enemy invasion, however they do not give up, on the contrary, they only believe in a bright future regarding mental trauma, mental trauma, well, it exists and it exists , we must accept it, understand it, study it, learn to find it, during the opening of the photo exhibition, the heroes were handed printed photo portraits that will help record new pages of their lives in mariupol, the photo exhibition will be presented in kyiv during this and next week, a presentation will also be held in lviv and ternopil. in addition, the authors of the project will announce thematic events to tell people more about mariupol and unite the displaced people. local residents, and later a documentary anatoliy zhuravlyov will be released, details, tv channel, intermarathon, the only news, adult actions of small children in vinnytsia , in a few months, the schoolgirl saved up for a car for the armed forc

coverage of mariupol, as well as the second pulitzer for the entire ap photography staff in ukraine for their incredible coverage of the war. here's a look at their work. mariupol under siegeackout almost complete, except for three ukrainian associated press journalists determined to record the devastation. >> we just run towards the direction where people run away from. >> reporter: what inspires you to do that? >> first of all, i am journalist. that's just my work. that's what i do. and secondly i'm ukrainian. so that also kind of gives me a sense of duty that i have to do whatever i can to document history of my country. >> reporter: they stayed as eyewitnesses to the horror. >> i think i will never forget the scream of a woman losing her child and these tears on doctor's eyes when they left the room and then they didn't save the life of this small child. >> reporter: the team capturing the bombing of the maternity ward and the woman nine months pregnant who died alone with her baby two days later. images outlawed in russia, where covering the war can get you killed or jailed on false spying charges like "the wall street journal's" evan geskorvich. 67 journalists and me

mariupol. samoilenko was among the hundreds of soldiers who remained under siege during the bombing in the undergroundnels. he stopped there and told the whole world about the fierce battles in the city. the soldiers refused to surrender. until the order of the top military leadership of ukraine came , he was held captive for 120 days and returned home as a result . exchange in september of last year i am sure that the main battles of azov are still ahead and ukraine cannot lose the war and there is only one option victory how did you meet the first day of the full-fledged invasion, where were you in mariupol at that moment, for sure, yes, technically, i was at the urzuf base. this is one of our bases near mariupol, and, well, the first day. it was, well, the 24th . well, how am i, how, how, as i promised at the right time, i was in the right place with the right people, i met with my brother, with my unit, you knew that you had to be at that very moment. that is, you felt before, well, that there would be a full-scale invasion, and well, at that moment, you also had to be there. well, how did you fee

mariupol . samoilenko was among hundreds of soldiers who remained under siege during the bombings in the undergroundpped from there and told the whole world about the fierce battles in the city, the soldiers refused to surrender until the order came of the top military leadership of ukraine was in captivity for 120 days and returned home as a result of the exchange in september last year i am sure that the main battles of azov are still ahead and ukraine cannot lose the war and there is only one option victory mariupoli, for sure, yes, technically, i was at the urzuf base. this is one of our bases near mariupol, well, the first day. it was the 24th. well , how am i, how, how, as i promised, i was at the right time, in the right place, with the right people. met with your brother with your unit, you knew that you had to be. that is, at that very moment, you, er, felt that there would be a full-scale invasion, and at that moment , you also had to be there. well, how i felt, i knew , er, that will something be seen starting somewhere from november, i think, and all these reports from mh6 , from america

of explosions. it is great for you to pull out the map there. mariupol has become emblematic to ukrainians for the brutality of russian forces after it was taken in a months long siege last year at the beginning of the conflict. it is very much russian occupied. ukrainian backed officials saying they were targeting sites for the russian military in those locations. at least five sites were targeted. air defense systems were activated. what does all of this mean? we are looking at ukrainian forces, shaping operations. taking up critical infrastructure, critical russian offenses. >>> gunfire rang out sunday on the streets of sudan's embattled capitol one day before a shaky cease fire expires. khartoum residents say both sides have repeatedly violated the seven day truce negotiated a week ago. and there are no agreements to extend the cease fire when it expires in the coming hours. the fighting that erupted in april has displaced almost 1.4 million people. almost 350,000 of them have fled to chad, egypt, or ethiopia. there are increasing reports of gender and domestic violence among the displaced especially among those who have remained inside sudan. >>> still to come,