this is cnn breaking news. welcome to our viewers in the united states and around the world. i'm kristin fischer. laura jarrett and christine romans are off this morning. ukrainian forces holding the line in morning on at least two fronts but for how long? ukraine's troops have repelled numerous advances by russian forces in donbas even as russian shelling escalates. the u.s. says ukraine had years to prepare trenches for ambushes in the east.

he's begging world leaders to work together to get them out. joining me now from lviv, cnn's john wass. good morning. russia's defense ministry says he's allowing a cease-fire. do we think russia will honor that? what's been the ukrainian response? >> the ukrainians don't think the russians will honor that, kristin. they are saying, no, they'll continue to fight. whether you call it a cease-fire, an ultimatum, the russians have been putting this ultimatum out there. there was one sunday, monday and one today. the fighters inside the steel

facility are refusing to lay down their weapons, they're tying up thousands of troops. preventing mariupol from falling and they're stopping the russians from creating that land bridge from crimea into the donbas region. it's mostly about tying up russian soldiers. there is a complicating factor. the russians may be planning on leveling that iron facility. it's four square miles. they have the fire power. the problem, kristin, is there are 1,000 civilians hold up inside the steel production facility. there are 500 or so injured ukrainian soldiers. they could level this which they have done. then you have 1,000 dead

civilians, 2500 dead ukrainian fighters and 500 dead ukrainian soldiers. that's a concern which is why we're not hearing from them. we are hearing for them to ask for evacuation. >> you can hear inspiration as he tries to get his troops and all of the civilians out. john vause, thank you very much. the biden administration is planning another $800 million package for ukraine. natasha bertrand joins us. if this latest package is approved, it would bring the total u.s. assistance to ukraine to more than $3 billion. do you have a sense for what's in the package? >> we know the u.s. has been wanting to provide ukraine with heavier weaponry.

we expect to see more of what they've been asking for. it is going to be around 800 million worth of equipment. bringing the total to over 3 billion. this is welcome, the amount of weaponry. they say it is still not enough. they are running out of weaponry very quickly. the biden administration has been trying to keep up with the demand here. the nature is going to change. we expect to hear more in the next 24 hours. >> natasha, sources telling cnn the u.s. has no way of tracking all of the military equipment that it's sending to ukraine. what do we know about where it's going and exactly how it's being used?

>> reporter: yeah, this is really interesting. obviously the fog of war, right? it makes it difficult for the united states to track the weaponry once it crosses the border over poland where so much of that equipment is kind of hitting a staging ground for that equipment to cross over into ukraine. once they pick it up and bring it back over the border, the u.s. has very little visibility into where it goes. it's difficult to track every weapon especially the smaller shoulder fired missiles as they enter ukraine. what we do know though is the russians have not been successfully intercepting the russian shipments or convoys. it remains unclear from the united states why they have not tried to intercept those. russia still has no air superiority over ukraine. they do not have control over the western part of ukraine where the russian equipment is coming in. they are pretty confident that

the weapons are still going where they need to go. >> that's good news. natasha bertrand. thank you very much. ukrainian soldiers risking their lives on the front lines being pounded by escalating russian bombardment. the sheer force is sending russian troops to hospitals with injuries that is not always obvious. cnn's ben wedeman has more. >> reporter: bomb disposal technicians collect the pieces of a russian missile that slammed into a warehouse in kramatorsk. the missile killed a 40-year-old worker, injured three others. >> doctors patch up one of the wounded from the afternoon strike. since russia invaded ukraine almost two months ago, the staff here has had no rest. we weren't preparing for this says the doctor.

now we're doing only urgent surgeries. one operation ends and another begins. this time a soldier wounded on the front line. even here glass doors must be taped to minimize shattering in case of bombing. sand bags cover the windows. the director of this hospital says thanks to help from abroad, they do not lack for medicine or equipment. what they desperately need is neurosurgeons. that in a war wherein tense bombardment is the norm. these men are recovering in a special unit specializing in treating concussions sustained in artillery bombardments. when schilling is just steps away, the damage is invisible but it's there. they suffer from intense headaches, nausea, dizziness and

disorientation. am i tired? a bit, says roman, who twice has suffered concussions. not all wounds bleed. ben wedeman, cnn, kramatorsk, ukraine. just ahead, the race against time to get weapons to ukraine. could the kremlin now target these crucial ship snmts. plus, two theater artists in kyiv leaving behind the bright lights for the battlefield. what the biden administration now says about appealing the new transportation mask ruling. we'g 88 billion dollars to support underserved communities... ...helping us all move forward financially. pnc bank: see how we can make a differencnce for you. "peace of mind." such a big, beautiful idea. and for us at booking.com this means - free cancellation on most bookings. it's a bit nctional. but we'll gladly be functional. so you can be free. booking.com booking.yeah

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more weapons to ukraine, there's word that russia may target the supply routes used to get weapons and supplies into the country. let's bring in cnn's nic robertson. they are saying russia will try to disrupt the shipments into the ukraine. >> reporter: yeah. we heard yesterday from the russian foreign minister sergei lavrov speaking about it. how the war goes over the next few weeks or whether it's able to take more ground. they are desperate to take in

more. it becomes bigger and it becomes a more essential force. the european council president. he represents the actual leaders of all the eu nations. how they handle the points. they're reassuring the european union's commit. . the financial commitment towards a future peace and it's absolutely vital they hit the

supply lines. they don't get to target the convoys. the biden administration is considering sending $800 million in aid to ukraine. that would bring more than $8 billion to the war. ukraine is bleeding, hemorrhaging money. by our calculation the deficit they are running is a deficit

every month. a big part of that responsibility should lie on germany. germany could be doing a lot more than it is now. president zelenskyy saying in its nightly address that if ukraine, quote, had access to all of the weapons we need we would have already ended this war. do you agree with that? >> well, he's leading a country in the middle of the war. he has to say things like that. this is now a war of attrition. one side is trying to out last

the other. they're providing ukraine with the weapons. it's a terrible thing to say. the longer ukraine fights the more ukrainian lives will be lost. the world has to keep providing weapons, better, stronger weapons. different type of weapons as the nature of the war changes. what was necessary a few weeks ago, now things are different. now we're in a long range artillery war. at the same time they have to act on other frochnts. they have to put pressure on putin to stop the fighting and keep putting pressure on the

chinese to use their leverage on putin. there's money to ukraine. all of these things have to be done at the same time. president zelenskyy is saying he needs these now. we've heard him encourage him to say this. president biden says he doesn't know but should he go to ukraine? what do you think? >> you know, an american president does not travel light. so it would be hard for -- >> especially to a war zone. >> he will be a much bigger target than any of the other leaders who have visited. so it's a very difficult call from a security point of view. i'm sure joe biden wants to go and zelenskyy wants him there. it's not just a question of

photo ops, it's an important signal to send to their own publics. the ukrainians need assurance that the world is on their side and biden needs to keep reminding americans it's been two months into the fighting. so i can see the desire. whether it can happen wlrks it should happen, that depends on us. those things are hard to do even at peace time. american president going into war, that's a higher cost. europeans should be doing more. why have they not gone. the front of the line should go. >> bobby, so many concerns.

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taking masks off and flight attendants announcing that. we landed and i went out of airplane mode and it popped up when i was on the ground. there was no celebrating but it did certainly happen while i was in the air. >> the justice department yesterday released a statement saying it will appeal to bring back the mask mandate. what do you think the cdc is going to do on this? >> reporter: well, it's an open question, i think. just last week the cdc had said they wanted to extend the mask mandate because there's an increase in infections nationwide. they wanted to see if hospitalizations followed that as they have in the past. they have a federal judge making policy. if you read their opinion, she read a dictionary from the 1940s to make the decision instead of

the cdc with all its scientific background and medical knowledge coming to this decision because of where the virus was heading. it's instead because of a dictionary. it's a strange way to govern. >> it is. whatever the cdc decides to do in the coming days. lena wolf told wolf blitzer she's worried the cdc has now lost its authority. listen to this. i'll get your take on the other side. >> the biden administration has to do everything it can to preserve public health authority. what she did is we want the cdc to respond at that point. >> do you agree with that? >> reporter: i do. i think at the very least it's

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asking you to describe that moment. when was the moment that you and antonina decided to completely up end your lives and join the territorial defense force? >> it was actually on the 25th of february. so the 24th was very difficult. we watched the news non-stop. then we spent the night. we looked at each other and said, okay, we are joining the territorial defense forces. that's how it started. >> it looks as though you are in a forest outside of kyiv. can you tell us roughly where you are. >> the english is not very good so i'll do the translation,

okay? >> okay. sure. >> i'm okay. i'm fine. >> we're not in the forest, we're in the suburbs of kyiv and it's hard because we are not used to that. that's pretty much okay. it's not as dangerous as it could be. >> oleksander, i understand you prepared marriage at a checkpoint and i believe antonina accepted so congratulations are to you both. why did you decide to do it at a

checkpoint? are you waiting until this war is over to get married? >> well, actually, same-sex marriages are still illegal in ukraine. we are hoping that it is going to be legal sometime soon. yes, i suppose that we are going to get married one day. >> congratulations. that's quite a story. >> thank you. >> you know, i'm really struck by the fact that you all spent your daily lives as artists working in the theater, stage director, an actor on stage. just how different your lives must be now. i mean, you're living, working outside fighting to propel an invading russian army. what has been the most strange and surreal four the last three

weeks. >> frankly, everything has been strange to us. i think the first thing was holding a gun for the first time in my life. we have compulsory military services. it was the first time we held a weapon. we were taught how to shoot, how to disassemble it and clean it. we had technical training as well. >> do you feel comfortable holding a gun now? >> no, but it's much more comfortable than it was at the beginning. we held a gun on the 25th. it's been six days of war now

so, yeah, it's much more comfortable now. >> that's good to hear. thank you so much for joining us. congratulations on your engagement. please stay safe out there. >> thank you. thanks for all the support. >> of course. thank you. so french president emmanuel macron and his far right challenger marie le pen are about to square off in their only debate. macron supporters are worried about voter complacency. >> reporter: we're looking forward to this evening because this debate is going to be crucial for both candidates. neither one can screw this up.

she faced off in 2013 in the same circumstance. back then it was widely believed she fumbled the ball. she admitted she could have done much better. she said because she was tired. she's taken the last two days off of the campaign trail just to get in shape to debate emmanuel macron. unlike 2016, he has a track record. he's been in the presidency for five years. there's a lot of help out there. he's guessing how much support he'll get. in 2017 when they faced off 1/4 watched it on television. a lot of stakes in what's happening tonight. kristin? >> i think it's a good idea to

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>> reporter: christine, it's not just republican that are upset. moderate democrats are slamming the biden administration to end title 42. it allows mieg grants came and they wouldn't have any sort of migrants. if it ends, expect it to end on may 23rd. the biden administration has pointed out to a plan by alejandro mayorkas, the department of homeland security secretary, that they're prepared to deal with this influx and has blamed congress for not passing the $10 billion covid relief package before they went on recess. democrats are incredibly worried about this influx of migrants. they say the administration needs a proper plan to deal with the influx. a lot of democrats are up for

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an estimated 100 million households. it's just so easy to do. not that i have ever done it. thank you all for joining us and getting up early for "early start". i'm kristin fisher, and "new day" starts right now. this is cnn breaking news. good morning to our viewers here in the united states and around the world. it is wednesday, april 20th. i'm kaitlan collins in new york with jim sciutto in lviv, ukraine. john and brianna are off today. we start with breaking news and an ultimatum. russia telling the last remaining ukrainians at the steel plant in surrender or face a bitter end. it is sheltering thousands of civilians and soldiers surrounded by russian forces bombing them with everything they can. they have given the military a deadline to surrender by 7:00 a.m. eastern. but the commander of the ukrainian forces