tonight, dalton bennett is in the pro, one of eastern ukraine's largest cities where on sunday, russian forces destroyed the airport winning five ukrainian rescue workers joining us now is dalton barnett. investigative reporter for the washington post. what you saw the train station constitutes a war crime, certainly, and the targeting of civilians which is an element of genocide. what is happening now in the collection of evidence for war crimes and genocide and ukraine? >> what we're seeing throughout eastern ukraine where i've been primarily reporting for the past two weeks now is that in various locations where there have been a russian missile strikes or there has been elderly strikes on villages, and that killed or injured civilians, we've seen authorities closely documenting, gathering evidence from those strikes. so after we had arrived at the police station -- excuse, me at the train station 15 minutes after the strike took place, immediately we saw authorities there on the ground collecting evidence. they blocked off the location, they were taking pictures. they were examining

dalton bennett, reporter for the "washington post." arrived 15 minutes after the attack. was on the season. dalton, thank you. i'm sorry you had to witness this. obviously, the real sorrow goes to the people who were affected by it, had a were there themselves witnessing it, injured and those who lost their lives. thank you. appreciate it. be well. take care of yourself and be safe. >>> russia knew it was packed ukrainian civilians fleeing to safety. what does this tell us? >> it is again, a piece of the russian brutality and the prosecution of this war, and their carelessness for trying to avoid civilian harm. ♪ lisa here, has had many jobs. she's worked in retail during the holidays. as a barista during rush hour. and a nanny to a couple of rambunctious kids. now, all that experience has led her to a job that feels like home. with home instead, you too can become a caregiver to older adults, with a career that makes a difference. ♪ apply today. ♪ ♪ life can be a lot to handle. ♪ this magic moment ♪ but heinz knows there's plenty of magic in all that chaos. â

. >> for more perspective now, let's bring in dalton bennett. a reporter for "the washington post," who is in kyiv and has spent time documenting everything going on in ukraine. and we appreciate you being part of our show this morning and appreciate your time. you have documented some of the scorched earth tactics that russian forces have used. you said that you fear what happened at that train station where ben wedeman filed a report just moments ago, you fear that what happened there was only a preview of what's to come. what have you seen so far that has struck you the most? >> good morning. we've been reporting now for almost two weeks throughout eastern ukraine. and what we've seen is a steady buildup and regrouping of russian forces near these really critical areas of the ukrainian-held territory in the regions of donbas. sweechb the russian military deploy and utilize these tactics, what i describe in our stories as scorched earth tactics. these are the words that we heard from fighters active in those areas, trying to push back russian