and denys hasjoined the territorial defence forces, in mykolaiv. his wife and daughters made it safely out of ukraine. hello. our weather's going to be pretty settled over the next few days. it's fairly quiet out there right now and not much change on the way for friday. one thing that we will notice is that cool breeze strengthening day by day, particularly noticeable on the north sea coast, and this often happens when we have high pressure close to iceland there over the norwegian sea, low pressure to the south, and that basically shunts quite a strong airstream from scandinavia across the north sea and cuts through the uk. particularly chilly on those north sea coasts. it'll also drag in some cloud, some moisture, particularly to central and eastern parts of england, so a slow grey, breezy, chilly start to the day here, whereas out towards the west, there'll be sunshine. also, a few showers developing anywhere from london into the south midlands, southern wales, maybe salisbury plain, perhaps the west country but elsewhere, it should be sunny. s

his wife and daughters have escaped from mykolaiv. not the best case, not the best situation when i want to see my country. ok. what's your plan? go home. go home? not the best case, not the best situation when i want to see my country. ok. what's your plan? go home. go home? what's the latest with your wife and children? i'm waiting, they have to cross the border to moldova, now. i'll go. ok. good luck. thank you. bye— bye. can't imagine what must be going through his head right now. minutes after he crosses into ukraine, a message comes through from denys. "i'm home," he says. we're just heading back in to meet lesia's parents. they've been in romania about a day now and they've had a chance to have a warm shower and a good sleep, so we're just going to catch up with them and find out a bit more about their journey. tell us a little bit about the past two weeks, how have they been? so, when did you finally decide to leave? before he retired, petro was a builder, but he has no idea if he'll return to the home — and the town — t

, just down the coast, mykolaiv is an incredibly important city because if the russians take mykolaiv, the next one along is odesa an important port in ukraine. odesa has not has had much action as somewhere like mykolaiv. which is being shelled on a near—daily basis. there has been missile six and this afternoon we had another here in odesa, this time on the airport and we heard earlier from the press centre of the southern defence forces who said the runway at the airport had been hit and that meant it was impossible to use it at the moment. we don't have any further details, commercial aircraft have not been travelling into ukraine since the 24th of february. this is not something that is going to be affecting passengers but the fact that an airport has been hit is always of concern. we were here earlier today and heard a very loud bang that reverberated across the city from the south—west of the city. it was so loud we saw dogs running away from the direction of the noise, clearly enough to disturb them. in terms of what might happen here in odesa, the key concern has recently

caroline davies, bbc news, mykolaiv. our correspondent, caroline davies, is near to the port of odesa, and has been giving us the latest. of course, from mykolaiv, which is 20 miles away from the front line, we're about two hours away here in odesa, just down the coast. mykolaiv is, of course, an incredibly important city because if the russians do take mykolaiv, the next one along, the next port city is odesa, an incredibly important international port here in ukraine. now, odesa has not had quite as much target, as much action as somewhere like mykolaiv, which is being shelled on a nearly daily basis but, of course, there has still been missile strikes, and this afternoon we had another missile strike here in odesa. this time this was on the airport and we heard earlier from the authorities here, from the press centre of the southern defence forces, who said that the runway at the airport had been hit and that meant it was impossible to use it at the moment. we don't have any further details about that. of course, comm

to give you a sense why mykolaiv is so important in the war, just about 35 miles to the east of mykolaiv is the city of kherson, the city that's been under russian occupation for several weeks now. if you travel to any area around mykolaiv there. you find in the convoys of people we showed you, people escaping who have been under very dire situations in that city for the last several weeks so it's a huge difference in that 35-mile stretch, in that contested area. you're here on the western edge of the southern front of the war and that's why you see so much ukrainian resources going into, essentially, holding the line here, trying to keep the russian forces at bay. and that will be a deciding and monumental kind of task here in the weeks ahead. fredericka. >> so frightening to think what could be happening there, especially after you just revealed to us what's happening in mykolaiv. thank you so much, ed lavandera, appreciate it. >>> as kyiv is getting hit with new attacks today, in lviv, to the west, air defenses were activated in the early morning hours. here now is cnn's matt river's

now, we're seeing mykolaiv come under much heavier attacks. i think there's kind of a push that people in mykolaiv are starting to feel where we're seeing more cluster munitions. more attacks in broad daylight that seem to be kind of purposely targeting civilians. so those people end up evacuating to odesa. as you mentioned, i have family from there. my family is from there. my great aunt is there. i remember the morning of the air strikes on the field depot, my great aunt was like, maybe you should leave. and obviously, that's not really how my job works. my job is to stay and document what happened. but it's a weird feeling there because on the surface, it looks very normal, but people are getting nervous as kind of it sees that that area is going to come into play soon. >> it is -- it's not just very hard, it's impossible to put your feelings aside as a journalist when you're covering a tore like this, but when you have your heart in because your family is actually that is a hell of a challenge, we thank you for living up to it and doing it

mykolaiv has been a point at which they've been stopped. they were planning to otherwise be in odessa, the beautiful port city of odessa. the biggest pour in the country on the black sea. you have spent a lot of time reporting on odessa. it's where your parents were born. tell us what it's like, would it was like to be there and how that port city is doing right now. everybody there is expecting that the worst is still yet to come. >> yeah, odessa is, for the most part like there has returned to normal for normal-ish i guess as normal things can get in a war. there are, you know, still military checkpoints and a heavy military presence. but even the zoo is open nowadays. salons are open, restaurants are open. but at the same time, people know that that surprised for russia. there were airstrikes recently in the fuel depots there. i think, people are nervous, i think they are kind of scared as this war appears to be shifting east and south. and now we're seeing mykolaiv come under much heavier attacks. i think there is kind of a push that pe

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how are the people of mykolaiv doing? >> first of all, i want to say that we are under shelling almost starting from first day of the war. they have two or three days in the row, then they bombard again. last night i would agree that it was hard night. they bombarded us for six times in the day and night and bombarded at 4:00 a.m. thank god only two people were injured by this bombardment. people use -- >> does this appear to be targeted shelling on the part of the russians? are they targeting military facilities or is this just indiscriminate attack at civilians? >> they just -- i can call this genocide. they shoot all over the city, they shoot all over the districts. and in residential apartment blocks. yesterday they bombarded the kindergarten and they just shoot in direction of the city. in their different news channels, they are writing for mykolaiv just give up or you will be -- you will have the same as mariupol has now. so they ruin the city. >> i want to ask you about mariupol, because it is another port city, ju

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i'm ben wedemen, cnn, reporting from mykolaiv. >>> a quick note here. if you'd like to help the people of ukraine. they're in need of shelter, food, medical supplies, pretty much everything, please go to cnn.com/impact. and there you'll find a safe and secure way to ensure your donations gets to the people who need it it the most. >>> russian missiles hit an oil refinery and fuel depot in odesa. we'll have the very latest from the scene just ahead. >>> welcome back to our viewers in the united states and around the world. just 29 minutes past the hour. i'm john vause live in lviv, ukraine. and this is "cnn newsroom," and we're following a horrific discovery in bucha and other cities and towns around ukraine as russian troops retreat from this area around kyiv, the capital, they're leaving behind evidence of what appears to be a massacre. a warning the images you're about to see are graphic. this is a mass grave site, up to 300 people could be buried there according to the town's mayor. the president of ukraine is accusing russia of genocide. russia, tho

this is an orthodox church here in mykolaiv. you can see the impact spot of one of the munitions that went off this morning. and, again, this is an area where two people were killed, and there have been attacks and explosions felt in various parts of the city. and as you look around here, you can see the impact and the damage done to this church here as well. and all of this unfolding in the early friday morning hours. one witness told us there were people walking their dogs in this area. this is an area that appears completely civilian, apartment buildings. as we've driven around, we don't see any evidence that there are military installations or military targets in this area. but this really speaks to the heightened fear that people here in the mykolaiv region have given the news of the russian warship that was sunk in the black sea off the coast of ukraine, there's a great deal of concern and worry about what the retaliation for that will be and also the news of russian forces renewing their offensive in the east, and will th

caroline davies, bbc news, mykolaiv. 0leksiy goncharenko is an mp for the port city of 0desa in southern ukraine. he told us ukraine is thankful for all the assistance the uk's provided and that the situation in the black sea has recently changed. first of all, we are very thankfulfor all support we are receiving from the west from the united kingdom, we are especially thankful for the leadership which the united kingdom and its prime minister shows in the help of ukraine and, yes, harpoon and brimstone missiles from the uk, they are en route, they are coming to ukraine and they are strengthening our defence on the sea, but even without, i can tell you that we were very successful with the attack against the russian flag ship. it was a missile cruiser which became a submarine, because it was sent down by ukrainians and that changed the situation in the black sea. sport, and a full round—up from the bbc sport centre. good evening. it's advantage liverpool in the premier league title race, but their place at the top of t

we saw ed lavandera in mykolaiv. the first time russia attempted to attack that city the territorial forces and the citizens fought them off. their attempt was to go further west to odesa. what causes concern in the area there's a river. the russians can't get across and if they can't get across that river and conduct an amphibious operation on the beaches near odesa, it will be difficult to extend their operations to the west. >> pentagon officials say the terrain there is different so the fighting will be different. can you lay out how exactly is the terrain different and how is it going to be distinct from the urban warfare around kyiv and which side has the advantage based on those factors? >> the terrain north is a lot of swamp lands. the russian forces could not get off the roads even if they had wanted to, so they were limited and road bound coming out of c chernihiv and kharkiv. we define maneuver by fire and movement. in the east it also will be difficult. it is different terrain. it's flatland, more like ka

the governor of mykolaiv said the russians hit with cluster munitions. at least five people were killed and more than a dozen injured. the ukrainian military officials claim recent russian attempts to break through defenses have been repelled. also on friday confirmation from u.s. officials that the guided missile cruiser was sunk by two ukrainian anti-ship missiles. moskow claims the flagship of the black sea fleet sank after being towed to port after on an board fire setoff munitions and still no word of the fate of the nearly 500 crew onboard. moskow isn't too happy about the $800 million military aid package the u.s. just sent to ukraine. two sources tell cnn russia sent a diplomatic message warning of consequences should that support continue. here's why they're angry. this latest package includes more heavy-duty weaponry than the previous aid. including helicopters, small drones called switch blades or kamikaze killer drones that can target russian soldiers and armored vehicles and for the first time howitzers. ukraine's volodymyr zelenskyy spoke e

>> so the mykolaiv consul reported nine killed. and 61 other people injured. we can't confirm these figures. so immediately after the shelling, there is a gas leak and smell. so our four staff randal away to escape the scene and while they were escaping, they saw dead bodies on the road and a few wounded. from what we can see, there were several explosions over an area a few hundred meters. there is no huge somewhere, so we think cluster bomb. >> so your team was there to meet with health authorities. in city. were they still able to assess what hospitals. in area, what their most urgent needs are? >> in fact, the situation in mykolaiv is radically contrasting from one moment to the other. i'm sure you've seen the devastated cities in ukraine. in mykolaiv, even if the front line was there a few weeks ago, the whole city has been a preserve. so the situation is alternating between normal life moment with people going for coffee, living as usual, and for ten minutes, there is this moment of extreme violence with bombing in the middle of the day, the middle of th

catherine byaruhanga, bbc news, mykolaiv. we have a constantly updating live page on our website with all the latest developments from ukraine. that has the interview i did earlier with the lady from the unhcr talking about the extent of the refugee crisis. you can check it out via the bbc app, orjust log on to bbc.com/news you're watching bbc news. hello, there. 0n good friday and into the easter weekend, we saw temperatures reach the low 20s celsius in the warmest places, but we've lost those values now. today is a cooler day, not particularly cold, but certainly cooler than what we've had over the last few days. we've got a bit more cloud around with a few showers, too. it's all because we've got this area of low pressure influencing our weather throughout the day and again into tomorrow. it's bringing stronger winds, especially to the northwest of the country. it's introduced this cooler air, as you can see from the blue hue here on the air mass chart. so, a chillierfeel to things across northern and western areas through

. >>> let's begin in mykolaiv which is where ed lavandera is. ed, can you tell us the latest from that region? >> reporter: well, good morning, brianna. it has been a hectic night here and morning in the city of mykolaiv, just east of odesa. we have been hearing bombardment throughout the night in the distance. and this morning, in the mid morning hours, a cluster bombs going off here in a residential neighborhood. this is a park where we are told several people were walking around. and you can see the impact on the ground from various -- of these cluster munitions that detonated in a largely residential neighborhood. apartment buildings behind me. this is an orthodox church. we will walk you back over to one of the impact sites. two dead so far in the explosions and the attacks going on this morning. in fact, here at this church, they have spent the morning cleaning up the rather gruesome scene left here. this is one of the areas where people were killed. they have actually already started covering up the impact site here. this is just feet awa

caroline davies, bbc news, mykolaiv. a foreign office minister is to hold crisis talks in the british virgin islands after an inquiry found that said the government should take direct control of the territory because of corruption and bad governance. the report was published earlier than planned following the arrest of the bvi premier, andrew fahie, in the united states, where he's accused of involvement in drug trafficking and money laundering. nomia iqbal is in the british virgin islands and reports from the capital road town on the island of tortola. the view from the sky is calm, but it belies the crisis that's hit the islands. this is its premier, andrew fahie just over a week ago, celebrating the country's athletes. now he is more than 1000 miles away in a miami jail. he appeared in this court accused of drug trafficking and money—laundering after a huge sting operation involving the us drug enforcement agency. his residency on the islands is empty as he waits a pre—trial detention hearing later this week. unde

that's why these regions are damaged most of mykolaiv. and they have a few shellings in the city center and to some other parts of the city. but, we usually -- yeah, we usually stay inside or go to the first floor. >> yeah. i can't even imagine the stress of living in that constant grave danger. anna parkhomenko, thank you for joining us this morning to tell us what it's like. >> thank you. thank you, too. >>> the atrocities in ukrainian could move the u.s. to label russia a state sponsor of terrorism. what could mean for russia's already crumbling economy next. >>> plus, we have new images this morning showing that prized sunken cruiser moskva leaning on its side in the black sea with a black plume of smoke above it. this question new questions are being raised about what happened to the crew that was on board. >>> and the unbelievable true story of the man who took on putin and lived to expose the truth. we have the sun dance award-winning cnn film "navalny" that airs sunday night at 9:00 p.m. eastern. we have a preview for you coming u

mykolaiv authorities released this video of a private home burning after a rocket strike. mykolaiv strikes come as residents in southern ukraine are worried about russian retaliation for the sinking of the moskva warship in the black sea and russia's renewed offensive in eastern ukraine. in recent days, cnn has witnessed long quois of families fleeing russian occupied areas near mykolaiv. this bombing struck a densely populate area. she says she was brushing her hair when the bomb landed just outside her apartment window. the blast shattered the glass and shattered her sense of peace. did you think something would happen to you? "i didn't think of anything," she tells me. "i thought that was the end." it has crippled the infrastructure. the water has been out for three days, forcing hundreds of people to get water from a river and natural spring. this man evacuated his mother and plans to stay in the city to fight off the russians. how worried are you that the russians are getting closer? "it worries me a lot," he tells me. "we're getting ready, but if the russians are clo

we were woken by a missile strike on mykolaiv. and there have been missile strikes pretty regularly in the last few days on civilian areas. we went in the morning with the mayor of this city, and he showed us an apartment complex that was hit. then, we went to a hospital that was hit. and there was a maternity hospital that was hit. today, ten people were killed. nine of them in a market, an open market. that was hit by a missile strike. and it appears that the russians are using cluster munitions in this case. 46 people were wounded today in this city alone. and it appears that the russians have no intention to take mykolaiv but simply to punish it because it resisted the russians several weeks back. anderson. >> christiane, i want to talk about what you have been seeing in kharkiv. but first, i am wondering what you think the implications are of what we have now been witnessing from bucha. you of course covered horrors of b bosnia. leaders ultimately brought to justice there. do you see that happening here? >> in rwanda, the '90

birdsong in mykolaiv. spring has arrived, but there's little sign of a new beginning. we're in the south of the city at the moment with the bomb disposal unit. they're following up on reports that they've had of multiple rockets have landed, and then checking to see if they can make the area safe. through a suburban front yard into what remains of valery�*s sitting room. a rocket hit his home two days ago. translation: there was a strong explosion and when a rocket - fell here, there was a massive shock wave. books, my things, everything is damaged. the unit move from home to home, removing a rocket from a front room and a section of an unexploded bomb from the driveway. the city is less than 20 miles from the front line and has been heavily shelled since the beginning of the war. this children's hospital was hit a little over three weeks ago. translation: at the moment, j we've got used to the situation, and it is scary. you don't know what comes tomorrow, what comes within an hour, what may happen to your relatives, to your patients. in the premature babies' ward,

ed lavandera, cnn, mykolaiv, ukraine. >> our thanks to ed lavandera for that report. and in an exclusive interview with cnn, ukraine's president spoke about that incredible sinking of the russian warship the "moskva" which was the flagship of the fleet. take a listen. >> translator: we know it does not exist anymore. for us, it is a strong weapon against our country. so, its sinking is not a tragedy for us. i want you, the rest of the people, to realize that. the less weapons the russian federation to attack our country has, the better for us. the less capable they are. this is important. >> now, the u.s. military has confirmed two ukrainian missiles did hit the russian warship and that's what caused it to sink in the black sea. russia, however, is going to great lengths to downplay the sinking of the ship. >> yeah. on russian state media there was no mention of the sinking of the "moskva" and when there were, the russian people were fed lies about what happened. cnn's nic robertson has more. >> reporter: russia's biggest naval loss in a generation. hidden by propagan

are they going to continue to try to push toward mykolaiv and perhaps further south down into odesa? that has been the question that has been hanging and looming over the resident of this region for some time now. >> not far from you in another port city, the mayor says russian troops attacked a kindergarten this morning. what additional details do you have? >> reporter: that's the same city. mykolaiv, as we were there yesterday and we saw the cluster explosions, those attacks have kept going today. in fact, the mayor of the city is saying that in one of the strikes today it destroyed a kindergarten building. we have seen other images of children's playgrounds destroyed as well. that has been the difficult part of all of this and why it has created, you know, a great amount of fear in that city, because it is indiscriminate at this point. clearly these munitions are being sent in to populated civilian areas, no clear military target for these strikes. that is what causes a great deal of panic, and many ukrainian officials believe it is the true intention of these kind of strikes, is

mykolaiv authorities released this video of a private home burning after a rocket strike. mykolaiv strikes come as residents in southern ukraine are worried about russian retaliation for the sinking of the moskva warship in the black sea and the offensive in eastern ukraine. in recent days, cnn has witnessed long convoys of families fleeing russian-occupied areas near mykolaiv. this bombing struck a densely populated area. this woman said she was brushing her hair when the bomb landed just outside her apartment window. the blast shattered the glass and shattered her sense of peace. did you think something was going to happen to you? i didn't think of anything, she tells me. i thought that was the end of the world. the recent attacks have also crippled parts of the city's infrastructure. the water has been out for three days, forcing hundreds of people to get water from a river and natural spring. this man evacuated his mother and plans to stay in the city to fight off the russians. how worried are you that the russians are getting closer? it worries me a lot, he tells me.

the governor of mykolaiv in southern ukraine is accusing russia of using cluster munitions on the city on friday,

. >>> since start of this war the city of mykolaiv in ukraine's south has been a symbol of resilience for the ukrainian people. mykolaiv is the last bastion before russians can reach odesa which is the key point of access to the black sea. in recent days the region has seen increased russian attacks. ten people were killed and 61 injured by shelling on monday. "the washington post" reports, quote, as the russian military has withdrawn its troops from the kyiv region in an apparent shift in strategy people fear that moscow is prepairing a new offensive to gain ground in the south. over the past week there's been an increase in attacks during daylight when civilian area such as victory square are most crowded. multiple hospitals have been hit, end quote. despite the increase in attacks the resilience is still evident. the post said, quote, one business owner still opened her flower shop across the street this morning. the only things that sells are the red carnation, a flower that is traditional played on caskets in funerals. isabel, good to see you again. i'll just show my viewers behi

we get them here in mykolaiv. they get food and et cetera and send them back to -- not back -- forward to the west. >> mayor, thank you so much. >>> and still ahead, pope francis takes on vladimir putin, blasting the russian leader for launching a, quote, savage war in ukraine. could he see the pope make a trip to kyiv? a live report next. unlimited with no annual feeee. how do you cashback? chase. make more of what's yours. ♪ feel stuck with credit card debt? move to fi and feel what it's like get your money right. ♪ ♪ move your high-interest debt to a sofi personal loan. you could get out of debt sooner — and get your money right. ♪ when alaska airlines needed a partner for the complex operations of travel - they made the switch to t-mobile. our 5g has alaska airlines and their customers covered, from major hubs to remote destinations. with 5g coverage ready now. for the demands of today and the future, t-mobile's network powers alaska airlines as they deliver next-level care for all customers. 5g read

caroline davies, bbc news, mykolaiv. a body has been found by police searching for a woman who went missing more than a week ago. 33—year—old mother of two katie kenyon was last seen getting into a ford transit van in burnley on 22nd april. 50—year—old andrew burfield has been charged with her murder. our correspondent helena wilkinsonjoins us now. helena, what more can you tell us? this is obviously absolutely devastating news for katie's family. her family had devastating news for katie's family. herfamily had previously devastating news for katie's family. her family had previously said devastating news for katie's family. herfamily had previously said her disappearance is completely out of character. now more than 60 specialist officers from four police forces have been searching for the 33—year—old. they have been scouring dense woodland and it was on thursday when they focused on a particular area of woodland in the forest of bowland after receiving information from a member of the public. there was a r

she has been documenting the atrocities taking place in mykolaiv. you've been telling incredible stories including this one in particular of some of the villages around mykolaiv, you talk about when the russian forces couldn't get through mykolaiv, they went to these small villages outside. i was hoping you could first share with us the story of sergi, the husband of tatiana bojiko in one town. tell us what happened to him. >> yeah, so he kind of had the most pro ukrainian views in town and everybody knew it. everybody knew he was kind of the most ardent pro ukrainian. he was a math teacher, never served, never kind of fought in the military, anything like that. but when the russians occupied this town, about an hour northeast of mykolaiv, they came for him. he was 59 years old. they took him, detained him, his wife, looked for him everywhere, she eventually found him at one of the soldiers headquarters. and at that point he was already badly beaten, he had been shot through the arm, through the elbow. and they told her, oh, he'll be home by this ev

caroline davies, bbc news, mykolaiv. earlier we spoke to the ukrainian mp for odesa, oleksiy goncharenko, who said ukraine is thankful for all the assistance the uk's provided — and that the situation in the black sea has recently changed. first of all, i am thankful for all support we are receiving from the west and from the united kingdom, we are especially thankful for the leadership which the united kingdom and its prime minister shows in the hope for ukraine and, yes, the missiles from the uk, they are en route and they are coming to ukraine and they are strengthening our defence on the sea, but even without i can tell you that we were very successful against the russian, and we were using missile cruisers which became a submarine because it was sent down by the ukrainians and that is changing the situation in the black sea. i is changing the situation in the black sea-— is changing the situation in the black sea. ., ., , , ., black sea. i want to bring you up to date with the _ black sea. i want to bring you up

to give you a sense why mykolaiv so so important, it sits on the southern front of this war zone, just about 35 miles east is the city of kushnhirson. those who evacuated describe horrific conditions, russian soldiers pillaging homes, stealing from people, desperate situation for many of those people to get out. that's why officials are saying that mykolaiv is a renewed area of focus because there has been shelling going on for weeks but the intensity has now picked up to an extensive degree. what is behind the strategy of this? it isn't really clear at this point but it doesn't matter for the residents living in that city. when we were there and licensed to the attacks fall and rain down on the city, it was indiscriminate. civilians mostly targeted. russian military officials saying one of the areas hit today was an artillery storage facility. even if that's true, by and large what we have seen is civilian areas, apartment buildings and parks that have been targeted by russian forces there in mykolaiv. so it is an intensifying situation and a quickly changing situation in that city. f

every day in mykolaiv, this bombardment shatters any semblance of normal life. mid afternoon and people line up to escape the danger. this bus, bound for poland. victoria cradles her 1-year-old daughter. her husband stays behind. soon, we'll be back home says victoria. everything will be all right. how soon that will be, nobody knows. the mayor of mykolaiv tells us these russian missile strikes serve no military purpose whatsoever. he says the purpose is to terrify the population and to punish a city that stopped russian forces the their tracks. don? >> ben wedeman, thank you so much for that. now to ukraine's foreign minister, pleading with the west for more help. >> either you help us now, and i'm speaking ob ing about days, weeks, or your help will come too late. and many people will die. many civilians will lose their homes. many villages will be destroyed. >> former ambassador to ukraine william taylor, you see him on your screen. thank you for joining us. ambassador, you hear the ukrainian foreign minister pleading for help. he said if they don't get help

those who can have fled this neighbourhood in mykolaiv in southern ukraine. but for those who've had to stay, their lives have moved underground. this bunker is the last place of refuge for so many of those left behind — and that's usually the elderly. it's damp and dark. they have to use these buckets as toilets. and over here is where they sleep. at the start of the war, there were over 20 families here, but now it's just four women. anastasia, ludmilla, nina and galina keep each other company through the difficulty and loneliness of this war. they go out to try and find food and water, but the air—raid sirens go off so often, they spend most of their day in darkness. translation: my heart hurts. i have hypertension and diabetes. i can't stay here for a long time, as my legs hurt. i need to walk a lot, but i can't. i need to have a good diet, but it's impossible now. next — let's turn to the besieged city of mariupol — which hasn't fallen yet. it's a port city in the south. if captured, it would create a land corridor between russia and crimea. reme

catherine byaruhanga, bbc news, mykolaiv. a decade of war has ruined syria 5 economy and its now emerging as a narco—state with illegal drugs as one of its biggest exports. the stimulant, captagon — a class a drug in the uk — is widely used across the arab world. 0ur middle east correspondent, yolande knell has been to this frontline of the regional war on drugs. three shadowy figures cross the border fence. jordanian soldiers open fire. another skirmish in an increasingly deadly fight against drug smugglers. they want to show me what they're up against. it's a great view from here. you can see, everything beyond the fence, that is syria. and this is a new front line in the war on drugs. ruined by a decade of war, neighbouring syria is turning into a narco—state. after losing a jordanian soldier, the military has adopted a shoot to kill policy. and how much more dangerous is it now along this border? translation: the degree | of danger has grown recently with the increase in drug smuggling. there are highly organised

. >>> russia is continuing with devastating attacks on cities such as mykolaiv. ukrainian officials said there on sunday at least one person was killed, more than a dozen injured and taken to hospital. cnn's ben wedemen has details. >> reporter: the city of mykolaiv came under multiple missile strikes. the first one after noon local time when what appears to be cluster conditions slammed into a residential neighborhood in the center of the city. shortly afterward mykolaiv regional governor put out a video of himself walking down the street saying that russians were trying and failing to panic residents at a time many people are beginning to return to their homes after having fled the city. the russian strikes killed one person and wounded more than a dozen according to a statement put out later by the governor's office. meanwhile uranian deputy prime minister has accused russian forces of detaining 11 mayors and killing one in areas under russian control, although cnn cannot independently verify those claims. she said the ukrainian government would alert the inte

mykolaiv authorities released this video of a private home burning after a rocket strike. mykolaiv strikes come as residents in southern ukraine are worried about russian retaliation for the sinking of the moskva warship in the black sea and the offensive in eastern ukraine. in recent days, cnn has witnessed long convoys of families fleeing russian occupied areas near mykolaiv. this bombing struck a densely populated area. she says she was brushing her hair when the bomb landed just outside her apartment window. the blast shattered the glass and shattered her sense of peace. did you think something was going to happen to you? i didn't think of anything, she tells me. i thought that was the end of the world. the recent attacks have also crippled parts of the infrastructure. the water has been out for three days, forcing hundreds of people to get water from a river and natural spring. this man evacuated his mother and plans to stay in the city to fight off the russians. how worried are you that the russians are getting closer? it worries me a lot, he tells me. that's why i s

jake. >> cnn's ben wedeman live in mykolaiv. appreciate it. >>> cnn getting a first look at the utter devastation and heartbreak after russian forces withdrew from chernikiv. tell us about the destruction you saw today and how the innocent civilians are coping with their losses there. >> reporter: so, jake, you can probably see it's completely pitch black behind me and that's because there's still a blackout here, even though russian forces have withdrawn. no one here believes that this is going to be permanent. they live in fear after just weeks and weeks of a brutal assault from russian forces. we're just 45 miles from the belarusian border. this was quickly surrounded and constantly bombarded. you can see some of the images we were able to capture today from the northern part of the city in particular, which has just been absolutely devastated. all around, people are still struggling because in addition to the bombardment, jake, this was a city under seeiege. there was no food, there was no water, there's no electricity. ther

how are significant are the russian losses in mykolaiv? >> it was two weeks ago. the world changed a little bit. now we are defending and for after two weeks, we picked up all the bodies and move to refrigerators and send testimony back to their country. now we are almost cleaned up, our territory of the bodies of russians. >> only after four weeks. you are saying the bodies you did collect, the corpses, you refrid ref refridgerated them and sent them to north. >> governor, what is if you had to say the things that you need most right now at this point in the world, what would it be? >> to tell the truth, we need weapons and we need it right now. you can't understand, our people are dying everyday. everyday with your weapons and help are moving to us, everyday our people are dying especially east of ukraine. this is a huge problem. russians attack with rockets and bombs and the main problem the civilians die everyday. we need weapons and we need it quickly. >> governor kim, thank you. >> you are welcome. >> next, he's called the butcher of syria. he's leading the

i want to tell our viewers, alex, you took quite a few photos in mykolaiv. i do want to warn them the images we are about to show are incredibly graphic. what can you tell us about what unfolded before these photographs were taken and after? this appears to be people who were just, you know, taking a quiet moment. . >> well, this is -- it happens to us every three, four days. where everything quiets down a little bit. and then out of nowhere, especially around the place where i live, we had a bus that during the day people were just standing there waiting for a bus, and a missile flew in and killed nine people. as soon as i heard that, i twoept that place to-- went to that place to try to help people. if you are close to 10, 15 feet, if you are close to that range, most likely you're going to die. so you can be just walking on the street and a missile flies in for no reason. . >> the city there has been without water for days. i know one of the pipelines was damaged during fighting. are you still without water? >> we have a couple of places we get water. riv

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but cities like mykolaiv still being hit by heavy artillery and rocket fire. the latest on the ground there tonight. >> well, don, we were just a little while ago hearing more incoming rounds on the outskirts of the city. and this seems to be the pattern, day in and day out. they're not hitting the city with massive bombs that destroy buildings, the likes of which we've seen around kyiv and areas elsewhere in ukraine. they're using cluster munitions, cluster bombs. we were at a market today that a few days ago was hit by some of those cluster bombs, and me and the producer, we walked around counting every impact point. within a 100-yard radius, we found 23 impact points, each one of those impact points sprays shrapnel in every direction. there is still dried blood on the ground in the various places, windows shattered. and this is -- in this instance, there are nine people killed, 41 injured. but every day there are incidents like this. hospitals have been hit. schools have been hit. and these are munitions that they have no military purpose when you're shooti