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AMNA NAWAZ: Russia has 
admitted for the first

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time that last week's sinking of 
its flagship cruiser the Moskva

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left dozens missing and one 
dead, although it still denies 
Ukraine attacked the ship.

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On the battlefront, 
Ukrainian officials 
claim Russian troops are 
redeploying from the southern

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port city of Mariupol 
to reinforce their new 
onslaught in the east. 
In the meantime, Ukraine

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says it sent a nighttime 
helicopter to deliver 
arms to the last Ukrainian 
forces in Mariupol,

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who are holed up inside 
a giant steel facility.

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Willem Marx begins our coverage.

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WILLEM MARX: In the city of 
Mariupol, ghostly remnants 
of a relentless war.

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This is what Russia calls 
liberation, apartment 
blocks battered by shelling,

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devoid of residents, the only 
signs of life pro-Russian rescue 
workers locating the dead.

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They load remains onto 
trucks marked with Z,

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a symbol of Vladimir Putin's 
brutal invasion, the dead's 
destination, for now, unknown.

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Today, a Ukrainian regional 
governor still seemed optimistic 
about Mariupol's future.

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GOV. PAVLO KYRYLENKO, 
Donetsk, Ukraine (through 
translator): I unequivocally 
believe that Russians

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can be defeated. They are 
not taught to lose, but they 
overestimate themselves.

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WILLEM MARX: The last 
few Ukrainian fighters 
are bunkered down in a 
steel plant by the sea.

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Russian forces say they 
will no longer try to 
storm that facility, but 
instead will besiege it.

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British officials say it's 
likely Russia prefers simply 
to surround it to free up

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their forces for operations 
elsewhere. On social media 
channels, pro-Kremlin 
propagandists embedded

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with the Russian army publish 
videos they say show troops 
moving east, away from Mariupol.

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But military analysts say 
Russian forces in the city 
suffered substantially,

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and Moscow may struggle 
to redeploy rapidly to 
other battle fronts.

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One Russian commander talked 
of fresh territorial ambitions 
in the south of Ukraine,

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suggesting a new access route 
to Transnistria, a pro-Russian 
enclave in neighboring Moldova.

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It's unclear if these comments 
reflect official Kremlin policy.

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Back east, meanwhile, 
Russian troops continue their 
assault on the Donbass,

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overnight, a hospital 
near Donetsk damaged 
under direct shell fire. 
In the city of Rubizhne,

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broken boulevards bear the 
scars of conflict, a cultural 
center crushed by artillery.

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In a basement beneath 
it, a dozen of the city's 
residents shelter together.

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Liudmila said she fled her home 
after the shells began to fall.

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LIUDMILA, Rubizhne Resident 
(through translator):

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It was raining. The roof 
was leaking. The plaster 
and wallpaper fell off,

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a constant draft. It 
is impossible to live 
in our houses, no gas, 
no light, no water.

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WILLEM MARX: To the north, 
in Kharkiv, emergency workers 
on scene at a public market

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smashed and torched. The 
city remains a top target 
for Russian rockets,

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leaving residents to deal 
with the daily damage.

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Yuriy Guropaev said two 
civilians charred to 
death inside this vehicle.

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YURIY GUROPAEV, Kharkiv 
Resident (through translator):

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How is it different from 
Bucha or Gostomel? And 
we are told it's quiet 
here? How is it possible?

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Here are people burning. 
Here are two people are 
burning. Look, bodies. 
How is it possible?

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WILLEM MARX: 
Despite the bombing,

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thousands of Ukrainians plan 
to return this weekend to 
celebrate Orthodox Easter,

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like Mariia Litokh, who 
arrived today in Kyiv from 
Poland to meet her family.

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MARIIA LITOKH, Ukrainian 
Student (through translator):

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I am now confident that 
the world is aware that 
we are strong. It is 
important because just a

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few people knew about Ukraine. 
Now almost every person can show 
the city of Kharkiv on a map.

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WILLEM MARX: Home for 
the holidays, but for 
how long, unclear.

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Tonight, Amna, despite 
advances by Russian forces

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on multiple fronts in the south 
and east, in cities like Kyiv,

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it's not so much about clearing 
up, as pushing back against 
that military aggression.

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The national flag is still 
fluttering behind me. Traffic 
has returned to the city center.

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And with the evening curfew 
pushed back until late, 
restaurants and bars remain

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open for customers, but just 
an hour or two from where 
we're standing, awful scenes of

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devastation and destruction 
in many directions 
throughout surrounding 
towns and villages -- Amna.

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AMNA NAWAZ: And the 
"NewsHour"'s coverage 
of the war in Ukraine is

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supported in partnership 
with the Pulitzer Center.