The Situation Room with Wolf Blitzer and Pamela Brown

Russia attacks the Ukrainian capital for the first time in weeks. President Zelensky says five missiles hit Kyiv during the U.N. Secretary General’s visit to the city. Was the Kremlin sending a message? We get an update on the state of the war from the Pentagon press secretary John Kirby.To learn more about how CNN protects listener privacy, visit cnn.com/privacy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

U.S. Marine veteran Trevor Reed is finally heading home after being freed by Russia in a prisoner swap. This hour, we ask the State Department about Reed’s long-sought release and whether it will have any impact on the war in Ukraine. Also, Russia is now escalating its economic war with the West by cutting off natural gas supplies to Poland and Bulgaria.To learn more about how CNN protects listener privacy, visit cnn.com/privacy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Ukrainian forces face increasing Russian attacks in the east and south as a third mass grave appears to have been found near Mariupol. The mayor of the besieged city claims Kremlin troops are forcing Ukrainian civilians to bury the dead in exchange for food and water. A key advisor to the mayor of Mariupol joins to comment. Also, Ukraine’s president is slamming Russia, saying it has no right to blackmail the world with the threat of using nuclear weapons.To learn more about how CNN protects listener privacy, visit cnn.com/privacy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Ukraine says Russians are raising everything to the ground during their offensive in the east as new video of a village wiped out amid heavy fighting. Putin’s war machine launches new attacks in western and central Ukraine as well, striking five railway stations within an hour. This after the U.S. Secretary of State and Secretary of Defense held talks with President Zelensky in Kyiv. To learn more about how CNN protects listener privacy, visit cnn.com/privacy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

As Russian invaders leave cities in ruin, a top general reveals for the first time that Vladimir Putin’s war goals are bigger than we knew. The Ukrainian Prime Minister joins to share his reaction to Putin’s chilling ambitions. Also, urgent new pleas for evacuations in Mariupol as Russia tightens its grip on the southeastern city and blockades the factory where Ukrainian civilians and troops are holding out.To learn more about how CNN protects listener privacy, visit cnn.com/privacy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Putin claims victory in the besieged city of Mariupol, trapping tens of thousands of civilians holed up inside a huge steel complex. Putin is ordering forces to make sure nobody can escape from the last major stronghold. Pentagon Press Secretary John Kirby joins to discuss Biden claiming there is no evidence Mariupol has completely fallen as the U.S. says it will send an additional $800 million in military assistance to Ukrainian fighters.To learn more about how CNN protects listener privacy, visit cnn.com/privacy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Time may be running out to save tens of thousands of civilians trapped in the besieged city of Mariupol. Russia is saying it will destroy everything in its path as it intensifies its attack. Further, Russia tested a nuclear-capable missile in the midst of war as Putin delivers a warning to the West.To learn more about how CNN protects listener privacy, visit cnn.com/privacy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Eastern Ukraine is under fire as Russia declares a new phase of the war is under way. CNN is on the eastern front where civilians are facing a last chance to escape as the onslaught begins as Kremlin forces close in. Also, a factory sheltering civilians in Mariupol is attacked and Ukraine says it intercepted Russian military communications on plans to “level everything to the ground.”To learn more about how CNN protects listener privacy, visit cnn.com/privacy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Ukrainian officials say the second phase of Russia’s war has begun in the east with the critical battle for the Donbas region now underway. This as officials warn no part of Ukraine is safe from the Kremlin’s brutal onslaught after deadly new strikes on the western city of Lviv.To learn more about how CNN protects listener privacy, visit cnn.com/privacy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

U.S. officials believe two Ukrainian missiles are behind the sinking of Russia’s premier warship in the Black Sea. With the Moskva now at the bottom of the ocean, new strikes hit Kyiv and Ukraine warns of a coming offensive soon.  Also, the Kremlin is warning the United States to stop shipping weapons to Ukraine or face unpredictable consequences. Volodymyr Zelensky speaks exclusively to CNN on the threat of Putin to Ukraine and the world.To learn more about how CNN protects listener privacy, visit cnn.com/privacy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices