Good morning and welcome to morning, Joe.

It's Friday, March 4th, another day of bloodshed across Ukraine as Russian forces lay siege to major cities targeting civilian areas, including residential buildings.

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That's the explosion after Russian military strikes hit an apartment complex and two schools

in Cherniyev in the northern part of the country. Local officials say at least 33 people were

killed and 18 injured in the strikes while rescue work had to be temporarily suspended due to the

shelling. This as Russian troops encircled and blocked another key port city in the north,

creating what local authorities say is a humanitarian

catastrophe. Officials say the city is without heat, water, and power due to constant shelling.

Russians also captured their first major port city of Herzanne yesterday after intense fighting.

And while heavy bombardment continued in Kiev,

the miles-long convoy outside the Capitol has made little progress over the last three days.

According to a senior U.S. official, Moscow has now moved 90 percent of its troops that were amassed around Ukraine inside the country.

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And a new development overnight, Russian forces now control Europe's largest nuclear plant

after shelling the facility located in southern Ukraine.

One of the power station's six reactors caught fire.

The spokesman for the plant said the reactor is under renovation, but does have nuclear fuel inside.

Ukraine's foreign minister tweeted, if it blows up, it will be 10 times larger than Chernobyl.

Russians must immediately cease the fire, allow firefighters to establish a security zone. The plan had been inaccessible

because firefighters were being shot at. No essential equipment was damaged, and the UN now says

no radioactive material was released. Ukrainian President Zelensky pleaded with Europeans and their

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