Putin Declares A "Success" In Mariupol

Anderson Cooper 360

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3.7 • 3.8K Ratings

🗓️ 22 April 2022

⏱️ 46 minutes

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Russia's Vladimir Putin claimed Mariupol is a "success" and is saying that the Russians are "liberating" the besieged port city. He also said that if the remaining defenders were to lay down their arms, Russia "guarantees their lives and decent treatment in accordance with the relevant international legal acts." To date, Ukrainian officials estimate that Russian attacks have cost up to 20,000 lives in Mariupol. President Zelensky said today that Russia is not engaged in war in Mariupol so much as a “terrorist operation.” David Remnick, editor of the New Yorker, who has spent much of his career covering Russia and authored the Pulitzer Prize winning "Lenin's Tomb" talks with Anderson. Clarissa Ward joins Anderson to talk about the grim situation many around one frontline city in Ukraine are facing. To learn more about how CNN protects listener privacy, visit cnn.com/privacy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0	Good evening Vladimir Putin in a discussion with his defense minister about the siege
0:04.6	port of Mariopol today talked of and this is his word liberating the port city.
0:09.6	He spoke of quote success against Mariopol's defenders, some of whom were still holding
0:13.7	out in a massive steel plant.
0:15.8	And he talked of adhering to quote relevant international legal acts and how the injured
0:20.4	will receive what he described as medical assistance.
0:23.8	So as you consider that take a look at this new satellite photos from Mariopol.
0:28.4	They come to us from Max R technologies and they are pictures of what Ukrainian officials
0:32.9	say are mass graves.
0:35.2	When Ukrainian officials called it direct evidence of war crimes and attempts to cover them
0:39.8	up, Ukrainian officials have said they believe as many as 20,000 people have died after weeks
0:45.0	of bombardments.
0:46.6	CNN cannot independently verify the Ukrainian's claims.
0:49.9	Today, less than 100 Mariopol residents were able to leave the city.
0:53.7	Some of the children just off those buses spoke with Britain Channel 4 news about what
0:58.1	life is like in the city they once called home.
1:01.5	So, a lot of the yards are full of graves.
1:07.0	20 or 30 people were buried just near our house.
1:11.5	Lots of houses have been destroyed.
1:14.5	They are all blackened and burnt.
1:19.7	Everyone had to address to their underpants, take everything off.
1:23.4	All documents every piece of paper are checked so that nothing is there.
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