The list of innocent victims of Putin's war against Ukraine keeps growing the lead starts

right now.

Only 12 miles from Poland, Russian shelling continuing to pummel Ukrainian citizen cities

and towns while getting closer and closer to a NATO ally, where US troops are deployed

then.

Getting some help from a friend to US officials tells CNN that Russia asked China for military

and economic help in their invasion, this is the US National Security Advisor, meets

with a top Chinese diplomat, plus.

She opened her home to a Ukrainian girl for a student exchange program.

Now 20 years later, she's opening her home again to that same woman, now grown and

her children who are fleeing Putin's war.

This is CNN breaking news.

Welcome to the lead I'm Jake Tapper and we start with our world lead today, multiple

explosions rocking the Ukrainian capital of Kiev today, a Russian air strike hit a residential

apartment building in the Kiev suburbs.

This morning, firefighters raced to evacuate survivors amidst the flames and wreckage Ukraine's

emergency services says preliminary information suggests at least one person was killed, six

others injured dozens of residents were thankfully able to safely escape.

While Russian forces appeared to be gaining ground on Kiev last week, today a senior

Pentagon official says almost all of the Russian advances around the capital of Kiev remain

stalled.

This is a bird's eye view of what's left of Maria Pol in the southeast of Ukraine after

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