Hundreds killed, thousands injured, and an estimated 2 million refugees as we enter day 14 of the Russian invasion of Ukraine.

This morning, a worsening humanitarian crisis in the city of Maripol, where hundreds of thousands of civilians are trapped in dire straits.

Meanwhile, Russia is pushed further away from

the global economy as the U.S. bans oil imports and more major companies suspend operations.

Good morning and welcome to way too early. I'm Jonathan Lemire on this Wednesday, March 9th.

There's no let up in violence across Ukraine as Russian forces continue to bombard major cities. The situation is particularly

dire in the Port City of Maripole, where a humanitarian crisis is unfolding. Hundreds of thousands

of civilians have been trapped in the city without heat, water, and electricity for more than a week now.

The constant Russian shelling has also shattered phone services while theft of food and clothes have become widespread.

Ukrainian officials say Russian forces fired on a humanitarian aid convoy yesterday that was heading towards

Maripole, hampering the delivery of much-needed food, water, and medicine. According to Ukraine's

foreign minister, around 300,000 civilians are still trapped in the city. He also said that a child

died from dehydration on Monday because the city's water supply was cut off.

The country's deputy prime minister is warning that the situation in Maripole is catastrophic.

This, as a U.S. assessment, reveals that Moscow is now trying to move on Kiev from a third access,

the northeastern city of Sumi,

while that 40-mile-long military convoy remains stalled outside the city.

Officials say that the Kremlin's goal is apparently to surround Kivv on all sides.

And as Russian attacks intensify, thousands are fleeing from towns in and around the capital.

Scores of people from the town of Erpin are struggling to make the difficult journey as there's no official safe corridor to escape the fighting there.

There was one humanitarian corridor that allowed about 5,000 civilians to escape from that besieged city of Sumi.

They were taken safely to the central Ukrainian city of Poltava.

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