First Move with Julia Chatterley

At least 30 people, including two children, were killed after Russian forces carried out a missile strike on a railway station in Kramatorsk, eastern Ukraine, that was being used by civilians trying to flee the fighting. According to Ukraine President Zelensky, “There are witnesses, there are videos, there are remnants of the missiles and dead people. Why do they need to hit civilians with missiles? Why this cruelty that the world has witnessed in Bucha and other cities liberated by the Ukrainian army?" CNN’s Phil Black begins today’s coverage from Lviv.

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Ukrainian Foreign Minister Dmytro Kuleba spoke at NATO headquarters in Brussels today, where NATO and G7 foreign ministers are meeting to discuss sanctions against Russia and ways to support Ukraine. “My agenda is very simple. It has only three items on it. It's weapons, weapons and weapons,” Kuleba told reporters. Meanwhile, more evidence of Russian atrocities continues to emerge. “It’s like a scene from the gates of hell,” reports CNN’s Fred Pleitgen, who begins today’s coverage.

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More appalling discoveries in the Kyiv suburb of Bucha are prompting a growing number of world leaders to accuse Russia of committing war crimes. According to NATO's secretary general, "This is unbearable brutality that Europe has not witnessed in many decades." Today's show begins with a live report by CNN's Fred Pleitgen in Bucha.

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The mayor of Mariupol is calling his city "a new Auschwitz" after weeks of relentless Russian bombardment. Meanwhile, Putin continues to shift his focus to the east and the so-called "liberation" of the Donbas region. Military analysts that could take months if not years. And Ukraine President Zelensky warns of more atrocities in Borodianka, another city which until recently was occupied by Russian troops. CNN's Fred Pleitgen was there and witnessed the aftermath. His eyewitness account begins our coverage.

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Shocking video emerges from the Ukrainian city of Bucha of what appears to be execution-style killings carried out before the Russian retreat. People appear to have been left where they fell - some in the streets, others in gardens. President Zelensky calls it "genocide." Early in today's show, Bucha's mayor describes the scenes to CNN's Brianna Kielar.

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A Russian governor says an airstrike by two Ukrainian helicopters set a fuel depot ablaze in Belgorod, 25 miles north of the Russia-Ukraine border. Ukraine's ministry of defense declines to comment. The Kremlin says the attack could impact negotiations due to resume virtually today. Meanwhile, Ukraine's President Zelensky fires two top generals, sending a warning to "traitors," saying, "If you don't decide where your homeland is, you will be punished." First Move's coverage begins with CNN's Senior International Correspondent Ivan Watson in Zaporizhzhia.

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NATO says Russian troops are repositioning and reinforcing their offensive in Ukraine's Donbas region while keeping the pressure on Kyiv. That's despite the Kremlin's assertion earlier this week that it was scaling back operations around the capital. Today's show begins with a live report from CNN correspondent Ben Wedeman in the southern port city of Mykolaiv, where Ukrainian troops are preparing for what they fear could be a new Russian assault.

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Despite Russia's claims it's drastically reducing its assault on Ukraine, both the Pentagon and Ukraine officials say the've seen no evidence of that yet. Air raid sirens rang out in the night in Kyiv and Chernihiv as the sounds of artillery rocket fire continued. Chernihiv's mayor confirmed to CNN Russia is intensifying rather than reducing its assault. Today's show begins with a report from CNN's Ben Wedeman.

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After days of heavy fighting, Ukraine says it's regained control of Makariv, a town about 30 miles west of the capital. The military says the Ukrainian flag was raised once again as Russian troops retreat. CNN International Correspondent Fred Pleitgen begins today's episode with a live report from Kyiv.

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Following talks between Ukrainian and Russian officials, Moscow says it will “drastically reduce military activity” on two fronts — Kyiv and Chernihiv. And both sides are now discussing the possibility of a meeting between Putin and Zelensky. Meanwhile, Russian shelling has left villages with homes reduced to piles of rubble. In Mariupol officials say 90% of the city's residential buildings have been damaged or destroyed. 160,000 people are still trapped there. And in the west another fuel depot is on fire. CNN correspondents Nic Robertson and Phil Black begin today's coverage.

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