New images from day 19 of Vladimir Putin's invasion of Ukraine confirm the situation is growing bleaker by the hour. An apartment set ablaze by a Russian missile strike. Firefighters rushing to extract people from the building. Explosions at the Ukrainian military base just 12 miles from its border with Poland, a NATO ally. And, remember the image of the pregnant woman that appeared on front pages around the globe? She has died. We begin today's sobering episode in Kyiv with CNN's Chief International Correspondent Clarissa Ward.

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