right now on "america this morning," target, kyiv. russian troops advancing toward ukraine's capital taking out this military academy, but ukrainians fighting back blowing up a bridge to stop russian forces. ukraine's president with an urgent appeal calling up all able-bodied men to fight and saying he is the enemy's target number one. the latest from our correspondents on the ground. here at home, president biden details the punishment for putin. will it be enough? what happens if putin takes ukraine? and this morning, a new prediction about gas prices. plus, the threat of cyberwarfare. could it drag the u.s. into a larger war? our experts weigh in. winter weather alert. snow, sleet and ice making travel treacherous this morning.

major u.s. cities in the bull's-eye. some areas could see more than a foot of snow. we'll time it out. and a landmark day in the pandemic. the cdc's new announcement on mask guidelines. good friday morning, everyone. we begin with breaking news, russian troops are advancing toward ukraine's capital. >> explosions have been heard all night in the outskirts of kyiv. ukraine's president says he is target number one, and he says more than 130 ukrainian soldiers have been killed so far. >> video posted on social media shows the ukrainian military academy on fire. the pentagon says russia has fired more than 160 missiles into ukraine. >> and this video just in showing an apartment building in kyiv on fire. there's word that ukrainians have blown up a bridge to stop russian forces from advancing toward the capital from the

direction of the chernobyl nuclear site, but the situation in kyiv is growing more alarming. new explosions rocking kyiv early friday morning as russian forces advance towards ukraine's capital. this new video posted to social media overnight showing heavy fighting after a ukrainian military academy came under attack. and new satellite images show smoke billowing from this ukrainian air base. so far missiles and aerial bombardment have been key to russia's strategy. this enormous unexploded rocket was lodged inside the ceiling of an apartment building. now one u.s. official tells abc news, when the ground invasion begins, that is when people will make flight or flee decisions adding putin is not going to stop. he's like a madman. he wants to take the whole country. >> what we've seen really over the last day is that russian

forces advancing in three directions, from the north, from the east and also from the south trying to push closer to the capital kyiv but also stepping up their assaults on other critical cities. >> reporter: u.s. military sources say they believe the russians will, quote, decapitate ukraine's government and secretary of state antony blinken telling abc's david muir this about the possibility of kyiv being captured. >> you're convinced putin is going to overthrow this government. >> i'm convinced he's going to try to do that. >> reporter: in a video posted this morning, ukraine's president volodymyr zelenskyy said russian enemy sabotage groups have now entered kyiv and designated him target number one. he says he's remaining defiant staying in kyiv, but he says his family is in hiding. >> we know that there were hit lists, so they can go in and just assassinate people. the other way to do it would be to go around the city of kyiv and lay siege to it, envelop that city and turn off the power, turn off the water and

wait for the government to surrender. >> reporter: zelenskyy has now ordered a general mobilization of the military meaning that men over 18 years old must report to recruiting stations. military sources say as of last night less half of russia's 150,000 troops along the border have entered the country, and they're now reportedly in charge of chernobyl, the destroyed nuclear plant 60 miles from the capital. subway stations across ukraine are now serving as bomb shelters for hundreds of people. many staying at this station in kyiv for more than 24 hours since russia launched its attack. >> president biden is sending 7,000 more troops to germany to bolster nato defenses, but he's made it clear no u.s. troops will enter ukraine. thousands of russian protesters are taking to the streets in a rare act of defiance to rally against the war. more than 1,700 people have been arrested in moscow and dozens of other russian cities, but the media is so tightly controlled, most russians don't know a full-scale invasion is under way. meanwhile, the white house has announced how it wants to punish vladimir putin. abc's faith abubey takes a

closer look this morning. faith, good morning. >> reporter: hey, good morning to you, mona. russia is facing new harsher sanctions but not the full-scale economic punishment that ukraine and others have asked for. president biden has announced new sanctions on four more russian banks and some russian elites. >> putin's aggression against ukraine will end up costing russia dearly, economically and strategically. >> reporter: but the president stopped short of sanctioning putin himself, and the president did not cut russia off from the international banking communications system known as s.w.i.f.t., which would hinder russian participation in global markets. still, some experts say including s.w.i.f.t. in the sanctions may not be as punishing as it sounds because russian assets are effectively frozen under the new penalties, and they say sanctioning putin himself may have limited consequences. >> you could be sure that vladimir putin does not have any assets abroad that u.s. or european authorities can attach.

and he certainly isn't planning to go to disneyland for vacation so he's not going to worry about visa restrictions. >> reporter: president biden says it could take weeks to know whether the new economic punishments have an impact. the former u.s. ambassador to nato acknowledges kyiv will likely fall before the russian economy experiences any pressure. >> sanctions will take time, and they may make an impact on russia's economy and on support for putin over the long term which is good, but that is the reason why we should have done this a few months ago. >> reporter: the white house has been threatening to impose sanctions on russia since the military buildup near ukraine began. the secretary of state last month said the goal of sanctions would be to deter aggression. >> when it comes to sanctions, the purpose of those sanctions is to deter russian aggression, and so if they're triggered now, you lose the deterrent effect. >> reporter: but yesterday president biden said, quote, no one expected sanctions to work as a deterrent. >> no one expected the sanctions to prevent anything from happening.

this is going to take time, and we have to show resolve so he knows what's coming and so the people of russia know what he's brought on them. >> reporter: and right now critics are pressing the white house to do more. senate gop leader mitch mcconnell is recommending the administration use every sanction available. andrew. >> all right, faith, thank you. and experts say gas prices here in the u.s. could jump between 15 and 20 cents in the next two weeks because of the war in ukraine. russia is the world's second largest supplier of crude oil. abc's rebecca jarvis is watching the markets. >> reporter: for every $1 increase in the price of oil, you see a 1 1/2-cent increase at the pump, and it takes a little bit of time, but it's happening pretty quickly, and the bigger escalation we see and the more disruption, if there is one, to the supply of oil worldwide, the higher prices go here. >> here's the other thing, russia is also a top supplier for materials used in computer

chips for cars. we turn now to the threat of cyberwarfare, which could easily cross borders. the big question, co russian cyberattack spread to nato countries dragging the u.s. into war? here's abc's derricke dennis. >> reporter: this morning security officials on alert for possible russian cyberattacks, not just in europe, but here in the u.s. >> this country taken as a whole is not ready for a massive cyberattack. >> reporter: former trump administration homeland security adviser tom bossert points to last summer when ransomware hackers believed to be affiliated with russia shut down the colonial gas pipeline running from houston to new york by hitting the company's billing system, not its industrial controls. >> most businesses in this country are very vulnerable despite all of the good work being done by the federal government. the federal government is not protecting directly their networks. >> reporter: senate intelligence committee chair mark warner warns putin has not yet unleashed russia's full cybercapabilities. >> if the russians launch a more

massive cyberattack and, for example, try to shut down all the power in ukraine, you can't control once you unleash cyberweapons, malware by geographic locations, that kind of incursion could move us into what could be potentially viewed as an article 5 attack against poland. that by definition means if you attack one nato nation, you attack all of them. >> reporter: but would a cyberattack, which could easily extend across borders into nato countries, drag the u.s. into war by triggering article 5. >> that again is up to the nato alliance to determine, but obviously a cyberattack does constitute an attack, so that would certainly be a point of discussion among the members. >> whether it would actually cause a reaction, it would likely be a response in the cyber arena. >> reporter: in the meantime, the homeland security department is urging american companies and local governments to act now to secure their networks. mona, andrew. >> derricke, thank you.

much more coverage ahead. we'll talk to people trying to flee ukraine waiting 30 hours to cross into poland. and turning now to the wather and treacherous travel for the morning commute. another winter storm is hitting more than 30 states, so let's take a look at your forecast. good morning. the last day of this cross-country storm is going to bring an ice storm from pennsylvania into southern new england. new york city and philly, you could wake up with a little bit of freezing rain. stay safe on the roads out there. conditions will improve by the afternoon. but the snow will fall all day long across new england from boston and portland westward, 6 to 12 inches will be widespread. lesser amounts to the south. the weekend looks good out in the rockies, a warming trend with some rain in the south and some snow showers in the great lakes. i'm accuweather meteorologist kevin coskren. coming up, inflation hits burger king's chicken nuggets. but first a major decision

regarding the pandemic. the cdc's new mask guidance coming in today. and later if vladimir putin takes control of ukraine, what happens next? our expert weighs in.

police say a mistake by an elderly driver led to this crash in miami beach. a car drove into the outdoor seating area of a cafe. one person was killed. police say the driver mistook her brake for the gas. major headline concerning the pandemic. the cdc is expected to release new guidance today that will ease indoor mask restrictions for many americans. the guidance is expected to detail the next phase of the pandemic, urging local officials to focus on covid hospitalizations, not infection rates to determine policy. the new guidance will also give authorities a guide to

reimplement restrictions if needed. three former minneapolis police officers have been convicted of violating george floyd's civil rights. the jury agreeing that the officers showed deliberate indifference to floyd's medical needs. as officer derek chauvin pressed his knee into floyd's neck. the judge could impose any sentence up to life in prison. caught on camera, a small plane crashed into this philadelphia suburb, killing both people on board. the plane hit an empty truck before bursting into flames. no one on the ground was hurt. officials are investigating the cause. and a dramatic rescue in texas after a fire on this oil rig trapping nine workers. two explosions were reported before a coast guard helicopter airlifted the workers from the burning platform. new evidence that inflation is taking a toll on the fast food industry. burger king is reducing the number of chicken nuggets in its meal items from 10 to eight. it's also removing the whopper from discoukoucount offers. coming up, we'll head back to the war in ukraine and the

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me and say war started. >> because of the news that the whole ukraine was under fire. >> reporter: more than 100,000 ukrainians scrambling to three three their homes. the lives they knew turned upside down. >> everybody is in kyiv now and they are calling us and telling what is going on and it's awful. >> reporter: streams of people pouring across the limited number of border entries while others scramble to escape during the russian assault. >> it's just complete chaos. you can see the gridlock behind me, and then here's lines to the gas station. it's hard to say how long it's going to take. >> reporter: among those trying to flee, american juan lives in ukraine with his wife and toddler. >> we just thought it was going to -- it wasn't going to turn

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back now with more images from the war in ukraine, an invasion that threatens to redraw the lines of post-cold war europe. a nation the size of texas under siege. >> earlier we spoke mllroy. are you surprised at this level of aggression here? >> no, i'm not. i think what we've seen is that the intelligence services of the united states and some of our native allies has predicted just this, unfortunately. and we're seeing it play out amost to the letter. it looks like the russian forces are preparing to encircle and essentially strangle kyiv and potentially kharkiv, another major metropolitan area in the ukraine. and that could have catastrophic consequences. as we expected, the ukrainians are putting up a significant

fight. they're fighting fiercely, and they should be proud of that. unfortunately, we have a david and goliath time situation where they're vastly outnumbered not only in strength, but also in technology and weapons systems. it is possible. i would say more likely next 24 to 48 hours where they would have the entire city of kyiv surrounded. whether they decide to go in to kyiv or simply try to strangle it will determine how long it will actually take for them to be successful in cutting off what i would call the ukrainian center of gravity, their capital city. >> putin clearly has not been concerned about western sanctions. do you think he'll be emboldened to advance beyond ukraine? >> there has to be consequences for this kind of illegal action in invading a sovereign nation. whether it goes beyond ukraine, i think it will. because quite frankly, after the invasion when the occupation starts, there is going to be an insurgency of a kind we haven't

seen in a long time. and that insurgency will likely seek safe haven in neighboring countries such as poland. so whether the fighting goes into poland, we should all hope it does not, it being a nato country, it would trigger the response of all nato members to come to their aid. but it does have a potential for spreading outside of ukraine into neighboring countries. >> what do you see happening next? >> so i think the next step for russia will be to encircle those two major metropolitan areas, kyiv and kharkiv, and then strangle it to the point where they hope for a surrender. knowing the ukrainians, that is going to be tough. if they do not surrender, then i imagine russia will move in and try to do what they couldn't do by isolation with force. and that could cause significant civilian casualty. and that is horrendous. i do not think that russia will leave any parts of ukraine not

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moving forward, finding solutions. reggie: russian troops close in on the capital of ukraine, leaving many to flee the country. the latest. kumasi: from gas to groceries, how the conflict will impact us. reggie: a highly anticipated announcement from the cdc today. kumasi: and it is a chilly start to our friday, but drew says we can look ahead to warmer weather this weekend. we like to hear that. good morning. it is friday. reggie: we will start with the forecast. drew: a frigid morning today, starting in the 20's and 30's, but we will thaw out over the weekend. this, this third morning had frigid temper. freeze warnings for the north bay, the santa clara valley,