rogers defense ministries as ukrainian for to the following. it said he's in and on bus ukraine though, says russia is carried out more than $200.00 attacks from the south of the day in the region. well, let's confirm that a series of powerful explosions were reported across ukraine. this morning. loud blas rocked several cities off the rush, launched a circle. special operation is being reported. the explosions were caused by miss all strikes from russian forces. we've just received these images from murray poll . fix, smoke can be seen by living across the sky. you can see a diamond ukranian radar system throughout the day. powerful explosions have been reported throughout the country. where here you can see a map of the genetic lugens, the people's republic. the 2 regions announced their independence from kiev shortly after the 2040 mile and revolution. and have his claimed been repeatedly shelled, ever since that's led to numerous civilian casualties. now both republic say they will liberate their territories still on the key of control. so

rogers defense ministry says ukrainian force is a firing at cities on don bass with trying to confirm that here at odyssey. while the breakaway republics authority say they are engaging ukrainian soldiers on the contact lines shelling, being blamed on both sides in this conflict. a series of powerful explosions were reported across various parts of ukraine this morning, allowed bloss dropped several cities off to russia did. on this military operation . now is being reported. the explosions were caused by missile strikes from russia's arrows force aerospace forces. i should say now, to mary, i'll pull now where we just received these images a short time ago. a big smoke all across the sky. we believe as the result of a powerful explosions that have been reported now, ever since the early morning hours. let's explain the situation to you right now, just in case it's a bit confusing. this is a map of that don't. yes. can lugens the people's republic. now it's important to understand the 2 republics did announce the independence from kiev shortly after the 2014 my down to revolution and

that's according to putin. rosters, defense ministry says there is no threat to civilians in ukraine. dot is installed, contrast to what it said. what rogers western partners are saying, a putin has stretched, but russia has no occupation planned. when i have decided to conduct a special military operation, we do not plan to occupy ukrainians. harry trees and rushers. a special operation is targeting, as we understand only military facilities and infrastructure. that's the latest statement from the russian defense ministry, which asserts that there's no threat to ukraine's civilian population. we are working to verify that. meantime, kia has broken off diplomatic relations with russia urging the west to build an antique fusion coalition that has leading world politicians slammed the criminal operation as a bald barrack attack. and they valve partial sanctions. today with it is breaking news here. we're not we international is we are live now at 100 countries worldwide and the world has awoke into a drastic escalation in easton ukraine. and that's where we have our correspondence there on the ground, bringing us the latest every hour on the

rogers, the dog that hasn't marked in cyber. there were some, you could call them pinprick denial of service attacks on key ukrainian ministries, defense, foreign ministry over the last several days. nothing like turning off the lights. he's done that before. what do you think is going on there? >> i think he hoped as he would have as general petraeus highlighted, i think he hoped he was going to have much quicker success on the ground, and the cyber element didn't have to be quite as visible, quite as aggressive. i think the challenge, and you have highlighted this to our audience already in the broadcast, he is behind time line on the ground, so he's resorting to a much more aggressive, much more destructive approach now. he, i think, is dealing with significant and unattended in his mind, economic pain. i think that means he is going to be looking for what tools does he have to apply pressure to those nations that are executing the sanctions against him, and how can he bleed off some of this increasing domestic pressure. the cyber element, and the disinformation piece becomes very attractive. in the coming days and weeks you're goin