major russian attack on kyiv. alex marquadt is on the scene in kyiv right now.ike the skies are still showing the result of that attack. whatever it was. but it is pretty illuminating right now. >> reporter: it is extraordinary. this happened about half an hour ago hearing the loud strike on the area of southwest kyiv. for the past half hour you have seen that glow in the sky. really bright red. it is a fire of some sort and trying to figure out what that target may have been. it is over near to an airport. we know that the russians have been targeting military installations, they claim that that is all they're targeting but same time over near where that fire is now burning, there was an apartment building that was also struck today that the ukrainians accused the russians of hitting with a missile or with a rocket. now, this comes about 24 hours after president zelenskyy warned that last nigh would be a decisive night, a difficult night but it passed with little interruption, relatively few incidents. but now this night is shaping up to be a fair bit worse. i

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video also in kyiv. that is in ukraine's capital city, many explosions in multiple parts of the city. ukraine says heavy fighting is under way in an eastern suburb of kyiv. the fighting getting closer and closer to the city center from multiple directions. we've got it all covered for you. let's get right to cnn's alex marquardt in kyiv, kaitlan collins at the white house, orrin leiberman at the pentagon. explosions heard tonight in kyiv and heavy fighting south of the capital. this comes as ukraine's president says the fate of ukraine is being decided right now. russian forces are advancing. give us the latest there, please, sir. >> don, clear evidence that the russians are encircling the city, there is fighting in every direction. and it's not just it's coming from every direction, but as you noted it is coming closer and closer to the city center. in just the past few hours we have heard explosions to the west near a military base. we don't know the nature of that fighting, but those explosions just w

kyiv sort of the center of ukraine. the red circles that are filled in on this map, that is where we know russia has attacked. those are confirmed attacks. the other circles, near crimea, to the south, toward the eastern part of the country, as well, those are where we believe russian forces have amassed to, and the word from defense officials overnight as we are on the east coast, waking up and seeing these developments, is they are now within 20 miles of kyiv. when you hear that reporting, russia is just miles from the capital, what does that signal to you in terms of the potential, the future for a sovereign ukraine? >> well, that's very disturbing, because it means that they moved most of the way from the border to the city, of curse, the capital city, if they were to take it, that would greatly undermine the future of ukraine. and i certainly hope the ukrainians have prepared to defend the city, although they would seem to have been very slow to react to the warning, and they called up the reserves very, very late,

residents of kyiv are taking up arms.o make molotov cocktails. what is all this saying to you about the resolve of the ukrainian people and you know them well. >> wolf, i do know them well. i'm proud to know them well. they are resolved. you're exactly right. president zelenskyy has, i'm sure, surprised president putin for his resolve and his firmness against this enormous threat. president zelenskyy has his own views about where he needs to be, and he thinks he needs to be there in the capital and needs his people to see him there. he has stepped up as a leader, wolf. this is pretty impressive. and he's leading a very resolved, determined, brave nation who is standing up to this enormous military power that the russians have arrayed and have got there all the way to kyiv and other places. so this is a challenging time for the ukrainian people. they're going to fight. they have fought. several people have said that the ukrainian military has blocked the russian military on their approach. they haven't stopped. and it's go

this is kyiv. strikes exactly what has happened. this is kyiv-— this is kyiv. yes.out of the sky and why it fell. aha, out of the sky and why it fell. a final thought. you have spent time there, many years. this is not going to be a quick in and out operation, as russia may have liked, or it putin may have like to have implied it would have been. if putin may have like to have implied it would have been.— it would have been. it doesn't feel like that. there _ it would have been. it doesn't feel like that. there was _ it would have been. it doesn't feel like that. there was a _ it would have been. it doesn't feel like that. there was a sense i like that. there was a sense yesterday morning, i think, that what russia, what vladimir putin was trying to do was a real shock and awe tactic. target life out of the country with aircraft and missiles and then send the tanks it in hope of a quick victory. it is now critically that will not happen. it critically that will not happen. it has been really good having you here with us with your experience. thank you. it's 8:59. it

you just heard that report, senator, from kyiv.e on the state of play on the ground? how awful is it? >> well, wolf, just about every step here has been predicted. we understand the strength of the russian military, the capacity of the ukraine military to defend itself. we knew that mr. putin had a desire to take over kyiv and to overthrow the government. so, that's not a surprise that we see this campaign taking place. it doesn't diminish the tragedy of the events. the ukrainians are going to fight. the -- mr. putin has really unified ukraine's national pride and their sovereignty. and you're going to see the resistance. we saw today it's not moving as smoothly as mr. putin had hoped. and that's good news. they're seeing the resistance. but we have to be realistic and recognize that from a military point of view, the russians have put everything they have into taking over ukraine. >> how should the u.s. respond, senator, if russia seizes kyiv, captures, and then kills the president, president zelenskyy. he says he's their target n

city to be part of the defence of kyiv.n air defence missile system. it was hit yesterday and the smoke is still rising here. and here, as well, after an early morning strike on a block of flats near the airport. the authorities say it was a russian missile strike that killed two people. it could have been many more but plenty of locals had fled or taken cover in shelters. yuri, who lives nearby, says the west must help ukraine. i want to say for you and for your governments, we are in need, in urgent need, as soon as possible, as much as possible, we are in need of anti—aircraft missiles, anti—tank missile. we need ammunition. is there any message you would wish to send to president putin? i want to say that there is only one way for him and that is straight to hell. this is what kyiv woke up to this morning. all this destruction is in a residential area in a european city. and there is a real sense here now that nowhere in the capital is safe. and, so, much of kyiv now looks like this. still standing but bracing for impac

but really, it is a dire night in kyiv. the mayor of the city said that it is really the moment for the recent attempt to capture the city. we have 4 million people here. there are concerns about the attacks at this moment to the civilians. because, it is early, indeed the russians targeted the military and they want to overtake with absolute power. the ukrainian air defense system managed to stop them. there was a saboteurs group in the residential areas. they were deterred paired however, it is quite difficult. i residential building was hit. nobody died, fortunately. yet, if there would be again, the new escalation. russia would hit the civilian targets. that would be quite dire. it feels like kyiv is preparing for the operations. the subways are closed from the bridges are close. we hope it won't be the night of the great fight. but it is really happening now. i think we should really stress on the targets on a civilian infrastructure. it is beyond what was here before. >> martha: the ukrainian people have really had to

we have correspond dends across the region in kyiv tonight this is our live camera in kyiv.hat is described by their country is that as many people live in this city as in chicago. it is massive. i've been there. the thought of cruz missiles raining down and russian troops coming through the in the past 48 hours we've learned a lot about the cyber criminal underground how much influence press keeping track of it all the time what have we learned, aim mon. >> they issued a statement on the dark web pledging the full support on the government. ransom demands are as high as ever its attack on the irish health care system caused the shutdown of the entire system i.t. network. today the group is threatening to use all of its resources to strike back at any enemy of russia who organizes a cyber attack or, quote, any war activities, unquote, against moscow and that shows the criminal hackers are fully under the control of vladimir putin and the russian state. >> they drafted those criminals to be part of their arsenal in the cyber tooling and cyber capability now they can switch on

they want to take kyiv fast. they didn't the first night, which many of us would have thought they would have tried a real strike in the middle. but now you got to fight for it or do you besiege it? besieging it would be easier, but time isn't on their side both on the ground and internationally and the partisans are going to be moving as well. >> general hertling, if one's desire is to decapitate the leadership of ukraine, do you have to take kyiv? do you have to occupy kyiv to do that? >> you certainly do, anderson. i'll put some perspective into this because peter set me up a little bit. kyiv is a city of 3 million people. it's the size of chicago. kharkiv is about the size of philadelphia. the russians have close to 200,000 soldiers not only going after those two cities, but doing a lot of other things. when you have that large of a city to really secure it -- it's one thing to surround it, if you will, but to secure it, to go into those apartment buildings and do house-to-house searches to find the things yo

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but right here as the sun's coming up in kyiv as well. now, we have heard those throughout the evening, but it had been quite some time. those air raid sirens ending just moments ago, and again moments ago, we also heard some gunfire, loud gunfire coming from that direction. that is the east where, as you also mentioned, we have heard about fighting in the suburbs of kyiv. we have a very solid sense now that this fighting is really encircling the city, that the russian troops are proceeding in their goal to make their way all the way around this city. but, michael, possibly the most significant fighting that we saw overnight was in the western part of the city within the city limits. for the first time, we heard explosions within the city limits, just about five kilometers or just over three miles away. we believe that is near a military installation, and the ukrainian military is saying that they were able to take out two cars, two trucks laden with ammunition, as well as a tank with an anti-tank missile. so that is what we believe those

and you are in the capital city of kyiv. stay with us erin, i want to bring in keir simmons who is standing by in moscow. this isn't a stealth thing, vladimir putin went on tv today and telegraphed that he has authorized a special military operation to protect the people of ukraine. russian speakers that russia is claiming as its own. what are you hearing in moscow? >> well it's just after 7 am here in moscow ali. and people in russia as far as we can still most are replaying that statement from putin. so keep in mind, many people will be seeing that for the first time. we haven't seen those russian commentators that you see so often. beginning to try to explain, it justify it, i can tell you for sure. that there will be russian journalists, russian officials, ordinary russians waking up this morning here in moscow. and across this country stunned, concerned, with one former official with close ties to the kremlin before this all started told us yesterday we are on a road to hell. and that was before they started. with a cle

kyiv seems about to fall. the dire situation causing nato for the first time in to activate its response force. the unit of roughly 40,000 troops who are ready to go to protect a nato ally. and tonight, putin plows ahead. russia claiming that it has taken out 211 military infrastructure facilities across this entire country. i just want to make that number clear. 211. across the entire country. remember when antony blinken said missiles would come down across ukraine? he was right. we all heard themrockets, missi explosions that changed things here forever. and tonight putin is putting innocent people in his crosshairs, including 92 plant employees in the chernobyl nuclear site. he's holding them hostage as that disturbing situation continues to develop. and an official telling cnn that russia plans to threaten killing the family members of ukrainian soldiers if they do not surrender. but as we have seen in the face of these threats, people here are proud to put their lives on the line and serve. they are not

she is in kyiv. she is around kyiv, so _ now. is she safe? she is in kyiv.now. is she safe? she is in kyiv. she is around kyiv, so i can't - she is around kyiv, so i can't really say if she is safe or not. i was trying to get them out of kyiv and trying to get into the west, but unfortunately, that wasn't possible. my unfortunately, that wasn't possible. my mother decided to leave the centre of kyiv. it was just too scary to go and we don't know if there is petrol. so, relatively safe. they are not in the centre of the city. they are not in the region where you can hear a lot of explosions. they can hear explosions very remotely, so i'd like to say they are safe, but i cannot be sure. i know you've been at a demonstration in london to show support for what's happening in ukraine. we see these kinds of showings of support across europe. how important is that, do you think? it's beautiful. it's amazing to feel that the entire world is standing by us today. at the demonstration, i was with all my ukrainian friends who are in london, but alsojoined by italians,

but in the city of kyiv it is 7 am. has just risen on day three of russia's attack on ukraine. there have been explosions, and hillary artillery fire in kyiv before sunrise. this video was taken by a reporter for the kyiv independent newspaper, showing combat fire near the kyiv zoo. the times reporting that early in the morning there were sustained, small arms fire in central kyiv among explosions. the times also reported automatic gunfire coming from the residential neighborhoods in the northern part of the city. around midnight in kyiv, the president of ukraine, volodymyr zelenskyy, warned the russians -- if the capital falls, soon after so could the entire country. zelenskyy said the fate of ukraine could be decided this evening. with sun now risen over kyiv, that fully joint attacks appears not to have come, at least not yet. u.s. embassy in ukraine has also offered a fresh warning rates a night. for any american citizens who may still be in ukraine, they say the situation still remains highly volatile. u.s. citizen

matthew chance is in kyiv. and our clarissa ward is joining us from kyiv as well -- excuse me, joining us from kharkiv. i want to get back to matthew chance now. matthew, when you first began your reporting, we could clearly hear the series of explosions behind you. you've moved to a different position. >> yeah. >> what is the latest? >> yeah. well, i've simply moved to this different position, don, because it gives us a much broader panorama of this city. it's dark of course. it is nearly 25 past 5:00 in the morning here. sunrise is about an hour from now. but we are hearing these rumbles, these blasts coming from this general direction. this general direction is to the east. i've been told by sort of our security advisers here that that's the direction of the airport. right over there. that's where the main international airport is for kyiv, the ukrainian capital, and that's where we heard the most recent explosion take place. now, whether the airport was targeted or not, we haven't got that kind of informati

ian pannell in kyiv. cecilia vega at the white house, where president biden is now planning to sanction vladimir putin directly. and matt gutman tonight overseas, on the humanitarian disaster unfolding right now. the u.n. saying hundreds of thousands already leaving, trying to get to safety, families and children. and what our team has already witnessed. >>> the major news here at home tonight, the history made. the president fulfilling a campaign promise made two years ago today -- nominating judge ketanji brown jackson to become the first black woman to serve on the supreme court. judge jackson saying her faith got her here, saying she's humbled by this extraordinary honor. she is a 51-year-old mother and wife. her message to her daughters, one of them in the room. mary bruce tonight on history made. rachel scott on where this nomination goes from here. and what the nominee will face on capitol hill. >>> and tonight, the developing headline on masks across this country. the cdc now changing its guidance

>> reporter: all eyes on kyiv, how long can kyiv withstand this russian advance.lf and our colleague jim sciutto that nothing had happened to change the long-standing u.s. intelligence assessment kyiv was only likely to hold out one to four days in the event of a russian full-scale invasion. we are outside of that window at this point. i spoke to a senior western intelligence official over the weekend who said part of that accounts for the fact that the ukrainians know they have to hold kyiv. they don't have a choice. it's the seat of their national government is. that's where their president is. it's the symbol of the identity and existence of the nation that they are trying to save. now, that said, we don't want to be too optimistic here even as the ukrainians have performed better than expected. none of the sources that i think we are speaking to have forgotten the fact that the ukrainians are still massively out gunned, a sense of inevitability hanging over kyiv. one of the big wild card questions for u.s. intelligence officials, if this becomes a kind of grin

the fact that what was expected to happen in kyiv i into? what was| expected to happen in kyiv in fact what was announced to happen by the ukrainian president, that the city would be stormed by russia hasn't actually happen. the city is on edge, but the widescale fighting that was expected, as i say, has not happened. it is 7am in kyiv, so if people have had some sleep, they are waking up had some sleep, they are waking up to a quieter picture than was expected. the president, as i said, he told the nation, seeing in his words "to make the enemy will begin storming us. we need to withstand them." very strong words, there. the nation hunkered down and have beenin nation hunkered down and have been in underground stations, shelters, expecting the worst. there has been fighting. there has been from around 3.30 local time in the morning, there were various aspects of fighting — the ukrainian military have announced that they repelled an attack along one of the main avenues in the west, and that is strategically important because russian forces h

overnight, kyiv was hit by missile fire. ukraine's foreign minister calls it the worst attack on his country since the nazis invaded in 1941. and russia is denying all of this. >> overnight, ukrainian fighter jet was shot down over kyiv, fragments from the jet believed to have hit and set fire to a two-story private home. ukraine says it has inflicted 800 casualties among russian forces. cnn cannot independently confirm that. the ukrainian defense ministry says it blew up a bridge north of kyiv to keep russian forces from advancing toward the capital. and i want you to listen to a recording of russians ordering 13 ukrainian guards to surrender, but these guards, they weren't going to go down without a fight. >> russian warship, go f yourself, thematic motto right now of the ukrainian resistance. all of those ukrainian soldiers defending snake island, where they were, an island just off ukrainian coast, they were reportedly killed. russian forces have also seized control of the chernobyl power plant in northern ukraine. that'

and i spent a lot of time in kyiv. putin is not suicidal. i said he's not going in kyiv.e in it. russians are in it. they are going out in droves to protest it. >> look, if kyiv were to fall, here's the capital, we see all the other movements here. if kyiv were to fall, what then? >> your reporting was they are going in lviv, which wasn't even imagined yesterday, two days ago. this is the western part. it used to be part of poland. so how is it possible that they are going to take all the territory and go close to nato? one of the arguments putin had is he doesn't want to fight with nato. and that is why he is doing the brother on brother killing in ukraine to avoid a larger war. i completely agree with president poroshenko. this is madman logic. this is crazy, historical mee megalonmania. >> you think it is a level of war crimes? >> it is. air sirens are going off here in lviv. this is close to the border with poland. here, here, here. everything so close to nato. there is concern in the baltics they could be next. is it unimaginable that putin sets his sights up there o

from kyiv.forces are fighting. tint i believe, and i am sure, we will prevail. and freedom will prevail. >> we are hearing, you are hearing sirens. we are also hearing sirens now. >> the issue is that they are trying to penetrate, as far as i'm trying to understand, from chernobyl zone. from kyiv. but there is insistent resistance from ukraine defense forces. >> tell me about the resistance that the ukrainian defense forces can put up. it's significant, it has grown a great deal since 2014, but the fact is, it is not comparable to the size and might of the machine military which is partnered with belarusian military as well. how do you hold off on the russian forces? >> it spirit. it's values. it is not about the size of the force. it is about in what we believe. and what we believe our military forces. and when we believe our government, and people. and this resistance will be for a long time, as we can do it. putin choose as very symbolic time, to attack ukraine. the same as hitler did in 1941

in kyiv, ukraine, and here is what we know right now. the ukrainian government is still in control of the capital city, but russian forces are trying to advance. releasing a bombardment of russian missiles from the sky, video showed a missile striking a residential building in kyiv just hours ago. ukraine's minister for foreign affairs says that russian artillery killed two and injured at least six others. that strike prompted a sudden and chaotic evacuation of that building and urgent search and rescue efforts. more video captured what was believed to be a russian tank driving erratically through the streets of kyiv and rolling over a civilian car driving past. incredibly, the driver survived. and yet at this hour, the city of kyiv is holding the ukrainian military is putting up a fight and getting help from everyday citizens who are picking up arms with little or no training to stand against the russians. nbc's erin mclaughlin spoke with one man who was prepared to join their ranks. >> i'm g

nick beake, bbc news, kyiv.st the programme from kyiv tonight, but it's too dangerous to be out on the streets. let's speak to our chief international correspondent, lyse doucet. lyse, you're taking shelter in a basement tonight. this is kyiv tonight, what was a vibrant european city, nearly 3 million people, but tonight they've gone underground to take shelter and that includes us. we are in an underground parking garage. many others are here. i will show you where we are. the chairs all lined up, cops have been brought out. you can see urns of tea and coffee in the distance. this is where we are going to have to take shelter through the night and we are not sure for how much longer. there were repeated air raid sirens tonight and then a call from the authorities, including the people running this hotel, take to your shelters and don't come out. the mayor of this city, a famous boxer, who has now taken on a military uniform and picked up a gun, he told the citizens of kyiv this is going to be a difficult night.

this is what kyiv woke up assault. this is what kyiv woke up to this morning. all this destruction is in a residential area in a european city and there is a real sense here now that nowhere in the capital is safe. the exodus grows to around 100,000 people have already fled to neighbouring countries. tougher sanctions on russia. the eu calls for a number of russian banks to be removed from the swift banking system. we removed from the swift banking s stem. ~ . ,., ., system. we are resolved to continue — system. we are resolved to continue imposing - system. we are resolved to continue imposing massive| system. we are resolved to - continue imposing massive costs on russia. and away from the front lines, international condemnation of the russian invasion. protests have been taking place around the world. hello and welcome to bbc news. there have been several powerful explosions need kyiv as residents of the ukrainian capital hunker down for another night in shelters. multiple reports they one explosion was caused by a missile attack on an oil depot south—west o

kyiv mayor says the emergency services were at the scene. the extent of casualties still as yet unknown. and the exact cause of the strike not clear. you can see the damage done. here in west of the country we have been hearing this. >> sounds of air raid sirens going off. warning people to get documents and check on neighbors. take cover. skpo go to shelter. many people seeking to evacuate the country. and you see refugees crossing into romania. showing traffic jams backed up for miles along the ukraine border. united nations says more than 50,000 ukrainian refugees have already fled the country. not only in romania but poland and moldova. we have correspondents across ukraine and around the world to bring you latest on this breaking news. covering sanctions from london. in washington. with reaction from the white house. in jerusalem on how israel is being asked to get involved in negotiations between russia and ukraine. and live for us in kyiv. >> just before we came on the air we heard those air raid sirens you heard. right here the sun i

, ukrainian minister sink missile attacks launched on the oil depot near kyiv.ope, usa closed the sky over ukraine. that's the right glow you see on the horizon on your screen, the glow from fire burning at the depot. ukrainians taking

and there are i think some quite considerable facilities here in kyiv. there are -- there are air-raid shelters. there are -- there are subway stations, underground railway stations where people can be housed. you know, large numbers of the population. it is a city of 2.8 million people. lot of those people, of course, left as was already said. um, but yes. lot of people will be taking shelter but, you know, there is still going to be a lot of people out here vulnerable to potential attack. >> we also saw, in the video we just played, of president zelenskyy talking from undisclosed location, i assume somewhere perhaps underground in -- in kyiv. he has said there are sabateurs. he said he is number one, his family is target number two. is there anything really to stop russian forces from -- i mean, if those defensive positions were battered by, you know, heavy armaments, how easy would it be for the russian forces to come in if they wanted to take kyiv reqand decapitate the leadership? >> if they want to do it, i think they will be able to do it. i don't

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kyiv residents.that heartening to you or how do you feel about that? >> we feel strong support from the president. because he is always reporting the latest news of what we did, and where the enemy is, and what were you gotta do. yesterday we heard his package, he's very active in the east. saying that he is there. and all of his team is there. and we feel like we are all united. but still, we are little country. we cannot fight a big military government as russia. so this is -- >> kyiv residents, restaurant owner alexander, mr. alexander good luck to you and what is happening. stay in touch with us, let us know what we can do. we would like to be in touch as you go through this journey. good luck to you. >> thank you very much. we are looking to the world and to the world support. please, don't stay aside. we are waiting for you, and for the whole world to support us, and to help us. thank you very much. >> okay, so that was kyiv resident and restaurant owner, alexander, earlier with my colleague ra

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that is the shot for a reporter in kyiv. look at the media coming out about the ghost of kyiv, the sacrifice of the soldier and the people on snake island, those stories will form the resistance for ukraine. sandra: great to be with you. john: we will see you again monday. we will be back as the war in ukraine continues. >> day 3 of the russian invasion of ukraine, horrific scenes continue to unfold as a putin's army step up their attacks to overtake kyiv. video of a russian missile hitting a residential building in the ukrainian capital this morning, 200 ukrainians including three children have been killed as a result of the ongo

some roads leading to kyiv blocked.retty much jam packed, moving at about less than 8 kilometers an hour. >> i've spoken to peter a number of times. put yourself in his position. he is a political analyst. he is an expert on ukrainian politics and there he is driving on a road with his family to get out of the capitol, to drop his family off and go back, pick up a wen upon and defend his country. just think about that. >>> ukraine has been enduring explosions and air raid sirens as russian forces try to push deeper into the country. i'll be back to update all the latest developments for you in just a moment. with age comes more... get more with neutrogena® retinol pro plus. a powerful .05% retinol that's also gentle on skskin. for wrinkles results in one w week. neutrogena®. for people with skin.. girl: is it okay to call you mom? mom: of course you can. >>> welcome back, everyone. i'm michael holmes coming to you live from ukraine where the defense ministry just issued a chilling statement. clashes have erupted close t

down and to encircle kyiv. some other cities that we are hearing they are expecting to focus on include odessa, you see it there on the map. also kharkiv, which is north on the eastern side of the country. you can see on this map here. the math that you're seeing right now, these are the u.s. government -- >> courtney, i'm sorry to interrupt. we have a statement from president biden that has just been released. a statement by president biden on russia's unprovoked and on just attack on ukraine. that is how it is titled. and in the presidents statement he says, the prayers of the entire world are with the people of ukraine tonight as they suffer and unprovoked and unjustified attacked by russian military forces. president putin has chosen a premeditated war that will bring a catastrophic loss of life and human suffering. russia alone is responsible for the death and destruction this attack will bring and the united states and its allies and partners will respond in a unified and decisive way. the world will hold

the battle for kyiv is on.ghting reported to the north, to the bewest, and t the east, and to the south of ukraine's capital, as well as inside the city. the explosions and gunfire, growing loud and are close tore the center of the city. president zelenskyy telling his people earlier, quote, this night will be very difficult. the fate of ukraine is being decided right now. but also, striking a defiant tone. >> translator: our main goal is to finish this slaughter. the enemy losses are very grave. today, there were hundreds of killed soldiers who crossed our border and came on our land. >> now, that defiance is evident across the country. some of the ukrainian tv channels, giving instructions on how to make molotov cocktails. now, for his part, russian president valadimir putin had hs own message for the people of ukraine. >> translator: do not let banderites and neo-nazis use your wives and old people as human shields. take power into your own hands. it looks like it will be easier for us come into agreement th

to capture kyiv and take kyiv.on't know everything about this convey, it is certainly in keeping with what we believe to be their intent with respect to the capital city. how they're going to do that, whether it is encirclement, or bombardment, or street to street fighting, i just don't think we have that level of dexterity to give that you kind of detail in terms of russian planning. we don't have insights into anything they're planning on doing. what we could talk about is what we're seeing now and that is what we're seeing now. and we're also seeing ukrainians put up a very stiff and determined resistance on their capital city. they have made it very difficult for the russians to continue to move ahead. we believe that the -- based on what we know of what their plans were, that they are behind schedule. that they have faced a stiffer resistance than they anticipated. >> thank you. >> you could update us on any efforts at deconfliction and have there been any close calls or specifically cases where there is need

>>> 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 c

live from kyiv. can you describe to us the current situation and what you have seen in recent hours, sir? >> in kyiv it's cam. -- calm. russians were killed. russia has massive losses. almost 3,000 people already in ukraine just in 30 hours. the soviet union lost 15,000 people in 10 years to war in afghanistan and here almost 3,000 people just in 30 hours. there will be more because we are fighting. we will fight. they tried to push to kyiv but they were stopped by the ukrainian army forces. we have courage throughout the country. people want to go into the army. people are receiving weapons. just in kyiv, just in one day almost 20,000 automatic rifles were given to those to defend their houses and our capital in just one city. we have a high morale. we will fight and believe in our victory especially if our partners help you. >> john: we don't know the full extent of the ukrainian resistance against russian forces but we are hearing some stories of extraordinary heroism and valor in the form of 14 b

i do want to go back to jaroslov in kyiv. i'm sorry, we were interrupted as we were listening to the air raid sirens going off in the south. tell us a little bit about what it was like overnight with the missiles, the cruz missiles and the ballistic missiles targeting kyiv and what kind of damage was done. >> well, it's the second day, the second morning of russian airstrikes and attacks in kyiv. you know, lots of people were spending the night in the undergrounds and subways. lots of people are trying to leave. i'm standing by a roadside that is blocked by traffic, people trying to leave the city because of skirmishes already within the city limits. the biggest is that russian tanks are really close to the city edge and ukrainians are deploying tanks and artillery. >> the urban battle may be hours away. the president zelenskyy and they're targeting civilians, residential areas. what can you tell snus. >> we have seen a building, it was devastated by russian fire. it's unclear what actually happened there. people were injured

nick beake, bbc news, kyiv.ato leaders have called it a terrible strategic mistake for which it will pay a significant and economic cost for years to come. the u.s. has joined the european union and the u.k. and taking the rest up of direct sanctions against president putin and his foreign minister, sergey lavrov. russia's largest banks and state owned companies have also had their assets frozen. james lawndale reports on the global response. james: this is what the defense of kyiv looks like, soldier with guns and armored vehicles ready to take on the might of ruian tanks and warplanes. little wonder there's a debate about what more the west can do to help. but these american fighter jets won't be coming to their aid. they arrived in romania today as part of nato's decision to beef up its presence in member states close to russia. so too these british forces arrive in estonia. they are there to deter potential russian aggression against nato countries. at the headquarters of the military alliance in brussels, w

will you stay in kyiv or will you abandon the city? >> it's hard to assess right now, because we know it's hard to leave the city. the -- everybody is trying to leave and there's parts where you can spend several days trying to leave kyiv. obviously we are at a war with a person that denies ukrainian statehood and hates ukrainian culture and ukrainian language, and thinks ukrainians are just bad russians. he thinks we're some kind of a mistake in history and obviously if the russian troops will march into kyiv, then journalists, activists, people who are vocal against russia will have to leave because we're -- we're facing death. right now the >> we're showing -- no, keep going. keep going. >> the question now -- sorry. the question now in kyiv is that whether we will survive. it's not a question about what we will do if a situation when russian troops move in. it's whether we will survive because we are bombed. we were told that we shouldn't exist. kyiv was a european capital, and we had freedom of speech and we went to movies and enj

trey yingst is live for us in kyiv. he has the very latest. >> another tense night in the ukrainian capital. you can see the sky is a little bit orange. there is a fire raging after a russian missile slammed into an oil depot. this is the type of scenario that has been playing out the past few days in the capitol. kharkiv also taking heavy fire tonight. there were gun battles in the streets. yesterday that continued into today and an apartment building that had people inside hit with a russian missile. earlier today we were in the streets of kyiv to get a better look. it looks like we don't have that video. but i'll describe it to you. there were cars that had been shot up. they had ukrainian troops in them and they were met with russian forces trying to make their way into the city. you can see bullet holes in the cars and blood on the ground. then an apartment building was hit with a russian missile. these are the scenes playing out across the capital city and russian forces continue to advance. there is no sign of it

of course kyiv also as well. what we witnessed when this operation started, right around the time when we just saw matthew chance there started hearing those impacts in kyiv, is that we started hearing a lot of outgoing fire coming here from belgorod. we've been reporting about it for the past couple of weeks, that the russians have been amassing forces here. we saw a lot of armor pour into the region, but apparently also amassing artillery here and longer distance rockets as well. one of our producers actually saw some of those rocket salvos being fired towards ukrainian territory, and we heard it several times. we also heard what we believe were larger rockets that may have been launched as well. of course one of the things, michael, that we've been talking about is that the russians had also brought the iskander m medium-range missile system into this area and other areas close to ukraine as well. that has a very long range. it's a very powerful and also a very dangerous weapon as well. it certainly appears as

you know, it all began out of kyiv, actually, kyiv russe is the name of the origins of modern russia. he cannot stand the fact that the ukrainian people feel otherwise. at the heart of this, don, at the heart of this whole conflict is something very simple. the ukrainian people want to live a modern, open life in a democratic society and align themselves just politically and civil civilizationally with the west. it's important that people remember in 2014, the government in ukraine, which was at the time headed by a pro-russian, one of putin's acolytes, decided it was going to sign a trade association with the european union. that's what triggered the first invasion of ukraine and the annexation of crimea. so i think ukraine has a very special place in putin's heart. i would be surprised if he would go further than that. but look, i've been surprised by how far he's gone so far. >> fareed zakaria, fareed, thank you very much, i appreciate it. >>> we've got much more on our breaking news. you can see kyiv in the crosshairs there. it's just after 6:00 in the morning. multiple explosions

the capital city of kyiv. to all our viewers keep an eye on whether or not the ukrainian military can hold onto the city or whether the russian army can clear people out. if that happens based on the resistance eventually you could be street by street and building by building and house by house throughout the capitol tall city. when we woke up this morning at 4:00 eastern time is when steve harrigan was reporting about the amount of fighting they heard. six miles roughly from the live location, roughly in the center part of the capital city. this is the air base. we talked about that together yesterday afternoon. the kremlin says they've taken the air base and that's bad news for the ukrainians. they can fly all kinds of troops and equipment in. harris, this is as the bird flies over 24 miles from kyiv. we're keeping an eye on that. i will show you this as well. give you a better idea. here is the belarus border. we know what happened yesterday. the russians took chernobyl and came here the way it's described

here's a live look from kyiv. this is a bombed outside in kyiv early this morning. a bombed outside i kyiv early this morning. welcome back everyone, using air strikes, ballistic missiles, tanks, to destroy a variety of military -- . russian forces are crisscrossing ukraine and what they are calling an early onslaught. sat down with deputy dissidents of a defense who says the large-scale planning dates back years. and we are in it for the long haul. take a look at this. >> vladimir putin, seems hell-bent on doing what he wants to do with ukraine. does not seem deterred by any of the sanctions we have imposed so far. in fact, seems to be testing as president biden said, the west resolve. how long should the west respect for vladimir putin to keep pushing to test for that result? >> i think we are in for a long haul. we need to buckle in and really steel ourselves for something we are gonna see in the coming weeks, and months. i think the reporting that we just heard was very correct, and really paints a picture of the potential brutality that we will see. not just fr