clarissa ward also hearing steady blasts in kharkiv, or kharkiv. kharkiv is how she is pronouncing it there. and that just happened moments ago. clarissa, before i get back to math matthew, matthew said he had not heard any blasts, this is the first time he's hearing, even with the operation that had been happening for years in ukraine, he had never heard anything like it. does that -- is that the same for you? >> absolutely. i mean, we're used to being on the front lines covering the crisis and the war that's been going on here for eight years. you heard artillery. you would hear gunfire, grenades, mortars, things of that nature. but what we have been hearing, rumbling across the skies for the last five to ten minutes, is something of a very different nature. and i think that's borne out when you look at the build-up on the russian side and you see the amount of weaponry and hardware and troops. this is clearly an operation on a much larger scale than anything ukraine has witnessed in eight years of this war. and what's just so striking is that th

it's west, southwest of where he was stationed in kharkiv. matt, you have suddenly heard some sirens, just a few minutes ago in your city. >> that's right, ali. we were at, basically, a donation center for civilians, who are giving food, medicine, other supplies. donating it to the military, to those civilians we keep hearing about who are just joining up, trying to defend ukraine. it was a very exuberant scene. they were really spirited, they were really working very hard to bring all the stuff together. while we are there, we heard an arid siren. the first emirates i ran that we've heard since we got here, to dnipro about 48 hours ago. that was startling. we haven't heard any explosion since then but, i have to tell you, i was then kharkiv, but you're talking about just a moment ago, i.e. were talking about how it is the scene of pretty blistering street fights. we were there just 48 hours ago, and we left after we heard bombardments that hit close to the center of the town. i think we talk about this recently. this is a pattern that we are

you see the ukrainian city of kharkiv. you had a remarkable morning and witnessed, frankly, an invasion before your eyes. >> reporter: yeah, that's absolutely right. we were quite surprised that was happening. i want to show our viewers where exactly we are. i'll step out of your way for a second here. a little more quiet, this is the last checkpoint before we go into the area where essentially that invasion is taking place. so if we go further down into that direction, that's where we see a lot of the tanks go into -- or towards ukrainian territory, but really the only place they can go is into ukraine around the area where kharkiv is. you're right, john, it has been a remarkable day that we have seen here in the past hour, hour and a half or so, where we witnessed those rocket artillery fire that, of course, general mark hirtling was the smerch system, one that can wreak a lot of havoc as well and also seeing russian t-72 main battle tanks also make their way toward ukrainian territory, and, of course, the interesting th

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we'll have a report from kharkiv as soon as we can get one. joining me now is timothy snyder, he's a highly esteemed professor of history and an author of the book on tyranny, 20 lessons from the 20th century. professor snyder, thank you for joining us. you and i have talked a lot about how this started, and how the lives that vladimir putin has told encourage this war. but we haven't talked about, it's how does is unfolding. something very unusual is happening. the russian military is many times larger than the ukrainian military, the ukrainian military is okay, it's not one of the greater militaries around. and yet, they are somehow hampering the russian advance into ukraine. the russians are struggling with this, it does seem to be borne out of morale oriented resistance, that even civilians are getting involved in. what is the historical precedent to this? >> people ask, what is the difference between russia and ukraine? and you can see the difference between russia and ukraine on the battlefield. the russian soldiers are there because a b

obviously kharkiv is far out east. but here in the southern central port city of odessa you're right that the interior minister has said troops have landed here. now, i have to tell you from our vantage point in the center of the port city we've not heard information to necessarily support that but i'd obviously imagine the interior minister knows more about what's going on than we do here. we have heard in the last ten minutes two distant thuds. doesn't seem like they were from much of the city center here. and that's in addition to three or four explosions we heard about an hour or so ago now. so clearly something is happening around this key vital port city. it is essentially ukraine's access to the black sea, the outside maritime world, a key place that you would imagine that if they're dealing with the wider-scale nightmare version of the vladimir putin operation that western officials have talked about that might be within russian crosshairs at the moment. and certainly the blasts we've heard, as i say, it seemed

we saw operations here on the c kharkiv front. we're south of where russians have a considerable troop concentration. if you go to the towns here on the side of this checkpoint, you see a lot of big russian military hardware, battle tanks, howitzers, parked there. that's one of the things that we have to point out to our viewers when we hear reports of the russians possibly running into trouble, possibly some of these offenses slowing down. the russians certainly on this side of the border still seem to have the big capacity to escalate the situation, to escalate their offensive, if that's something that vladimir putin chooses to do. certainly the hardware is here and the troops are here as well. >> all right, fred pleitgen on the russian side of the border, always great to get your reporting from there. thanks is much. we will be right back after the break. with mucinex all-in-one you've got unbeatable relief from your worst cold and flu symptoms. so when you need to show your cold who's boss, grab mucinex all-in-one.e... and get

he is across the northeast border of kharkiv, in ukraine. now joining me from the city of lviv, which is on the other side of ukraine, on the western side, almost near the polish border is embassies cal perry. so, you have been there now for a few days. you have heard the sirens, indicating there is danger in the city. what have you seen in terms of people coming into live, from other parts of ukraine, people leaving lviv four point, and what is going on right now in lviv or you are right now? what is going >> certainly, we a steady increase of folks coming to this city. although in the area that i am in lviv, you would not know there is a war unless you were told there was. but, if you are just a mile from her to the train station, the war is apparent. you see it in the train stations, people trying to flee towards the polish border. some folks will try to find places here in this city, we basically spoke to a student run group talking about clearing out some dormitory space for refugees here. the other folks, mentioning to the polish borde

you can see here on this map, it is in the kharkiv, kyiv right there. joining me is a ukrainian member of parliament in kyiv. thank you so much for being with us. talk to me about what the 12 hours have been like in kyiv. >> it continues, unleashed by president putin and his huge million people army which is invading -- no, infesting ukraine from every single site. they are just moving in closer and closer on kyiv with their tanks, with their armoured vehicles. they are hitting us from the sky everywhere. around the country we have simultaneous air-strike attacks. basically all our children are in constant stress, sleeping on the stairs in cellars in metro stations we would wake up, we are happy to see the sun, to know we are alive, and an independent ukraine is still standing. >> now, you tweeted out a photo of your daughter this morning. what has this been like? >> my daughter, seriously? >> i see a picture hereof a child reading. what's it been like -- >> that's just -- okay, that's fine. i was concerned. i wouldn't tweet my children at the moment. i

they are in kharkiv. we've seen a lot of force goes in but also actually a lot of forces move out, very long columns as well. it seems the russians may be trying to replenish their forces, repair some of that equipment which seems to be having issues as those battles continue and the other thing, john, this is really important, is that the russians do still seem to very much have the capacity to escalate all of this. we see in the surrounding areas from that last checkpoint that there is a lot of russian military equipment in those areas. a lot of soldiers in those areas as well which, obviously, could be deployed to the front line very quickly because it really isn't very far at all to get to the ukrainian border and to then get to the town of kharkiv. >> fred pleitgen, critical reporting on the russian side of the border. keep us updated as you watch things play out. >>> up next, we map out where the russian troops have advanced and what those new satellite images tell us about the next phase of the fig

this is kharkiv. he were talking about belgrade where we saw satellite imagery of supplies being amassed yesterday. you said frederick pleitgen heard artillery. it is some distance from the separatist region. sam, any impacked you have heard in kharkiv at this points. we haven't been able to go out and look yet. we are letting things settle down. we think this is the first wave of the military action here. everyone is concerned about the deployment of ground troops. this have been reports in kharkiv of the reports of an apartment being struck. i'm just about 150 yards up to my neck from the biggest hospital which is next to a number of medical institutes in kharkiv. certainly not a rush of people in and out, emergency sections there. the population is milling around. some people are out on the streets. the majority would say have stayed in. there are claims, john and brianna, claims, we have not been able to identify this, the ukrainians having knocked out what they are claiming are russian tanks on a

kharkiv remains under ukrainian control. russia has been repeatedly criticised at the united nations in new york during a day of emergency meetings about ukraine. the un secretary—general, antonio guterres, said there were credible accounts of residential buildings and civilian infrastructure sustaining heavy damage. that's all for now. stay with bbc world news. hello there. monday was a bit grey, wasn't it, for many of us, with outbreaks of rain at times. in fact, this is leek in staffordshire, and a fairly typical shot through monday afternoon. as the rain eased, it turned quite misty and murky. and the rain is sitting across the far south east as we speak, but it is allowing this area of high pressure to build in behind. so, quite a contrast with the feel of the weather first thing tuesday morning. perhaps lows down to —3 where we keep those clear skies, but where the cloud and the rain lingers, it will be a relatively mild start, 7—8, maybe even nine degrees. there will be some outbreaks of showery rain to begin wi

but do we know about the defenses around ukraine or kharkiv? >> we know the defenses were not adequate to be frank about it. it doesn't mean they were completely ineffective, but they are certainly no match for the potential russian forces that can be a raid against them. ukraine spent about a tenth of the budget of the russians on their defense in general. and when it came to things like air defense, the state of affair of the air defense system were so bad it couldn't be fixed in time when it came to the operations that are going on now. they took a look at this in december and concluded it couldn't be taken care of and modernized in a way that would have prevented the air superiority the russian air force now has over ukraine. >> i appreciate your time. thank you. we'll continue to monitor the latest developments. and we also want to take a look further ahead if it's possible to get a look what vladimir putin's next steps might be and what might affect his decision making. joining us now is david remnick, as well as author of the indispensab

a will the of those will be going towards the kharkiv area. we saw the russians move more mobile rocket launchers toward kharkiv as well. very powerful weapons. it does seem impossible to say with any certainty that the russians are moving allot of heavy forces closer to that town, possibly to try to escalate the assault on that area. wolf. >> thank you very much. >>> just ahead, we'll have more on breaking news out of ukraine. stay with us. you're in "the situation room." they replaced the glass and recalilibrated my safety syste. that's service i can trust. >> singers: ♪ safelite repair, safelite replace. ♪ [ marcia ] my dental health was not good. i had periodontal disease, and i just didn't feel well. but then i found clearchoice. [ forde ] replacing marcia's teeth with dental implants at clearchoice was going to afford her that permanent solution. [ marcia ] clearchoice dental implants gave me the ability to take on the world. i feel so much better, and i think that that is the key. ♪ limu emu ♪ and doug. we gotta tell people that

what did you hear in kharkiv? >> i'm pretty sure we heard the incoming -- not into the city, i have to say. i was stood against the window of my hotel room and could feel the concussion against the glass. there was significant incoming timed closely to what fred was showing us live on cnn there with the outgoing salvos coming from the russian missiles and artillery into locations in or around kharkiv. they have been hitting not downtown kharkiv where i am but the periphery, a block of flats of apartments were struck, we know. we know military installations here have been struck. if what fred is seeing now, and i have been up the road 10 days ago, it's a direct road pretty much due north from here. it's only 25 miles to the border crossing. and even a tank moving across the landscape there would move very slowly. coming down the road would be able to move fast. they will be in anticipation that the ukrainian military may try to stop them. this will not be a move that would come at great surprise to the ukrainian mi

now you are hearing artillery into kharkiv. are you getting any direct reports of russian ground forces? you mentioned tanks around the ring road. what exactly are you hearing? >> reporter: those -- we've got only the ukrainian ministry of defense' word for that. and we have social media mosts. we are working to identify the veracity of those claims of the four russian takes on the ring road around kharkiv. if that were the case, it would be significant. it might also give some indication beyond what vladimir putin has said in the kremlin, which is he is claiming he's only coming in to protect those provinces in the east, albeit to expand them into government-held territory rather than try to occupy. he insisted the russian ministry of defense is also insisting civilian targets are not going to be attacked by the russians. they have no interest in attacking them anywhere in ukraine. they are insisting this is purely a military operation to prevent what they are calling the nazi regime from counterattacks. but that is a real key

that's in kharkiv. again, the second-largest city. images from social media showing ukrainian soldiers fighting on the streets of kharkiv with automatic weapons and rocket-propelled grenades. a drone strike on russian forces. but tonight, this satellite image taken just today showing one of several convoys of russian military vehicles, one convoy alone stretching 17 miles, growing by the day, and headed toward kyiv. there was talks today. a delegation from ukraine meeting with the russians for several hours. while in ukraine, president zelenskyy signing an application for immediate membership in the european union and asking for a no-fly zone over ukraine what the white house is saying about that tonight. and the u.s. and a host of other nations taking more steps to freeze russian assets, even traditionally neutral switzerland no longer neutral. the impact already being felt in russia tonight. long lines for cash at banks and atms there. vladimir putin meeting with advisers today, blaming the economic crisis on the west, which he call

so we're going to go now to kharkiv. justin, a law student that works as a correspondent for juris news. justin, it's good to have you here. i want you to be safe because based on what we're seeing, this is a very dangerous place to be. you posted some tots of smoke rising. can you tell us what you've witnessed there today. >> okay, so today, the russians according to military services. they use indiscriminate bombs like they used in syria, and today, several bombs right on our backyard. in the morning. our supermarkets closed at 12:00 p.m. and right with the bombing civilians. there is no military strategic objects in those areas we're bombing. >> i was going to ask you, justin, is there any evidence that those bombs that are falling, perhaps rockets as well, are aimed at military assets or they just aimed from what you can tell or at least falling purely in residential areas? >> as i said, yesterday and the day before, the bombs directly came, no such military objects, military bases, airports, and so, today, it's been

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they won't take kharkiv. they have come back to where they came from. >> reporter: ukrainian soldiers surround the abandoned vehicles, celebrating a small victory in a conflict where they should have no chance of holding off the enemy. off camera, one of them says -- "and that's how we meet the [ bleep ] russian army." but this ukrainian platoon's day is not over. the enmip is still in the area. they dash forward to fire off rpgs. a ragtag army that for now is holding off a far superior force. but for civilians here, the russian offensive is terrifying. this apartment block in kharkiv hit by artillery fire on friday night. thankfully, most of the residents were sheltering in the basement. officials say one woman was killed. alexander dotsenko says all the apartments are damaged. it's very bad. even as ukraine resists, its people are still suffering. alex marqumarquardt, cnn, kyiv. >> the international community meanwhile stepping up its response to the russian invasion. ursula von der leyen believes ukraine b

i will look at kharkiv here. kyiv has 3 million people. kharkiv is 1.4 million people. let me show you what is happening. the reports we were getting at day break today is the russian army is shelling this town and if they are shelling this town it could be indiscriminate and there could be significant loss of civilian life. we're waiting now. can't confirm it but some of the reporting we're getting. kharkiv is across the border from russia. i don't know if you were with us last week. the satellite images in realtime last week about the russian military outposts they had built up. they can take all the hardware and cross the border and continue to put pressure on the ukrainians holding out in kharkiv. another story to watch this is in the north. the capital city kyiv. the border with belarus. they came across the border and wanted to hit the northwestern edge of kyiv and northeastern edge of kyiv. they seem to have done that rather successfully but still they are several miles outside of the city center and so far the capital city is holding. i mentioned the south. let

to the northeast in kharkiv, ukraine. cnn chief international correspondent clarissa ward has been inside a subway station this morning that has now become in the midst of all this, a bomb shelter. >> where you see average everyday citizens now not knowing what their future holds. she spoke to one woman who says her world has completely changed overnight. >> one of my colleagues told me that it's now going to be the most dangerous time and the safest place is to hide here. so it's like you wake up and 5:00 a.m. and you find out the world is no longer the safe place you imagined. and it's hard to believe it's our neighbor doing this because we never really believed our neighbor can just come and just tell us what to do. and not same as russians and we don't want to be a part of russia or any other country. it's really difficult and i can't believe it's happening. i just hope that some people in russia stand against putin. >> reporter: what would you want people in russia to know or hear from you? >> i would like to know, i

the mayor of kharkiv has asked residents to stay inside. so it is clear that the russians are still trying to come at cities all across this country, including the two biggest cities. we have also seen a russian column of vehicles destroyed by ukrainian forces on the edge of kyiv. that just goes to show how this goes to show how close some of this fighting is. it's right on the edge of the city. we have this extraordinary video that shows the destruction of these russian vehicles. some of them have been turned on their side. thoroughly destroyed. you can hear someone in the video saying that they came to our land. i wish you all burn in hell. now it is possible that it's quiet tonight from the russian side because there is -- there are talks tomorrow between a ukrainian and russian delegation. that is going to take place on the border of belarus and ukraine. belarus, of course, has been hosting tens of thousands of russian troops for the past few weeks. they claimed initially that it was for exercises. it's clear now that that became a stag

the key cities, kharkiv and kyiv, are a big part of this. kyiv is 3 million people, the same size as chicago. kharkiv is the same size as philadelphia, with a population of 1.5 million. to put people in tanks against those cities against a willful ukranian army underground will just spell disaster. you add to that, and this is the piece i've been making, and i am a tanker so you know what they can do with fuel, forces or food. you're talking about a decline as well of the russian forces. >> is that possibly what's behind the surrendering? the ukranian ambassador to the u.s. told dana bash that they had a record that a number of ukranian troops have been fighting? >> they didn't know what they were going in to do. they were told it would be a peace mission. and the tank on the screen, which is russia's most advanced tank, that has a turbine engine. it carries about 230 gallons of gasoline but it only gets -- gallons of fuel, but it only gets about 200. when you run out of fuel and you don't refuel those tanks, they stop being aly maneuver fg

that is near kharkiv. another explosion, to kyiv, this is around and air strip to the south—west, this is an important location because the ukrainians have been trying to prevent the russians having control of an airstrip near the capital, because they want to stop the russians flying in troops to try to take the capital. that is an explosion at an oil depot south—west of kyiv, and people who live in that area have been told to take precautions as well. now, just looking back at the map again, to the north, and until today, to the north—east around kharkiv, we have not seen great progress by the russian forces. a different story in the south. if we look here, this is the south. if we look here, this is the separatist areas of eastern ukraine, that effectively russia has controlled for the last eight years. this is crimea, and what we have seen over the last few days is russia moving its forces along the coast of the sea of as of here towards mariupol. that is an important ukrainian controlled city on

that's very close to kharkiv. this is sort of the area from where the russian military supplies its forces in kharkiv and indeed moves additional forces into kharkiv. and one of the things we saw today as the russians earlier this morning said that they had breached the defenses of kharkiv and were moving their forces in, which, obviously, leads to some urban combat there. we did see a lot of military activity or on the russian part. a lot of rocket artillery fire going out from russian positions. also military hardware moving in. we did also see a couple of russian vehicles, quite a few actually, that seemed to be in need of towing that seemed to be broken down. now it's unclear whether or not that's sort of the kind of normal attrition that you have in an operation like this. obviously you have tracked vehicles going on asphalt roads which may be something difficult for them. also some older trucks as well. certainly it was something quite noticeable. the other thing that is certainly big statement that the russ

>> i had been in kharkiv since the beginning of the war. last night was a relatively quiet night by most accounts. there were still isolated shelling outside of the city. but we thought that there was going to be a lull in the fighting potentially because of those peace talks beginning on the belarusian border. that was not the case. at around 9:30 in the morning this morning, there was heavy shelling on the outskirts of kharkiv and in the city center. the team i was with made the decision to leave and so we sort of loaded up in our cars and made a quick beeline out of the south of the city. one shell landed probably no more than 300 meters away from us, and there were some videos that haven't been geo located yet of casualties in the city center. but the majority of the shelling was indiscriminate rocket attacks along suburbs. >> and you were talking about what you saw as you were trying to get out. what are you seeing in terms of civilians that are trying to take up arms? we've been getting reports that individual ukrainians are going out

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i want to go back to clarissa ward in kharkiv in ukraine. again, such a short distance from the ukrainian border to the city where you are. i'm just wondering what you made of what general marks was saying about the options russian forces have in front of them. >> yeah, i mean it certainly doesn't appear to bode well, anderson, and sounds frankly ominous. what's striking to see, though, there haven't been any evacuations, any major announcements. here things do seem to be for the moment pretty calm. now, when i say calm i don't mean relaxed. it definitely feels tense and as i mentioned to you before when we're driving into the city, there's checkpoints. checked our identification, wanted to know why we were going here. there's also a checkpoint for people leaving the area. we didn't see anyone trying to leave, but it was already pretty late at night. i think it'll be interesting to see what happens tomorrow morning, whether there's some kind of announcement urging people to leave. the attitude up until this point really from the ukrainian go

well, we go now to one of the first cities targeted by the airstrikes, kharkiv. it's located just 20 miles from the russian border, and to give you an idea of the size of the city, the eastern ukrainian village is about the size of dallas. cbs' holly williams is there where she met some of the innocent victims of the deadly attack. good evening, holly. >> reporter: good evening, norah. here in kharkiv, we've been hearing what sound like either missile or airstrikes tonight. this is ukraine's second-largest city and a major strategic target for russia. ( explosion ) a russian fighter jet over kharkiv, according to a ukrainian official. russia claims it isn't targeting civilians, but in the town of chuhuiv, ukrainian officials say the russians bombed this apartment building, killing at least one and injuring 15 residents. "i never thought this would happen on our land," said oleana kurilo, a local teacher. the outskirts of kharkiv have been pummeled by shelling, ruined homes and shattering lives. and the russians are also taking losses. we believe this soldier was

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kyiv is the place that they are moving in much more aggressively than here in kharkiv, and there must have been a decision that was made to move in or start bombardments toward the center of this city, ukraine's second largest, hard to know what is going to come next here. >> you can't say, matt, obviously, but seeing people, in the last shot behind you, ukrainian, are those people living in the city who are sheltering with you? >> these are ukrainians, and i don't know, we just came down here in the last five minutes, they're ukrainian people, they're civilians, i'm sorry to say, they don't enjoy the same, they don't have the same armor that we're able to have, they didn't buy that, but they are sheltering with us, and we're grateful they're safe, we understand this is a safe place, so to concede, kids and pet, the staff of this hotel has been incredible, and they've been giving us coffee when we need, it they have been continuing to serve, continuing to help people, and they understand that we're trying to help with their mission, they have been telling us what is going on outside t

in kharkiv, a russian rocket attack targeted a residential neighborhood leaving one civilian dead and 31 injured. before the smoke even cleared, russia's vladimir putin told france's emanuel macron that the russian military doesn't pose a threat to ukrainian civilians. but we know that is not true. a senior u.s. defense official telling reporters that russian forces are striking civilian targets. we still have a lot to learn about those talks but we do know that the pressure is building on vladimir putin from all sides. his forces facing fierce resistance on the battle field and russia's economy facing a financial meltdown. we're covering this across the globe. fred pleitgen is live near belgorod, russia. let's start with you, alex. what can you tell us about the loud explosions just outside the capital? >> after an unusually quiet day, we heard those explosions just as we got word that those talks were coming to an end. i'm not saying those are connected but it was certainly notable. we heard from here three loud explosions. we've been able to pinpoint at least one of them coming fro

destruction in kharkiv. todd: in western ukraine many hope to avoid the horrors of war as vladimir putin expresses frustration at lack of progress. carley: residents still bracing for an attack. >> reporter: i draw your attention to one of the leaders who is using social media, the foreign minister whose most recent tweet said foreigners willing to defend ukraine and world order as part of the international legion of territorial defense i invite you to contact for an diplomatic missions of ukraine in your respective countries. together we defeated hitler and we will defeat vladimir putin too. i talked yesterday or we talked yesterday with a lebanese student in ukraine, he says he's willing to join the ukrainian fighting forces. >> any chance to join the enemy, now. >> reporter: the traffic jam to the border stretches 30 miles as people try to get into poland, hungary, moldova, families are split at the border, the men are staying back to fight. >> it is possible not to meet again. your mom, dad. your relativ

we're in central kharkiv. and i was surprised, because we have always heard a low rumbling from outside the city. we did know that there was fighting on thewe outskirts of e city, around the ring road. but nowou again, that has chang. a new development here, moving into the city, we have to go out, well, we might not go out and check, but it looks as though we're starting to see, we're still seeing some traffic circulating, but this was the closestse we've heard so far in the last more than 24 hours of bombardment around kharkiv. as i said, it's never been so close to the center of the ceiling. i don't know if you can hear the sirens wailing in the background, so clearly, there's emergency services heading to the ncscene, and again, we did hear some car alarms going off, which means there must have been a concussion from the blast which is close enough. up untilic now we have never se windows shaking or walls shaking ornd ground shaking, it's alway just been sound, low rumbles again from the distance, and this

here in kharkiv, we've beeng, hearing what sound like either missile or air strikes tonight. this is ukraine's second-largest city, and a major strategic target for russia. ( speaking foreign language ) ( explosion ) a russian fighter jet over kharkiv, according to a ukrainian official. russia claims it isn't targeting civilians, but in the town of chuhuiv, ukrainian officials say the russians bombed this apartment building, killing at least one and injuring 15 residents. "i never thought this would happen on our land," said oleana kurilo, a local teacher. the outskirts of kharkiv have been pummeled by shelling, ruining homes and shattering lives. and, the russians are also taking losses. we believe this soldier was killed by ukrainian forces on the edge of the city. after months of stoical calm in the face of a possible invasion, in kharkiv, there's now panic buying in supermarkets, a rush to donate blood, and a search for shelter from russian missiles and air strikes. >> it's really terrible. i got up at 5:00, and i listen, a lot of-- of bomb. >> reporter: look at this. and

kharkiv is a massive university city. there are 38 different higher education institutions here, and an enormous amount of foreign students. i met groups from nigeria, from uzbekistan, that had been living and studying in the city and were now trying to get out. for those who are based here permanently, you know, they really have to choose between abandoning the only home that they have or taking up arms to defend it. and i have spoken to people today where families had been split on what they were doing, where sons wanted to fight and fathers wanted them to stay home. and you know, i think these conversations are going on in basically every home in the country of ukraine right now. >> there are difficult -- simple decision but it's a difficult decision. it's a, you know, fight or flight. it's -- i just can't imagine this happening to new york city and then suddenly being given the choice between running or trying to hold down this city. i don't even know how i would react to that. what about communications and social med

russian forces have entered the second-largest city of kharkiv. they battle to take control of that city. the president and the foreign minister are calling for all foreigners to contact the necessary embassy and come here and fight. the foreign minister said we defeated hitler will be will defeat putin too. carley: it is difficult for you to tell but any sense what these artillery shells are hitting? >> reporter: the city of 3 million, densely populated. a lot of high apartment buildings. incredibly precise weapons are hitting buildings. we've seen apartment buildings over the last couple days. we've got to assume the goal is to move all forces to pave the way for russian infantry. todd: western ukraine many hope to avoid the horrors of war as vladimir putin expresses frustration at the lack of progress in kyiv. heather: mike tobin is on the ground. what are you seeing? >> reporter: the fourth morning since the invasion the flow of refugees continues through and around this western city. the road to the polish border backs up 30 miles, people try

joining us now is matt bradley in kharkiv ukraine. aaron was saying it's been a couple of hours since we heard the last explosion. what are you hearing there? >> yes, that is the same here. we have not heard anything in the last couple of hours. this situation here in kharkiv, in the extreme east of the country -- in the extreme northeast of the country -- it's a little bit different, from what i understand, from where my colleague aaron is, in the capital. we are not seeing cars, convoys of cars, streaming out of the city. we are not hearing, really, a siren at all or any loudspeakers. we were told that when the city came under attack there would be loudspeakers. but the fighting is still audible as of this morning. there were 10 to 15 blast that we heard a couple of hours ago. like i said, that has not happened in the last couple of hours. but we are so close to the russian border. we have just gotten information from the border services, the security services, that there are tanks and armaments scene rolling over the border from ru

kharkiv is under ukrainian control. there are some original successes, but it's not what putin expected. time is working against him. that's why he needs to demonstrate his resolve to continue the assault and most likely he's planning to ramp up the violence. i would expect them to start using massive force against ukrainian citizens and he'll probably lift the advice not to hurt civilians. as of now russian troops tried to avoid massive casualties among ukrainian civilians. not that they excluded completely, but we didn't see the campaign that was aimed directly at civilians as they did in syria. i'm afraid that now putin is willing to do whatever to take over kyiv, the city of 3 million people and he's sending the signal to america and european allies stay away if i do something unthinkable. >> did he really think that ukrainians would greet russian forces as liberators? what kind of -- what does this say about his thinking, this miscalculation that he's made here and the magnitude of that miscall miscalc miscalculati

kharkiv is the second largest city. it is near the russian border. the sun has just risen there on day two. matt, what is the situation over the last 24 hours and now? >> i have to tell you ali, you can tell me the situation, you're the one covering it from the deaths there. i have a name been better view of the -- looking here to her kharkiv, just the people of just what we're getting, would i understand here, the fears from the country are outside kharkiv. the second largest city as you mentioned, in ukraine. i'm looking around the city a little bit. this was a city that was dark. all of the lights were out. they're expecting more aerial bombardment. this city is hunkering down. going last night into one of those measures sessions that you mentioned. we saw people all around trying to seek safety and solace with each other. they brought their dogs. and they're just waiting for the worst. a lot of people here, believe it or not, in this part of the country did not expect, this -- which is now 24 hours years old. and they tried to go into the metro s

here in kharkiv, we've been hearing what sound like either missile or air strikes tonight. this is ukraine's second-largest city, and a major strategic target for russia. [ speaking foreign language ] [ explosion ] a russian fighter jet over kharkiv, according to a ukrainian n official. russia claims it isn't targeting civilians, but in the town of chuhuiv, u ukrainian offfficialy the russians bombed this apartment building, killing at least one and injuring 15 residents. "i never thought this would happen on our land," said oleana kurilo, a local teacher. the outskirts of kharkiv have been pummeled by shelling, ruining homes and shattering lives. and, the russians are also taking losses. we believe this soldier was killed by ukrainian forces on the edge of the city. after months of stoical calm in the face of a possible invasion, in kharkiv, there's now panic-buying in supermarkets, a rush to donate blood, and a search for shelter from russian missiles and air strikes. >> it's really terrible. i got up at 5:00, and i listen, a lot of-- of bomb. >> reporter: look at this. a

the russian shelling of kharkiv. this is the voice of a young woman in the city, terrorized by shelling close to her apartment. we met -- for morocco as she waited for a train. >> i prayed. i prayed so much. i just want to go home. i am not safe here. i left everything. i left my studies. just pray with us. please. >> on platform six if there's farewell to his infant son. what cannot be held must be let go. until another day. laura: the human cost of this war. a father parted from his son. let's recap where we are. five days after russia launched a full-scale invasion of ukraine. dozens of civilians were killed in russian missile strikes on ukraine's second-biggest city kharkiv. as negotiators -- negotiators help oxen belarus for the first time since the conflict begin. they have agreed to meet again. ukraine's president zelensky urged russian troops to lay down their weapons and called for a meeting and membership into the european union. the west has iosed harsh financial sanctions on russia. the country's currency

if you go that way, that is the way to kharkiv. what we've been seeing this morning is a lot of russian armored convoys moving in that direction. also, by the way, some of them coming out of there as well. it seems the russians are rotating troops through that area, moving some in, moving some out, obviously to keep that military campaign going. in fact, just a couple minutes ago as we were standing here there was a massive convoy with dozens of vehicles including we counted around 10 or 12 heavy howwitzers passing as well moving to the front line. we do see a lot of movement on the part of the russian military into the area but also out of the area. you can tell this is a really active front line here. there's been some speculation, of course, things possibly aren't going well for the russian military as they might be letting on. we certainly do see a lot of movement here in the region south towards that front line of kharkiv where you can see that the russians definitely have a lot of military hardware on the road here. and the o

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ukrainian forces still in control of kharkiv. after five days of invasion russians still do not control any major population center. and it in command and control center still exists. potential talks under way this morning. they are expected to take place at the border between belarus and ukraine. low expectations from ukrainian officials. there is still a hope. they will pursue sit if possible. another thing to be concerned about is vladimir putin place his nuclear forces on high alert saying it's due to aggressive sanctions from the u.s. 3400,000 refugees have fled. it's a complete disaster. people freezing in cars overnight. a 24-hour plus wait at the border. the numbers of refugees could stretch into the millions if this goes on. griff: you mentioned the humanitarian angle. that's what everyone is watching. the plight of grandmothers and mothers in bomb shelters. what can you tell us about the mood? i think the entire world has been surprised by the tenacity of the ukrainian people. what is the sense there as you look around

tremendous bravery from the people of kharkiv. and one more point i'd make that's so important for our viewers to remember, this is not a frontline position. this is not -- we're not next to the donbas area where that eight-year war has been going on. this is a city of 1.4 million. it's a vibrant metropolis full of young people, young professionals. lots of foreign students we saw as well from overseas who are in that bomb shelter. and none of them have seen anything like this in their lifetime. the last time kharkiv saw anything close to this was in the second world war. and i will say as well, those scenes in the subway, it felt like what we've seen from the second world war. and images from the blitz and people going into the subways to take cover and take shelter. so now it's dark. we wait to see. there's been more strikes. it's a little bit quieter now. and everyone fearing the worst. the ground invasion. they've come across that border, but how close are they going to come to this city? will they encircle it? lay siege to it

that is the straight way to kharkiv. these forces seem to be heading straight into ukrainian territory. that's what we have been seeing, essentially what this invasion has been looking like from our vantage point. we're at the last checkpoint before you go into ukrainian territory. we have seen that steady stream of russian vehicles here move that way. what we also have seen, jim, this is something kuquite troubling to a lot of folks on the other side of the border is rocket artillery fire being fired towards ukraine as well, we heard several barrages, saw several barrages being fired not far from where we are toward ukrainian territory as well. we also saw from this vantage point here main battle tanks, the style of the t-72 russian main battle tank go past exactly the same route you saw those other vehicles go past us and also advance toward ukrainian territory. it seems to us, from being here, being so close to ukrainian territory, but on the russian side is that the russian forces are advancing into ukraine. that the

that's according to kharkiv officials who are now instructing residents to stay inside. just last night, spending video reportedly showing a massive gas explosion in the eastern cities as the battle with russian troops intensified overnight. then we take it to the south. an announcement from the mayor of the city of -- that the city is now under russian control. the development is notable, given that a hydroelectric power plant is housed there. yet, the uk defense ministry saying, but russia