some 800 kilometers to the west is the black sea city of odessa. the ideal at metropolis isn't near the front lines yet some residents are rattled. slavin mere is a former ukrainian soldier who fought in eastern ukraine's war in 2014. he is one of the many internally displaced people from the region who can't find peace, even in odessa. ah, the mood is tense in odessa, a city of 1000000 on ukraine's black sea coast. the threat from puritans troops is omnipresent. over the past is thousands of people from eastern ukraine have sought safety here, but their relative proximity to russia is also noticeable. a 3rd of the cities residents have russian roots. odessa is a mix of splendor and misery. is occupied building in the center of town is lava madison, new home, the pension i came here 5 years ago, fleeing pro russian separatist and the east of the country. you who i'm from the done yet. creegan was from the town of due diligence, but it's now called taught at school. it was renamed, i love, the town is right at the front in you. that's why i had to l

he is in odessa. nic, jim mentioned the explosions and what you're hearing in odessa. talk to us. what's going on? >> yeah, don. i mean, you're getting the sun rising slightly here. we heard in the last half an hour i would say probably a total of three or four blasts. relatively distant compared to the central part of odessa that i'm in. there's the port just over here as well. and so it was quite hard to assess exactly what those booms may have been targeting because of the distance. two about 20 minutes ago. so the question is are we seeing something beginning in the regions around odessa or were those blasts specifically aimed at targets and this was limited? but to point out the importance of here, don, this is the strategic port city for ukraine on the black sea. its third largest he city, predominantly russian speaking. and possibly many have been concerned that in the worst case scenario could be a target for some sort of amphibious landing to establish control of this sort of vital part of ukraine's economy. but i should just stress, what we've heard so far, three to four

nick, we begin with you in od odessa. this is way bigger than anyone really anticipated and certainly what the kremlin led people to believe. >> yeah, look, i mean, it's difficult to take seriously or put too much veracity to what we hear from russian officials given the constant suggestion that this was all hysteria when it was warned about by western officials in the past weeks. frankly, even seasoned observers of russia felt it would be hard for russia to realistically industry something on this scale, even in the southwest the port city of odessa, we heard explosions before dawn. it's clear from pictures emerging from kyiv where there has been significantly more explosions that people are deeply concerned. many of them it seems fleeing. some of the images showing the outbound highways, most likely westbound clogged with traffic. it's not entirely surprising, but it must come to a shock people in the capitol who literally a week or so ago were talking about how they didn't believe something like this could occur. and s

>> well, it's approximately 200 kilometers from odessa, you need to understand that odessa region by sizes something like belgium. it is one of the big kiss in ukraine, and very long. there it is completely destroyed, the videos are available, journalists are working over there. it was quite a heavy shelling of all the buildings that they have. the national guard is there, and it is not military, it is a part of the ministry of interior, but the militarized part is helping with the order in the country. however, they've been attacked as well. we're expecting that on the seaside -- it's extremely important, there's critical infrastructure in place, it's not only 70% of ukraine export, it's also the allegation for ukrainian [inaudible] . >> how do you feel about the ukrainian government's response? do you feel confident and presidents dylan skis leadership? >> he is really behaving as people expected for the last few days nobody has complained about his actions. luckily he has a good minister of defense, plus the leadership of the armed forces. if you look to the russian polls and have

we have got nick paton walsh standing by in the ukrainian port city of odessa. atika shoe better here with me. jill dougherty, in moscow, let's start with you. what is -- what do you think vladimir putin is up to? what is his calculus here? because it's certainly not what he has been saying was going to happen over recent weeks. z z . >> well, his objectives, he says, michael, are to demilitarize and de-nazify the country, ukraine. so demilitarize could be obviously, he has been taking out military installations, a airports, et cetera. de-nazify is kind of a different question. how do you do that? who does he define as nazis? you know, over the past weeks -- actually, for a very long time, the russian media have been talking about ukraine as a neo-nazi country. and today, in fact, and yesterday, there was -- there were constant reports about nazis -- both from world war ii and supposedly from today. so, how he is going to do that, i -- i really don't know. but that speech -- i think when you look at it -- it popped up around, um, 5:30 in the morning, moscow time

see the, on the infamous assault on odessa. and is probably intended to cut off all of the potential for ukraine to have access to the open sea. but this can be risky for russia because russia shipping requires being able to reach a world ports by going through the boss for science. so there are possibilities that russian shipping brabs mum, mud able to use the boss for strengths and the future. so there are lot of the consequences that could happen. it's important now for the ukrainian leadership to be able to be sure it can continue the functions of government away. some of that leadership. oh is relocating westbury perhaps to livi? maybe even some a to paula. but maintaining that continuity of leadership is particularly important . the concern about that is special because russian forces and bowers and western russia are located on both sides of the denise pro river. and so they can love south and encircle both sides of k f, which is by said by the end in april the river. so there's a lot of threat that the mother but is sti

or whether odessa has fallen or not. we don't know, but certainly there is a ground operation going on there with the navy having go offloaded equipment and the troops. we were also hearing from an al jazeera team that are in the south in the southeast, and that there seems to be outgoing fire. i'm where we can't confirm that we're not sure how much the ukrainians are trying to engage. the russian forces em denise pro airports again in the, in the south that the deep re poor came under rockets attack. it would seem that there is, are also a large number of reports of, of attacks in the cock heath ah, city of our honey, which has quite a, quite a large part of it in quite a large ethnic russian population. there is, seems to be a relentless aspect to this whole invasion, such a shocking night that have been warnings to people that there could be attacks. but a lot of people have become complacent because there have been so many warnings that there will be astro. yes, there will be a ground attacks or these warnings they'v

appreciate it there in odessa, ukraine. >>> all right. we're going to have much more from ukraine ahead this hour. for now let's go back to john vause in atlanta, john. >> michael, thank you. cnn's breaking news coverage will continue in a moment. we're leave from the pentagon. you're watching cnn. back in a moment. plain aspirin could be hurting your stomach. vazalore 325 liquid-filled aspirin capsule is clinically shown in a 7 day study to cause fewer ulcers than immediate release aspirin. vazalore. the first liquid-filled aspirin capsules...amazing! hey businesses! you all deserve something epic! so we're giving every business, our best deals on every iphone - including the iphone 13 pro with 5g. that's the one with the amazing camera? yep! every business deserves it... like one's that re-opened! hi, we have an appointment. and every new business that just opened! like aromatherapy rugs! i'll take one in blue please! it's not complicated. at&t is giving new and existing business customers our best deals on every iphone. ♪ ♪ certifi

it's do people day in odessa believe not only in odessa, but i already had the opportunity to talk with my colleagues all around the country . i have a big amount of colleagues and showed me give, i'm, they've been ever waiting because the activities are happening. there are people in harkey what computer is the same because harkey was definitely most threatening guns. but also if you follow the information where are the foreign military actions are happening? that is the, as you create him, controls territory. not where the military base is like the shaft. yeah, it is the competitive, beautiful town. they've been liberated to sell them for teams. but for the last few days, being on the heavy shelling and now the big about what's happening around it and several other villages near by. i'm. i'm going to get a final thought from you. i mean, how worried are people about what could evolve in terms of the hours and days ahead? so definitely people are really worrying, doesn't matter your professional where you are just the regular citizen because of the unpredictability of the developments

canal report that russian marines are on the ground in odessa. so far we have seen primarily missile strikes targeting what the russians say key infrastructure and military targets, what we've seen in the past few weeks is an enormous buildup of russian forces, 150,000 strong empirical earlier and addressed to the nation, ukrainian president zelensky said 200,000. we are seeing three different lines of attack, russian forces come north from crimea, coming from the separatist regions and also from kharkiv, just over the border in the russian city of —-dash that massive field hospital all signs point to this massive invasion. there are times the officials thought in the east, we now know this is indeed a large-scale invasion. vladimir putin addressed the nation a few hours ago saying if anybody intervenes there will be consequences that you have never had before. the irony is, he did not want ukraine to join nato. ukraine will be on the border of many nato nations. from his vantage point, turn back the clock to see how we got here. in 1999, nato

let's go to odessa now. our nick paton walsh is on the ground near there. nick, give us a sense of what you've heard and seen. >> reporter: yeah, john, let me wind you back to before sunrise. three, four blasts about 5:20 a.m. distant in the city center, two again at 6 a.m. and then a couple more about an hour or so ago. one very cloud and quite close to us here, i would say 45 minutes ago now. it set off a car alarm. we don't know what it was that caused it. the closest we've heard it to the city center, the port where we're standing here. and then just after that on the distant horizon, i wonder if you could play video of that, another explosion. quite a significant one. we don't precisely know what was targeted. we know there are quite a lot of ukrainian military installations along the coast line. its vital strategic coast. we're in the third largest city. a place where people are frankly going back to their families, where there is a hope that forecasts of an amphibious landing into here -- i mean an absolutely crazy idea, but this invasion plan appear

i've also said that multiple in odessa of also been subject to some sort of bombardments you. cradle authorities claim that the russian forces have landed in odessa. reportedly, the ukrainian president volume is a lensky intends to gather the state security council. and martial law is expected to be implemented. russian media has said that ukraine has closed its s space to civil aviation. moreover, all flights from the rust of airports has been cancelled. and here is what the russian president said in his address today earlier to the nation. says this is a set you digit dear, which is where the court is to the article, 51 in the 7th chapter of the un charter with the sanction of the federation council . and according to the friendship and mutual help treaties with denette and luc gant's, republics, i have decided to conduct a special military operation. the goal is to protect the people who for 8 years suffer bullying and genocide from the key of regime. and for this, we aim for the demilitarization, and the notification of ukraine will bring to the court. those who committed multipl

it's been the top -- in the city of odessa we didn't have shelling today. however, we had two foreign ships being targeted. they've been at the -- nearby the city in the sea. and we also had the attempt of the drones to monitor the situation. that's why odessa is expecting quite a heavy night. >> are you expecting an assault from the sea? >> yes, for sure because as for now, that can be done, especially considering how important is the seaport for odessa. during the day, our navy -- they covered the mines -- some of them will be difficult for assault but some are quite flat and definitely the navy and the security forces are prepared for the assault along the whole line of the beaches. >> i was going to ask about that. i saw a video earlier of the mining of the beaches. there was a flag from somebody on social media and i take that with a grain of salt so i'm going to ask you, about how the citizens of odessa were not warned about this mining. can you tell me what the government, local government has been telling citizens as the country and as the military

and we're also cautious, because of an announcement about marines in odessa, and it is not true, and the resistance, exactly in the conflict is there, and officials have said about possible casualties, of course, it's up to them to keep the bravado there, it's there, but it's not that, and that should be part of the strategy, but talking to different people, there is no doubt that they're really, really fighting back. >> so in your estimation, i know the government has said that anybody who wants a weapon can get a weapon, i know that they called up reservists between the ages of 18 to 60 which is a wide range, and they have also said to individual citizens that you are going to need to fight, that this is a war that all of ukraine must wage, and paraphrasing there, what is your sense of the ukrainian people and their willingness, outside of the military, to wage this war? >> so look, over the last days, and months, there were polls, where more than 50% of ukrainians were ready to resist, you know, and the figures were growing up to 60, and just given an example, this week, at the mo

let's go now to our nick paton walsh in the port city of odessa. nick, i know you were listening to this. striking, basically calling on people to get out, get armed and go fight. >> reporter: yeah. calling people to fight in the squares of the towns in which they live. to some degree a call for unity, a sign of some sense of desperation of what may lie ahead. much of the analysis of what they may do and give the ukrainian military less of a chance. it will face a population that is bitterly angry at their presence. that is what ukraine's president is trying to harness. i should point out what we heard in the last 10 minutes. another explosion on the horizon here. i think we'll be able to play for you the sound of that. let me just be quiet while that happens. this was a substantial blast we think on the other side. bay here. there is quite a bed of ukrainian military hardware. possibly 2 dozen russian warships out there. it was pretty substantial ricochetted across here. it came about ten minutes after we heard at the closest we've heard here sinc

to the interior saying that russian troops have landed in odessa, they are crossing the border near kharkiv. president biden spoke to ukraine's president just tonight. and he'll also address the nation and the world at noon on russia's military action in ukraine. there's a lot going on. it's coming in in the moment. the u.s. and allies are planning to trigger the full scale of sanctions that have been discussed for weeks now. that's according to a senior administration official. and discussions about the final package expected to be on the agenda at the virtual g7 meeting scheduled in the morning. and as we have been saying, the worldwide resources of cnn are there. clarissa ward just said we have crews spread out throughout ukraine. you see some of them there up on your screen. that is just a small part of who we have there on our breaking news. frederik pleitgen is in belgorod. that is a region of russia. nick paton walsh is in odessa. that is in ukraine. clarissa ward also in ukraine, in kharkiv. kaitlan collins at the white house in washington, d.c. and matthew chance is live for us in

until recently odessa was a popular tourist location. it's long, sandy beaches, other perfect place to relax near the city center. but uncertainty has also ruled the city since 2014. the crimea peninsula annexed by russia is a mere 200 kilometers away. but daily life continued, one of the city's cultural hotspots is also a major landmark. the potemkin says, it's all josephs, terry case to go upstairs downstairs to the port. it's a place for performances, communications, street, musicians. and so it's not only for tories, but also citizens of odessa do love this place. the same goes for danny bus. if sca prominent the heart of the city, everything seemed to be fine when we visited 4 years ago. as in the much smaller city of tennessee, in weston ukraine. we also phone for your max that in 2018 in locations, including this restaurant specialities from the book of vino region, accentuated the good mood j nipped the showed that ukraine was formed by many different cultural influences. many buildings such as churches and cafes, are reminiscent

until recently odessa was a popular tourist location. it's long, sandy beaches, other perfect place to relax me of a city center. but uncertainty has also ruled the city since 2014. the crimea peninsula annexed by russia is a mere 200 kilometers away. but daily life continued, one of the city's cultural hotspots is also a major landmark. the potemkin says, it's all josephs, terry case to go upstairs downstairs to the port. it's a place for performances, communications, read musicians. and so it's not only for tories, but also citizens of odessa to love this place. the same goes for danny bus. if sca prominent the heart of the city, everything seemed to be fine when we visited 4 years ago. as in the much smaller city of tennessee in western ukraine, we also filmed for your max that in 2018, in locations including this restaurant specialities from the book of vino region, accentuated the good mood j nipped the showed that ukraine was formed by many different cultural influences many buildings such as churches and cafes are reminiscent of t

and right now they're panic in odessa, everybody's trying to change some money to buy some groceries to get some gas or their cars, finding cellular as been heard alcohol from us. i woke up this morning and my husband said to me, there's bad news. i lived at my phone and there was a message from my grandmother who rode where getting out season as all the living here. and they just packed up food and all their documents and set up in their car . not even knowing where they'll go. and on. voices of solidarity there from sheer in berlin at a protest that took place a little bit earlier at brandenburg gate in solidarity with ukraine. reminder of the state of play at the moment, russia has launched a full scale invasion of ukraine with attacks being carried out by air and land forces. right across the country. kias says, dozens of people have been killed and many injured and an assault that nato says amounts to a cold blooded invasion. western leaders have vowed to impose crippling sanctions as thousands of ukrainian scramble to leave the biggest cities. and we're going to take a very sho

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on sunday in the black seaport city of odessa those ukrainian people wrapped themselves in ukrainian flag and chanted in russia, russians, go home. newshour producer was on scene. >> this predominantly russian-speaking city back in 2014 still had a strong prorussian element. now eight years later, and with russian aggression looming just around the corner, they say that the choice of the city is very clear. it is ukraine. >> alexi honcharenko favors ukrainian unity. >> it is spornt to show putin that odessa is ukraine, that it is the salt and capitol of ukraine and nobody waits for him here, so we need more now, we need guarantees of security for ukraine now. >> odessa resident moved from western ukraine five years ago. >> would you say that in those five years that you have been living here you see a change in odessa. >> yeah, a lot of change and a lot of people here, speak ukrainian, start to believe in ukraine and start to read ukrainian history and they believe that odessa is the ukraine forever. >> and nick joins me now for more, so nick, a fast developing story today. what more

what appears to be a warehouse in odessa? it looks like a target. ec strike on that one particular building. what was the target inside the building? nobody knows. the ukrainian defense ministry says a russian helicopter was shot down close to the capital kiev. and says, russian troops attacks an airfield near the city and at least 3 of their helicopters were destroyed. these are apparently brushing helicopters near curve firing flares. ah, they are believed to be near the airport. it's called the hoster mel airports is on the outskirts of kiev. this is across her coming to us and we are wrapping them up with a very big, fat kind of health warning if you will, because we don't know the provenance of them. we are telling you we are separating out our to our day to day. now we are separating at what we know, as fact, our eyes and ears on the ground. our correspondence, the news agencies that we trust, the sources of information that we trust from. we call it u g. c. user generated content, people with their cell phones, people

you can see the range of cities, kyiv, odessa, kharkiv, including far from the border. we have brand-new images that show damage done by a bombing operation in the kyiv region. they have grabbed their belongings and are fleeing west, leaving the capital. cnn has obtained this exclusive video showing russian military vehicles entering the country from the north from belarus. president putin going on state tv to announce this military operation to do what he calls protect the donbas region. the goal, he claimed, was the demille demille tearization of ukraine. ukrainians have been told to stay in their homes. we saw them kneeling and praying on the streets of kharkiv. president zelenskyy pleading for peace in a nationally twiced attack moments ago. >> putin began war against ukraine, against the entire democratic world. he wants to destroy my country, our country. everything we have been building, everything we are living for. we know the strength of the armed forces of ukraine. you are in dtkdom inable. you are ukrainians. >> you're watching here video of matthew chance.

they believe odessa is ukraine forever. judy: nick joins me for more. a fast developing story today. what more do we know about what is happening on the ground? >> russian media are reporting their armored columns of russian forces moving from russia into donetsky and luhansk. there is no confirmation right now that -- by the unit it states those forces are moving into donestsk and luhansk. the agreement putin signed does allow for russian bases. it does -- it allows for russian military infrastructure in those separatist areas and it allows for joint protection of the border, which means putin is still maintaining a little ambiguity. he has laid the groundwork for war has not actually declared war. he laid the foundations and formal military presence but has not defined it. we still did not know his final move. >> i know you have been talking to administration officials. what is known at this point about what the u.s. is going to do? >> as i reported, the executive order president biden has released bands all persons -- from working or operating in the

there are reports in ukraine in media that russian troops have landed in the eastern port cities of odessa and mario poll. ukraine's air space has reportedly been shut down, and residents have been told to stay at home ukrainians. foreign minister says several cities are being targeted by russian fire, possibly missiles or artillery. but the defense ministry in moscow says only military infrastructure is being hit. we're getting multiple reports of explosions being heard, mostly in easton, parts of ukraine, and the you inspected, generally demanding that russian president vladimir putin order his troops back. us president joe biden, as now spoken with ukraine's leda. a lot of me, zalinski. let's bring in how to abdel, how much is live for us in come a toss that's in easton, ukraine, and also to child stratford who's also in marry a poll. hold on. let's come to you 1st in come a tours, just bring us up to date with what's happening, where you are. well at the moment it's called thought about at around 4 35 in the morning we've heard several loud explosions, a fairly close to the city center

odessa to the west. this is the town of donetsk to the east and mariupol is a coastal town of a half million people and where russian marines tried to take back the town with 2,000 strong. i think it's a real area of concern here. the ukraine army has to be ready. the potential for the russian military to take a corridor and connect the occupied area in the southeast across here possibly to oh december yeah -- odessa in the west. this here in the north, here is the capital city of kyiv, the border with belarus. all the russian forces staged in southern belarus for the past 60 days has paid huge dividends for putin so far. this town is 160 miles as the bird flies from kyiv where the talks are underway now. what comes of them no one knows. one more thing. trey was showing us this long column of supplies and tanks from russia. they are double parked along this road. based on the reporting we're getting they run for three miles long and they are maybe not on the outskirts of kyiv but about 20 miles from it.

we should mention you lived in odessa on the black see. one of those areas vladimir putin wants quickly, to unpack his military hardware. you have friends in odessa. are you hearing what is going on? >> some are even accurate way in tomorrow. they feel like sitting ducks just waiting for something to happen. everything could be fine today. dave: a lot of people here are critical of the united states going too far in getting embroiled in what is going on the ukrainian government is corrupt. we know there is corruption in the ukrainian government that the kind of repression imposed by a russian iq pioneering force you would agree it would be more repressive than what you received from the ukrainian government. >> i've never been to russia but it would be an unpredictable situation. it could be a lot worse. dave: did you have contact with russians was there are a lot of russians there already and it was one of the excuses vladimir putin gave for going into eastern ukraine, what's your experience dealing with them? >> definitely a more russian

mostly in odessa, but we have friends in kyiv , and now, you know, they are everywhere now. >> reporter: paulina's father leon did not sleep at all last night. he had called distant relatives 2 weeks ago, and told him to come to california just in case. they refused. >> nobody can understand even over there what is going on, and nobody expected that something like this could happen between russia and ukraine. they've always been neighbors. >> reporter: maxim was watching putin's speech last night, and immediately called his family in odessa when he heard the words "military action." >> i stopped watching the video right away and called my family around 5:00 a.m. their time. and i told him where is coming, so can you just be awake, make sure that you have the phone connection, because i'm really worried i'm not going to be able to connect them. make is not just ukrainians, but russians who showed up at civic center plaza to protest the invasion. >> obviously the wrong thing to do. i also don't believe many russians support it, so i believe it should not have happened. >> reporter: those

are back maxim was watching putin's speech last night and immediately called his family in odessa when he heard the words "military action." >> i stopped watching right away and called my family around 5:00 a.m., over there, and i told him that were is coming, so can you please be awake, check, make sure you have the phone connection, because i'm really worried. her back it wasn't just ukrainians, but russians who showed up at civic center plaza to protest the invasion. >> obviously the wrong thing to do. also i don't believe that many russians actually support it, so it avie as they should not have happened. mac this ceo has more than 270 employees in the ukraine. his company has spent weeks buying satellite phones and new isps, as well as moving people from the east of ukraine to the west, near the polish border, in hopes of keeping them safe. >> their lives are in danger right now. >> reporter: that said, his head of operations lives 1, letter away from the head airport in tel aviv. >> near the airport, they are staying off the second story. they've taken the bathroom and boarded up

but if if you're by reputed, you want to take over odessa in the south by taking over odessa in the south, you can control the black sea. you basically block off the southern part of the country. you're moving from belarus with those troops headed south to that that is largely flat. you can move forward. there's a dam 60 miles north of does a 60 miles south of keith. so you can see charla airline around, if you will, the power and control of key to decide what you want to do. what you're worried about is what happens in near romania and the mountains. if there was to be some type of insurgency. so the geography here matters and ukraine is largely flat. >> that means that the refugee crisis that we potentially could see happening on the polish border to the west. that would be important. the united states has troops there and then whether or not the government stay sink evil, whether they leave, leader of the ukraine is in country, if he's out of country that has an important component to what's going on because of your bladder reputed you want to take over this government. you want to eli

four, amphibious assault on ports of mariposa and odessa. he heard that from lucas tomlinson that there is a real sense that those amphibious assault landings are in the works. and it is interesting that it is going to be first light pretty soon in ukraine that this has not happened overnight but it may be happening at any moment now. and that movement of russian forces, if he goes as they expect, could happen very quickly. >> shannon: senator kevin kramer, republican of north dakota also on the committee talked about this tonight. saying that putin harbors finished of reuniting the soviet union. we are always trying to be inside his burden and figure out what he really wants. i think that is a common belief about him, what he is really after. he talks about the fact that we need tougher sanctions weeks ago. he's had a response is greater than russia and ukraine. what we choose to do will also send a message to china on taiwan. so i know there has been this growing concern that this does report far beyond just what putin does they are, that

thank you for joining us even though most of your family fled we understand some of them are still in odessa. how are they doing are they safe? >> reporter: yeah, let me first apologize for this loud routine test capitol police are doing that is going on a loop here so, yes, i have some family left in odessa and like millions of others in ukraine trying to flee because they're afraid of the bombs escalating toward the region and i spoke with my family members because they were trying to move from where they were in center city. it's on the black sea and a major port city, and we have reports the black sea is also being surrounded by russian trips. so really people there have nowhere to go, and they're hoping when they do go they can come back to ukraine, the place where they always know >> you did mention, julie, this ation and the history of ukraine is incredibly complicated. your family is also backlash for putin to refer to one of his reasons for attacking ukraine as the de-naziification of the country, what do you say to that >> i think most expert analysts would agree that putin uzwas s

until recently odessa was a popular tourist location. it's long, sandy beaches, other perfect place to relax near the city center. but uncertainty has also ruled the city since 2014. the crimea peninsula annexed by russia is a mere 200 kilometers away. but daily life continued, one of the city's cultural hotspots is also a major landmark. the potemkin says, it's all josephs, terry case to go upstairs downstairs to the port. it's a place for performances, communication, street, musicians. and so it's not only for tories, but also citizens are holders. i do love this place. the same goes for danny bus. if sca prominent the heart of the city, everything seemed to be fine. when we visited 4 years ago. as in the much smaller city of tennessee in weston ukraine. we also film for your max that in 2018 in locations including this restaurant specialities from the book of vino region, accentuated the good mood janet the showed that ukraine was formed by many different cultural influences. many buildings such as churches and cafes, are reminiscent

the culprits in odessa tragedy are well known. they are openly flaunting their presence and yet an alternative investigation and the recognition by the snipers themselves . unambiguously confirms that the slaughter on the plan at independence square was a provocation by the leaders of my don. we specifically last year carried out an informal security council meeting, an aria formula meeting on both of these issues with the aim of sharing with security council colleagues. more information about this and yet, and response at best we heard from western pon, thus partners were merely hackney cliches about so called russian propaganda. how can there be a resolution on the ukrainian issue without these above mentioned? issues being mentioned that we've been wise to include in the draft of all an honest assessment of the role of western colleagues in if inflating this ukrainian crisis. not only did they stand behind them, i dont cool, but they also effectively issued a carte blanche to key of to carry out any act, any steps that would be

from odessa, hannah shall asked director of security programs at the think tank ukrainian prism and in moscow by skype is pablo falcon, how're he's an independent offense and military analyst, a very warm welcome to the wall and thanks so much for joining us today on inside story william, let me start with you from your perspective. at this stage is war inevitable? war is not inevitable. mr. burton has a decision he can invade, in which case there will be a war, a major war in europe 1st time since we're war 2. or he can decide to negotiate that. that option has been on the table. he's expressed some interest in this, at least in some aspects of negotiation. so he has a choice of a war is not enough. probable. i'm the last we've heard from russian. president putin was in a news conference a short time ago where he said that we are ready to follow a negotiation track with nato on security guarantees. what exactly does that mean? our bo, russia has issued the aid's position that russia is totally unhappy with the present security arrangements in europe and wants to rewrite them and write

from odessa, hannah shall asked director of security programs at the think tank ukrainian prism . and in moscow by skype as possible, falcon, how're, he's an independent defense and military analyst, a very warm welcome to the wall. and thanks so much for joining us today on inside story. william, let me start with you from your perspective. at this stage is war inevitable? war is not inevitable. mister putin has a decision he can invade, in which case there will be a war of major war and your 1st time since we're war 2, or he can decide to negotiate. uh, that option has been on the table. he's expressed some interest in this, at least in some aspects of negotiation. so he has a choice of a war is not enough. probably the last we've heard from russian, president putin was in a news conference a short time ago where he said that we are ready to follow negotiation track with nato on security guarantees. what exactly does that mean? our bo, russia has issued the aid's position that russia is totally unhappy with the present security arrangements in europe and wants to rewrite them an

from odessa, hannah shall asked director of security programs at the think tank ukrainian prism . and in moscow by skype as possible, falcon, how're, he's an independent defense and military analyst, a very warm welcome to you all. and thanks so much for joining us today on inside story. william, let me start with you from your perspective. at this stage is war inevitable? war is not inevitable. mister putin has a decision he can invade, in which case there will be a war of major war and europe 1st time since we're war 2, or he can decide to negotiate. uh, that option has been on the table. he's expressed some interest in this, at least in some aspects of negotiation. so he has a choice of a war is not enough. probable the last we've heard from russian president putin was in a news conference a short time ago, where he said that we are ready to follow the negotiation track with nato on security guarantees. what exactly does that mean? ah, beau russia has issued the aide's position, that rushes code to unhappy with the present security arrangements in europe and wants to rewrite th

it would seem reportedly last odessa, we think that that might have taken place because they, they brought in troops on to very larger ships. a carriers which are sort of amphibious assault craft they came in, they've had that taken out that the sea of, as of was a declared or a no go area for, for air that, for aircraft, and indeed for shipping. so there is another thought here that they will try to take the territory right, the way across that coastline and see of as of, and cut off odessa and mary paul as well and take that territory. if they took that territory, they, the ukraine would be landlocked. that's if the ukraine gets through this, it is, it is a colossal thought. it's, it's a, it's a very disturbing thought. so to imagine that russia could take complete control of this country. it's not l, like it's likely solution, it's more likely that they will take a line around around the capitol and that's what a lot of people are thinking that they will actually put this capital under siege and try to undermine everything in the way of, of, of of the cyber attacks and taking out infras

but given that we are seeing troop movements, reported troop movements to the south in odessa, close to the russian border, as well as crossing the border, as well as crossing the border in kharkiv to the east, we can assume, given what ukrainian officials have said, that they will be defending themselves there. for normal ukrainians, citizens here in the city, they will be acting on their long drawn out plans, grabbing their bags, getting underground. it is a very observant time, and given ukraine's obligated history with russia, despite all of that, many ukrainians won't have experienced this before, the sound of missile strikes happening in the distance, the unknown of what exactly these missiles are meant to be targeting. all signs are pointing to russia trying to get rid of the current government. that seems to be clear, the clear aim. but we just don't know what is going to happen next. i think that is just one of the things that shocked me the most, we heard the loud explosion not far from you that really shook, really big, and ukraine and russia have been at war for ukraine a

right here in odessa, remember, russia has ships here. this is the river that korte was just talking about. it splits kyiv into east and west. this part was ruled over by poland, this part was russia. and russia is controlling on -- of ukraine. courtney, thank you for that, we will of course stay close to you. courtney at the pentagon for us. let's go back to the un for a moment. this is the scene at the united nations where the security council is holding an emergency meeting about russia's actions against ukraine. we will have the latest on that and all the new reporting that is coming out right now from eastern ukraine in just a few moments. eastern ukraine in just a fe moments. [yawn] bro trip! if you book with priceline, you'll save more, so you can “broooo” more. [impressed] broooooo. broooo!!!! broooo!!!! broooo!!!! [in unison] brooooooooo!!!! [splash] [disappointed] broooo... good thing you saved on the trip! priceline. every trip is a big deal. -capsule! -capsule! -capsule! capsule saves me money on prescriptions. capsule too

and the next ones we've got, i think these are the ones from odessa, no sound on this, but well, you know, what happened? they are a missile targeting a warehouse. ah, looks like a target, a strike on that one particular building bear. and as i said before, just all of these pictures showing us that this is happening all over ukraine. we'd folk so focused on the eastern states weren't way. but really these attacks coming south east and north. let's just roll those pictures. i started talking about them when we had the wrong pictures. it's rolled them ah, it's an odd sound, as it is. my ominous russian at helicopters near what was the name of the l airport, hostile airport, which is on the outskirts of key of russian helicopters, firing slaves there as well. and you see some of the aftermath of that sort of see okay, we're coming up to the top of the, our live shot for you of the ukrainian capital key. if we had the ground shots not long ago, we haven't got those at the moment, but it's pretty empty isn't actually what as i say that you can see a little more traffic on the roads there

within minutes. explosions were reported in cities around ukraine, including odessa. cor keefe. i'm a toss mario paul and kia, ukrainian leader below the muse lensky said. it was a full scale invasion and that russia was attacking military infrastructure throughout the country. and border guards don't usually use citizens not to urge citizens not to panic and told them to stay indoors or political correspondent, thomas sparrow, is with me here in the studio. thomas, talk us through what we know so far. well, very tense moments in ukraine, very tense moments as well in europe, some of the images that we're just seeing there on, on the screen that we've just seen there on the screen. although there are and verified they are reportedly of attacks that are happening in the eastern part of ukraine, in particular. some experts son's mildest mentioning that it could be military targets in particular, that have been 1st targeted by, by this attack. but it's still all very unclear in general, very unclear on the one hand about what is happening in this, in part of, of ukraine. also very

is now in a state of martial law after russian missiles targeted major cities, including mariupol, odessa, kyiv and kharkiv. bomb shelters are being prepared, schools are closed. there is now a mass exodus out of the city of kyiv and ukrainians are desperate to flee to the west. and forming long lines on blood locked highways. according to reporters on the ground, target so far have been primarily military installations and their fields. anything ukraine can use to defend itself. ukraine's military reports that it shot down five russian planes and a helicopter. the explosions began after vladimir putin took to television before the sun rose in russia to announce, quote, a military operation in eastern ukraine. he gave a chilling speech, claiming his aim was to, quote, the not so fine de-nazify ukraine and warning the west not to interfere, warning of consequences you have never before experience in your history. president biden spoke with ukraine's leader by phone, calling the events of the last few hours an unprovoked and unjustified attack by russian military forces. he is expected to m

the culprits in odessa tragedy are well known. they are openly flaunting their presence and yet an alternative investigation and the recognition by the snipers themselves unambiguously confirmed that the slaughter was on the plan, an independence square. it was a provocation by the leaders of my dawn. and we specifically last year carried out an informal security council meeting, an aria formula meeting on both of these issues with the aim of sharing with security council colleagues. more information about mclean, virginia, in response of at bass. what we heard from western honda partners, we're merely hackney police chaise about so called russian propaganda. how can there be a resolution on the ukrainian issue without these above mentioned issues we mentioned that we'd been wise to include in the draft of the word an honest assessment of, of the role of western colleagues in inflating this ukrainian crisis. not only did they stand behind them, i don who, but they also effectively issued a car wash to key of to carry out any act,

there are reports and ukrainian meter that russian troops have landed in the eastern port cities of odessa and merrier poll. explosions. levels have been heard in multiple cities including care of the capital khaki as well at the you. and 2nd general, meanwhile, is demanding that president putin order his troops back. that was an impassioned plea at the u. n. a few hours ago, president biden was promising to support ukraine and the german charged as calling it a dark day for europe. well, in a televised address, russian, president putin said the operations meant to protect civilians in the separate his regions have done that scandal, hands control ukrainian forces to retreat, relinquish your duties as a chair, call puttin, call lever off to stop aggression. and i welcome the decision or some members of this council to meet as soon as possible to consider the necessary decision. it would condemn the aggression that you launch on my people. there is no purgatory for war criminals. they go straight to hell ambassador. what we've had response also from ukraine and officials. the foreign minist

she joins us from odessa now in southern ukraine. i appreciate your patience. thanks for being with us. so i want to ask you, 1st of all about because you are in, in southern ukraine. right? now just talk to us a little bit if you can about what's happening there at the moment. and the current situation in the mood arm, the moon, the very calm of the cds. and she has been writing early in the morning and i'm living in the downtown. there is new cars the wrong just few. most of the shops are close. so people are trying to get out to. the c port is closed for operation. however, they have the basic stop there in terms of security and safety of navigation and gaze of necessity. what we had yesterday late in the night that the russians captured the small island, which is 30 miles from odessa. there were no civilians there bought some of the water officers and they'd be have a li shells up by the s drive 13, at least people killed immediately over the earth and they all, we knew that different information is coming to both sam self or the how to cultures to come on

also, it seems been not alex on odessa for the most important southern ports. but these attacks would have been from the seaside troops have into the country from the north, from bella, rose from the russian regions, western russia, regions, and has heavy fighting in the john box. the region where we were in the morning, people have told us most places that have been attacked by asked try another military places. but then there's also how the fighting along along the line of contact with these self proclaimed republic. cars recognized a few days ago, and we also have a call to your own source is the, with the russian army trying to move on to key in the fight around one of the chords. what's your key is so we'll see. we also have the fights from the town in the north east. the town is very close to the russian border. less than 50 kilometers russian troops also moving on there. they seem to not get into the city so all over the country are all along the border zones. have you fighting the center west? seem to be still quiet. b s. trikes on airports as a militar

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of the country, in the north—eastern area and in the southin north—eastern area and in the south in odessa. we have had the american ambassador into the american ambassador into the united nations saying that they expected this to be a full—scale invasion, and from what we are piecing together, it looks like that's something along those lines is taking place. some chilling words from president putin, because he said alongside that announcement that he has authorised this military invasion to ukraine in the televised statement on russian tv on thursday morning there, but he seeks to demilitarised ukraine, demilitarised ukraine and to read it of nationalism. he had a warning for the west, for any foreign power, as he put it, that would come and take part in this conflict, he said that they will face consequences that they have never seen. consequences that they have neverseen. he consequences that they have never seen-— never seen. he was talking about a special— never seen. he was talking about a special military - about a special military operation and he mentioned donbass, but we ar