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Border and participating in this assault on ukraine. its an extraordinarily tense situation here. and people are absolutely terrified, having been woken up this morning to any number of explosions. and locals are saying that windows were rattled. so far, no civilian structures have been targeted in those airstrikes in the early hours of the morning, so far the main targets being airfields as well as military installations that have been, according to, an adviser to the minister of interior. >> a...

Explosions could be heard in several cities in the east of the country, as well as here in kyiv. blasts were reported everywhere, with russia saying its destroyed more than 70 military targets, including 11 airfields. and following the airstrikes came the land invasion, with russian tanks and troops advancing. they breached the border in three main directions — from the east, the south and the north, including from belarus, russias long—time ally. with the first of our reports tonight, our i...

Ago, part of a congressional commission and russia took two of the capitals in 60 hours and we had a fight our way back into europe because we are an ocean away in the united states after them having taken out our a rivl airports and airfields. a major, major challenge. we cannot take this for granted. and im not talking about a huge amount of u.s. troops here. will. thats not the right answer. we have a -- we have a challenge with china. and were outgunned and outmanned there. and we have to mo...

Children still trying to escape the attack, trains heading out of lviv are packed with families looking for safety. many have said good-bye to husbands, fathers and brothers who are staying behind to fight for freedom. lucas tomlinson is live in lviv with the latest. what does the russian military strategy appear to be there, lucas? >> reporter: well, jon, it increasingly looks like attacks on airfields and civilian areas. weve seen some of russias advanced fighter e jets not dropping smart bomb...

Support them for the long term, its going to be very difficult, that is the requirement and need for airfields, just to bring in resupplies and more forces. >> so what is your biggest question right now as you hear the pentagon saying it believes that the russians are facing a bit more resistance than nay might have anticipated. what will you be looking for in the next 24 hours? >> ive said that all along. i didnt think the russians had enough forces to do the kinds of things that many were anti...

It sounds like there is a fairly pinprick, specific attacks on military locations, that are relatively far from population centers. and so, there could be much more coming. and at this stage what russia is describing on its news agencies as a massive onslaught, including beach landings where i am, does not seem to be corresponding with what we are hearing and it sounds like theyre very specific airstrikes, outside of the population centers. and when you listen, when you read the news coming from...

Officially russia saying that not going to be targeting cities with missile attacks and rocket attacks. —— troops. we can piece together from what ukrainian official saying they are attacking airfields and military headquarters but, still, from james abbas reporting, you can see how quickly things in kyiv have changed. —— jamess quickly things in kyiv have changed. ——jamess reporting. it seems too late for troop withdrawal. you are watching bbc news. stay tuned. hello there. high pre...

A special military operation was under way in ukraines eastern donbas region. its purpose, he said — the demilitarisation and denazification of ukraine. as he spoke, missile strikes were reported across ukraine — including in the capital kyiv. russia said it had destroyed more than 70 military targets. that included 11 airfields. damage was reported from all across ukraine — including in the far west, hundreds of kilometres from the russian border. soon after came the land invasion, with r...

The land assault _ been experienced in history. well, the land assault was _ been experienced in history. in the land assault was accompanied by air strikes beginning this morning after president putin had ordered the attack. this map shows the explosions that happened close to eight major cities in ukraine, including the capital. russia says it has destroyed more than 70 military targets, including 11 airfields, and this is a missile striking and airport in western ukraine. —— and airport. ...

Kyiv defense, not the post. >> apologies. >> and in kyiv, yeah, speaking of russian and kyiv, its been the russian movm slowed down in many locations in all key locations that showed from the northwest and the south to take key airfields, have also been failed by russians. so right now, i am sitting in my kyiv apartment and listening for the troops, we had another onslaught in the city of buca, one of the key points northwest of kyiv, so its a brutal battle right now, minor to try to the