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How complex is getting all of the pieces in place? and you talk about defense on the numbers. the member of the parliament, you would know this better than i would, said look, they have -- russians have a 5 to 1 ear advantage over us. even if some of their planes are being lost, thats going to be a long time before we catch up with them, unless we get some help. >> well, you make good points here. of course, its not just the plain, is the maintenance. its the ammunition that these aircraft carry...

Overwhen h overwhelmingly in support of the military such as airfields and communications networks. we still obviously have cellular network. the mayor of the city here asked residents to stay home. most have heeded that. we heard earlier on from clarissa ward in a very packed metro station being used as a bunker for civilians to shelter in. one just below me here. thats been largely empty today. indeed the public transport system has been running throughout the day as people have tried to recon...

Creating evacuation plans, creating plans for contingency plans for elementary schools. critical infrastructure, trying to locate satellite phones. the city official telling me that they needed 500 satellite phones for critical infrastructure sites. they did not have those yet. they could not get them in ukraine and they were appealing to the u.s. embassy for help with that. they were waiting for those satellite phones. and so this is sort of the basic preparations that were underway, just as ea...

Fighting that goes on or airfields, or open expanses. are we gonna see, now, full urban warfare. where russian forces have to write street to street or take control of sections. and can ukrainians fend them off? thats one thing to look for. and the other thing is really interesting. no one expected this at this point on day three. the fact that the ukrainians are still able to fly their air force. and they are still able to fire any aircraft weapons. i dont think anyone expected that at this poi...

As the other countries. at some point, russia is likely to cut that off. lets assume thats going to happen pretty soon. we can use covert operations to deliver the arms and ammunitions the ukrainians need. we have the capability to do that and we can airdrop it with precision guided computer-assisted. we can land that at remote airfields that dont even have lights. they are all over the united states and various counties. they are used by guys that own private planes. we can bring our penetratio...

With the help of russian forces. some of them as little green men as they were known, the ones that didnt have name tags on them, they came in here and they came down there into crimea, took those areas, and during this time, one of the interesting things about this is they changed the clocks. theyre now on russian time, not on ukrainian time. >> lets head north where we know that there are some new images of russian forces adding positions in regions of belarus and dispersing and others. what d...

The size is pretty much impossible to do on short notice. so i think thats why authorities are now saying please date home. so far, it is worth noting, that in those airstrikes in the overnight hours they were primarily targeting military targets, airfields, that sort of thing. it does not here at the moment like there are any targets, targeting the civilian population. obviously, people waking up to windows rattling, the sounds of explosions, its a completely terrifying. most ukrainians here th...

The fact that weve been sending this lethal aid over is somewhat of an escalation in procedure already. i do think this is a good idea in concept of trying to get poland to give these fighters to ukraine, but i think its going to be difficult in execution. the fact that the ukraine military is still flying is a small miracle at this point given the intel and the capability that russia has. but at the end of the day, to get pilots there, youre going to have to repaint some of the aircraft. it can...

Heard explosions in kyiv, we were together when you heard them, and you heard the attack sirens do we know where those explosions happened yet im asking you because when i was talking, he seem to be thinking whos hearing from people in ukraine who thought at least some of them might be near the airport. you indicated you thought you were hearing them from other directions. >> yeah, i was here in an explosion on all sides from where i am right now. really, in the heart of the capital, i was heari...

Demilitarised ukraine. as he spoke, missile strikes were reported across ukraine, including in the capital, kyiv. russia said it destroyed more than 70 military targets that included 11 airfields, and damage was reported from across ukraine, including the far west, hundreds of kilometres from the russian border. soon after came the land invasion for the russian tanks and troops advanced. they reached the border in three main directions, from the east, south and north, including from belarus, rus...