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At least 1.5 million. 75% of them speak russian as a mother tongue at least. this is not though a place that is supportive at all of vladimir putin agenda. his stated agenda is try to help protect those eastern enclaves who independence he recognized. simultaneously announced he recognized the sovereignty over large chunk of territory that is undoubtedly ukrainian government land. now that becomes academic now. that we have major cities like kyiv the capitol. car cave the center of the intellect...

If they bring the mig-29s in, theyll have to have airfields they can operate out of in order to be effective against russian targets. >> it sound sd sound like ukraine is holding its own in the air. were told the skies above kyiv are still contested between russia and ukraine. as far as russias fire power right now, we understand russia has fired a total of 625 missiles since this invasion began. thats according to a senior pentagon official and that does not include shells and rockets. can you ...

Military source who said they fired four ballistic missiles in the direction of kyiv. while theyve been primarily hitting military installments and airfields, things like that, theres always the possibility of collateral damage. for example, four miles from where im standing right now here in the heart of the capitol they struck the military intelligence headquarters earlier today. so the possibility of collateral damage is real, and that is why theyre so concerned and why you hear -- when you h...

Killed since the war began. its becoming increasingly clear what russias strategy is, they seem to be targeting airfields to stop nato from sending those -- they also continue showing civilian areas no doubt to get more civilians to leave the country. the u.n. says over 1.7 million to date, and it also appears the sanctions against vladimir putin are not deterring him. ora. >> laura: lucas, thank you. we are going to bring you the latest details of kyiv in moments. but first. self-inflicted pain...

Morning according to an adviser to the minister of the interior, confirming to journalists that cruise and ballistic missile strikes struck a number of locations around kyiv, primarily militarily installations, as well as airfields. as far as we can tell, no civilian structures have been hit, so far. residents reported waking up to the sounds of these explosions, their windows rattling, people here are absolutely terrified. people are now trying to make their way to the western portion of the co...

Deny carrying out any missile attacks on kyiv. they have told us that the chernobyl nuclear plant and surrounding area is now in russian hands, under russian control. staff there are continuing to work, and there are continuing to work, and the plant itself is safe. they also say, as far as they are concerned, it is going according to plan. they say ukrainian forces, soldiers, are surrendering, they say that they have taken out of action 118 ukrainian military targets, including airfields and mi...

Rapid advances would move quickly into the country, it also sees the capital kyiv, where a combination of missile strikes and action by special forces would knock out ukrainian government. of course, what has happened is the ukrainian forces have put up much more effective resistance than the russians appeared to have planned for. that and difficulties in logistics has greatly slow down the rate of advance, particular in the north, around kyiv and kharkiv. find north, around kyiv and kharkiv. a...

Struck military installations in the kyiv area, as well as airfields, and i received images from an adviser to the mayor of kyiv, showing one of the military bases, belonging to the national guard, the window completely blown out, in an apparent missile strike. this as all eyes right now are on the border between ukraine and belarus, and the border crossing, according to an adviser, an interior minister. some 60 tanks have been seen crossing from belarus into ukraine, and that is just about four...

Correspondent aaron mclaughlin in kyiv with an update on what is happening there. >> aaron, what are you hearing? >> hi, lawrence. we have heard from an adviser to the minister of internal affairs on a whatsapp shot group with journalists, saying that there have been missile strikes on the ukraine capital of kyiv where i am now -- at the control centers in kyiv. airfields and military headquarters -- we began hearing a number of booms here in the capital at around 4 am in the morning. i heard on...

Facility, radioactive dust may cover the territories of ukraine, belarus and the eu countries. this, again, coming from an adviser to the interior ministry. obviously this is a source of serious concern here in ukraine. we all remember the chernobyl nuclear disaster from 1986. my understanding is that the dome that covers that disaster, theyre less worried about that. theyre more concerned about this radioactive nuclear waste storage site as the fighting is going pretty much as i speak, this fol...