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The conflict in ukraine appears to be spreading. the russian defence ministry says it has taken up two airfields. at least one person has died in the first known air strike in the central eastern city of dnipro. this is the epicentre of that missile strike in dnipro. we were told this was a shoe factory and it was hit at around six oclock this morning. hours later you can still see there is smoke rising from the ruins, the fire, workers here are still here trying to put out the last flames. loca...

Putin is attempting to encroach in poland. more likely setting preparatory attacks should there be any involvement from the countries beyond what already happened. training facility. airfields were hit yesterday on this side. again it could be preventing things from coming in. also making it more difficult for people to leave the country as well. those are airstrikes happening overnight. we want to zoom in on what is happening in the capital city of kyiv what the assault is happening. from day o...

When it comes to moving weapons, they would be coming in from places like poland, slovakia, romania, and these types of supply areas are going to be limited quite a bit by the ability of the russians. you mentioned earlier that the russians are moving into the western part. theyre starting to bomb airfields in this part of the country. >> we have video of that. >> yes, we do. we have the airport right here. this was the bombing of the airport, one of the major sites for the ukrainian air force. ...

Security commentator. evening to both of you. general, lets start with this. ali reporting for us, last three nights, air raids going off. what does this tell us about potentially what the russian forces are thinking in dealing with lviv so far east? >> well, clearly the war has widened. the center of gravity is still the capital city of kyiv, couple million people at a minimum still there. it will be the primary objective of the russian armed forces. theyre hammering cities all over the nation ...

One was killed here. but it was interesting to see whether it was the mig29 back and forth and whether they didnt want the airfields used but the russians struck that. also here in nipro, a big attack, this was an industrial area. and this was the fourth largest city in ukraine. a major industrial hub had not been hit before. but now seeing a lot of activity. still activity here in the south where you have an area outside of mariopole essentially under russian control. most of the activity here ...

Appeared russian missiles hit a military base where they were training near ukraines border with poland. just about 10 miles from nato territory. the attack reportedly killed at least 35 people. and it appears to be part of perhaps a new strategy by russia to target airfields in the western part of the country. you know, near the west. nato appeared president bidens national security advisor, jake sullivan, says the moment putin crosses the border, its game over. >> vladimir putin is frustrated ...

Surface missiles and cruise missiles to ukraine so they can have russian airfields and a russian missile bases firing into civilians. we dont have to accept some deal where russians dont have to fight while they remain safe but ukrainians only have to be in defense. i think when somebody starts killing your women and children, destroying your cultural heritage, you have a right to defend yourself by taking out their airfields and their missiles. finally, he ought to go to nato and the number one...

Today, an advisor to ukraines president claims this video shows the kidnapping of the mayor by a group of heavily armed russian troops. russian authorities tonight saying theyve opened a criminal case against the mayor on charges of aiding terrorism. despite the dire situation in many parts of the country, there are ominous warnings today of how much worse it could get. amid fears russia might stage a chemical weapons attack in the country. the world health organization is urging ukraine to imme...

That aircraft are dropping. standing off over longer distance and also hitting more and more very important military targets. notwithstanding whats happening in kyiv. you saw when out here in the west of country, anderson, missile strikes against training camps, against airfields. that has been the center and south of the country, but we are seeing on an almost daily basis these very substantial strikes by ballistic missiles. guided ballistic missiles here in the ukrainian capital. >> kaitlan co...

General wesley clark, former nato allied commander. good to see you. there are clear signs the russians are pushing west, carrying out air strikes in lutsk and military airfields in both places. what does that mean to you? >> it means theyre responding to the dialogue theyre hearing in the western news media about possibly sending some migs in. make sure theres no airfields to support ukrainian aircraft. shut down ukraines air defense and closing in on kyiv, theyll use aircraft with increasing f...