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Germany and sweden. in the end, the fate of ukraine, though, is being decided by ukrainians. and that is where we start, with cnns matthew chance tonight in kyiv. matthew, talk about what youve been seeing and hearing tonight in kyiv and also what you saw earlier today. >> reporter: yeah, anderson, hi. as youve been mentioning, there is a lot of tension, a lot of anxiety, a lot of concern in the ukrainian capital of kyiv tonight because of those reports of that giant russian armored column that ...

Ukrainian cities. over the last 24 hours, explosions have rocked the capital and ukraines second largest city, kharkiv. a rocket strike that destroyed a building in the main square was just one of many attacks in the city. including strikes that hit a hospital in a residential neighborhood. the mayor of kharkiv says the city is surrounded by russian troops. at least five people were killed in the attack. that strike on the same spot as a world war ii massacre of ukrainian jews by the nazis. ukra...

Now the toime has come to stand up for your city and the neighborhood. and i think the russians probably underestimated that. >> matthew chance, remarkable reporting as always. thank you so much. i want to go next to the white house where the war is taking up more of the presidents focus tonight. and apparently in tomorrows state of the union address as well. kaitlan collins is there for us tonight. where does the white house think this is going now? and do they think the ukrainians can hold o...

But explosions today in civilian areas of ukraine show an escalation on moscows part. today, russians attacked a tv tower in kyiv, leaving five people dead and more injured. and in kharkiv, video footage from freedom square shows a missile hitting the local government headquarters in an attack that ukrainian officials say left at least ten people dead. ukrainian president zelenskyy called the attack a war crime. there was also stunning split-screen moment on the world stage today when russian fo...

>> i dont know. its scary. russias just killing people for no reason. >> now we have to defend his country and well leave, stay in ukraine but him and you have the support our husband. >> i have tiktok and i just said some things about the war and just russian kids started saying that its fake. no one is attacking no one and its ukraine who started first. and yeah, i would just say that they should not believe the tv. >> i asked her if i should be scared being in this city and she said you shoul...

First 30,000, then up to 130,000 as putin said he didnt plan to invade, that they didnt expect to be engaged in combat inside ukraine. what impact does that have on that fighting force? >> well, it may well be considerable. obviously the ukrainians and the russians are very close. i spent time in moscow and kyiv. they live on both sides of the border. they intermarry. its a painful thing i would assume for the russian soldiers to find out theyre attacking a brother slavic nation. at the same tim...

>> cnns ivan watson spoke with a tom commander in ukraines army about the tactics hes using against russian forces. >> its not so scary to die. its much more scary to lose. when we met the second army in the world by statistic, we expected more professionals. we expected more aggressive and more strong fighting. >> reporter: your battalion found this? >> its hidden in russian tanks. >> reporter: and thats hit by ukrainian artillery. >> artillery, yeah. >> reporter: drone footage which cnn cannot...

-- captions by vitac -- www.vitac.com good evening again from lviv in western ukraine. as we speak, ukrainians all across the country are waking up to the reality that all their bravery, resilience, and resourcefulness may soon be tested more than ever. everything we are hearing from american officials and so much of what so many of our correspondents are seeing here on the ground speaks to an accelerating and intensifying campaign of russian attacks on ukrainian cities and ukrainian civilians...

Installations nearby. what we do know is that bodies were brought out of the centre, that it is completely obliterated, and the houses and buildings nearby were also hit. it seems the most extensive damage from russian artillery fire in and around kyiv since this invasion began. i’m kyiv since this invasion began. im sure some — kyiv since this invasion began. im sure some people are wondering, as i am, you mentioned sometimes you can hear gunfire, even machine—gun fire from where you were...

Five-story building and set it on fire. the russian offensive to capture kyiv has largely stalled. but theres been no letup on civilian targets. this is just one of many tragic images that were seeing from this war. that is a man crying next to the body of his mother after an attack in kyiv. in chernihiv, at least 53 people have been killed in attacks in the last 24 hours. one of those victims is an american, james hill, who was there helping his partner get medical care. in kharkiv, russian f...