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Administration being asked very pointed questions today about concerns that this conflict could spill over beyond the borders of ukraine. but certainly here in the pentagon tonight and in the intelligence community broadly near in washington, all eyes are on kyiv right now. really growing concern in washington tonight that the ukrainian capital is in real danger of falling in the coming days, that its fate hangs in the balance here. senior biden officials briefed capitol hill lawmakers tonight, ...

Attacked by nazi germany. meanwhile, russian forces have been pounding air fields and military bases all across the country. the british intelligence reporting at least 80 strikes since the fighting began. a u.s. source says russia has launched more than 160 missiles. heavy fighting reported in northeastern ukraine as well. video posted on twitter claims to show a military academy on fire. now cnn has witnessed heavy artillery fire in ukraines second largest city, kharkiv. ukraines president say...

The dramatic video you see there shows one of the anti-missile systems shooting a rocket out of the sky. were also hearing ukrainian troops blew up a bridge to keep a column of russian troops from advancing on the capital. this is on the outskirts of the city. t some 800 casualties on russian forces, its not clear if its deaths or injuries and we cant independently confirm it. ukrainian says it has destroyed more than 30 russian tanks and has lost 137 of its own troops. again, we cannot confirm ...

Ballistic or cruise missiles over the past several hours. cnn crews have heard multiple loud explosions there. a ukrainian government video showing an apartment building on fire. it is unclear, what caused the blaze. the explosions came after ukraine said it had inflicted 800 casualties among russian forces. cnn couldnt independently verify that claim. meanwhile, an audiotape has reportedly captured some of the last words from ukrainian troops, who died defending an island in the black sea. snak...

Initial missile and air strikes were designed to take out strategic targets to weaken the ukrainian air defenses. i think the russians have been largely successful, although there are media reports of one ukrainian fighter which theyre calling the ghost of kyiv, which has taken down six russian aircraft. so he is a fighter ace now. but i think the following on from those missile strikes we see continuing, you will see the russians send in their ground forces, and youre already seeing that in fig...

>> go that way? >> the driver as well. okay. lets move down this way against the wall. >> its okay, its okay. >> now have a listen to matthews account of what happened as he explained to it cnns erin burnett. >> we didnt even know they were russian forces at first because wed gone to the air base, made that journey by car. we were told by ukrainian official theres had been a fight there for control of it, but the ukrainians were in control. so we approached the gates and we were stopped by these...

Saw heavy fighting for the bridge that helps you get from the side where no russian forces have got to the river bank, to this side still held by ukrainian forces. it appeared yesterday that russian forces had indeed gotten over the bridge and crossed to this side. we heard gunfire on this side of the ridge. we heard a bit more small arms fire after dark last night. its unclear whether russian forces have gone. reports are they may have head west or east. thats essentially odessa or the separati...

Take such initiatives when theyre requested by ukraine, and then while condemning, while sanctioning, while continuing to decide and act, to leave this path open so that the day when the conditions can be met, we can obtain a cessation of hostilities for the ukrainian people. >> 7,000 more u.s. troops are heading to europe. thats on top of 8500 others placed on alert last month. some u.s. forces currently stationed in europe are being sent to russias eastern flank, including latvia. helicopters ...

Ground there. and one of the pieces of information that they were told was that russian forces entering from belarus were about 20 miles outside of kyiv. and now that briefing took place about 6 1/2 hours ago. so those numbers may have changed since then, but that was a startling piece of information to the senators and congressmen who heard it. they also were told that these forces have the goal of encircling the city, that they were under attack from the north, south and east of kyiv. and so a...

Fairly straight forward from the beginning that they dont believe that the ukrainians essentially are massively outgunned, outmanned by the russians, and its a question of how much pain theyre able to extract from russian forces attempting to to enter into ukraine rather than an expectation that they will be able to fully repel this invasion. >> katie, thank you. we appreciate the update. katie bo lillis at the pentagon. after the break, well head back to michael holmes live in lviv with more on...