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In in a military invasion. heres the problem ive got, martha. its easy to get in to a fight. its hard to get out of one. so the next question ought to be in everybodys mind, senior decision makers, how do you stop this fight. how do you end it in a way that is acceptable to the west as well as for russia. russia is going to be the occupier. >> martha: thats a great question. i heard general keane saying he doesnt believe that president zelensky of the ukraine should be going to this munich secur...

City center in kyiv. it says russian reconnaissance troops have ended the northern district of the capitol and its asking citizens to, quote, get this, make molotov cocktails and take down the occupier. it comes as ukraines interior ministry says one of its fighter jets has been shot down over kyiv and as air raid sirens have, again, been going off around the capitol. now residents in kharkiv, ukraine, have turned a subway system into a make shift bomb shelter. clarissa ward was there speaking w...

Entered the capitols perimeter, enormously significant. lets bring you up to date on the rest of the breaking news. ukraines defense ministry reporting clashes, as we said, close to the city center, indeed in the city now. it says russian reconnaissance troops entered that northern district of the capitol and, again, asking citizens to make molotov cocktails and, quote, take down the occupier. this comes as ukraines ministry says one of the fighter jets was shot down. the su 27 fighter jet was s...

An elected government here, and instead install a russia friendly proxy, puppet government. ukrainian officials are vowing to resist any occupation. ukrainian defense ministry is urging citizens now to, quote, make molotov cocktails and take down the occupier. while ukrainian president volodymyr zelenskyy criticized western allies. >> this morning we are defending our country alone, just like yesterday, the most powerful country in the world looked on from a distance. russia was hit with sanctio...

Everything possible to defend our people. we will hold strong. we have to destroy the occupier. everybody can come back to defend ukraine and will be a lot of work to rebuild the country, and everybody who can protect our country abroad, do it all the time and everyone who wants to come over here and defend our country, please come and we will give you arms. everybody who defends ukraine will have been glorified. i

This is cnn breaking news. >> good morning to our viewers here in the united states and around the world. it is friday, february 25th, im brianna keilar with john beerman . russian forces pushing closer to the capital of ukraine, a few miles from the city center of kyiv. new reporting in moments ago that u.s. intelligence officials fear that the capital could fall within days. ukraines president volodymyr zelenskyy releasing a new video message appealing directly to vladimir putin, he says, ther...

Independence, our state, and it will remain so, glory to our defenders. glory to our women defenders. glory to ukraine. >> just within the hour multiple explosions have been heard on the outskirts of the capital with russian forces also advancing on kyiv from the north according to the ukrainian military and heavy fighting now reported south of the city. expect more to come on this as the morning unfolds there. already civilians have come under fire, whether deliberately or incidentally, we cant...

Try to grind down the ukrainian military with no regard for civilian casualties. where that leads, i think, is for an ugly next few weeks. >> now, ukraines armed forces acknowledged russias announcement on a proposed cease-fire but said, quote, it is difficult to trust the occupier. the events on the ground tuesday underscoring that suspicion. oren liebermann with our report. >> reporter: in northeast ukraine, not far from the russian border, the city of sumy was supposed to be safe, if only for...

Ukraines government will go along. they dont like the fact that most of those routes lead to russia or belarus. now the countrys armed forces issuing a statement earlier saying it is difficult to trust the occupier. sumys regional governor says evacuations will continue in that city for a second day. as many as 5,000 people did manage to leave on tuesday. thats according to the ukrainian presidents office. ukraine accusing russia of bombing the city from the air just a few hours before that. aut...

She says. "my son is with me." but not every mother here is so lucky. and for many the wait continues. russian media is reporting, don, that the russian military is offering another cease-fire tomorrow to start at 10:00 a.m. moscow time. that is 9:00 a.m. here in kyiv. it would be for the same five cities that were supposed to be part of todays cease-fire. the ukrainian military has replied to that offer saying, quote, don, "it is difficult to trust the occupier." don? >> clarissa, thank you ver...