Page 9 - Shell Hit News Today

Rainwater. its time for anaatoli and vladimir to go. their entire life now packed into the trunk of alexanders car. leaving the village, we spot a house destroyed by shelling. as we get out to take a closer look, a tearful galina emerging. she tells us it happened two days earlier. the first hit was at 5:50 then there was a second hit, she says. that hit my garage. she takes us around what remains of her home. the steady thuds of artillery can still be heard. >> the roof was completely destroyed...

Into their kindergarten. the village is close to areas controlled by russian—backed separatists. another shell hit a school. no—one was killed. but violence in this area could easily escalate. in rebel areas loyal to russia, they say they fear an attack by ukraine. western officials worried an incident could be manufactured by russia as an excuse for an invasion. here in kyiv, the foreign secretary arrived to express solidarity, still urging russian not to escalate. russia can still take the...

Military brought us nearly 400 miles toward the front lines in the east of the country. its already dark by the time we land, and will only have a short time on the ground, but they are determined to show us the aftermath of heavy shelling earlier in the day. >> this kindergarten is less than three miles from the so-called line of contact, the front line, and witnesses in this area said that around 8 or 9:00 this morning started to hear shelling, loud enough that they could hear the whistle of t...

This kindergarten. there were 20 kids, roughly, here at the time. it happened this morning between 8:00 and 9:00 a.m. fortunately, they were in a different part of the building. you can see, just behind me, im trying not to move too much because our signal isnt great here but you can see behind me the aftermath from where that shell hit, and three people who worked at the school, according to local authorities, were treated for concussion. they have subsequently been released from the hospital. ...

Because your signal isnt great here but you can see the aftermath from where that shell hit and three people who worked at the school, according to local authorities, were treated for concussion. they have subsequently been released from the hospital. the children were all safe, as i said, but, really, what this goes to show is an escalation of incidents here on this front line. there had been regular cease-fire violations along these front lines but you might see two or three a day. ukrainian a...

The children were in a different part of the building having breakfast. we interviewed a teacher who said that she immediately moved them away from any windows into an internal corridor. she said that they told the young kids that it was a game basically, that it was a make-believe game of sorts and so they werent as frightened, but some of the older children understood what was going on because of course they do live near the front lines and they are experienced with hearing the sound of heavy ...

This is cnn breaking news. >> march through ukraine has been slower than expected. there is growing fear that the kremlin is about to intensify the onslaught. minutes ago brittains defense ministry said major cities like kharkiv and mariupol that are under siege remain in ukrainian hands, however. some local leaders say the cities are close to breaking point. a few hours ago a shell hit an oil depot in an airstrike north of kyiv. these satellite images from earlier this week show homes in the sa...

>> she is saying in that moment she was only really afraid for the children. i asked her how they reacted to the situation. >> our youngest children thought it was a game at first and we let them pretend she told us. our older children understood what was happening and they were afraid. video released by ukrainian police shows the kids being hastily evacuated from the building. >> obviously very dark here. im not sure if you can see. but this is actually a childrens playground. if you just turn ...

The children. i ask her how they reacted to the situation. our youngest children thought it was all a game at first, and we just let them pretend, she tells us. our older children understood what was happening and they were afraid. video released by ukrainian police shows the kids being hastily evacuated from the building. obviously, its very dark here. im not sure if you can see, but this is actually a childrens playground and if you just turn over here, you can see this is a crater and the loc...

Shelling. it was loud enough they could hear the whistle of the shells going by and two of them landed here. lets take a look. at the end of the hallway this is what remains of the play room. the military says the first shell hit at 8:45. mercifully the children were eating breakfast in another part of the building. teacher julia simenyeko rushed them into the hallway away from the windows. >> reporter: so shes saying in that moment she was only really afraid for the children. i asked her how th...