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Bank. they are fleeing. other people are in their basements. they are in the subway system here. its 37 degrees. its cold and wet out there. people are scared about what could happen. so they are taking shelter where they can. the russian president vladimir putin has announced an operation in eastern ukraine. but its clear the facts in the ground go far beyond that. the nation of ukraine is being attacked on all fronts. from the north, to the east, and to the south. the most worrisome prospect a...

Ukrainians to capitulate at the negotiating table. so we are seeing this now, this kind of siege operation going on across ukraine and no willingness to allow humanitarian corridors. >> absolutely, no places even more than horrifying as it is, the bombing and targeting of the hospital in mariupol is kind of encapsulating all of this, general. you see civilians, innocent, very vulnerable civilians targeted here and you say this is also part of the russian playbook. >> it is. just like what was sa...

Theyve been relatively untouched in the far western part of ukraine. you said before we went to lviv and alex hogan that what they need to be concerned about are the number of cannons and missiles. so much of this damage is coming from long range fire. correct, sir? >> thats right. theyre surrounding kyiv right now in a siege operation. theyre using the cannons and firing in to kyiv. its soft enough to try to get the city to surrender. it would be for a long, long time that they start sending th...

0 ukrainians are prideful, passionate, strong people. the russians do not have that will to fight but you cannot imagine the conflict people are going to having to kill their fellow native russians in ukraine. >> trace: we have to go. thank you all for coming on. >> thank you. >> trace: continuing coverage right now. the sovereign nation of ukraine this morning under fire as russian forces unleashed a violent and massive military attack. at this very hour, explosions can be heard rattling in at ...

Way right now. most images of police are fairly static. they have roadways blocked off and highways are blocked. public transportation has been blocked. there are at least one and race. several people north of paris. about three hours ago there were loud and violent lengthy gun battles between police and others inside this suburb. now, its a siege operation with those holed up inside. there is widespread speculation who is inside? is it one of the two suspects still at loose for mass killings fr...

>> kelly, we are really in the middle of an active siege operation. it is five hours in. it looks like at least one suspect is still holed up in the third floor of an apartment building. now, police and security forces are simply in massive force around this area. the streets have been closed and the schools have been closed and buildings evacuated. there is a large presence of elite police forces as well as at least a hundred soldiers as well. a massive display of man power. it all began at abo...

Youre talking 40, 45% of 25 and below year-olds are jobless. that creates this environment where youve got these young kids that dont really have much to do, theyre struggling to find something and struggling for identity and probably this concept of you can be greater than who you are. walid hit that on the head, these are kids born after 9/11. we have to come up with a solution as a civil society and how we combat that. >> i want to come back to that point, gentlemen. right now, we have steve,...

The old t. 72 tanks have been firing away. many civilians have been fleeing in the past 24 hours with everything they can carry, fleeing in the direction of benghazi the last rebel stronghold. the big question is what will the qaddafi forces do when they reach and seize benghazi. will it be a siege operation or attack the city, a city of one million people. the army has dropped leaflets saying if the rebels turn over their weapons there will be no revenge. jenna: steve harrigan thank you very mu...

About four hours ago there was a major gun battle in saint-denis, paris. and at this time much of the attention focused on a third floor in an apartment building is still sealed off. roads closed, public transportation closed, that building evacuated. by many accounts there are still people hold up inside that apartment building. s there operation now looks like a siege operation. there are elite police units outside. over the past three days, france has mobilized more than 100,000 police and so...