Thinking Kyiv News Today

Who you met right there. she told us, this is our land. we will sit in the basement but were not going anywhere. this is our home. we will rebuild. pam? >> all right, thanks to alex. there is a lot to unfold here. joining us now to walk us through it is colonel cedric leighton. what are the big areas of concern right now for ukraine? >> pamela, one of the big things to look at here is the overall map and this is probably the easiest way to see whats going on from a strategic perspective. i draw ...

Other cities, of course, are kharkiv here and kherson which, of course, reports are that it has fallen, but one of the key things to note is that in a broad strategic sense the russians seem to be trying to go this way and this way and then to the town of dnipro and from there link up with their forces that are around kyiv as well. so these are all possibilities that could happen but thats the big strategic look at the moment. >> you talk about kyiv being the center of gravity. last week we were...

Facing the brutal and deadly reality of russian invasion. a new video of a family being killed by a russian military strike on the outskirts of kyiv. the video is very difficult to watch but important to understand what is going on there. were going to show you, up next. when youre driving a lincoln, stress seems to evaporate into thin air. which leaves us to wonder, where does it go? does it shoot off like a rocket? or float off into the clouds? daddy! or maybe it takes on a life all its own. p...

There is fighting, in kherson, where the u.s. believes there is fighting there though the russians say theyve taken control of the city and the mayor says he has ceded control. centers like kharkiv in the northeast of ukraine as well as kyiv itself, the capital of ukraine, but they have not succeeded in doing so taking much longer than was originally anticipated. the convoy that spans some 40 miles of road north of kyiv hasnt really moved. no update on how far away it is. 16 miles away from the ...

The airport is destroyed. this is a russian shelling of ukrainian civilians just trying to flee their country, trying to get to a safer place. northwest of kyiv in the path of russian forces ramping up efforts to encircle the capital. the aftermath, we warn, is stark and very disturbing. this image from the associated press shows the human toll. the citys mayor says eight civilians were killed including two children. russia is preparing to bomb odesa as it escalates attacks on civilian areas. se...