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Kyiv, the capital, kharkiv and mariupol here in the southeast. >> sam, thank you so much. please stay safe as we see increased bombardment there in that area. thanks. joining me now is cnns chief national security correspondent jim sciutto. i think whats notable overnight in terms of the strikes, these are places we havent been talking about. tph dnipro and lutsk. >> to hit airfields here expands the air campaign, the missile campaign. but it also makes me think when i saw two airfields, one t...

500. they surround the cities with forces on the perimeter and hit the civilian targets from very far away. multiple launch rocket systems with caliber from very long distance. for smaller cities, theyre just going to hit them with harassing artillery and mortar fire. again, all to terrorize, cause chaos and force the ukrainians to peel off security forces from the fight against russia to help civilians being killed and injured in these cities. >> general, i want to ask you about what we were ju...

Key cities. look at where they are. this is significant. dnipro in the center of the country, ivano-frankivsk in the west, you see how much theyre widening their offensive here. lutsk is 60 miles from the polish border, which as we were discussing is a nato country. in dnipro, ukraine says three air strikes hit an apartment building and shoe factory and damaged a nearby kindergarten. those are unmistakable civilian targets. russia has offered no explanation, or apology, and according to the uks ...

1,000 ukrainians have been evacuated. some have been more successful than others in the east and southeast. the corridors do remain blocked by russian forces, according to local officials. they are also saying russian troops are attacking them. >> live to dnipro where civilians are being targeted by russian forces. that is where sam kiley is on the ground. sam, russian targeting moving into the center of the country, we should note, where you have been. this is a different move. what are you see...

Much in the past two weeks? >> yeah. again, alex, additional harassment. you can take an artillery, a missile or rocket and swing it without a whole lot of effort from one city to another. what the russians are attempting to do is cause terror and chaos throughout ukraine. what i would suggest is they havent sent any forces to some of these cities. so they are they are harassing them from a far with overhead fires. again, the artillery and missiles are much greater percentage than the air power....