wind. but it is bursts. it's fits and starts. and so there was a lull for around 45 minutes to an hour. and then it comes back up again quickly. so there's really no predicting. and then it's really coming from all different directions. as we said at the top of the show, you know, the closest explosions we have heard yet, just around three miles away, near a military base, we should point out. the russians appear for now to be targeting military installations, military forces. there is real concern, however, that if -- >> alex? i've got to get to the top of the hour and we're going to have you back on the other side, i want to reset. why don't you stand by, alex marquardt, reporting there from kyiv. we've heard some gunfire, we're told. they're trying to get a handle on exactly what it was, trace-arounds, we're told. we're about to go to break. we heard from alex's location,