>> announcer: this is cnn breaking news. this is cnn special coverage of the war in ukraine and president joe biden's first state of the union address. i'm pamela brown. >> and i'm don lemon. the president harshly condemning russia's invasion of ukraine, saying vladimir putin met a wall of strength that he never imagined, both a united west and the ukrainian people are fighting back. >> it's now early wednesday morning in ukraine, and we're covering all the angles on this breaking news story. cnn's michael holmes is in lviv tonight. >> and former cia chief of russia operations steve hall is right here in new york with me. >> michael, let's start with you. russia is intensifying its bombing campaign, targeting ukraine's second largest city of kharkiv and the capital of kyiv. how are the ukrainians handling all of this incoming fire? >> reporter: well, they are trying to defend it. they've done pretty well as we've seen so far. and, yeah, you're right. the russians are now trying to move on a number of cities. they still don't own a major