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First 30,000, then up to 130,000 as putin said he didn't plan to invade, that they didn't expect to be engaged in combat inside ukraine. what impact does that have on that fighting force? >> well, it may well be considerable. obviously the ukrainians and the russians are very close. i spent time in moscow and kyiv. they live on both sides of the border. they intermarry. it's a painful thing i would assume for the russian soldiers to find out they're attacking a brother slavic nation. at the same time, some of our commentary has been saying they're all -- they're not. they tend to be contract s...

>> cnn's ivan watson spoke with a tom commander in ukraine's army about the tactics he's using against russian forces. >> it's not so scary to die. it's much more scary to lose. when we met the second army in the world by statistic, we expected more professionals. we expected more aggressive and more strong fighting. >> reporter: your battalion found this? >> it's hidden in russian tanks. >> reporter: and that's hit by ukrainian artillery. >> artillery, yeah. >> reporter: drone footage which cnn cannot independently verify, drone force by kyiv, commanded by this major. has your battalion had c...

-- captions by vitac -- www.vitac.com good evening again from lviv in western ukraine. as we speak, ukrainians all across the country are waking up to the reality that all their bravery, resilience, and resourcefulness may soon be tested more than ever. everything we are hearing from american officials and so much of what so many of our correspondents are seeing here on the ground speaks to an accelerating and intensifying campaign of russian attacks on ukrainian cities and ukrainian civilians. wesley park, retired four star general, put it bluntly in the last hour that people in kyiv are fa...

Installations nearby. what we do know is that bodies were brought out of the centre, that it is completely obliterated, and the houses and buildings nearby were also hit. it seems the most extensive damage from russian artillery fire in and around kyiv since this invasion began. i’m kyiv since this invasion began. i'm sure some — kyiv since this invasion began. i'm sure some people are wondering, as i am, you mentioned sometimes you can hear gunfire, even machine—gun fire from where you were. does that mean street fighting is going on relatively close to the centre? how do you explain th...

Five-story building and set it on fire. the russian offensive to capture kyiv has largely stalled. but there's been no letup on civilian targets. this is just one of many tragic images that we're seeing from this war. that is a man crying next to the body of his mother after an attack in kyiv. in chernihiv, at least 53 people have been killed in attacks in the last 24 hours. one of those victims is an american, james hill, who was there helping his partner get medical care. in kharkiv, russian forces shelled a giant market. they set off a series of fires that first responders are still tryin...