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>> go that way? >> the driver as well. okay. let's move down this way against the wall. >> it's okay, it's okay. >> now have a listen to matthew's account of what happened as he explained to it cnn's erin burnett. >> we didn't even know they were russian forces at first because we'd gone to the air base, made that journey by car. we were told by ukrainian official there's had been a fight there for control of it, but the ukrainians were in control. so we approached the gates and we were stopped by these troops. and i said look, can we do a live shot here? no, it's too dangerous. remember, i'm ...

Saw heavy fighting for the bridge that helps you get from the side where no russian forces have got to the river bank, to this side still held by ukrainian forces. it appeared yesterday that russian forces had indeed gotten over the bridge and crossed to this side. we heard gunfire on this side of the ridge. we heard a bit more small arms fire after dark last night. it's unclear whether russian forces have gone. reports are they may have head west or east. that's essentially odessa or the separatist areas depending on what direction they've taken. but overnight we've heard persistent low-flyin...

Take such initiatives when they're requested by ukraine, and then while condemning, while sanctioning, while continuing to decide and act, to leave this path open so that the day when the conditions can be met, we can obtain a cessation of hostilities for the ukrainian people. >> 7,000 more u.s. troops are heading to europe. that's on top of 8500 others placed on alert last month. some u.s. forces currently stationed in europe are being sent to russia's eastern flank, including latvia. helicopters are also being moved to eastern ukraine. katie bo lillis is standing by. this brings the number o...

Ground there. and one of the pieces of information that they were told was that russian forces entering from belarus were about 20 miles outside of kyiv. and now that briefing took place about 6 1/2 hours ago. so those numbers may have changed since then, but that was a startling piece of information to the senators and congressmen who heard it. they also were told that these forces have the goal of encircling the city, that they were under attack from the north, south and east of kyiv. and so all of this is sort of a stark illustration of something that the administration had actually been wa...

Fairly straight forward from the beginning that they don't believe that the ukrainians essentially are massively outgunned, outmanned by the russians, and it's a question of how much pain they're able to extract from russian forces attempting to to enter into ukraine rather than an expectation that they will be able to fully repel this invasion. >> katie, thank you. we appreciate the update. katie bo lillis at the pentagon. after the break, we'll head back to michael holmes live in lviv with more on military defenses in ukraine, including a brave act of defiance in the moments before they died...