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You can't confirm what this explosion hit, but from where you are what is about two miles away? >> steve: it is hard to say what the target was. it was a single blast, you have to figure a military base, an ammo depo, we have seen cyber attacks through the past 24 hours, as well. the attacks do not seem to be indiscriminate. i do not see buildings on fire. they seem to be targeted at this point. that could change if russian forces come into the city, that could change dramatically and change the nature of the casualties. >> todd: as far as 40 killed, unclear if they are civilians or military. ...

From heard a much louder boom. and that -- you know, then they saw smoke rising from here. it happened very quickly, just a few minutes ago, ali. earlier in the morning, though, i can tell you we had heard those air raid sirens. again, we are watching the smoke rising from this location. unclear to me whether it was one missile or potentially two that were -- that actually hit this location. and again, the question right now is what was hit. it appears to be near -- and i can see a tv tower not far from where i'm standing. and in these types of situations, you know, it can be that the russians...

Is continuing to stay that dark black which suggests as ali said that something very flammable, explosive, continues to burn, and when the first explosion hit, i could smell it. i could smell -- it smelled like a gun powder or the smell of explosion. i don't know. that's an elementary way to say it. the smell changed instantly here. you can see the rain starting to fall here in lviv. as i watch, it's a continuous stream of black smoke. communication tower is in tact, which suggests that's not what was struck. whether or not it was the target, we don't know. but there it is. you can see it up t...

Be way too premature to say that vladimir putin has changed his plans and is concentrating on occupying territories in donetsk, for him everything is fair game in this country for him. again, i have to stress, we're not sure what has hit this missile, shelling. you know, it could be an accident. it's unlikely, but it could be anything at this point. i don't want to speculate too much on exactly what is causing this kind of smoke. but i'm looking at it now, ali. it is turned from sort of lightish gray at the beginning, to almost black now, and it just keeps coming up. obviously something that b...

Just outside the city center in lviv. unclear exactly what was hit. we're trying to find confirmation. again, this is a -- some sort of missile strike in western ukraine. a few minutes before this, we had heard air raid sirens in this area. but as you may know, that is not uncommon in lviv, that's something we hear several times a day now. sometimes at night, but actually in the middle of the day, as well. usually not cause for alarm because it's become a way of life here, even in western part of ukraine where this has been a relatively safe place for thousands of refugees a day coming through...