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Raid signal went off. the soldiers are concerned this will be a secondary strike on the same target. ukrainian soldiers ordered us behind a concrete barricade. >> you understand you can't film this? >> nervous about us filming, one member of the territorial defense forces cocked his rifle. as he shouted at us to move back. >> it's interesting. you're wearing the flak jacket and the helmet. most civilians don't have that, right? just people around their neighborhood. you have to wear it, it is protocol. there was a bombing there or a missile strike and you want to be safe. what happened after t...

People here are waking up absolutely terrified and worth keeping in mind that this is something that people here would be absolutely unthinkable. even military experts, up until yesterday, were telling me that they did not think that russian president vladimir putin would go after the ukrainian capital. they were well aware of the military presence, some 30,000 russian troops moved into the neighboring belarus. which is about 3 to 4-hour drive from here at the border. and so they knew that the threat was there, they just never thought that this would actually happen. and it is a stunning reali...

And we'll get to our other correspondents in a moment. this is where it appears there are things going on. now, the president of -- vladimir putin moments ago saying he was going to send a special military operation to protect donbas. and then just minutes after that speech aired on state television our matthew chance is doing a live shot for us here at 10:00 eastern time, 5:00 a.m. in ukraine. and there are explosions. again, not exactly sure what they are. but matthew chance is getting into place now and he's live. matthew, are you back with us? can you hear us now? >> yeah, i can hear you t...

Job. it was a week ago that we came on the air and you were putting on a flak jacket and helmet and here we are a week later and you're on the ground, doing a terrific job. thank you, matthew. be safe. we'll talk to you soon. i want to bring in now cnn military analyst general wesley clark, the former nato supreme allied commander. general, thank you so much. first off, let me ask you. you've got this stalled convoy. why aren't they being hit? why isn't anybody taking it out? >> you know, that large convoy that's north of kyiv is probably not the greatest threat. the real threat's coming from ...

Homeland, your loved ones, your family, your daughter, and all the people around you. so, i took my helmet, i have a helmet, i have been in a lot of wars... is that one of the helmets you would wear with your flak jacket? yeah. yeah, it was my helmet that was with me in the gaza strip, in iraq, in syria, in centralasia... it had the words 'press' on it and i took my daughter's black marker and painted it out. now, i am not press, i am a soldier. our defence minister here, a guy called ben wallace, he is a former soldier, he has had lots of experience of kind of counterinsurgency stuff like tha...