Reports are swirling that stray Russian rockets or missiles hit inside Poland, killing two Poles. If true, the moment could prove a turning point in the war.
strikes yet. this video is said to show the aftermath at a medical hospital on the steel plants grounds. the city of hersan rocked by russians as well. russians have now taken the local government, attempting to rad kate its ukrainian identity, and yet video shows protestors claiming glory to ukraine as tear gas is set off. michael is an investigative reporter for the new york times. he joins me now from ukraine. michael, great to have you on the show. and we saw there as you heard there from jim, that missile strike in kyiv last night, but we ve also seen some of the heaviest shelling in mariupol s steel plant. i know you have been speaking with some of the soldiers inside that plant. give us a sense of what they
you can see there earlier at least two large explosions rocking ukraine s second largest city, kharkiv near the russian border. more have been reported since. the latest targeting a university and a regional police department. you can see kharkiv looks like a true war zone now. wreckage and rubble on both sides of the road. this is just a week into this invasion. now not long ago russia s defense ministry announced they have taken full control of khersan. ukraine s defense ministry is denying that. they show russian vehicles parked in a main square. president joe biden promising western allies will keep punishing russia and president vladimir putin along with crippling sanctions, russian aircraft are banned from air space and the u.s. justice
we are seeing this all over the country. there are all of these stories of civilians unarmed going against russian tanks, russian military vehicles. there are protests happening in occupied cities like hersan where ukrainians are jumping on tanks and grabbing flags and protesting against the russian army and this is something i think putin did not expect because as we know, there has been intelligence they thought this was going to be a quick or an easy run in a few days. but it s day 12, if i m not mistaken, and ukrainians are actually coming back to their country from all over the world. they now have over 100,000 ukrainians actually came back. of course, many more are fleeing, but we still see the sense even those who are fleeing are reluctant to do so. they want to hold their ground. only the most critical situations where there is direct danger that you try to flee. but otherwise, everyone is trying to stay and help in any
amazing that you got such a close look at how this is going. amazing job, trey. we thank you very much for what you re doing there. great reporting. so russian forces have seized their first major ukrainian city. it is down in the black sea area. not too far from crimea. it is a strategic port city of khersan. we have a woman holed up in her home with no way to get out of there at this point. thanks for talking with us today. i am curious what you think when you hear from the ukraine president especially given what happened to your city right now. thanks very much. can you repeat your question, please? i m wondering if you heard if you were able to hear president zelensky talking about what you need and that he wants a no fly zone over your country.