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Frame by frame, you can see the scale of the rocket and proximity to innocent civilians. we are here in kharkiv. notice the five hits along this line from the 28th. they pretty of this align apart from three here which line up with the hits from february 27th. we can trace these lines 24 miles to a point of convergence here across the border in russia, well within the range of a smerch rocket. where we have a satellite image from the 27th, showing the launching position, notice the plume of smoke and the tell tale burn marks of a smerch launch here, here and here. in collaboration with the cen...

>> reporter: this is the exact moment of impact. look at it again. frame by frame. you can see the scale of the rocket and proximity to innocent civilians. we are here in kharkiv. notice the five hits along this line from the 28th. they're pretty much in a line. apart from three here which line up with the hits from february 27th. we can trace these lines 24 miles to a point of convergence here, across the border in russia. well within the range of a smerch rocket where we have a satellite image from the 27th, showing the launching position. notice the plume of smoke and the telltale burn mark...

Launching position. notice the plume of smoke and the telltale burn marks of a smirch here, here, and here. in collaboration with the center for information, we can tell you who is firing from this position. the 79th russian artillery brigade, which is under the command of jer ave. love. military experts and intelligence sources say they are the only unit in this district equipped to launch smirch, and only the commander has the authority to order the 79th artillery brigade to launch the rockets. one expert told cnn, smirch is a district-level asset. there are very few of them in the russian a...