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been shut down. thanks for joining us. ac 360 begins now. good evening. we begin tonight with a 360 exclusive, inside the fighting in ukraine from a perspective that s never been shown before. the view from inside a ukrainian combat helicopter flying at treetop level and sometimes below the tree line, under constant threat from ground fire and fighters above. flying these choppers is one of the most dangerous jobs in this war, and with russia beginning a new offensive, it could soon get even riskier. cnn s sam kiley has the story. reporter: the target is russian troops. a hard bank left and a dive, and flares to distract heat seeker missiles. a pair of ukrainian helicopters on an assault against russian forces close to backwards. there are russian aircraft waiting on the border. we should be careful when we go. we should fly very low. to prevent our recognition. reporter: below, trenches, and east ukrainian villages smashed by war. back from this sortie, this fo ....
hear what u.s. vice president kamala harris will tell world leaders at the munich security conference a few hours from now, a live report from germany just ahead and in ohio. for those five wells have all come back clean, the water is safe to drink. that s the word from the state s governor despite thousands of dead fish found in water near the train crash site, ahead how some residents are reacting to it. plus, five former memphis police officers are arraigned for the murder of tyre nichols. coming up you ll hear what they told the judge in court. announcer: live in cnn center, this is cnn newsroom. we ll have those stories in a moment. but first, yet another missile launch by north korea. south korea s joint chiefs of staff say north korea fired at least one unidentified ballistic missile on saturday, landing in the waters off the east coast of the korean peninsula. this is pyongyang s second ballistic missile launch of the year. this comes as north korea war ....
To prevent our recognition. reporter: below, trenches, and east ukrainian villages smashed by war. back from this sortie, this forward base is secret, as low- profile as possible. the m.i.a. helicopters are refueled and rearmed. they expect to fly at least three sorties a day. when you took off this morning, were you frightened? why? well, because the russians want to kill you. we don t have any other choice than to fight russians. reporter: that s not an option here. this soviet era helicopter is about 30 years old. ....
Back from this, this forward base is secret, as low profile as possible. the mia helicopters are refueled, and rearmed. they expect to fly at least three a day when you took off this morning were you frightened? why? well, because the russians want to kill you. we don t have any other choice than to fight with russia. if you re frightened, stay at home. reporter: that s not an option here. this soviet-era helicopter is about 30 years old. the threat against it is extreme. and as a result of that, we are having to fly quite literally below the height of trees, climbing and dipping with every piece of woodland that we pass. built as transport aircraft they re most vulnerable when they climb to shoot their rockets. ....
With overwhelming fire power on rebel positions in the city. very much in the same method they used in damascus. they re using mia helicopters made by russians and much more lethal hi-25 helicopters which carry everything from gatling guns to rockets. there was also heavy artillery. rebel positions pounded with shells with 240 millimeters in diameter. that is massive. rebel fighters say they very much control large swaths of the city although that can not be verified because the regime is saying exactly the same thing. bill: we heard about some of assad s ranking army officers defecting. any news on that, dominic? reporter: absolutely. we hear another brigadier general flowed overnight into turkey with a group much other officers. this brigadier general in specific was deputy chief of police in a pivotal coastal city on the mediterranean ....