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Vladimir putin repeatedly lied about his intentions to invade ukraine. should the rest of the world ever believe putin? especially when he's put his nuclear deterrence forces on high alert and warned the world about, quote, consequences never experienced before. cnn takes a closer look now at putin's nuclear arsenal and the legitimate fear that people have that he might actually use it. >> reporter: as russia's tanks rolled into ukraine, vladimir putin made a threat not heard since the height of the cold war. >> translator: russia's response will be immediate and will lead to you such conseque...

Ukraine in a way that is not escalating? >> reporter: and concerns about the challenge of transporting the jets to ukraine. >> i guess it is a temporary breakdown in communication but we have a strong and abiding relationship with poland. >> reporter: the public disagreement coming as ukrainian leaders are pleading with allies to supply them with fighter jets. >> translator: we urge you, please, make decisions faster. do not shift responsible. send planes to us. >> we need planes. we need the jets. >> reporter: in washington, the white house zeroing in on an urgent domestic concern. rising gas...

He was badly burned by a missile in his yard. hospitals now need their own bomb shelters where sick children wait for the sirens to end. this child is 12 and alone but he doesn't know the reason his father is not here just now is because he is burying his mother and sister. >> reporter: sonja has shrapnel in her head, causing her to

Cease-fires to allow innocent civilians a chance to escape. just imagine how strong, how devastating a bomb would have to be to leave this giant crater outside the hospital. let's get straight to cnn's clarissa ward. a university and city building near the hospital were also attacked today. what do we know about these apparent russian military strikes? >> reporter: the ukrainians are saying that this was the result of a massive russian air strike. and i don't know if you have the image in some of the videos that we're seeing from the scene of the crater, just extraordinarily huge crater that w...

Spasm. her mother explains they were outside taping up the house windows when the blast hit while all the time trying to get sonja to keep still. >> reporter: outside it is cold and loud.