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Wind. but it is bursts. it's fits and starts. and so there was a lull for around 45 minutes to an hour. and then it comes back up again quickly. so there's really no predicting. and then it's really coming from all different directions. as we said at the top of the show, you know, the closest explosions we have heard yet, just around three miles away, near a military base, we should point out. the russians appear for now to be targeting military installations, military forces. there is real concern, however, that if -- >> alex? i've got to get to the top of the hour and we're going to have you...

Shooting up into the sky. we did see those trace-arounds. so don, this fighting very much raging, as the question looms of how close these russian troops are and how long the ukrainian government can hold on to their capital. >> alex, this is fairly close to you, 35 kilometers south of kyiv, we're told by the mayor, and correct me if i'm pronouncing it wrong, a town called vasokiv, fighting in the middle of town, fairly close to where you are, completely occupied with fighting, the mayor said. she said there were losses on the ukrainian side, many wounded, unfortunately, they are in the 200s. ...

There's heavy many wounded, unfortunately they are in the 200s, occupied with fighting. alex marquardt, if you can hear me, just jump in, we're able to take you whenever you're ready to talk to us. alex, are you there? >> don, i can hear you. >> what do you got for us, what's happening? >> reporter: well, as you very accurately described, just in the past few moments, not one but several burst of gunfire. the reason you were able to hear it down the line, that we were able to hear it, having just stepped inside, was that it really was quite loud. that was not small arms fire. that appeared to ...

Actually thought it was an earthquake and the building was collapsing. that was the point when i told my kids to lie down. of course i'm scanning the area wondering where we're going to go. >> scenes captured on security cameras in the mall show how quickly the attacks began. you can see machine gun bullets flashing down the main con curse as shoppers scramble and dive to the floor. >> and then i saw trace arounds starting to hit the shops straight ahead. >> catherine's first thought, protect her kids. >> it was instinct to grab the girls and run. but we must not have come too far and a kenyan...

Actually thought it was an earthquake and the building was collapsing. that was the point when i told my kids to lie down. of course i'm scanning the area wondering where we're going to go. >> scenes captured on security cameras in the mall show how quickly the attacks began. you can see machine gun bullets flashing down the main concourse as shoppers scramble and dive to the floor. >> and then i saw trace arounds starting to hit the shops straight ahead. >> catherine's first thought, protect her kids. >> it was instinct to grab the girls and run. but we must not have come too far and a kenyan...