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Alex marquardt. he is in the capital, kyiv. you've been visiting the site of some of these russian strikes. the russians say they're not hitting civilian targets. you see something very different. tell us what you saw. >> reporter: yeah, that's right, jim. we heard just today from the kremlin spokesman, dmitri peskov, saying it would be out of the question to target civilian infrastructure or residences. we saw the exact opposite. it was clear that the target for the russians yesterday was this tv tower, a very tall tower about three miles outside the center of kyiv. it was hit with a direct m...

With cnn's alex marquardt near kyiv. what's the feeling in the city? >> reporter: well, anderson, it has been tense, of course, ever since russia launched their invasion, but i think it is particularly on edge now. we are just to the south of the city, both in the city and outside, people have been keeping their lights off. we're in a hotel where many of the lights off, people staying here using flashlights and the lights on their phones. we are using minimal lighting to come on the air with you. you can see that there's nothing behind me. and that is because we really are seeing, today, russi...

I spoke to president zelenskyy about the hopes for a diplomatic solution to this when i met him in his bunker here in kyiv yesterday and he didn't have many. he said, look, we are trying to get a ceasefire. we are trying to get the russians to stop this conflict, and only once the fighting has actually stopped can we believe we're not wasting our time. he said we'll wait to see. they've sent a delegation to meet the russian delegation as well. not sure when the talks will start, possibly tomorrow, to have a second round to see if any diplomatic compromise can be reached to bring this fighting ...

The square plaza struck. walls and windows blown out. debris littering the streets. many ukrainians convince the russians seek to break their spirit targeting key civilian areas. kharkiv misery what might await kyiv. convoy with thousands of military vehicles creeps closer in apparent strangling maneuver now poised just 17 miles from the city center. shelling was reported in a military base outskirts. the main tv tower also hit. in nearby hospitals see growing numbers of wounded. >> after the explosion at the check point we received six and two more patients with numerous injuries. >> nobody i...

A short time ago, we heard air raid sirens, an explosion in the capital of kyiv. we now know, we believe we know what was behind that. our clarissa ward is back now. clarissa, we believe we know what the target was of that attack now. >> reporter: that's right, jim. so just before we had spoken last time, we had heard that loud explosion, air raid sirens throughout our live report. we now believe that the target was the sort of central broadcaster tv tower. it's about three miles in that direction over that way, and when our cameraman was on the roof, he was able to see a large plume of smoke ...