intimately involved in the war in syria right now. in fact, on different sides of that war though they have been negotiating for this cease-fire in syria for some time but there have been a number of tensions between these two countries over the last year or so. again, live pictures from ankara where the russian ambassador to turkey just shot and taken to the hospital. muhammed lila joins us live from the turkish/syria border. also with us is clarissa ward in moscow. i want to go first to muhammed right now to give us the latest information on what exactly is going on inside turkey. >> reporter: well, we understand that the russian ambassador, andrey karlov, may have been giving a speech when he was shot. we don't know how many gunmen were involved and of course, we don't yet have a formal claim of responsibility. we know there have been a number of terror attacks inside turkey just in the last few weeks, major terrorist attacks, in fact, but none of them have