cluster bomb. 1 1/2 miles away, another strike, more suffering, and no sign of any legitimate military targets. people were queueing for food, and then something just hit. people started running here, she says. this is the exact moment of impact. look at it again. frame by frame, you can see the scale of the rocket and proximity to innocent civilians. we are here in kharkiv. notice the five hits along this line from the 28th. they re pretty much in a line, apart from three here, which line up with the hits from february 27th. we can trace these lines 24 miles to a point of convergence here, across the border in russia, well within the range of a smirch rocket. where we have a satellite image from the 27th, showing the
above. also this morning ukrainian officials say russian forces are launching new artillery and air strikes in the region locking ukrainian troops in the steel plant where several remain trapped. antony blinken headed to germany and france this weekend and assess their response to russia s ongoing war to ukraine. this morning a russian soldier is on trial in ukraine accused of shooting and killing an unarmed ukrainian civilian. according to ukraine s prosecutor general the 21-year-old seen there shot a 62-year-old man unarmed riding a bicycle in the sumy region of ukraine. this is just one of what ukrainian officials say are thousands of civilian deaths. the world, of course, has watched in horror as russian artillery devastated ukrainian cities, ukrainian lives seemingly with impunity
putin s hopes here to enlarge rather than divide which seems to have been his intention. russia responding calling it a threat. the former president of russia said that russia s military, quote, seriously strengthened the number of ground forces and air defenses along that border. it s a 800-mile border with russia with more than double the border between the alliance and russia. are we going to see that border militarized in the coming years? finnish forces on one side, russian forces on the other? not that much more than what we ve already had. remember finland has 900,000 men in reserve, 290,000 mobilized in wartime. just bought 64 f35s, and we have one of the strongest artilleries in the system. so the border is already heavily militarized. in that sense there s nothing new and also have to understand there s going to be a lot of
impact. look at it again. frame-by-frame you can see the scale of the rocket and proximity to innocent civilians. we are here in kharkiv. notice the five hits along this line. they re pretty much in a line apart from three here which line up with a hit from february 27th. we can trace these lines 24 mile tuesday a point of convergence here across the border in russia, well within the range of a smerj rocket. where we have a satellite showing the launch position. notice the plume of smoke and telltale burn marks of a smirch launch here and here. in collaborati with information we can also tell you who is firing from this position. the 79th russian artillery brigade, part of the russian
military district which borders ukraine and is under the command of military experts and intelligence sources, according to them they are the only district to launch these rockets. and only the commander can order to launch the rockets. there are very few of them and therefore dedicated to special missions at the order of a military district commander. colonel general is this commander and no stranger to these brutal tactics, atraocitis targeting civilians. they re very similar to what we saw in syria in 2016. so it shouldn t come as a surprise he also led russian troops divergent the siege.