similar conclusion that it s unlikely that putin would try to take ownership of the country in 2014 when he could have done it when an anti russian rose up to replace his stooge that was driven out by the people. so i think they believe if something does happen, it will be military operation in part of the country but not in the entire country. so that s number 1. number 2, listen, this is a modern industrialized country. this is not afghanistan where they have multiple air fields here. not just in the capitol city. they have rail lines that go throughout all of europe, buses that go throughout all of europe and they have their own transportation where they can access the borders around them. obviously they re not likely to go to the russian border but they could go there as well. i doubt the russians would do much to impede them. so i think at the end of the day, they re going to wait. most of them are waiting to see
times about 6:00 a.m. and 7 a.m. earily familiar to what you get from a world war ii movie, this is happening in the modern age. people sought shelter in the bomb shelters. we didn t hear impact of what triggered air raid siren. first day of the invasion, there were two targets, one to the south and one to the north of lviv, air fields were hit. we don t know what was hit overnight. as people are fleeing to the western part of this country, seeking the polish border, that border is overrun, but there is one class of person not being allowed to crossover and that is adult men from ages of 18 to 80, they are expected to stay in ukraine and fight, throwback to the notion of women and children first. carley: without a doubt, what a stunning message, you don t want the young men to leave, up
unfolded. reporter: yes, i don t know if we can pull the map back up. yes. reporter: that location, hostomel there northwest of the capital city, fierce fighting at an air field that started yesterday. we saw russian paratroopers come into the air field. according to the ukrainian government there were 134 helicopters. they say they shot down three of them. then we heard six hours later that that air field i think we have lost cal s microphone. i don t know reporter: starting to take air fields. sorry, cal. go ahead. you are in and out on the other. reporter: no worries. so you talk about air fields, right. this is about logistics. it is about keeping russian troops resupplied. so these are vital, vital spots where we see the heavy fighting. of course, as you look at the russian troops and they move into kyiv those troops need to be supported and that s what a lot of the heavy fighting is about. to where i am in the west the concern is more a humanitarian one as we
joining us all around the world. live from ukraine, michael holmes and our breaking news this hour, russia s invasion of ukraine is underway. with attacks reported from the north, east, and the south. ukraine s interior ministry says missile strikes have hit the capital kyiv, air fields, and russian troops have landed in the ukrainian port city of odessa. now, according to russia, they got no tree zibtness from ukrainian border guards. and according to russia, have suppressed ukraine s air defenses. ukraine s armed forces says five russian aircraft and a helicopter have been shot down. russia denying that. video, meanwhile, from ukrainian border guard shows a column of military vehicles entering the country from belarus to the north. tense of thousands of russian troops have been conducting military drills there for several weeks. cnn s matthew chance was on the air just a few hours ago, from kyiv, when air-raid sirens
war crime. and the world should come down on putin, not just with financial sanctions, but with legal actions. all of his assets seized, his family deported from the west, and he is an international criminal. now, we re going to have to do more than financial sanctions. i think that s clear. that is punitive as you said. what is happening right now is the first of the first 24 hours of air strikes to knock out ukraine s air defenses and assure that russians have air supremacy. they have penetrated under the cover of darkness, seized some air fields, i see the pictures of the attack helicopters in the area. they re inside the defense perimeter that we would like to see kyiv establish around its capital, and around the borders. but the fight is not over. so this fight is going to involve heavy fighting among ground forces against russians penetrating from multiple