do you know, it s hard to believe, it really hard to believe sitting here actually when the war started, when the bombs started. it was six months. it has been six months since vladimir putin launched his murderous and entirely unprovoked war on ukraine, six months of death raining down from the sky, six months of innocent men, women, children slaughtered. six months of people driven away from homes, schools, churches, hospitals and shelters bombed. we remember it. it s still going on. it s unimaginable and going on today. missile strikes across the country. but this is how it began. watch this. here is our breaking news, vladimir putin announcing a special military operation claiming to protect donbas. matthew chance will join us. i just heard a big bang right here behind me. i told you we shouldn t have done the live shot here. wow. six months. right when it started on this program. just couple minutes from now. cnn reporters risking their lives in the war zone bearing
right now. [ speaking non-english ] i m ready she says. if by god the russians come here i ll shoot them all and my hands won t even shake. i ll throw grenades at them. an air strike hit a bomb shelter hiding hundreds beneath a theater. this satellite image from two days earlier showing the building standing with children written large outside. now we re trying to get out of this area as quickly as possible. our other car completely destroyed. clothes, belongings and restraints all indicate these people were a threat to no one in the moments before they were killed. i ll never forget what i saw myself. the people who lost everything and the brutal assaults in the cities under siege. shes at her mother s house outside of kharkiv when russian bombardment grew closer. everything was doing this here. shaking.