hi ali, you can hear the sirens sounds. we have yet to hear further explosions. the sirens to indicate that this capital is under attack. they have been persuaded by hours of explosions, but it has been a while since we have heard the booms. the kind of booms that woke up so many citizens here in the capital. in the small hours of the morning. according to the adviser to the interior minister. crews, ballistic missiles, they have been launched on the capitol, striking military installations and air fields. no indication so far that civilian targets have been hit. but civilians have said that they broke up some of them to the windows being rattled by the sound of these explosions. it is absolutely terrifying and surreal to be standing here on this balcony alley in a flat
0 official, i asked him if president putin is directing this himself. and he said yes, that is how it is going. that is not surprising. we know that president putin makes all of the decisions. in the end, he will have had advice from that small clique around him, that ultimately he is the decision-maker. and another element of his televised address, which to reiterate, if russians will be stunned by. waking up and seeing now, another man from that televised address, which is chilling frankly. is that president putin requires russian s nuclear capability. and clearly, openly threatens western leaders. even after the collapse of the ussr, losing a significant part of the nuclear potential. today, russia is one of the most nuclear powers. and he says, i think that this is a direct message to the west. in this regard, no one should have any doubt that a direct attack on russia will lead to defeat and dire consequences for a potential aggressor. and so, i just want to say all, just before t