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this audience. you are looking at right there, obviously also there are dignitaries like poland s president duda. we want to go out to lviv, major strikes happening over an hour ago and we want to check with jeff paul. jeff, while we wait for the president, what can you tell us about the latest there? jeff: griff, after what has been a fairly quiet few days, sirens rang out and thick smoke billowing the air. the mayor here in lviv saying the russian army is responsible and there could be more strikes as we continue into into the night. the other thing we should underscore is the timing of this griff. as you mentioned the president is in poland, 48 miles away to the border of poland and for
now actually. and you know lviv is considered one of the safe havens in the country of ukraine at least one of the safest places to be in the country right now. and, it is also that entry/exit for most humanitarian efforts and for the defense military equipment like the stingers and javelins that we have been providing. gillian: a moment ago spoke the ukrainian member of parliament britt he said he believes this attack from putin is a direct message to president biden. when you think about that? i would not be surprised straight out of vladimir putin s playbook look at chechnya and sierra if you want a playbook for what he is about to do here in ukraine. vladimir putin is a war criminal and by the president has labeled him as such. but gillian, the most important thing we got to be doing and now we just talk to chief of staff things i ve been calling for give ukrainians the tools necessary to create and enforce their own no-fly zone. they ve said what it is. it s soviet technology, i
for people fleeing attacks elsewhere in the country. but this evening, further blasts have been heard in the city. a little earlier, lucy williamson who is in lviv gave us this update on the situation there. having five or six attacks are the only confirmed target we have so far is the fuel storage depot, and it sent plumes of black smoke into the sky. g sent plumes of black smoke into the s , , ., sent plumes of black smoke into the sky. a short time ago, a fire was still raging sky. a short time ago, a fire was still raging inside sky. a short time ago, a fire was still raging inside the sky. a short time ago, a fire was still raging inside the depot. - sky. a short time ago, a fire was still raging inside the depot. we| still raging inside the depot. we are hearing five people have been injured in the strike. what makes it slightly different from the other strikes we have had in the region is the location. the depot is less than two miles from the city centre, surrounded by
have you witnessed firsthand in lviv? have you heard anything from your contacts in your city about it if you haven t seen it with your own eyes? no i don t think that is something that is a topic of conversation here in lviv. in fact i think for most part people here in this city are doing their part to help people on the east and the south. it is not something top of mind. but it would not be out of vladimir putin s playbook to do something like that. but we have no independent confirmation of things like that happening especially here in lviv which is so far away of what has been mostly the east and south have been targeted and now here it is in the west. thirty-six jeff up all innovative with images will check back with the was a story develops. president biden will give a major speech in poland at a short while it s coming up next hour. he joins us from warsaw, hi peter. gillian, president biden is saying his team would not let