shooting up into the sky. we did see those trace-arounds. so don, this fighting very much raging, as the question looms of how close these russian troops are and how long the ukrainian government can hold on to their capital. alex, this is fairly close to you, 35 kilometers south of kyiv, we re told by the mayor, and correct me if i m pronouncing it wrong, a town called vasokiv, fighting in the middle of town, fairly close to where you are, completely occupied with fighting, the mayor said. she said there were losses on the ukrainian side, many wounded, unfortunately, they are in the 200s. i m not sure if you had that information. but you can speak to me about what is happening in and around kyiv as you re listening to what you say is gunfire right now. reporter: yeah, and don, i have heard that. we were told that it s about 20 miles south of kyiv. i just came up from that