quote, open fire to kill without a warning. and now a military alliance has been deployed as well. let s go to nic robertson, joining us live from moscow. what is the mission of these troops? reporter: yeah, the mission is to secure government buildings and to break up any protests. the rules of engagement allow them to shoot what is called armed gangs. this is a massive deployment. there are over 70 russian military aircraft involved in taking what is expected to be about 2,500 troops total to kazakhstan. the situation is complicated. bodies are reported being seen on streets. the military in kazakhstan set up command posts in the center of the city, in the center of almaty. people can t approach because the military is shooting in the air above them.
but from last night, witnesses on the ground say that the military was shooting all over the city, all night, with live rounds at people. on almaty s streets in hard to verify social media posts, an ugly overnight crackdown. people scream and scurry for cover. panic as well as bullets in the air. they re dead, they re dead, a man says. a motionless body out of safe reach, stretched out on the freezing ground. in the same city, the country s biggest protesters fought battles with uniformed forces, casualties accumulating on both sides. law enforcement appearing to gain the upper hand with arrests and killings. police claim they took deadly action overnight. describing an as yet unverified
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