would ex ptend political capita to a very capable recognizance satellite program that gives them all the intelligence they need. reporter: but we ve heard the science excuse before from beijing when china tested a missile that went around the world in 2021 they claimed it was a routine spacecraft ex expe experiment. this is like tiktok. does anybody trust china? of course not. for good reason. reporter: china has spy satellites but they can t loitder over a big area like a balloon. the government will track the balloon as it makes its way across america. the u.s. response so far on the diplomatic front with antony blinken delaying the high stakes visit to beijing. conditions are not conducive for a constructive visit at this time. the decision to take this action, my planned visit is detrimental to the discussions we were planned to have. reporter: for where this goes from here. the pentagon says for now they re continuously tracking this balloon and determined it s
nic robertson so dra malmatical recorded, dancing on the streets in freedom square. that scare i was in was deserted. the latest figures from the government say that at least 77 people have been killed by russian bombardment since the city was liberated. sometimes they are seeing 60, 70, often more than 80 strikes from mortars, tanks. this is coming from the russian position on the other side of the river. now, that is a natural defensive barrier for both sides so unlikely to escalate into a ground war there, jake but what we have been seeing and what the ukrainians are speaking very bit early about, those that can remain in the city, mostly trapped by poverty unable to leave is that they are being bombarded at random in a systematic attempt by the russians and we ve seen it in so many other cities around the country to take on and try to