appears to be multiple fires, homes damaged. residential homes, civilians, impact craters. near the capital, russian forces are moving 52 exfrom that 40-mylicon voi, pulling them off the road into a nearby woods. it comes as russian forces are inching closer and closer to kiev. one convoy now only nine miles away. we do assess that the russians are beginning tore make more momentum on the ground towards kiev, particularly from the east. there s russian bombardment and shelling going on quite violently as we speak. violently as he is speaking. and it is, of course, also in the besieged region of kharkiv. i spoke to the governor of kharkiv earlier today. the city there, of course, has been hammered by russian bombardment, artillery, airstrikes. he told me about one neighborhood completely
pockmarked with shrapnel and massive impact craters. whole buildings laid to waste. just look at the utter destruction caused by this massive explosion. there s some thick brick walls. even they were annihilated by the force of whatever landed here. the people here tell us they only felt one really large explosion and it wounded several people and killed a small child. that child was 2-year-old stepan, kild while in his bed when the house came under fire. these videos show the chaos in the aftermath. the wounded appear in shock. residents and rescuers tried to save those inside. stepan pronounced dead on the scene. we found oleg sifting through the rubble of his house days later. inside he shows me the damage caused by the explosion.
buildings, and completely shattered lives. our fred pleitgen traveled to the area, and gave us this firsthand look at the devastation. reporter: kyiv remains under full-on attack by vladimir putin s army. ukrainian officials saying russian forces are trying to storm the capital, but failing. unleashing artillery barrages on civilian areas in the process. we drove to the village north of kyiv only a few miles from the frontline. even the streets here are pot marked with shrapnel and massive impact craters. whole buildings laid to waste. i mean, just look at the utter destruction caused by this massive explosion. there is some really thick brick walls that even they were annihilated by the force of whatever landed here. the people here tell us they only felt one really large explosion, and it wounded several people and killed a small child. that child was a 2-year-old killed while in his bed when the
russia is intensifying its shelling of the suburbs around kyiv as a senior-u.s. defense official says troops have made no progress in moving towards the capital. to the north in a village hit by relentless attacks, new images show how the war has destroyed homes and shattered lives. cnn s frederik pleitgen gives us a firsthand look at the devastation and we do want to warn you, some images are graphic. reporter: kyiv remains under full-on attack by vladimir putin s army. ukrainian officials saying russian forces are trying to storm the capital but failing. unleashing artillery barrages on civilian areas in the process. we drove to the village north of kyiv, only a few miles from the front line. even the streets here are pock marked with shrapnel and massive impact craters. whole buildings laid to waste. i mean, just look at the utter destruction caused by this
over the weekend. a senior u.s. defense official says russia has launched more than 1,300 missiles in ukraine since its invasion began late last month. but russian grand forces are largely stalled in several parts of the country. even as russian shelling intensifies around kyiv s suburbs, we ve been able to get a firsthand look at some of the devastation caused by those relentless attacks. cnn s fred pleitgen traveled to one village to the north of the capital. reporter: kyiv remains under full-on attack by vladimir putin s army. ukrainian officials saying russian forces are trying to storm the capital but failing, unleashing artillery barrages on civilian areas in the process. we drove to a village north of kyiv, only a few miles from the front line. even the streets here are pockmarked with shrapnel and massive impact craters. whole buildings laid to waste. i mean just look at the utter