to stay there. they wanted to leave very quickly because they were afraid of a bombing. they were afraid of what might happen. it seems like it s that not knowing and kind of the eeriness of not exactly knowing where the russian forces are and when the worst might come. yeah. and that s the thing for us who are covering this conflict. i think, you know, we have been sort of lulled into this, well, it s kind of quiet. it s not so bad. and i woke up and there was a huge explosion about five minutes ago in kyiv. and so it s there s states bet there s space between them but when they happen, one has no idea when they will happen. and i m sure it will get worse as the days come. just in terms of the bombs between people and resilience is such an overused word now. but the determination so many people here have not just for the immediate but seemingly
alex marquardt, thank you so much. people there slept over night and the blast left a gaping hole on the side of the residential building, you can see right there forcing everyone inside evacuating. no deaths have been reported. cnn s clarissa ward was there filing this report. reporter: we are here in a residential neighborhood, quite near to one of kyiv s airport and you can see behind me, i am just going to step out of the way so my camera man can show you here the damage that has been done. some kind of a projectile hitting the apartment. there are still balanambulance workers on the scene. they re trying to take some
building on the outskirts of the city and those troops are preparing a new tactic of really pounding the ukrainian capital in a bid to take it over, a real step up from the kind of level of pressure that the ukrainian capital has seen so far, anderson. two bits of potentially positive news. one, u.s. confirmed today that weaponry is still getting through to kyiv, where it is most needed. there s also now going to be a second round of talks in belarus. are ukrainian diplomats any more hopeful this time? you talked about this with president zelenskyy the other day. reporter: yes, i did. and look, they re not. i mean, the fact there s a second round of talks is, i suppose, in itself helpful. but i think ukrainian officials are holding back from from
since thursday with her three children, her youngest being old four months old. her husband is a local journalist in ukraine who volunteered to fight for his country in kyiv, and she joins us now. elena ganesh, thank you so much for talking to us. how are you holding up? for us, well, we are bad but. your children are with you. how is it? how are they doing? children are basically doing very fine. the little is sick. you heard she was coughing right now. she is getting much better. i have important medications for her because she has breathing problems, and obviously the air in the bomb shelter is not the best quality, but she s doing well. and the other kids who are 5 and
countries who are residents of ukraine or who are students of ukraine, countries such as afghanistan who can t go back to their country, cameroon, who can t return to their country. and you were seeing that as well. you ve got people from india, people from all over nepal. they are here as students, and they are stuck. they are trying to figure out what to do next. but the one thing they wanted to make sure of is that they were able to get here, get to safety, poland has allowed so many people to come in from ukraine, they basically have put up signs saying you are welcome here, we will help you. they ve been giving out sim cards, food, and trying to help people get to where they need to go. anderson. i want to talk to joe doherty in moscow. what has been happening in that city, and also are there do there continue to be protests on the streets in moscow and other