ground there in kyiv. here we have a developing security situation. at 9:30 this morning, there were vehicle checkpoints put into place for the first time around this city. city officials saying that they will check the vehicles come in and out of the city. there was a cryptic message from officials saying any strange markings thatsa people see on t streets, they should cover up. it is paranoia about reports of russian rooms putting on ukrainian army uniforms and trying to penetrate deeper into the country. so we re seeing double the amount of police and for the first time we ve sort of seen the ukrainian army here on the streets of lviv, though not in any kind of large numbers. the other thing where i am is this continuing refugee crisis. people are trying to move into the city. if they find space, they stay but otherwise they make a run. but the backup is now 7, 8
so it s not just that we re defending, we re able to push back. to what do you attribute this ukrainian ability, despite the fact that their military is so much smaller than the russians? they re defending their homeland. they re defending their wives, mothers, their homes and schools from a foreign invader. you know, putin might have thought that his army would fight that way, because russians have a reputation as fierce fighters in defense of what s theirs. but the russian there s now are demoralized, dispirited. they don t believe in what they re doing, and the ukrainians have that power of dedication and defense of what s theirs that makes them supermen on the battlefield. and i have to say, i was very, very i mean, i ve covered other conflict zones. and i was very impressed with how organized everybody is, not just military, but organizing refugee flows. you re in a city like lviv that has taken 200,000 internally
breaking news. kyiv s mayor says at least one person has been killed after more explosions rocked ukraine s capitol city, thank you for joining us tonight, i m pamela brown in washington. and i m don lemon in lviv, ukraine. let s get right to cnn s fred pleitgen in ukraine s capitol city of kyiv, fred, hello to you. you heard the explosions. what are you learning? reporter: hi there don, we certainly heard the explosion, felt the explosion as well, this happened about 1 1/2 hours ago when all of a sudden there was a pretty loud impact, that could be heard and you re absolutely right, kyiv mayor saying at least one person killed. all of this took place a little over six miles from where we are right now, and the area hit was apparently a business and residential district as well, it s unclear, doesn t appear there s much in the way of military targets over there, also not clear what exactly was dropped whether it was a larger
bustling. it is a vibrant city, but right now, it is all dark, all quiet, nothing works here. the air raid sirens and the announcement has stopped. again they say it is usually followed by an all-clear siren so we ll see if that indeed does happen but it s 1 in the morning, can you imagine living in these conditions, you re in your home with your children or home alone, what have you, and then you can be awakened at any moment, at any time by air raid sirens and the possibility of what s to come when you get the air raid sirens. that is a warning of a possibility that something is coming or something is indeed coming here. so we ll continue to soldier on here and continue on with our program. pamela brown is in washington and i m here in lviv and we want to focus right now on the extreme southern part of this country. so i want to bring you now cnn s nick payton walsh in mykolayiv, a port city near the black sea. nick, that s where russian bombs
a lot of supreme court news going on on this sunday night, joan, thank you. cnn, back to you now, don, in lviv for us tonight, don. you re right about that. and the timing, i mean can you imagine the timing here on the eve of confirmation hearings. we ll keep you up to date on that, pamela, thank you. up next, man, from insult to injury, really. we ll hear from ukrainian heros here in lviv trying to save some of the youngest victims of putin s war. we re talking about orphans. we ll be right back. to design solutions to help you manage payroll, benefits, , and hr today, so you can have more success tomorrow. one thing leads to another, yeah, yeah