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choices. there are reports of heavy fighting on the line of contact in i fighting on the line of contact in the east, where ukrainian forces have been defending against russian backed separatists for the past eight years. but tonight, british military intelligence says there has been no sign of a russian breakthrough there yet. it is where many of ukraine s best trained and best equipped forces are dug in. some western officials fear they could be encircled. the us and britain are among the few countries that have supplied ukraine with weapons, but these are mostly short range, anti tank and surface to air missiles. their best chance may be to defend key cities. kyiv is a central objective, its political kyiv is a central objective, its political significance it is the seat political significance it is the seat of political significance it is the seat of the ukrainian government, but russia seat of the ukrainian government, but russia must be seen to capture it and but russia m
one of the opening salvos in russia s war on ukraine. in an airport in the west of the country. in kyiv today, a frightening new dawn for europe and ukraine. this city of 3 million awoke to sirens and an invasion. soon an exodus is that you spoke of the dark hour since world war ii. darken skies as russian attack helicopters targeted a military airport outside kyiv. ukraine says several were shot down. the invasion was by air sea and
to a specially extended bbc news at ten from the ukrainian capital, kyiv a country under attack, after a huge russian military offensive, by land, sea and air. fierce fighting is taking place, including in several areas close to here, with russian forces capturing the disused chernobyl nuclear power plant north of kyiv. many thousands of ukrainians are seeking shelter or trying to leave the major cities. the authorities here say more then 50 people have been killed, and dozens wounded. in a televised address at around 6am moscow time, president putin announced what he called a special military operation in the eastern donbas region aimed, he said, to create the demilitaration and denazification of ukraine . it came as missile strikes were reported on a number of military targets.
so many their worst fears have become reality. clive meyer he spent the day with the people in kyiv as they waited to learn what might happen next. ukrainian troops burn piles and piles of documents. what they contain, we don t know. but so great is the fear they could fall into russian hands, they must be destroyed. the enemy is literally at the gates. not far up the road, ukrainian armour, in a capital city braced for the worst. and in the trafficjam, in every vehicle on this highway sit families who, forweeks, have prayed for peace. this is the main road out of the capital. that way is poland, it s lviv in the west, and the city there. amoured personal and a whole line of traffic as far