russia s ministry of defense says they were aiming for a factory by here that is one of ukraine s top producers of air-to-air guided missiles as well as aircraft parts we can t show the factory due to ukraine law, factory was damaged in the strike but so was the apartment complex behind me another example of russia targeting places with supposed military relevance but killing ordinary civilians in the process. body taken out of the building midday friday, the victim of an attack president zelenskyy says prubs, quote, one cannot relax yet, one cannot think the war is over. we still need to fight. and matt rivers here with me, i understand there s been a new development, some people arrested on site. reporter: yes, so we know ukraine is always nervous about anything that can help russia, better targeted strikes, get a better idea of the results of its strikes so they say they arrested two people on the scene that authorities were saying were acting suspiciously actually taking pictur
result of the fire that took place in this apartment building just behind me. what russia s ministry of defense is saying is they were targeting a facility, a factory, very close to where we are right now. we can t show you that factory due to ukrainian law. but it s very close to where we are right now. that factory, one of if not the top producer here in ukraine of air-to-air guided missiles, as well as aircraft parts, but this yet another example that even though russia says they re targeting something with a supposed military relevance, this has no military relevance. this is a residential apartment building in which multiple people were injured or killed because of a russian air strike. keep in mind that where we are right now is not far away from where the u.n. secretary general was when he was here in kyiv yesterday meeting with the president of ukraine. these missile strikes happened while he was in town. what message is that sending from russia to the u.n. secretary general af
a safe place. as you mentioned, there are ongoing fearing about the city s archaeological site being destroyed. isis took control of palmyra earlier this week a city dating back 2,000 years. while we haven t heard of any archaeological sites or artifacts being destroyed we are hearing about growing violence. in fact we ve been getting reports that isis militants had been hunting down syrian government troops and executing them in the streets. either shooting or beheading them and palmyra, we re also seeing not only does it have historical relevance, also strategic military relevance. really it s a crossroads linking damascus to city the to the eastern and northern parts of country, and as we ve seen isis has been basically pushing westward towards damascus. in fact a syrian observatory for human rights says the terror organization already controls half of syria. though this is a huge gain for
estimated 50,000 refugees and that number could be much higher that came from ramadi have been heading towards that area, towards the baghdad province. we continue to get reports of isis executing people trying to escape from ramadi and we are hearing similar reports from palmyra in syria. isis took control of the ancient city last week and the militants have reportedly been hunting down government troops shooting and beheading them in the streets as well. the city is an archeological site dating back 2,000 years, and are at risk of being destroyed. we have seen isis do that in other areas, including mosul, iraq destroying artifacts there. palmyra not only has historical relevance but strategic military relevance. i want to talk about this because isis now controls an estimated 50% of syria, mostly in the eastern and northeastern sections of the country. so taking palmyra shows that isis is pushing further west trying to get within range of
fled to safety so far. and in the ancient city of palmyra, there are reports now of isis hunting down government soldiers and executing them in the streets, shooting or beheading them. isis took over palmyra this past week. fears are growing about militants destroying the city s archaeological sites like they did in mosul, iraq. palmyra is a city of historical relevance and strategic military relevance as well. it s a crossroads linking damascus to cities in the eastern and northern parts of the country. taking palmyra is a huge gain for isis and a huge loss for syria s government and president bashar al assad. here s an observatory for human rights says there are reports that isis militants broke into the museum in mall whypalmyra were removed and were taken to a safe