take a listen to the live report we did. you could see over here, there are russian airborne forces. they have taken this airport, you could tell their russian. i ve spoken to them already. could you tell they re russian. they have that orange and black band to identify them as russian forces. i ve spoken to the commander on the ground there. within the past few minutes he said they are now in control. they re in control. but we made a hasty departure after there was a con frontation. i think it may have been a counter attack from ukrainian military forces. i don t know whether you have that video but it was quite hairy. a lot of fighting going on and as we sort of witnessed that and then made our way out back to the capital. you ve been doing amazing reporting. thank you so much on behalf of all of our viewers. we ll get back to you as well. let s discuss what is going on right now with the state department spokesperson ned price. ned, thank you so much for joining us on this hist
here where helicopter borne troops, these troops were landed in the early hours of this morning to take and to form an air bridge to allow for more troops to come in. these are russian forces. i ve spoken to them already. you can tell they ve got that orange and black, identified as russian forces have spoken to the commander on the ground there within the past few minutes and he said they are now in control of this air force and they were engaged in a fire fight, presumably with the ukrainian military which says it stages a counteroffensive to try to take back this airport. i can tell you now, outside of the perimeter of this antonov air base and it is not been taken back by the ukrainian military. it is the russian military. you can see them now moving back to a different position. the ukrainian military who say they are now in control. this is about, i would say about 20 miles from the center of the ukrainian capital. it just shows us now for the first time just how close
as russia s military assault of ukraine is under way, germany s top diplomat put it in stark terms. we woke up in a different world today. cnn s matthew chance is on the front lines and i want you to watch what he and his crew came upon only 12 miles outside of kyiv. reporter: we are here at the antonov airport 50 or so miles out of the center. the troops out here, you can see they are russian airborne forces. they have taken this airport. they ve allowed us to come in and be with them as they defend the perimeter of this air base here where helicopter-borne troops landed in the early hours of this morning to take and form an air bridge to allow more troops to come in. you can tell they re russian, i ve spoken already, they ve got that orange and black band to identify them as russian forces.
northern ukraine, the site of the world s worst nuclear disaster. cnn s matthew chance had an up-close encounter with some russian forces at an airport about 50 miles from the capital of kyiv. reporter: these two failed russian airborne forces. they have taken this airport. you can tell they re russian. they ve got that orange and black band to identify them as russian forces. i ve spoken to the commander on the ground within the past few minutes, and he said they are now in control. ukrainians are now living in a very, very different nation than only one night ago. some subway stations have become makeshift bomb shelters in kharkiv, ukraine s second largest city. many citizens don t know what to do or where to go or how this is going to end, as they told cnn s cla clarissa ward. so, what can the world do to
prominently on his chest. he was standing next to a ukrainian athlete. the sports governing body described it as shocking behavior. but how do you describe this? terminally ill children and their careers formed a giant z outside a hospice in the russian city of kazar. it s disgusting that the state is co-opting young children to be propaganda mechanisms for their war. it is dangerous when small little symbols become proxies for being a loyal citizen in authoritarian regime during a time of war because those who don t show the z could be targeted by the state. reporter: and in this highly produced propaganda video, russian men wearing that letter declare their support for the invasion. chanting. for russia, for the president, for russia, for putin. an aerial shot shows a giant z made from the orange and black.