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welcome back, everyone. i am michael homes coming to you live from lviv in western ukraine. now, this is a country that has gone through another night of air-raid sirens, explosions, and, of course, fear as well. let s bring you up to date on latest developments. massive explosions in a town about 20 kilometers southwest of kyiv earlier. lighting up the night sky as you can see. the town s mayor saying a military airfield and petroleum storage depot were hit. clashes also reported in kyiv on saturday night. several people apparently wounded, and we hear a 6-year-old boy was killed. now, in kharkiv, ukraine s state emergency service says a nine-story residential building was hit by what they are calling enemy artillery. a female civilian, killed there. now, this comes as british and
live from lviv ukraine as we continue our coverage of the russian invasion. and a ukrainian general says his forces have captured some 200 russian troops. he claims they were badly equipped and some of them did not get any training at all, many of them just 19 years old, he said. cnn has not independently confirmed that report. meanwhile there were massive explosions in a town about 20 kilometers southwest of kyiv overnight. a petroleum storage depot were hit. clashes also reported in kyiv on saturday night. several people wounded, we re told, and a 6-year-old boy killed. in kharkiv, ukraine s state emergency service says a nine. story residential building was hit by what they re calling enemy artillery, a female civilian killed there. all of this coming as british and american defense officials say russian troops are facing stiff resistance and not making the progress they had planned on. and to keep internet service up
it says there was a mass surrender by ukrainian troops. we could not immediately independently verify those claims. overnight there were massive explosions in a town about 20 kilometers southwest of kyiv. the town s mayor saying a military air field and a petroleum storage depot were hit. earlier in the day, cnn crews saw more convoys of russian military equipment heading into ukraine, including this particularly lethal weapon that fires what are called thermo baric warheads which cause powerful explosions and large, enormously destructive pressure waves. russia used the weapon during its war in chechnya. ukrainian president zelenskyy is calling for people around the world to join the fight against russia saying, quote, anyone who wants to join the defense of ukraine, europe, and the world can come and fight side by side with the ukrainians against the russian war criminals. they were his words. a short time ago i choke with
i m pamela brown in washington. you are in the cnn newsroom on this saturday. it is just after 3:00 a.m. in kyiv, and i want to show you some of the most ominous sights so far this evening. two massive explosions within side of our cnn crews and the capital of kyiv. these flashes of light keep glowing in the distance. the mayor of the town where this happened about 18 miles from the center of the capital says a petroleum storage depot was hit. this is an area that has a large military airfield and multiple fuel tanks. quoting from the mayor now, the enemy wants to destroy everything around, but he will not be successful. our airfield was shelled as well, but we got it. it s under control of ukraine.