its invasion. you may be surprised to learn, then, that the regularly scheduled ballet at the odesa opera house just a few blocks away from the port where the cruise missiles hit went ahead almost as scheduled saturday night. hours later. i was fortunate enough to spend a night at the opera in odesa recently and met very brave artists, musicians, dancers who were determined that despite the threat of this war the show must go on. reporter: there is great beauty in ukraine amid the pain and suffering. in the southern port city of odesa dancers in rehearsal try to tune out russia s deadly war. this is more than just a beautiful expression of art and culture. against the terrible backdrop of this war these dancers offer a
and the reality is any time, any place a deadly russian missile could come crashing into your building. the governor here accuses the russian military of firing repurposed s-300 surface-to-air missiles at his city. because it s like russia to scare civilian people to make panic. reporter: in recent days missiles hit a hotel, a hospital, two universities, and this elementary school. trans she says this part of the school was built more than a century ago. look what s left of it. reporter: the missile war is different from the furious artillery duals being fought along front lines. because the missile strikes hit far from zones of active combat in communities like the southern
these weapons that the russian military is firing against ukrainian cities. in just the last couple of days there were missile strikes on the eastern city of dnipro, on the southern port city of odesa, and on wednesday a devastating strike on the central city where at least two dozen people were killed including children and many more wounded. in the case of this university campus i see no clear evidence of any ukrainian military precedence here, which leads me to question what is the strategy what is the goal of the russian military when it fires these deadly weapons at ukrainian cities? is it as the ukrainian government argues a form of psychological warfare, terrorism designed to try to break the will of the ukrainian people? if it is, every time i talk to a
that one of these deadly missiles could crash through his ceiling. this is a crater left by one of the rockets that was fired in that salvo against this university campus on friday morning. and i just want to give you a sense of the power of these weapons that the russian military is firing against ukrainian cities. in just the last couple of days there were missile strikes on the eastern city of dnipro, on the southern port city of odesa. and on wednesday, a devastating strike on the central city of vynnetsya, casualties including children. on this university campus i see no clear evidence of any ukrainian military presence here, which leads me to question, what is the strategy, what is the goal of the russian military when it fires these
day. i spoke with a resident who has sent his wife and son away to neighboring poland for safety, and he says every night he sleeps in the basement for fear that one of these deadly missiles could crash through his c ceiling. this is a crater left by one of the rockets that was fired in that salvo against this university campus on friday morning, and i just want to give you a sense of the power of these weapons that the russian military is firing against ukrainian cities. in just the last couple of days, there were missile strikes on the eastern city of dnipro, on the southern port city of odesa, and on wednesday a devastating strike on the central city of ve neets ya, where at least two dozen people were killed including children and many more wounded. in the case of this university campus, i see no clear evidence