and not made any appreciable progress in the last 24 to 36 hours. now as more explosions rock the capital kyiv, u.s. officials warn that russian forces are turning to their old and brutal tactics of laying siege to cities while targeting civilians and infrastructure from afar. just like the russian missile strike on a tv tower in kyiv on tuesday, which cnn s alex marquardt reports could be an ominous sign of much worse to come. reporter: russia has launched a new phase of this war on ukraine s communication and information. this was the moment a russian missile struck kyiv s tv tower. today we walked through the rubble of the buildings below it. shown around by a man who joined the defense forces just last week when russia lanched their invasion. the 38-year-old is normally a
removing products as fast as we possibly can. at great risk and with great difficulty? you have deep ties to this country, you have roots that go back, tell us about the determination of ukrainians to resist what is going on? michael, it s been eight years of fighting, okay? ukrainians are determined to keep their homes and their land and that is that will has only increased overtime, they are going to go down fighting. you can see that, getting kyiv will be a very, very difficult task. very difficult. and the other thing that i will ask you about because i ve asked a lot of people and i get the same answer, if the worse were to happen, a few months from now there is a pro russian puppet government installed,
ukraine. we are of course following the breaking news of russia s intensifying attacks as its invasion of ukraine stretches into its eighth day. and it appears that russia has taken its first big prize, the strategic port of kherson. its mayor says the ukraine military is no longer in the city. dozens of people lost their lives in the battle for control of kherson. [ siren ] air raid sirens now a common sound in cities all around the country. this was all over the capital where explosions were heard wednesday night and early this morning. and i want to show you the scene in southwestern kyiv earlier as blasts lit up the sky there. meanwhile, the u.s. says the march of russian forces towards ukraine s capital has slowed to a stand still. that large military convoy on the road to kyiv remains stalled
to protect our country. her husband is also back in kyiv defending the city against vladimir putin s invasion. what would you tell people in russia? i would tell them just get rid of your president, he is insane. safe, but now uprooted with no idea if and when these people can ever go home. ivan watson, on the hungarian ukrainian border. all right, for more on how you can help the people of ukraine, go to cnn.com slash impact for information, plenty of resources there, if you d like to help. and we will have much more for ukraine, first let s head back to rosemary in atlanta. rosemary? thank you, michael. we will be back with you soon. coming up what s israel s doing to try to end the russian invasion of ukraine, we re live in jerusalem, that is next. rtified goosebumps.
criminal and/or fraudulent acts. the committee alleges eastman helped to orchestrate the plot and they re attempting to obtain his emails. so far eastman has refused to hand them over, claiming attorney/client privilege. well, civilians in kyiv increasingly in harm s way as russia changes up its invasion tactics. we ll take a closer look at the aftermath of an attack on a tv tower. plus how israel is trying to end the russian invasion of ukraine. we re live in jerusalem with that.