do you know, it s hard to believe, it really hard to believe sitting here actually when the war started, when the bombs started. it was six months. it has been six months since vladimir putin launched his murderous and entirely unprovoked war on ukraine, six months of death raining down from the sky, six months of innocent men, women, children slaughtered. six months of people driven away from homes, schools, churches, hospitals and shelters bombed. we remember it. it s still going on. it s unimaginable and going on today. missile strikes across the country. but this is how it began. watch this. here is our breaking news, vladimir putin announcing a special military operation claiming to protect donbas. matthew chance will join us. i just heard a big bang right here behind me. i told you we shouldn t have done the live shot here. wow. six months. right when it started on this program. just couple minutes from now. cnn reporters risking their lives in the war zone bearing
yeah, shaking. we were laying on the ground and like praying we would be safe and alive. after taking cover with her mother and neighbors, they emerged to destruction. everything is bombed. a lot of glasses were broken. garage was entirely blown off. this is really, really close to downtown lviv. it s the exact opposite of what russian officials said yesterday they would limit what they were doing in this country. this is ukraine independence day and on this ukraine independence day the country is under assault every single day. president vladimir sa lezelensk at least 22 more people are dead after another attack on a train station including an 11-year-old child. we ll dig into the big questions who is winning this war? what does it mean for the united