democracy in europe because we know vladimir putin will not stop in ukraine. this is about a free world. john: you have lived in kyiv for 25 years, established a network of friends. one of those friends telling you as they stay behind to whether this onslaught from the russian military. they are saying, they have a very positive fighting morale going on. not everybody was loyal to the government prior to this but ukrainians are proud of president zelenskyy who is turning out to be quite a hero in support of ukraine. sandra: so many ukrainians are standing up to fight in this moment.
6-year-old boy was killed amid violent clashes happening in western kyiv. i want to show you the scene in kyiv overnight. cnn cameras capturing the moment an explosion lit the sky above the city, one of two massive blasts on the outskirts of the capital. let s take a closer view now. this area just southeast of kyiv is home to a large military air field. the town s mayor says a petroleum storage depot was hit. u.n. high commissioner for refugees says more than 150,000 people have fled this country. many others internally displaced. the people in this video are trying to board a train from kyiv to western ukraine where i am. so far the outfun gunned ukrainians have kept the russians from taking the capital. the ukrainian general says they have captured some 200 russian troops. the british ministry of defense says the bulk of vladimir putin s invasion force is within 30 kilometers of the capital.
long way to go. sandra: we will check with you shortly. john: live in kyiv, we lost your signal but things seem to be all right. we heard sandra, germany will be sending stinker missiles and 1000 antitank missiles, 400 rpgs germany citizenship through a foreign country. the czech republic, really interesting development on germany s part because for weeks leading up to this conflict said its constitution prohibits it from giving lethal weapons to ukraine. increased pressure to take financial action against russia in the form of banning it from the swift banking system.
poised to, quote, bombard cities into submission in the ukraine, which could inflict many more civilian casualties. a senior western intelligence official telling cnn his experience with western leadership and vladimir putin leads him to believe, and i quote here, they have a completely different standard when it comes to respect for human life. and the u.s. official tells cnn that russia is planning to deploy up to 1,000 mercenaries in the near future. pentagon saying russia already rained down more than 500 missiles on ukraine in a week and a half since this invasion began. and this is what those missiles are doing to the cities and towns of ukraine. look at this. on the out skirts of kyiv, a residential neighborhood attacked. a woman watching, just watching as her house burns. in western kyiv, a business center just destroyed. and we have tragic news and a story we first brought you last night. the missile attack on an
government at this time. stand by, both of you, thank you very much, we ll get back to you as warranted throughout this broadcast, we ll continue to cover other breaking news coming out of ukraine in the russia region. i want to turn now to alexander sherva former ambassador at large for ukraine s foreign ministry. appreciate having you on, it s horrific, heart wrenching to watch what is going on, video just outside of kyiv, a woman watching as her home burns down. bart putin trying to burn your country to rubble. did you ever think this would or could happen? we were warned about that this was a reality coming upon us, but to the last moment, i didn t believe, many, or most of us didn t believe for one simple reason this makes no sense. this is a senseless absolutely barbaric destruction, counterproductive war for ukraine and for russia.