wind. but it is bursts. it s fits and starts. and so there was a lull for around 45 minutes to an hour. and then it comes back up again quickly. so there s really no predicting. and then it s really coming from all different directions. as we said at the top of the show, you know, the closest explosions we have heard yet, just around three miles away, near a military base, we should point out. the russians appear for now to be targeting military installations, military forces. there is real concern, however, that if alex? i ve got to get to the top of the hour and we re going to have you back on the other side, i want to reset. why don t you stand by, alex marquardt, reporting there from kyiv. we ve heard some gunfire, we re told. they re trying to get a handle on exactly what it was, trace-arounds, we re told. we re about to go to break. we heard from alex s location,
throw direction of the airport. as i say, there are defensive structures around kyiv which have been reinforced over the past couple of days as well. particularly now there s a state of emergency being declared here and it could well be those that have been tarpthed. we re going to get some more clarity on this as the night proceeds and as the daytime breaks of course. matthew, why don t you stand by for a bit and i just want to update our viewers. we ll get back to you. we have plenty of time to talk. as this is happening more people tend to tune in and i just want to make sure people know what s happening. you ve been watching our matthew chance. he is in kyiv giving a report just a short time ago at the top of the hour and he heard explosions there. not exactly sure what it was. but now matthew is saying he s hearing from the ukrainian interior ministry saying the invasion has begun and also saying the explosions are missile strikes. our clarissa ward is in kharkiv, also hearing e
oh. now they re now they are deploying a much heavier gas. miguel, why don t you stand by. reporter: i have gas in my eyes. keep your camera up as long as you can. we ll come back. we re going to go to gary tuckman. so stand by. gary tuckman, what are you seeing there? reporter: just what miguel was saying. the police have deployed tear gas and some concussion ordinance that has startled people here. there hasn t been any violence so far and that s the good news but the tear gas is very acute. most people have left. you can see there s riot police wearing their shield, their helmet but all of our nass are burning, our throats are burning. why did happen? i don t know. but there were water bottles thrown at police and the next thing we felt was burning tear gas. during donald trump s speech,