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It is otherwise a relatively quiet day. but now we are trying to get a sense of whether this bombing campaign by the russians is going to happen tonight. we are bracing for that. the city is bracing for that. there s a curfew that s not just overnight but a 48-hour long curfew curfew. the city told the residents to stay inside. to go into the air shelters when the sirens go off and now something else in the distance. that sounded like gun fire. sounds like thunder. there are two waves of that. so this could be the beginning of a significant aerial bombardment. stand by. be safe. we ll get back to you, alex, in ....
Basically who can handle a gun to get one and fight. what is happening among the general population as much as you are able to tell? reporter: well, it s unclear whether these air raid sirens are related to that warning from the interior ministry. you re absolutely right, the interior minister the facebook page for the interior ministry saying that this morning, saturday morning, there is active fighting going on in the streets of kyiv and asking residents to stay inside, if they are in air shelters, to stay there, if they are at home, to stay away from windows and balconies, to get away from those windows that could break if there was some sort of fighting going on. so we do believe that there is active fighting under way according to the interior minister, and at the same time, we have seen not just the military going out to confront this russian threat. and it does appear that they are making some headway, or at least they are doing a fairly good job at keeping those russian for ....
But now we are we are trying to get a sense of whether this bombing campaign by the russians is going to happen tonight. we are bracing for that. the city is bracing for that. there s a curfew that is not just overnight, but it is a 48-hour long curfew. the city has told its residents to stay inside, when the air sirens go off, to go into the air shelters. and now i m hearing something else in the distance. that sounded like gunfire. sounds like thunder. there are two waves of that. so this could be the beginning of a significant aerial bombardment by russia s forces on the ukrainian capital. that was cnn s alex marquardt. and now the view from the russian side of the border. this chilling moment unfolding live earlier today as cnn viewers watched. cnn s fred pleitgen described the activity swirling around ....
But now, we are taking we are we are trying to get a sense of whether this bombing campaign by the russians is going to happen tonight. um, we are bracing for that. the city is bracing for that. there is a curfew that is not just overnight but it is a 48-hour-long curfew. the city has told its residents to stay inside when the air sirens go off, to go into the air shelters. um,. now, i am hearing something else in the distance. um, that sounded like gunfire. sounds like thunder. there were two waves of that. so, this could be the beginning of of a significant aerial bombardment by russia s forces on the ukrainian capital. terrifying. officials are also grappling with the aftermath of a kyiv residential block struck by a missile or rocket overnight. ....
One of them out west here. this is lusk. an airfield struck by the russians four ukrainian servicemen killed, six wounded there. also another air field, residents ordered into air shelters as those bombs hit, the air raid striking these airfields likely a message about the mig 29s not using those airfields for that don t know specifically. here dnipro, fourth largest city in ukraine. for the first time a russian airstrikes targeted this major industrial hub in the east. state of emergency in effect there. as they re continuing to get bombarded. a lot of activity in the south. most of it around kyiv. speaking of south. let s take russians are on the move. we talked about that movement. hitting both ways to mariupol. ....