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Country looks like after declaring war in a predawn announcement. tonight, we re told a major battle is under way at the gostomel airfield, on the oust skirts of the capital itself, where russian paratroopers swooped in today. the president of ukraine confirming paratroopers had landed, saying russian airborne troops are surrounded. but one battle they lost was for the former chernobyl nuclear power plant around 60 miles from the capital, now fully in the hands of the russians. the clashes followed a campaign of aerial bombardment across the country. ( explosion ) the streets of kyiv are virtually deserted, and with good reason. ukrainians here are in a state of shock. nobody here wanted to believe that the capital itself would come under attack, and it s impossible to predict what the next 24 hours will bring. ....