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Here in the united states and around the world. i m wolf blitzer and you re in the situation room. we re overlooking the white house right now where president biden is likely putting the last minute touches on his state of the union address. the war in ukraine forcing him to revise his speech on a night when putin s forces could potentially unleash some of their most devastating attacks yet. let s go right to the ukrainian capital of kyiv right now. clarissa, what is happening in kyiv tonight? reporter: well, wolf, it has been a pretty intense evening. earlier on, we heard three large explosions coming from the northeast of the city. ....
Before that several hours earlier, we heard a massive explosion. that we now know was the hit on kyiv s tv tower. we re hearing from ukrainian authorities that five people were killed in that attack and it struck just next to the holocaust memorial, the site of one of the worst nazi massacres, the largest mass grave as a result of world war ii. and the irony, of course, when you hear from ukraine s chief rabbi and others in the jewish community here, that putin has twisted history in order to justify this illegal invasion claiming that he s taking out neo nazis and yet what he s actually doing is hitting a sort of revered holocaust memorial site. so people here very much on edge as you can imagine, wolf. not just because russia s defense ministry has warned people living near communications towers or places ....
Earlier on that there maybe some further negotiations tomorrow. they haven t confirmed it absolutely. but what they re saying is look, there s so much bombing going on, kharkiv, the second biggest city, the television tower here in kyiv in which five people were killed, military bases being pounded incessantly. they re saying that the russians are clearly trying to improve their negotiating position and in terms of talks, everything, they say, could still change. matthew, how did president zelenskyy seem to you? obviously he must be worried about the safety of his family and his own safety as well. i think obviously he s going to be worried about those things. he said himself that he believes he s target number one for the russians and he believes his family, which is something he s more worried about, is target number two. he looked very tired. his eyes were red and bloodshot. ....
Happening now, breaking news. as russia intensifies its bombing campaign on the ukrainian capital, new explosions were heard just a short while ago. kyiv is bracing now for a major assault as a convoy re-groups just outside the city and civilians are being targeted for attack right in the heart of ukraine. this comes just hours before president biden delivers his first state of the union address. we just learned he will directly slam putin tonight, condemning, i m quoting the president of the united states right now, condemning his premeditated and unprovoked war. we re following these two major stories this hour. major breaking news. we want to welcome our viewers ....
Of the union address later tonight? well, woclf, in fact, we checked with the president s spokesperson and he said that the president, president putin usually does not watch tv addresses. that he prefers to have a written report that he reads later. so president putin may not be watching, but you can be sure that members of the kremlin staff, certainly intelligence, the military, the foreign ministry, et cetera, will be very carefully watching and analyzing and we might get a statement the next day. it s late here in moscow. wolf. i m sure president biden will have a message for putin in that address tonight. we ll be watching very closely. thank you very, very much. there s more breaking news we re following just ahead. how long can kyiv, the ukrainian capital, hold out against vladimir putin s war machine? we re taking a closer look at the 40-mile convoy threatening ....