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for 20 tense minutes, police keep their distance, waiting for the bomb squad to arrive. in obvious distress, wells pleads with police as the clock ticks. why is no one trying to come get this thing off me? he seemed to be having a conversation with the police. just very, very eerie stuff. media crews are warned to move back. state police are urging us to move from this location because if this bomb goes off and there s shrapnel, we could get hit, but i think we re safe. just a few minutes later, time runs out. the bomb explodes. the footage, too gruesome to show. police react instinctively, running closer with guns drawn. but brian wells is dead. it was pretty much a shock. i remember standing there for a few seconds in disbelief, not thinking anything like this could have ever happened. news 12 interrupts this program. local news stations go live. ....
Military trucks and armored personnel carriers. we re approaching a checkpoint flying the russian flag where troops are searching cars, targeting media crews, and confiscating equipment. we hide our cameras as soldiers search our van. one of them is spotted, it s taken and turned off. this is now effectively part of russia and they don t want us filming the evidence. the local soldier in charge agrees to an interview. we re defending our people, he tells me, this is not about russia, but about protecting our homeland. as we drive through the check point, we see the new border that s being erected on this wind swept plain. once out of view from russian troops we stop the car and resume filming. russia says it has no presence on the crimea peninsula, here is your proof. the russian troops are dug in ....
Armored personnel carriers. we are approaching a checkpoint flying the russian flag where troops are searching cars targeting media crews and confiscating equipment. we hide our cameras as soldiers inspect the van. one of them is spotted. it s taken and turned off. this is now effectively part of russia and they don t want us filming the evidence. the local soldier in charge who had sworn allegiance to russia agre agrees to an interview. translator: we are protecting our people. this is not about russia by protecting our homeland. reporter: once out of view from russian troops, we stop the car and resume filming. russia says it has no military presence on the crimean peninsula. here is your proof. russian troops have dug in armed personal carriers, dug in fence ....
Troops are searching cars, targeting media crews and confiscating equipment. we hide our cameras as soldiers inspect the van. one of them is spotted. it s taken and turned off. this is now effectively part of russia and they don t want us filming the evidence. the local soldier in charge, who sworn allegiance to russia, agrees to an interview. we re defending our people, he tells me. this is not about russia but protecting our homeland. we see a new border being erected. once out of view from russian troops, we stop the car and continue filming. russian troops is dug in armed personnel carriers have rolled out barbed wire, dug fence posts and will are also signs that indicates there are land mines ....
Now. question remains, is all of this too late? a visit to the border shows that armed and masked russian fighters have pretty much taken crimea. just seems to be a fact, period. and it also means they are none too keen to let the rest of the world see what they re up to. which means that cnn s anna coren and her crew were not particularly welcome as guests at the border, and you ve got to see what their report shows. reporter: parked along the highway linking crimea to ukraine, a convoy of russian trucks and armored personal carriers. we re approaching a checkpoint, flying the russian flag, where troops are searching cars, targeting media crews, and confiscating equipment. we hide our cameras. the soldiers inspect the van. one of them is spotted. it s taken and turned off. this is now effectively part of russia. and they don t want us filming ....