than i expected and i think than any of us in the west really expected. i guess the question is, how far will he go? he s called kyiv the capitol of ancient russia. do you think he would enter the city or lay siege to it? he may well do that. so in the next two to three days we should expect him to try to take out all the air defense systems and establish air dominance so that the tanks can roll in. and the russian troops will have air support so that s what we re watching for in the next two to three days. we ll see if the troops roll in from belarus and the other directions as well. at this point it looks like he s pretty intent on going into kyiv and changing the leadership there. i don t think that that s an irresponsible guess but again we don t know what vladimir putin is up to. a lot of what he s going to do is based on what happens on the ground. and he s essentially told everyone else around the world
more now on the breaking news out of ukraine where a russian attack is underway. russia has launched an attack. this exclusive video shows military vehicles, you can see there, entering ukraine from belarus where russia has been conducting military drills. the belorussian president says his troops are not taking part in the russian operation. to the south, russian troops have been seen entering the country from crimea. while the crisis escalates on the ground, over ukraine the air space remains empty. a move that evac cue waits
vladimir putin is talking about needing to protect that has seen war in the last eight years that we are hearing blasts in this tightly packed city is quite an extraordinary development in terms of what this says about the scale of what vladimir putin might be trying to achieve. a deeply troubling morning, frankly, to wake up and see this place that wants to be so calm now on edge. michael? perhaps surprising, that far in the northern belarus, in the east in donbas and the south in crimea and where you are in the west of the country. nick, thanks for the report. nick paton walsh there. let s turn to katie bow who is with us at the pentagon with more. what are you hearing about the troop flompt? yeah, so, u.s. intelligence and defense officials are closely tracking russian maneuvers in an effort to understand the scope and how this campaign is going to unfold
live from lviv in ukraine. we begin live with this breaking news. the russian ukraine s leaders calling it an act of war. the russian military claims its troops encountered no resistance. this video is from a camera alongside the country s southern border with crimea which of course was annexed in crimea in 2014 and occupied ever since. another video from ukrainian border guards showing a column of military vehicles entering the country from belarus .
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