targeting this facility, and ukrainians say that there are lots of families that have been living there, trying to find some safety there. video shows a lot of young children among the survivors. the people there said the conditions have been worsening with limited food and shelter. russia set a second deadline today for those inside to surrender. and in a conversation that was captured in an intercept, according to ukraine, a russian platoon leader is heard saying, three-ton surprises from russia, end quote, were coming from the sky. the leader then says his command, quote, said to level everything to the ground. russia s foreign minister declared today a new phase for russia. he says this offensive to take the donbas region will be a very important moment of this entire special operation. end quote. and ukraine s president acknowledged the battle for the donbas is under way. cnn s ed lavandera is in the capital city of kyiv. ed, we want to warn some of our viewers about t
over the western united states. it may have come all the way from china. national security correspondent jennifer griffin has details from the pentagon. hi, jennifer. good evening, gill i can t believe. the pentagon says it has detected and been tracking for the past several days a chinese surveillance balloon that entered u.s. airspace and appears to have been sent bye bye jing to spy on sensitive sites in montana. one of three sites where the u.s. houses it s siloed nuclear weapons. nbc first reported the news. a senior u.s. defense official just briefed reporters on the balloon which is still hovering over the continental united states. adding the u.s. government has very high confidence that this surveillance balloon was sent by the peoples republic of china. the balloon is currently traveling at an altitude well above commercial air traffic and does not present a military or physical threat to people on the ground. instances of this kind of balloon activity have been
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