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Russians tell a different story. they claim that they vacated the island as a good will gesture. if that is the case, well this latest bombing of snake island is a pretty strange way to show good will towards your enemies. especially given the bombs that the ukrainians accuse them of dropping. phosphorous bombs. it is significant because it is normally used in tracer rounds. it burns very bright and very hot and it is also extremely dangerous if it hits any kind of human flesh because it will burn right through it. and so perhaps this strike was meant to send a message to the ukrainians. so far as we know right now, there are no humans on that island. the ukrainians say they want to get rid of any russian infrastructure on that island. they want to make sure it is de-mined, no booby-traps before they go back and plant their flag and perhaps they ll think twice about how quickly they go back to set up shot. ....
Dropping phosphorus bombs on the island, something that cnn has not yet been able to independently verify. cnn s correspondent scott mclane joins us live from kyiv. scott, what more can you tell us about what s happening on snake island? reporter: remember that the russians said they vacated that island as a goodwill gesture to the ukrainians because whoever controls that island essentially controls the shipping lanes in that part and along that stretch of the southern ukrainian coastline, but that goodwill has lasted only about 24 hours or so. the ukrainians, as boris mentioned, have claimed that the russians have dropped a phosphorus bomb. this is significant because phosphorus burns brightly, usually used for tracer rounds, for instance. it also burns extremely hot. and can do a lot of damage to human flesh. so perhaps this is meant to send a message to the ukrainians who say that they are in the process of demining and clearing snake island so that they can reestablish a perman ....
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Border. nick paton walsh is in ukraine. kaitlan collins is at the white house and oren liebermann is at the white house. we ll begin with alex. russian forces are trying to encircle kyiv. alex, what is the very latest now? reporter: don, this was a night that president zelenskyy predicted would be very difficult. as you noted, he says the fate of ukraine is being decided right now. over the course of the evening we have seen all kinds of gunfire and explosions coming from all different directions. just in the past few moments, as you and i were on the air, we did hear significant, heavy, sustained gunfire coming from the south of the city. i can see it going up into the air. you saw red tracer rounds. this was some kind of heavy machine gun. don, we have also tonight seen ....