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It has begun. The Russian invasion of Ukraine started Wednesday night (U.S. time) with evidence that dictator Vladimir Putin intends to take more of the country than just the Donbas territory in the eastern part of the country. That evidence came in the form of explosions in the capital Kyiv during a CNN live shot of correspondent Matthew Chance on the roof of his hotel, forcing him to don a flak jacket.
Chance was reporting on a speech Putin had delivered to the Russian people just minutes before as the apparent bombs started to drop in the distance:
Essentially and saying that any responsibility for bloodshed as a result of this basically war that's been suggested or declared by President Putin is on the hands of the Ukrainians who resist.
[Explosion in the distance]
Oh. I tell you what, I just heard a big bang –
[Explosion in the distance]
-- right here behind me. I told you we shouldn’t have done the live shot here.
[Explosion in the distance]
There are big explosions taking place in Kyiv right now.
[Explosion in the distance]
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