Horrifying footage revealed the moment a CBS reporter plunged into asylum when a massive bomb exploded behind him during a live report from Kyiv.
Charlie D’Agata was broadcasting live for CBS from Ukraine on Thursday night and returning the segment back to Elaine Kihano at the US news agency’s office when an explosion erupted behind him.
The footage shows a flash of white light, which then turned into amber against the backdrop of the city just behind D’Agata.
Charlie D’Agata was broadcasting live on CBS from Ukraine on Thursday night and was broadcasting the segment back to Elaine Kihano at the US news agency’s offices when an explosion erupted behind him.
The footage shows a flash of white light, which then turned into amber against the backdrop of the city just behind D’Agata
D’Agata immediately turned to face the explosion before turning to his colleagues and saying, “What the hell was that?”
He added: “I don’t know, it was almost like lightning. It was a big flash, and then … D’Agata paused as she stared into the distance before a new explosion sent the city into clouds of orange smoke.
D’Agata immediately turned to face the explosion before turning to his colleagues and saying, “What the hell was that?”
He added: “I don’t know, it was almost like lightning. It was a big flash and then … ‘
D’Agata froze as he stared into the distance before a new explosion sent the city into clouds of orange smoke.
He immediately turned and dived for shelter before being heard saying, “Oh … that was close. Close enough to see the flash.
Smoke and flames rise from the side of Kyiv’s 1,300-foot television tower after Russia bombed it on Tuesday. The tower remained upright, but the buildings around it were damaged, and some broadcasts were interrupted
Smoke rises around Kyiv’s main TV tower after several explosions near its base on Tuesday afternoon
Paramedics walk in residential area after recent shelling as Russian invasion of Ukraine continues in Borodyanka village, Kyiv region, on Wednesday
View shows damaged buildings after recent shelling as Russian invasion of Ukraine continues, in Borodyanka village, Kiev region, on Wednesday
Kherson, a city of 300,000 on the Black Sea, appears to have fallen under Russian control after the mayor said “armed visitors” had convened a council meeting and imposed a curfew. If Putin’s people have full control, then the city of Odessa, home to Ukraine’s main naval port, is under attack – with assault ships observed to form near Crimea today
It is unclear exactly where the explosions took place in Kyiv, but Kyiv’s 1,300-foot-tall TV tower was bombed on Tuesday. The tower remained upright, but the buildings around it were damaged, and some broadcasts were interrupted.
This comes after Russia captured its first major city in Ukraine after a week of fighting.
Ukraine estimates that 2,000 civilians have been killed in the fighting. The UN confirmed 227 of them, but said the true number was probably much higher. The War Crimes Prosecutor’s Office has filed a death warrant.
War in Ukraine: city by city
Kyiv: Four major missile strikes struck the Ukrainian capital at night, including one that struck a station used to evacuate civilians, while others struck television and radio stations.
Ukraine claims to have shot down a Russian fighter jet over Irpin, a satellite city of Kyiv that came under heavy attack, in the early hours of Thursday
Kharkiv: Ukraine’s second-largest city continues to be bombarded with photos showing destroyed apartment buildings and ruins in the city center.
Raisins, a city 70 miles south of Kharkiv to Donetsk, was also heavily bombed with night-time explosions.
Chernigov: Located northwest of Kyiv, the city has been the site of fierce battles with Russian troops since the first days of the invasion.
Despite being surrounded and subjected to heavy shelling, the city remains under Ukrainian control
Mariupol: Heavy Russian shelling, which began targeting the city on Wednesday, continued on Thursday, with the mayor saying the bombing was so severe that medics could not take to the streets to save the dead and wounded.
Despite the attacks, the city remained in Ukrainian hands
Kherson: The city fears it will be captured by Russian forces after the mayor said “armed visitors” joined a local council meeting and imposed a curfew
However, the British Defense Ministry said on Thursday morning that the military situation is still “unclear” – which suggests that Russia may not control full control
Zaporozhye: Russian forces surround the city and its nuclear power plant, which is the largest in Europe
Civilians erected roadblocks around the plant to protect it, with the mayor saying one was shot at by Russian troops on Wednesday, injuring two people.
Odessa: Ukraine’s Black Sea port city and main naval base are preparing for a Russian attack after a dozen warships were spotted forming near Crimea
The mayor said the fighters appear to be testing the air defenses, flying over them as residents prepare makeshift defenses made from old railroad traverses and place anti-personnel mines on the beach.
Kherson, a regional capital with 300,000 people on the Black Sea, is now under Putin’s control.
Igor Kolikhaev, the city’s mayor, said in an update around 1 a.m. that “armed visitors” had stormed a council meeting and imposed new rules, including a strict curfew, and called on citizens to abide by them. But it was far from clear whether Ukrainian forces had withdrawn completely, with the UK Ministry of Defense saying on Thursday that the situation was “unclear”.
If Kherson is under full Russian control, then it opens Odessa, Ukraine’s main port city and major naval base, to attack. Amphibious landing craft were spotted rising off the west coast of Crimea on Thursday morning, as US officials warned that a major sea attack could occur later in the day.
Meanwhile, Kyiv and Kharkiv, Ukraine’s two largest cities, remained under heavy bombardment overnight with rockets hitting civilian areas – including a station in the Ukrainian capital used to evacuate people from the city and as a refuge for those who cannot or are not. chose not to leave.
Chernigov in the northwest and Mariupol in the south also remain under Ukrainian control, although they are almost surrounded by Russian forces and subjected to heavy bombing. The mayor of Mariupol said on Thursday that Russian artillery fire had been so intense that they could not even pull the wounded out of the streets.
Vadim Boychenko accused the Russians of doing “everything to block the exit of civilians”, including blowing up city trains, leaving people trapped before artillery opened fire. However, evacuations continued elsewhere, with the United Nations estimating that 1 million people had already fled Ukraine to neighboring countries.
Negotiators from Ukraine and Russia will meet today on the border with Belarus for a second round of talks after Monday’s initial summit yielded no results.
Vladimir Zelensky, Ukraine’s president, made a video address to the nation in the early hours of Thursday, praising the war optimistically and urging Ukrainians to continue resistance.
“We are a nation that destroyed the enemy’s plans in one week,” he said in a video posted on social media. “There will be no peace here. They will have no food. They will not have a single quiet moment here.
Zelensky did not comment on whether the Russians had taken several cities, including Kherson. – If they went somewhere, only temporarily. “We’ll kick them out,” he said.
He said the fighting was affecting the morale of Russian soldiers who “go into grocery stores and try to find something to eat”. He added: “These are not warriors of a superpower. These are confused children who have been used, “while saying the death toll from 9,000 Russian soldiers. The United States estimates that there are actually about 6,000 victims. Moscow has acknowledged only 500 deaths.
His assessment of the Russian attack was shared by several US defense analysts, who said the campaign had been mismanaged, under-supplied, ineffective and had resulted in Moscow suffering much more casualties in the first few days of fighting. than expected.
Russian tanks and a military truck moved through the streets of Kherson on Wednesday
The remains of a destroyed Russian military convoy can be seen on a street in Bucha, south of Kyiv, on Wednesday morning
A damaged bridge is clearly visible next to bombed-out homes in Chernihiv on Monday, 80 miles northeast of Kyiv.
Police remove body of passer-by killed in Tuesday’s airstrike that hits Kyiv’s main TV tower
Prior to the invasion, Washington warned that Russia’s superior forces would be able to quickly defeat Ukraine’s 200,000-strong army – eliminating air defenses, gaining supremacy in the skies, and then pouring death on those below.
But none of that happened. Ukraine’s skies remain contested, US intelligence says, while the attacks were in parts, with troops underdelivered and incoordinated fighting, leading to high casualties and some abandoning their vehicles, which were then captured.
“This is a colossal intelligence failure that greatly underestimates Ukraine’s resistance, and the military execution is terrible,” said Michael Vickers, a former U.S. deputy secretary of defense for intelligence at the Center for Strategic and International Studies.
‘[Putin’s] the main attack is weighed. It was in pieces. “Its intelligence elements have been captured, the columns have been destroyed,” he said. It’s just a disaster, everywhere.