【Text/Observer Network Liu Qian】
In the early morning of the 24th local time, Russian President Putin announced a "military operation" against the Donbass region.
During the day on the 24th local time, CNN reporter Matthew Chance (Matthew Chance) took a video from the scene near kiev, the capital of Ukraine, and found that a team of Russian paratroopers was occupying Antonov airport in Gostomelli, which is only 15 miles (about 25 kilometers) from Kiev. He said he asked the commander of the group directly to confirm that they were Russians.
Screenshot of Google Maps
In a video report, Mr. Chans stands in front of a house, behind him a team of heavily armed soldiers, some carrying things or some directing the operation. In another video filmed at the same location, the Russian soldiers are engaged in an exchange of fire with suspected Ukrainian soldiers, and some Ukrainian civilians have stooped out of nearby vehicles to escape...
Matthew Chance Twitter screenshot
Matthew Chase is a senior international correspondent for CNN in Moscow. CNN said he had led his team to the front lines of the battle as early as 2008 during the conflict between Russia and Georgia.
In a video, Matthew Chans said he was located just 15 miles from the Ukrainian capital Kiev, pointing to the group of soldiers behind him and saying they were Russian paratroopers who had captured The Antonov airfield and then used helicopter paratroopers to deploy around the area to build an "air bridge."
Chaus said Russian troops allowed them to enter the fortification zone and stay with the soldiers. They are currently guarding the airport, waiting for more Russian troops to arrive.
He also said he was sure the soldiers were Russians with an orange and black logo tied around their arms. And he also spoke to the commander of the force, who said they now control the airfield. Earlier, a group of Ukrainian soldiers launched a counterattack in an attempt to retake the airfield, but was repulsed.
In another video, many gunshots can be heard, Russian soldiers are exchanging fire with Ukrainian soldiers in the distance, and several Ukrainian civilians in nearby vehicles rush out of the car and run away with their bows. In a later interview, Mr. Chais said he did not see where the "enemy" was, but that it was the Ukrainian side that was fighting back to try to retake the airport, which he said was crucial for both Russia and Ukraine.
Russian and Ukrainian soldiers exchanged fire, and several civilians abandoned their cars and fled, screenshots of CNN video reports
Interestingly, In the video, Money called the Russian army's belligerents "enemy", and some American netizens were dissatisfied with this and asked which side CNN was on?
Later on the 24th, Oleksiy Arestovych, an adviser to the Ukrainian Presidential Office, posted on social media, claiming that it had been confirmed that the Ukrainian army had repelled the attack of Russian paratroopers, and the airport was currently under the control of the Ukrainian army. The Ukrainian Ministry of Defense reported that the fierce fighting between the Ukrainian army and the vanguard of the Russian army to occupy the airport continued, and the latter had suffered heavy losses.
Screenshot of Oreksi Alestovich Facebook
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