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1 00:00:00,253 --> 00:00:03,072 HEATHER: Tonight we are reporting from a hotel room in Kyiv, 2 00:00:03,097 --> 00:00:04,198 the capital of Ukraine. 3 00:00:04,754 --> 00:00:07,698 The reason we are coming to you from a hotel room, 4 00:00:07,723 --> 00:00:09,352 instead of from the streets of Kyiv, 5 00:00:09,377 --> 00:00:14,663 is because this entire city, as of 5PM on Saturday, is lockdown. 6 00:00:14,688 --> 00:00:19,320 People are ordered to stay in their houses, in their rooms and off the streets. 7 00:00:20,272 --> 00:00:23,223 Ukrainian authorities say the reason for the lockdown is that 8 00:00:23,248 --> 00:00:28,711 they believe that there are, essentially, Russian spies inside the areas 9 00:00:28,736 --> 00:00:32,136 of the city that are controlled by Ukrainian forces. 10 00:00:32,161 --> 00:00:36,667 It's actually, almost crazy to say, that the area is controlled by Ukranian forces. 11 00:00:36,692 --> 00:00:39,947 because this has been an independent country for 30 years, 12 00:00:39,972 --> 00:00:44,076 and just, over the past three days, Russian forces have invaded. 13 00:00:44,101 --> 00:00:47,637 Starting with bomb attacks on the cities and towns across the country, 14 00:00:47,662 --> 00:00:50,921 followed by ground forces moving in. 15 00:00:51,740 --> 00:00:56,466 Over the past few days, what was a bustling metropolis, 16 00:00:56,491 --> 00:00:59,826 Kyiv was a city, just a week ago, where 17 00:00:59,851 --> 00:01:03,466 families were sitting at cafés, and, people were going to parties, 18 00:01:03,817 --> 00:01:07,639 and restaurants, and bars at night; we saw dancing on the streets. 19 00:01:07,664 --> 00:01:09,760 Now, less than a week later... 20 00:01:10,681 --> 00:01:12,585 ...we see checkpoints made of... 21 00:01:13,350 --> 00:01:16,643 ...old tires and bricks and other found items, 22 00:01:17,124 --> 00:01:18,878 civilians gathering weapons, 23 00:01:19,244 --> 00:01:22,048 other civilians making weapons, like Molotov cocktails, 24 00:01:22,543 --> 00:01:23,909 we hear gunfire on the streets, 25 00:01:23,934 --> 00:01:26,418 at night, we can hear bombs in the distance, 26 00:01:26,443 --> 00:01:29,962 during the day there are more bombs, outside the city, 27 00:01:29,987 --> 00:01:31,780 but sometimes frighteningly close. 28 00:01:32,371 --> 00:01:34,879 Today, we heard gunfire in a residential neighbourhood, 29 00:01:34,904 --> 00:01:38,215 we saw aid workers, and journalists, taking cover, 30 00:01:38,240 --> 00:01:42,467 and then finally coming out to examine, once again, a civilian building, 31 00:01:42,492 --> 00:01:46,539 with three stories of it had been bombed out early this morning. 32 00:01:47,572 --> 00:01:52,843 So, for tonight, and for tomorrow, everyone in this city, all of the civilians 33 00:01:52,868 --> 00:01:55,782 including the journalists, are supposed to stay inside, 34 00:01:55,807 --> 00:01:58,066 by ourselves, in this hotel room, 35 00:01:58,091 --> 00:02:01,479 so here we are, reporting from Kyiv, Ukraine for VOA News.