The President used his State of the Union address to send a warning as Russian forces advance on multiple cities in Ukraine
A Russian military strike in the small Ukrainian town of Borodjanka on Tuesday tore through two apartment blocks, videos on social media show.
Borodjanka, located about 50 kilometers (30 miles) from the center of Kyiv, is the latest civilian area facing a hail of Russian munitions as President Vladimir Putin’s forces advance on the capital.
CNN is unable to verify whether there were any injuries or fatalities in the military strike in Borodjanka. CNN has reached out to the Ukrainian Interior Ministry for comment but has not yet received a response.
The videos from Borodjanka have been geolocated, and their authenticity verified by CNN.
“Look what’s happening,” a man yells in a video taken moments after the military strike, with smoke still rising nearby and the bombed-out apartment complexes in view. “They are bombing everything.”
Videos showed a restaurant on the first floor of the complex reduced to rubble. A number of people, bundled in heavy coats, are shown running away. Additional videos show the extent of the destruction, with the ground behind the complex littered with burning cars.
Parts of the apartment buildings have collapsed, with significant portions missing from the facades. A playground nearby is on fire, with the swinging benches and slides strewn with rubble and splintered trees.
“A plane flew by twice dropping three or four bombs here,” another man says in the one of the videos. “Cries can be heard (from inside the rubble). We are trying to find out if anyone’s still alive (in there), based on their sounds. Good Lord!”
Back in front, near the destroyed walls of the restaurant, another video shows the roadway littered with debris and the twisted metal frame of a vehicle.
“The Russian world has come to us,” a man says in the video. “Just take a look at what they’ve done.”
