‘The Five’ on full-scale invasion of Ukraine

This is a rush transcript of “The Five” on February 24, 2022. This copy may not be in its final form and may be updated.

DANA PERINO, HOST: Hello everyone. I’m Dana Perino along with Judge Jeanine Pirro, Geraldo Rivera, Jesse Watters and Will Cain. It’s 5:00 in New York City, this is THE FIVE.

Russia launching an all-out invasion on Ukraine battering the country from land, air, and sea. That scene from earlier today. Vladimir Putin ordering air strikes on cities and military bases, sending in tanks and troops from three different directions. The Russian invasion so far has killed nearly 60 people with that number set to rise.

And a U.S. official warning Russia’s goal is decapitate the Ukrainian government and says what we are seeing now is the first strike of many to come. Ukrainians are fighting back. Trey Yingst is reporting live from the Ukrainian capital of Kyiv. Good morning.

TREY YINGST, FOX NEWS CORRESPONDENT: Dana, good afternoon. The Russian offensive against Ukraine continues at this hour. We are seeing reports of renewed fighting and clashes in a number of different locations. Today just outside the capital of Kyiv there was a back and forth between Russian and Ukrainian forces.

The Russians brought in attack helicopters taking over a strategic airfield. We are learning this evening according to the Ukrainian ministry of defense that airfield has been recaptured by Ukrainian forces. That was not the case in other parts of the country including the north were in the Chernobyl region Russian troops crossed over from Belarus and they were able to advance against Ukrainian forces and take over that position.

In the eastern part of the country, there is still fighting but it is in different pockets across the Donetsk and Luhansk regions. These are the separatist-controlled areas of eastern Ukraine that were used as part of this offensive as President Putin ordered an invasion across the entire country.

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