Video: CBS reporter and crew dive for cover during live report as humongous explosion rattles Kyiv

Several huge explosions rocked Kyiv during the dark early hours Thursday morning, and the moments were captured on a live CBS News broadcast.

What are the details?

CBS international correspondent Charlie D’Agata was finishing his live report from Kyiv when the sky behind him lit up a bright orange, illuminating the buildings and skyline.

"What the hell was that?" he asked in shock as a second flash quickly drove him and the rest of the crew backward and out of the frame. "It was almost like lightning, there was this big flash."

A thunderous explosion could be heard shortly after, apparently stunning D'Agata and the rest of the CBS crew into silence.

"That was close," a D'Agata remarked after several moments of quiet. "Close enough to see the flash."

CBS News tweeted video of the explosions, captioning it, "Just as CBS News' Charlie D'Agata was coming off the air tonight in #Kyiv Ukraine, the sky lit up behind him 'almost like lightning' and booming explosions shook the city."

What else?

The Washington Post reported Thursday that an area west of Kyiv was rocked by a massive explosion, but it remains unknown at the time of this reporting whether the blast was the same caught on CBS' video report.

The report noted that the blast, captured by video cameras in the city's southeastern neighborhoods, "took place in a region to the west of Kyiv and appeared to have struck an area far from the city center."

"Between late Wednesday night and Thursday morning, air raid sirens have sounded at least six times, urging residents to take shelter, according to messages in the official municipal government Telegram channel," the outlet added. "Russian forces remain stalled on the outskirts of the capital. Unable to substantially push through Kyiv’s defense in the north, they have moved westward to further encircle the city. But a senior U.S. defense official warned that these troops also have accelerated the pace of missile and artillery attacks targeting the capital."

Following the explosions, D'Agata took to Twitter to describe what he had seen and heard during the stunning moments.

He wrote, "Two of the largest explosions I’ve ever experienced just went off in #kyiv."