i m whitny wild. cnn this morning starts right now. morning, everyone. we re glad you re with us. it s thursday, december 29th. don is off this week. and ukraine is our lead story. under attack. more than 120 russian missiles launched at ukraine overnight. 90% of lviv this morning is without power. we ll take you to crane. here in the united states, thousands of air travelers are struggling to find their way home still. one major airport is launching an investigation into the meltdown at southwest airlines. and the death toll is rising once again in buffalo. the city s mayor now coming under fire for handling of that recovery and the storm. a new migrant processing center is going up in el paso, despite a supreme court decision to keep title 42 in place. we begin this hour with ukraine. president zelenskyy s adviser says russia has launched more than 120 missiles at the country. it happened overnight. a top official in odesa is calling it a massive missile attack in
car right next to the house, to the left of the house, they emerged unscathed. so the air defenses seemed to work fairly well. but as you mentioned, in for instance the city of ckharkiv, four missiles did get through, hitting what we re told was critical infrastructure. here in kyiv, 40rity. the authorities are trying to restore that at the moment but by and large it appears the goal of the massive strike using missiles and drones was to hit energy infrastructure. and, of course, the goal, it appears, is to leave the country in the dark and cold as new year s approaches. now the commander in chief of the ukrainian armed forces said that apart from the drones, 69 missiles were fired at ukraine, but the air defenses managed to take down 54 of them.