it came just a day after putin s 70th birthday. this video was tweeted apparently mocking russia s leader. happy birthday, mr. president ukraine s postal service was quick to issue a staff commemorating the bridge explosion. residents taking selfies in front of the main post office. reporter: i m grve waited foe moment that the bridge burned. i think we re glad it finally happened. reporter: the damage to the road section is more extension, creating another bottle neck for russian forces in southern ukraine already struggling with logistics. forces in southern ukraine are suffering losses and have been around the kherson area. one of the big problems they ve been having is resupplying their
height of the cold war, when it got close to a nuclear exchange, the russian, the soviet leaders were not suicidal. neither is vladamir putin. he knows if he explodes one nuke, he s toast. and he wants to live. yeah. steve, we saw the ukrainians doing some major league trolling to mark vladamir putin s 70th birthday, showing a commemorative stamp of the bridge being blown up. i don t know how they got that out so quickly, but they did. and tweeting out this video of the explosion, split screen with marilyn monroe singing happy birthday, mr. president, also a bit of a cold war throwback. what do you think about this, steve? yeah, the stamp was really interesting. how long does it take to plan the art and put the stamp out. it s almost as if they knew it was coming. i have little doubt that the
this stage. they have got so many problems racking up that i think putin is running out of options before he gets to that nuclear eventual end state. to be effective and really in a way the russians don t have time to keep ratcheting up don t have time to keep ratcheting up the pressure because ukrainians are overtaking them. so i certainly think there is a mood of how on earth do we give a decent reprisal to this that is going to be effective because of course failed large missile attacks sent the wrong message as well, shows that russia can t strike back. so i think russia itself probably at the moment are desperately trying to work out what to do. you do not having a very good day on his day off from his 70th birthday. probably not what he wanted to wake up to. find birthday. probably not what he wanted to wake up to. and some breakin: wanted to wake up to. and some breaking news wanted to wake up to. and some breaking news coming wanted to wake up to. and some breaking news co
rhetoric is escalating ahead of the midterms. we ll tell you about an alarming spike in talk of civil war online. and by some republican lawmakers. and later? our reveal of the day s biggest mystery. why conservatives are suddenly freaking out over scooby-doo. and frankly? why i m not surprised. all of that in more is coming up. and, a good saturday morning to you. i am katie fang. breaking overnight! vladimir putin s military facing yet another critical setback on the battlefield. a massive explosion causing major damage to a bridge connecting crimea to russia. part of the bridge collapsed into the sea, compromising the main supply route for the russian military. and it happened one day after putin s 70th birthday. we ve got kyle perry, he is live now in kyiv. cal, good morning.
this stage. they have got so any problems racking up that i think putin is running out of options before he gets to that nuclear eventual end state. to be effective and that russians don t have time to get ratcheting up the pressure because the ukrainians are overtaking them, so certainly i think there is a mood of how on earth do we give a decent reprisal to this that is going to be effective because they have had failed large missile attacks and that would send the wrong message, that would send the wrong message, that russia could not strike back and that will further implode bold and ukraine. i thing they will be desperately working out what to do at present putin not having a very good day on his day off for his 70th birthday. not a good one to wake up to. in thailand, preparations are underway for the first funerals of the children and teachers killed in a rampage at a nursery centre. 37 people, including more than 20 children, were murdered by a former police officer on thurs