andrew. teddy joins his brother wilder in keeping his mom and dad sleep deprived. we congratulate all of them. thanks so much for that and for joining us. anderson starts now. good evening. as ukraine continues to prepare in ways to launch a counter offensive today russia launched more missile strikes against civilians including one of the deadliest strikes of the war this year. the missiles hit residential buildings in two cities. ukrainian officials say at least 23 are confirmed dead including four children in the city of aman. a missile slammed into that apartment building they were sleeping in. and in dnipro a mother and her 2-year-old child were also reported killed. the list of noncombatants they ve killed is a list of a long one. and tonight as the rubble is cleared that list is likely to grow. cnn s tim was in uman was there as some were found. how does it compare to the attacks you ve seen all throughout this war? reporter: the numbers are always terrifying, no
ukraine officials say la s 23 confirmed that. in the city and mitchell slammed into that apartment building, they were sleeping in. and in dnipro, also reported killed, russia routinely denies they are targeting civilians with a list of noncombatants killed is a long one, and tonight as they continue to be clear, that list is likely to grow, cnn s team is there, as some of the dead were found. with us last night, joining us about the attached have been recording how does today compared today through out this work lacks reporter: the numbers are always terrifying, not the worst we have seen since the war has began but after weeks of not months or less of missile attacks like this, in terms of their intensity. the numbers they tell are much more intimate and horrifying where they have had an apartment block, families who knew each other and under that rubble tonight, firefighters are still looking for a boy and girl that parents are trying to reach their children for but ge
leader of cameroon, he is older and he s 90 but the medium age is around 62, the youngest leader in the world around 37, what i thought was interesting, when we are looking at the segment tonight, the leaders of countries are often almost always older than the members of those countries, the citizens of the country, the average aging united states is 40, and president biden is 80, so he s about twice as old, that fits with what you see with a lot of leaders in terms of that disparity, in age, between citizens and leadership. i had been reading a lot of things about what people can do to protect their brain abilities and cognition as they age, can you talk about those? yes, i am wildly fascinated about this, as you know i wrote a book about this because as we are getting older, it becomes more of a concern. actually physical exercises one of the biggest protections as it turns out of cognitive health, physical exercise and people are sometimes surprised by that, president biden work
if you look at this graphic, this is sort of a lot of leaders that you mind know. and he obviously skews very far to the right there in terms of age. so, you know, you have the leader of cameroon who s older, he s 90. but the median age is around 62. the youngest leader in the world around 37. what i thought was interesting when we were looking into this segment tonight is that the leaders of countries are often almost always older than the members of the country, the citizens of the country. the average age in the united states is about 40. president biden is 80, so that s twice as old. that sort of fits with the leaders in terms of that disparity in age between citizens and leadership. i have been reading about things people can do to protect their brain abilities and cognition as they age. can you talk about those? yeah, i mean i m wildly fascinated by this. as you know i wrote book about this because i think maybe as we re getting older it becomes more of a concern. but actuall