surveillance video captured the moment that a pedestrian bridge was struck by an explosion and a children s playground was among the sites as well. a crater left feet away from a jungle gym. the mayor of kyiv urging people to stay out of the city, remain in shelters. explosions, reported in other cities as well. and happening now, vladimir putin is holding a meeting with his national security council after declaring an explosion on a key bridge, he called it a terrorist attack orchestrated by ukraine. translator: we have no doubt that this is a terrorist attack aimed at the destruction of the critical infrastructure of the russian federation. and authors, executors and master minds are the secret service of ukraine. ukrainian officials have not claimed responsibility but along with ukrainian civilians they ve been celebrating the explosion on that bridge. many people spotted taking selfies with art work in kyiv showing fiery blasts on the bridge. the kremlin spokesman h
crimea which it illegally annexed. it s monday, october 10th. i m brianna keilar with alex marquardt. john berman is off today. officials say ten people have been killed. at least 60 are injured after this wave of missile strikes across the country. you can see all the different areas across the country that have been hit here. video showing an explosion near a pedestrian bridge in kyiv. a playground was also hit. you can see the crater that missile left. the mayor of kyiv is urging people to shelter in place. ukrainian officials say these photos show a russian missile that was taken down by air defense. president volodymyr zelenskyy releasing this video message after the strikes. translator: they re trying to spread chaos and panic. they want to annihilate our energy supplies. they re hopeless. this morning russian president vladimir putin has been holding a national security council meeting after what he says was a terrorist attack orchestrated by ukraine linking russia
8:00 in the morning. so right in the early morning rush hour here in kyiv. and the early times there was sirens going off for a very long time. and then just blast after blast that took place as the rockets were impacting the ukrainian capital here. and some of the places that we went to were in central kyiv. for instance there was a playground that was hit leaving a gigantic kracrater and a busy insection and there was just a seen of carnage at that intersection with several cars completely destroyed. we saw some dead bodies there as well and the ukrainians told us that five people were killed at that place alone. and just to give you an idea of the area that that was in, this was next to a museum and next to a university building. it is unclear that there would have been any sort of military infrastructure there. there certainly didn t seem to be any. and the ukrainians are telling us this is a scene that is going on in many parts of the country here in ukraine. they say th
this hour. thank you for being here. i m kate bolduan. russia unleashing missiles across ukraine. few cities were spared in what could be the broadest assault since the invasion began. dozens more injured. v vladimir putin is posting about the strikes. he said they re in retaliation over the weekend of a key bridge linking russia to annexed crimea and accusing ukraine of terrorism as imangs like these are broadcast all over the world. the ukraine president is holding emergency talks with g-7 leaders today about how to respond to this. let s get straight to fred pleitgen live in kyiv. cities all over ukraine were bomb bombarded but look at what is behind you. even a playground in kyiv. reporter: when he was dressing the security council is that he said that the russians hit command and communications infrastructure of the ukraine military. but as you could see behind me, this is definitely not command or communication infrastructure from the ukrainian military. this is a pl
what she said about a white colleague s black son and why her partial resignation may not by enough to quiet her critics. plus, one of the most inconvenient and important cancer screenings, what a new study says about how well colonoscopies works. welcome to the lead. i m in for jake tapper. russia as bombarded ukraine can more than 80 missiles in eight regions. monday s was the most intense stretch of bombing. russia is clearly targeting civilian infrastructure, walkways, water and power stations, even a playground hit. so far 11 people have died, dozens more injured. putin says it is revenge for this, a saturday morning attack on the bridge that connects russia to crimea. the explosion was a strategic attack, its dependence on rail. and for putin, it s personal. he made it a point to drive across this bridge when it opened back in 2018. the attack came just a day after his 7 0th birthday. frederik pleitgen has this report. reporter: it was in the middle of monday mor