to lobbying by qatar and we find out why a new law in lithuania spells trouble for the nation s soviet era memorials. the ukrainian capital kyiv has been hit by a wave of russian drone attacks. officials say over a dozen were shot down , but explosions still rocked the city. explosions hit the central shevchenkivskyi district as air defences shot down what were said to be iranian made drones. fragments of them had hit four residential buildings and a government office. no casualties were reported. for weeks, russia has been attacking ukraine s essential infrastructure, leaving millions of people without power, heating and water in freezing temperatures. these local residents discribed what happened. translation: at 6:30am it flew from there. - the rumble was like from a moped, such was the sound that it made. it fell behind the houses and then there was a strong roar and explosion.
at the world cup, france and morocco go head to head for a place in the final on sunday. the ukrainian capital, kyiv, has been hit by a wave of russian drone attacks. officials say over a dozen were shot down, but explosions still rocked the city. explosions hit the central shevchenkivskyi district as air defences shot down what were said to be iranian made drones. fragments of them had hit four residential buildings and a government office. no casualties were reported. for weeks, russia has been attacking ukraine s essential infrastructure, leaving millions of people without power, heating and water in freezing temperatures. these local residents discribed what happened. translation: at 6:30am it flew from there. - the rumble was like from a moped, such was the sound that it made.
and the attacks continue on other cities in the west of ukraine following up sunday s missile strike on zaphorizhzhia. hello and welcome. for all of you watching on pbs and around the globe, a warm welcome. there have been multiple explosions in the ukrainian capital, and reports of further strikes across the country. a series of explosions have hit kyiv, the first time the city has been targeted in months. the government says eight people have been killed and many more injured in the strikes, but further details are not yet clear. the mayor of kyiv, vitali klitschko, says there were several blasts in the central shevchenkivskyi district at around 8am local time. it s been months since the last