territory. and today in southern ukraine, russia reportedly launched missile and drone attacks on the city of zaporizhzhia. ukraine says at least 11 civilians have died just in the last day. moving even further south to the kherson region, russian officials say ukrainian forces have gone a counteroffensive to recapture territory. all right. let s bring in retired light general mark hurtling, a cnn analyst and former commanding general of u.s. army europe and seventh army nice to see you. russia says ukrainian forces have launched a counter done offenses in the south kherson region. testimony us why recapture tell us why recapturing that emergency is so important, a region that russia annexed last month. if you look at the map that you have up now, pamela, you ll see that there s a river right next to that town of kherson. russian forces have gone over that river for the last couple of weeks.
president putin has accused ukraine of terrorism after the only bridge between russia and occupied crimea was damaged in an explosion on saturday. he blamed kyiv s intelligence services for the blast on the crossing, a crucial supply route for moscow s forces in southern ukraine. meanwhile, ukrainian authorities say at least 17 people have been killed by russian missile strikes on the city of zaporizhzhia. rescuers are digging for survivors in the rubble of residential buildings that were destroyed as people slept. paul adams reports from the ukrainian capital, kyiv. in zaporizhzhia, this is what escalation looks like. a gaping hole, where once there were homes.
president putin has accused ukraine of terrorism after the only bridge between russia and occupied crimea was damaged in an explosion on saturday. he blamed kyiv s intelligence services for the blast on the crossing, a crucial supply route for moscow s forces in southern ukraine. meanwhile, ukrainian authorities say at least seventeen people have been killed by russian missile strikes on the city of zaporizhzhia. rescuers are digging for survivors in the rubble of residential buildings that were destroyed as people slept. paul adams reports from the ukrainian capital, kyiv. in zaporizhzhia, this is what escalation looks like. a gaping hole, where once there were homes.
and chile let outi an almighty roar. this is bbc news, the headlines: president putin has said ukrainian intelligence services planned and carried out saturday s explosion that damaged the only bridge to the occupied crimean peninsula. he described it as a terrorist attack aimed at destroying critically important civilian infrastructure. elswehere ukrainian authorities say at least 17 people have been killed by russian missile strikes on the city of zaporizhzhia. anti government demonstrations have continued in iran despite heavy measures by the security forces. state media there says the security forces used tear gas to disperse protests in dozens of cities across the country. despite an internet blackout imposed by the authorities, videos are continuing to emerge
on the city of zaporizhzhia. paul adams reports from the ukrainian capital kyiv. in zaporizhzhia, this is what escalation looks like. a gaping hole, where once there were homes. rescue workers searching for the dead and the living. moments after the blast, in the middle of the night, stunned, furious reactions. they destroyed a building at night, at 2am, he says. they simply destroyed a multi storey building. translation: we ran out into the street. - when we left the corridor, a neighbour ran out with her eldest son and she screamed that her husband was dead. and the whole wall was torn out, their apartment fell into ours. this was a civilian area, not a military target. volunteers helped to clear the rubble. local officials say scores