on. in a couple moments they will drive this truck with its rockets a short distance away and target that russian position. the launcher rumbles into the middle of the field and fires four rockets in quick suc succession. black smoke trailing into the sky. we move out in case there s a response, but the soldier s day is just getting started. alex marquardt, cnn kharkiv, ukraine. psoriatic arthritis, made my joints stiff, swollen, painful. emerge tremfyant®. emfya® is approved to help reduce. joint symptoms in adultsith active psoriatic arthritis. some patients even felt toless fatigued.. serious allergic reactions may occur. tremfya® may increase your risk of infections and lower your ability to fight them. tell your doctor if you have an infection or symptoms or if you had a vaccine or plan to.
the president said he ll step down next week and the prime minister is ready to resign. now to ukraine. russian troops increase attacks on kharkiv. several people were injured today after people there are being asked to stay inside, but for the city s most vulnerable surviving means leaving their homes to get their pensions and postal workers are risking their lives to make those deliveries. cnn s alex marquardt is there. reporter: in downtown kharkiv, this team of posttall workers is going to the front lines a village that was occupied by russians. they are cars full of cash to deliver to ukrainian pensioners who rely on the funds to survive. they drive past fields littered with mines, the older residents have already gathered in the small post office pockmarked by shrapnel.
to ukrainian military officials. video shows extensive damage to an apartment block on the city s outskirts. russian forces have intensified their attacks in the area in recent weeks. cnn s alex marquardt is in kharkiv. alex, what more can you tell us, as you are now in nightfall? reporter: fredericka, the city was rocked by that attack in downtown kharkiv earlier today. it was particularly unnerving for the city because it was in the center of the city and it was during daylight when many of the strikes tend to take place at night and farther from the city center. we did hear from the regional military administration that said that the russians are acting unpredictably, trying to intimidate the civilian population. fred, we visited the site of the strike from earlier today. take a look. this is what it looks and feels like that sese days, to live in ukraine s busiest city. it was a beautiful saturday morning in kharkiv until 10:00
more than 40 towns and villages in the donbas, which is the industrial region in the eastern part of ukraine, have come under russian attack over the last 24 hours. that s according to ukraine s military which says russian forces are now pushing their advance further west towards the luhansk and donetsk border. alex marquardt is on the ground as forces are preparing to push back. reporter: in downtown kharkiv, this team of postal workers is gearing up for a trip to the front lines. a village, until recently, was occupied by russians. their mission is critical. they have cars full of cash to deliver to ukrainian pensioners who rely on the funds to survive. they drive past fields littered to mines, where the older residents have already gathered
the biden administration says it is going to provide ukraine for more highly coveted artillery systems. this is part of a new $400 million security package which comes as russian troops have been making major gains in eastern ukraine. ukrainian troops have been able to push the russians back in kharkiv. reporter: in downtown kharkiv, this team of postal workers is gearing up for a trip to the front lines, a village that until recently was occupied by russians. their mission is critical. they have cars full of cash to deliver to ukrainian pensioners who rely on the meager funds to survive. they drive past fields littered with mines, where the older residents have already gathered in the small post office pockmarked by shrapnel. only the most vulnerable people stayed here, says the head of today s operation. during the russian offensive, it was impossible to evacuate these people. we would come here because no one else would help them. bills are counted out and one by one they collec