united states and around the world. i m max foster in london. just ahead. those extremists that he runs around with, they just want to stoke this racial violence. we re tired of it. you re so desperate to have a job, it s days graceful. what impact does it have on the psyche of the people of kyiv that there are kamikaze drones attacking your capitol. everyone is so angry. everyone wanted to defend their families and hometown. he was on a mission to kill. he was out hunting. the suspect rein of terror has come to an end. live from london. this is cnn newsroom with max foster. it s the 18th. it s 3 minutes away from the critical mid terms who controls congress. it s now underway. the u.s. senate and governor. and the new cnn poll. and it s a generic. it s holding. it s held in the u.s. senate races. trump-backed republican j.d. vance. their opponents have divisive party leaders. they made the inflation crisis we ve been seeing over the last few months if he hadn t
selma abdelaziz is tracking developments from london. nic, first of all, this latest wave of attacks on ukraine, does it show a change in strategy? reporter: russia seems to be embarking on a war of attrition of ukraine s electrical generating capacity. this is something that is clearly intended to weaken the resolve of the ukrainian government and people, which it is not. it is also intended to make the winter here much harsher, but there is a reality. two hours ago we were broadcasting, there was a strike on kyiv, it hit a power plant and our broadcast went down because there was a ripple effect through the energy supply networks in the city and it s likely because this is atritional by russia, small stations day by day by day, kharkiv, to the west of here, dnipro to the south, that this