we also know there is going to be an emergency meeting now of nato. very shortly, to discuss what the response should be by poland and its nato allies to this explosion taking place. we also know the polls are pointing the finger, directly on moscow already. calling the russian ambassador, and into the foreign ministry and consultations. again, designating the russians for their part have categorically denied any involvement, the kremlin telling me they have no information on russian military strike and territory. so, still some questions about
we also know there is going to be an emergency meeting now of nato very shortly to discuss what the response should be by poland and its nato allies to this explosion taking place. we also know that the polls are pointing the finger of blame to a certain extent directly at moscow already. calling the russian ambassador into the foreign ministry here for consultations. and again, designating this ordinance as russian made. the russians, for their part, have categorically denied involvement. the kremlin telling me that they ve got no information on any russian military strike on territory of poland. and the russian defense ministry issuing a statement saying it s a provocation to suggest this is a russian attack. and so, there s still some questions about what has taken place here. but in the hours ahead, there
attempt to claim crimea from ukraine. russia claims at least three people were killed. a russian investigative committee arrived this morning to inspect the damage and so far no one has claimed responsibility for the blast. cnn s fred pleitgen is live for us from kyiv with the very latest on this. fred, russian officials are now saying traffic has resumed on the bridge? how is that happening? reporter: well, they are saying that the traffic is in reverse on that bridge. they are trying to clear the cars off that bridge but trying to get the traffic moving again as fast as possible. essentially, what they are saying is that all of this happened, this explosion happened in the early morning hours of this morning. when the lacey latest that they have is a struck they say exploded, even though it s not exactly clear whether or not that is the case, that a truck blew up. we have some of that video of that explosion taking place, which seems to have been massive. as a result there was a tr
here. just a couple of days ago now, the parliament passed a law making it easier to get a firearm. a couple of days before that, we were hearing that even in kyiv, shops that sold guns were running out of ammunition so people are trying to do what they can to defend their land, their property, this country, which vladimir putin has made quite clear he doesn t believe even exists as a nation and what we are seeing now is his attempt to make that a reality. sarah rainsford, thank you very much forjoining us from the eastern ukraine, where shejust forjoining us from the eastern ukraine, where she just reported, there are explosions taking place there. in the last hour, we had an explosion taking place here but, as sarah reported there, she still sees people walking their dogs in the park, buses running on time, people going to work, hoping against hope they can keep on with their life as they can keep on with their life as they knew it, even though now there is a palpable worry and, for
show getting answers. we will be here every weekday at 3:00 on air and livestream answering your questions. tonight, breaking news as we come on the air. president biden speaking just moments ago on the devastating american losses in afghanistan. 12 u.s. service members killed. saying for those who carried out this attack, we will hunt you down, we will make you pay. those 12 service members killed, 15 wounded in a suicide bomb attack at the airport in kabul. the deadliest day for the u.s. military in afghanistan in more than a decade. coming just days before the u.s. deadline to withdraw from that country. isis-k and isis affiliate in afghanistan claiming responsibility. the pentagon saying the bomber detonated near the abbey gate, one of the main entrances of the airport. isis gunmen then firing into the crowd. another explosion taking place outside a nearby hotel.