implications. not just for the candidates and the constituents, but for president biden and donald trump as well. the next 24 hours we could get a real feel for what s next for the midterms, next year. in virginia, a state joe biden carried by ten points, the race is neck and neck. will voters in the commonwealth respond to former governor terry mcauliffe s efforts to tie the republican glenn youngkin to trump. or will youngkin s focus on education make the difference. and governor phil murphy is trying to become the first democratic governor to win re-election in the state in 44 years. he s facing a tough challenge from jack ciattarelli who is taking part in this race. it also features a democrat trying to link his republican opponent to donald trump here. cnn s miguel marquez live at a polling location in new york city where voters are also choosing a new mayor. first let s go to sunlen serfaty in arlington. sunlen? reporter: polls are open here in virginia, voting got
we begin with what could be a major victory tr ukraine military and a huge blow to the russian navy. with the sinking of the flag ship of russia s black sea naval fleet. the task reports the guided missile cruiser sank while being towed to port after a major fire on board. fighters say the ship was hit by two neptune missiles and a claim according to to sources familiar with u.s. and western intelligence. meantime, russia preparing for a major offensive to capture parts of the donbas region. and command and control aviation k capabilities to forces already in the east. now arriving in the east. during the 50 days of full scale invasion, of the russian federation they shelled donbas is the main target for russia. it is donbas that russia wants to destroy in the first place. the regions that russian troops are destroying. as if they only want stones to be left and no people to be left at all. ukrainian sasse they stopped at least one advance in the kharkiv region. special o
i don t think vladimir putin is going to tell me about that at this point, yeah. when it gets to those cheers you just saw. this as the mercenaries were leaving. the residents not applauding the fact that the fighters were departing but the fact that they came in the first place. the wagner group led the most direct challenge to vladimir putin s power in his 23 three rule. prigozhin to leave for belarus that city is now quiet and so is russian president vladimir putin. he has not been seen publicly since delivering an emergency message on saturday where he urged his citizens not to support the wagner group s rebellion. secretary of state anthony blink says this shows cracks in putin s authority. listen. the rising storm of prigozhin inside of russia is something that many people have seen over months now. direct challenges to the military leadership. powerful criticism of russia s conduct of its aggression against ukraine. and now questioning the very premises of the war.
speeches, two very different messages to the world. the dramatic split screen as russia s war hits an inflection point. the american president in europe, defending democracy. democracy is the world stand guard over freedom today, tomorrow and forever. his russian counterpart, defending his illegal invasion of ukraine. they are responsible for the escalation of the situation in ukraine. for the huge numbers of casualties. at the center of it all, alliances. some steadfast. some dangerous. nuclear threats and a devastating war nearly a year old with no end in sight. appetites of the autocrat cannot be appeased. they must be opposed. this hour, christiane amanpour interviews polish president duda. what needs to be done to ensure what you say is ukraine s victory in this war and boris johnson joins me with his take on where putin takes this war next. this was a war of choice that he initiated. it was his vicious, non-provoked attack on ukraine. we want to
i think it s dangerous even to speak about it. kim jong-un wants the world to know that his arsenal is there, that it s capable. he s fired seven missiles just in the last two weeks. these actions are provocative, they re dangerous. six killings in northern california and at least one possible suspect. we want our communities to pay attention to how he walks. a lot of people are scared to come out at night. it s just scary, period. i m pamela brown in washington on this saturday. you are in the cnn newsroom. a bridge of huge geographic and symbolic importance crippled in a millisecond. take a look. this is the exact moment that russian president vladimir putin suffered the latest blow in his war on ukraine. the blast from an apparent truck bomb knocking out three of the four lanes of the bridge that links russia to cry imea. ukraine has not claimed responsibility for the attack, but it is most certainly celebrating it. ukraine quickly unveiled this commemora