region, 50 strikes in just the past 24 hours as putin s forces are in turmoil. tonight, one russian soldier is now accused of killing his commander. plus, incoming congressman george santos under even more scrutiny tonight. a district attorney now looking into the new york republican s litany of lies as cnn s k-file uncovers even more discrepancies about his education. and a covid crackdown. the u.s. announcing it will now require travelers from china, where covid is raging, to show a negative test before entering the country. what s china s response? let s go outfront. good evening. i m sara sidner in for erin burnett. outfront tonight, 50 rocket strikes in just 24 hours. that s the extent of russia s brutal onslaught in the kherson region of southern ukrainian according to a ukrainian official. now civilians there are being urged to evacuate immediately. it comes as intense fighting is underway in eastern ukraine where russian troops are moving out of a key city,
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the world, i am allison caustic . ahead on cnn newsroom, relief still days away for many southwest customers as we enter day eight of the airline meltdown. i talked to an aviation expert about the federal ramifications there plus we have a live report on a deadly fire at a casino in cambodia. that has left seven people that. pope francis says pope benedict is very sick and asks for everyone s prayers, the latest from the vatican. we begin with what ukrainian officials are calling a massive missile attack on cities across the country. ukrainian air force says russia is attacking from various directions with air and sea- based cruise missiles. joins us from kia, what is the latest and what are you hearing? well, what we are hearing from ukrainian officials is that at least 120 missiles have been fired so far today from russia to ukraine, hitting basically every major metropolitan area in the country, including, of course kia, where we are just a few minutes ago, a distant
again today. passengers missing some of life s most important events. at this point, because i cannot get there, michael is there without a bride. it is hard to get married without your bride there. the word i can say is devastated. i don t know how else to explain how we re all feeling right now. more on the company s new apologies and the changes they re making ahead. let begin in ukraine. ben wedeman is live there in kyiv and, ben, your team could hear explosions on the ground and you ve seen the damage firsthand. walk us through your experience in the last couple of hours? reporter: well, we heard around 9:00 in the morning, jessica, several loud explosions and later we went to the scene of where apparently some of the debris of those rockets fell. now according to the mayor of kyiv, 16 missiles were fired in the direction of the capital. but all of them were intercepted by the air defenses. however debris fell in several locations. the first location was a house