ukraine. and with vladimir putin s new and intense missile barrage. in kyiv, a fragile calm shattered by bomb after bomb after bomb. air raid sirens sending residents sprinting for shelter. wide ranging attacks striking at least ten cities across ukraine in the country s west. the south, the center and the east. and it killed civilians, 11 right now, that we know of. and knocking critical infrastructure offline. in kyiv, motels like this, a pedestrian bridge engulfed by an explosion. subway platforms filled with people seen or calling back to the very early days of vladimir putin s bloody war. elsewhere, i rush to put out cars on fire. black smoke, choking blue sky, life again on hold because of those bombs. ukraine s president said putin showed the world today he s a terrorist. the russian dictator making a brief appearance on t vis said the strikes were in response to a supply line. and putin promising more fire and brimstone should ukraine go after russian targets. trans
this hour. thank you for being here. i m kate bolduan. russia unleashing missiles across ukraine. few cities were spared in what could be the broadest assault since the invasion began. dozens more injured. v vladimir putin is posting about the strikes. he said they re in retaliation over the weekend of a key bridge linking russia to annexed crimea and accusing ukraine of terrorism as imangs like these are broadcast all over the world. the ukraine president is holding emergency talks with g-7 leaders today about how to respond to this. let s get straight to fred pleitgen live in kyiv. cities all over ukraine were bomb bombarded but look at what is behind you. even a playground in kyiv. reporter: when he was dressing the security council is that he said that the russians hit command and communications infrastructure of the ukraine military. but as you could see behind me, this is definitely not command or communication infrastructure from the ukrainian military. this is a pl