nick peyton walsh is live in ukraine. what can you tell us about the new strikes? reporter: still very early days for precisely what is at the moment. i should caution by this point yesterday we had seen larger amount of russian missile strikes in ukraine. this appears to be lesser. some officials in odessa. others are saying some of these missiles have, indeed, been shot down. there appears to be damage to part of the energy structure but it does seem like russia is trying to sustain the feeling of constant threat ukrainians lived with throughout much of yesterday. certainly many people in the country woken by an alert on their phones. why i had s death toll now at 19. it seems dozens of people injured and here are the remarkable scenes that many ukrainians spent yesterday enduring. this was the day the war came back to all of ukraine. the capitol, kyiv, like many cities edging towards normal hit by multiple missile strikes. carnage at rush hour. central streets hit. targe
blamed ukraine for that blast, calling it a terror attack. ukraine s president has also accused moscow of terrorism after a string of russian strikes in zaporizhzhia. hours ago a new attack reportedly destroyed an apartment block, leading to several casualties. before that attack, ukraine s president said the strikes this week killed 43 civilians including 14 at this building. cnn s fred pleitgen is live in kyiv with the latest. reporter: just now, ten seconds ago, there were two very big explosions we re hearing right now. i can hear them very clearly from where we are right now. it s unclear whether or not that is incoming russian rockets or any other attack, whether or not that might be outgoing air defense rockets, unclear from our position. certainly it sort of americans with what we ve been seeing the entire morning which appears to be, to us, the ukrainian capital under full-on, massive rocket attack by there s another explosion right now. it seems as though there
destroy a children s playground. ukrainian official posted this picture showing a large crater at the site. all comes after russia suffered a humiliating blow when an explosion damaged a bridge to crimea. president vladimir putin blamed ukraine for that blast, calling it a terror attack. we ll go to first fred pleitgen live at the scene for us in kyiv. fred? reporter: hi there, max. the scene of one of these explosions we had a rude awakening when we had massive explosions we heard i would say at around 8:15 local time, which is 1:15 on the east coast of the united states. multiple places were obviously hit. i m at the scene of one of these explosions. you can see behind me there s people sort of working that scene over there. there s several buildings that were damaged around this area. you can see several cars there also severely damage there as well. those cars burned out. the latest that we have from the authorities here in kyiv so far, it s always important to point
isis linked militants in africa are threatening huge natural gas preserves the world so desperately needs. david mckenzie is joining me. you have been on the ground reporting this. tell us what s at stake here and what you found. reporter: christine, there s a race to let the world get alternative supply of natural gas, critical resource for the road. that s because of the war in ukraine. the big issue, of course, is in one key zone where there s a massive mine, there s an isis militant group. we went inside the mine. the fight against isis didn t end, it shifted.
breaking news out of ukraine this hour. officials are reporting multiple rocket and missile attacks across the country. in the capital kyiv, an official says at least five have been killed and 12 wounded after the apparent russian attacks. this video shows powerful explosion destroying a pedestrian bridge in the city. authorities there have been suspended train services and urging people to stay indoors. now in southern africa, m mozambique is contending with isis fighters. a resource that could drastically change reliance on russian oil. reporter: the fight against isis didn t end, it shifted. to ungoverned spaces like this. [speaking non-english] reporter: we re embedded with row wan dan security forces in