her phone recording this as the blast went off around here near the national university. a man on a pedestrian bridge in kyiv when the explosion goes off. where to go from there? he run towards the surveillance camera. ukraine s president reacting to this. he beliefs that they re using suicide drones, the russians, and that they re coming from iran. he vows he will not back down. we are dealing with terrorists. dozens of missiles. they want to destroy our energy system. now there may be temporary e interruptions with electricity. so all of this days a after president biden said that putin is not joking about the use of nuclear weapons and we have not faced the prospect of armageddon since kennedy and the cuban missile crisis. in a moment, i ll be joined by mike pompeo. perfect guest to talk about where to go from here with ukraine. first, trey yingst reporting live from kharkiv ukraine, which is on that list of cities that were hit. hi, trey. martha, good afternoon. we
attack on a critical bridge linking russia to crimea. i m sandra smith in for neil cavuto. this is your world. we ve got fox team coverage to kick things off for you. trey yingst is on the ground. mark meredith has more on president biden s armageddon comments could be complicating matters and general kellogg with how the u.s. should respond. we begin with trey yingst. what s the latest from the ground, trey? yeah, sandra. we have new reaction to the russian attack on ukraine earlier that decimated this country in many cities. antonio gutierrez calling this an unacceptable escalation of the war. ukrainian is bracing for additional strikes after more than 75 missiles targeted major population centers like kyiv and kharkiv. 11 people were killed and dozens injured including head of the national police cyber unit in kyiv. black smoke plumes were seen rising after the attack begin. the russians say they were targeting military infrastructure. images from the ground tell a dif
hello and welcome to our viewers joining us here in the united states and all around the world. i m rosemary church. just ahead here on cnn newsroom, air-raid sirens going off in kyiv this morning. civilians warned to seek shelter as russian drones target ukraine s capital. more never before seen video of the january 6th attack on the u.s. capitol. some candidates are already sowing doubt about the integritiy of the upcoming election. plus it s now been a month of tense often violent nationwide protests in iran, and now the iranian president is accusing the united states of inciting chaos. thanks for being with us. we are following developments out of ukraine where explosions continue to be heard in central kyiv. the first blast came just hours ago, and one official says russia is now attacking the capital with kamikaze drones. cnn s clarissa ward is in kyiv and updated us on the situation just a short time ago. reporter: this started about 6:45 this morning. the seco
viewers joining us here in the united states and all around the world. you are watching cnn newsroom, and i m rosemary church. we are following developments out of ukraine where explosions continue to be heard in central kyiv. the first blast came just hours ago, and one official says russia is now attacking the capital with kamikaze drones. cnn s chief international correspondent clarissa ward joins me now from central kyiv. what is the latest on this? reporter: so, essentially, rosemary, people here woke up to the sound of air-raid sirens followed by two loud explosions. then there were at least another two explosions, and we re right in the center of the city at the location or right next to the location of the impact of one of those blasts. you can probably see behind me there s still a lot of smoke in the air from that explosion. we don t know yet how many people may have been injured or possibly killed in this series of blasts here in the capital. we did speak to th
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