far east as kharkiv. a series of attacks across the country targeting many different areas. to return to what you are saying about the attack on the capital city of keith, where you are saying you had had confirmation that one person had died and half of the ukrainian capital is without electricity, what more do we know about the buildings that were targeted in that attack. with a civilians inside them. i that were targeted in that attack. with a civilians inside them. i know one building with a civilians inside them. i know one building very with a civilians inside them. i know one building very well, with a civilians inside them. i know one building very well, which i with a civilians inside them. i know one building very well, which is i one building very well, which is where a colleague of mine from our kyiv office used to live. i am looking at a picture of a huge, gaping hole in the side of that building, with smoke and flames coming out. it is a five story residential build
we are getting reports that russian missile attacks have targeted cities across ukraine. that is in the east of ukraine to lviv in the west. the governor is quoted as saying that occupiers are attacking and stay in shelters. explosions have been heard in lviv. the mayor later said that there is no electricity in parts of lviv. a blackout is also reported in the capital of kyiv. these details just coming into us at the bbc from our colleagues in a bbc monitoring but it would appear that there are russian missile attacks which are targeting cities across ukraine from the east to that west, and including the east to that west, and including the capital of kyiv. we will bring you more details as soon as we can. in the meantime let s catch up with
the attack on kyiv. the ukrainian national energy company is starting emergency measures to disconnect customers from the energy grid because it has been so severely damaged. the mayor of kyiv has said that half of the ukrainian capital is now without electricity. that means they don t have running water as well and as nights get longer and colder this is really bad news for ukrainians. today s wave of missile attack is is on a truly massive scale, targeting cities right across ukraine from the east to lviv in the west. also from
had shut down several missiles, but as i say, the bbc has not been able to independently verify this. from what we are seeing, we are getting reports that russian missile attacks have targeted cities across ukraine from the east to west including the capital, kyiv, and we will bring you more details as they come into it here in the bbc. the global population has hit 8 billion people, according to the united nations. officials chose the 15th november to mark the milestone though they acknowledge their assessment could be out by a year or even two. the report says the growth rate may now slow, and half of the next billion is expected to come from just eight countries, five of them in africa. our population correspondent stephanie hegarty has more details. the day oishee was born was extra special. she was one of a handful of children