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
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
the cost of this insurgency is in blood, but also enormous treasure. we re entering the $20 billion natural gas plant. this has the potential to take in at least 100 trillion cubic feet of natural gas. and in a time of global gas insecurity, this is a massive deal. industry analysts say mozambique s offshore natural gas potential could rival russia. as europe phases out russia s gas supply because of the war in ukraine, alternate sources are critical. there isn t a soul anywhere here. it s completely empty. reporter: the militants attacked, energy giant total declared force, mozambique fearing collapse of control looked elsewhere. 2,000 row wan dan soldiers and police invited by the government took the fight to isis.
could revolutionize mozambique, this region and energy security around the world. max? david mckenzie in johannesburg, thank you. we ll be back in just a moment with the latest update on ukraine.
arrest an islamic jihadist. when we asked about this situation, they say he was shot after he alleged to have thrown a molotov cocktail at soldiers. this is all happening during what s really been a surge of violence. it feels as though, max, things are so dry, the kindling is so dry it will take one match that will light this entire region on fire. i have to say, max, doesn t feel there s any local political force or any sort of international force that is really doing anything to try to stop this cycle of violence, max. absolutely. hadas in jerusalem, thank you. still to come, mozambique threatened by fighters linked to isis. how this could impact the global energy market.