similar control measures. hello and welcome to bbc news. ukraine has been struck by a fresh barrage of russian missiles targeting several major cities. ukrainian authorities said more than 120 missiles had been launched at the population and civilian infrastructure. several cities from kyiv in the north, odesa in the south, kharkiv in the east and lviv in the west have been hit. the mayor of lviv says the city has lost about 90% of its electricity. earlier, ukraine s military intelligence chief said fighting is at a deadlock with neither ukraine nor russia able to make significant advances. and we can speak to hugo now. over to you. yes, the head of the ukrainian military intelligence agency said the situation of the ground was stuck because neither russia nor ukraine can make significant advances, and for weeks we been talking about have how fighting has been concentrated around the eastern city of bakhmut in the donetsk region, but across the front line we have not seen maj
for russian navy, russian air force and so forth. and also the enqueue one and m q and so forth. and also the enqueue one and m 0 nine us air force drones that could be provided, that have extended range, that can strike targets and are at an altitude that is difficult to knock down. targets and are at an altitude that is difficult to knock down. - mq-1. i think the problem is our administration and other nations, are over estimating the risk of some sort of escalation if we take the next step and give ukraine these capabilities, and ijust don t see it. we have been wrong for ten months. every time we hold back on giving something, then we finally do, the russians don t react because they can t react. and we have been deterring ourselves, and the russians know that.- deterring ourselves, and the russians know that. thank you for “oinint russians know that. thank you for joining us. russians know that. thank you for joining us. iten russians know that. thank you for joining us
the key city of ramadi. abc s martha raddatz returned from the region. reporter: the american forces seen here with iraqi troops are getting reinforcements 450 new u.s. troops now heading to a desert air base in western iraq. but it s not just more troops, it s more money. we saw the vast american command center in the region this week and some of the $2.5 billion in vehicles, armor and weapons. this is an mq-1 a remotely piloted aircraft or as we call them drones. they are in the fight 24/7 armed with hellfire missiles. the new americans will help the iraqi military something this air force special operator is already doing. it s a growing process, getting better as the days go on. definitely unique working with them. reporter: a very diplomatic way to say that. i ve been well trained. reporter: it is certainly possible there will be more u.s. troops. the iraqi troops clearly need
predator of ours, a drone, was flying off the coast of iran on a classified mission, as they put it, over international waters. of course, this comes at a time of increased tensions between the u.s. and iran over that country s nuclear program. and the incident could well signal that the iranians may be stepping up defensive measures in response. jennifer griffin has fox top story live at the pentagon. jennifer? well, the pentagon says that on november first at 4:50 eastern time, the just days before the u.s. presidential election, two iranian su 25 frog foot iranian fighter jets intercepted and twice fired upon an unmanned unarmed u.s. mq 1 pled predator drone. the shots missed on both attempts. the drone way from the iranian coast landing safely at undisclosed location.
plus, nearly two years after the tragic shooting spree in tucson, arizona. [sirens] shepard: sentencing day for jared loughner. i will never forget seeing one of my dearest colleagues die at my side. a young man i worked closely with every single day. shepard: former congresswoman gabriel giffords among those in court to face the man who shot her in the head. tonight, a convicted killer learns his fate. and newly released video of a murder suspect attempt to steal a plane. but, first from fox this thursday night. iranian military confrontation in the skies above the persian gulf. the pentagon this afternoon confirms that an iranian warplane last week shot at but did not destroy an unmanned u.s. military drone. it happened, they tell us, on the first of november. days before the presidential election. the pentagon tells us the mq 1