new york. we have a lot of news to get to on this busy friday morning including a seismic development in the special counsel investigation into former president donald trump. his vice president, mike pence, appearing before the grand jury probing his former boss s efforts to overturn the 2020 election, according to a source familiar with the matter. this morning, new reaction including this from a member of congress who investigated the capitol attack. i think that the vice president has a lot of information. i have no doubt really that he answered the questions openly, honestly, and fully. plus, russia unleashing on ukraine overnight with the worst strikes in weeks. the death toll still climbing at this hour. we re on the ground in that war-torn country with a live report. and later, extreme weather, the iconic yosemite national park closing over fears a massive snow melt could lead to unprecedented floods. intense flooding also suspected to have caused this train dera
we have seen already a range of massive large scale drone and missile attacks on kyiv, the capital of ukraine, and many other locations, cities, towns across the country. some of them were very deadly and children were killed. for example, it happened in the town of uman, in the center of the country, the heartland of ukraine, where nobody expected such deadly attack. and what is really important to mention to note that most of these attacks, just as the most recent combat drone attack on the capital of ukraine, happened at night, when people are very vulnerable, people sleep at night. people are really tired of the war and not so many follow the security rules and go to shelters at night time. and exactly this time, night time is chosen by the russian army to attack the ukrainian towns and cities. some attacks were carried out with the help of precise cruise missiles, really precision guided
russia s demands. that did not happen and now we re starting to see a renewal of strikes that appear to be heading to cities far from the front lines, not close to front lines, and in residential areas. russia claims the strikes they have carried out in the last three days have targeted military related infrastructure, reserve units, supply hubs for ammo, weapons and equipment. we have seen these strikes cause a lot of civilian bloodshed. in the dnipro region today, 34 people were injured after a missile hit a residential area there, according to local officials. they say the youngest victim injured in that strike was just eight years old. friday strikes, the ones you mentioned, there were 23 people killed in one apartment building in the city of uman, two others killed in dnipro. some of the youngest victims, they were buried this weekend, and the images we saw of the funeral, gut wrenching. we play a lot of it. we draw your attention to one
some of the worst attacks were in the country s centre and south, in the town of uman, which had largely been spared until now, and city of dnipro. these pictures are from uman showing a nine storey apartment building after it had been hit while many were sleeping. the russian defence ministry said, without evidence, that its military had targeted ukrainian army reserve units with the strikes. the bbc s hugo bachega sent this update. this is the site of the russian missile attack on uman, this is the building head shortly after four o clock in the morning, you can see the entire section of the building collapsed, people were sleeping when this attack happened, residents were trapped under the rubble. it s been more than ten hours since the attack happened and the search and rescue operation has begun, the authorities have set at least three children were killed, in a town far away from the frontline. they have also attacks in dnipro and even the q attacks in dnipro and even the 0 avenu
welcome to our viewers joining us in the united states and around the world. i m anna coren live from hong kong. ahead on cnn newsroom rescuers are rushing to save two children believed to be trapped in the rubble left by a missile strike in ukraine. sporadic fighting threatens the latest cease-fire in sudan as those unable to flee face food and water shortages. and never before seen photos show the intensity and the drama inside the situation room during the raid that killed osama bin laden. we begin with a race against time after russian missile strikes in ukraine. rescuers are scrambling to reach two children believed to be trapped under a building partly obliterated by a russian missile. it happened in the city of uman