andrew. teddy joins his brother wilder in keeping his mom and dad sleep deprived. we congratulate all of them. thanks so much for that and for joining us. anderson starts now. good evening. as ukraine continues to prepare in ways to launch a counter offensive today russia launched more missile strikes against civilians including one of the deadliest strikes of the war this year. the missiles hit residential buildings in two cities. ukrainian officials say at least 23 are confirmed dead including four children in the city of aman. a missile slammed into that apartment building they were sleeping in. and in dnipro a mother and her 2-year-old child were also reported killed. the list of noncombatants they ve killed is a list of a long one. and tonight as the rubble is cleared that list is likely to grow. cnn s tim was in uman was there as some were found. how does it compare to the attacks you ve seen all throughout this war? reporter: the numbers are always terrifying, no
i don t know. my windows were blown out. this is the kids room, but we re all alive. we re just all covered in blood. god, we don t have windows, anything. i m so afraid. reporter: as usual the dawn clarifies the victims. in this apartment block in uman it was only those hoping to escape the war. translator: we heard the impact, heard the explosion. we were on a balcony 2:07 a.m., all the room were full of smoke. reporter: the rubble hiding some of the agony but also surrendering some throughout the day. this body removed hours later. that morning as tension around a possible ukrainian counter offensive grows, russia fired 23 missiles. only two got past ukraine s nato improved air defenses. but lest you think the horror of uman an error, similar strikes