economies. indeed. and keep an eye on that, claire. if there are more developments, do let us know. meanwhile, a spate of attacks in moldova raise fear of russia s, a plume of smoke outside odessa. authorities say they hit a critical bridge in the odessa region. we are hearing from ukrainian officials another missile hit the sale rail and road bridge hours ago. the damage essentially cuts the far southwest corner of ukraine which borders moldova off from the rest of the country. on the same day, radio towers were damaged by explosions, a russian-backed break away region in moldova. as well as a rocket attack prompted moldova s president call an emergency meeting of the security council. ukraine s president said they are trying to sow tensions between his country and mull
latest attacks? this is a tricky situation. russia has stated that its goal is not just a land/water from crimea to donbas up the sort of eastern border. but all along the south as well. and a russian general was quoted last week saying that you can see that the red there that borders the western border of ukraine, the general said that gaining the sort of control over the southern border of the black sea would give them access there. so we have that and also reports from earlier this week of explosions on monday near a government building. and then in the early hours of tuesday morning, two radio towers were reportedly hit by explosions. the ukrainian defense ministry has described what happened monday as a provocation by russia saying that the russian-backed authorities were given warning of this. russia though blaming the other side, deputy foreign minister
attack in and around moldova is raising fears russia is planning a new front on the war in ukraine. after explosions destroyed radio towers and a reported rocket attack a day earlier. the blast happened in a russian-backed break-away region highlighted in red on your screen. we re hearing they hit a key rail and road bridge. russia s trying to sew tension between his country and moldova will have to listen. translator: this is happening to destabilize the region and threaten moldova. they are showing them if they
indefensible and a war of choice. russia s invasion is indefensible. and so are russian atrocities. we all start today from a position of moral clarity. russia is waging a war of choice to indulge the ambitions of one man. and breaking another unite, ukrainian authorities say that two guided missiles were fired at the city of zaporizhzhia in central ukraine. a state ukraine energy company says that two cruise missiles flew over the nuclear power plant near zaporizhzhia, which plant officials say puts the world and their own safety at risk. meanwhile in moldova, two blasts have hit a village in transnistria, knocking out two radio towers. in mariupol, the mayor said a third mass grave has been found near the city and that the russians, get this, made locals work for hours on those graves
saying that russia s aggressions and atrocities are indefensible, russia is waging a war of choice for one man. and so we ll keep on top of what comes out of that meeting a bit later on this hour. but breaking news in the meantime to come out coming in just now, interior ministry reports two radio towers have been damaged by explosions in the breakaway region in moldova. the ministry says no radio staff or residents were hurt. no information was given about the cause of the explosions, but ukraine is blaming russia for a series of explosions calling them a planned provocation. russia has about 1500 or so troops stationed there. and we ll stay on top of that breaking news story.