what has the reaction been in moscow to rush a series of strikes against ukraine this week? it was quite disturbing in the sense that it is being applauded, i think. certainly that is the consensus that you get when you watch russian state television where, for many weeks now, for many months even, in the aftermath of the various serious setbacks that russia has suffered on the battlefield in ukraine, there have been growing calls for russia to take stronger action. you know, for russia to take its gloves off, as it were, and to really show ukraine what it can do. so this massive spike in missile attacks, rocket attacks, on targets inside ukraine, it s really the kremlin sort of pandering to that hard-line criticism of how the operation has gone so far. so in general terms, on state media, where there has been criticism of how the operation has gone so far, there are sort of welcoming this surge in rocket strikes. and a cnn exclusive interview, jake tapper last night, joe biden s
rockets and kamikaze drone attacks, as the death toll continues to rise.eath toll continues t russia s military appear to be targeting residential areas, including a school and a medical facility in the contested city of zaporizhzhia. president biden and other g7 leaders held an emergency meeting today, and pledged to stand firmly with ukraine. and tonight, we re learning details about the sophisticated weapons that could be headed to ukraine. cbs s charlie d agata starts us off tonight from inside ukraine. good evening, charlie. reporter: good evening to you, norah. in his nightly address moments ago, president zelenskyy said russia launched another 28 missiles into ukraine today, on the same day he pleaded with the g7 for modern air defense systems, saying the key element of russia s terror, rocket strikes, will cease to work. ukraine s defense ministry says more than half of at least 75 cruise missiles fired in the onslaught were intercepted
will go into the water divers, rather, will go into the water later today to see if the structure can still support trucks. scott mclean is keeping an eye on developments in ukraine including the deadly strike on zaporizhzhia. he joins us from london, scott? reporter: yeah, we don t have a ton of information about those rocket strikes, but we do have that video which shows a pretty chaotic scene in the yeed mat aftermath. there was rubble still very much on fire. what s extraordinary about this video is the massive hole that you can see that has been punched in the side, right through that actual apartment building. local officials say, as you mentioned, at least 17 dead by the latest count. 40 injured. obviously those numbers may change as we get more information. five houses they say were completely destroyed as well as this apartment building which was very nearly completely destroyed. there is so much rubble on that scene, laila, that the acting mayor is actually calling for pe
that blew up the electoral center for the so-called referendum in kherson. that s a city, the only regional city that has fallen to russian hands in the whole of this more than six-month campaign now. during a counteroffensive to recapture that city. and as you say, you have seen this latest rocket strikes against that very important bridge. that is the main supply route for the russians on the other side, effectively on the side i m on here, this side of the river. de dnipro to support the forces in kherson and beyond. very important strategic site. it s been attacks several times in the past. mainly the russians are now having to rely on barges to resupply their troops. the ukrainian hope is they ll be able to capture more and more villages and press tighter and tighter in against kherson. today, officials, military officials in the south behind this southern counteroffensive are saying to the citizens of