election monitoring activities are more likely to put voters in reasonable fear of harassment, intimidation, coercion of their voting rights. this a stark warning from vladimir putin. the russian president telling reporters the barrage of missiles are, quote, not all we can do. cnn s selma abdelaziz is live in kyiv. what, selma, is putin suggesting here? reporter: this was in response to a reporter s question, as you mentioned there. president putin saying, yes, that barrage of missiles is partly a response but it s not all we can do, a very ominous warning there. christine, he s already done more. he s already pulled out of this very important grain deal that could cause a huge domino effect around the world. take a listen to what president putin said. translator: so we are not saying that we are ending our
morning in ukraine where the mayor of kyiv who says water and power has been fully restored 24 hours after the russians targeted critical infrastructure. still he warns, power cuts will be necessary due to significant impact of russia s attacks. on monday ukraine s military said it was able to shoot down 45 of 55 russian missiles. vladimir putin says those are not all his military can do. selma abdelaziz has more from kyiv. you heard more sirens this morning. reporter: yes, just about an hour ago, max and bianca, we heard air raid sirens go off. unclear if it hit any targets. it was around this time yesterday missile attacks resulted to water being cut off, electricity being cut off to hundreds of thousands. yes, there s warnings to the mayor and others that this is going to continue. even though life is getting harder, in a sense what we re
enough water supply. make sure your power banks are filled up. make sure you have extra blankets and socks. it is real. whether it is cold, the power cuts are happening and the government in the meantime is trying to sort of repair the facilities that have already been damaged, christine. just unbelievable. thank you so much, nic. russia is ordering the arrest of a former state television journalist who flashed the sign six months ago. cnn s selma abdelaziz live in london. what does this mean for her now that she s already out of country? reporter: we re getting new details about this. she is a journalist who really made splashes across the world when in early march she held up that sign. i know you were playing that clip earlier, no war, stop the war, stop believing their lies. this is propaganda. it sent shock waves around the world. the video going viral of her.
russia is conducting a mass evacuation claiming some 15,000 people have already been moved. ukraine says russia has mined a dam upstream from the city and may blow it up to slow down a ukrainian offensive. selma abdelaziz joins us with the very latest. what do you make of the latest movements and strategies. max, everyone is trying to position themselves for the winter months. particularly kamikaze drones. my apologies. my mike was not on. putting that on. but as i was saying, these kamikaze drone attacks have had devastating impact on the ground in kyiv. some of those included a pregnant woman and her husband. now the u.k. and the eu trying
prisoners of war. selma abdelaziz tracking this. how did this exchange come together, selma? reporter: a true milestone, christine. for the first time we saw ukrainian and russian human rights officials meeting face to face shaking hands. the russian side releasing this video showing this brief moment. there was a conversation between the two sides where they said they would work on further priser exchanges for the ukrainian side, this was an all female release. they received 108 ukrainian women, a majority of them members of the ukrainian military but some were civilians, mothers and daughters as one official said. nerve racking as it was described by one ukrainian official. for the russian side, they received 110 civilians, 80 sailors and 30 other service members. over 200 pows in total exchanged between russia and ukraine.