in the capitol city kyiv, russian forces are retreating from this quote, unquote, annexed region of kherson. that s the indication that the civilian leaders there are giving the russian installed leaders. that s the indication that russia s generals are giving as well. putin seems to be trying to take a stronger grip on power there. remember in kherson seven months ago when the rush 1457b troops rolled in, there were street protests. the pernicious rule has led to the arrests, detentions, disappearances of many, many young people who dissented against the russian occupation. now the russian leaders forcing them to leave. russian imposed owe fil offics have told them it s not safe to stay. up to 60,000 forced out. boats used to ferry them away and their homes to an uncertain two days ago. reporter: they re concerned russia is whipping up hysteria compelling people to leave . translator: i ask you to make take my words seriously and to understand them meaning as prompt a
officials said that they were going to have rolling blackouts as of today. this city with rolling blackouts elsewhere in the country, electric trolley vehicles off, street lights off, water off and to the north of here, every city in ukraine is now being affected by the strikes on the power plants to the point that the government is literally having to throttle back the amount of electricity they can let people have. nic, thank you so much for that excellent reporting as always. president biden says putin s declaration of marshall law is a sign of the russian leader s dwindling options. it seems his only tool available to him is to brutalize individual citizens in ukraine, ukrainian citizens, to try to intimidate them into capitulating. we re not going to do that. a senior administration official tells cnn the white
reporter: street lights off. cars stopped in traffic. silence and confusion. this is the scene in argentina sunday after a massive power failure in the country s coastal grid. translator: at home you really can t see anything. i don t know where to go, really. i don t know. and i was worrireading that it going to take hours to come back on. reporter: tens of millions of people were left in the dark for several hours. because the grid is attached to neighboring power lines in uruguay and paraguay. several hours after the failure, argentinian authorities are not able to identify the cause. translator: what we know is that at 7:07 a.m. a power failure hit the coastal system, a failure that occurs regularly. reporter: let alone a failure capable affecting cities past