languages. announcer: this is nbc nightly news with lester holt good evening it is a restless night in kyiv after the ukrainian capital came under a barrage of russian missiles that struck across the country earlier today, killing nearly a dozen. officials say at least 84 cruise missiles and 24 drones were used in today s attacks that russia calls an act of revenge after accusing ukraine of being behind the weekend explosion that destroyed parts of a major bridge and critical supply route connecting russia to annexed crimea the russian strikes hitting ukraine s energy infrastructure, plunging many cities into an unsettling darkness president biden condemning russia, saying it destroyed targets with no military purpose the attack comes as vladimir putin faces growing pressure at home to take a harder stand against ukraine, which has made major gains on the battlefield recently tonight we have teams on the ground both inside ukraine and in moscow let s start with cal perr
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rebuffing the efforts on the ongoing giggss, a move that s bound to frustrate newly empowered republicans. investigations, fingerprint analysis, and the supreme court doesn t know who leaked the report of who turned over the investigation on roe v. wade. and why chip toe is still driving them crazy ahead on cnn this morning. good morning, everyone, and welcome to cnn this morning. it s saturday, january 21st. great to be with you, boris. great to be with you always, amara. up first, a plea from ukraine and a standoff over tanks. german officials say they will not send their leopard 2 tanks to ukraine unless the united states also agrees to send its m-1 abrams tanks into the battlefield. volodymyr zelenskyy says there s a need to send them. it s a message to all of our allies to be frank. in order to have this capability of the tanks as well as the long range and everything else we are discussing is very much needed now so that our brave defenders can be pr
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