cracks in american democracy. plus, one year after the fall of kabul, we will speak live with the head of the u.n. delegation there about how the taliban takeover has reshaped life in afghanistan. live, from cnn center, this is cnn newsroom with rosemary church. good to have you with us. we begin in ukraine where threats to europe s largest nuclear facility are prompting an outcry from world leaders. 42 countries along with the european union are now calling on russia to immediately withdraw its troops from the nuclear power plant. it comes after days of repeated shelling around the facility raised fears of a nuclear catastrophe. russia and ukraine have blamed each other for the attacks. to the south, ukraine says the underground resistance movement blew up a railway bridge near the russian held city of melitopol. russian troops used the bridge to transport weapons and other equipment from occupied crimea. meanwhile, a u.n. chartered ship carrying 23,000 tons of wheat t
underground resistance movement blew up a railway bridge near the russian held city of melitopol. russian troops used the bridge to transport weapons and other equipment from occupied crimea. meanwhile, a u.n. chartered ship carrying 23,000 tons of wheat to ethiopia is ready to set sail from ukraine. it is the first humanitarian cargo ship bound for africa since the war began. in eastern ukraine, fierce fighting has raged for months with a constant barrage of artillery inflicting massive casualties on soldiers and civilians alike. nick robertson traveled to the front lines. a warning, what you are about to see is graphic. reporter: the front line field hospital, a soldier gets stitched up. russian forces getting closer.