all missile cruiser, the flagship vessel of the black sea fleet normally has 500 sailors on board. massive amounts of ammunition on the ship including torpedoes and anti-aircraft missiles. mixed report if the vessel sank or not but russia says the ship was evacuated. the ukrainian military says. in the black sea region the ship was hit by anti-ship missiles. flagship of the russian black sea fleet sustained substantial damages. a fire started. other ships tried to provide assistance but a powerful explosion of munitions turned the ship over and it started sinking. the development comes as intense russian shelling continues in the second largest ukraine city. ukrainian forces say they blew up a bridge in that area destroying a russian military
hello, welcome everyone. to our viewers in the united states and all around the worl. i m michael holmes live from lviv in ukraine. we begin with breaking news. another russian air strike as reportedly hit civilian targets. this one in the central ukraine city. ukraine state emergency service says one person was killed in the strike. near a preschool. and a building and a shoe factory. adviser to ukraine president says it s under attack. he also reports powerful explosions in the west cities. the mayor says one person was killed in an attack on a military airfield there. meanwhile russian forces appear to be moving closer to the capitol kyiv. with a concerted push from the
when you listen to the president of ukraine, what goes through your mind now that your city has fallen in to the control of russian forces? first of all, i want to say i m very proud of my president. i consider myself ukrainian. it doesn t matter that my city is russian occupied right now. i still consider kherson a ukraine city. i believe that our president will take care of kherson and russians will be kicked out of our town. martha: what was the resistance like in kherson? are there a lot of ukrainian soldiers or mostly civilians trying to defend the city? as far as i know, there s no ukrainian soldiers right now in our city. they tried to protect our city
will continue. it s impossible the say how many days we have to free ukrainian land. but we can say we ll do it, we want it. it s a patriotic war against a stubborn enemy that doesn t pay attention to the killed soldiers which collect reservists and conscripts. more families have begun fleeing from kyiv. the mayor said the population is less than the original size. it s taken longer than expected for the assault but russia believes they have in place what they need to start. its where, president putin president met the president of belarus. we ve seen a major escalation across this country now and this city bracing. everyone says they will fight to
trying to showcase that they can reach anyone in our state. he has a determination to destroy my nation. we shall show him that our nation exists and we ll do anything to put him in his place and to continue our resistance. martha: what do you expect it to look like when the forces come into kyiv? we have had several russian incursions in kyiv. we ve seen many of their saboteurs and agents trying to come in in various different ways. the story is that we have basically closed down the city to allow that to happen. that convoy that everybody is discussing, if they try to enter, we re well-prepared with different means and measures to