killing six people including a 16-year-old boy. the u.s. justice department is seeking testimony from former vice president mike pence. sources say pence may be open to providing testimony. more on that ahead in early start. most of the ukrainian capitol is still without power after russia launched a large scale assault on the country s critical infrastructure. ukraine says russian forces lau launched 70 missiles. 41 were intercepted. those that hit knocked out water and power. russian strikes also slammed into hospital a hospital maternity ward killing a newborn baby. the international rescue committee has condemned that attack in the zaporizhzhia region saying women and children continue to pay a high price. following the strikes ukrainian president volodymyr zelenskyy
grid here is damage, rolling blackouts in kyiv and across the country are becoming the norm. mike we heard from a utility chief boss this weekend as the winter closes in here, the energy supply drops down. he is suggesting if anybody here has maybe a place outside of ukraine, they might think about leaving the country, at least for the next couple of months, back to your progressive scene for affairs greg alcott live in the ukrainian capitol, greg, many thanks. mike: fighting continues we speak to discuss the recent realms in russia s work it s ukraine, senior research fellow at the heritage foundation for national defense enjoys meat live in city a branch of welcome. thank you very much for. we heard greg at talk what else is striking from the battlefield in the last couple of days? the last couple of days, one area in particular is reset it for potential winter offensives in the ground makes it more
installations that are being struck repeatedly by these russian forces. why are they doing it? of course, you mentioned it. there s that strategic ambition, it seems, on the part of moscow to try and make the situation as uncomfortable, as unpleasant and as unbearable as possible for the civilians of this country as winter hits we re seeing the first snow now in ukrainian capitol of this winter. temperatures set to plunge even further. the russians have even acknowledged that saying this lack of power is a consequence of kyiv not coming to the negotiating table. christine. matthew, how are the people coping? reporter: well, i mean, they re coping with this sort of relatively well in the sense that, you know, the morale amongst the population as far as i can make out is still holding up. obviously it s a challenge in these cold winter months, but i
the top, the first quested president trump s claim of wrongdoing. across the country are saying there is no illegality, there is no wrongdoing or election fraud evidence of that in this election. they are doing what is required they are doing the job they re supposed to do pushing back on those false claims. c5 thank you jubilant residents creating ukrainian fighters and giving them flowers as they enter kherson. giving vladimir putin a major setback in his war. now the people of kherson are trying to bring life back to some sense of normalcy. greg appel caught his life in ukrainian capitol with more. arthel, amazing staffer.
behind. volodymyr zelenskyy said it will take $600 billion to rebuild his country after the war. he ll present what it takes. he s urging ukrainians not to give up. translator: no matter how difficult it is for us today, we must remember that there will be tomorrow and tomorrow should bring maximum benefits to ukraine. everyone should do absolutely everything possible. cnn s scott mcclain joins us live from the ukrainian capitol. let s start with the latest from the front lines. it is not looking good for really either side right now. the battle for lysychansk is not looking good.