has been declared in florida as a tropical storm heads straight for the coast. live from the cnn weather center on the latest. and a look at russia s referendums across the russia-occupied ukraine in the way of annexing which president biden is calling a sham. node. live from cnn center, this is cnn newsroom with kim brunhuber. and we begin in the north atlantic, where a deadly storm that caused massive destruction across several caribbean islands just made landfall in eastern nova scotia. damaging winds and heavy rain are pounding the region as the storm races northward. residents from all across atlantic canada did what they could before the sun went down to prepare including in nova scotia where people waited in long lines to stock up on supplies like food and propane. as you can see, it s not too bad. but we ll know for a week for, i m fine, because i have a trailer that i m staying into. so hopefully, it doesn t get blown away. this is completely useless. we
more than 600,000 traveled to finland by land according to a local border official. ukrainian troops say they have improved their position around an eastern city that russia is trying to take. cnn s nick paton walsh was there and spoke to residents who have been forced underground. reporter: as russia faces a choice in a sham vote in upped ukrainians igor and zena make the deadly choice of their own. they must brave the shelling to go and get food. they heard of russia s staged river r referendums in bakhmut, rather than posing a ballot likely having entered the cities east.
streets in a strange quiet as if it s the eye of a storm where nobody is in control. they will still have to fight their way in. a sign of how things are changing fast here. ukrainian forces have blown the bridge in the middle of the city. in the last day or so. russian forces getting close. the people left ask us not to film the outside of shelters as the russians will target them. and they ve already gone underground as much as they can. saying some of these things are taken from buildings that have been bombed and brought to her. a lot of people want the back of their head filmed possibly because they re concerned in the days ahead they may be under russian control. he tells me perhaps 20,000 people are still hiding out here. there s no real way to move. the choice russia imposes on ukrainians here is spending night it s underground and
fending off attacks. some residents experienced in front of our camera, have a look. still ahead, what life is like for ukrainians near the front lines. plus, a live report coming up in the latest iran, where the death toll in street protests continues to rise amid a government crackdown. stay with us. to destrtroy 5x more plaque above the gumline than floss. for a cleaner, heaealthier mout. listerine. feel the whoa! choosising a treatment for your chronic migraine - 15 or morere headache days a month, each lasting 4 hours or more - can be overwhelming. so, ask your doctor about botox®. botox® prevents headaches in adults with chron migraine before they even start. it she #1 prescribed branded chronic migraine treatment. soar, more than 5 million botox® treatments have been given to over eighhundred and fifty thousand
message for vladimir putin. your organization brings sufferings, mr. president, stop your senseless killing and destruction. i have a message to those who are fleeing russia. the world will have open arms and hearts. reporter: the wave of men fleeing russia right now suggests the least part of russian society, kim, does not want to risk its life on ukrainian battlefields. kim. thanks, ivan watson, appreciate it. the u.n. commission said war crimes have been committed during russia s invasion of ukraine. it s found several cases in which children has been raped and tortured and killed in indiscriminate attacks. almost all of the atrocities were conducted by russians and only two by ukrainians. listen to this. these acts amounted to