center, that s come in to help the families here get some closure, get some understanding. but this is what it s all about right now working through the night, it s midnight here now, working through the night to try to bring solace for those other families who have waiting for just some information about missing loved ones, wolf. russians continuing to attack residential apartment buildings with families, women and children and others, inside. nic robertson on the scene. stay safe. thank you very much. joining us from kyiv, the deputy head of the office of the president of ukraine and the chief diplomatic adviser to volodymer zelenskyy igor zovka. how devastating is it to see a russian strike hit a residential apartment building, killing children. unfortunately the usual practice for us during the war time, when they were hitting the
i ll speak with a top adviser to president volodymer zelenskyy about this new russian assault and plans for a ukrainian counter offensive that s expected to begin soon. also tonight, new moves by florida republicans designed to help governor ron desantis and his likely run for president. this amid deep concerns among republicans in congress about desantis war with the disney corporation. and we re tracking fears that another u.s. bank may collapse at any moment. first republic stock plunging as the white house says it does not have a rescue plan in the works. welcome to our viewers here in the united states and around the world. i m wolf blitzer. you re in the situation room. we begin this hour in ukraine where cnn is on the scene of the dead liest missile strike in this new wave of
position, and that is something that is voiced, too, by some senate republican deal makers like mitt romney. the house has acted. republicans, we in the senate stand with the house. we have our point of view. time for the president to step in and say what s his point of view and do a deal, work together. do you think it s time for the white house to sit down with mr. s mccarthy and have a meeting with biden and mccarthy on this? i think we re at a place where the president has put out his budget, we now have a counteroffer. we ll have to we have to raise the debt limit, and i think the dialogue should be constructive among all of us. reporter: constructive dialogue called for by martin heinrich, a democrat from new mexico. in talking to the speaker today, i asked him about whether or not he has had any conversations with the white house so far. he said they have not. i asked him also about the possibility that if there is some discussion with the white house that they have to
armored redvehicles. we need air defense to protect inland ukraine. 23 missiles were hit this night, 21 were intercepted, but still two hit the target. we need more and more short-range, medium range and long-range systems to protect the whole territory of ukraine. on a different issue, i want to get raise the issue of what mr. zelenskyy says as far as china is concerned. he says he appealed to the chinese president, xi jinping, to help return the thousands, thousands, he says, of ukrainian children who have been forcibly deported, taken from their parents, forcibly deported to russia. this is seen as a war crime by the international criminal court. what do you need to see from president xi? yes, my president raised this issue during this one-hour talk with president xi among other
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