cities around the country. translation: cities around the country. translation: , ., ., . ., translation: they want to panic and chaos, to destroy translation: they want to panic and chaos, to destroy our translation: they want to panic and chaos, to destroy our energy - translation: they want to panic and chaos, to destroy our energy system. | chaos, to destroy our energy system. they are hopeless. the second target is people. such a time in such goals were specially chosen to cause as much damage as possible. it comes as president putin prepares to meet his security council after accusing ukraine of attacking the bridge between russia and crimea. and the attacks continue on other cities in the west of ukraine, following up sunday s missile strike on zaphorizhzhia. hello and welcome if you re watching in the uk or around the world. i m lukwesa burak. there have been multiple strikes and explosions across ukraine, including the capital. here s what we know so far. a serie
down by ukrainian forces. there are also reports of further strikes in several key cities. authorities say zaporizhzhia, dnipro and lviv in the west near the border with poland have been targeted, as has the second largest ukrainian city, kharkiv in the north east. the kremlin says the explosions in kyiv are part of what it calls its special military operation . volodymyr zelensky says he s going to address an emergency meeting of g7 countries about the attacks. earlier, he accused russia of targeting energy infrastructure and people, saying such a time and such targets were specially chosen to cause as much damage as possible. it comes just two days after an explosion seriously damaged a bridge linking russia with occupied crimea. vladimir putin blamed ukrainian forces, calling it an act of terrorism
reacher, and kharkiv, the country s second largest city. close to zaporizhzhia. and all these cities and many other towns have been targeted by russia this morning and again, as you said, the air defences of this country managed to shoot down most of the missiles that have been fired by the russians. i down most of the missiles that have been fired by the russians. i wonder if ou been fired by the russians. i wonder if you could been fired by the russians. i wonder if you could just been fired by the russians. i wonder if you could just reiterate been fired by the russians. i wonder if you could just reiterate and - if you could just reiterate and clarify one important point because we are expecting to hear from president putin later today. he is addressing his security council. what is the position on the attack on crimea, the kerch straight bridge, what has ukraine said about that attack? ~ ., ., ., that attack? ukraine have not reacted to that attack? ukraine have not rea
set to discuss those latest elements in ukraine on tuesday, that is tomorrow, that is coming via afp, from their reporters in berlin. so, a bit more informationjust coming in here. the ukrainian president, zelensky, said he has spoken with the german chancellor olaf schultz and also the french president emmanuel macron, urging a tough response against russian s strikes on cities across his country and in terms of increasing pressure on russia and strengthening our air defences, he said there is a need for a tough european and international reaction. it looks like there is set to be an urgent meeting of g7 leaders to discuss these latest developments on tuesday. more on that as we get it, may be hearing from our correspondents and. in strasbourg,
in this is bbc news. the headlines at 11. the ukrainian capital kyiv has been targeted by missile strikes for the first time in months, with central areas struck. the strike unfolded live in air on bbc news more than a dozen. so. explosion. a spokesperson for the ukrainian emergency services says at least eight people have been killed in the blasts on the capital. ukraine s president, volodymyr zelenskiy, has reacted to the blasts in kyiv and other cities across the country. it comes as president putin meets his security council after accusing ukraine of attacking the bridge between russia and crimea. chancellor kwasi kwarteng has agreed