power grid across ukraine today. the strike such as this one which nearly hit a pedestrian bridge also in kyiv came during the morning commute. that bridge, by the way, is clearly not a military target. i ve been there. it s a tourist attraction, the place you might go for a stroll on a weekend with friends. this isn t a military target either. it is a playground in a city park. several missiles landed here and nearby at a busy intersection outside a museum. authorities say at least five people were killed in the city and 11 nationwide. lvil was also hit so was kharkiv and cities running south where this video was taken . the attack, the largest since the beginning of the invasion came days after a massive explosion damaged the bridge connecting russia to occupied crimea. something ukraine welcomed but did not claim responsibility for. president biden condemned the russian strikes promising continued support. using what they ve got on hand ukrainian forces say they shot dow
Months only to have it taken away. alana gnas and her three children who come on the broadcast often documents her life on youtube. her channel is called what is ukraine and posted this earlier today. there was an air raid siren in the morning which basically i ignored because every day, every night and no attacks on kyiv for a long time, for months, and i even had this awful feeling of fear, hands trembling. when your mouth is dry, when it s hard to breathe but it s here again because just like an hour ago something there were explosions in kyiv and the missiles hit the very center of the city and there were dead people and injured.
And people who are driving to work, who were driving to school, taking their kids to school who had taken their kids to the dentist, which i planned to do but i had to drive a little bit later, thank god we were not riding at this time in this place. that was alana shortly after the attack. we spoke before air time tonight. alana, thank you so much for joining us. i m so glad you and your family are safe. i know you re joining us from the basement of a building. can you talk about what s going on? what you ve been seeing and hearing and where you are? well, i woke up in the morning. they said good morning and explosions followed. we heard them clearly even though they were in and out of the neighborhood. i was about to take my kids to
The beginning of the invasion came days after a massive explosion damaged the bridge connecting russia to occupied crimea. something ukraine welcomed but did not claim responsibility for. president biden condemned the russian strikes promising continued support. using what they ve got on hand ukrainian forces say they shot down 43 cruise missiles and 13 of the 24 russian attack drones also fired at them. [ speaking non-english ] in a moment my conversation with alana gnas who spent the early weeks of the war in a shelter and back there again tonight. what are things like in the