forces. and these new images show the aftermath of shelling in the area, at least 27 houses from one village were hit. keep in mind, those are houses, not military targets. russian curse words there describing what they re seeing in the sky. overnight, explosions rocking the city of kherson. russian officials claim it is impossible for ukraine to regain control there the u.n. secretary-general says it will be up to putin to end the war. he toured damage in ukraine this morning ahead of a meeting with president zelenskyy. i imagine my family in one of those houses. that is now destroyed and black. i see my granddaughters running away in panic, part of family eventually killed. this is one of the reasons president zelenskyy wanted guterres to visit ukraine before meeting with vladimir putin earlier this week. in the next hour, president biden is set to speak from the white house on u.s. support for ukraine. we ll bring that to you live. yeah, we expect new steps there.
steady push through ukraine s east, focusing efforts on the donetsk region. these images show the aftermath of shelling here. at least 27 homes, these are civilian homes, in one village were damaged. civilians as targets. we re also learning that a bridge in southern ukraine was just destroyed, used by russians to supply their territory in crimea, potentially impactful strike there. soon the u.n. secretary general is set to meet with president zelenskyy in kyiv. earlier he toured damage in several areas of ukraine, including just the awful scenes in bucha. this morning ukrainian officials have now named ten russian soldiers suspected of war crimes in that city. we are covering the latest across ukraine this morning as only cnn can. let s begin with scott mclean who is here in lviv. scott, the war goes on. despite ukrainian success in the north, we are seeing intense fire by the russian military in eastern ukraine. are ukrainian officials concerned by any progress they re se