region, 50 strikes in just the past 24 hours as putin s forces are in turmoil. tonight, one russian soldier is now accused of killing his commander. plus, incoming congressman george santos under even more scrutiny tonight. a district attorney now looking into the new york republican s litany of lies as cnn s k-file uncovers even more discrepancies about his education. and a covid crackdown. the u.s. announcing it will now require travelers from china, where covid is raging, to show a negative test before entering the country. what s china s response? let s go outfront. good evening. i m sara sidner in for erin burnett. outfront tonight, 50 rocket strikes in just 24 hours. that s the extent of russia s brutal onslaught in the kherson region of southern ukrainian according to a ukrainian official. now civilians there are being urged to evacuate immediately. it comes as intense fighting is underway in eastern ukraine where russian troops are moving out of a key city,
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Ferocious russian assault in bakhmut is not breaking the ukrainian s positions. those are two key cities in the east. does any of this mean we are any closer to some sort of an end to what is now a protracted war? not at all, sara. they re important milestones, certainly the retaking of those cities. but as president zelenskyy said today in his address to the country, there have been over 1,800 cities that have been retaken by the ukrainian military. cremini and bakhmut are certainly strongholds, and they are the key to other locations in the donbas region. but from a tactical perspective, you have to gain those territorial key points in order to make more headway. it doesn t mean the end. certainly there s a whole lot more fighting going on. but it does mean that the ukrainian forces have been continuously successful in the donbas front. and it s causing the russian
Soldiers are battling trench foot while the rain and snow have turned roads to mud and ongoing power outages have led many to question how they will manage to endure the coming cold as winter descends on the frontlines in eastern Ukraine.
it was risk. there was risk, but they wanted to get from mariupol, so we decided that it s worth it. and i have other relatives still in mariupol, perhaps one my uncle is in azovstal, he is in the forces. so, i don t know where he is still. so we are waiting. local officials say about 200 civilians and more than 1,000 fighters are still wholed up in bunkers below the plant. russian forces stepped up attacks across ukraine yesterday, hitting key infrastructure around the country. local officials say at least six train stations in the central and western parts of the country away from the donbas front were hit. several explosions also rocked the western city of lviv near the polish border, damaging three power stations. that city s mayor said the