as soon as possible. the launch prompted neighbours south korea and japan to briefly issue then rescind alerts to millions of residents. japan has condemned pyongyang s actions. south korea correspondentjean mckenzie has more from seoul. there was panic and confusion in seoul this morning as we awoke to the sound of this air raid siren which is extremely rare. and messages from loudspeakers telling people to prepare for an evacuation, only to be told 20 minutes later it was a mistake. north korea did fire a missile this morning. it was believed to be carrying a spy satellite. but we now know it was a failure and the rocket exploded in midair and crashed into the sea. this will be a big disappointment for the north korean leader kim jong un. he has been working to give north korea its first ever spy satellite and he announced this week he was planning the launch. a spy satellite would give north korea a strategic advantage to allow it to monitor its enemies from the sky, s
russia- white house press secretary karinejean pierre raised concerns about the strikes. we do not support the use of us made equipment being used for attacks inside russia, we ve been very clear about that, and we continue to do that. we have been clear notjust publicly but privately with the ukrainians. meanwhile, ukraine says four people have been killed in the past day from russian drone strikes. these are the latest pictures coming in to us from kyiv. officials said air defence systems destroyed many of the drones, but debris hit a residential building in kyiv overnight. 3a people were injured, including two children. our diplomatic correspondent james landale is in the ukrainian capital. ukraine has denied responsibility for the attacks in moscow, but i wouldn t describe their denials as full throated. one adviser said very specifically, we have nothing directly to do without. now, thatis directly to do without. now, that is a phrase that leaves open a wealth of other
ukraine had every right to project force outside of its border. i think that is something people here would agree with. they would view the attacks on moscow as a relatively modest, relatively small, compared to the bloody onslaught that they have endured for weeks now. earlier i spoke to lt gen doug lute, former us ambassador to nato, about escalating airstrikes on both moscow and kyiv. great to have you on our show. drone attacks have hit moscow, as we ve heard. we have also seen cross border attacks on russian territory, and previously a drone attack on the kremlin itself. ukraine has denied direct involvement in these strikes. is that possible or would ukraine have to know and somehow be involved in these strikes? i and somehow be involved in these strikes? these strikes? i don t think there s any these strikes? i don t think there s any certainty - these strikes? i don t think there s any certainty here i there s any certainty here about to whom to attribute these strikes. the
operation that the kremlin still calls it, many muscovites have turned away. they don t want to think about what is happening. for many people here what is happening is a war that is on television only happening a long way away but it has brought home to a lot of people here that there is a war going on. earlier i spoke to lt. general doug lute, former us ambassador to nato about escalating airstrikes on both moscow and kyiv. great to have you on our show. drone attacks have hit moscow, as we ve heard. we have also seen cross border attacks on russian territory, and previously a drone attack on the kremlin itself. ukraine has denied direct involvement in these strikes. is that possible or would ukraine have to know and somehow be involved in these strikes? i don t think there s any certainty here about to whom to attribute these strikes. the possibility is ukraine but they ve denied it. a possibility there could be elements inside russia itself behind these.