these attacks come after the mosque va which was russia s flagship in the black sea. it s the largest boat to sink in decades and pentagon officials confirmed yesterday that it was hit by two ukrainian neptune missiles earlier in the week that caused fires and damaged the boat. it s another remarkable loss for russia s military as it continues to deal with low morale while preparing on renewed offensive focused on taking control of eastern ukraine. two senior u.s. defense officials are set to begin that offensive in the next few days. they say russia can start moving back troops into ukraine as soon as this weekend before all of its troops are fully engaged and ready to fight. russian forces have suffered significant losses in ukraine after 52 days of war. according to president zelenskyy, up to 20,000 russian soldiers have been killed in ukraine compared to 2,000 ukrainian soldier losses. nbc news has not independently verified those losses. they ve recovered the bodies of 9
short time in grand rapids, michigan, continuing fallout from a fatal police shooting of an unarmed black man. ron desantis, the latest republican to sign into a law a highly restrictive new abortion law. all of that. plus twitter takes accepts to fight off a takeover attempt by elon musk. we re going to have the latest on that ahead, what it could mean for you. we begin, though, with breaking news. russian state media, a short time ago, reporting that one of its generals has been killed in combat during military operations in ukraine. a surprising admission given the kremlin s tight control of the media. his death coming amid renewed attacks on the cities of kyiv and lviv with new supplemental oxygens explosions being reported there. nbc s ali arouzi is on the ground for us in lviv. this was just coming across the wires within the last couple of minutes or so. so, as we are learning more of the depth of this russian general, i know you are as well. what are you learnin
thanks, everybody, for watching. i m christine romans. new day starts right now. this is cnn breaking news. all right. good morning to viewers in the united states and all around the world. it is wednesday, april 13th. i m john berman in brooklyn, new york. brianna keilar is in lviv in western ukraine. there is a manhunt under way for a gunman who terrored rush-hour commuters at a train station behind me yesterday morning. he fired 33 shots, hitting at least 10 people. five of the victims children on their way to school. this was mayhem. people rushing from the train. some wounded. the floor of the platform covered in blood. many of the victims gasping for air because smoke canisters were used by the gunman, two of them. police have not named a suspect yet. they are, however, looking for 62-year-old frank james who they say is a person of interest. investigators believe he repeated this u-haul van found a few miles from the scene. police are investigating whether james
started shooting randomly. police say he fired 33 times striking 10 people. there were shots fired. she said i m pregnant with a baby. his leg was all covered with blood. i asked him. is this your blood? are you bleeding? he didn t say anything then i realized the floor entirely was covered with blood. then i got it that somebody is shooting. nearby hospitals. this morning a manhunt underway. police are calling a person of interest. that very van was found among the belongings. cnn s jason carroll is live on the scene in brooklyn. jason, it has been a chaotic 20 hours or so. tell us what the latest is. reporter: well, it s fair to say at this point they are actively looking at a man identified as a person of interest. frank james. 62 years old. investigators say some of the items found here at the scene are connected to james including those keys to that u-haul rental van. u-haul linked. just a quick recap of what happened out here yesterday. the shooter wearing an
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