con congresswoman ilhan omar off the house foreign affairs committee. the lead starts right now. my leadership and voice will not be diminished, if i am not on this committee for one term. my voice will get louder and stronger. republicans key committee, b comments that omar has meat critical of israel. some using anti-semitic tropes. comments for which he has apologized or ones she retracted. the minnesota democrat and only muslim refugee in congress asks today, how might this look to the rest of the world? plus, a despicable act. a young new jersey politician shot to death just steps from her own home. was she targeted or was she a victim of random violence? but first, russia ramping up strikes against ukraine, with warnings of a larger offensive on the horizon. cnn is in one town hit more than 70 times in just one day. welcome to the lead, i m jake tapper. russia s renewed offensive against ukraine may already be beginning. that s the assessment of volodymyr ze
ukrainian authorities later said they believe the missiles were s-300s, normally used to shoot down planes, devastating when launched at urban centers. as medics tended to the wounded, producer tim lister checks in with our headquarters. extremely large detonations really, really close. we re going to stay in shelter. reporter: as we take cover, residents are clearly traumatized by the violence. it is terrifying, natalia tells me. but what can we do? the strikes came as search and rescue efforts were ongoing in exactly the same neighborhood after a russian missile leveled an apartment block on wednesday night, killing at least three and wounding eight. the russians seem to be bringing the cities of this region into their war regardless of the consequences. and russian president vladimir putin is saying there is worse to come. putin spoke thursday at events commemorating the battle of stalingrad, where soviet forces defeated nazi germany 80 years ago, openingly threate
And leading this hour, cnn on the ground in eastern ukraine as russian missiles continue to strike. what our crews witnessed firsthand as an unexpected attack hit kramatorsk. this comes as ukraine is warning the kremlin is planning to la launch a new offensive and timing it to coincide with its invasion hitting the one-year mark later this month. cnn s fred pleitgen and his crew bring us their harrowing experience from earlier, you just one glimpse into putin s brutal campaign of terror. reporter: two missile strikes on the city kramatorsk in eastern ukraine. let s go! reporter: right at the location we were about to film. there were just two massive missile strikes right in our vicinity. you can see it s just a couple of yards away from where we are. we re not exactly sure what kind of missiles it was. but this is a residential area. we re right in the middle of town. photojournalist matias som films the damage caused by the impact.
On how informed the russian population is of what s really happening here in ukraine? russia has managed to completely twist out the information reality of the russian people and we see it by the results of the latest polls in russia. the support for putin s excellent, excellent growth and the support for this aggressive war . and i m sure you have seen this picture on one of the rocket that hit kramatorsk and killed 50 more than 50 civilians and five ukrainian children. it s read in russian for children it means they are feeding into their own population. the idea that they need to destroy ukraine to protect russian children. that s what happened. and so that s also disinformation like kind of what used to be during the germany when everything is twisted all around. maria, i remember covering the invasion of iraq when
Are older people with kids. you are taking your grandmother, your children, saying please go away right away. so, and have you seen that on the rockets, on the missiles that hit kramatorsk train station? it was written, for the kids. how what how in the world, how can that happen? i don t have words. i just feel tremendous pain everywhere. when we are talking about it. you recently visited every cruel thing that could possibly happen. you recently visited the small town of borodianka which russian forces occupied for a month. you wrote that the invaders were genuinely surprised we had toilets in all houses. washing machines, jewelry, clothing, underwear to send it back home.