turning on their own country. just in to cnn, e. jean carroll seeking even more in damages from trump after the former president insulted the writer again at cnn s town hall. that was just one day after she won her sexual abuse and defamation case against him. and he s the son of a single mother who rose from poverty to become the only black republican in the senate. but does tim scott s amazing life story translate into a path to victory? let s go outfront. good evening. i m erin burnett. outfront tonight, another putin critic dead. this time it s russia s deputy science minister, fee oh ter kuch renco. he was just 46 years old. according to the ministry of science and higher education, he was feeling ill while on a plane to the russian delegation that was returning from a business trip to cuba. that s their quote. the flight on saturday reportedly made an emergency landing in southern russia, but it was too late. doctors apparently could not save him. outfront spoke t
across the region. food, water, shelters. california s national guard has prepositioned supplies and thousands of other workers have been deployed to respond to the storm. russia is reporting two new drone strikes from across the border in ukraine. the mayor of moscow says one drone was shot down south over the capitol while another alleged drone wounded five people in the city of kirsk. the attack damaged railway station but train service is up and running. ukraine now says 15 children are among the wounded following the russian missile strike on the city of chernaiv. seven killed and 150 others injured after a missile hit the city center on saturday. ukraine wants to add f-16 fighter jets onto the fleet of aircrafts. it s looking at other options, too. one is the swedish gripen fighter.
operations, erin. what i d suggest what occurred today and it s a magnificent tactic is these liberty of russian legion or russian volunteer corps, the so-called little green men are going in the opposite direction. they re trying to free russian territory. the interesting pieces, this is what s called a raid. a raid is a surprise attack meant for a specific purpose. and they threaten a small objective. they kill or capture people. they cause movement of the enemy to protect the object of the raid. so in other words, this is an area where there were very few russian soldiers, and now unfortunately because of this incursion into russian territory of belgorod, russia has to move defense forces there as well as some other places like kirsk. and what we ve seen in moscow itself with the flag you showed flying over moscow university. all of this is to accomplish the intent of an objective of pulling russian forces away from the areas which they are
the kirsk power plant? president putin was talking about the strategic bridge that links russia and crimea. german authorities say they expect more raids and arrests to be made as they investigate a far right plot to overthrow the government. police said thursday they invited more than 50 suspects and there could be more. we have more from frederick pleitgen in berlin. reporter: it could have been a january 6th style insurrection in germany. violent protestors trying to storm german parliament in august 2020 when the leading groups, citizens of the right, now accused of plotting a coup in germany. this is obviously one of the largest terrorist organizations that has existed in the sectors.
the targeted strikes in ukraine asking who started it. translator: right now there s been a lot of uproar about our attacks on the energy infrastructure of our neighboring country. yes, we re doing it but who started it? who hit the crimean bridge? who blew up the power lines from the kirsk power plants? who is not supplying water? it s an act of genocide. no one has ever said a word about that. total silence. as soon as we move and do something in response, they scream and shout the whole universe. this will not interfere with our come pat missions. will ripley live in kyiv, ukraine. who started it. a remarkable comment delivered casually in that grand, opulent room with a glass of champaign in hand. what do you make of it?