which hasn t seen this type of attack since the early stages of the war. civilians were forced to move underground of local subway stations as they await incoming strikes. kyiv s mayor says there will be emergency power outages across the city. russia s vladimir putin says this morning s barrage was direct retaliation for that attack on a critical bridge linking russia with the crimean peninsula. putin blaming ukraine for the aing ta. ukraine has not taken responsibility. this morning, president zelenskyy saying russia is trying to destroy us and wipe us off the face of the earth. the general assembly will begin over the illegal annexation over ukrainian territories. caliperry live in kyiv, general mcofry. cal. let me start with you. it was a very, very intense couple of hours. what s the latest on the ground there? reporter: so it was the height of rush hour. 8:15 in the morning, eight hours ago, when we heard a series of explosions. you couldn t mistake them for anything
according to ukrainian armed forces. civilians have also been targeted. this video showing the terrifying a blast rocks a pedestrian bridge in kyiv moments before a person could be seen walking across it. that person manages to turn back and runway from the destruction. that strike reminiscent of this blast saturday on a crucial bridge connecting russian-controlled crimea and the country s mainland. a blow to russia suffering humiliating defeats on the battlefield. vladimir putin says that today s wave of violence is revenge for that blast. he blames ukraine, even though kyiv has not taken responsibility for it. ukraine s president volodymyr zelenskyy sharing these devastating images from the aftermath of today s deadly campaign and founding an urgent alarm saying, quote, they are trying to destroy us and wipe us off the face of the earth. all the while ukrainian civilians are, again, forced underground into kyiv subway system, but they re managing to come together in an emot