concerts. russian movies are being pulled from film festivals. russian-own restaurants are being vandalized and flooded with negative reviews. for crying outloud here, russian vodka is being poured out into the street. forgive me, but i must state the obvious. boycotting russian culture doesn t help the people of ukraine. yes, this is the worst humanitarian crisis europe has experienced in generations and passions are very high. but let s not turn this into another freedom fries moment. we need to take a step back and separate a country s culture from its political leaders. otherwise, all we re doing is ruining a 20-year-old piano prodigy s life just so we can feel that we re on the right side of history. we ll be back with my panel after this. ll be back with my after this develop their passion for learning through our grow up great initiative. and now, we re providing billions of dollars for affordable home lending programs.
miguel marquez, cnn, bucharest. if you would like to help people in ukraine who need shelter, food, water please go to cnn.com/impact. you will find several ways to help and so many have been so generous already. i want to thank you for keeping me company here. i m paula eaton. early start is up after a quick break. we want to leave you though with another lovely edition. this musical composition from a 9-year-old piano prodigy. he wrote this in hopes to send peace to ukraine.
crashing into the waters between north korea and japan. if fired on a standard trajectory, experts say the so-called monster missile could travel more than 8,000 miles. placing all of the continental united states within range. south korea responded to the launch with a live fire test of its own missiles from land, a fighter jet, and a ship and along with the u.s. and japan condemned north korea for violating u.n. sanctions. china east airlines has grounded its fleet of boeing 737-800s. more than 200 planes. all will undergo safety inspections, as well as maintenance. the announcement comes less than a week after a china eastern flight crashed into the side of a mountain killing all 132 people on board. still, no word on the cause of china s worst air disaster in more than a decade. well, he is just 9 years old but with a talent far beyond his years. the haunting music of a piano prodigy ahead here on cnn with a message for peace in ukraine.
of things that you can do in a year but that is how long it took one american girl to learn to read music, play some of beethoven s famous works and win a performance at carnegie hall. and by the way, she is just four years old. watch this. bridget shay of connecticut is not just the cutest piano prodigy we ve seen in a while, she is also the youngest winner of the elite international music competition ever and that earned her a spot at carnegie hall last year. but it was sadly pushed back to this november because of covid-19. ten years of piano lessons and she is still better than i am. i m kim brunhuber. i ll be back with more cnn newsroom in a moment. stay with us.