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Defense systems cnn senior international correspondent Fred Pleitgen is live in kyiv. Fred, what more are you learning about the strike every one i definitely devastating blow for the ukrainians and one of the things that we have to say is it could actually still get a lot worse. You know, its sort boris there saying that more than a dozen people, the authorities are saying are still trapped or could still well be trapped underneath the debris of where those submit ballistic missiles impacted. And of course, the ukrainians are saying that because of that the Death Toll could still further rise. You guys were mentioning that right now it stands at 51 with over 200 people having been injured in that. And the ukrainians are saying that one of the reasons why the toll is as bad as it is, is that when those ballistic missiles struck that military educational facility, there was actuall ....
There, thanks for joining me. I m alex marquardt in this weekend for fredricka whitfield, and we begin with breaking news. We are learning that seven us troops were injured in a raid that killed 15 members of the islamic extremist group, i. S. I. S. That raid happening on thursday in iraq two of the seven were evacuated from the area for further medical treatment u. S. Central command says that the operation was targeting i. S. I. S. Leaders in order to disrupt the group s ability to plan for their attacks. Cnn s chief international security correspondent, nick paton walsh is joining me now. Live from london. So nick, what do we know about this operation? yeah alex, quite extraordinary development here. Essentially, because of the number of u. S troops injured in this instance, seven 75 of whom apparently during the operation to it seems from a fall separately related to that one of whom requiring followon care outside of theatre. Now we re getting a statement to iraqi military high co ....
Horrific thing that ive seen in my life. The wheel thing came down. It looks like a bomb went off but were sure a bomb didnt go off. A brief moment of hope that youre looking at from earlier this morning before the sun came up, that is rescuers pulling a young boy from the rubble alive. Hes one of two people that Authorities Say they have been able to rescue from the debris so far. Take a look at this. This is what the highrise ocean front looked like before the collapse this morning and here it is after the collapse in the aftermath, what is left of the building. Our Layla Santiago is on the scene in surfside, florida, with the latest. So youve been there since right after this happened. What are people telling you . Reporter we learned new numbers. We learned that 35 people were rescued. Two were pulled from the rubble. But when i asked the key question of how many are sti ....