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as the conflict nears the one-year mark, the russian president this morning is, again, falsely accusing the west of starting a war and claims russia wants to solve the conflict peacefully. meanwhile president joe biden is in poland as wool speak following his historic trip to ukraine s capitol. we ll have new details about the surprise visit including why the president chose kyiv. meanwhile the maga members of congress stay on brand criticizing the president for visiting the war torn country. good morning and welcome to way too early on this tuesday, february 21st. i m jonathan lemire. thanks for starting your day with us. this morning president joe biden is in warsaw, poland, where he ll visit president aduda ahead of remarks. it ll begin at 7:20 eastern followed by a meeting leading to biden s speech marking one-year of war in ukraine. he is set to return home following that meeting. today s events come after president biden delivered a message to his russian counte
is to launch next year. set off from london wake up in berlin. welcome to bbc news. cities across ukraine have been targeted by a huge wave of russian missile strikes in one of the largest bombardments since the war began. at least three people including a 14 year old girl were injured after explosions hit the capital kyiv. other cities targeted include kharkiv, odesa and lviv in the west. 90% of lviv is now without power. ukraine s military says 69 missiles were launched from air and sea, with air defences intercepting 5a of them. it comes as the head of ukraine s military intelligence has told the bbc that russia is running out of missiles. hugo bachega reports from kyiv. on the outskirts of kyiv, tears and anger. the front lines are far from here but this morning war has come to them. this lady s house was hit as russia launched another wave of air strikes. her granddaughter was in her bedroom when the attack happened and was injured. she was very scared, she was sc
when the strikes are on are carrying out a very straightforward function and of course backed up by computer systems and scans that allow us to identify people of worry coming into the country. and one for all rail enthusiasts a new european sleeper service is to launch next year. set off from london wake up in berlin. welcome to bbc news. cities across ukraine have been targeted by a huge wave of russian missile strikes in one of the largest bombardments since the war began. at least three people including a 14 year old girl were injured after explosions hit the capital kyiv. other cities targeted include kharkiv, odesa and lviv in the west. 90% of lviv is now without power. ukraine s military says 69 missiles were launched from air and sea, with air defences intercepting 5a of them. it comes as the head of ukraine s military intelligence, has told the bbc, that russia is running out of missiles. hugo bachega reports from kyiv. on the outskirts of kyiv, tears a
and her husband are being held on an immigration charge. and coming up this hour. the 17 year old solo pilot who s broken two world records. hello and welcome if you re watching in the uk or around the world. 25 people, including two children, are now known to have died in a russian airstrike in eastern ukraine, according to authorities in kyiv. the ukrainian president, volodmyr zelensky, said that a railway station was hit and several houses and cars were destroyed, in a series of attacks in the dnipropetrovsk region. 31 people were also wounded. the strikes came exactly six months after moscow s invasion began. our correspondent hugo bachega has this update from kyiv. search and rescue operations are now over in the town of chaplyne, in the east of the country, following those russian attacks. a train station was hit, and pictures from the scene show destroyed passenger trains, cars. several houses were also hit. this attack happened yesterday, as ukraine marked independenc