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region, 50 strikes in just the past 24 hours as putin s forces are in turmoil. tonight, one russian soldier is now accused of killing his commander. plus, incoming congressman george santos under even more scrutiny tonight. a district attorney now looking into the new york republican s litany of lies as cnn s k-file uncovers even more discrepancies about his education. and a covid crackdown. the u.s. announcing it will now require travelers from china, where covid is raging, to show a negative test before entering the country. what s china s response? let s go outfront. good evening. i m sara sidner in for erin burnett. outfront tonight, 50 rocket strikes in just 24 hours. that s the extent of russia s brutal onslaught in the kherson region of southern ukrainian according to a ukrainian official. now civilians there are being urged to evacuate immediately. it comes as intense fighting is underway in eastern ukraine where russian troops are moving out of a key ....
action. also tonight, parts of buffalo, new york remain paralyzed by a once in a lifetime blizzard. the national guard now going door to door as the death it will keeps rising and the city struggles to dig out. as the january 6th committee releases a bach of transcripts, i ll speak with adam schiff. stand by for his take on the latest revelations including a claim that trump s white house chief of staff burned documents at the white house. welcome to our viewers here in the united states and around the world, i m wolf blitzer. you re the situation room. let s get right to the southwest airlines meltdown. it s causing major disruptions across the country. our correspondents are covering the impact at major airports to the fallout from southwest and the airline industry. let s go to nick valencia. he s over at the atlanta airplane, the busiest airport of the nation. nick, how are southwest passengers being affected there? reporter: wolf, some passengers flying s ....
That the flight was canceled. we were at the gate, we had to figure it out on our own. reporter: for southwest passengers, it s another day of delays and disappointment. a week of cancelations, lost luggage, and poor communication all becoming a bit too much for some. i didn t get to see my best friend in florida. reporter: this person has a flight scheduled to take off on time. but when she got to the gate, she was turned away, unable to travel alone due to southwest staffing shortages. did they give you any reason why? they just said that, i guess, their new policy and they don t know when the restriction s going to be lifted that unaccompanied minors can t fly right now. reporter: southwest operation have been in meltdown since severe weather hit the u.s. days before christmas. cnn has learned that the airline s denver hub was dealing with staffing shortages before the weather hit but stressed that the issue was separate from cancelations. according to flight aware, sout ....
Travel alone due to southwest staffing shortages. did they give you a reason why? they just said that i guess their new policy and don t know what the restriction will be lifted that unaccompanied minors can t fly right now. reporter: southwest cancelled at least 15,700 flights since december 22nd including at least 2,500 scheduled for wednesday but while other airlines recovered, staff and union leader haves slammed southwest for failing to upgrade systems and critical infrastructure. flight attendants have been stranded, not only stranded but left to try to contact crew scheduling for hours on end. if you look at our competitors right here in denver, united airlines for instance they went through the exact same weather system we did and a, they didn t cancel as many flights and b, the recovery is faster. reporter: the transportation ....