russian military. and i am michael holmes here at cnn s world headquarters in atlanta, are we re following an attempted twitter takeover by the world s richest man, elon musk. we begin with what looks to be a major victory for ukraine s military and huge blow to the russian navy with the sinking of the flagship of russia s black sea naval fleet. russia news agency tass reports the guided missile cruiser sank before being towed to port after a major fire on board. ukrainian fighters say the ship was hit by two neptune missiles. it is certainly plausible and possible that they, in fact, did hit this with a neptune missile or maybe more. i mean, the neptune has a range that would have certainly been able to reach the moskva, which was about 60-65 miles off the coast of odesa. so certainly, within the realm of possibility there. meantime, russia is adding command and control and aviation capabilities to forces in the east as it prepares for a major offensive to take part
with a missile. involved in the infamous attack on snake island when the sailors there said some nasty things to that ship. the kremlin is denying the missile strike. i m told this morning the ukrainian military shared its assessment with the u.s. military. russian state tv in southeastern ukraine where russian state media claims more than 1,000 ukrainian marines surrendered to russian forces in mariupol. ukraine is denying this report and cnn cannot identify the authenticity of this just yet. john kirby said russia has not yet taken control of mariupol. it s being contested and that s one of the reasons why we re signing out yet another package of $800 million of security assistance to go to ukraine to better defend themselves. at some points, it only takes a matter of, less than a week from the time the president authorizes a drawn out package for us to get at least the first shipment or so into ukraine. and we re going to be working at great speed here to try to do e
a short drive to the shooting scene in brooklyn. if you know him, you re asked to call 1-800-577-tips. 1-800-577-tips. this all began in the middle of rush hour this morning. the smoke from two smoke canisters police say the gunman set off before opening fire with a 9 millimeter pistol. in a moment, we ll speak to one of the ten gunshot victims, a man who said he was sitting next to the gunman moments before the firing began. first, the latest from the scene in the sunset park section of brooklyn. a flurry of late developments today. give us the latest. yeah, and the biggest one is what you just said. they re still looking for this person, as you mentioned, person of interest, according to law enforcement officials. that they just want to talk to, and they re still trying to piece together how that person is connected to what happened here in the subway. but there s been a lot of evidence that has been recovered that law enforcement is really working with at this hour. we
the strike destroyed homes as well as a fertilizer warehouse. meantime, ukrainian officials say they are still defending the besieged port city of mariupol despite recent reports russian forces have been gaining ground and on monday, came unconfirmed reports of a chemical attack in that city. cnn cannot verify that claim, but ukraine s president says they are taking that report and that threat seriously. translator: today, we heard a statement from the occupiers confirming they are preparing for a new stage in their terror against us and our defenders. one of the spokespeople of the invaders said they are considering using chemical weapons against the defenders of mariupol. we take it very seriously. zelenskyy also accused russian forces of planting tens, if not hundreds of thousands of mines, and ordinance in northern ukraine, a move he calls a war crime. that s after the russian military s retreat from the kyiv region. as the russians ramp up their efforts in areas here