also in other districts of kyiv as well. you mentioned the mayor of kyiv, vitali klitschko. he was saying emergency services are out in full force, coming to terms with the aftermath. i've gotten a few figures on the aftermath so far. there's one from an adviser to the interior ministry saying five hive been killed and a dozen have been wounded. there's also one from emergency services saying that 20 people have been wounded. those numbers obviously right now still very fresh and still very much subject to change. you can see where i am right now. emergency services are out, they're towing away one of the cars that appears to have been affected by the explosions. there's a few cars in front of a building that seem to have been affected and burned out after a large explosion took place. we also say an hour ago, emergency service or investigative services come take away what seemed to us to be both rocket parts and rocket shrapnel, shrapnel from some sort of warhead, as well. also, to give you an idea how big these explosions are, a lot of the buildings in the surrounding area

that is an update from kyiv. _ meeting later today. that is an update from kyiv. we - meeting later today. that is an update from kyiv. we are - meeting later today. that is an i update from kyiv. we are getting reports that 75 missiles have been directed at ukrainian cities this morning and also we have the death toll as we understand it in the capital kyiv as a result of those attacks is eight. with me now is dr patrick bury who is a former british army officer and nato research analyst who is now a senior lecturer in security at the university of bath. what do you make of the offensive this morning? it is what do you make of the offensive this morning?— what do you make of the offensive this morning? it is to be expected, it is the way _ this morning? it is to be expected, it is the way russian _ this morning? it is to be expected, it is the way russian response - this morning? it is to be expected, | it is the way russian response when it is the way russian response when it is the way russian response when it is inflicted with a ukrainian success. it basical

kyiv today. president zelensky has reacted. translation: the situation is difficult. , ., ., ., , difficult. they have two targets. the energy _ difficult. they have two targets. the energy facilities _ difficult. they have two targets. the energy facilities throughout j difficult. they have two targets. i the energy facilities throughout the country _ the energy facilities throughout the country. they want panic and chaos. they— country. they want panic and chaos. they want _ country. they want panic and chaos. they want to — country. they want panic and chaos. they want to destroy our energy system — they want to destroy our energy system. they are hopeless. the second — system. they are hopeless. the second target is people. at such a time, _ second target is people. at such a time, such— second target is people. at such a time, such goals were specially chosen— time, such goals were specially chosen to — time, such goals were specially chosen to cause as much damage as possible

explosions rocked kyiv again. volodymyr zelenskyy accuses pugin of using drones to at t attacked the city. russian strikes in other regions of ukraine have loved several more debt and knocked out power to hundreds of pounds -- have left several more dead and knocked out power to hundreds of thousands. >> of the ukrainian capital woke up two explosions in the morning. has residential building, -- this residential building was a smoldering wreck. as emergency teams work to rescue injured survivors, many waited on news on their their family and neighbors. >> she said please find someone urgently to help me, i am buried under the rubble. we do not know if she is still under the rubble, someone was taken to the hospital that may have been her but we do not know. >> ukraine's government said the attacks used so-called kamikaze drones made in iran. they can avoid her overhead before hitting a target -- loiter overhead before hitting a target. moscow was targeting civilians. >> they destroyed our coun try. they are killin

we are very grateful for your time in kyiv. thank you for l your time in kyiv. thank you for joining us on bbc news. thank you forjoining us on bbc news. kharviv has also been hit by russian missile strikes today. let's speak to nataliya zubar, who lives in the city. we are grateful for your time. thank you for being with us. can you tell us what has been happening where you are in her kyiv today? —— in kharkiv. i are in her kyiv today? -- in kharkiv-_ are in her kyiv today? -- in kharkiv. ., , , , kharkiv. i heard three missiles hit, not close to _ kharkiv. i heard three missiles hit, not close to me. _ kharkiv. i heard three missiles hit, not close to me. we _ kharkiv. i heard three missiles hit, not close to me. we have - kharkiv. i heard three missiles hit, not close to me. we have been i kharkiv. i heard three missiles hit, i not close to me. we have been bombed like kyiv today for almost half a year. almost immediately, the electricity went off. and i had electricity went off. and i had electricity for eight hours today. the rest of the city was did no

paul adams reports from kyiv. explosions. screaming. after months of quiet in the capital, the war is back. for three chaotic hours this morning, the missiles kept coming. for one young woman, already recording her own sense of shock, a narrow escape. a major city in the south of the country... my bbc colleague hugo bachega was broadcasting live when it all began. so... translation: they want panic and chaos, they want _ to destroy our energy system, they are hopeless. the second target is people. such a time and such goals were especially chosen to cause as much damage as possible, but we are ukrainians, we help each other, we believe in ourselves. we restore everything that is destroyed. tourist locations were hit as well. this is the city's famous glass bridge. at times, it felt like a city being punished in its favourite, most iconic places. for many, it meant a hasty return to bomb shelters not used for months. they want to destroy our people, i our infrastructure, everything. i i really don't know, _ i'm extremely angry, you know.

we got that from the mayor of kyiv. at the same time, the ukrainians are saying they are going to stand strong. however, these blasts are very powerful. there's a lot of destruction around the area. i want to show you i was walking around here and i picked up some of the shrapnel pieces. this was confirmed to me by the investigators these are shrapnel. they seem to be rockets or missile parts. these have extremely sharp edges and those will just cut through obviously human flesh and bodies very easily. they also get very hot as well. and that's something that is literally littered around this entire area. if you look at some of the buildings here in this area, it's unclear what exactly the russians were trying to hit here, but a lot of the windows have been blown out and a lot of damage pretty far circle around this area as well. so definitely some very powerful ordnance that was used. we have heard several of those strikes you were mentioning before, we believe that we heard around six or seven detonations here in the

pauladams, bbc news, kyiv. let's go to kyiv and our correspondent hugo bachega. hugo, we saw you ducking as the missiles came in this morning. how would you assess the scale of this russian attack? yes, ben, these are the biggest attacks on the capital since the early days of the war. i was here earlier today when i saw a missile that ended up hitting the famous glass bridge which is a tourist landmark in the city centre. there has been a sense of normality here in kyiv for quite some time. the city hadn't been attacked for a long time. it is away from the front line so restaurants are back and the bars are busy again and the streets are relatively busy as well. that has changed. i think lots of people were shocked this morning by the explosions. several missiles hit the capital earlier today. so i think there is a message that is being sent by russia by attacking not only the capital, the heart of the country, but also cities like lviv in the west and many others away from the front lines, that there is no safe place in this country. now, president putin is sayi

thank ou for from the situation and kyiv. thank you for your _ from the situation and kyiv. thank you for your invitation _ from the situation and kyiv. thank you for your invitation and - from the situation and kyiv. thank you for your invitation and to - from the situation and kyiv. thank you for your invitation and to all i you for your invitation and to all of the medical support who assisted me today and save a lot of people. the get so much. now let's focus on moscow's new general, appointed on the day of the attack on the only bridge linking russia with occupied crimea. it's the first time the kremlin has named a single overall commander of its military campaign in ukraine. general sergey surovikin was appointed after russia suffered a sting of recent defeats. but what so we know about him? and how he might change the conflict? he's a veteran commander who led the russian military expedition in syria in 2017, experts credit him with turning the tide for president assad's forces. but he was also accused of the indiscriminate bombing that destroyed much of the city of a

pauladams, bbc news, kyiv. as for the explosion on the kerch bridge, ukraine has not declared any actual involvement. and it remains unclear as to what actually caused it. russia has said it was a �*truck bomb�*, while some experts say there was a massive explosion below the bridge. in any case, president putin has said this act of terrorism, as he called it, couldn't go unanswered. our russia editor steve rosenberg reports. after the missile strikes on ukraine, a kremlin threat to kyiv. translation: if any more - attempts are made to carry out terrorist attacks on our territory, russia's response will be harsh and will be equal to the threat posed to the russian federation. nobody should have any doubts about that. the kremlin has no doubts that it was the ukrainian intelligence services that did this to the bridge between russia and annexed crimea. russia's response, the bombardment of ukraine. the missile strikes were from land, air, and sea. russian state tv saw them as a turning point. "we've gone on t

paul adams, bbc news, kyiv. laura: vladimir putin says the strikes are moscow's response to the attack over the weekend on a strategic russian bridge in crimea, which he called. an act of terrorism. the russn president said the attack on the bridge could not go unanswered. although ukraine has not formally declared involvement, it's unclear what caused the explosion. russia was quick to suggest it was a trunk bomb. so experts say there was an explosion below the bridge. steve rosenberg reports. steve: after the missile strikes on ukraine, a kremlin threat to kyiv. >> [translated] if any more attempts are made to carry out terrorist attacks on our territory, russia's response will be harsh and eal to the threat posed to the russian federation. nobody should have doubts about that. steve: the kremlin has no doubts it was the ukrainian intelligence services that did this to the bridge between russia and annexed crimea. russia's response, the bombardment of ukraine. the missile strikes were from land, air, and sea.

pauladams, bbc news, kyiv. as for the explosion on the bridge, the link with crimea, ukraine has not declared any actual involvement and it remains unclear as to what caused it. russia said it was a truck bomb, some experts say there was a massive explosion below the bridge. in any case, president putin says this act of terrorism, as he called it, did not go unanswered. our russian editor steve rosenberg has this report. after the missile strikes in ukraine, a kremlin threat to gear. translation: gean translation: . , gean translation: ., translation: if any more attempts — translation: if any more attempts are _ translation: if any more attempts are made - translation: if any more attempts are made to - translation: if any more | attempts are made to carry translation: if any more - attempts are made to carry out terrorist attacks on our territory, russia's response will be harsh and will be equal to the threat posed by the russian federation. nobody should have any doubts about that. ., , ., ., , should hav

or the bridge in downtown kyiv. it has nothing to do even with the critical infrastructure which is the target for putin as he described today in the security council speech. it means he's still not able to understand why his army losing this war, because they have no -- because his weapons are so primitive. this is why we continue to support ukraine, to support our army, our government, our president. we need more weapons, more antiaircraft systems, more tanks to stop this war. this moment i think is another crucial moment for our history and for this war to be stopped the victory of ukraine. >> this may be an inflection point yet again in this war. sergii, we thank you for being with us this morning. >>> joining us, former european affairs director for the national security council and retired u.s. army colonel alex vindman. and former ambassador to ukraine bill taylor. i want to start with what we just heard from sergii leshchenko. these strikes all across ukraine today, do you see that as a sign of weakness? >>

pauladams, bbc news, kyiv. in a televised address, vladimir putin said the barrage was revenge for the bombing at the weekend of the kerch bridge, linking russia with occupied crimea. for the first time, missiles landed in the centre of kyiv. our russia editor steve rosenberg reports. after the missile strikes on ukraine, a kremlin threat to kyiv. translation: if any more - attempts are made to carry out terrorist attacks on our territory, russia's response will be harsh and will be equal to the threat posed to the russian federation. nobody should have any doubts about that. the kremlin has no doubts that it was the ukrainian intelligence services that did this to the bridge between russia and annexed crimea. russia's response, the bombardment of ukraine. the missile strikes were from land, air and sea. russian state tv saw them as a turning point. "we've gone on the attack now, on all fronts," she says. president biden condemned moscow's unprovoked aggression. but if you think the kremlin cares, think again.

we have inside coverage from kyiv, reporter: a quiet monday morning in the capital kyiv, then this. not an isolated strike, this was one of multiple missile salvos launched at the city. the others hit a district that includes the historic old town and government offices, a busy intersection in front of the main building of kyiv university. it was rush hour and people driving to work were caught in the inferno. this is the park nearby. kyiv was not the only city targeted. lviv in the west to kharkiv and many besides, putin was exacting revenge for an explosion that hit kerch bridge. ukraine's president urged people to be resilient. >> across the country restoration works are ongoing. we will restore all objects destroyed i russian terrorists. it is only a matter of time. supply has already resumed. reporter: ukraine is quick to do that after the all clear was given, the cleanup started. kyiv's mayor came to see the damage. >> what russians did is genocide of ukraine population. they need ukraine without ukrainians and we have a lot of numbers, people who died today, civilians, and ci

including the capital of kyiv. tonight, the video showing a massive explosion at a pedestrian bridge in kyiv. a person walking near the blast then running away. a missile coming down near a playground. tonight, putin saying he personally ordered the attacks following the bombing over the weekend of that key russian bridge. a strategic bridge linking russia to crimea. a bridge putin had personally visited when it opened. tonight, president biden speaking with president zelenskyy and what the u.s. is now saying. britt clennett in ukraine. cecilia vega live at the white house. >>> back here in the u.s., the horrific scene. the rookie police officer fired from the force after shooting an unarmed teenager who was in his car eating a burger at mcd mcdonald's. the disturbing body camera video showing the officer opening the car door and then opening fire. >>> the uproar tonight involving the los angeles city council. the council president now resigning as president 24 hours after a leaked recording. what she is heard sayi

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one of the things that the kyiv mayor has said as well is people who work outside of kyiv, people who are in the kyiv region, he urged them not to come to the capital because they believe there still could be further rocket attacks coming and also the subway stations here in the city are functioning as bomb shelters. that's something we haven't seen here in the past couple months. of course quite a common sight in the early stages of this war when the russians were still on the outskirts of kyiv. so people certainly are taking this seriously. one of the things we have to keep in mind is that over the past couple months it has become very rare for rocket attacks to happen here in the ukrainian capital. in the early stages it was unfortunately very common thing to happen, but it's really become very rare, especially after the ukrainians in april managed to push the russians out of the kyiv area and now of course in general are pushing the russian forces back on many front lines. but that's not to say that this is not something that has been happening. you know, over the weekend, in the

in the centre of kyiv at 8am. also other places that were targeted, like a bridge in the business centre, all those places, civil infrastructure where a huge amount of people, especially at this time, just getting from one place and trying to reach their final destination. did you actually see the moment when those strikes hit? at about 9am, i was trying to reach my work place and i heard two very loud explosions on the west side, and also when i came to the centre of kyiv, i saw big smoke coming from the first place which was targeted. and you are saying there were lots of people around. volodymyr zelensky said the timing of these attacks was public particularly aimed at trying to attack people. yes, definitely. because in this place, it has nothing especially historical or cultural. a huge amount of roads which are connection to one part of the city from another one. and they linked to important business centres and places of work and so on. places where especially in the morning there are parks where people can

pauladams, bbc news, kyiv. as we heard, president putin said the strikes were made following what he called "terrorist actions" by the ukrainian government after the bombing of a strategically important bridge on saturday. ukraine hasn't declared any involvement in the bombing. the kerch bridge was badly damaged by a large explosion. the bridge was a vital route for military supplies — the only road and rail link between russia and occupied crimea. the russian president said today the attack "couldn't go una nswered." it's unclear what caused the explosion. russia was quick to suggest it was a truck bomb. some experts say there was a massive explosion below the bridge. our russia editor, steve rosenberg, has the latest on the day's events. after the missile strikes on ukraine, a kremlin threat to kyiv. translation: if any more attempts are made to carry out terrorist - attacks on our territory, russia's response will be harsh and will be equal to the threat posed to the russian federation. nobody should have

ben: that is the view from one first responder in kyiv. still to come, a professor at tehran university tells us why he has been censored by the uranian -- iranian authorities. ♪ >> the part of san francisco least affected by the earthquake is returning to life but in the marina area, they are more conscious than ever of how much has been destroyed. >> in the 19 years when his last. , his gun from being a little number two experienced and successful. >> it was a 20 pound vomit that exploded, ripping a hole in the front of the voting. >> this government will not weaken. democracy will prevail. >> i have been chose as the recipient. >> this catholic nation held its breath for the men they call the 33. then, bells told nationwide to unanswered first rescue and actually l out almighty wrong. -- roar. ♪ ben: this is outside source. we are living the bbc newsroom. our top story -- a wave of russian missile strikes across cities and ukraine working international outrage. -- sparking international outrage. try run in the -- to iran, workers in

hugo in kyiv, thank you for the update | kyiv, thank you for the update there. the chancellor is to make an emergency statement on his tax and spending plans later this morning, to try to calm the financial markets. jeremy hunt will set out billions of pounds of savings two weeks earlier than scheduled. a delay in the plan to cut the basic rate of income tax to 19 pence is expected, but it's thought the cut to national insurance will survive. now, for more on our leading story today and the latest on market movement, i'm nowjoined by victoria scholar who is the head of investment at the investment platform, interactive investor. victoria, good morning, good to see you, what is your analysis of how the markets have moved and reacted so far today?— so far today? well, we are seeing a aeneral so far today? well, we are seeing a general positive _ so far today? well, we are seeing a general positive market _ so far today? well, we are seeing a general positive market reaction i general positive market reaction over role, we are seeing the pound gained against the

what are you seeing in kyiv? >> kyiv is destroyed in the area which has nothing to do with military infrastructure. but which is very well known for ukrainians and foreigners as an area to enjoy ukrainian architecture, ukrainian landscape and city and its horrible because it was really children's playground just in front of the main campus of kyiv university and it is also very famous breach in the center of kyiv. it is a pedestrian bridge which is not possible to use for delivering of weapons or tanks. it is just for people to walk through one hill to another hill through the city. and it was two targets today of this attack. also it was really brutally attacked our electricity infrastructure. to make it a total blackout of some ukraine cities tonight to show that putin is able to not just destroy buildings, but to destroy electricity system, which will not let ukrainians live a normal life even if it is far away from the front line. and he badly shelled this infrastructure objects this morning. this is why our

clearly timed for rush hour there in kyiv. thank you for the report. >>> let's turn to matthew chance, matthew, what are the russians saying about the strikes all across ukraine today? >> reporter: actually, vladimir putin is right, as we speak, giving some address to his security council in the russian capital where the expectation is he'll be addressing this up surge in attacks against various targets across ukrainie. there's been a limited reaction so far from the kremlin. the kremlin spokesperson giving his daily conference call earlier today, and he was asked whether the attacks on ukraine were russia's answer to the crimea bridge explosion he side stepped that question and said everything done is being done in the special framework of the military operation. he was asked whether, also during this conference call, whether it was putin's direct orders that led to this up surge in rocket and missile attacks. he said the key points of the operation cannot be carried out without reporting to him. so he's reiterating this idea

michael downey in kyiv. appreciate it. >> thanks for having me. >>> for more on the overnight blasts let's bring in retired brigadier general steven anderson. your background is in logistics. i want to start with what prompted the missile strikes which is this bridge over the strait that was struck, partially collapsed maybe deteriorating some of the rail abilities. what are the logistics challenges that were created with that that may have spurred such a reaction from vladimir putin? >> thank you, brianna. this is a hugely significant logistically. this bridge here goes across the strait. it's the only bridge they've got that goes over that way. it brings rail, it bridges road. it's the major lifeline for the entire crimea peninsula. it's important if they can take it out. i would not want to overestimate the significance of this because they're going to rebuild the bridge. i think they already rebuilt the rail. but i think most importantly is the psychological impact of this. it might not be at the level w

next, at least eight killed as russian drones attack kyiv. the strikes were timed before the morning rush-hour. it is the second strike in a week. leaders say the russians are trying to instill terror against the ukrainian people. and almost total wipeout of the u.k. mini budget, and questions raised over how much longer prime minister liz truss has in 10 downing street. this is live from paris. ♪ thank you for being with us. breaking news in paris. the ballon d'or has been awaited, the best male and female players in football, perhaps the most prestigious award in the game. the men's prize and women's prize awarded. let's go to central paris where our sports reporter is there. tell us how the news was announced. reporter: as you can see, we have rain here, it is not dampening spirits, a lot of fans are waking for the player to make his exit. he is the fifth frenchman to win the ballon d'or, perhaps footballs most prestigious individual award. the last frenchman to win the award will hand it to him. he was nominated 11 times for the award a

we're following breaking news in ukraine where smoke is rising over kyiv. the capital facing the most intense bombings since the start of the war, along with other key cities across the country. the russian military unleashing an intense wave of strikes targeting key infrastructure and energy facilities. firing 84 cruise missiles according to ukrainian armed forces. civilians have also been targeted. this video showing the terrifying a blast rocks a pedestrian bridge in kyiv moments before a person could be seen walking across it. that person manages to turn back and runway from the destruction. that strike reminiscent of this blast saturday on a crucial bridge connecting russian-controlled crimea and the country's mainland. a blow to russia suffering humiliating defeats on the battlefield. vladimir putin says that today's wave of violence is revenge for that blast. he blames ukraine, even though kyiv has not taken responsibility for it. ukraine's president volodymyr zelenskyy sharing these devastating images from the aftermath of today's deadly campaign an

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i'm joined now by hugo bachega in kyiv. welcome. hugo bachega in kyiv. what is the situation with regards welcome. what is the situation with regards to grain? how much is actually getting out? returning and sa in: that actually getting out? returning and saying that russia _ actually getting out? returning and saying that russia deliberately - saying that russia deliberately delayed the inspection of ships and president zelensky said earlier this week that there is a queue of 175 ships. again he accused moscow of delaying the inspection of those ships. remember, injuly when this deal was negotiated it was very complicated to reach this deal. it took a lot of time, at lots of work. it is a complicated deal, the ships need to be inspected before coming in, after being loaded narrow inspected again in turkey by officials from the un. turkey which helped negotiate the deal and from russia and ukraine. the russians have been saying that they have had difficulties in carrying out some exports that are part of this deal, so some russian officials have suggeste

i hope kyiv can be the place where i can be here with my family. because my daughter grew up long time without father. >> reporter: their first morning back, they woke to russian missile strikes. irina sheltered in the bathroom and her daughter played with toys. >> she doesn't understand the full context. >> reporter: despite the terrifying reality of living in a war zone, irina says she'll stay for now. she admits if the war takes a heavy toll on her daughter, she will be forced to escape once again. >> the life of my daughter is more important in this situation. and if i feel scared, if i'm physically afraid, i will decide to go. >> reporter: life goes on for alexander and for the rest of ukraine. >> i believe that we'll win. i am 100% confident in it. we will try to survive this. we will stay confident that ukraine will win this war. >>> up next, how the lives lost in uvalde are being honored and helping the community heal. like the tens of thousands of people who were diagnosed with certain hpv-related cancers. for most people, hpv clears on it

reporter: kyiv was not the only target. dozens of russian rockets also cause chaos and destruction in cities across the country. several regions across ukraine have been left without power, after the strikes destroyed key parts of the country's electricity grade. but despite the russian escalation in this war, it appears to have only strengthened the spirit of the ukrainian people. >> instead depression, this attack has doubled a different emotion of our citizens. people are angry. angry and want to defend houses, our families, our children. reporter: this community -- communities assess the damage of the attack. they know more me to -- they know that more may be to come. >> earlier i asked our correspondent what she witnessed this morning. reporter: ireporter: was getting ready when i heard the first explosions. i didn't even attribute it two explosions. lar on i called my colleagues who were othe way to the office, to find out and confirm that i am actually right, because it was just so unusual. the last time that i heard

in kyiv, a fragile calm shattered by bomb after bomb after bomb. air raid sirens sending residents sprinting for shelter. wide ranging attacks striking at least ten cities across ukraine in the country's west. the south, the center and the east. and it killed civilians, 11 right now, that we know of. and knocking critical infrastructure offline. in kyiv, motels like this, a pedestrian bridge engulfed by an explosion. subway platforms filled with people seen or calling back to the very early days of vladimir putin's bloody war. elsewhere, i rush to put out cars on fire. black smoke, choking blue sky, life again on hold because of those bombs. ukraine's president said putin showed the world today he's a terrorist. the russian dictator making a brief appearance on t vis said the strikes were in response to a supply line. and putin promising more fire and brimstone should ukraine go after russian targets. >> translator: in terms of the further act of terrorism on the turf of russia, the russian reply will be harsh and will be corresponding to the level

the second monday in a row that kyiv has come under attack. how unnerving is it for the residents and do you think there's a sense now that their lives are going to be different going forward? >> reporter: i think it's definitely, alex, as you say a massive adjustment. we were both here at the beginning of the war when kyiv was regularly under attack and the suburbs were very much the focus of russian attacks. but in the past few months it has been quiet, life has gone back to normal. so this is a significant development. what's interesting in terms of the psyche of the people of kyiv, this is what i asked the mayor about, they do it to try to intimidate you, the russians that is, but the effect is to make people angry, want to fight harder. so it remains to be seen whether this is a tactic that is going to be continuously implemented. we heard from ukrainian authorities saying this is why we need the air defenses to help bolster our existing infrastructure and air defense systems. because at the moment they say they intercepted in the last co

an aunt -- and in the capital kyiv. all of this in the wake of the attack on russia's bridge into crimea. emmanuel macron -- profound change in the nature of the war in ukraine in the wake of the strikes. ukraine seeking a resolute response from the united nations. a special session of the un's general assembly is being convened in new york. motorists across france facing shortages of pumps. -- because on the needs to end the two week old strike has been condemned as blackmailed by the main union. this is live from paris. ♪ >> thank you very much. at least 11 people have been killed in a series of attacks by russian forces on ukraine. 89 people have been wounded. the sequence of attacks has brought condemnation from kyiv and the west and plaguerist -- fears that putin could be at the start of a different, more indiscriminate stage of the conflict. volodymyr zelenskyy has said his countris not intimidated by russia's attacks and added kyiv's number one priority is improving air defenses in cooperation with western alli

john simpson, our world affairs editor in kyiv. you can hear more insights from john and the team on the strikes and the effect on the ground on the ukraine podcast on bbc sound is if you do a search there, and lots more available on the bbc news app as well. the chancellor, kwasi kwarteng, has now agreed to set out his plan for balancing the government's finances on 31st october. that's nearly a month earlier than originally planned. the fiscal statement is expected to give details of the chancellor's plans to pay for £15 billion worth of tax cuts as well as proposals to reduce debt. our political editor chris mason is at westminster. chris, what do you really read into the fact that the timing of this has changed and who is the chancellor trying to get the message? i changed and who is the chancellor trying to get the message?- trying to get the message? i think we can call— trying to get the message? i think we can call this _ trying to get the message? i think we can call this project _ we can call this project reassurance,

this is st michael's square in the centre of kyiv. and over there is st michael's cathedral where injured people took shelter during the vast demonstrations that in the end brought about today's ukraine. so you could say this represents what vladimir putin most dislikes about ukraine, the fact that it's broken away from russian control and become a recognisably western european society, at any rate, in the making. and over here are some of the russian tanks which the ukrainians destroyed at the start of the war when russia failed so dismally to capture this city. i was talking the other day to a british military man who advised the ukrainian army about ten years ago. at first, he said, they had all the old, bad soviet problems — avoiding taking decisions, referring everything upwards, not using any kind of initiative. but slowly, he said, this changed and changed completely, but the russian soldiers that they were fighting, still stuck in the old, sclerotic way of thinking — hence, presumably all these wrecked tanks and ukraine's

moscow determined to keep kyiv on the frontline. the city defenders are equally determined to tackle the threat anyway they could. but the drones came thick and fast. of 28, 5 got through. one tour this elegant apartment building in two. half of it is gone. for one elderly resident, a narrow escape with her balcony just feet from the impact. >> think it is terrible. i heard it at 6:00 in the morning. i could not sleep all morning. the second one comes out of nowhere. >> it has been a few hours since the explosion in the middle of the city. there is still frantic rescue work going on. it is the second time in weeks the center of kyiv has been h. among thoseho died, a young couple, the woman six months pregnant. for the mayor, the aiis clear. >> the target destroyed the whole infrastructure of ukraine, destroyed the infrastructure. it leaves people freezing in the winter. it leaves people without electricity. the russians want to make it a human catastrophe. >> russia has used hundreds of iranian made attack drones in recent weeks. th

first fred pleitgen joins us now from kyiv. what are things like in the capital fred? >> hi there anderson, it's eerily quiet in the capital now but i think it's pretty tense as well. one of the things we've been hearing is that authorities to fear there could be additional strikes happening possibly in the overnight hours. and as you said possibly in the morning hours once again tomorrow. certainly there are very few people here in ukraine that believe that was it as far as the mass of the russian strikes were concerned. if you look at this morning for instance, it really was a rude awakening for the ukrainian capital. they haven't seen strikes on a scale or magnitude for a very long time, for several months now. we were on the street in one location and we were reporting on a strike that has just happened. for a bunch of cars on fire, there were bodies in the street, and as we were doing that we were hearing additional explosions taking place for more rockets that were being fired by the russians and upper landing in the ukrainian capital. it was an eerie feeling not

we're joined now from kyiv. what do we know about the targets of these attacks, how specific are they or not, and how much damage was done? >> reporter: well, i think there's like sort of two components to these attacks, anderson. on the one hand, they seem to be targeting civilian infrastructure, energy plants, power plants, electricity plants. the russians are preparing for winter, which is just around the corner. and they want to basically maximize the pain that civilian populations across the country, but particularly here in the country in kyiv, are going to be feeling during that winter season. but the second component then is the fear factor, the morale factor. you hear that sound of those drones overhead and you can feel that fear in your stomach. the mayor here says that fear is quickly being replaced by anger. take a look. a policeman takes aim at the kamikaze drone as it bears down on kyiv. nicknamed mopeds in ukraine because of their distinctive whine, 28 were launched towards the city on monday. the

kyiv under attack.

kyiv is bearing the brunt of the attacks today. over the course of the past week it's been a number of ukrainian cities that have been struck and as you said, struck at the heart of their critical infrastructure. >> reporter: right. and, you know, it's important to remember as well that for the last several months kyiv has been relatively quiet. life here really had returned to normal, businesses were open, restaurants, cafes, and i think there's definitely an element of this which is like trying to hit at the psyche by terrifying people, by crippling the capital and trying to distract from other fronts where perhaps the russians are struggling more in their efforts. and this is why the ukrainian authorities are saying, listen, guys, to the international community, we need better air defense systems and we need them now because the thing is with these kamikaze drones is that a huge amount of fire power is being expended trying to stop them from hitting their targets. and a lot of people, as you saw again in some of the social media

he was in a village called zdvyzhivka, about nine miles from ozera, on the road to kyiv. his name was father vasyl bentsa. we found him working at the local cemetery. >> so tell us what happened. >> (speaking ukrainian) >> narrator: zdvyzhivka would end up being under russian occupation for a month. in the days after the soldiers retreated, one of his neighbors discovered five dead bodies. >> (speaking ukrainian) >> narrator: his photos showed the bodies of four other men alongside kolya. >> this is, who is this? >> this is kolya. >> so their hands are bound. oh god. his mouth is bound. >> (speaking ukrainian) >> narrator: father bentsa said he didn't recognize any of the men, but he would eventually learn that three of them were from ozera. >> (speaking ukrainian) >> narrator: by then, father bentsa had already had the bodies moved from the garden to the cemetery and buried them all together. >> so why, why put five bodies in one grave? >> (speaking ukrainian) >> narrator: later, father bentsa took us to meet the men who found kolya and the four other bodies. >> (speakin

he joins us from kyiv. it has just it hasjust gone it has just gone seven in the morning in ukraine, what has the night been like? i’m morning in ukraine, what has the night been like?— the night been like? i'm “ust auoin to the night been like? i'm “ust going to knock i the night been like? i'm “ust going to knock on i the night been like? i'mjust going to knock on wood, - the night been like? i'mjust going to knock on wood, so | the night been like? i'mjust i going to knock on wood, so far it has been quiet, every passing car that makes a noise, is reminding you of rocket missile whistle. kind of makes you jerk up, just at this very time an hour later, last yesterday, i was woken up, it was five seconds later, sure enough, the sonic boom, three in quick succession is,, they keep the raging ukrainian cities with more rocket attacks, so far it is quiet, bob �*s estimated cost russia $700 million, that's how much, vladimir putin through it ukraine, that also shows he is desperate, he is desperate

hitting the capital, hitting kyiv. and this is extremely significant. it is very rare for the capital to be struck by russian missile attacks. it's hundreds of kilometers away from the front line. this would be, i think, the first strike in months on kyiv. i know we have crews trying to rush to the scene right now, so we'll wait to find out more on that. again, that would be a significant escalation if, indeed, those missile strikes hit kyiv this morning. you mentioned sap rear sha, a city that's very much been in the crosshairs over the course of the last week. president zelenskyy saying yesterday in his nightly address, more than 40 have been killed in that city over the course of the last week in multiple missile attacks. so yes, this is a continuation of russia's invasion, russia's attacks on ukrainian soil. but if indeed the capital has been hit, if indeed we're seeing an increase in this barrage that comes of course a couple of days after this explosion on the kerch bridge, this all-important supply route that co

he is in kyiv. cal, significant issues in the last 48 hours. you are in kyiv. talk what has gone down. >> reporter: good morning, joumanna it really was 8:15 in the morning when we heard a series of loud explosions we knew immediately it was coming from the downtown area. that was just the first of what we think were three waves here in the capital in the last 30 minutes, we heard fresh explosions at least 75 rockets were fired across the country 41 intercepted i can give you the breakdown these are the early numbers. two people killed and two dozen wounded in kharkiv explosions to the western part of the country in lviv infrastructure targets and nothing out the power in that city we had power flicker on and off this morning as the rockets fell the consensus here, if it you listen to the mayor of kyiv, these are ongoing strikes. these are clearly coordinated strikes hitting across the country. one of the things expected here is it would come in waves. if you fire rockets in waves, dozens at a time, close to 100 at a time, you can overwhelm the air defense syst

cnn's chief international correspondent clarissa ward joins me now from central kyiv. what is the latest on this? >> reporter: so, essentially, rosemary, people here woke up to the sound of air-raid sirens followed by two loud explosions. then there were at least another two explosions, and we're right in the center of the city at the location or right next to the location of the impact of one of those blasts. you can probably see behind me there's still a lot of smoke in the air from that explosion. we don't know yet how many people may have been injured or possibly killed in this series of blasts here in the capital. we did speak to the paramedics who were on the scene. they said five ambulances took wounded away from the scene. but, again, we don't know what exactly was hit or how many people may have been injured or killed as a result, but we do know russia has been stepping up its attacks particularly on civilian infrastructure. i think what makes today's attack or attacks i should say so notable is that we are hearing from ukrainian authorities that the weapon of