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vitali: of course. the safety is the main priority for everyone in ukraine and also for citizens of our hometown. we prepare the bumpers for the people, and every day we have warnings so everyone has to go in neatly to a safer place, expect there some period of time. actually right now, people of course -- i don't want to scare. but there is a panic before. before people do this, we had to redo these issues. but these are our homes and our city. guy: this is a very delicate question, but vladimir putin has talked about the use of nuclear weapons. are there any preparations underway for such an eventuality? vitali: my personal opinion is less. if pushing used these weapons as part of russia, receiving of the old one, the russians can also be involved and -- also in radiation. we have experienced this. we don't have time to be afraid. they explain about war seizing, what happens in wars. nobody wants insulation but will -- integration but we have to keep pushing off our weapons. it is sure who is this --

the message contained vitalis military documents . they demanded a 100000 roubles. they wrote the card number where to send the money to and said that there were just 24 hours to fulfill all the conditions. then vitale would return home, safe and sound. we didn't reply at all. all the messages were deleted after that. but i managed to take screenshots, decided both sergey and vitaly are confident that it was ukrainian soldiers trying to make a quick buck. because the message was received just 2 days after he was captured, sergei decided not to act on their parent threats. bob, self knowledgeable people said that no money should be sent, that it would simply be a waste, and no one would return any one than the account would just be deleted. and we wouldn't know anything about the crane and military has been accused on multiple occasions of inhumane treatments of capture of russian soldiers, including multiple witness accounts, saying they manes and even killed prisoners of war. the black mailing of relatives and friends of the captives has become another regular affa

the message contained vitalis military documents . they demanded a 100000 roubles. they wrote the card number where to send the money to and said that there were just 24 hours to fulfill all the conditions. then vitale would return home, safe and sound. we didn't reply at all. all the messages were deleted after that. but i managed to take screenshots episodic, both sergey and vitaly are confident that it was ukrainian soldiers trying to make a quick buck, because the message was received just 2 days after he was captured, sir gay decided not to act on their barren threats. bob shall knowledgeable people said that no money should be sent, that it would simply be a waste and no one would return any one. then the account would just be deleted and we wouldn't know anything about it. the ukrainian military has been accused on multiple occasions of in humane treatments of capture of russian soldiers, including multiple witness accounts, saying they manes and even killed prisoners of war. the black mailing of relatives and friends of the captives has become another regula

the message contained vitalis, military documents. they demanded a 100000 roubles. they wrote the card number where to send the money to and said that there were just 24 hours to fulfill all the conditions. then vitale would return home, safe and sound. we didn't reply at all, all the messages were deleted after that. but i meant to take screenshots, episodic, both sergey and vitale are confident that it was ukrainian soldiers trying to make a quick buck because the message was received just 2 days after he was captured, sergey decided not to act on their barren threats. bob, self knowledgeable people said that no money should be sent, a letter would simply be a waste and no one would return any one. then the account would just be deleted and we wouldn't know anything about it. the ukrainian military has been accused on multiple occasions of in humane treatments of capture of russian soldiers, including multiple witness accounts, saying they manes and even killed prisoners of war. the black mailing of relatives and friends of the captives has become another regular

we saw that from vitalis phone. someone started logging into different apps. viber, whatsapp, telegram. and on october 8th, i received a message from an unknown number. the message contained vitalis military documents . they demanded a 100000 roubles. they wrote the card number where to send the money to and said that there were just 24 hours to fulfill all the conditions. then vitale would return home safe and sound. the next day they wrote that there were only 2 hours left to consider it again, we didn't reply at all. all the messages were deleted after that. but i managed to take screenshots later, we received no more messages from this number. both sergey and vitale are confident that it was ukrainian soldiers trying to make a quick buck because the message received just 2 days after he was captured, sergey decided not to act on their parent threats. and this is what he did. instead, we did not reply because it is unclear to whom we should have replied, and such issues are not resolved with money knowledgeable p

the ali vitali that knows everything. i'm telling you. everything on capitol hill. and so much more. >>> i understand we were given a two-minute warning as far as when the president would be speaking from the roosevelt room there at the white house. i don't know if we have pictures of the white house. oh, look, we have the podium set up. in about a minute or so, we expect to see president biden come and speak. he's going to be speaking on the economy. we're going to go to a quick break -- no, we're not. there he is. president biden. >> i ran for president to rebuild the backbone of the middle class, this country, that's the backbone. build an economy from the bottom up and the middle out and for -- make sure the economy is stronger than it was before the pandemic. since i came to office, that's what we've done. historic vaccination efforts that save lives, helped the economy recover from lost jobs, 10 million jobs created, a record for any administration, 3.5% unemployment, 50-year low, 700,000, nearly 700,000 manufacturing jobs created with companies investing bill

i have a feelin: the mayor, vitali klitschko. i have a feeling the _ the mayor, vitali klitschko. i have a feeling the russian _ the mayor, vitali klitschko. i have a feeling the russian aggressors l a feeling the russian aggressors want us to freeze this winter. they propose it is a war against the military, but right now this war is having a direct impact on the population. they want to make people without heating, without water, without heating, without water, without electricity in the winter. they want to freeze the whole population. they want to freeze the whole population-— they want to freeze the whole --oulation. ., ., ., ,, ., population. today's wave of russian attacks comes _ population. today's wave of russian attacks comes two _ population. today's wave of russian attacks comes two days _ population. today's wave of russian attacks comes two days after - attacks comes two days after russia's navy itself came under attack in sebastopol. according to our investigators several drones struck a warship in annexed crimea at 4:20am. russia has blamed ukraine, while ukrain

man, vitaly clinico tells the w it's vital that the west maintains its opposition to the invasion. also on the program. today the silver winds, brazil's presidential run off. ah, matters to time warmer media secures and narrow victory over the outgoing jav balls and calls for an end to political division. indian authorities arrest 9 people in connection with a bridge disaster that killed 130 security footage. show us the moment to put bridge collapsed to plunging pedestrians into the river below. ah, phil gale, welcome to the program. ukraine says that russian missile strikes have cause to power and water outages across the country. witnesses in the capital keeps say they heard at least 5 explosions as also fierce fighting in easton. ukraine has been zalinski says these forces have repelled the russian attacks and meet the nascar region. combat centers on the town of back moore to which russian forces have been trying to capture for weeks caves, metallic clench, co told me more about the attack or 130 is method for you to select on top. it's a to our new through force of the shoot

the bombardment disrupts water and power supplies in the capitol keys. mayor vitaly glitch go tells d w, it's crucial that the west maintains its position to the opposition to the invasion also on the program. but that is still the wind, brazil's presidential run off. oh, the left it to time former leaders secure the narrow victory over the far right. president julia, both to narrow and calls for an end to political divisions and maintenance. workers are arrested over a bridge disaster in india. more than a 130 people were killed when the structure collapsed, plunging pedestrians into the river below. ah, really, it's good to have you with us. ukraine says that russian missile strikes have again, cost power and water outages across the country. witnesses in the capital, he said they heard at least 5 explosions. there's also fierce fighting in eastern ukraine. president volota me. the lensky says, forces have repelled russian attacks in the done at region. combat is focused on the town of mont, which russian forces have been trying to capture for weeks. earlier we spoke with keys, mayo

joining me now, ali vitali and harry litman. the documents may corroborate cassidy hutchinson's testimony that the former president knew some were armed and the struggle she says occurred inside the president's car that day, the secret service van, but also testimony from ginni thomas. she wasn't videotaped but testimony from ginni thomas and the roger stone documentary. how does the committee plan to put all of this into focus? >> reporter: we know that this is a committee that likes to weave a narrative. each member that's part of the panel is going to be the leader of a certain section of this roughly two-hour hearing we are expecting tomorrow. you are right that it's likely the last investigative hearing. we think they are likely to come back after election day to present their final report, the culmination of the investigative work they have done over the course of the last year plus. but this hearing does provide them a moment to reset the narrative, but also introduce some new information that they have since gotten. the

clarissa ward in kyiv, thank you so much for your interview with mayor vitali klitschko. we'll come back to you throughout the course of the day. >>> the death toll rising from the fire at the notorious prison in iran. cnn is covering developments around the globe. >> reporter: in iran, a deadly fire at the notorious prison known for the detention of political prisoners has killed at least eight people and injured dozens more according to state media. cnn can't independently identify the cause of the fire, sources within the prison said a revolt had taken place with reports of teargas deployed by prison authorities. however, government officials have asserted the situation was quickly brought under control with a security official telling state media on saturday that the blaze started after a group of thugs set fire to a clothing warehouse on the complex. this comes as iran's crackdown on anti regime protests include to intensify. >> reporter: in beijing it's day two of the national congress where xi jinping is set to secure a third term as the supreme leader. he delivere

now vitali from kherson, wolf, told us that he has seen that russia has already moved most of its civilian administrative infrastructure out of kherson so they've closed the russian banks. they've moved out the passport office, the pension office. some of those emergency services. all of that sort of giving people optimism that potentially russia could be withdrawing, but today, we heard of ukraine's head of military intelligence. he cautioned about being too optimistic saying it could well be a faint and that russia is moving different assets. that of course would have a devastating impact on residents like vitali who have made the brave but difficult decision to stay in kherson. >> stay safe over there. thank you very very much. >>> and joipning us new, a key member of the house intelligence committee. he was part of a bipartisan congressional delegation that has just returned from ukraine. how do you interpret these disturbing accusations by russia that ukraine plans to detonate a so-called dirty bomb? >> yeah, wolf. it's a classic. right out of the russian playbook. before them, the so

ali vitali joining me live from west palm beach. that was the elephant in the room to the pun intended, which is whether ron desantis is just gearing up to run for president in two years. how did that go? >> reporter: certainly, that was charlie crist's big question, even as both sides -- it was a slugfest from the start. desantis defending all of the moves he has made from beginning of the covid pandemic to sending migrants from florida to martha's vineyard as well as the changes he made on the education front here in florida. for crist, it was the defining moment where throughout the debate he asked his opponent to commit to serving a full four-year term as florida governor. desantis remaining silent during that exchange. listen to how it went. >> why don't you look in the eyes of the people of the state of florida and say to them, if you are re-elected, you will serve a full four-year term as governor. yes or no? [ cheers and applause ] yes or no, ron? >> listen, i know charlie is interested in talking about 2024 and joe biden. b

ali vitali joins us this morning. good morning, what are we watching for as the committee nears its public end? >> its public end, at least for now, until after election day. we do expect them to issue a final report that's going to be the culmination of all of their investigative efforts, but this is their last hearing before election day providing the american public with yet another update. but also leaving with them an indelible image of this bipartisan group of lawmakers trying to hold accountable those who they say foemted what happened here on january 6th. there's going to be some things they are rehashing, but also some new information. we're likely to see new documentary footage that includes roger stone. that's going to be something that we have not yet seen before as well as the potential for some new surveillance footage of what was happening here at the capitol on january 6th. the committee could include some of their interview with ginni thomas, the wife of supreme court justice clarence thomas, who was

. >> nbc's ali vitali is with us on capitol hill. nicholas woo, for politico joins us as well. i don't know if you have a chance to hear madelyn, but i know shoois been talking to committee members, she feels awfully confident about what they are going to be able to deliver tomorrow. what are you hearing? >> and congresswoman is someone that's been at the back of most of these hearings because she was in the house gal i ri on january 6th. she and i have talked extensively about her experience and frankly, for dean and other members and people in this community, the accountability factor having this aired in the public eye, presenting the public narrative, that's the key point of this committee. now the committee members would say that their responsibility here goes a step further and making a final report that will come at some point before the end of the year. here we do expect them to tease out new details, new video, documentary footage of roger stone talking about how even before we were in the month of november of 2020, how he thought that the former president trump should

nbc news capitol hill correspondent alli vitali joins us. great seeing you. why has the committee not issued that subpoena yet? >> reporter: that is the open question here, jose. they've been out in public saying the subpoena will come shortly or soon. my sources initially told me to expect this in the early part of this week but, of course, here we are on friday still waiting for the official issuance of that subpoena. in part, they were meeting yesterday to finalize some of the key language in this but also to make sure on the date by which the documents and deposition requests have to be met by. it's going to be likely after the mid-terms but nevertheless, that was one of the things they were trying to hammer out here. and in terms of the case that they feel they have, in order to get the former president before them, committee members have been clear. they think that they are well within their rights as a committee but also with established press department for asking a former president to come before them and testify. listen to last night. >> this presid

. >> if you would, barb, stand by for me, i want to go back to capitol hill and ali vitali has more for us. >> i'm just looking at the specific things that they're outlining in this subpoena, and in the letter that corresponds to it, you laid out some of the allegations that they're listing in bullet point form but one thing stood out to me where they're saying they're alleging he filed false information under oath in federal court. we just got that news a day or two ago about the john eastman email, jeff carter saying in some of the emails, it was clear that the former president was made aware by eastman and others that the numbers that he was alleging were fraudulent votes in georgia, that he knew those numbers were wrong, that he went ahead and not just continued to talk about them any way, but he was also out there putting his name under oath in a legal filing as they were trying to pursue legal remedies in georgia after the election. so as we start to see how these puzzle pieces and the investigatory pieces fit together, that is just one of the things that struck me, the fact that

ali vitali on capitol hill. thanks so much. joe, this has been the elusive third-party candidate we've been hearing about for a couple generations. now is the time. the lane opens up the middle, here comes the third-party candidate, all those questions about getting on the ballot, access state by state. but when will a third-party candidate actually become viable and break through the system? mcmull season doing pretty well in utah. he may not not win but very competitive there. >> yeah. it's much likely in senate races in a state like utah, actually, than it would be run for president where obviously you need to get 270 electoral votes, whatever party is in charge in the house is most likely -- if there's a three-way tie, going to whatever party is in power. so right now it seems a bit more difficult on the presidential level, i suspect, when it happens. you know, it will be like the moon shot or the iphone. but it will be -- the right person will come along, everything will line up, and, you know, they'll probably win overwhe

with me is nbc news capitol hill correspondent ali vitali and former attorney and former cia official chuck rosenberg. let's start with what we know what we think is the last hearing and we have to caveat a little bit. first, all members are expected to lead parts of the hearing. this is different than the other hearings where one committee member reported the whole thing, one or two of them, for example, and we also know that there won't be any live witnesses. that's different from the most previous hearings and it doesn't mean new material, and new evidence from the roger stone documentary, for example, from surveillance video from in and around the capitol and parts of the interview with ginni thomas if there is a transcription, et cetera, and all of the documents from the secret service. we will show you that and what it looks like in graphic form in just a second. ali, what is the theme? each of the hearings has had a theme. is the theme the idea of a closing argument and if so, how is that different than from what we saw in hearing number eight? >> i think this can be viewed in

ali vitali, you have lived in both of these worlds. i think on one hand there, a version of donald trump who would love there and get the attention on the tv sets and to be able to say what he wants right to the committee because he has been frustrated that there is no one pushing back directly, and thaf avenue had a lot of prime time all to themselves, according to reporting. and on the other hand, as jackie was just laying out, legally speaking, it is pretty dangerous. >> yes, because saying what trump wants to say may not jive with saying it under oath, and there have been plenty of prosecutors that you and i have talked to on our network who say that any lawyer who would advise him to do that opens him up to the potential of perjury charges at the very least. but look, if you're the committee, you know that they did this acknowledging the fact that it is not likely that trump willingly goes before them and especially behind closed doors, which is the fashion in which they have done so many of these depositions. then you look at the

ali vitali, thank you very much. open question. >>> "the new york times" has new reporting on an attempt by the former president to cut a deal with the national archives. the presidential records he took from the white house, he wanted documents about the russia probe he thought he would prove he was wronged by fbi. so according to "the new york times," they became his bargaining chip, quote, in exchange for those documents, mr. trump told advisers, he would return to the national archives the boxes of material he had taken to mar-a-lago. mr. trump's aides never pursued the idea. >>> joining me now is "new york times" washington correspond michael schmidt, by-lined on this reporting and author of the book "donald trump versus the united states," so we wanted to make a trade, and what is this revealing to you about the way donald trump was seeing the documents that he had, and what he could get out of the united states government? >> for us, the idea that trump could take boxes and negotiate them for classified docume

. >> with us now to talk about this, ali vitali, "washington post" national investigative reporter, carol leonnig, and joyce vance a law professor at the university of alabama and co-host of the sisters-in-law podcast. the committee says it's unlikely trump will actually appear before the committee. what's the reasoning behind issuing a subpoena? >> reporter: and you read that letter, jose, that he just sent to the chairman of the committee, bennie thompson, where you're right, he doesn't say "yes" or "no," but continues to perpetuate the lie he's been telling over the course of the last year and a half since the 2020 election was lost by him. after multiple hearings where it's clear that trump was the central focus, even as they told other pieces of the narrative around january 6th, the question that we were asking members during that time was, what happens when you do your job successfully and you tell the public that trump has blamed to be born here for what happened on january 6th? now it seems the committee has found at least one of their answers to that which is going to subpoena hi

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we're going to start with nbc news capitol hill correspondent ali vitali, "new york times" reporter, and msnbc contributor katie benner and legal analyst charles coleman. good afternoon to all of you. ali, obviously this is breaking in the last hour. you were busy reading everything in between your live hits. walk us through some of the key points and deadlines we're learning. >> the deadlines are one of the first things that we were looking for. you've got one for documents on november 4th that's before the midterms and will probably raise some eyebrows on the republican side of things and then the deadline for trump to appear for a deposition is after the midterms, on november 14th. look, there's some striking language that is used in the letter. not just the letter that we're seeing now, but the subpoena itself, being transmitted. that is rare for this committee. but i want to pull up for you on the screen just some of the bullet points that the committee is leveraging here as they tell trump why they want to speak with him. more than ten of them were included. but they start with

i want to bring in nbc news capitol hill correspondent ali vitali. there was a dramatic sort of punctuation mark, an exclamation mark at the end of what i think has been a compelling series of weeks, the investigation, hours and hours and hours of private deposition, some public testimony as well. what's next, specifically as it relates to the subpoena for donald trump? when will that be issued? >> that subpoena is set to go out early next week, i'm told, peter. and look, the former president responded in a 14-page letter to bennie thompson chairman, and many of the pages are pictures and he doesn't say whether he will comply with the subpoena but instead reiterated the lies heys about been telling over the course of months out on the campaign trail. the committee is at a point where they're done with the public phase and still fact finding and still grappling with open questions, including what they're going to do to potentially enforce a subpoena against trump, if he decides not to comply with it and then there are also open questions about if they

with the multiple investigations surrounding the former president starting us off this morning, ali vitali, "washington post" investigations reporter and an msnbc contributor, and peter baker and msnbc political analyst, and harry litman. harry, let me start things off with you if we could. we got this letter in from the former president responding, in fact, to the subpoena from the january 6th committee, same playbook, saying that the election was stolen, saying it was a witch-hunt, accusing the committee not working into certain things that we felt as if were outstanding from the 2020 election. what do you make of the response from the former president and how do you see this going next considering what we've heard from him so far? >> same playbook, longer playbook. it's quite a screen and takes a while to get through. it's like someone standing up on a bus and starting to scream randomly, except the one thing he doesn't scream is the one thing everyone wants to hear, will he or will he not testify. i think this is just part and parcel of a strategy of giving excuses or making un -- maki

joining me now from capitol hill is nbc's ali vitali, and with me is former u.s. attorney and msnbc legal analyst barbara mcquade. ali, this is the final hearing, i suspect we will get a bit of a wrap-up of everything we have learned so far. also interestingly, no live guests, no live testimony tomorrow. >> yes, no live witnesses that we expect. but we do think that each of the members of this committee are going to have a section that they lead the audience through once they actually commence tomorrow afternoon. and look, this isn't a court of law. but it is a court of public opinion. so you can almost frame tomorrow as closing arguments. seeing new evidence, like the roger stone documentary footage that you pointed out, like the deposition that they've since done with ginni thomas, but all of that pointing back to themes that this committee has already set out in painstaking detail in the eight hearing they have held over the course of the summer, this is supposed to be the culmination of that, and the last investigative hearing that we see, certainly before ele

. >> reporter: vitali klitschko is the mayor of kyiv. a former world heavyweight champion and a symbol of ukraine's resistance. >> they tried to destroy our critical infrastructure. they want to make our citizens freezing in the winter, without heating, without electricity, water. >> reporter: he's talking about this, a new wave of russian strikes that ukraine says has targeted 45 energy facilities, destroying 30% of its power stations in just over a week. the government's warned of rolling blackouts as the frigid winter approaches. yet the people of this nation appear as stoic as ever. kyiv's subway has served as a bomb shelter for civilians during russian attacks. but this morning we found it packed with busy commuters getting on with life in the face of a vicious invasion. >> we will win soon. >> it's our dream. it must come true. >> this is a javelin anti-tank missile? >> yeah. >> reporter: mayor klitschko says vladimir putin's strategy is backfiring. >> our people is angry. it's our future. it's our home. >> they're making you more

the message contained vitalis military documents . they demanded a 100000 roubles. they wrote the card number where to send the money to and said that there were just 24 hours to fulfill all the conditions. then vitale would return home, safe and sound. we didn't reply at all. all the messages were deleted after that. but i managed to take screenshots both sergey and vitale are confident that it was ukrainian soldiers trying to make a quick buck because the message was received just 2 days after he was captured, sergey decided not to act on their parent threats. bob, self knowledgeable people said that no money should be sent, that it would simply be a waste, and no one would return any one than the account would just be deleted and we wouldn't know anything about it. the ukrainian military has been accused on multiple occasions of in humane treatments of kept your russian soldiers, including multiple witness accounts, saying they main than even killed prisoners of war. the black mailing of relatives and friends of the captives has become another regular affair. acc

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kyiv's mayor, vitali klitschko, called russia a terrorist state. >> killed a lot of people, civilians, unguilty people. and that why it's terror attack. >> reporter: ukraine says it shot down some of the drones today. this video appears to show ukrainian police officers making a successful hit. but they're small and apparently difficult to track on radar. they're also cheap, some reportedly selling for around $20,000 each. the u.s. says iran has agreed to provide hundreds of drones to russia for use in ukraine, but iran denies it. on the weekend, russia blamed ukraine for strikes that injured civilians in the city of belgorod, which is just over the border. one of the drones in this morning's attack appeared to have "for belgorod" inscribed on it, apparently an act of retaliation. ukraine's president, volodymyr zelenskyy, claims russia made an even bigger order from iran, putting the figure at nearly 2,500 suicide drones. now, we can't independently verify that, but if it's true, it could have a significant impact on the course of this war. norah. >> yeah, frightening indeed. holly wi

i asked vitaly shevchenko, russia editor for bbc monitoring. as we've seen over the past week or so, russia has switched to using long—range ballistic missiles to target cities across ukraine, and also drones, for example, iranian drones, which russia has rebranded and started using against ukraine, but also domestically in russia after the bridge linking crimea, annexed crimea, and russia, after it was hit a couple of weeks ago, president putin had to do something. he had to respond. the last thing he wanted to be is look vulnerable, weak. one of them said on telegram that so he launched these missile strikes and now these commentators, they are over the moon. one of them said on telegram that these are "beautiful air strikes "on kyiv and across ukraine." "and what would make them even more beautiful is if they went on "for a week or two." so that's the attitude that we're seeing. it's absolutely clear to me from the looking at the various sites where these things had landed, there was no accuracy at all. these attacks are pretty pointless i

i asked vitaly shevchenko, russia editor for bbc monitoring. as we've seen over the past week or so, russia has switched to using long—range ballistic missiles to target cities across ukraine, and also drones, for example, iranian drones, which russia has rebranded and started using against ukraine, but also domestically in russia after the bridge linking crimea, annexed crimea, and russia, after it was hit a couple of weeks ago, president putin had to do something. he had to respond. the last thing he wanted to be is look vulnerable, weak. so he launched these missile strikes and now these commentators, they are over the moon. one of them said on telegram that these are "beautiful air strikes "on kyiv and across ukraine." "and what would make them even more beautiful is if they went on "for a week or two." so that's the attitude that we're seeing. it's absolutely clear to me from the looking at the various sites where these things had landed, there was no accuracy at all. these attacks are pretty pointless if they're not targeted. well, ther

. >> reporter: vitali klitschko is the mayor of kyiv, a former world heavyweight champion and a symbol of ukraine's resistance. >> they tried to destroy our critical infrastructure. they want to make our citizens freezing in the winter, without heating, without electricity, water. >> reporter: he's talking about this, a new wave of russian strikes that ukraine stays has targeted 45 energy facilities, destroying 30% of its power stations in just over a week. the government's warned of rolling blackouts as the frigid winter approaches. yet the people of this nation appear as stoic as ever. kyiv's subway has served as a bomb shelter for civilians during russian attacks. but this morning, we found it packed with busy commuters getting on with life in the face of a vicious invasion. >> we will win soon. >> it's our dream. it must come true. >> reporter: this is the javelin antitank missile. >> yes. >> reporter: mayor klitschko says president pint's strategy is backfiring. >> our people are angry. it's our future. it's our home. >> reporter: they're making you more determined. >> it's true.

the message contained vitalis military documents . they demanded a 100000 roubles. they wrote the card number where to send the money to and said that there were just 24 hours to fulfill all the conditions. then vitale would return home, safe and sound. we didn't reply at all. all the messages were deleted after that. but i managed to take screenshots both sergey and vitale are confident that it was ukrainian soldiers trying to make a quick buck because the message was received just 2 days after he was captured, sergei decided not to act on their parent threats. bob, self knowledgeable people said that no money should be sent, that it would simply be a waste, and no one would return any one than the account would just be deleted and we wouldn't know anything about it. the ukrainian military has been accused on multiple occasions of inhumane treatments of capture of russian soldiers, including multiple witness accounts, saying they manes and even killed prisoners of war. the black mailing of relatives and friends of the captives has become another regular affair. acc

i asked vitaly shevchenko, russia editor for bbc monitoring. as we've seen over the past week or so, russia has switched to using long—range ballistic missiles to target cities across ukraine, and also drones, for example, iranian drones, which russia has rebranded and started using against ukraine, but also domestically in russia after the bridge linking crimea, annexed crimea, and russia, after it was hit a couple of weeks ago, president putin had to do something. he had to respond. the last thing he wanted to be is look vulnerable, weak. so he launched these missile strikes and now these commentators, they are over the moon. one of them said on telegram that these are "beautiful air strikes on kyiv and across ukraine." "and what would make them even more beautiful is if they went on for a week or two." so that's the attitude that we're seeing. it's absolutely clear to me from looking at the various sites where these things had landed, there was no accuracy at all. these attacks are pretty pointless if they're not targeted. well, there can

kyiv's mayor, vitali kiltschko, called russia a terrorist state. >> reporter: ukraine says it shot down some of the drones today-- this video appears to show ukrainian police officers making a successful hit-- but they're small and apparently difficult to track on radar. they're also cheap, some reportedly selling for around $20,000 each. the u.s. says iran has agreed to provide hundreds of drones to russia for use in ukraine, but iran denies it. on the weekend, russia blamed ukraine for strikes that injured civilians in the city of belgorod, which is just over the border. one of the drones in this morning's attack appeared to have "for belgorod" inscribed on it, apparently an act of retaliation. ukraine's president, volodymyr zelenskyy, claims russia made an even bigger order from iran, putting the figure at nearly 2,500 suicide drones. we can't independently verify that, but if it's true, it could have a significant impact on the course of this war. norah. >> o'donnell: yeah, frightening, indeed. holly williams, thank you. back here at home, a blast of bitterly cold air is moving acro

. >> reporter: vitali klitschko is the mayor of kyiv, a former world heavyweight champion and a symbol of ukraine's resistance. >> they tried to destroy our critical infrastructure. they want to make our citizens freezing in the winter, without heating, without electricity, water. >> reporter: he's talking about this: a new wave of russian strikes that ukraine stays has targeted 45 energy facilities, destroying 30% of its power stations in just over a week. the government's warned of rolling blackouts as the frigid winter approaches. yet the people of this nation appear as stoic as ever. kyiv's subway has served as a bomb shelter for civilians during russian attacks. but this morning, we found it packed with busy commuters getting on with life in the face of a vicious invasion. >> we will win soon. >> it's our dream. it must come true. >> reporter: this is the javelin anti-tank missile? >> yes. >> reporter: mayor klitschko says vladimir putin's strategy is backfiring. >> our people are angry. it's our future. it's our home. >> reporter: they're making you more determined. >> it's true.

the message contained vitalis military documents . they demanded a 100000 roubles. they wrote the card number where to send the money to and said that there were just 24 hours to fulfill all the conditions. then vitale would return home, safe and sound. we didn't reply at all. all the messages were deleted after that. but i managed to take screenshots both sergey and vitale are confident that it was ukrainian soldiers trying to make a quick buck because the message was received just 2 days after he was captured, sergei decided not to act on their parent threats. bob, self knowledgeable people said that no money should be sent, that it would simply be a waste, and no one would return any one than the account would just be deleted. and we wouldn't know anything about the ukraine, and military has been accused on multiple occasions of inhumane treatments of capture of russian soldiers, including multiple witness accounts, saying they manes and even killed prisoners of war. the black mailing of relatives and friends of the captives has become another regular affair, acc

the mayor of t vitaly cliff cove says that 3 people were killed as a result of those strikes on a power plant. that was one of the facilities that was hit and destiny and ski 3 people were killed. they were all employed by that power plant. also there were strikes that happened in gentlemen that to city neighboring kiva where water and electricity is out. there's also strikes that happened in denise pro and also in her here. let me talk a little bit more for a moment about keith and about the destiny on school district. we were out there a little bit earlier, or we could not access the power plant that was hit. but we did speak to residence there who were without water and power. and it really just went to show just how tough things are right now. in ukraine. police in denmark say damage to 2 major gas pipelines that run from russia to europe was caused by powerful blasts. the investigating the case is an act of sabotage. under water footage, released on tuesday shows a section of at least 50 meters missing from the north stream. one pipeline is believed to be the 1st publicly released

the message contained vitalis military documents . they demanded a 100000 roubles. they wrote the card number where to send the money to and said that there were just 24 hours to fulfill all the conditions. then vitale would return home, safe and sound. we didn't reply at all. all the messages were deleted after that. but i managed to take screenshots both sergey and vitale are confident that it was ukrainian soldiers trying to make a quick buck because the message was received just 2 days after he was captured, sergey decided not to act on their parents. threats of self knowledgeable people said that no money should be sent, that it would simply be a waste and no one would return any one than the account would just be deleted and we wouldn't know anything about it. the ukrainian military has been accused on multiple occasions of inhumane treatments of capture of russian soldiers, including multiple witness accounts, saying they manes and even killed prisoners of war. the black mailing of relatives and friends of the captives has become another regular affair. accor

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kyiv's mayor, vitali kiltschko, called russia a terrorist state. >> killed a lot of people, civilians, unguilty people. and that's why it's a terror attack. >> reporter: ukraine says it shot down some of the drones today. this video appears to show ukrainian police officers making a successful hit, but they're small and apparently difficult to track on radar. they're also cheap, some reportedly selling for around $20,000 each. the u.s. says iran has agreed to provide hundreds of drones to russia for use in ukraine, but iran denies it. on the weekend, russia blamed ukraine for strikes that injured civilians in the city of belgorod, which is just over the border. one of the drones in this morning's attack appeared to have "for belgorod" inscribed on it, apparently an act of retaliation. ukraine's president, volodymyr zelenskyy, claims russia made an even bigger order from iran, putting the figure at nearly 2,500 suicide drones. we can't independently verify that, but if it's true it could have a significant impact on the course of this war. norah. >> o'donnell: frightening, indeed. holl

the message contained vitalis military documents . they demanded a 100000 roubles. they wrote the card number where to send the money to and said that there were just 24 hours to fulfill all the conditions. then vitale would return home, safe and sound. we didn't reply at all. all the messages were deleted after that. but i managed to take screenshots both sergey and vitale are confident that it was ukrainian soldiers trying to make a quick buck because the message was received just 2 days after he was captured, sergey decided not to act on their parent threats. bob, so knowledgeable people said that no money should be sent, that it would simply be a waste, and no one would return any one than the account would just be deleted and we wouldn't know anything about it. the ukrainian military has been accused on multiple occasions of inhumane treatments of capture of russian soldiers, including multiple witness accounts, saying they main than even killed prisoners of war. the black mailing of relatives and friends of the captives has become another regular affair. accor

the message contained vitalis military documents . they demanded a 100000 roubles. they wrote the card number where to send the money to and said that there were just 24 hours to fulfill all the conditions. then vitale would return home, safe and sound. we didn't reply.

the mayor of t vitaly cliff cove says it 3 people were killed as a result of those strikes on a power plant. that was one of the facilities that was hit in destiny on ski. 3 people were killed, they were all employed by that power plant. also there were strikes that happened in j, tamir that to city neighboring kiva, where water and electricity is out. there's also strikes had happened in denise pro and also in her here. let me talk a little bit more for a moment about keith and about the destiny ascii district. we were out there a little bit earlier and we could not access the power plant that was hit. but we did speak to residence there who were without water and power. and it really just went to show just how tough things are right now. in ukraine. the united nation says the 1st color outbreak to hit lebanon in nearly 3 decades is getting worse. infections almost doubled in the last 24 hours to $89.00. 3 people have died. santa quota is in the a car, refugee camp in northern lebanon were the 1st cases were detected. there is little safe water in syrian refugee camps, like this one.

the host of that is vitaly shevchenko, and he's reflecting on the destruction in his hometown of zaporizhzhia. it's obviously something that, you know, a lot of us have been following, but that is really worth a listen. so, that's on bbc sounds at the moment, if you want to take a bit of time to have a listen to that. but from us at newscast, that's it. thank you and goodbye. bye— bye. bye. newscast. newscast from the bbc. hello. the weather's been very changeable through the week, but this weekend, for many of us, it's looking fine. lots of sunshine on the way. rain clears the south—east this evening. that's the weather front that swept across the country today and brought some very heavy rain and gusty winds. by the end of the night, it's clear in most places. however, a few showers and a brisk wind still affect western parts of the country. five degrees in many towns and cities first thing on saturday, so quite a chilly start. high pressure is in charge of the weather, so light winds, fairweather cloud building up. that's pretty much it. perhaps a few more showers there in western scot

the host of that is vitaly shevchenko, and he's reflecting on the destruction in his hometown of zaporizhzhia. it's obviously something that, you know, a lot of us have been following, but that is really worth a listen. so that's on bbc sounds at the moment, if you want to take a bit of time to have a listen to that. but from us at newscast, that's it. thank you and goodbye. bye— bye. bye. newscast. newscast from the bbc. hello there. the unsettled theme is lasting through the end of the week, but into the weekend it looks like high pressure will build in to settle things down for many of us, though. more wet and windy weather will arrive across the north and the west of the country during sunday. friday, though, is another windy day with sunshine and blustery showers. could even see a spell of rain associated with this weather front, which will spread southwards across england and wales through the course of the day. some of this rain could be quite heavy and squally for a short time, maybe some rumbles of thunder with it as it continues to advance southwards. ahead of it, the odd shower,