♪ hello and welcome to our viewers joining us in the united states and all around the world, i'm max foster. breaking news out of the of ukraine. authorities are reporting multiple missile and rocket attacks across the country, including in the capitol kyiv. cnn team heard at least six blasts in kyiv so far. officials are reporting at least five dead and 12 wounded in the capital so far, but a wave of attacks is being reported across ukraine. including the cities of lviv and kharkiv. one explosion in kyiv appears to

destroy a children's playground. ukrainian official posted this picture showing a large crater at the site. all comes after russia suffered a humiliating blow when an explosion damaged a bridge to crimea. president vladimir putin blamed ukraine for that blast, calling it a terror attack. we'll go to first fred pleitgen live at the scene for us in kyiv. fred? >> reporter: hi there, max. the scene of one of these explosions -- we had a rude awakening when we had massive explosions we heard i would say at around 8:15 local time, which is 1:15 on the east coast of the united states. multiple places were obviously hit. i'm at the scene of one of these explosions. you can see behind me there's people sort of working that scene over there. there's several buildings that were damaged around this area. you can see several cars there also severely damage there as well. those cars burned out. the latest that we have from the authorities here in kyiv so far,

it's always important to point out, max, that this is an on going situation, the authorities say. they say they expect further strikes could happen. they're urging people to stay indoors. they're urging people to get into shelters. the subway stations have been turned into shelters. 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 city since the early morning hours. again, the authorities here are saying this is an on going situation so they are urging people to be very, very careful. and having driven around the city, i can tell you there's not much traffic right now. people do seem to be heeding that warning. >> life has been normal in the capital, hasn't it n recent months. this is the first attack of its kind in months? >> reporter: yeah, exactly. that's also one of the things that makes it so dangerous. you're right, max. it has been fairly quiet here in the ukrainian capital. you're right. over the past couple of months. it really has gotten a lot more quiet since the ukrainians managed to push the russian military back here in april, you know, before that they had obviously been literally on the

doorsteps of kyiv. but they managed to push them back. they have been pushing them back in other locations as well. and so strikes like these have become rare. i think one of the other things that's also definitely contributed to that as well, has been the fact that the ukrainians since then have gotten a massive upgrade in their air defense system. they have old soviet era systems but have gotten new systems from the united states, from countries like germany as well that has helped them to intercept a lot of rockets. make no mistake, it's happening here now. but there have been long distance strikes. look at the town of zaporizhzhia over the weekend and week before, 43 people were killed there alone. now it seems as though there is a full on rocket and missile attack on this entire country. if you listen to what authorities are saying, talking about western ukrainian cities like lviv, where there seem to be power outages as a result of strikes there. then you have the city of dnipro in the center and other cities

as well. so certainly right now ukraine is bracing for a full-on attack by the russians. and you know, we had a statement this morning already from volodymyr zelenskyy saying the russians are trying to annihilate the ukrainians at this point in time, max. >> fred, thank you. salma, of course this follows the attack on the bridge which the ukrainians haven't claimed, but they haven't denied it either. so what do we read into this from the russian perspective? what are they responding to here? >> there's a few things to notice here. first of all, as you heard from fred, these are parts of the country that have not seen these types of attacks in months. and to hit those areas the kremlin has to use its long range capabilities. there's always a message in that. there's always a reminder in that which is that moscow can hit ukraine anywhere, any time. right? they have air defense systems, but those are not foolproof. that means missiles will land on a playground in kyiv. you can imagine how that sends shock waves through the families

who have enjoyed this relative safety for so long who are now sheltering in metro stations, sheltering in bomb basements, something they haven't really seen in months again, reminiscent of the beginning of the conflict. so that reminder that the kremlin can hit you anywhere, any time. it's indiscriminate attack. these are not according to ukrainian officials, these are not military sites. and make no doubt about it, the attack on the bridge, that is a personal affront to president putin. the bridge is already being restored. traffic has resumed but that insult -- >> because he opened it and it's a russian project? >> it's a russian project. this is president putin's personal project, not just a russian project. all the way down to the illegal annexation to crimea, that bridge being built to connect to mainland russia, one analyst described it as a wedding band between occupied crimea and russia. so to strike at the heart of that, and then the other part here to remember, there's a

serious security gap here, max. this is a russian-controlled bridge. access should have been tightly held. the saboteurs, ukrainians not claiming responsibility, have been able to show a security vulnerability for the kremlin. that is concerning. president putin today will be meeting with his security council. he already called this attack a terrorist attack. we see missiles raining down on ukraine. you can expect when that meeting takes place, they're still discussing how to respond to this. they're discussing how to secure this bridge. they're going to discuss how to save face, max. >> salma, we have the director of the yur ray sha democracy initiative joining me from kyiv. thank you for joining us. this security council meetings in moscow do happen, but it's obviously a huge amount of attention on them today. how much concern is there in ukraine about what might come out of it after these attacks? >> well, obviously the ukrainian

president has appealed to all ukrainians saying that more attacks are coming, just like your colleague just noted. the crimean bridge had a lot of putin's personal, political capital invested in it. it was his greatest propaganda project. he launched it in 2018. so, this was -- it came a day after his 70th anniversary. so, this was a huge blow. and, you know, putin he's accolades started demanding that a response be severe, otherwise we'll lose face. otherwise people will see weakness in us. so, this -- 47 rockets so far, half an hour ago three rockets landed right behind my house, you know. the windows shook. i'm sitting here in my office away from windows, but you know, we are in for a very tough days or maybe weeks ahead of us.

>> salma was talking how unsettling this is for kyiv because it's been relatively stable there, hasn't it? this image that we're looking at of a playground being bombed, just the messaging that comes out of it, away from all the casualties is very powerful, isn't it? it's very unsettling. >> it's very unsettling. the kremlin obviously is claiming that the bridge was itself a civilian object, so this would be fair game even though the bridge was a logistic -- that was the artery which connected russia with the crimea and all the military supplies traveled across that bridge to feed russia's war against ukraine. so, obviously it's not -- cannot be compared. the playground you mentioned, my kids played there from itty bitty, all their lives. this is a very, very disturbing and emotional and personal situation. and that whole area where the craters are, it's a few minutes

away from me. it was an intersection, the busiest time of day when people were going to work. to my knowledge, there were no military installations, objects, buildings or anything. >> we heard about how the russians are really on the back foot and running out of resources and moral is low, according to intelligence coming out from the west and from ukraine. but this is also a very clear message that they still have strength? >> they do still have strength, but i think it's an indication also of just how cornered president putin feels at this time. just think of that list of pressures me has on him. thousands of square miles of territory lost to a ukrainian counterstrike offensive in recent weeks. pressure at home after the call of a partial mobilization sent tens of thousands of russians literally fleeing for the border, getting out of the country as fast as they can. pressure from within from his own allies, from his own strong men, from people within his inner circle saying how are we

facing these battlefield losses on the ground? what are we going to do about them and this humiliating strike over the weekend on the bridge that is president putin on the back foot, president putin in the corner and analysts will tell you, that is when you are supposed to be most scared of president putin. i'll bring this up, the threat of nuclear disaster that is nowhere on the agenda, western officials say russia is not preparing for that. but remember president putin has threatened that time and time again. i will not hesitate to use nuclear weapons. how far will he take this? what does it look like to save face? >> peter, when we look back at a lot of putin's pronunciations throughout this whole process, he said he's not going to do one thing and he does. how concerned should we be about these tactical nuclear weapons being activated at some point? >> well, this is the ironic situation when he says something, he will not do and he does it, he is, in fact, saying that he will use the nuclear weapons. so, the logic would be that he

is for now considering them to be more useful to himself as ways to pressure first of all the west, western countries, the biden administration from pressure to stop, to quit support to ukraine. ukrainian officials are arguing quite the opposite. our main general, the commander of the troops has appealed to the west to provide ukraine with long range attack missiles, army tactical missiles that can strike deep into the territory of russia. for now, even despite the fleeing of hundreds of thousands of russians, russians ordinary russians are not feeling the brunt of the war the way ukrainians are. and so our military brass, our officials are arguing that, you know, for that to change, russians need to feel what this war is all about. and for now, it's a very lopsided situation. and so the ukrainians are arguing that that has to change. >> peter, also salma, thank you

both for your perspectives. we'll keep an eye on all the further developments. a top white house official is trying to down play fear of a nuclear attack from russia, though, just days ago. president joe biden warned of a potential nuclear armageddon at a democratic fundraising event, but john kirby said those remarks were not based on new intelligence. cnn's arlette saenz has more from washington. >> reporter: the white house continues to face questions about president biden's recent comments on the prospect of nuclear armageddon in a fundraiser earlier last week, the president said that the possibility of the use of nuclear weapons is at its highest point since the cuban missile crisis 60 years ago. now, national security council spokesperson john kirby was asked once again about the president's comments on sunday morning. and he said while there is no imminent threat, no new intelligence that suggests russian president vladimir putin has decided to use nuclear

weapons, the president's comments, he argued, simply speak to the reality and the gravity with which they're viewing the situation. >> his comments were not based on new or fresh intelligence or new indications that mr. putin has made a decision to use nuclear weapons. and quite frankly, we don't have any indication that he has made that kind of decision. the president was reflecting was that the stakes are high right now given what's going on on the battlefield in ukraine and given the very irresponsible and reckless comments made by vladimir putin in just the last few days. now, look, he's also said we're not going to be intimidated, neither we nor our al lice will be intimidated by this. and we're going to continue to provide support and security assistance to ukraine as is necessary. >> reporter: in that same democratic fundraiser earlier in the week, president biden also publicly mused about whether there's an off ramp for putin. kirby was asked about those comments, and he did not outline any exact options that the u.s. is considering to try to diffuse

the situation, but argued that it is ultimately up to putin to deescalate and end this war. now, while russia and ukraine remain top of mind for president biden, he is also preparing to travel out west this week. first he'll be making a stop in colorado on wednesday where he's expected to announce a new national monument. the president will designate camp hail which was a world war ii training ground high up in the rocky mountains as a national monument which would essentially protect it from development. after colorado, the president will also be making stops out in california and also in oregon. arlette saenz, cnn, the white house. >> let's bring you the breaking news out of ukraine. update where president zelenskyy says russia is trying to ani lite the country with a wave of attacks in city after city. this powerful blast destroyed a roadway in kyiv. attacks are being reported from lviv in the west to kharkiv in the northeast and zaporizhzhia in the south as well.

one of the explosions in kyiv appears to have destroyed a children's playground, according to a ukrainian official who posted this picture showing a large crater at the site. official says at least five civilians are dead and 12 injured in the capital. the city says train traffic on all subway lines has been suspended as underground stations are being used as shelters. anti-government protests continue in iran, meanwhile, despite a rising death toll. we'll have the latest on the fight for women's rights there. and just ahead, former president donald trump takes to the campaign trail, showing support for some of his favorite candidates in the midterm elections in arizona. the interest was costing me... well, us... a fortune. no matter how much we e paid it was always just... there. you know? so, i broke up with my b bad student loan debt and refinanced with sofi. turns out we could save thousands. break up with bad student loan debt and refi with sofi. you could save thousands and pay no fees.

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♪ we want to recap the breaking news out of ukraine where president zelenskyy says russia is trying to annihilate the country with a wave of attacks in city after city. this powerful blast destroyed a bridge in kyiv. attacks have been reported from lviv in the west to kharkiv in the northeast and zaporizhzhia in the south. one of the explosions in kyiv appears to have destroyed a children's playground. that's according to a ukrainian official who posted this picture showing a large crater at the

site. an official says at least five civilians are dead and 12 injured in the capital. train traffic on all subway lines has been suspended as underground stations are being used as shelter. we're going to continue to bring you breaking developments on this story as they come in. now north korea claims the missile it launched over japan last week was a new type of intermediate range ballistic weapon, this as japan and south korea say the kingdom fired off a pair of ballistic missiles on sunday, the late nest a spade of launches in the past two weeks. we're joined by kristie lu stout who is live for us in hong kong. what do you make of the latest movements there? >> reporter: yeah, and also the latest comments we're hearing from north korean state run media reporting that the leader himself, kim jong-un, personally guided these recent weeks of missile tests and military drills all in response to the large scale military drills conducted by the u.s. and its ally in the region south korea. we want to show you these

photographs that were released earlier today by north korean newspaper. in these photographs you see -- and they apparently chronicled the last two weeks of missile tests and kim jong-un is in charge. he is pointing. he is providing field guidance. he is viewing these missile launches from a distance and they say that north korea is very confident about its capabilities right now. i want to bring up a quote from kcna, quote, the effectiveness and practical combat are fully demonstrated it shows completely ready to hit and destroy targets from any time from any location, unquote. kcna also add what had we believe is a very chilling detail saying that during a military drill that took place on september 28th, they were practicing how to, quote, neutralize some airports in south korea. kcna quoted the leader himself saying that kim jong-un is in no mood for negotiations or talks. let's bring up the quote for you. according to kim jong-un, he said this even though the enemy

continues to talk about dialogue and negotiations, we do not have anything to talk about nor do we feel the need to do so, unquote. as we have been reporting, north korea has been carrying out a flurry of missile tests over the last two weeks, seven missile tests including yesterday's early morning missile test in which they fired two missiles, last tuesday they fired a missile over japan, the first such test since 2017. this year north korea has fired more missiles than most -- the heist number of missiles since 2011, that was when kim jong-un assumed power. we continue to watch the situation especially as concern grows about whether or not north korea will conduct a nuclear test, if so, that would be the first since 2017 and we remember what happened then. back to you. >> absolutely. thank you. now the u.s. is now less than a month away from critical midterm eleks, hot topic issues like abortion rights and the economy will be top of mind for voters as they decide who to

pick in the state's local elections. this time of year is also a test to see where president joe biden stands with voters even though he's not officially on the ballot. in cnn's poll to polls which tracks five mayor national polls mr. biden's approval rating is low. it stands at 39%. 52% disapprove of the job he's doing as president. this is not a strong position for the democratic party obviously. and that has some democratic candidates distancing themselves from the president as they campaign. former president donald trump was in arizona on sunday, which is already shaping up to be a key battleground state for the next presidential election. arizona is also the state where trump's 2020 election deniers have been gaining momentum. one of the more hotly-contested races in arizona is the race for the senate. democratic senator mark kelly is narrowly leading trump-backed republican candidate blake masters in the polls.

>> we the people are waking up. we saw what successful leadership looks like. looks a lot like president trump. [ cheers and applause ]. >> and now we see everyday what failed democrat leadership looks like. and so the choice is clear, president trump saved this country once, i can't wait to see him do it again. what do you think? >> record low inflation, our 401(k)s looked great. i talked to a neighbor who lost a third of his retirement savings since joe biden took office. we were doing great. our kids were safe because our streets were safe. he supported the police. we had great times under president trump. for those no-nothing consultants and the media i want to show you what it looks like when i step away from president trump. >> that was another trump favorite candidate lake running for governor of arizona against democrat katie hobbs, the

current arizona secretary of state. lake is a former news anchor who often repeats the trump lie that the 2020 election was stole b. protesters filled the streets of iran this weekend calling for change. those are students in northern iran on sunday chanting freedom, freedom. just one of many demonstrations across the country. iranians are demanding justice for the death of four young women over recent weeks. and people around the world have been demonstrating solidarity with the protesters. this as human rights groups report multiple depths over the weekend. nada bashir joins me now. again, this incredible sign of strength from these young people, willing to risk their lives. shows how this just isn't going away for the regime, though. >> reporter: absolutely. the regime has been trying to crack down to these protesters to no avail. we are seeing these nonstragss taking place up and down the country, gaining momentum and just over the weekend, we saw in

the cities, demonstrations particularly where social media video emerged showing what appears to be quite heavy clashes in this city. we have heard from one human rights organization based in iran, which it says has documented at least four people being killed across those two cities at the hands of the iranian security forces after they alleged the security forces opened fire on demonstrators. that is the concern now because as we see these protests gain momentum and continue across the country, we are seeing that crackdown intensify. we have heard from human rights watch and amnesty international detailing what they described as the use of excessive and lethal force against protesters, this is tear gas, metal pellets, beatings and as we have seen live fire ammunition used against peaceful protesters. while it is quite difficult to verify the total death toll at this starge, we heard one human rights organization, they say the death toll they tallied has

now reached at least 185 people, including 19 children killed over the course of these protests. that is the key because, of course, we are seeing young people taking part in these demonstrations. university students and schoolgirls taking that defiant approach, schoolgirls lived their entire lives under this restrictive measures placed by the iranian regime on women's rights including the mandatory head scarf. yet they are bravely defying those restrictions. so this is gaining momentum. and it is actually broadening now while still being driven by women and girls across the country and the issue of women's rights. it's also now encompassing wide reaching grievances held by the iranian people and state tv being hacked over the weekend. >> as long as we get the video the story is being told but they're trying to cap down on that. thank you. developments out of ukraine, a series of attacks across the

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♪ welcome back to cnn "newsroom," i'm max foster. if you're just joining us, according to ukrainian officials, a series of russian strikes have hit several cities across ukraine, including the capital of kyiv. one of the explosions reportedly destroyed a children's playground. and officials say at least five people are dead and 12 injured in the strikes in kyiv. ukraine's president volodymyr zelenskyy says russia is trying to annihilate the country with a wave of attacks. what was it like there when you

heard these strikes? >> we probably should understand that it's really a significant day because we're speaking not just about the multiple attacks on kyiv but the capital, but the hundreds of rockets sent from the black sea and the attack is on going all over the country. to the capital, to the cities like d knee pro, zaporizhzhia, other bigger towns including the towns in western ukraine. what we do know now about the first attack wh ch you mentioned is the very center of kyiv with the university where what we understand so far there are five people killed, there are more casualties, but the attacks are on going. their aim is the first infrastructure. we know that in some of the towns there are no light and electricity. in my area where i am, there was

also the attack -- it's a big city, so it doesn't mean that everybody heard it. so for instance, there was a drop of electricity for five, ten minutes. that's not something significant but the problem it's on going. and of course as we understand the second goal is, of course, to terrorize the people because the most targets, the most places where rockets are falling, there could be various civilian areas. the park and residential area but the point that because it's happening all over the country, of course it's pretty scary. there is a general call to stay in the basement for the whole day. again, i have to stress, it's one of the major -- if it's not even the deadliest, but it's one of the major attack of this scale during the whole war on the civilian, residential areas or all over the country. >> seeing there a ukrainian bridge being blown up, but this is widely regarded as a response

for the russian bridge that the ukrainians accused of blowing up a few days ago. >> so, it's weird for me to comment because the bridge which was blown up, it's a pedestrian glass bridge, a short bridge, in the park in kyiv which sounds a bit silly as retaliation but the problem with the russian attacks, it's true that part of them are targeting the civilian infrastructure. first of all, the electric power station. but, of course we know already the experience of the last months is russian attacks and rockets are extremely unprecise. so now this is one of the first really full scale attack on the center of the ukrainian capital. and, yes, it's getting to a weird place. it's like i don't know, like the parks. building near the university, a museum, building where 100 years it was ukrainian parliament but

of course there is damage, there are people who might die. things are unrolling. we know that, you know, everybody should go to the basement, everybody should go to the subway stations and ukrainians are deep there serving as places to hide. but of course the emergency services are working. >> reminder that the russian military does have significant power, too, as well off the back of this narrative that we've been learning about that they're under huge amounts of pressure and moral is low, they're showing they can still strike at the very heart of the capital. >> yes, it's true. but the general sentiment is the russians are retreating and they are losing in the battlefield, in the south. village by village is retaken, but this is a real military theater where ukrainians are gaining. these attacks, of course, have strong emotional toll, but what i understand, you know, for the last couple of hours talking to

all my colleagues, journalists, anybody all over the country, it doesn't bring any military gain for russia apart from ukrainian being more defiant. so that is the paradox of this attack. and a sign that ukrainians will think, okay, there's another person killed. should we surrender for this? because military wise, this is really cruel attack but largely on the civilian targets with no real understanding where they -- where the bombs are falling. >> natalie, thank you very much indeed for joining us. and stay safe. now, meanwhile, authorities in israel have been searching for a gunman who carried out a deadly attack in east jerusalem. the suspect opened fire at a military check point on saturday and killed at least one israeli soldier. it happened after israeli forces killed at least four palestinians over the weekend. let's go to had das gold live

from jerusalem. what more have we learned? >> reporter: max, this is the latest in a surge of violence that this region has not seen levels of in years, since at least 2015. what we understand is that a military check point northeast jerusalem near the refugee camp, an area that is relatively quiet, we don't see as many clashes or attacks as we might see in other regions of jerusalem and surveillance video we have seen a man seems to go up to a group of soldiers and shoot at them point blank. israeli officials say an 18-year-old female soldier was killed and 30-year-old israeli guard is in critical condition after being shot in the head and a man hunt is still under way to try to catch the shooter. now this attack happened after a deadly two days across the west bank where four palestinians were killed. two teenagers were killed during an israeli military raid in the refugee camp. it happened while trying to

arrest an islamic jihadist. when we asked about this situation, they say he was shot after he alleged to have thrown a molotov cocktail at soldiers. this is all happening during what's really been a surge of violence. it feels as though, max, things are so dry, the kindling is so dry it will take one match that will light this entire region on fire. i have to say, max, doesn't feel there's any local political force or any sort of international force that is really doing anything to try to stop this cycle of violence, max. >> absolutely. hadas in jerusalem, thank you. still to come, mozambique threatened by fighters linked to isis. how this could impact the global energy market.

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♪ breaking news out of ukraine this hour. officials are reporting multiple rocket and missile attacks across the country. in the capital kyiv, an official says at least five have been killed and 12 wounded after the apparent russian attacks. this video shows powerful explosion destroying a pedestrian bridge in the city. authorities there have been suspended train services and urging people to stay indoors. now in southern africa, m mozambique is contending with isis fighters. a resource that could drastically change reliance on russian oil. >> reporter: the fight against isis didn't end, it shifted. to ungoverned spaces like this. [speaking non-english] >> reporter: we're embedded with row wan dan security forces in

northern mozambique. battling an isis linked insu insurgency. the tactics are familiar, if unspeakably brutal. to sew terror, burn schools, sew chaos, they displaced nearly 1 million people. it's an extension of islamic state all over the world in a message posted in august. what was it like when they attacked? >> translator: they first came to this area to spread their propaganda. they melted back into the forest and then later attacked. in december, a strategic port town, isis mozambique held the territory for a year. when they find children like this, they say, they took them back to the forest. when they find men like this, they cut off their heads.

the cost of this insurgency is in blood, but also enormous treasure. we're entering the $20 billion natural gas plant. this has the potential to take in at least 100 trillion cubic feet of natural gas. and in a time of global gas insecurity, this is a massive deal. industry analysts say mozambique's offshore natural gas potential could rival russia. as europe phases out russia's gas supply because of the war in ukraine, alternate sources are critical. >> there isn't a soul anywhere here. it's completely empty. >> reporter: the militants attacked, energy giant total declared force, mozambique fearing collapse of control looked elsewhere. 2,000 row wan dan soldiers and police invited by the government took the fight to isis.

later, regional forces joined in. general, what is the chief consideration when dealing with an insurgency like this. >> the first thing you have to do is defeat the insurgency in a military operation. but after that you must try to win hearts and minds. >> reporter: it is still opaque why rwanda answered the call. aid workers and western diplomats praise their professionalism. >> his name is ali. he has high grade fever, as you see. 8.7. >> reporter: the displaced are tentatively moving back, bringing what belongings they can. i heard that there's peace now, so i came home, says benjamin thomas. that peace is fragile. outside of rwanda's zone of control, the killings, the beheadings continue. intelligence sources say the

insurgents have split into smaller cells, now using improvised explosive devices. >> is it not just fixing one area and pushing the problem somewhere else? >> well, you could say that it's natural for the enemy to escape to places with less pressure. but all we need to do is to maintain momentum, follow and pursue. >> reporter: the stakes are extraordinary. and shouldn't be ignored. the window to defeat isis in mozambique before the insurgency involves is likely short. it's a very critical window. and most people i speak to say, max, that the military answer is not the only answer. there needs to be development, schools need to be built. there needs to be a sense from the population that that gas wealth is something that they can actually benefit from. and we've seen that so-called resource curse play out throughout the world and especially in parts of the african continent. but if they can get it right, it

could revolutionize mozambique, this region and energy security around the world. max? >> david mckenzie in johannesburg, thank you. we'll be back in just a moment with the latest update on ukraine. ♪

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♪ officials across ukraine are reporting multiple rocket and missile attacks including in the capital kyiv where the pedestrian bridge has been heavily damaged by powerful explosion. one official says at least five people have been killed in the city and 12 are wounded. the top general in ukraine's military says the russians used missiles, air strikes and dozens of other ways of attacking. now, ukraine's president has blamed russia for the attacks, saying moscow is trying to annihilate his people. we're seeing ukrainian president volodymyr zelenskyy for the first time since russia sent loose a barrage of rocket attacks. russia's goal is to destroy ukraine's energy system and sew chaos, adding there may be temporary power outages now but will never be an interruption in our competence in victory. air defenses are at work and shot down 38 targets and urging ukrainians to stay in shelters but not be afraid. now, for the first time

hurricane ian ravaged -- since hurricane ian ravaged the area, they are looking at the firsthand devastation left behind. >> reporter: ft. myers beach now back open, at least temporarily for residents and business owners to survey the damage. this has been such an emotional day for so many people. we are standing here ft. myers beach and what was a restaurant. you see that red sign there? that was a restaurant owned by a large israeli family. they would serve mediterranean food. they've spent their livelihood pouring into this restaurant. this is what yused to be their restaurant. a bar to get drinks, places to pick up your food. all along here were other small restaurants, other small business owners, everyone they

knew. they took mortgages out on top of their own home mortgages, trying to figure out how to stay afloat, surviving during covid and then now, having to figure out what to do after hurricane ian. i want you to hear from two of the owners as they try to process what's happening and what kind of help may be coming their way. >> right now starting to sink down that everything we worked all our life for and put everything we have into in order to have it up and running is gone. and we see no way out really. fema doesn't help any small businesses. so basically no help there. sba, they offer loans, but we already -- actually we start returning the eidl loan from covid, which we don't know how we'll pay back considering what's going on now. but what they're offering you is to take more loans on top of

that. and when you don't have any income, you know, it's really scary place to be, especially after you invested everything basically you have to have a business. >> i know that we can rebuild the area. i know they're going to do it. ft. myers chambers are strong. they have connection. everybody here we know it's going to get back to normal, like louisiana. it took them a while but after a year you saw tourists coming back. it's going to happen. >> reporter: you heard from those two sisters there. since the storm hit and they haven't been able to come back to see their restaurant here in ft. myers beach, they have been feeding other people at their synagogue, trying to keep their minds off of the destruction but also giving back to the community despite losing nearly everything. take another look. the lower level, the first floor is where all of those restaurants were, sub shop, a

club, a bar, a souvenir shop. if you look up, the rest of the building, that's where you would find another restaurant and a souvenir shop and hotels. rooms where people would come and stay for spring break and for holidays. league tells me this is a place of love for family, a place of light. and she just hopes that they'll be able to come back here one day and rebuild. nadia romero, cnn, ft. myers beach, florida. >> now, if you would like to help people affected by hurricane ian who may be in need of shelter or food or water, go to cnn.com/impact and you'll find several ways you can help there. thank you for joining me here on cnn "newsroom." i'm max foster in london. our breaking news on russia strikes across ukraine continues after the break. ♪

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