to join the fight. ukraine will need all the material support it can get a correspondent young philip schultz is in keith. i asked him about president zalinski, claiming he has no doubts that it was not ukraine's miss are saying he bases his conclusion on reports from the ukrainian military. well, i think if we look carefully at the statements since the incident happened, we see a slow shift there at the very beginning. the official statement was it was a russian missile and everything else is basically a conspiracy theory. in the afternoon, president lensky said that he still doesn't have any doubt that ukraine doesn't have anything to do with it. and so the secretary of the security council sat there . there is no evidence supporting the 1st investigation results. but in the later evening, president zalinski statements for changed a little bit. he was still speaking about russian aggression crossing the border, but in a more general way. and he was more focusing on his demand that the all investigation results have to be transparent and that ukrainian specialists have to be involved in the

the fight, he crane will need all the material support it can get and are corresponded. yana philips schultz is joining us now from here. and so regarding this incident of the missile in poland, we now have nato and poland saying this looks like it was ukraine, acting in self defense of residence. zalinski is still pointing the finger at russia. what are we to make of that? i think the fact that it was probably an accident caused by ukrainian adie fence is not that damaging for ukraine. every one in western countries and especially in poland, which is directly affected, agrees that the ultimate responsibility is with the russia. without that invasion. none of this would have happened, but what surprises sir some observer sir, is the harsh rhetoric from the ukrainian side, especially the absolute denial that it might have anything to do with the ukrainian forces. but if we look carefully at the statement, i think we're seeing a slow shift there in his latest remark, sir, president says lensky air has sir, changed the wording a bit. he is speaking about russian aggression. crossing the border

. >> following today's strikes, philip schultz want to want straight on the outskirts of kyiv that was by a missile. reporter: at least three people died in the street behind me, just outside the city of kyiv, when a missile hit the place in the afternoon. local residents we have talked to were still under shock. there's no running water or electricity. there are power cuts and water cuts all over the capital of kyiv and many other cities in ukraine. the mayor of kyiv said important infrastructure was hit but did not want to go into any details. what is for sure is that is another massive wave of russian missiles on ukraine. another very dark day for the country, as attacks on the civilian infrastructure continue. reporter: -- >> our correspondent also is in kyiv, giving us these details on the russian strikes. reporter: this really was a big deal. one of the biggest attacks of the last mth, month and a half, where russia has discovered it is not able to do a lot to push ukraine back on the battlefield, instead attacking the big cities, attacking civilian infrastructure, power, water,

and we have young philip schultz in care of earlier, i asked him why president zalinski was still blaming russia. i think the fact that it was probably an accident caused by ukrainian adie fence is not that damaging for ukraine. every one in western countries and especially in poland, which is directly affected, agrees that the ultimate responsibility is with the russia without their invasion. none of this would have happened. but what surprises so some observer sir, is the harsh rhetoric from the ukrainian side, especially the absolute denial that it might have anything to do with the ukrainian forces. but if we look carefully at the statements, i think we're seeing a slow shift there in his latest remark, sir, president says lensky air has served, changed the wording a bit. he is speaking about russian aggression. crossing the border in a more general way now. and he focuses on the demands that the ukrainians should be part of the team or that carries out the investigation at the moment. and i think this is something that polish officials might be willing to meet him. now this of course

nicole: our correspondent, philip schultz, is near the front line, sending us this update.eporter: with the message wave of missile -- massive wave of missile attacks across ukraine, it is almost sometimes forgotten that fierce fighting continues on the front lines in the east. here in the eastern part of the region, very close to the russian border, soldiers are getting ready for the beginning of winter and all the challenges it brings with it. temperatures can drop to -30, -32° in the coming weeks. most soldiers say this will probably mean that the battles get less dynamic, but nobody thinks the fighting will stop anytime soon. nicole: power outages across ukraine are taking their toll on both troops and civilians. joe c. is a national security expert and former u.s. government advisor. earlier i asked him how effective russian's strategy of targeting ukraine's energy grid is likely to be. >> it is very effective at its objective, to terrorized into punish the ukrainian people. it does not appear to be effective and the overall russian goal of breakg the will of the ukrai