this community safe? reporter: the mayor leading the meeting at times speaking through a bullhorn to answer questions from distressed residents still worried about returning to their homes despite evacuation orders being lifted last week. the railroad did us wrong. so far they ve worked with us and they re fixing it. but if that stops i will guarantee you i will be the first one in line to fight them. reporter: as many residents are demanding more testing of air, water and soil. we re not going to stop the testing until you re satisfied. that s when the testing stops. reporter: not present at this community meeting, norfolk southern, the company that owns the train that derailed sent a statement saying, we have become increasingly concerned about the growing physical threat to our employees. okay. well, if you re afraid that somebody from palestine is going to hurt your employees, what exactly did you do to us? it s not just the absence of norfolk southern tha
russia launched a, quote, massive missile attack overnight. at least 36 missiles according to ukrainian officials. one russian strike demolished an older couple s house in the eastern city of plavorad. a local official described the husband and wife as quiet and friendly. they said they liked to grow grapes. the 79-year-old woman died on the spot. let s bring in cnn s david mckenzie. david, do officials there think this type of assault is going to continue every day until and beyond the one-year mark? reporter: yes, i think the short answer is they do think that, jake. there s been this strike of missiles overnight. most of those, at least half of them, taken down by air defenses here in ukraine. you saw those horrible pictures from east of where i m standing of civilian areas destroyed by those missiles. there s also been very fierce fighting around bakhmut in the eastern zone of this fight. a ukrainian officials say they are fighting hard there, digging in, that the russians are ge