attacks rained down on several cities around ukraine today, as russia continues to pummel that country with aerial attacks following their humiliating retreat from kherson. the strikes once again targeted energy facilities in cities like kyiv and lviv, leaving much of the country of ukraine without power or water. civilian residential targets were also hit, including a high rise building in the capital city. that s according to local media. three people have died and several more were injured. this new round of attacks comes one day after russian air strikes hit a maternity ward in the southern part of the country near zaporizhzhia, killing a newborn baby. joining us, our friend igor novokov, former adviser to ukraine s president zelenskyy. i feel like you warned us as ukraine had more and more consistent and dramatic success on the battlefield, that it wouldn t matter to the civilian population, because putin s attacks would be so brutal.
remilitarization of ukraine or western military support in case russia breaks its promises again in a swift manner. that could work, potentially. look, president zelenskyy was really clear. saying even 1% of, chance of peace, we should try and take it. and, look. i personally look, i m being a realist and being slightly pessimistic as to the outcomes of those negotiations, because by the looks of it, president putin gone all-in and not ending in ukraine or in europe. so when it comes to these negotiations, these discussions, igor, the washington post reports mixed signals from ukraine s president and his aides, leaving the west confused about his end game. zelenskyy has said ukraine wants peace, but not at any court and vows to fight russia at any cost necessary. same time, progress negotiates with russia. is this mixed messaging or is it
reporter: i have to tell you, alex, i ve covered the white house on and off since 2012 and never seen a foreign trip pulled together as quickly as this one has and in fact president biden schedule very much a work in progress including whether he will travel to an additional country, possibly one of ukraine s neighbors dealing with that refugee influx as well as their own safety concerns about russia, but one country he will not be visiting is ukraine according to jen psaki saying the trip is designed to show support for ukraine and unity against russia, but that a trip to ukraine is not in the cards for the president given the security considerations on the ground right now. right. jen put it out today. not ukraine on this trip. thank you, josh letterman from brussels. joining me now, igor novokov. turkey s foreign minister said that russian and ukraine nearing