those attacks in kyiv. friday, explosions in kyiv and elsewhere this morning two days after putin s bridge to crimea was damaged. reporter: yeah, certainly was a rude awakening for us here in kyiv early in the morning. a little past 8 when the first explosion happened. i ll get out of your way so you can see what s going on here, rescue recovery crews have been working this whole time. right now they re taking away some of the cars that were absolutely mangled by the explosion. we believe the impact crater is where those people are standing around there. you can see that water coming out as well. seems as though the water lines underneath were damaged, the explosions were that strong. there s also one person at least was killed here. we have seen the recovery crews remove at least one body from the scene as we ve been working here throughout the entire morning. in total, the authorities have said that at least five people have been killed, but of course, christine, as you c
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
surveillance video captured the moment that a pedestrian bridge was struck by an explosion and a children s playground was among the sites as well. a crater left feet away from a jungle gym. the mayor of kyiv urging people to stay out of the city, remain in shelters. explosions, reported in other cities as well. and happening now, vladimir putin is holding a meeting with his national security council after declaring an explosion on a key bridge, he called it a terrorist attack orchestrated by ukraine. translator: we have no doubt that this is a terrorist attack aimed at the destruction of the critical infrastructure of the russian federation. and authors, executors and master minds are the secret service of ukraine. ukrainian officials have not claimed responsibility but along with ukrainian civilians they ve been celebrating the explosion on that bridge. many people spotted taking selfies with art work in kyiv showing fiery blasts on the bridge. the kremlin spokesman h
theest eastern city of dnipro and zaporizhzhia as well. officials say at least five people have been killed, at least 12 injured. we re still waiting for more numbers on that. video here, this is a pedestrian bridge in kyiv, a nearby strike damaging it with this explosion here. a missile also hit a children s playground. you can see the crater that it left here. the mayor of kyiv is warning people to shelter in place. this morning the russian president, vladimir putin, held a national security council meeting after accusing ukraine of carrying out a terror attack that damaged that bridge that links russia and russian occupied crimea. take a listen. translator: we have no doubt that this is a terrorist attack aimed at the destruction of the critical infrastructure of the russian federation. and authors, executors and master minds are the secret service of ukraine. ukrainian officials have not claimed responsibility. meanwhile, there is growing concern that russia is gear
crimea which it illegally annexed. it s monday, october 10th. i m brianna keilar with alex marquardt. john berman is off today. officials say ten people have been killed. at least 60 are injured after this wave of missile strikes across the country. you can see all the different areas across the country that have been hit here. video showing an explosion near a pedestrian bridge in kyiv. a playground was also hit. you can see the crater that missile left. the mayor of kyiv is urging people to shelter in place. ukrainian officials say these photos show a russian missile that was taken down by air defense. president volodymyr zelenskyy releasing this video message after the strikes. translator: they re trying to spread chaos and panic. they want to annihilate our energy supplies. they re hopeless. this morning russian president vladimir putin has been holding a national security council meeting after what he says was a terrorist attack orchestrated by ukraine linking russia