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Didnt go away. >> juliette, kayyem, great to see you this morning. thank you very much. >> good morning. this morning people are hearing explosions in ukraines capital. the russian attacks are causing power and water outages. we have nic robertson live for us in kyiv, ukraine with the latest. nic, whats happening? >> reporter: significant attacks around kyiv it appears. the mayor of kyiv said 80% of water supply in the capital is off, 350,000 homes without electricity. there are casualties. em...

Of kyiv which officials say could take weeks to repair. cnns nic robertson is live in kyiv. a particularly ferocious attack overnight, nic. >> it was. ten different regions, 18 different strikes across the region. ukrainian government say they took out of the sky at least 44 cruise missiles. this gives you an idea of how big the onslaught was. power and electrical facilities the focus of the attack, not just in kyiv, bru in the zaporizhzhia region an elsewhere around the country, a major hydroel...

Says despite the fact that russia has suspended its cooperation in the deal, they plan today to allow a number of ships, about a dozen ships in and out of ukraine, to ship that much-needed grain out. criticism coming from the united states, from secretary blinken, coming from the european unions. foreign policy chief accusing russia of holding the world hostage over food by shutting down its cooperation is not clear yet what russia is going to do with the fact that the u.n. says its going to go ...

The justices will hear two cases challenging race conscious admissions policies at harvard and the university of north carolina. the schools used race as a factor in deciding which applicants to accept. the practice has been affirmed more than once by the supreme court. harvard is accused of unconstitutionally discriminating against asian american applicants. russian rocket attacks knocking out critical infrastructure across ukraine from kyiv to kharkiv to zaporizhzhia. russia is backing out a...

Through the black sea to help reduce food prices around the world. more than 200 ships have been blocked from moving through the area. secretary of state antony blinken reacted with out rage, accusing moscow of weaponizing food. nic, whats the latest? >> reporter: he also went on to say this shows russia just doesnt care how much people and families across the world will have to pay for their food. president zelenskyy here has said in his opinion for more than a month now, russia has been thrott...

Hello, again, everyone. we begin with breaking news on ukraine. russia says it will suspend its participation in the grain export deal that it made and had gotten under way with ukraine. cnns nic robertson is in kyiv. nic, whats the significance of this? >> reporter: very significant. russia says it is withdrawing from this deal for an indefinite period. it agreed the deal brokered by the u.n. in a similar deal with ukraine back at the end of july. back then it was anticipated that this would al...

Be sort of expended by the russian forces to try to defend the city. but it will not be a hollow victory for ukrainian authorities when they take the city. but its going to cost them money to rebuild and restructure. what they see as the medical facilities and the other facilities, fire services, all of the important facilities in the city being stolen by russia is something that they want to stop. but the military, necessity of the military capability to take the city quickly just cannot outpac...

Kyiv say the ukrainian energy agency will put in place severe, unprecedented emergency power cuts in efforts to avoid a complete blackout. that move coming after russian strikes on ukrainian energy facilities overnight. joining me cnn international diplomatic editor nic robertson who had exclusive access to the power station destroyed by russia. nic, weve heard so much about this. weve yet to see the pictures. what are you seeing on the ground? >> reporter: its quite staggering. in one way, much...

Pillars, build new roofs, you can cover the windows. some of the complex items that are being destroyed, thats going to take potentially months. indeed, ive asked a number of people here how long will it take you to repair this. they cant put a date on it because they just dont know when they can get the parts. every day more of the system, more of the parts get taken down. imagine this, all this damage, 30 to 40% is in the past two weeks. they know here, they recognize that there can be weeks m...