Stay updated with breaking news from Air raid systems. Get real-time updates on events, politics, business, and more. Visit us for reliable news and exclusive interviews.
praised the antimissile defence systems which intercepted a berridge of russian rockets over kyiv overnight. let me show you the footage from the defence systems in action. ukraine says 18 missiles were shot down, including six of the hypersonic weapons that president putin had claimed are unstoppable. ukrainian officials have declined to comment on a claim moscow that one missile got through air defences to destroy a us built the latest barrage came just hours after president zelensky wrapped up a european tour, in which he was promised billions of dollars worth of new military aid by western allies. live now to kyiv where i can speak to the ukrainian lawyer and politician, lesia vasylenko. thank you so much for being with us here once again on bbc news. give me a sense of what it was like during the night with that pharos from russia. ~ ., , ., ., russia. well, it was one of the most intense nights russia. well, it was one of the most intense nights tonight, russ ....
our viewers joining us in the united states and all around the world, i m christina macfarlane in for max foster here in london. just ahead i am worried about the level of voter turnout among young people and working people who will be voting democratic. midterms have mostly been a referendum on the party in power. i cannot deliver the mandate on which i was elected. he still has his own set of baggage coming into downing street. this is a total joke. we re the laughing stock of europe. it s monday, october 24th, 9:00 a.m. here in london, 4:00 a.m. in washington where political developments on both sides of the atlantic are front and center this hour. in the u.s., the critical midterm elections are now just more than two weeks away and key races will decide who will lead in congress and whether the democrats can hold on to their slim majority and whether republicans will make gains. much more on this in just a few minutes. first, here in the uk, we cou ....
Next hour. We, the air this hour. U. S. Officials say their intelligence over the last half hour, hundreds of iranian drones headed in the direction of israel, Cruise Missiles as well as Ballistic Missiles. We are waiting to see if in fact those drones make their way through the a multiple layers of anticipated intercepts that are going to take place over the next several hours. As i mentioned, we are coming on the air with the breaking coverage of irans retaliatory strikes against israel. This comes after the Israeli Military confirmed more than 100 Drone Strikes were launched by iran today, marking the first time iran has launched a direct Military Attack on israet. Obviously, risking a regional confli ....
Intense nights tonight, but it was also the eighth attack within the last month on kyiv. so it is fair to say that key invites have kind of gotten used to getting up at three in the morning, and three in the morning is the typical time for these type of attack. and even if you are not in care of you have the air alert, you are not in care of you have the airalert, air raid you are not in care of you have the air alert, air raid systems going off on your phone, so you still end “p off on your phone, so you still end up waking up, calling yourfriends and family who are there, just to make sure they are ok, to read the message or hear the voice saying ask that s fine, it was an air raid, we are awake but we are still alive and well. thankfully, for most people in kyiv, it was just a night like this, one of stress, one of anxiety, but nevertheless everyone was alive and well. there were no civilian casualties reported after this attack. . . ., ., attack. on a human level, we are now into ....
People without electricity on friday. the effort to sort of repair and reconstitute what s damaged is on going. president zelenskyy praised those workers. but there s a real understanding here that russia is strategically targeting the weaker points on the energy infrastructure and particularly those that have not gone effects for example in the center of ukraine an energy installation hit there supplies electricity to a coal mine. very few coal mines actually operational in ukraine and, of course, the coal that comes from them goes to power stations to generate electricity. so it s a double whammy taking out that power station, putting the mine out of action, denying all these power plants their fuel. you have hospitals without water. air raid systems without electricity. so, police have to drive around with loud speakers to tell ....