fiona pick cnn is on the ground in puerto rico to show you the path of destruction. live, from cnn center, this is a cnn newsroom, with rosemary church. thanks for being with us. we are following new developments out of moscow. vladimir putin is ordering a partial mobilization in russia to support his invasion of ukraine. the russian president says it begins today, and people in reserves, and those who have previously served in the armed forces, will be subject to conscription. let s bring in cnn s clare sebastian picture joins us live from london. what exactly will this order from putin for a partial mobilization mean for ukraine, and of course, for russia? rosemarie, this is a significant moment for russia, it is a partial mobilization, not full-scale conscription but we know that russian forces have had trouble replenishing their ranks on the battlefield, they have been using prisoners to do that, freeing them and taking them to ukraine. as well as mercenaries. have
ukrainian president volodymyr zelenskyy will address the 77th session of the u.n. general assembly today. on friday, the world body voted down russia s objection to letting volodymyr zelenskyy speak virtually. u.s. president joe biden will use his speech to rally the world against the war. he is expected to argue that the information is a violation of the un s 1945 charter. u.n. secretary-general antonio gutierrez kicked off tuesday s session with an impassioned plea for action on the environment. he wants higher taxes on energy companies windfall profits to help countries hurt by the climate crisis, and global inflation. let s have no illusions. we are in rough seas. a winter of global discontent is on the horizon. a cost-of-living crisis is raging, trust is crumbling, inequality is exploding, and our planet is burning.