ukrainian military says russia s assault on the eastern part of the country is heating up as the next phase of russia s war gets under way. now a key town in that region. ukraine is accusing russia of shelling the town friday with cluster munitions which scatter over a wide area. in the small town outside of kyiv, drone video that you re looking at shows a really apocalyptic landscape left by russian shelling during the first phase of the war. ukrainian forces are being honored for holding the town and for blocking of course the russian advance on the capitol. and president volodymyr zelenskyy is vowing to keep fighting. have a listen. we will defend ourselves as long as necessary to break this ambition of the russian federation. the armed forces of ukraine continue to deter attacks by russian invaders in the east and south of the country. i m grateful to each of our defenders bravely holding. meanwhile, russia military now confirming its objective is to take full control
the 11,000 hectors. 21,000 acres burned. we ll watch the winds diminish but keep our eye out severe weather in the central plains. thank you so much. appreciate it. the crew of the first all private mission to the international space station will be splashes back down to earth this weekend. the four member crew launched two weeks ago and includes a former nasa astronaut and three paying customers. the three spots reportedly cost $55 million each. set to leave the station saturday evening and u.s. eastern time and land off the coast of florida sunday. package outside the arena in atlanta delayed the start of the play off game between the hawks and heat friday night. after an hour police remove td the contents and found no