remember seeing before. different types of aircraft were used by strategic, long range, mig 31. there were 81 missile launches. wow. we wake up and we re shocked to hear about it. folks there in ukraine are right in the middle of it. and there are people that have died. good morning, everyone. thank you for joining us. russian missiles raining down across ukraine. knocking out power, killing civilians and striking cities like kyiv which are far away from the actual fighting. we re going to go there live. also this morning, senate minority leader mitch mcconnell hospitalized after tripping and following at a washington, d.c., hotel. and no relief for california after deadly blizzards trapped people for more than a week and the snow as you can see here, the state is bracing for heavy snow and flooding. we have the latest. cnn this morning starts right now. we begin this morning, this hour with russia unleashing a massive barrage of missiles across ukraine. the strikes