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aircraft. you can see the breadth of the areas hit. president vladimir putin, the russian leader, threatened further "harsh" responses. this is following a huge explosion over the weekend on a strategic bridge between crimea, illegally annexed in 2014 by putin and mainland russia. and moments before the attacks in ukraine, duelling in the united nations general assembly where delicates are expected to vote on the annexed regions in ukraine. met with silence while the ukraine ambassador received applause after saying this -- >> translator: but my day has started almost 14 hours ago....

but first we go live correspondent trey yingst and khaki of ukraine. >> brett, good evening ukraine is on edge tonight. i do to warn her viewers some of the following images are gra graphic. >> a fireball rises into the air as russian missiles rain down. it is the worst attack on the ukrainian capital since the conflict began. >> the war against us. he needs ukraine. he attack a couple weeks ago, months ago, a couple of months ago and he was targeted. >> the mayor calling the strikes with a peer to be. a deliberate intent by russian president vladimir prudent to hit civilians. at lea...

and final preparations as the commonwealth games get under way in birmingham tomorrow. it is the official opening ceremony. hello. good afternoon, welcome to bbc news. rail passengers are facing huge disruption after thousands of workers walked out in a continuing dispute about pay and working conditions. only about a fifth of britain's train services are running — many areas having no services at all today. the red lines here show the routes where some trains are operating, but network rail has warned people to travel only if absolutely necessary. and in the last few minutes, asle...

how is the strike affecting you? are you working from home? did you have a trickyjourney to work? do you support the strikes? we'd like to hear your thoughts. get in touch with me on twitter @annitabbc and use the hashtag #bbcyourquestions. in other news, a senior ukrainian official says russian forces have almost captured the strategic city of severodonetsk, with ukrainian forces holding on to just one factory. a russian nobel peace laureate auctions his medal for £81; million to raise funds for children displaced by the war in ukraine. and to mark his 40th birthday, new photos are...

Derisory, every day the drivers had the likes of passengers in the hands, but it is not the drivers who are the focus of this strike action, it is other workers like track maintenance workers, cleaning staff and so forth, but it is all connected. keep your comments coming into us today. let me know if you are managing to work from home, if you manage to get into work and how tricky your journey was, you can contact me on twitter. some other news this morning. the governor of luhansk in eastern ukraine says the russian army has gathered enough reserves for a large scale offensive in the region....