Hello everyone and welcome to Amunfor here's what's coming up.

A massive aerial bombardment here in Kyiv and the largest drone assault on Russia since

this war began.

We look at the big picture tonight with former National Security Council official

Fiona Hill and the European Union's chief diplomat Joseph Burrell.

Then, as long as we live in a world with conflicts,

with countries like Russia, we need to stand together, one for all or for one in NATO.

The man charged with holding the line for democracy, NATO Secretary. N. Stoltenberg.

Also, I grew up in an environment where I was constantly interacting with black people,

but always in situations of tremendous inequality.

Necessary trouble Walter Isakson speaks to Harvard's first female president,

Drew Gilpin Faust, about growing up at mid-century, grappling with race and gender in Jimiv Ukraine where

Russian forces conducted a massive drone and missile strike at the crack of dawn

here the largest attack since spring say officials.

Remarkably all 28 cruise missiles were intercepted.

Two people were killed by falling debris.

But perhaps even more striking and significant and astonishing drone attack inside Russia.

Multiple regions were targeted across almost a thousand kilometers, including Piskof, where drones damaged four military planes.

A senior Ukrainian official says the war is increasingly moving to Russia's territory

while not claiming responsibility.

At its core, the defense of Ukraine had been framed by President Biden and allies as a defense

of democracy around the world, including in Africa, where today again democracy suffered yet another blow,

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