Good evening. I'm William Brangham. John Yang is away. Russia launched one of its biggest

attacks to date on Ukraine today, target a country's power grid with over 200 missiles and drones.

This comes as a senior U.S. official confirmed to PBS news that the U.S. will, for the first time,

allow Ukraine to fire American-supplied long-range missiles into

Russia. Ukraine has for months asked the Biden administration for this permission, arguing it

could help them degrade Russia's military. But until now, those attack-m missiles were restricted

for use only inside Ukraine's borders. Following today's barrage,

Ukraine officials said Russia's attack killed nine people, took out critical energy infrastructure,

and will mean temporary power cuts for the entire country tomorrow. Moving to the Middle East,

where an Israeli air strike in Lebanon killed a senior Hezbollah official,

that group confirmed its chief spokesman died in a strike that hit in the center of Beirut,

an area where many Lebanese had fled to, believing that it would be safer.

Separately, Israel kept up its bombardment of Gaza as it continues its assault on Hamas.

More than 40 people were killed in strikes in both north and central Gaza, including one that hit a refugee camp.

People go to fetch a loaf of bread from there because they've been displaced, leaving behind their

flour and all their belongings. They go there, and people are dying just to get flour.

Their children can't eat. They can't manage anything. Pope Francis is now calling for an investigation

to determine if Israel's attacks over the last year in Gaza constitute a genocide.

That's according to excerpts released today from a new book of interviews with the Pope.

It is the first time Francis has openly urged such an investigation.

He's previously said Palestinians and Israelis are suffering because of the war.

The governor of Ohio is denouncing a display of hate in his state this weekend.

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