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Happening now, breaking news deadly Russian shelling batteries Ukraine's capital

flattening a shopping mall and prompting a strict new curfew the war-torn

country rejecting Russia's demand to surrender the key city

of Maripo where one officer says bombs are falling every 10 minutes.

Also tonight President Biden has a new warning about potential Russian cyber attacks on the US

as he prepares to travel to a critical NATO summit.

And President Zelensky is voicing fears that this conflict could lead to

World War III as Ukrainians dodge explosions and defy Russia.

Also breaking, a historic moment here in Washington as the US Senate begins

confirmation hearings for the first black woman nominated to the US Supreme Court.

Judge Khatanji Brown Jackson delivering your opening statement and offering clues about the kind of justice she would be.

We want to welcome our viewers here in the United States and around the world.

I'm Wolf Blitzer. you're in the situation room. This is CNN breaking news.

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