Russia BOMBARDS Ukraine with drones, HITS key bridges

JON: RUSSIA ONCE AGAIN LAUNCHES. AN AERIAL ASSAULT AGAINST. UKRAINE, STRIKING ANOTHER KEY. BRIDGE IN KYIV AS PART OF AN. ATTEMPT TO DISRUPT DAILY LIFE. IT COMES AS GERMANY'S CHANCELLOR. VISITS THE UKRAINIAN CAPITAL. TODAY, REAFFIRMING HIS SUPPORT. FOR UKRAINE'S DEFENSE. STEPHANIE BENNETT HAS DETAILS. FROM LONDON. >> Reporteter: HEY, JON. WELL, A QUICK UPDATE FROM. PRESIDENT ZELENSKYY THIS. AFTERNOON, HE SAYS HE HAS SPOKEN.

WITH THE AMERICAN NEGOTIATING. TEAM, AND THEY'RE PROPOSING A. TRILATERAL MEETING AT THE. TECHNICAL LEVEL BY THE END OF. THE MONTH. ZELENSKYY CONFIRMED HIS SIDE IS. READY, AND WE'LL HAVE TO SEE. WHEN RUSSIA RESPONDS TO THAT. ONE. AS YOU MENTIONED, GERMAN. CHANCELLOR FRIEDRICH MERZ. MEETING WITH ZELENSKYY AS RUSSIA. INTENSIFIES ATTACKS ON UKRAINIAN. CITIES WHILE KYIV HAS BEEN. STRIKING RUSSIA'S OIL INDUSTRY. AND BUSINESSES. VIDEO SHOWS A RUSSIAN DRONE. STRIKING TRAFFIC ON THE KNOT. BRIDGE IN KYIV TODAY -- NORTH.

BRIDGE. IT WAS ALREADY HIT YESTERDAY. RUSSIA HAS BEEN ATTACKING. BRIDGES SINCE LAST WEEK IN AN. EFFORT TO DISRUPT LOGISTICS. ROUTES. >> TRANSLATOR: BUT NOW THEY. STRIKE BRIDGES. DO THEY REALLY THINK WE WILL NOT. RESPOND? I AM SIMPLY ASTONISHED BY THIS. ANIMAL LISTIC DESIRE TO ESCALATE. EVERY DAY, SO RUSSIAN PRESIDENT. PUTIN IS COUNTING ON A CONSTANT. ESCALATION. HE REALLY WANTS THAT. IF. >> Reporter: MERZ TOURED THE. DAMAGE OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY. OF SCIENCES OF UKRAINE DESPITE. AIR RAID SIRENS SOUNDING.

OVERHEAD. HE CALLED ON RUSSIA TOTO END THE. FIGHTING SAYING GERMANY WILL. PROVIDE A MILITARY AID PACKAGE. WORTH OVER $1 BILLION AND AS. WINTER APPROACHES, ALMOST $400. MILLION IN ENERGY ASSISTANCE AND. REPAIR WORK. PLUS FUNDING FOR JOINT. PRODUCTION OF ANTI-JET DRONES. [SPEAKING IN NATIVE TONGUE]. >> TRANSNSLATOR: THIS WILL. STRENGTHEN UKRAINE'S AIR DEFENSE. QUICKLY AND NOTICEABLY. AND THAT REINFORCEMENT IS. URGENTLY NEEDED. >> REPORTER: MERZ SAID IF RUSSIA. IS NOT STOPPED, ITS WAR MACHINE.

WILL SOONER OR LATER TURN. AGAINST US. THE COUNTRY BLAMED RUSSIA FOR A. FAILED ATTACK ON AN AIRPORT IN. GERMANY BACK IN AUGUST WHEN A. DRONE WITH EXPLOSION IF WE'VES. WAS FOUNDS NEAR A UKRAINIAN. CARGO PLANE. RUSSIAN DRONES HAVE ENTERED NATO. AIR SPACE OVER SEVERAL COUNTRIES. RECENTLY. THE GERMAN CHANCELLOR SAYING. TODAY THEY WILL.