united states. we ll look at whether there is any relief in sight. and children as young as six months old just days away from getting covid shots. live from cnn center, this is cnn newsroom with kim brunhuber. we re tracking developments in ukraine where the area around the capital kyiv was rattled by a series of explosions a short time ago. air defenses worked on enemy targets, but so far no fires or casualties reported. officials are urging people to stay in shelters. meanwhile two european leaders say the war may drag on for years. boris johnson and jens stoltenberg made the statements separately and both said that the west should be in for the long haul. and president zelenskyy is pledging to regain all the territories captured by russia in ukraine s south. he spoke after visiting two cities in the region and seeing residential areas ham areaed by artillery and missiles. translator: the losses are significant. many houses were destroyed, civilian logistics were
appointing heat advisers to combat the rising temperatures. plus festivities are under way for america s newest federal holiday, juneteenth. why it s important here in the u.s. live from cnn center, this is cnn newsroom. with kim bruneber. defenders hold the line against russian forces in ukraine. the governor of luhansk said that the russians tried to break through but were pushed back. an attempt to cut off ukrainian units, the governor also said a chemical plant sheltering civilians has been shelled again. meanwhile the area around the capital, kyiv, was rattled hours ago by a series of explosions. so far there have been no fires or casualties reported. ukraine s president zelenskyy is promising to regain all the cities captured. here he is. translator: the losses are significant. many houses were destroyed. civilian logistics were disrupt td. there are many social issues. we ll restore everything destroyed. we will not give away the south to anyone, we ll retu
ago by a series of explosions. so far there have been no fires or casualties reported. ukraine s president zelenskyy is promising to regain all the cities captured. here he is. translator: the losses are significant. many houses were destroyed. civilian logistics were disrupt td. there are many social issues. we ll restore everything destroyed. we will not give away the south to anyone, we ll return everything that s ours and the sea will be cukrainian. we begin in kyiv, where we re monitoring those
in ukraine s south. he spoke after visiting two cities in the region and seeing residential areas ham areaed by artillery and missiles. translator: the losses are significant. many houses were destroyed, civilian logistics were disrupted, there were many social issues. we will definitely restore everything that was destroyed. russia does not have as many missiles as our people have the desire to live. we will not give away the south to anyone. we will return everything that is ours and the sea will be ukrainian and safe. and salma abdelaziz is monitoring the latest developments and she is joining us from kyiv. let s start with the explosions there in kyiv. what more do we know? reporter: early hours of this morning we heard air raid sirens. those are not completely uncommon, but this time we did later hear explosions, one of our local producers hearing those and from officials we found out that kyiv s air