attack on a critical bridge linking russia to crimea. i m sandra smith in for neil cavuto. this is your world. we ve got fox team coverage to kick things off for you. trey yingst is on the ground. mark meredith has more on president biden s armageddon comments could be complicating matters and general kellogg with how the u.s. should respond. we begin with trey yingst. what s the latest from the ground, trey? yeah, sandra. we have new reaction to the russian attack on ukraine earlier that decimated this country in many cities. antonio gutierrez calling this an unacceptable escalation of the war. ukrainian is bracing for additional strikes after more than 75 missiles targeted major population centers like kyiv and kharkiv. 11 people were killed and dozens injured including head of the national police cyber unit in kyiv. black smoke plumes were seen rising after the attack begin. the russians say they were targeting military infrastructure. images from the ground tell a dif
the group is stoking fears that they could play spoiler in president biden s re-election bid. we ll be speaking to the group s national director about those concerns. plus, search-and-rescue operations under way after flash flooding that s claimed the lives of at least five people in the northeast. other parts of the country sweltering under dangerous heat and the rest of the world is suffering too. we have much more on the extreme weather along with other major developing stories all coming in right here to cnn news central. we are learning new details this hour on the attack of a critical bridge linking russia to crimea. ukraine says the bridge was blown up by drones and you can see the aftermath here. the portion of the bridge appears to be heavily damaged. vladimir putin is claiming the two strikes were, quote, terrorist attacks.