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
explosions. what maore do we know? we heard air raid sirens. we later found out from the officials that air defense systems were deployed and that russian missiles were intercepted. attacks on the capital have been rare of course, since russian troops withdrew the last time they attempted to hit kyiv on june 5th. russia s capabilities continue to be able to reach the capital and it comes just a day after president zelenskyy was of course visiting those two frontline cities. to take control of the black sea. it s a continuation of his strategy, he s been an ever-present leader, seen there touring the devastation, he latered handed out medals to ukrainian soldiers. take care of ukraine it s all we