morning. two industrial facilities were hit. no reports of casualties. fired five cruise missiles elsewhere in the south. russian missiles also set a industrial facility in kharkiv on fire. in the east, ukraine said it s holding the line against russian attacks. eight settlements came under fire sunday morning but russian troops didn t make any gains meanwhile russia s defense minister was in donbas ordering troops to increase operations to prevent ukrainian strikes this the region. president zelenskyy said his country is making progress and will keep up the momentum. translator: ukraine has withstood russia s brutal blows. we have managed to liberate some of the territory that was occupied after february 24th. we will gradual ly liberate others under occupation. it s taking a toll on the environment, industrial sites, oil depots, chemical facilities have come under russian attacks. including the oil refinery in odes, hit in april. those strikes are doing damage to the en
coming to you from msnbc world headquarters in new york city. welcome to alex witt reports . we begin with new fallout and w also the reaction to this historic verdict in donald trump s hush money trial. donald trump s attorney, acknowledging there is a chance the former president of the united states may be sentenced to jail time following his conviction on 34 felony counts. blanche telling the ap the defense will argue strenuously for a non-incarcerated tory sentence. and a short time ago new reaction from republican house speaker mike johnson s comments on saying trump s verdict will be overturned. here s what clark brewster, the attorney representing stormy daniels told me here on msnbc. the idea that they were some part of some conspiracy is nonsense and these 12 people that spent all the time in that courtroom, weeks listen to the evidence and according to the oath return a verdict is a true and honest verdict based upon the facts and evidence and i ct witnessed a cou
good to have you with us. palestinian officials have accused the israeli military of carrying out a deadly air strike on an area for displaced people near rafah in southern gaza. videos show a large explosion and intense fires burning. the hamas run health ministry in gaza says at least 50 people were killed, including women and children. the israel defence forces confirmed it targeted a hamas compound in the area. in its most recent statement, the idf said it killed two senior hamas commanders. in an earlier statement, it said: the us state department says it is aware of the reports and is gathering more information. earlier on sunday, hamas launched a missile attack on israel for the first time in months. the israeli military said at least eight rockets were launched from the rafah area towards tel aviv. all the projectiles were either intercepted by air defence systems or fell in fields. our middle east correspondent lucy williamson has the latest from jerusalem. still ear
in gaza says at least 50 people were killed including women and children. the israel defense forces confirmed it targeted a hamas compound in the area. in its most recent statement, the idf said it killed two senior hamas commanders. in an earlier statement, it said: the us state department says it is aware of the reports and is gathering more information. earlier on sunday, hamas launched a missile attack on israel for the first time in months. the israeli military said at least eight rockets were launched from the rafah area towards tel aviv. all the projectiles were either intercepted by air defence systems or fell in fields. meanwhile, our partner cbs news is reporting that us diplomatic efforts to broker a deal to release hostages held in gaza by hamas and other allied groups are expected to continue soon. negotiators from qatar, egypt and the united states will be part of the talks. cia director william burns last week travelled to paris to revive talks after negotiat
minister netanyahu focus attention on the war cabinet and ensuring that he is governing toward the war cabinet s consensus, which as i said two out of three not disagree with his core strategy in gaza. having said that for my approach to this, i have attended every head of government addressed to congress. it s my intention to maintain that batting record. but that s months down the road. i ll cross that bridge when we get to it. i want to talk ukraine. president zelenskyy is set to meet with you a sense u.s. defense secretary after the biden administration made of major policy shift this week. what your expectations from this meeting? it wasn t major enough. the biden administration has authorized ukraine to strike inside russian territory only near kharkiv. the united states needs to authorized ukraine to use u.s.-made weapons on any russian site anywhere with military application. that means energy infrastructure and troop staging sites, industrial sites. russia is waging tota