we begin in ukraine where we re getting a word about a new barrage of russian missile tryings in the south. ukraine says at least 10 millions admit mykolaiv sunday morning as the city still reels from similar strikes on friday. two industrial facilities were hit but no reports of casualties so far. ukraine says russia also fired five cruise missiles in the south but three were shot down. in the east, ukraine said fending off russian ground attacks in the donetsk region despite intense shelling, as in this town near the front line. meanwhile, russia s defense minister was in donbas on saturday ordering troops to increase operations to prevent ukrainian strikes in the region. ukraine s artillery has been stepping up attacks behind the front lines in recent weeks. president zelenskyy says his country is making progress and will keep up the momentum. here he is. translator: we have already managed to liberate part of the territory that was occupied after february 24th. we will
there are victims as young as 13 following is tragedy inside of a tavern in south africa. it is unclear how they died. live from london, this is cnn newsroom. happy monday, we begin this hour in germany where they 2 gets underway soon. it is a meeting that has so far been dominated by russia s war on ukraine. leaders are expected to hear from the ukrainian president in the next hour, he is expected to press for more sanctions on russia and military aid. with the war fueling a surge of energy and food crises, they talk about how to sustain the pressure while also limiting the economic fallout. joe biden also pointed to the rising costs as a reason for nations to fund new developments in clean energy. have a listen. the entire world is feeling the impact of russia s brutal war in ukraine and on our energy markets. we need worldwide effort to invest in transformative clean energy projects. meanwhile doris johnson is urging allies not to falter when it comes to supporting
temperatures across the northern hemisphere. details and a live report from rome. plus the forecast from the cnn weather center. we begin in ukraine which says its food export agreement is still on despite a russian missile strike on its port city of odesa. now these strikes came just one day after ukraine and russia signed an agreement in istanbul which would allow ukraine to resume grain exports which much of the world desperately needs through its ports. condemnation of the attack has been swift with britain saying russia s word can t be taken at face value. listen to this. it is absolutely appalling that only a day after striking this deal, vladimir putin has launched a completely unwanted attack on odesa. it shows that not a word he says can be trusted, and we need to urgently work with our international partners to find a better way of getting the grain out of ukraine that doesn t involve russia and their broken promises. the u.s. secretary of state echoed the sen
presidential runoff. we ll look at who the candidates are and what issues are on voters minds. we re tracking developments in ukraine where the area around the capital, kyiv, was rattled by a series of explosions a short time ago. military officials say air defenses worked on enemy targets and that so far there have been no fires or casualties reported. officials are also urging people to stay in shelters. the blasts happened a day after president volodymyr zelenskyy went to odesa, mykolaiv, and visited residential areas hammered by russian artillery and missiles. he says ukraine will not yield any territory in the region. translator: we will not give away the south to anyone. we will return everything that s ours, and the sea will be ukrainian and safe. meanwhile, thick smoke rose over the separatist-held city of donetsk saturday after images appearing to show incoming artillery. the mayor says civilians were hurt and several city blocks were damaged. cnn s salma abde
the suspect s apparent hit list. the ukrainian capital was rocked by several large explosions in the past couple of hours. have a look here. this video coming out of kyiv today. the mayor says at least one person was hospitalized after missile strikes. we re hearing from ukraine s state-run nuclear power operator that russia fired a cruise missile critically low over a nuclear power plant in southern ukraine. the operator says the missile was likely fired for the kyiv area and it s accusing russia of another act of nuclear terrorism. missiles and shell strikes have batter the much of ukraine. the outnumbered and outgunned ukrainian troops have slowed the russian advance in the donbas to a crawl. the main battle right now appears to be for control of the strategic city of 7 donetsk in the heart of the donbas. ukraine claims to have retaken about half the city and says russia is throwing all its reserves into the fight and continuing to storm the city. a chemical plant in the