rocket attacks in 24 hours as the military steps up its assault in ukraine. our reporters are here to cover all of the latest developments and we start there. nbc s richard engel is in dnipro, ukraine, this latest barrage of missiles, give us the latest we know about what s happening on the ground there. reporter: so ukrainians are shrugging it off. they so far say that the russian offensive, which was launched about two weeks ago, is not shaping up to be as devastating as province, the head of ukrainian intelligence earlier today said the russian offensive appears to be of such low quality that some field commanders don t even know that it has begun, that there has been intense activity from the russian side around bakhmut where we have been reporting over the last couple of weeks, but that in other areas, the russians are running so low on ammunition on artillery shells they are now in an ammunition conservation mode. so, yes, they are still able to launch rockets at unde
morning. the problem here in coach ale is that the temperatures overnight don t drop that much. everyone that i spoke to told me they are worried about next week s temperatures and they are worried about the summer, but particularly august. amara, victor. camilla, thank you. the heatwave in europe has sparked a number of wildfires in greece. yesterday the largest of those fires got out of control forcing officials to take some desperate measures. ten tourists on the greek aisle of rhodes had to be evacuated. videos show them walking in droves to safety. cnn s joining us now with more on the situation. good morning. barbie. have crews been able to get the flames under control? reporter: no, they are not under control on this island of rhodes. this is the quintessential blue sky, turquoise water, you know, vacation bare dies, and it is
so you just talked about the island of rhodes, the greek government is calling this the largest evacuation effort the country has ever seen. nearly 19,000 people have been forced to flee that island. yesterday after a wieldfire rekindled. 19,000 tourists. they were shown walking in droves to safety. we are joined now with more. barbie, it is a massive effort. where are the people going? reporter: yeah, you no he, that i troying to get them to te main land but it is hot there. that is where we re seeing the record heat there. 19,000 people, that is a ton of people. but it is not just the tourists. it is all of the establishments that cater to them and all of the vacations now canceled. we ve heard two british flights no longer flying to the island and just to get them off island. this is one of the most bux places in the world. this turquoise water, and blue
turquoise water here. i will say, one thing that s a little bit different than normal is the water temperature right now is about 77 degrees. chris, this is like stepping into bath water right now. that s all well and good. however, there s also a situation where northern parts of florida, and really huge sections of the south, chris, we are seeing elevated temperatures that may actually match or break records. one example of that is orlando, which is projected to hit 90 degrees today. the last time that happened in february, 1962, and this is not just florida, texas, louisiana, there s temperatures in the 80s during mardi gras. it stretches across the ohio valley, and mid atlantic. washington, d.c., d.c. projects for 80 degrees today, there have been three examples in modern recorded history where they have reached 80 degrees in february, two of them were in the 1930s and the 1940s. we are living in rare times right now, and as you look at this gorgeous beach, chris, and you see peopl