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
risks. i think i m going to cut a very different path from everyone else. you can t divorce yourself from the media. princess diana frolicking with dodi al fayed. a clock was ticking out, and she was about to run out of time. princess diana! hello and welcome to all of you watching here in the united states, canada, and all around the world. i m kim brunhuber. ahead on cnn newsroom, smoke billows above kyiv following a missile strike on ukraine s capital. it comes amid efforts to stop russia s advance to the east. north korea conducts yet another missile test one day after the u.s. and south korea wrapped up joint naval exercises. we re live in seoul with details. a gunman kills a former judge in wisconsin. cnn has learned who else was on
up in a span less than 40 minutes which japan says is a first for north korea. it comes right after the u.s. and south korea wrapped up joint naval drills saturday involving the uss ronald reagan. for more, paula han socks joins from us seoul. paula, this is the 17th missile launch by north korea this year, if i remember right? and this one potentially breaking new ground. what more can you tell us? reporter: that s right, this is what we re hearing from japan s defense ministry, saying they believe this is unprecedented, to have so many missile launches within such a short space of time. we ve also heard from the joint chiefs of staff for south korea saying they believe it happened between 9:08 this morning and 9:43. they say they worry because they believe it s a challenge to the security posture of the new government. this is actually the third
president joe biden had actually left the region. he was here at the end of last month in seoul, also in tokyo, for meetings and summits. it was shortly after that that north korea carried out a number of missile launches, including one that was presumed to be an icbm, intercontinental ballistic missile. those are the missiles that concern washington the most as, if flown at normal trajectory, they are believed to be able to hit mainland united states. one other thing that officials are waiting for and watching is, of course, a potential seventh underground nuclear test. recently the joint chiefs of staff in seoul say they believe north korea has completed their preparations for that potential seventh underground nuclear test. so potentially we re just waiting now on a political decision from the leader, kim jong-un, as to when or if he would actually be carrying this out. that would provoke a stronger reaction from seoul, tokyo, and washington. all right, thanks so much,
i didn t know what he would say. but it was my honor to do it. reporter: north korea leader, face-to-face interact was second in 4 months with our president. and third overall, his country is still under heavy sanctioned by much of the world including u.s., and president was asked if he thought that could end soon. at some point, i am looking forward to taking them off. i m looking forward, but sanctions remain, yes. but at some point during the negotiation things could happen. that is what we ll talk about sanctions. reporter: before leaving, asia, president headed south of us seoul, on the big airbase there. and addressed members of military, he told troops it was a great honor, to stand in north korea and represent the united states and process, what a time it was. so now president makes his way back to washington, ahead of a 4th of july celebration in