NPR News: 07-03-2026 9AM EDT

Windsor Johnston· Host0:01

Live from NPR News in Washington, I'm Windsor Johnston. The death toll in the latest Russian strikes on Kyiv has climbed to 30 as rescue workers sift through the remains of an apartment building destroyed in the missile strike. NPR's Joanna Kakissis reports that Ukraine is running low on air defense supplies that intercept missiles.

Joanna Kakissis0:23

Ukraine has already developed interceptors that target Russian drones, but it relies on Western allies to supply anti-ballistic air defense that targets Russian missiles. In his evening video address, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said Ukraine wants licenses to produce US-designed Patriot air defense missiles. "If NATO still means something to the allies," he says, "Europe must have its own capacity to defend itself from all types of threats, including Russian ballistic missiles." Zelenskyy says that lives might have been saved in Thursday's attack if Western allies had delivered promised air defense missiles on time. Joanna Kakissis, NPR News, Kyiv.

Windsor Johnston· Host1:07

A dangerous heat wave is gripping many parts of the United States, with a massive heat dome keeping temperatures high across much of the eastern half of the country. Ashley Ward is the director of Duke University's Heat Policy Innovation Hub. She says it's time to rethink where extreme heat can strike.

Ashley Ward· Guest1:26

I think we need to stop thinking about extreme heat as a problem