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Kristen Wright· Host0:15

Live from NPR News in Washington, I'm Kristen Wright. Russia carried out overnight attacks on Ukraine's capital of Kyiv, killing eleven people. The strikes came as Ukraine hit back with another wave of drone attacks. NPR's Charles Maynes reports from Moscow.

Charles Maynes0:34

Russia's defense ministry said it carried out precision missile strikes on military and energy facilities in and around the Ukrainian capital, yet several clearly struck apartment buildings, trapping residents in the rubble. Meanwhile, Ukraine launched some five hundred drones into Russia and its occupied territories, damaging two ports in the Baltic Sea and causing a power blackout across the entirety of the annexed Crimean Peninsula. The continued fighting comes ahead of this week's NATO summit in Turkey, where President Trump will meet with Ukraine's leader, Volodymyr Zelensky. Over the weekend, Trump spoke by phone with Russian President Vladimir Putin, during which Trump offered to renew efforts to end the war, now in its fifth year. Charles Maynes, NPR News, Moscow.

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President Trump focused much of his Fourth of July speech on the National Mall on communism. NPR's Mara Liasson reports.

Mara Liasson1:24

Communists is Donald Trump's latest epithet for Democrats, and he's been using it lately as he