Live from NPR News in Washington, I'm Giles Snyder.
Russia is accusing Ukraine of drone strikes that sparked a fire at a nuclear plant in Russia's Kursk region.
Russia says a transformer at the plant was damaged by debris after the drone was shot down.
Russia claiming to have shot down 95 Ukrainian drones overnight as Ukraine marks 34 years of independence from the former Soviet Union.
Ukrainian refugees in North Carolina marked independence this weekend.
They held a gathering in Raleigh and Galena Shostak was there.
We just hope that this aid which we have, this help which we have from America,
it will continue, it will increase, and eventually we will win the war.
The Pacific Northwest has been experiencing sky-high temperatures over the past few days,
and that's creating dangerous conditions for local residents.
From Oregon Public Broadcasting, Joni Audenland reports.
Portland, Oregon has seen triple-digit heat for the past two days,
while Seattle has reached the mid-90s.
The extreme heat is expected to last until Tuesday.
On Friday alone,
Portland saw more than 20 emergency calls for people suffering from heat exhaustion.
One of them was David Loftus.
who passed out while competing in a relay race and woke up in the back of an ambulance.
They stuffed ice packs under my arms and on my groin.
And by the time we got to the hospital, the ice was all melted and the packs were warm.