Live from NPR News in Washington, I'm Corva Coleman.

Russia fired nearly 300 drones and missiles at Ukraine overnight.

These rocked cities in the east and the center of the country.

As NPR's Greg Myrie reports, the attacks came around the time President Trump

was hosting the leaders of Ukraine and several European nations seeking an end to the war.

Thick clouds of black smoke hung over the central city of Krimenchuk as the sun rose.

The city's mayor posted a photo on Facebook and said residents reported dozens of explosions.

He said that as President Trump was meeting Ukraine's president Volodymyr Zelensky and other European leaders,

Russia's Vladimir Putin was, quote,

launching another major attack. Ukraine shot down most, but not all, of the incoming fire.

Electricity was knocked out in some areas. Ukraine also carried out drone strikes as part of the

nightly exchange of fire. The military said a Ukrainian strike took out a

Russian pipeline that ships oil to Hungary. Greg Myrie, NPR News, Kiev. Weather forecasters say that

Hurricane Aaron remains a Category 3 storm in the Atlantic Ocean. They say it will not make

landfall on the east coast, but evacuations are underway on North Carolina's outer banks.

The storm is expected to flood the barrier islands.

From member station WUNC, Bradley George, has more.

A single highway connects the narrow ribbon of islands off the North Carolina coast.

Officials fear it could be washed

out by waves as high as 15 feet. The evacuations of Okrakoak and Hatteras islands come at the height of

the busy tourist season. Farther south, lifeguards in Ritesville Beach rescued at least 60

swimmers from rip currents on Monday. This hurricane season has already brought

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