Leave your feedback Share Copy URL https://www.pbs.org/newshour/show/news-wrap-at-least-6-killed-as-russia-ukraine-trade-attacks-across-the-country Email Facebook Twitter LinkedIn Pinterest Tumblr Share on Facebook Share on Twitter Transcript Audio In our news wrap Sunday, Ukraine and Russia both launched attacks against each other as the war in Ukraine drags on, Donald Trump called Vice President Mike Pence “delusional” in regards to the 2020 election, the U.S. women’s national soccer team is out of the World Cup after losing to Sweden, and Olympic gymnast Simone Biles returned to competition after a two-year hiatus. Read the Full Transcript Notice: Transcripts are machine and human generated and lightly edited for accuracy. They may contain errors. John Yang: Good evening, I'm John Yang. Across Ukraine there's been a series of attacks from both sides as the war drags on. In Western Ukraine, Russia launched a barrage of missile and drone strikes in retaliation for Ukraine's attack on a Russian tanker on the Black Sea.And in the East Ukraine pressed it's counteroffensive with shelling in Russia unhealed territory, and all officials on both sides said at least six people were killed across the country. This all comes as a two-day Ukrainian diplomatic push to build support beyond its core Western backers wrapped up in Saudi Arabia.Russia wasn't invited to participate and to righted the talks as a futile doomed effort.Former President Donald Trump says he never told his Vice President Mike Pence to put him above the Constitution by overturning the results of the 2020 election. In a social media post, Trump also said he never called Pence to honest that's an exchange quoted in last week's indictment against the former President. Trump's set of Pence he's delusional and now he wants to show he's a tough guy.On CNN State of the Union Pence stuck to his version of events. Mike Pence, Former U.S. Vice President: With regard to being called to honest, Dana, I've been called worse. And I don't know what was in his heart. I don't know what his intentions were. But I do know what he and his lawyers asked me to do. John Yang: Trump's lawyers have until tomorrow afternoon to tell a federal judge why she should deny the Justice Department's request to limit what Trump can say about the case.It was a heartbreak down under for the US. .Women's National Soccer Team and its fans. The U.S. squad is out of the World Cup after losing to Sweden and imagine Melbourne, Australia. It's the first time the team has failed to make it even to the quarterfinals.After struggling in earlier matches the U.S. outshot the Swedes but they couldn't score in either regulation time or overtime which ended in a scoreless draw. So that meant the winner was determined by penalty kicks. On the deciding kick, it first appeared that the U.S. goalkeeper had batted away, but a review determined that it had barely crossed the goal line giving Sweden the win. Sweden now plays Japan in the quarterfinals.On a happier note, Olympic gold medal gymnast Simone Biles returned to competition after a two year hiatus. She won a qualifying event for the National Championships. She entered her routine with a vault so difficult she's the only gymnast to complete it since she introduced it in 2021. It was her first appearance since withdrawing a quarter of the way through the team final at the 2021 Tokyo Olympics. She said at the time she wanted a break to focus on her mental health.Still to come on PBS News weekend, knocked out, a heartbreaking loss with the U.S. women's soccer team and a chef embraces his heritage and wins diners tastebuds. Listen to this Segment Watch Watch the Full Episode PBS NewsHour from Aug 06, 2023