home turns up additional classified documents, just days after a search by the president s personal attorney. cnn travels to the chernobyl exclusion zone for a firsthand look at how ukrainian troops prepare for the russian offensive they ve been fearing for months. and today marks the 50th anniversary of the supreme court s roe v. wade decision, but it s a different day than anniversaries past. we ll discuss when the next battles are being fought after the landmark ruling was overturned. announcer: live from cnn center, this is cnn newsroom with kim brunhuber. political problems are rapidly mounting at the biden white house. the president s personal attorney says an fbi search of biden s private home in delaware has turned up even more classified materials, as republican critics in congress are already sharpening their knives, the president and first lady weren t home at the time. the materials taken by the fbi on friday add to a growing list of classified documents r
the commander admits they re suffering losses, but not on the same scale as the russians. translation: we ve taken the initiative. l the enemy is bringing in troops and wants to escape the trap. but they re in trouble. bakhmut could be encircled. ukraine is using all it can to break the russian defences. ..from the ground. ..and from the air. but it s still outgunned and having to spread its limited resources on several fronts. but it will soon have a new weapon us supplied cluster bombs fired from these same american howitzers. this gun, will you use cluster munitions in this gun? yes, yes. you will? yes. and will you have any concerns? in the field.no. 0n the town, i have forbidden for this. because it s not humane.
their advance is still slow and meeting resistance. again. explosion they try to fire back with their finnish supplied mortar, but even western weapons can occasionally malfunction. explosion that was a russian shell landing. their positions are just about three kilometres away from here. last time i was near here, two months ago, it was the ukrainians losing ground and in danger of being surrounded. now, it s the other way round. this is the bunker from where ukraine s coordinating the offensive on bakhmut, with a constant live feed from dozens of drones.
as we would like. so far, the advances have only been modest. most of the front remains relatively static. these ukrainian trench lines in the east haven t budged since 2014. ukraine has still to commit all its forces, but it s yet to break through russia s heavily mined main lines of defence. jonathan beale, bbc news, eastern ukraine. let s take a look at some other global stories in the headlines. donald trump has said that he expects to be arrested and indicted in connection with the attack on the us capitol building in washington onjanuary the 6th. in a posting on his social media site, mr trump said he had been sent a letter stating he is a target of the investigation, and has been given four days to report to a grand jury. at least 14 people are known to have died in colombia,
well, if you have been affected by any of the issues in this story, information and support is available via the bbc action line, you ll find that online at bbc.com/actionline or via the bbc news app. one of ukraine s top generals has said that his country s counter offensive against russia is not progressing as quickly as hoped. he had said that rapid results were practically impossible because of well prepared russian defences. ukraine says it has taken back more than 81 square miles of land sincejune, but russia still holds vast portions of territory since the invasion last year. 0ur defence correspondent, jonathan beale, has been to the front line near bakmut in eastern ukraine. the bloody battle for bakhmut isn t over. the city is now held by the russians, but we travelled with ukrainian forces who are trying to take it back.