military vehicles, left abandoned. russian troops retreating in a hurry, caught offguard by the speed of the ukrainian offensive. iz yum was a strategic russian hub, without it, putin s plan to take all of ukraine s neighboring donbas region now in tatters. tonight the kremlin retaliating, with missile strikes on power stations like this one in kharkiv and other different infrastructure across ukraine. president zelenskyy responding, telling putin, ukrainians would rather be without electricity than be part of russia. and, as the offensive was starting to build, telling david translator: we need to, step by step, de-occupy our territory. this task is difficult and doesn t only depend on us, but i m sure that is what will happen. i can t discuss details of any
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bombard the azovstal steel plant where ukrainian fighters are still holding out. in a telegram post they said they re being bombarded by air and sea as russian artillery fire on that steel plant. across the rest of the donbas, russia has released constant air assaults to try to take over one city and village at the time. and the death toll in the war continues to climb. in biz yum, one of the strategic cities under russian control, local officials say 44 bodies were discovered under the rubble of a residential building. at the same time, in lviv, funerals for ukrainian servicemembers. there are 37 new graves at the historic cemetery. and because there wasn t enough room, another 29 just outside of it. the man who shot this footage of these graves and these funerals will join me in just a moment.
joining me is shannon penneypiece, nbc news digital reporter and robert herzog. full disclosure. shannon, the president is laying out his plan, how is he going to do it without congress and how quickly can he help the problem about inflation? i would say, katy, there s nothing new that the president announced today. he was going over a lot of initiatives that the white house has been ruling out over the past several months. obviously, they have acknowledged that inflation has become an issue in recent months for voters, one of the top issues out there. so the president was seeking to highlight the things he s doing. he put a list up on the screen, to highlight the things he would like to be doing. but just as importantly, to try and contrast his plan with that of republicans. so, to get off the deep end and on the offense when it comes to inflation. because one of the key points
in congress, and at the state level who trump is actively trying to remove from political office. one of these individuals, on the top left can fred upton has retired. one of the 12 already gone. you see david mckinley, the congressman from right here on wheeling, west virginia, he s on the ballot today. by night s end, he could be out of congress come november. not even appearing on the general election ballot. why are we paying attention to this. this is really a fun game of who has trump endorsed or not endorsed. this is about resistance within a political party. when you look at the list, there are few individuals within the trump party who have actively resisted trump. david mckinley voted to certify the 2020 election but he voted for a january 6th committee to investigate the insurrection. you look at his opponent, alex mooney, alex mooney objected to joe biden s 2020 win.