dana: nuclear menace capturing the attention of lawmakers on capitol hill yesterday. top u.s. officials warning the nuclear threat to the u.s. is growing on all fronts. david spunt is live at the justice department. this was 14 days ago we weren t thinking about threats on all fronts when it comes to nuclear war. we weren t. people just did not use that word. now that word has been used courtesy of russian president vladimir putin. i want to point out some interesting timing. as you mentioned, the heads of the u.s. intelligence community yesterday here in washington testified about the nuclear threat. just a few hours ago ukraine reported that the chernobyl nuclear site is currently off the power grid right now. there are some power concerns there. this of course is the site of the 1986 nuclear disaster. within the last few hours ukrainian officials announced that site completely disconnected from the power
there. and izume as well, there s bombing in the area that makes it difficult to open up a corridor and get things out and obviously desperately, desperately needed supplies in, kate. just to be clear and transparent on everyone, in the city of mariupol, we are continuing to gather information on the ground. this is a city that has been under attack for days now. we re going to be bringing new information as soon as we get it. at the same time, scott, i wanted to ask you about the other really terrifying situation that ukraine officials are warning about. the concerns at the chernobyl nuclear site which has been knocked off the power grid. what are you hearing about this? reporter: kate, so the ukranian nuclear regulator already didn t have access to the remote sensing system or the remote monitoring system. now two power lines into the chernobyl plant had been knocked
explosions near lviv after russian missile strikes that appeared to target and oil depot there. the attack was 50 miles from ukraine s border with poland, one day after russia said it would shift strategies and focus on liberating the eastern donbas region. russian forces reportedly released the mayor of the northern ukrainian town who may be holding captive and reportedly agreed to leave the town at the chernobyl nuclear site. ukrainians continue protesting for the mayor s release. alex hogan is back with us lift from lviv ukraine. lviv had a bombardment for the most part of the work, taking place on the east and the south but the rocket attacks today brought it very close to home. it definitely changed the tune of what it means here in
destroyed a russian supply ship near a russian-controlled port on the black sea just southwest of hard-hit mariupol. and closer to the capital, pentagon officials confirmed the ukrainians pushed russian troops out of several key districts. on the outskirts of kyiv, we re about to share with you a report from richard engel but first a warning that some viewers might find what you re about to see disturbing. reporter: two of kyiv s top security officials showing me an unclassified battle map. the red areas remain under russian occupation. two big pockets outside kyiv, one in the northwest, that includes the chernobyl nuclear site, the other in the northeast. the blue areas are new, territory ukrainian forces say they ve recaptured in the past 48 hours. this is kyiv here in the center. there are still many russian forces to the northwest and russian forces to the east. are you worried that the capital
award winning american journalist bret renan was killed by russian troops in irpin. he was 50 years old. and a worrying development from the chernobyl nuclear site, the iaea there says staff there who have been unable to leave or stop working since the invasion began are so tired they ve stopped doing repairs and maintenance of safety-related equipment. we want to go straight to scott mclain in the city of lviv, lviv taken its first hits from russian troops as the russian military focuses new attacks on the western part of ukraine, what is the latest from where you are? reporter: hey, pam. for the last two weeks, air raid sirens have been going off in lviv daily or almost daily and lately, it seems that people barely even notice. they continue to go about their business because this city still very much feels like a safe-haven in the west, there are hundreds of thousands of