conflicting claims. the russian military said that as of friday, they controlled the town. ukrainians dispute that claim. and say they still have parts of it. now, what we know is what we saw. we were in in the area around soledar for several days. what we saw is ukraine forces are digging in, they re not trying to retake the town, just trying to hold the pogs they have. now this afternoon we got in touch with some of the troops and they say they are no longer in the area and that they have pulled back. now we don t know if that is part of an organized withdrawal or just a rotation of troops. but what is clear is that the situation is very difficult for ukrainian troops around soledar and the fear is that if and when soledar completely falls and that is confirmed two the russians, that the fighting will intensify further south. as the russians seem to be gaining control of soledar north of here in bakhmut, the fighting is intensifying. one local resident told us before mort
communities that could happen to other parts of the country as well. lucy, keep us posted on how the suit goes. thank you. so inflation cools last month but the prices at the grocery still are still up. egg prices up 60% in the last year. cnn s vanessa yurkevich is following this for us. so there has an avian flu. what is the main factor behind this spike. i think when we go to the grocery store, we get our milk and our bread and eggs and don t think too much about the prices. but just in last year we ve seen a dozen eggs go from about $1.79 all the way in just the last year to $4.25. and this is in part because of the deadly avian flew flu th killing and it started in the spring and it is catching up with us now. in chilly palmer alaska, the demand for chickens and eggs is heating up. was already sold out before the egg shortage.