hurricane ian, and now questions are growing about why officials waited to order mandatory evacuations. and the person who helped recruit the migrants is a former u.s. army counterintelligence agent. so who is she? let s go out front. good evening, i m erin burnett. out front tonight, putin s chaos. this video shows one of the ambushes destroying three russian tanks. and videos posted online by ukraine s defense ministry show one town after another being liberated. you see the flags flying over the key city of lyman. the losses are leaving putin s forces in a state of chaos in. a story you ll see first out front, russian recruits are revealing the reality of putin s war. some claiming they were given no training before being shipped. and his commander telling the new recruits that it doesn t matter if they have hernias or plates in their heads, they re if fit to fight. putin throwing them in the line of fire as his options narrow. he s growing more desperate, threatening
and the collapse of kremlin troops in the east does not mean they are good. weather could radically affect the battlefield, and keeps top allies when the conflict is not over. here is the u.s. president tuesday when asked if the ukraine s counteroffensive is a turning point in the war. the question is it s hard to tell. it s clear the ukrainians have made significant profit u.s.. but it s gonna be a long haul. among the liberated cities of eastern, ukraine izium russian logistics hub after is captured by russian ukrainian forces. here s more in an exclusive report. it has been a stunning advance. ukrainians route of russian invaders has recaptured 6000 square climbers, ukraine s president. says this land was held by russia just a few days ago. now, it s providing a rich harvard to ukraine s army of abandoned russian equipment. the russian z symbol painted over. the guns ready to kill russians. the recapture of izyum, a strategic prize, accelerated by precision strik
for the next four days. we are covering all of these latest developments for you. and i m rosemary church, here in atlanta. i will have details on all of our other top stories, including the expanding scope of the u.s. justice department s investigation into donald trump, and the potential impact ahead of the midterm elections. britain s longest serving monarch has made her final journey home, and her coffin is now resting inside buckingham palace just behind me. her arrival late on tuesday was greeted with cheers and applause by what were large crowds gathered to pay tribute and to witness this moment in history. in the hours ahead, the queen s coffin will be taken by a horse drawn carriage to westminster hall. from here, buckingham palace where she will lie in state until her funeral on monday and members of the royal family will be walking in that procession. it will include king charles, who traveled to northern ireland. on tuesday, it was his first visit
criticism over how evacuations were carried out. details ahead and the latest on another massive storm. voters in brazil learned the results of the presidential election there and whether they will go back to the polls for another round. and cnn takes you back to the city recaptured by ukraine just a day after the kremlin declared it a part of russia. live from cnn center, this is cnn news room with rosemary church. thanks for joining us. authorities in florida have confirmed 76 deaths from hurricane ian as they continue to search for more survivors. over the weekend, they evacuated hundreds of people from lee county where more than half of the state s deaths have occurred. the situation is so bad in arcadia, people can only move by sailing on boats instead of driving in cars. back in lee county, officials have been criticized for waiting too long to order evacuations. but some are pushing back claiming they did the best they could with the information they had. here is
could ve been done better. morning and anger in indonesia following one of the deadliest sporting disasters ever. we will have the latest in a live report. cnn takes you inside the key city recaptured by ukraine. just a day after the kremlin declared it part of brush up. five days after hurricane ian hammered parts of florida, authorities are looking through the areas to find survivors. over the weekend they evacuated about 400 people from an isolated island in lee county. one of the most ravaged communities in the state. in central florida, they also recovered this patrol car from the side of the road, which had been washed away by floodwaters. in the town of arcadia, heavy flooding has submerged entire neighborhoods like these. the situation is so bad, people can only move by sailing on boats, instead of driving in cars. we visited the area and filed this report. reporter: florida governor ron desantis came here to arcadia, florida to meet with the national guard and