europe. we ll look at how the virus is spreading in the u.s. and the push for vaccines. millions of americans hitting the road this holiday weekend but fright delays and rising gas prices are putting the brakes on many of those, hoping for a great escape. we begin in ukraine where russia is said to have bombed an island it just abandoned two days ago. ukraine released this video saying it shows russian air strikes on sfanake island frida night. they used phosphorus bombs which cnn can t independently verify. russia is trying to destroy the equipment they let behind after leaving the strategic island in the black sea. this as a senior u.s. defense official says ukraine has used the u.s. made high mars multiple rocket launches to take out russian targets. at least four of those are in ukraine with four more on the way. president zelenskyy is accusing russia of terrorism following friday s residential strikes near odesa. at least 21 people were killed with 40 others wounded.
israeli police beating with batons. live from cnn center, this is cnn newsroom with michael holmes. ukrainian president volodymyr zelenskyy says more than a thousand towns and villages have been retaken so far from russian forces, including six more over just the past 24 hours. he says the russian military is paying a heavy price for its aggression. translator: today we can report 200 downed russian military aircraft. russia has not lost so many aircraft in any war in decades, and russia has lost almost 27,000 soldiers. ukraine also says russian troops continue to retreat from around the city of kharkiv in the north. farther south, ukraine claims it successfully blocked a russian advance at a key river. you re looking at drone video there showing pontoon bridges destroyed. also tanks and other heavy equipment destroyed as well. meanwhile, russia s top general and the u.s. defense secretary spoke by phone for an hour on saturday, their first chat since the war began.
Congressman following his threat to withhold weapons from israel if they proceed with Military Operations in rafah. Welcome to fox news live, im jacqui heinrich. Griff friday mere we go, hour packs, im hour two, im griff jenkins. Lucas tomlinson is live outside the white house with more. Reporter griff, in the last hour you interviewed a republican congressman who represents a district joe biden won back in 2020. He says he does not support impeachment. I think what President Biden is doing at this moment of war is unconscionable, and i think as cory mills pointed out, he is putting electoral politics ahead of the safety and security of one of our closest allies in the world. But were less than six months away from an election, and i trust the judgment of the American People. Reporter many have pointed out that Ronald Reagan withheld f16s and cluster bombs, george h. W. Bush too too, ike had his suez crisis, but some say whats different this time is a hamas slaughtering israelis, some
I think its something that has contributed to bayer leverkusen s success significantly. When you look at all these games they have one lead into stoppage time often, it has to do something with just how for the players are and how they can still go 90 or 100 even six minutes into stoppage time, and other times might not be able to quite the intensity late into games. It is something in football that has been a bit underrated, medical staff and fitness. History too in the conference league, as 0lympiakos reached their first european final. They completed a 6 2 Aggregate Win over aston villa to become the first greek side since their rivals, panathanaikos, in 1971 to make a major continental final, when theyll play fiorentina in athens, just ten miles from their own stadium. It is not now for 0lympiakos, it is for greece. This will be the biggest Achievement Everfrom A for greece. This will be the biggest achievement ever from a greek team. We want all the greeks to celebrate together wi
Trophies this season but theyve decided to mark the one theyve already claimed in a unique way. The german club have offered its fans free tattoos to celebrate their first bundesliga title, as well as the new european Football Record of 49 matches unbeaten in all competitions. That was sealed on thursday as leverkusen reached the final of the Europa League with an Aggregate Win over roma. Their achievements this season under manager xabi alonso have gone some distance beyond expectations, and they could win whats being called the invicible treble if they pick up the Europa League in the final against atalanta, and then the german cup without losing again this season. I think it alonso has a clear idea of the football he wants his team to play in terms of possession and how to structure a build up plays, all these things. They are of course may be drawn on a tactics board, but they have also been talk to these players quite well. I think shabby alonso is kind of the leading hand in this