kin: is those who history had separated. the king is now in london, having greeted the queen s often. coffin. president belinsky called on the west to accelerate its delivery of arms. the visionary film director has died at the age of 91. of arms. to: visionary film director of arms. to the ionary film director of arms. to the programme. ector the queen s coffin has arrived at buckingham palace. landing at raf northolt west of london this evening accompanied all the way by her daughter, princess anne. despite the pouring rain, huge crowds lined the roads on the iii mile journey into london. traffic came to a standstill as people pulled up and got out of their cars to watch the queen s hearse pass by. on wednesday, her coffin will travel to westminster hall, where she will lie in state. here s our royal correspondent, nicholas witchell. and so, to london, on a dull september evening in an aircraft of the royal air force with the callsign kitty hawk, the callsign of any
lesser extent in the south down here. they ve gained even more ground in offensives. president zelenskyy claims they have recaptured some 6,000 square kilometers of territory. it s about 2,300 square miles since the beginning of the month. this is impossible to verify, but it is even more ground than the russians actually gained in the last several months and it happened fast. i want to show you this animation here, if we can zoom in. you can see the yellow there, how quickly ukrainian troops have recaptured territory that had been occupied by the russians. now russia is responding. ukrainian officials say russian strikes knocked out power in the region. in donetsk ukrainian forces also recaptured a town there after forces crossed the donetsk river. this here is the aftermath. the capture will further complicate any attempt by the remaining russian-backed forces to withdraw, and last night secretary of state tony blinken called the recent gains by ukrainians encouraging.
they would be surrounded and captured, though they re leaving behind a trail of destruction. cnn s sam kiley is live in kharkiv, ukraine, with an exclusive look at what remains there now. he s the first international correspondent inside izyum since the liberation of that city. sam, tell us what you re seeing. well, brianna, it has been an extraordinary campaign by the ukrainians, opening with a counteroffensive in the south, possibly drawing off russian troops there, and now president zelenskyy saying they ve captured 6,000 square kilometers. military forces saying they ve liberated the whole of kharkiv. this is what it looked like in the strategically vital city of izyum. it s opiniobeen a stunning a. ukraine s route of russian invaders has recaptured 6,000 kilometers. this land was held by russia just a few days ago. now it s providing a rich harvest to ukraine s army of abandoned russian equipment. the russian z symbol painted over, the guns ready to kill russians.
this. that s more ground than the russians have gained in months. and it happened fast. i want to show you this. you can see sort of a time lapse here in the area around kharkiv, the yellow is where the ukrainians have made gains, just since september 3rd. you can see how quickly this all happened and how much of the territory held by the russians the ukrainians were able to take back. russia is responding, however. ukrainian officials say that russian strikes knocked out power in the region. ukrainian troops are being greeted like conquering heroes, civilians rushing to offer flowers, hugs, some of them crying tears of joy. this is a humiliating defeat for russian president vladimir putin and his military. the russians being forced to flee fearing they would be surrounded and captured. they left behind a trail of destruction. sam kiley was live from kharkiv, ukraine, with an exclusive look at what remains from the izium area now. he was the first international corresponden
investigating the insurrection. and remembering the queen. the coffin will be taken to buk in london. right now king charles and the queen consort are in northern island as thousands pay tribute to the queen. we ll take you there live. and another story we continue to follow. ukrainian forces taking back more and more their territory. president zelenskyy said his country has reca recaptured 230 miles of land. this highlighting how quickly they were able to push out russian occupiers. russia is fighting back. launching heavy shelling that knocked out power in the city of kharkiv this morning. let s begin with the latest from ukraine. melissa bell filed this report from inside of kharkiv. there was a very clever communication about the counter offensive in the south. ahead of its beginning on the 29th of august. and then just about a week ago, the beginning of that eastern counter offensive up here in kharkiv that appears to have wrong-footed russian forces. but there is al