soon land in japan for the g7 summit, where the war in ukraine is expected to be a top issue. we re live in hiroshima in just a few minutes. plus, prince harry and meghan say they were chased by paparazzi for nearly two hours to the streets of new york city. we hear from their taxi driver, just ahead. plus, a cnn exclusive new evidence may undercut donald trump s claims about classified documents found in mar-a-lago. live from cnn center, this is cnn newsroom with rosemary church. good to have you with us. u.s. president joe biden is set to arrive in japan in the next hour, ahead of a summit of the world s leading democracies. and the war in ukraine is expected to top the g7 agenda. ukraine has stepped up its campaign for f-16 fighter jets, although president biden has been reluctant to agree. there is also word that the u.s. does not want to talk about diplomatic solution until it sees how ukraine s plan spring offensive turns out. live now to hiroshima, and cnn s white
governor intensifying and apparently costing the state thousands of jobs just days af before the republican is ex expecting to announce his campaign. welcome to our viewers in the united states and around the world. i m wolf blitzer. you re in the situation room. we begin with a new u.s. message about the war in ukraine. a significant development as president biden is out there on the world stage right now and in a potentially very pivotal moment in the conflict. phil mattingly is with the president at the summit in japan. kn nic robertson is in eastern ukraine. phil, as the president prepares for this summit, the biden administration is signaling a major shift on ukraine. what can you tell us? yeah, wolf, it would be a significant development. the president is just a few hours away from starting the first day at the g-7 summit here meeting with leaders. leaders that have been integral to the steadfast support of ukraine since russia s invasion oaf the course f the year
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especially in bakhmut, where fighting appears to be intensifying. we re seeing that both sides claiming advances, ukraine in the past few days has said it has made gains, particularly in the suburbs to the north and south. prigozhin, the head of wagner on wednesday, saying on wednesday s forces had advanced some 260 meters. you can see sort of the very reduced speed of advance within the city. he will another dig against the russian military ministry of defense said they d be able to do more of a warrant for russian ministry of defense forces retreating, he said. and we ve got some new satellite images that show the real cost, rosemary, of the fighting in bakhmut. the intense damage. this is a cedar and a set of jobs you can see on the, west may 8th on the left, now on the right. those buildings essentially what wiped off the map. we ve also got in a school in the western district of kyiv school, number 12, over bakhmut, rather, school number 12 on the right.
understanding is it will run out in september or so. if you start taking the money and buying f-16s with them, then you re going to run out a lot faster than you would if you re just buying ammunition, artillery. the play might be to have allies and partners step in with f-16s because they re really costly and we have a big fight coming up in congress for more money. i think the administration want to avoid that as long as possible. jill, ukraine says it s gaining ground around bakhmut. all of this is clearly rattling the kremlin, isn t it? i think they re very concerned because they don t know what s coming next and the fight over bakhmut has been going on for so long with really very little progress by the russians to put it mildly that i think it is concerning them. also, i just wanted to jump in on this question of whether or