welcome to our viewers on pbs in america and around the globe. russia says its forces have completed the capture of soledar, a small town in eastern ukraine that s been the focus of intense fighting. moscow called it an important step in its offensive, which would allow russian troops to cut off ukrainian forces in nearby bakhmut. if russia s claims are true, it would be the first ukrainian town it has captured since july after six months of russian military setbacks. but ukraine s president zelensky says the battle in soledar is still under way. our ukraine correspondent james waterhouse reports. a salt mining town under russian assault, soledar has become a story of carnage and contradiction. after months of bloody fighting, an attempt by russia to give a clear message. for the first time, a claim to be in complete control, and that this town is the start of something bigger. the capture of soledar became possible due to the constant destruction of the enemy, says russia
russia says its forces have completed the capture of soledar a small town in eastern ukraine that s been the focus of intense fighting. moscow called it an important step in its offensive which would allow russian troops to cut off ukrainian forces in nearby bakhmut. if russia s claims are true, it would be the first ukrainan town it has captured since july after six months of russian military setbacks. but ukraine s president zelensky says the battle in soledar is still under way. our ukraine correspondent, james waterhouse, reports. a salt mining town under russian assault, soledar has become a story of carnage and contradiction. after months of bloody fighting, an attempt by russia to give a clear message. for the first time, a claim to be in complete control, and that this town is the start of something bigger. the capture of soledar became possible due to the constant destruction of the enemy, says russia s defence ministry. by ground attack, aircraft, missiles and
attorney general merrick garland appointed a special counsel to take over the investigation. for the very latest, let s bring in cnn s arlette saenz at the white house. what more can you tell us about this statement from the biden administration? reporter: fred, getting new details about exactly the number of classified pages that were found at president biden s residence up in wilmington, delaware, and based on cnn s reporting and disclosures made by the white house counsel s office, it appears there were approximately 20 documents of classified markings that were found between the residence in delaware as well as that washington, d.c. office that president biden used when he had left the vice president s office. now, today in a statement from white house counsel, they had previously said that they had found one document amounting to one page in an adjacent room to the garage in vice president or in president biden s home up in delaware, but today the white house counsel
washington, d.c. this comes as u.s. attorney general merrick garland has appointed a special counsel to take over the investigation. for the latest, let s bring in cnn s saenz siarlette saenz at e house. tell us about the statement the white house is sharing. reporter: we re starting to get a better picture of exactly how many documents have been found between the president s residence in wilmington, delaware, as well as a former office that he used here when he had left the vice presidency. and based on cnn reporting as well as the disclosures that have come from the white house office, it appears there are approximately 20 documents with classified markings that had been found between those two locations. now, one of those documents was found in an adjacent room to the president s garage in wilmington, delaware. the white house had initially said that included one page. but it is now revealed that there were actually an additional five pages that were found on thursday ni
across the country. i m fredricka whitfield. thanks so much for being with me today. jim acosta is next. you re live in the cnn newsroom. i m jim acosta in washington. we begin with new details on president biden s classified documents saga. the president s special counsel confirming that several additional pages with classified material were discovered at biden s wilmington home thursday evening. the documents in addition to ten documents discovered in a biden affiliated think tank. a small closet to the left of biden s desk and storage spaces in the adowning conference room including top-secret material and dealt with matters involving ukraine, iran and the united kingdom. also a memo from biden to then president obama as well as two briefing memos prepared for biden s phone calls with british prime minister and president of the european council. all under investigation. arlette saenz has more. what more can you tell us? reporter: jim, so many twists and turns in th