well, it s tuesday, september 13th. it is 9 a.m. here in london where in just a matter of hours the late queen elizabeth ii will make her final trip back here to buckingham palace being honored in what was an emotional farewell in scotland. in london the queen s coffin will remain at buckingham palace behind me here before it is moved to westminster hall on wednesday and there she will lie in state until her funeral next monday. well, ahead of that, preparations have been underway overnight. soldiers here seen rehearsing for the queen s funeral procession. correspondents are fanned out. isa soares standing by outside saint charles cathedral. we are joined here outside buckingham palace. to both of you, thank you very much, indeed, for joining us. let me start with you, isa. and it has been certainly a long day in scotland yesterday and a long evening as people cued to pay their last respect to the queen whose body lies in a casket at saint charles cathedral. what have people
territory claimed by russia have been liberated. on sunday ukrainian military commander clanld the army had retaken nearly 1200 square miles in two weeks. by monday the official number had doubled. translator: from the beginning of september until today our soldiers have already liberated more than 6,000 square kilometers of the territory of ukraine in the east and south. the movement of our troops continues. the drastic jump in the news is the fact journalists are being denied access to the front lines. u.s. officials refraining from putting out numbers. they say ukrainian soldiers have pushed the soldiers back. clearly we have seen them go on the offensive in the last couple of weeks and actually regain quite a bit of territory. again, i think i ll stay out of quantifying it in too much detail but they are actually taking territory back certainly over the last two weeks during the counter offensive positions. cnn s matthew chance has more from ukraine and russia.