live from cnn center, this is cnn newsroom with kim brunhuber. ukraine s president will be appealing for more international aid this week when the ukraine recovery conference gets under way in switzerland. he urged his fellow ukrainians to stay optimistic. here he is. translator: no matter how difficult it is for us today, we must remember that there will be tomorrow. and tomorrow should bring maximum benefit to ukraine. everyone should do absolutely everything possible for this. russia s relentless rampage in ukraine is now most heavily focused on the key city of lysychansk, one of the few places still under ukrainian control in the donbas. a local ukrainian military official says the city is on fire. meanwhile days after russian forces abandoned snake island in the black sea, ukraine s military is claiming it destroyed some of the equipment russians left behind. as they put it, russian spirit does not stink there anymore. scott mclean is joins us live from the ukrai
inflation is another. according to aaa rn achlaa rngs million americans are hitting the road as gas averages 4ment ab $4.81 per gallon. drivers are feeling the pain. it is getting crazy. my car used to be $40 to fill up and now it is $69.45. i m over it. staying home this holiday, yeah. did the gas prices play into that? i guess the entire economy played into that, yeah. and gas prices aren t the only thing pinching consumer wallets this holiday weekend. nadia romero takes a look at how inflation is hitting every corner of the travel industry. reporter: despite plenty of flight cancellations and delays, tsa saw about 2.5 million americans going through security checkpoints on friday alone. that is the heist amount of travelers they have seen since