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.
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.
we ll have much more on this latest action from the justice department. meanwhile, there s also progress this morning in the legal fight over the documents seized from mar-a-lago. the doj and donald trump s attorneys appear to be close to agreeing on a list of potential special masters for that case. and in ukraine, citizens and soldiers celebrating major gains against russian forces. but the latest intelligence from the pentagon says wart is far from over. the war is far from over. good morning. welcome to way too early on this tuesday, september 13th. thank you for starting your day with us. we ll begin with the widening criminal investigation into efforts to overturn the 2020 election. nbc news has confirmed that about 40 subpoenas were issued over the past week to people associated with former president donald trump. according to the new york times which first reported the news, former trump adviser is among those subpoenaed. his attorney has declined to comment.