already. some people are trying to reveal what they had, the remains of the house. but many people are still of course living understood ground in metro stations. there is hundreds of people living there still because we don t know what could happen potentially because, yes, ukrainian soldiers have been doing very well to counter-offensives and push back the russian forces to further out villages. but the situation is, for example, unstable. so we don t know how long this quietness in kharkiv will last. yeah, absolutely understand that. how possible is it, do you think, that ukrainian forces could continue to hold back russian forces there in the donbas region and around kharkiv? i mean, do you think that that s doable? i think that in particularly in kharkiv region, the ukrainian forces are doing very good. so according to washington-based
think tank, they stood for the study of war, they said it is mostly a case that in coming weeks or coming day, ukrainian forces will be able to push back the russian forces to its border. so this would be good. but we also know that in donbas, according to the ukrainian officials, about 80% of the whole region, including donetsk and luhansk are now occupy by the russian forces. so this will be difficult to push back. but the heavy fighting and heavy shelling continues, and ukrainian forces are doing their best to make it as difficult as possible. and you mentioned the difficulties, life in kharkiv specifically. what about the wider donbas region where as you say, russian forces are very much embedded there. what is life like for ukrainians who can t get out? it s very difficult. the governors of both donetsk
fighting inflation is his top priority, with gas prices at record highs and a key piece of economic data coming in just a few hours from now. live from cnn center, this is cnn newsroom with rosemary church. and we begin with breaking news from eastern ukraine where the mayor of slovensk reports missile strikes on two areas of the city. there are no casualties so far and the damage is still being assessed. meanwhile, ukraine claims its forces holding back the forces in the donbas region and recapturing territory in and around kharkiv. ukraine s second biggest city has been the scene of some intense fighting. drone footage shows ukrainian troops targeting a russian t-90