the lightning advanced that ukraine is making in reclaiming territory seized by russian forces. today president zelenskyy said his military has liberated 2300 square miles since the beginning of this month. while it is not really possible to verify these exact numbers and these images of ukrainian flags being raised in several villages in the east and the south. they re circulating widely. we re also following big economic news happening as we speak. u.s. stocks down sharply at this hour. following new inflation data. we ll have much more on all of that in a moment. but let s begin with stan kylely live in kharkiv. what is the latest? reporter: well the latest is that in spite of this very rapid and success advance, 6,000 kilometers captured in the north or recaptured in the north and south of the country, the russians have hit back. they ve hit back by taking out the power supplies in kharkiv province. it is power cut here in kharkiv city. but i could say, also, that it
ali? good evening reverend. we re at about five and a half, six hours ago, the air raid sirens went off in lviv, and shortly after that, there were several loud explosions that all of us heard. followed by a dark plume of smoke rising over the city. that had obviously shaken up many of the residents of lviv, many displaced people that have fled the eastern war-torn part of the country. then, at about two hours after that, an initial explosion, there was another explosion, it sounded smaller but nonetheless we heard that. that was also followed by black plumes of smoke. much smaller ones that went out for more quickly. we learned the first attack was in a fuel depot. the cranium s don t want us to discuss the location for security reasons, but it was a