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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 encouragi ....
we still don t know. however, tonight we do know more about when the agency s top watchdog knew the messages were missing. tonight multiple sources familiar with the matter tell cnn that the inspector general for the department of homeland security which oversees the secret service first learned of the missing messages in may of 2021. now, that s significant because that s not what secret service officials told congress. they told congress that the inspector general joseph kafari knew in december of 2021, and if he knew in may of 2021, that means it was more than a year before he told the house select committee that potentially crucial information might have been erased. now, the secret service as you know says the messages were lost during a scheduled data migration that began on january 27th, three weeks after the capitol attack. it s also a week after several house committees directed dhs to produce all documents or materials relevant to it so they knew congress want ....
for trump so we track them down, and wait until you see what they did next. and tonight rfk jr. gaining traction. his supporters going to tell you why it s kennedy for them over biden and trump. let s go out front. reporter: and good evening. i m erin burnett. out front tonight, prepared to attack at any hour. that s what israel is saying tonight as hamas says it s at, quote, high combat readiness. both sides preparing for the truce to end tonight if a deal is not reached by midnight eastern. last night the truce was extended for 24 hours at the last minute. today eight hostages were released. right now it s a group of six that arrived in israel. two others were released earlier today. they ve now been reunited with their family. the reality is so far women and children and hostages have been primarily released. that was the deal made by israel and hamas. by israel s last count there aren t very many women and children left in gaza, but there are 118 men still being ....
In the last hour on cnn, the biden administration responded to russia s request. and we ll have more on that in a moment. this comes after secretary of state antony blinken spoke with russia s foreign minister lavrov today in their first known conversation since russia invaded ukraine. lavrov, quote, strongly suggested the u.s. should return to a mode of quiet diplomacy in regards to the prisoner exchange. joining me in moscow with the latest, cnn s senior international correspondent fred ple pleitgen. what more do you know about what russia s proposing? yeah, you know, vadim krasikov is one of the most high profile prisoners that germany has. you re absolutely right. he was convicted last year for a murder by the germans say was organized and ordered by the russian state. the russians deny that. according to our reporting, the russians did say it to the americans that they want vladden krasikov along with viktor bout along with paul whelan and brittney griner. the u.s. never really ....