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.