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range of colleagues have been working on this story all day and have learned the justice department has subpoenaed more than 30 people, people in the former president s orbit. people like bill steppian, donald trump s former campaign manager, dan scavino the former trump chief of staff. these are wide ranging subpoenas seeking things that have to do with the save america pact, donald trump s fundraising and political vehicle, information related to the fake elector spot, any information handed over to the january 6 committee, a number of them seeking documents some also seeking testimony. we also learned in the new york times tonight that investigators appear to have gone another step further with some witnesses including boris epstein and mike roman the new york times reporting both men had phones seized. cnn has not independently confirmed this. it is a sign the justice department s investigation is intensifying particularly as they are about to head into the quie ....
left banded. for weeks, ukraine have been publicly hinting about a counter offensive in the south. apparently planned for their independence day late last month. but it appears that the russians may have been duped by abatements which. which, for this major push in the northeast. the numbers are hard to verify. but in less than two weeks. russia may have suffered one of its biggest losses of the war so far. here s a ukrainian president speaking on monday. since the start of september, our soldiers have already liberated 6000 square kilometers of ukrainian territory in the east and south. and we are moving further. a russian graduate though, has been followed by airstrikes. targeting civilian infrastructure in the kharkiv region. ukrainian gains have been so significant, even for russians had to own their losses as well as a major retreat. cnn s melissa bell and her crew, gain access to newly made areas in northeast. and reported that the battle is still going on wit ....
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 russ ....
Of, untouched houses around russian command posts, and so on, and then a very rapid maneuver, completely different set of doctrine really that they are using. they re maneuvering around, surprising and devastating the russians. and they ve caught them and caused a collapse of their command and control. they ll probably be able to regroup on the donetsk river. that the main concern of the ukrainians at the moment. steve, one of the things and we heard this from critics of putin inside russia, they want a full mobilization of russian forces there. do you think all of this will spur putin to do a general mobilization? you know, it is hard to say right now whether he ll go to that extent because what that presupposes is the down side of a full mobilization would be some sort of political price to pay for putin inside of russia. it is just really hard to judge. would the russian people sort of rise up? would mothers sending their boys and, you know, to the front, ....
Conventional sense. even the reinforcements we heard are call up would be throwing a lot of fairly inexperienced troops at it. and again, how can the russians turn this in some type of x factor that can really get at the ukrainians, because right now it s all momentum and initiative on the ukrainian side. they ve got the russians in the back heel. the russian regime is in trouble i believe and they ve got to turn it and this is what worries me because they re being backed into a corner domestically and not internationally which makes this all very dangerous. desperation can be dangerous. sam kiley, you and your team stay safe. steve hall, general, thank you very much. next, someone who served the late queen elizabeth on the funeral arrangements she herself made in the first days of charles as king. with skincare super ingredient collagen! ....