A strike on a major strategic target in Russia and a mystery, who did it, the lead starts

right now.

The Kremlin pointing fingers accusing Ukraine of hitting a Russian oil depot, but is Ukraine

actually to blame?

Or is this all a Russian ruse?

Also, panic in Russia, as sanctions set in the deteriorating quality of life as the

average Russian scrambles to buy what he or she can.

World leader is also pressuring Putin to try to end his deadly ruthless invasion.

Plus, President Biden's celebrating a positive new American jobs report, not everything

of course is rosy, one leading economist is sounding warnings of a recession he will join

me live to explain why.

This is CNN breaking news.

Welcome to the lead on Jake Tapper, and we start today with our world lead in what

could be a huge military accomplishment for the Ukrainian military or a false flag operation

carried out by Russian forces to further attempt to try to justify their brutal and unprovoked

attack on a sovereign nation.

This afternoon, Ukraine's foreign minister would not confirm, nor would he deny whether

Ukrainian forces were behind this attack on a fuel depot in the Russian town of Belgrade.

There were no reported deaths or injuries.

Russia claims that Ukrainian helicopters carried out the strike and that more than 3.5 million

gallons of fuel are on fire as a result.

Now if true, that would be a first for this war.

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