with us. the 2024 announcement coming right here in moments. stand by for a cnn exclusive. plus, president trump s lawyers meeting with the justice department as the special counsel s probe appears to be nearing its final stages. we ll walk through what this means. ukraine cultivating a network of agents inside russia to carry out attacks of sa sabotage. u.s. officials believe they were behind the kremlin drone strike. we begin with a cnn exclusive. we know mike pence, chris christi and mike bergman have announcements planned. will that be it or will there be more? chris sununu has been a maybe for months. a popular government in a state with the first primary. governor sununu is here to share his announcement. dana bash has this exclusive interview. governor, thank you for inviting us here. your decision? we ve taken a look at everything and i ve made the decision not to run for president for 2024. it s been quite adventure, but not the end by any mean. why? why
these strikes inside russia. privately, though, we re being told it s a good military strategy and has forced russia to divert resources to protect its own territory and it makes russians feel, in a way they haven t, the impact of the war that the kremlin launched on ukraine over a year ago. u.s. officials privately say, look, this is an inevitably of war. it was always likely ukraine would launch cross border attacks and it s a sound military strategy as they re ramping up for the counteroffensive. natasha, fabulous reporting. thanks for sharing it with us. up next, president biden s bipartisan moment. he sells the debt ceiling bill as proof he gets results, even with a divided governmnment. save 50% on the sleep number limited edition smsmart bed. plus, free home delivery when you add an adjuststable ba. only at sleep number.
at play. natasha bertrand joins us from the pentagon. natasha, take us inside these cells. we ve seen an uptick of drone attacks inside russia s border. is that what this is about? reporter: it s unclear whether the recent drone attacks inside russia can be attributed to pro ukrainian sympathizers. u.s. officials believe that at least one attack for sure was contributed to these pro ukrainian operatives operating inside russia. that was the drone attack on the senate building on may 3rd. that was one of the more brazen attacks the groups have carried out we re told over the last several months. ukraine has been building and cultivating this network for months and they re really just now reaching the pinnacle of that operation we re told.
- [announcer] do you have an invention idea but don t know what to do next? call invent help today. they can help you get started with your idea. call now 800-710-0020. want to share some exclusive cnn reporting at a critical time in russia s war on ukraine. sources say ukraine has cultivated a network of agents inside russia working on carrying out sabotage on russian targets. u.s. officials say the so-called sabotage cells are a mix of pro ukrainian sympathizers and russian operatives. it s unclear how drones are getting into enemy territory. some sources are saying well practiced smuggling groups are
they have established a lot of the infrastructure inside russia to be about to do this, recruiting people and getting them drones. we re told the ukrainians have, in fact, been providing these agents inside russia with drones. the ukrainians do have a pretty sophisticated drone manufacturing industry inside ukraine they ramped up since the war began. all this combined has allowed ukraine to take the war directly to russia in a way that they hope will divert russian resources and attention away from ukrainian s counteroffensive that s set to begin soon and strike fear into the hearts of every day russians. how do people at the white house, the national security council or at the pentagon think about it? good idea or bad idea? reporter: they don t want the war to expand and ukraine doing