the most important things. the movement of soldiers, and in the undermining of the essential reason of why putin has given for invading ukraine. so this i think is very serious. and i would love to know right now where is prigozhin? and what happens if they tried to arrest him? because if he really does have fighters, and he is saying that he shot down the helicopter. this could be a real battle, and could be a real battle, if he is not blowing smoke. also the studying collapse and the relationship between prigozhin and putin, just a few months ago putin was issuing a statement congratulating his assault units on their role and what they did play against those ukrainian forces, and now you can see him coming out and saying the reason that they had been telling you russia is conducting the war, and it s about nato, it is fake and
sfb, security service or anyone else. here s former cia station chief and fox news contributor. quite significant for ukraine and they re responsible for operations inside ukraine and this is a zero sum game and russia is focused on their own internal dissent and treasonous dissent. they can t take it as they otherwise would. reporter: they ve forced military convoys to scramble across the capitol city advising residents to stay off the roads in washington white house national security counsel spokesperson said we re monitoring the situation and we re consulting with allies and partners on the developments. just a month ago, the wagner groups assault units hailed by president putin for the capture of ukrainian city of bakhmut and
units, air units, and assault units made out of russian convex. but despite the pressure, ukraine s president is painting a rosy picture. translator: in some sectors, our forces are moving forward. and others they are defending positions, or resisting assault, and intensified attack from the occupiers. we have no lost positions, only liberated ones. they only have losses. and further south, battles are very hard going. when ukrainian front says that russians are digging in, and unleashing massive firepower from all directions. including from the ground itself. ben wedeman has the details. russian forces have laid dense minefields and deployed a significant amount of reserves along the southern front, this according to the commander of the ukraine armed forces. general underscoring just how difficult ukraine s
overnight, firing waves of drones from all directions. those also say they were able to avoid most attacks but russia attacked other cities, as well. meanwhile ukraine says russia s major battlefield focus is in the east, with dozens of combat engagements alone. russia is throwing everything at them. infantry units and assault units. despite the pressure, ukraine s president is painting a hopeful picture. in others, they are defending positions or assaults or intensified attacks from the occupiers.