a russian lieutenant who fought in ukraine has fled putin s army and he s out front to talk about it. the lack of equipment, training, boiling rabbits for food, the atrocities he says were committed by russian fighters. you won t want to miss this interview. breaking news, the pentagon right now is tracking a chinese spy balloon flying over the u.s. president biden asking for military options. what are the chinese doing? plus, fbi agents investigating congressman george santos for allegedly scamming a veteran out of thousands of dollars meant for his dying dog. that veteran is out front tonight. what did he tell investigators about santos? and good evening. i m erin burnett. out front, a russian officer speaks out right here. constantine served on the front lines for three months and is now telling all. the former lieutenant is the most senior russian officer to speak publicly about what he saw and did in ukraine. you re going to see that interview in just a moment. he
positions last year. not only did he not know where the artillery men were shooting and his job was to protect them, that s what his unit was doing at the time, he says the russians firing those rockets had no idea what they were shooting at. of course we know, the targets are constantly civilian, homes, schools, apartment buildings. he witnessed three instances of russians torturing ukrainians. and he has this to say to the ukrainian people. translator: i ask the ukrainian people for forgiveness, that i came to their land with a gun in my hand. he is seeking asylum in the united states. you re going to hear more from him in a moment because his details about the russian forces come as president zelenskyy said that russia s new offensive is now under way. and fighting intensifies our fred pleitgen was just yards from two city strikes. he and his team were the middle of a civilian area. the attack sending everyone scrambling for shelter, afraid