this as one former wagner group commander flees to norway, and his lawyer is outfront tonight to tell his story for the first time. plus, just in to outfront, new details about the investigation into biden s classified documents. we now know more about who federal investigators have been speaking with about the case. and ron desantis launching a new charm offensive. he s trying to shed the notion that he s dry and reserved, those are the quotes. why now? let s go outfront. and good evening. i m erin burnett. outfront tonight, convicts on the front line. new audio into outfront of the chief of the brutal private russian army fighting on the front lines in ukraine, the wagner group. the chief yevgeny prigozhin s influence with putin has been surging. this is what prigozhin is now telling convicted criminals who have finished their tours of duty with him about staying out of prison. listen for yourself. translator: don t drink a lot, don t use drugs, and don t
happening now, another child s body found in the rubble of a ukrainian residential apartment building as the death toll from a powerful russian missile attack rises. this hour i ll ask key white house official john kirby about new u.s. and western military aid to ukraine and whether it s enough. also tonight the white house is ramping up its damage control as the crisis over classified documents intensifies. the biden team defending its delayed and incomplete release of information while accusing republicans of fake outrage. and the husband of a messing massachusetts woman is now charged with murdering his wife. we re breaking down the new evidence in this very high profile case as it takes a dramatic turn. welcome to our viewers here in the united states and around the world. i m wolf blitzer and you re in the situation room. we begin with the growing carnage from russia s attack on an apartment building in ukraine, one of the single deadliest strikes of vladimir putin
four bullets ripped through her home into the room where she had just been playing with her granddaughter. it makes me angry that one person, makes me angry that we have a former president and current elected officials in the highest level of government that think it s okay to, you know, invoke violence. reporter: despite how emotionally draining and scary this has all been, we are not hearing any of these legislators and local representatives backing down. peña has his first court appearance tomorrow. kyung lah, thank you very much. to our viewers, thanks for watching. erin burnett outfront starts right now. outfront next, convicts fighting putin s war. new audio into outfront of the leader of the wagner group, the brutal private army that s on the front lines.