their annual march here in washington for the first time since roe v. wade was overturned. they re declaring they have fresh resolve, even though some are being slammed by former president trump for being disloyal to him. welcome to our viewers here in thtes and around the world. i m wolf blitzer. you re in the situation room. let s get right to all of the new moves by the united states and allies responding to ukraine s deals to help against russian aggression. we have the latest on what western nations are doing, and still not doing, at this pivotal moment in the war. reporter: tonight, the u.s. is taking action against russia s wagner mercenary group, a private army which vladamir putin has become increasingly dependant on to carry on operations in ukraine, including the eastern city of bakhmut where the fighting has raged. the u.s. designating wagner as a criminal organization. it will open up additional avenues for us to continue to not only sanction wagner and p
bakhmut in ukraine. and the reason this matters, jake, is because the fight for bakhmut, as has become the case with much of the war in ukraine, has become a war of attrition that military and intelligence officials increasingly say is really likely to turn on access to artillery ammunition, which side is able to sustain its supply of artillery ammunition the longest. one senior western intelligence official that i spoke to earlier today said in bakhmut alone, the two sides are spending up to multiple thousands of rounds of ammunition a day, which is just staggering. so what north korea is doing here is really helping wagner, and by extension the russian side, perpetuate this fight in bakhmut that our sources say has left this part of ukraine looking like they re done. will the weapons and ammunition from north korea make a difference in ukraine? not necessarily from a broader strategic perspective. the fight in bakhmut specifically is not seen, even if russia is able to
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