Underway. And new details from the pentagon on the isisk bombing at the Kabul Airport that killed 13 american soldiers and at least 170 afghan civilians in august. Arthel Alexandria Hoff is at the white house, Christina Coleman is in los angeles on the olympic outcry, but first, Lucas Tomlinson live in the ukrainian capital of kiev. Lucas. Reporter Russian Forces have fully assembled all their personnel to launch a full scale invasion if russian President Putin gives the order. This as Secretary Of State tony blinken hosts his polish counterpart as nearly 2,000 paratroopers arrived in poland. [inaudible conversations] but if it does not, we are fully prepared for the alternative. Reporter keep in mind when Russian Forces invaded georgia in 2008, they used half the number of troops they now have massed this evening. These forces are much more modern and capable. Jennifer griffin reports 70 of russias forces are now in place to launch that invasion, likely to cost thousands of casualties
rachel: wow. greg palkot is live in kyiv with the latest. good morning. reporter: good morning, folks. yeah, it has been an amazing night with some amazing news just across the border from where we are right now with ramifications potentially for the war here and much more. it s being called the biggest challenge to russian president vladimir putin s 23 years in power, an attempt thed coup, an armed uprising, a mutiny. the man responsible, wagner mercenary group chief. he complain about russian military leadership even saying his forces had been fired on by russians. that s when he took his 25,000 fighters plus tanks, armor, guns to nearby kyiv, population 1 million. with almost no fight put up, they took over the main military headquarters there plus other administrative buildings with the demand that the top russian military brass come to them to discuss complaints. now, threatening to move on to moscow if if not happy if and some of his forces getting closer to the capit
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