vow to fight on. we won t give up bakhmut. we will hold on until the very last. glory to ukraine, death to the enemies. and the wagner boss in an audio message, acknowledges the ukrainians aren t budging. translator: the ukrainian army is throwing extra reserves into bakhmut and trying to hold the town with all their strengths. tens of thousands of ukrainian soldiers are repelling the attacks. bloodshed increases every day. reporter: wagner mercenaries are the spearhead of the invasion force. he claims they re making progress but often lack the ammunition to advance. translator: i will say a system needs to be worked out. i hoch that this system will start functioning soon, and we will be getting ammunition regularly. reporter: the u.s. and ukraine say the attrition rate among wagner s assault groups, often made up of prisoners recruited from russian jails, is as high as 80%. but the media channel is trying to convey how wagner is helping the convicts. in this film,
behind bars. that sham trial starting today. plus, the ceo of my pillow still propping up fox with his ads. so how much money has mike lindell poured into the fox empire? it s a you ll see first outfront. and a chilling discovery. the fbi arresting a man for trying to bring an explosive onto a plane. the explosives were said to be lining or hidden in the lining of his suitcase. let s go outfront. and good evening. i m erin burnett. outfront tonight, taking it directly to putin. russian soldiers whose comrades are dying en masse are tonight appealing directly to the russian president for help. translator: our command has replenished our unit with new mobilized six times now. this is evidence of the incompetence of our superiors and of the whole unit. please help. there is nowhere else to turn. just to break that down, these mobilized men are saying that their unit has been replenished six times. think about all that death. it is horrific. and what is most signifi
just ahead, california s governor declares a state of emergency in 13 counties after a week of heavy snow. till you re actually physically walking on the street you don t understand it. i mean look at my window. and fears are growing that many residents may be stranded. plus demanding answers in greece as the death toll from the train collision continues to rise. we ll bring you the latest on the investigation. ohio s governor visits the east palestine cleanup operation where nearly 2 million gallons of liquid waste have already been removed and now reports of rail workers getting sick. live from cnn center, this is cnn newsroom with rosemary church. snowstorms, tornadoes and floods, it s all in the forecast for the u.s. as severe weather looms across the country. parts of the west coast are trying to thaw out from a massive snowstorm moving east now. areas in california have seen more than 100 inches of snow in the last week prompting the governor to declare a
the town with all their strength. tens of thousands of ukrainian soldiers are fiercely repelling attacks. bloodshed increases every day. wagner mercenaries are the spearhead of the invasion groups. they re making progress but often lack the ammunition to advance. i will say that a system needs to be worked out. i hope that this system will start functioning soon and we will be getting ammunition regularly. reporter: the u.s. and ukraine say the attrition rate among wagner s assault groups, often made up of prisoners recruited from russian jails, is as high as 80%. but prigozhin s media channel is now trying to convey how wagner is actually helping the convicts. in this film, a former inmate thanks the mercenary group. translator: wagner gave me freedom and hope. hope that we have a chance. there are many guys who are ready to give their lives for their motherland and hope that
soldiers are fiercely repelling attacks. bloodshed increases every day. reporter: the mercenaries are the spearhead of russia s invasion force in bakhmut. they claim to make progress but often lack the ammunition to advance. translator: i will say that a system needs to be worked out. i hope that this system will start functioning soon and we will be getting ammunition regularly. reporter: the u.s. and ukraine say the attrition rate among the assault groups often made up of prisoners recruited from russian jails is as high as 80%, but their media channel is trying to convey how vogner is actually helping the conflicts in. this film a former inmate thanks the mercenary group. translator: vogner gave me freedom and hope, hope that we have a chance. there are many guys who are ready to give their lives for their mother land and hope that our society is still not fully rotten. reporter: ukraine says fighters like these are often