bumper trying to leave russia. similar scenes are happening at several border towns. we re also getting new video of this mobilization playing out in real life. you see here the tearful scenes of mothers saying good-bye to their sons who have been called up to join this war. cnn s senior national correspondent alex marquardt joins us live now. cnn has new reporting, alex, about how russia s military is now divided over putin s new directives. take us through it. that s right, victor. well, clearly russia s war in ukraine is not going well. that s why you re seeing that mobilization effort of up to 300,000 reserveists, putin says. of course in the past few weeks ukraine has managed to take back thousands of square miles in a counteroffensive that now according to this new reporting russian officials are divided over how to respond to. now, one source told our colleague katie bo lil as that already intelligence intercepts that shows russian generals and
officers are squabbling amongst themselves over what to do next, how to counter this offensive, how to shore up their defensive lines, where that should be done, whether it s in south where there has been a push by ukrainians as well as in the east where ukraine has made formidable gains. we understand from sources that there are also calls from russian officers back home to friends and family complaining about the direction or really the lack thereof from moscow. and then victor, perhaps most remarkably, one source telling cnn, or several sources rather telling cnn that president putin himself is involved with directing the military efforts on the ground, ordering generals, russian generals in ukraine to carry out operations in the way that he sees fit. that of course is remarkable, that president putin would wade in in that way. now, this mobilization effort is already under way in russia, victor, as you showed that video there.
this exchange. jim? yeah, this would be their first conversation since before the war back in january. it is also worth noting that the judge who oversaw bout s trial and who convicted him also signed off in her mind, that this was the right decision to make, to bring these two americans home, even if that meant sendi ing viktor bout bac to russia. thank youing. the wnba players association shared a message for brittney griner overnight, tweeting, not a day, not an hour goes by that you re not in our minds and our hearts. we talk a lot about the power of the 144 and we re all sending you strength. joining us now is terry jackson, executive director of the wnba players association. thank you for joining us. i know this must be a lot for you to take in this morning. the possibility, potentially having brittney come home in exchange for viktor bout. i want to talk about your mobilization effort and going
distance they re not hitting the inside of the city. this seems like a pretty safe place that we are hearing bombing in the north and bombing to the west. where you couldn t go? amen? and matt, really quickly, do you get a sense that there s any a mobilization effort there. we obviously spoke to a member of the ukrainian parliament who said that that there is this mobilization effort among civilians. have you seen any similar efforts in kharkiv? we haven t seen those efforts personally. we ve been hearing a lot about them. the line from most civilians is that they are willing to fight. but we ve also heard that there are orders to constrict citizens. and i have to tell you women, if you are a man of fighting age. you might not want to walk around because there are police everywhere who knows what they could do? they have the authority. we understand to construct people by force. to press people into the military.
0 on what is just the second day of this war. the capital city of kyiv already being dealing with sirens going off all morning long. warnings residents to shelter after hearing loud expulsions throughout the night. ukrainian armed forces looking to deter the army as they move in on the capitol. including blowing up their own bridges. this destroyed bridge, you see, hear about 15 miles outside of kyiv. and it will now make it harder for russians to advance. and take a look at this stunning video. posted by an adviser to the ukrainian interior minister. allegedly showing a russian playing hate and shock down but the ukrainian air force. as it basically crashed into a building in kyiv, earlier this morning. the official who released this video said that the debris fell in a residential area. now, these new developments come as president biden is scheduled to meet with fellow nato allies, today in a virtual summit after announcing a new wave of sanctions targeting russians banking sector o