evidence. welcome to our viewers in the united states and around the world. i m wolf blitzer. you re in the situation room. russia s military said to be divided tonight over ukraine s stunning military offensive, retaking thousands of square miles from moscow s forces, which are now on the defensive in eastern and southern ukraine. cnn s senior international correspondent matthew chance has the latest for us. matthew, cnn s reporting that putin himself is giving directions to generals on the battlefield as russia s military appears increasingly divided on how to proceed with this war. tell us more of what you re learning. reporter: that s right, wolf. tonight another illustration of just how much intelligence u.s. authorities have, the u.s. intelligence has, on the thinking of what s going on inside the russian command structure. they re talking about intercepts that they ve sort of made available to cnn. we re reporting on that. about how there are disagreements on the
925, 935. so that s equivalent to a category 4. this is a generational storm. it will become their superstorm sandy. right now at its peak category 4, staying well to the west of bermuda. they re starting to see the weather conditions deteriorate. but as it slides northward, even though you see it go from category 4 to category 3 and lose its characteristics as far as what we call a hurricane, it s still going to carry this massive amount of catastrophic energy up into canada. we have advisories along the coast easily eight, nine, ten-foot waves on the coast. but we re near the center, near bermuda. wave heights, wolf, are getting up to 50 and 60 feet high. so all of that upwelling, it s going to get carried right into movia scotia and areas of newfoundland the likes they ve never seen. damage could be widespread. tens of thousands of trees down, 400-mile-wide paths of tropical storm-force winds. power out to hundreds of thousands and heavy rain to boot. and tom, if that were not eno