anderson: two years ago, the former president left washington and president biden took over. the midway point of first term, question is two fold, what is he doing and what is he doing about a second term, former president declared he s running president biden could soon do the same, he s started framing his how does the president feel about the first half of his term. i spend the last five day speaking to half dozen of his closest advisors and the most striking ask two-fold, they deeply president biden is in the best position boy far he s been in since he took office two years ago tonight. second they don t believe the ongoing special counsel investigation is really many people outside of washington actually care about, they take it seriously not dismissing it but they believe the issues what the president ran on and they think has deliver on is what matters most it s not just the advisors they think you have the have a window into the president s view when he was to
where for them to go, they ve lived their lives there, all their possessions, their property is left behind, and many of them feel that boggy elderly and not particularly politically active, that even if the russians do come, perhaps they can get by, in fact, the couple we spoke to at the end of that story they had a son who had lived in another area a town, throughout the entire russian occupation and he was encouraging them to stay. anderson: what importance could the region s salt mines stay what the u.s. treasure calls a trans national criminal organization? well, the head of vogner group said that the salt mines are the in his words, cherry on the cake, keep in mind that the
city, footage shows the impact of their rounds on enemy positions. the refrain among these troops, we need more. speaks about tense, tense, tense. yes, of course. it s most powerful for our field but now it s 21 century. you need around bakhmut slowly and steadily the russians are gaining ground. thursday, the head of vogner group claim his troops and own his troops took the village just south of the city. in a dug-out this officer explains vogner s tactics. they attack at night. the first wave is less trained but we have to use lots of ammunition against them, he
vogner group for instance, in sue dan and i think cnn covered that extensively and central african republic, when they go in with a security mission, often it s really just a facade for a business, a business that exploits as much as possible local natural resources. so certainly the salt mines, which are massive. more than 100 miles of tunnels, they are the biggest salt mines in central and eastern europe. and so for the vogner group to basically put their claim, put their stake on those mines would be an opportunity for them to make some money, and of course, we know he s an ambitious man, been openly critical of the russian defense ministry and essentially presents himself as a possible replacement for them. certainly has a huge ambitions, and worry seeing them play out