alex alexander lukashenko claims he is back in russia. stunning images of russian police raiding his homes, seizing guns, passports, cash, and wigs. in ukraine, at least six people are dead after a russian strike on an apartment building in the western city of lviv. a relative safe haven, largely spared by the war so far. cnn is on the ground with new information. and also tonight, indicted trump aide walt nada finally pleads not guilty to all charges. this hour, we ll be breaking down what it means for the special counsel s classified documents case against the former president. welcome to our viewers here in the united states and all around the world. wolf blistzer is off today. i m alex marquardt and you re in the situation room. our top story tonight, the new questions over the fate and whereabouts of wagner chief yevgeny prigozhin. cnn senior international correspondent matthew chance is joining us live from belarus with details. matthew, you pressed the belarusian
what else are you learning about when this call could happen? reporter: well, it s going to be pretty soon according to the sources i have spoken to inside ukraine. but nothing concrete, i have been told, by senior officials have been scheduled. so it s still very much in the it could possibly happen stage. if it does happen, it would be the first time that president zelenskyy of ukraine has spoken with xi jinping and that contrasts starkly with the amount of contact there has been between the chinese and russian presidents. it s been more than 40 occasions that they have had face-to-face meetings. the latest occasion is scheduled to take place anytime now within the next few minutes they are expected to meet inside the kremlin for formal negotiations how to bring these two increasingly autocratic countries even closer together. remember, russia is an important resource for china s economy. it s got massive reserves of oil and gas and a forestry of minerals that is supply
amazing spouse back at home. i never meant to hurt anybody. i never meant to put in jeopardy the russian population. i never meant to break any laws here. i made an honest mistake and i hope that it doesn t end my life here. i know everybody keeps talking about political pawn and politics, but i hope that that is far from this courtroom. i want to say again that i had no intent on breaking any russian laws. i had no intent. i did not conspire or plan to commit this crime. i hope they can take into account all the documents, all the character lists everybody sent in on my behalf. i want to apologize to my teammates and the organization for any damage that i may have done to them. i never intended on hurting them. this is my second home and all i want to do is just win championships and make them proud. cnn senior international correspondent fred pleitgen is outside the courthouse near moscow. fred, visibly emotional, griner, apologizing to the court, taking responsibility fo
strike. coming up, what it means for more than 500,000 students there. we start where moments from now two of america s most powerful rivals, russia s president putin and china s xi jinping are set to meet inside the kremlin behind closed doors. it s a high stakes summit that the entire world is watching. it could have implications for what s happening in ukraine. this into cnn. a senior ukrainian official says discussions are underway to organize a call between xi and cnn president zelenskyy. that would be the first conversation between those two leaders. in a competing display of support, we are seeing the japanese prime minister on the ground in kyiv right now as this meeting in russia is going on. live team coverage with correspondents in russia, ukraine and taiwan. we start with cnn s senior international correspondent matthew chance in moscow. you have this nor reew reportin about the call between the leader of china and president zelenskyy. this is something the white house ha
receipts, frankly. for me it s a binary choice. if we cannot keep the streets safe in this particular area at this time, we shouldn t have people there after midnight. the mayor of miami beach, dan gelber, thank you very much. a lot of things happening there that they have to deal with. also this morning we are tracking putin and xi meeting at the kremlin. this is a big meeting that the world has been watching. our cnn senior international correspondent matthew chance is there. they are greeting each other there. they are going to st. george s hall. they will have these meetings today, matthew. what are you watching for on the second day of talks between xi and putin? reporter: this is the formal segment much the official state visit. you see the two leaders there, xi jinping, vladimir putin standing to attention as the national anthems of their countries are played. it s a high degree of ceremony around this.