ongoing threat to democracy. and in ukraine cnn is speaking with the anti-putin rich shan fighters claiming responsibility for cross border attacks. they say they re using american military vehicles during the raids. we ll get reaction from a key white house official, john kirby. welcome to our viewers here in the united states and around the world. i m wolf blitzer. you re in the situation room. let s begin with new ve developments in the special counsel s criminal investigation into donald trump s handling of classified documents. josh, tell us what you and your colleagues are now learning. right, wolf. what we re learning is that one day before federal authorities came to mar-a-lago last june to pick up classified documents in return for a subpoena that video employees, two employees of the former president in mar-a-lago, moving boxes back into the storage room. as you remember, when the feds arrived at mar-a-lago, trump s team said, come with us to the storage r
we want ukraine to be able to defend its own soil, its own territory. they have been attacked. they have been invaded. they have a right to defend themselves. we ve also been clear, wolf, we don t want to see the war escalate beyond the devastation and violence it s seen. a war that escalates, particularly involving more than just ukraine and russia, that would be bad for not only the ukrainian people but the entire continent. what can you tell us, john, about the most recent conversations the u.s. had with the ukrainians, conversations you just mentioned. did you outline potential consequences? it wasn t really about outlining consequences, it was simply a reaffirmation, wolf, of what we have said before, that we just don t want to see u.s. supplied equipment used to attack russian soil. you know, look, they recognize that. they appreciate that our concerns and, again, they ve given us assurances that they won t do that.