secretary of state. also joining us is peter zwack. gentlemen, great to see you. he s also the author of a u.s. army officer s experience in pre-putin russia. general, in one day we are seeing images of the first lady, we re seeing candidates all showing their support in ukraine. we also know that american diplomats just returned to the embassy in kyiv. hao important are those images ahead of russian s victory day, which is scheduled for tomorrow? it s a great question. it s quite important. it s important for our nations, but it s also important for the nations in the world that have been fence sitters through this process through this horrific event to see all this and it does trickle into russia. and so it isn t just official,
you will, and not necessarily totally against what is going on there. so i think a lot of it is disinformation, head fakes, but there is also an elemental aspect of transinistria used to be the old west arabia, if you will, of the old soviet union. so, there s a lot of it, it s potential. they re trying to sell it, if you will, to their own people and the world. fascinating. general peter zwack, appreciate it. coming up, exclusive reporting back at home. cnn has obtained thousands of new text messages sent by president trump s inner circle before, during, and after the january 6th insurrection. could be the clearest picture yet what was going on behind the scenes in that dark time in our history. that s next.
as independent, but there are russian soldiers there, and soviet weapons, too, and has been this concern from the outset expressed by ukraine it could be brought into the war. they worry about is a new front. particularly, if russia is trying to carve out this stretch all the way across, will do it from the east and potentially these forces can do it from the west. phil black, appreciate it, thank you very much. joined now by retired military general peter zwack, you heard phil talking about transistria, what is the possibility of a second front being opened up, is that at all likely? it is a it is a possibility. likely, i would hesitate to use that word. clearly, the russians would like to create some chaos back into the east to the west of ukraine, and also with moldova. there is a garrison of about 1,500, what the russians call peacekeepers, probably not elite