it is difficult for us to exclude today up of the wagner group in belarus could pose a potential threat to poland which shares a border with belarus. herthreat which shares a border with belarus. her threat to lithuania which also has the longest border with belarus among other countries and also to latvia, a neighbour of belarus. 0ne one of the eu leaders meeting for a two day meeting in brussels. central to the summit will be the role china will play. it is said to call on china to help bring an end to the war and to engage in the global challenges. let s go to my guest at the studio was a senior fellow my guest at the studio was a seniorfellow for asia my guest at the studio was a senior fellow for asia pacific security for the institute for strategic studies. thank you forjoining us on the programme. how closely is china watching what s going on with the wagner group in russia? i think there is no doubt that china think there is no doubt that china is think there is no
acknowledging he had sensitive secret documents that were not declassified. we re breaking down the recordings and what they mean for the special counsel s criminal case against him. also tonight, cnn is live in ukraine where the death toll has been rising from a new russian missile strike in a crowded city center. president volodymyr zelenskyy is calling the attack a manifestation of terror. this comes as vladimir putin is on damage control after the mutiny by wagner mercenaries. all ask former u.s. defense secretary mark esper about the rebellion and how it s influencing putin s war strategy. welcome to our viewers here in the united states and around the world. i m wolf blitzer. you re in the situation room. we begin this hour with powerful evidence against donald trump in the special counsel s case against him. cnn exclusively obtaining recordings of the former president talking about highly classified material in his possession. this comes as trump is speaking out
inside eastern ukraine where the war is playing out. horrors striking a city center as a top russian investigative reporter has new details for us about the phone calls leading up to the insurrection against putin. that reporter is my guest. and my full explosive interview with the ukrainian foreign minister, why he thinks the threat to putin is far from over, and his fears of an attack on europe s largest nuclear power plant. plus, a wagner commander speaks out to cnn about yevgeny prigozhin s bold coup attempt and what s next for the man who humiliated vladimir putin. let s go outfront. and good evening, i m erin burnett. welcome to a special edition of outfront. we are live tonight in eastern ukraine in the city of dnipro, a city on the road to the front lines of putin s war. behind me, you see blackness. but there is a city behind me of nearly 1 million people. it is just completely dark. after curfew completely dark. the street lights behind me are all shut off
civil war in their country. meanwhile, the leader of the wagner mercenary group now confirmed by the leader, the president there, lukashenko is in belarus as far as we re told. he will not face prosecution for leading that uprising. this is a highly unusual situation. there he is on the right-hand side of the screen. he backed down in the march to moscow and decided to turn his troops around. now the u.s. sending ukraine another half billion dollars in military aid. we re the largest supporter of that effort on the ukrainian side. let s listen to what s going on at the pentagon right now. general ryder is being pressed right now. i was clear at the top we won t get involved in this. we made it clear we re not at war with russia. we don t see conflict with russia. our support is supporting ukraine and enabling them to defend themselves. my question is about child soldiers. the u.n. released their report about armed conflict and allegations against children. according to th
society to do that. are you getting the right workplace support while going through fertility treatment? more than 50,000 women go through the process every year, but many don t feel comfortable telling their boss. we ask what are your rights? laying it all on the table. we hearfrom ronnie 0 sullivan on how he overcame addiction and anxiety to climb to the top in snooker. friends together the moment kevin sinfield carried former team mate rob burrow who has motor neurone disease over the marathon finish line in leeds. some scattered showers this morning across the far north west of the uk, some rain the south east as well, but then if day of sunny spells. a few scattered showers but not feeling as warm as it stood through the weekend. all the details throughout this morning s programme. good morning. it s monday 15th of may. senior doctors in england will start voting today on whether to strike in a continuing dispute over pay in the health service. their union, the