happening now, rescues are under way after another deadly russian missile strike in eastern ukraine. local officials accusing russian forces of deliberately targeting crowded civilian areas right in the center of this city. in russia tonight vladimir putin is attempting to show strength after the mutiny by wagner mercenaries. this, as we have a new satellite image suggesting the wagner chief is indeed in exile right now in belarus. and donald trump is now responding to the audio obtained exclusively by cnn in which he acknowledges having secret documents he did not declassify. stand by to hear the recordings and what trump is saying now. 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 in ukraine with the new russian missile strike on a very crowded city center, the death toll now up to at least four, including a baby, and more than 40 injured. cnn s ben wedeman is joining us now live from
nuclear weapons russia plans to station in belarus have already arrived, a deference to putin that analysts say putin does not show in return. i think he looks at him as a subordinate and as such looks down on him. lukashenko, power, been there a long time, it s heady, he s the strong man, he s become useful to putin. reporter: analysts say lukashenko should be wary of allowing thousands of prigozhin s wagner fighters to come into belarus, for his part lukashenko says belarus is not building any camps on its territory to accommodate the mercenaries but he did say wagner has been offered some abandoned land inside belarus in they need it. wolf, that could be a dangerous equation. it could be, brian todd, thank you very much. joining us now, a top adviser to the ukrainian president, president zelenskyy, igor javquez joining us, what can you tell us about this deadly russian strike on
essentially existential threat to prigozhin that angered him and forced him, or led him to impulsively decide to conduct this mutiny until, of course, he was two hours away from moscow with his forces and realized this wasn t going to turn out very well, and he took the deal that was offered to go into exile in belarus. one additional point here, i m sure that there s a lot of uncertainty in putin s mind about whether he still wants prigozhin to be the head of the wagner group, albeit outside russia and ukraine. the actions of wagner, as you know, have been very helpful in syria, to a degree in north africa, certainly in west africa, it s also enriched, again, prigozhin, and enabled him to fund the wagner group, but i don t think that without a succession plan, that they necessarily want to take prigozhin out of that for fear that that would undermine those particular activities, which are part, in the sense, of the
russian federation s foreign policy. very important points, indeed, general david petraeus, thanks for joining us, and we ll continue this conversation down the road. coming up, we ll have much more on the impact of the russian mutiny, including out there on the battlefield in ukraine, much more coming up on that. and also coming up, next, donald trump s response to that audio obtained exclusively by cnn, it s key evidence in the classified documents case, and trump s criminal indictment. stay with us. you re in the situation room. the first time you connected your godaddy website and your store was also the first time you realized. well, we can do anything. cheesecake cookies? the chookie! manage all your sales fromne place with a partner that always puts y first. (we did it) start today at godaddy.com
combat units were pulled out of ukraine around the mutiny, and the pentagon says wagner forces are still in ukraine. is that what ukraine is also seeing? no, no. i certainly will not reveal the disposition on the battlefield. but, you know, the first question which during the events of the weekend is really how the situation is changing, or will be changing in the battlefield. i m not whether these forces are withdrawn but i will certainly commend you and we all can imagine what the morale of the russian armed forces after these very strange events in their country, in the center of russia. so definitely these events would have an influence on the russian armed forces, on the morale, on their ability to fight for, they don t know what. they are fight the not for their land, but we are fighting for