challenge that could change the internet forever. and alex murdaugh s son takes the stand testifying for the defense in his father s double murder trial. that is what we are watching this hour. thank you for being here, everybody. i m kate bolduan. president biden is preparing for a huge moment, and he is in poland and about to deliver a major speech to mark the one-year anniversary of russia s unprovoked war in ukraine. where biden was yesterday making surprise trip to kyiv where he pledged support for ukraine really no matter how long it takes. biden s speech comes today after vladimir putin himself made his own major address from moscow. and putin is staying true to form and accusing the west of igniting the conflict and condemned the west and nato allies for supplying weapons to ukraine and announced that russia is going to suspend their participation with the s.t.a.r.t. treaty with the u.s. now, we will start with the big moment with kaitlan collins where the preside
that this has now been liberated by ukraine. these videos given to abc news by the 35th marine brigade, who ve liberated villages of the southern front near zaporizhzhia, assaulting russian lines. the land heavily mined. the resistance fierce. we met the tank crews of the 35th. sergei says, our lives are always at risk, but morale is hardened. we want to kick them out of our land and go home to our families. but while ukrainian forces make slow but steady gains, civilians continue to be attacked. a missile strike on a residential area in the northeast today injuring more than 40, including a dozen children. linsey, the ukrainians claiming more gains in their counteroffensive today, and now a russian military blogger even admitting online that russia s position in the key city of bakhmut in the east is, quote, deteriorating every day or two. linsey? linsey: ian, thank you.
the state. trump and his allies tried the same tactics in georgia, michigan and with other officials in arizona. and scorching heat and severe storms have millions of americans on alert this holiday monday. 7,500 flights delayed, nearly 500 cancelled so far today. twitter limits how many tweets users can read in a day and the twitterverse not happy. so why did elon musk do it? cnn this morning starts right now. good morning, everyone. good morning to you. two d.c. people to camp to new york. they let us in. they let us in, no passport. i desperately want your thoughts on twitter. i have some. i know you have some. and we ll get to that in a little bit. new overnight, ukraine claims it s gaining ground on its counteroffense. ukrainian forces are advancing near the captured city of
wagner and prigozhin. he created i think to create the visions intentions amongst the people underneath them, so that they wouldn t there a challenge him from the leadership. the wagner leader has been one of ukraine s more formidable enemies. his forces, the most effective in the russian war effort. most recently, taking the symbolic city of bakhmut, is mutiny against the government holds out the hope of a shorter war, perhaps, but, also an even more unpredictable and ruthless man in the kremlin should he ever prevail. it is of, course too early to say how this plays out in, russia let alone for ukraine, potential civil war in russia does not mean much changes to ukrainians on the home front, the chances of this happening to their property or business remains a constant threat, at least for now. they can hope for change in russia in the war, but tiller,
one in bakhmut, he has become popular. this caused quite a stir, [speaking non-english] that was suggest, and people thought he was talking about vladimir putin, he then backtracked, and said actually, i meant the chief of the general, staff at the guy who runs things in ukraine, who he hates almost as much as he hits the defense minister, but, this was a moment where you did wonder whether putin might not step in and trying to deal with him. but, putin hasn t. prigozhin understands his role in the putin system, apart from that one slip, he has never criticize vladimir putin directly, he has never been the hand that feeds him. for all his racing manner though, he has proven himself to be quite a leader of man, and he is going around the regions and talking to the wives, and the mothers who have lost their children, their sons, their children in ukraine. he has done a lot more than