good evening, i m erin burnett. out front tonight, the horror. ukraine s ministry of defense releasing these jarring and grotesque images. this is before and after. the soldier here is ukrainian. the image on the left is him taken during the siege of the azostal steel plant. that is when they were hunkered down not getting the full food and water that they needed. but there he was fighting. and on the right four months later, that is him now, starved, deformed. it is not even possible to imagine what happened to that man. and yet that picture is the reality. it is how russia is treating human beings. and you can t look the other way when you see that. it comes as putin has taken the war to a whole new level today running a sham election in parts of ukraine that are kind of under russian control. i ll show you the ballot. it reads just one question. the wording varies depending on the region. are you in favor of seceding from ukraine and joining the russian federation? and dow
world, many countries, slam the move as sham elections. this comes as vladimir putin faces an uprising from his own people over his planned mobilization. and the ukrainian president, volodymyr zelenskyy, is saying that he wants russians to revolt against their government. that s right. putin s draft order sparking huge angry protests across the country, leading to more than 1,300 arrests. and now some russians are leaving the country entirely, one way or another. as men try to escape this war. we are seeing long lines of traffic buildup at border crossings and several neighboring countries. as for those who are deciding to try to fight, they are saying good-bye to loved ones, as they leave behind their families to board buses for military service. so let s begin in ukraine. our international security editor, nick paton walsh joins us from kramatorsk. nick, what can you tell us from the ground? reporter: yeah, certainly, these i can t even call them votes, to be honest
this job, trump s legal team is now ordered to prove his claims alleging the doj planted evidence in those many classified documents seized from mar-a-lago last month. also, we spoke with the ceo of one of the largest companies in the world, salesforce. you ll want to stick around for this one. there are surprises in store. let s begin, though, with the sham votes unfolding as we speak in eastern ukraine. cnn senior international correspo correspondent ben wedeman is north of the regions in kharkiv. this is straight out of the russian playbook. they ve done it before. they don t even hold free elections in their country. see how. the vote got off this morning. 50% of the population has fled. there are two armed men going door to door to collect votes. they called upon the residents of occupied territories. they say if strangers show up at your door, don t open them. we understand the polling is partially online, partially this door by door and partially in person at the vot
us now from new york. good evening, connell. good evening, bret. the dow after four downed days in a row now finds itself at lowest level since november of 2020. now, investors have pretty much concluded at this point as interest rates rise that the economy will have trouble growing. not just here in the u.s. but all around the world. one of those days on wall street where it was sell first and ask questions later in a friday session. all the worries seem to be magnified right now in the minds of investors from the war in ukraine to the energy crisis in europe. but, really more than anything, it s the higher interest rates that we are seeing in the u.s. but also in places like britain, sweden, switzerland and norway. the day started with a report showing a sharp decline in european economic activity, which raises the risk of recession over there and the new government in the u.k. led by prime minister liz truss now unveiled a plan for tax cuts that really was not well recei
hurricane fiona continues its dangerous march forth as it churns past bermuda. right behind fiona is a storm that could become a major concern next week. we ve got an update on all of that for you ahead. and the pressure on former president trump is mounting on multiple fronts. now the special master, who trump himself requested to review material seized from mar-a-lago is again putting his legal team on the spot giving the trump team until next friday to back up trump s name the fbi planted evidence during search of his private estate last month. we begin this hour with the growing backlash to russia s first draft since world war ii. joining me now, jay gray from kyiv, ukraine, also former u.s. ambassador to ukraine william taylor. he s vice president of russia and europe at the u.s. institute of peace. welcome all of you. jay, to you first. we ve seeing these emotional images from russia. families are parting, they re drafting men, boarding buses, heading to face a war an