new picture of the embattled republican congressman performing as a drag queen in brazil, pictures santos denies are of him. let s go outfront. good evening. i m erin burnett. outfront tonight, president biden makes a promise, a promise to ukraine to give whatever it needs. all the help they need. it comes as the u.s. today targets the private russian military force the wagner group, designating it a transnational criminal organization. the wagner group is what is leading putin s war right now. right now making the only known progress on the battlefield for putin. that means the man running russia s most powerful private army is making a name for himself. here is yevgeny progozhin, publically declaring his men are the ones that captured a key city outside of bakhmut. translator: we can safely say that the settlement of one of the most important suburbs of bakhmut has been completely taken under the control of wagner pmc units, exclusively by wagner pmc units. klishchi
verge of encircling the city. drone footage shows the impact of their rounds on enemy positions. the refrain among these troops, we need more. now is 21st century. we need not only tents. reporter: around bakhmut slowly and steadily, the russians are gaining ground. thursday yevgeny progozhin, head of the wagner group, claimed his troops and only his troops took the village of cla shiv ca just south of the city. in a dugout, this officer explains wagner s tactics.