commander, dvornikov is that he has overall been in control operations spider seems plagued for us tonight. we ll come back to him if we can. as reported earlier, the leader of austria left his meeting with vladimir putin in moscow today, saying he was not, quote, particularly optimistic. austria s chancellor also indicated he gave putin the facts about the war and that he told putin his view of the conflict was not shared by anybody. perspective now on the pushback vladimir putin has received today from cnn s fareed zakaria. given how infrequently vladimir putin is confronted face-to-face, how do you think he ll react to the austrian chancellor s pretty blunt message today? putin is very comfortable with confrontation.
a federal judge has signalled in an attempt to stop republican congresswoman marjorie taylor greene from running from re-election will be allowed to proceed. a group of georgia voters say greene should be disqualified because she aided the january 6th insurrection allegedly planned with protest organizers, and encouraged the violence. cnn s ryan nobles joins us now from capitol hill with more. and ryan, we understand there was just some news from the court. reporter: yeah, that s right, john. we had expected that judge amy totenberg would make her decision in this case known by today. on friday when this case was heard, she said she would rule on monday. the court just updated its docket and said the ruling would not come tonight. but those attempting to block the attempt, were encouraged by what the judge said during their friday court hearing. she expressed some concerns
humanitarian corridors hoping to persuade putin to put a cease fire in place to hold the war. he said that putin just pushed back and said that it was a war of necessity for russia, that narrative that we ve heard coming from the kremlin so many times that they re the ones that feel threatened. the chancellor felt that he had to go there and take that opportunity for humanitarian rea reasons, but putin s put on notice. the international community through the austrian chancellor has told putin to his face what his troops are doing. there can be no excuses, no misunderstanding whatsoever, john. nic robertson, clarissa ward, thank you o both so much. more now on this new intelligence assessment on vladimir putin s willingness to, again, interfere in u.s. elections perhaps more directly and more destructively this time. cnn s katie bow little lis joins us now. according to intelligence officials, how much further
brutality, and you ve seen it on display every single day of the last 46 days. the brutality that the russians are capable of. we re seeing it today as you and i are talking here. you can see it today. so i think sadly we can all expect that those same brutal tactics, that same disregard for civilian life and civilian infrastructure will probably continue as they now focus in a more geographically confined area in the donbas. as only cnn can, we have correspondents everywhere this st story is unfolding. cnn chief international correspondent clarissa ward is in kyiv, cnn s nic robertson in bru brussels. cnn s katie bow little lis on the russian interference story, cnn kaitlan collins at the white
amp up efforts to interfere in u.s. elections going further than he already has, possibly including these sources say, direct attacks on voting systems. much more on this shortly. first, the shifting battlefield away from the villages and woods around kyiv on a flatter terrain in the donbas in the east, better suited say our military analysts to large scale war, and also amenabl amenable. a senior ukrainian official says the russian offensive has already begun. these are new satellite photos of an eight-mile russian convoy heading towards the region. a senior american defense official says the column includes command and control, a support battalion and other infantry support elements. in the most kharkiv is being shelled in the words of ukraine s interior minister practically all day long. here s some of what cnn saw there today. reporter: you can see all around us just the sheer