out front next, putin s nukes are on the move. as putin warns he can still destroy ukraine s capital. we are live in moscow, and along ukraine s front lines where the attacks are intensifying tonight. plus, the justice department tonight taking steps to prevent trump from releasing classified materials in the mar-a-lago case, as one of his now former lawyers reveals why he is no longer advising the former president. and after the spy balloon, and dangerous close calls. tech can u.s. prevent another dangerous incident with china? a critical meeting about to happen. let s go out front. good evening, i m brianna killer in for erin burnett. out front tonight, putin surrounding ukraine with nuclear weapons. the russian president declaring today he now has nukes on standby in belarus, which is where putin launched his invasion of ukraine from more than one year ago. the first nuclear warheads have been delivered to the territory of belarus, but just the first ones. this is the
communication. but at the highest level of the military, austin has not met with his chinese counterpart in a year. blinken is now trying to thaw toes frosty relations as beijing maintains a deep distrust about washington s intentions for the region, and for china. the u.s. needs to respect china s core concerns, stop interfering in china s internal affairs, and stop undermining china s sovereignty, security, and development interests and the name of competition. the state departments that is not expecting a breakthrough from this visit, just a realistic approach to managing the competition of world powers in a responsible way. if we want to make sure, as we do, that the competition we have a china doesn t veer into conflict the place you start is with communicating. defense secretary lloyd austin told lawmakers one month ago that the u.s. and the biden administration were preparing all weapons sherrod aoun for taiwan, that could ship quickly