erin incredible details talking about firing rifles and, worse, the harsh reality in stark contrast to what we saw from putin today. breaking news. a top trump ally appearing before the grand jury investigating the mar-a-lago classified documents as we learn tonight that trump s former white house counsel testifies. another major investigation involving the former president. a couple trying to vote in arizona allegedly filmed and photographed by a group accusing them off being a, quote, mule. this is beginning of a terrible and ugly election? let s go outfront. tonight, i wouldn t let any of us out there. those are the brutally honest words from a russian soldier sent to the front lines in ukraine. in a phone call with his sister, the soldier revealing the pathetic state of vladimir putin s army. it s important to hear his voice. translator: whatever we wear here, we bought ourselves. they re forcing us to go on camera to encourage the mobilized not to be afraid t
Is more saber-rattling or actually something more in light of the escalation. it is unclear at this hour. but what is clear is that putin s military situation, as it is, is growing evermore tenuous. i wanted to play for you an intercepted call. and this one is between two russian soldiers somewhere in eastern russia where temperatures right now are hovering at zero degrees farenheit. listen to this. hi. how are you? yeah, we re here at the shooting grounds. we re freezing really. we re training, digging fox holes. it s minus 15 degrees celsius, damn it. about 60% of us are [ bleep ] helpless going around the shooting grounds losing their weapons, helmets, and their ammo cartridges. we all have to take a hazmat suit with us. what the [ bleep ] do we need that for?
translator: yeah. we re here at the shooting grounds. we re freezing, really. we re training digging foxholes. it s minus 15 degrees celsius, damn it. about 60% of us are [bleep] helpless. going around the shooting grounds losing their weapons, [bleep], helmets and their ammo cartridges. we have to take a hazmat suit with us. it s minus 15 degrees celsius damn it [bleep] we had to use the gas masks yesterday. it was minus 12 degrees. we tried our best. they wanted us to [bleep] damn it they forced us to put on our gas masks outdoors damn it. cnn has not been able to verify that audio but it is consistent with the reporting of
translator: whatever we wear here, we bought ourselves. they re forcing us to go on camera to encourage the mobilized not to be afraid to come out and fight. we re spending up to 60,000 to 7,700,0 70,000 rubles on our own gear and it s rusty. i repainted so you couldn t see the rust. soon they will ask us to buy our own grenades. no one is supporting us. to be honest, i wouldn t let any of us out there. they give you blank ammo cartridges, which, when shot, simply fall to the ground. they trained us how to handle weapons, artillery, but it took the group just once to demonstrate how to use them. half the group didn t understand. some did. whatever knowledge we have is thanks to what we learned on our own. now, we can t independently investor the authenticity of the
Me so you couldn t see the rust. we re buying everything. soon they will ask us to buy our own grenades. no one is supporting us. to be honest, i wouldn t lets any of us out there. they give you blank ammo cartridges, which when shot simply fall to the ground. they trained us how to handle weapons, artillery, but they took the whole group just once to demonstrate how to use them. half the group didn t understand. some did, whatever knowledge we have is thanks to what we ve learned on our own. colonel, of course we can t independently verify the authenticity of that call, but what s your reaction to what you heard? what a complete and utter disaster. what a disservice to those troops. as a former commander and a former leader of soldiers and airmen and marines and sailors, i looked at that particular tape and said this would never fly in anything that i was a part of. so what it shows us is the