early stages of a reinforcement effort. they are trying to organize themselves better for a now more geographically can find and more specific set of target objectives, now in the donbas specifically and the south. and ukraine s president says russia, now amassing tens of thousands of troops for its next offensive. putin is also reportedly tapping a new ground commander to lead his forces in ukraine, a general who oversaw troops in syria and who has a history of using ruthless cruel tactics well targeting civilians. some have referred to him as the butcher of syria. there s no question about this individual s brutality, this has already been a brutal campaign in ukraine, and we could expect to see more of it. russia s continued assault on mariupol is a big part of it strategy to try to change the direction of the war. nbc s gutierrez is on the ground in ukraine for us tonight. this body camera video shows a firefight in the besieged southeastern seat of mariupol, or u
Miles convoy signaling the start of a-long military new offensive in russia s convoy starting brutal seven-week war on ukraine. a seven-week war on ukraine. has officials there described and unthinkable toll on civilians. and evidence is set to be piling up against the former president, could criminal charges be next, we will get into the debate over that as well as his son-in-law s lucrative deal with the saudis. communication, after elon musk refuses a seat on twitters board. all of that as the 11th hour gets underway on this monday night. good evening once again, i m stephanie ruhle. tonight, the pentagon is warning there may soon be a major escalation in russia s war in ukraine. moscow still bombarding cities and towns as we enter day 48 of the conflict. there are new sides. russia preparing for a significant assault in eastern ukraine donbas region, after failing to capture its capital of kyiv. the latest satellite images show an eight-mile long russian military convoy that is now