them. tonight, how tenuous is vladimir putin s hold on power. what does russian infighting mean for ukraine s counteroffensive. and what did the u.s. and western allies know in advance. we gave putin no excuse to blame this on the west and blame this on nato. good evening from kyiv, ukraine. i am ali velshi. and i am here because something unprecedented unfolded over the weekend. never in 23 years under putin s russia has this happened. thousands of armed soldiers, mercenaries, taking up arms against their own country. [inaudible] this was a scene inside russia today, explosions in cities, and a private army marching through the streets, vowing to take the fight all the way to the capital. those rebel forces previously allied with putin and the russian military, even leading many of the battles in ukraine, but then that ship suddenly violently ended. what exactly they were marching for remains unclear. the mercenaries, part of the wagner group, wer
forces. so, i think putin is afraid of them. tonight, how tenuous is black vladimir putin s hold on power. what does russian infighting mean for ukraine s counteroffensive. and what did the u.s. and western allies know in advance. we gave putin no excuse to blame this on the west and blame this on nato. good evening from kyiv, ukraine. i am ali velshi. and i am here because something unprecedented unfolded over the weekend. never in 23 years under putin s russia has this happened. thousands of armed soldiers, mercenaries, taking up arms against their own country. [inaudible] this was a scene inside russia today, explosions and cities, and a private army watching through the streets, vowing to take the fight all the way to the capital. those rebel forces previously allied with putin and the russian military, even leading many of the battles and ukraine but then that ship suddenly violently ended. what exactly they were marching for remains unclear.
cooling pool has been approved. now, it is just a matter of whether or not they will actually carry out their order. and so, they have been mining four of the six power units, with heavy explosives have been placed at those units. wow! and this is what they ve told the public. and zelenskyy went on television to announce that this is happening as well. but interestingly enough, people here are taking it in stride you have been reporting on this for the whole war. that s a lot of what s going on. there are missile and drone attacks on this very city. and people are still taking a strike. because people at this point are saying that we re not going to go about our lives living in fear. that s exactly what the russians want to do. and i can tell you, every night, you hear, almost every night, you hear the sirens going off, every once in a while you will
bare minimum i m just gonna close out by saying that there is an issue where the zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant in which the top intel chief said that the russians mind the plant while all this madness what s happening, we ve got this news the russians have mined the cooling pulls, which are used to keep the thing cool literally. and there s a possibility that these mines that they might destroy it. yes, they might destroy it, so the approval to destroy this cooling pool has been approved. now, it is just a matter of whether or not they will actually carry out their order. and so, they have been mining four of the six power units, with heavy explosives have been placed at those units. wow! and this is what they ve told the public. and zelenskyy went on television to announce that this is happening as well. but interestingly enough, people here are taking it in
harvests and a large part of their seed stocks for next year have been destroyed eighty percent of the people in this region are relying on these crops or fish which has been basically wiped out the people in the affected areas will have to rely on aid supplies for months to come. and get a quick check now some other stories making news around the world powerful storms have swept across southern the u.s. destroying homes and unleashing tornadoes that have killed at least eight people dozens have been injured in mississippi and texas further north nearly ninety thousand people across the mid atlantic region were left without electricity. in japan the fukushima nuclear power plants operator has begun removing fuel rods from a cooling pool it s a milestone in the slow process. just to decommission the plant which suffered a meltdown after a tsunami in two thousand and eleven removing the rods is crucial to avoid