acknowledging he had sensitive secret documents that were not declassified. we re breaking down the recordings and what they mean for the special counsel s criminal case against him. also tonight, cnn is live in ukraine where the death toll has been rising from a new russian missile strike in a crowded city center. president volodymyr zelenskyy is calling the attack a manifestation of terror. this comes as vladimir putin is on damage control after the mutiny by wagner mercenaries. all ask former u.s. defense secretary mark esper about the rebellion and how it s influencing putin s war strategy. welcome to our viewers here in the united states and around the world. i m wolf blitzer. you re in the situation room. we begin this hour with powerful evidence against donald trump in the special counsel s case against him. cnn exclusively obtaining recordings of the former president talking about highly classified material in his possession. this comes as trump is speaking out
towards moscow. there s always been a trust problem between the wagner mercenaries and the russian military, by the way. deep, deep trust issues that have only deepened by what happened over the weekend. so the russian military do not trust these mercenaries, and vice versa. the mercenaries company not trust the mugs military. i think you have a situation where there s a lack of trust that i think will be close to impossible to repair and actually reconstitute that into a unified fighting force in ukraine. vladimir putin himself and his generals actually don t trust these mercenaries either. you know, but listen. that s the nature of a mercenary. mercenaries, by definition, will fight for who pays them. they really don t have loyalties to individuals or to nations. so when you create a monster like that, you have to deal with that monster, and vladimir putin s realizing that right now. important point indeed. congressman jason crow of colorado, thank you very much for joining us. t
lashing out. what s interesting is that trump is accusing jennifer williams, an aide to mike pence, of being a never trumper. this comes after a transcript of williams private testimony reveals she described the call with ukraine s president as, quote, unusual and inappropriate. this all as mr. trump s realtime attack on marie yovanovitch which sparked a debate over whether the president is guilty of witness intimidation. and most significantly over the weekend, there are questions about president trump s health this morning after a visit to walter reed hospital that did not follow protocol of a presidential medical exam. number one, this broke protocol. it was different from anything we ve seen. number two, we haven t seen the president since he was walking to the car to get to this appointment. and number three, there s not exactly a reservoir of deep trust when it comes to things