It down or trying to present to the russian people that what is happening right now in Kursk Region is containable. And also, i think that suggests that President Putin right now doesnt want to take the next step, the next logical step, which would be, for example, a formal Declaration Of War against ukraine. We have this special military operation, as russia presents it, going on for the last two and a half years and i think the russian authorities want to keep it like that. They talk about special military operations, they talk about a Counterterrorism Operation now going on in three regions of southern russia. They dont officially want to call this a war. Thanks to steve for that. Our Ukraine Correspondent James Waterhouse is near the border, in the Sumy Region in the North East of ukraine. If youve got evacuations announced in the Belgorod Region, if youve got clear advances to the North And North west. From where we are, this is clearly an Attack Ukraine is committed to. Weve seen
Predictable in ukraine, so we know towards the end of october, the last couple of weeks of october, movement will get much more difficult, the battlefield will settle into a different rhythm and both sides want to establish their positions before then. So if it works, it will have that effect but if it fails, my goodness, it will be a disaster because they may lose the units and the manpower that theyve committed to creating to this pocket in kursk and still lose Chasiv Yar and pokrovsk and other areas in the donbas. If that were the case, i doubt that zelensky would survive that, so its a big risky move. Interesting. And you said if it works, what does the strategic Win Look like here from a ukrainian Point Of View . Yeah, good point. The battle to come, and this battle has only just started, but the battle to come in this Kursk Pocket will be measured in days and weeks, not weeks and months, because the russians will not allow this to stand. They will put into this pocket whatever it
more than 1,000 people are still missing in hawaii from the wildfires. the death toll is climbing to 111, and crews haven t searched more than half of the burn zone. officials are standing by their decision to not sound the alarm, as they now try to figure out how this tragedy was first ignited. the fallout from former president trump s legal troubles, jurors and a judge are now facing serious threat. this as we learn more about details about how donald trump plans to surrender, go to jail in georgia. new video just in, ukrainian troops training on crucial tanks, as ukraine retakes some key strategic territory. i m john berman with sara sidner and kate bolduan. this is cnn news central. the scope of pain, loss and tragedy in maui is becoming more clear today, as families face an agonizing wait to find out what has come of their loved ones still missing. and the death toll is climbing, right now 111 sets of remains have been found among the ashes. hawaii s governor confi
a special election that could also signal which way the swing state might go next year. also the brutal fight for ukraine and a tough reality check on the losses ukraine has suffered in their counteroffensive. and later tonight, how the u.s. coast guard hid a damning investigation on sexual assault from public view. the newest development in a story cnn was first to bring you. good evening. thanks so much for joining us. late today, judge tanya chutkan rejected the former president s attorney s attempts to delay a hearing about evidence should be handled in the january 6th case. she set 10:00 friday morning for both sides to make their arguments. a short time earlier, the former president was in new hampshire, cursing in front of a crowd, continuing to lie about the 2020 election, and seemingly suggested he ll likely do it again in 2024. they rigged the presidential election in 2020, and we re not going to allow them to rig the presidential election in 2024. we re not
ukraine s counteroffensive and sobering new assessment. and now it is time to set the rule of the road as they head to the trial, and trump s team is saying that the prosecutors are going after his first amendment rights now. and 40 million people are under severe threats today after the extreme storms have battered the united states over night. i m omar jimenez with kate bolduan and john berman. this is cnn news central. we have brand-new reporting this morning on ukraine s counteroffensive in russia. weeks into the fight, the reports from the battlefield are increasingly sobering. specifically, concerns of the ability to retake specific territory. the national security correspondent and the award-winning author jim sciutto broke this reporting, and now he heard the reporting, and this is a marked change in weeks to folks in the u.s. and europe and the military and diplomacy and also lawmakers and there is a consistent read of the intelligence assessments here, and t