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To finland s neighbor, russia, which as you mentions shares this 830 mile border with the north country? reporter: absolutely, ana, and i think with e absolutely also have to take note of what happened here in this city five years ago to the week, and i m talking of course about former president trump meeting with president putin where he infamously said that he did believe president putin s denials about russian election interference. that was such a consequential moment geopolitically for a number of reasons, of course. and so expect president biden when he s here to draw that contrast, and it couldn t be clearer when you think about the positioning that president putin had on the world stage five years ago compared to where he is now and the many questions surrounding his grip on power after that armed military rebellion in his own country just some weeks ago.
With the mystery growing over a top russian general who supported the recent military rebellion against vladimir putin. general sergei surovikin has not been reports. [ crowd chanting ] reporter: tonight, a legal battle is under way in iowa just hours after the republican legislature approved dramatic cuts to abortion access during a tense late night special session. it s wrong, and we cannot let it stand, and we are not going to let it stand. reporter: providers are asking the court to temporarily block the bill. it bans abortion after cardiac activity is detected roughly six weeks into a pregnancy before many women know they are pregnant. essentially this is making abortion illegal for everyone. if they re not if they re not prepared to have a baby, they shouldn t have sex. reporter: it includes exceptions
Nato membership calling for democratic and military reforms in ukraine first. though zelenskyy thanked the u.s. for its security assistance. thank you for acknowledging the american people. i think it s correct that we are a large country, but i think we ve given more than every other nation combined. reporter: and zelenskyy tonight is defending the u.s. commitment to deliver cluster munitions banned by more than 100 countries including many nato members because they pose a threat to civilians. this decision will help us to save us, and i didn t hear from all the, you know, parts of the world when russia began to use it. reporter: it comes with the mystery growing over a top russian general who supported the recent military rebellion against vladimir putin. general sergei surovikin has not been repor
Moscow this morning, or somewhere else. he is not in the territory of belarus. our colleagues from bbc verify have been tracking prigozhin s movements for the last few days. here is jake horton. this picture is the last confirmed image of yevgeny prigozhin, the leader of the mercenary force, wagner. it was taken on the 24th ofjune in the southern russian city of rostov on don, during the failed military rebellion that he led. now, he hasn t been seen in public for almost two weeks now. so, where is he? so, we at bbc verified have been tracking this plane, which has been linked to mr prigozhin. since the rebellion, it flew towards belarus, where mr prigozhin was offered refuge, but since then it has returned to russia and has been bouncing between moscow and st petersburg. but this weekend, on the first ofjuly, it was seen heading towards belarus again. it left st petersburg and flew south towards the belarusian capital of minsk. and this isn t the only flight the plane has taken this w