evidence. welcome to our viewers in the united states and around the world. i m wolf blitzer. you re in the situation room. russia s military said to be divided tonight over ukraine s stunning military offensive, retaking thousands of square miles from moscow s forces, which are now on the defensive in eastern and southern ukraine. cnn s senior international correspondent matthew chance has the latest for us. matthew, cnn s reporting that putin himself is giving directions to generals on the battlefield as russia s military appears increasingly divided on how to proceed with this war. tell us more of what you re learning. reporter: that s right, wolf. tonight another illustration of just how much intelligence u.s. authorities have, the u.s. intelligence has, on the thinking of what s going on inside the russian command structure. they re talking about intercepts that they ve sort of made available to cnn. we re reporting on that. about how there are disagreements on the
we begin this hour with a slew of legal setbacks for former president trump including the new orders by the special master he requested. let s go right to our justice correspondent jessica schneider. the special master is call out the public claim that the fbi planted evidence at mar-a-lago. he is, wolf. now that special master wants trump s teams to back up those out of court claims that the fbi planted evidence at mar-a-lago and he wants it in a sworn declaration by the end of this month. it s an accusation that trump and his allies have repeatedly made and now the special master wants proof plus the special master is saying he may end up calling witnesses at some point to explain what certain documents are if there s a dispute. all of this as the justice department notched a big win in the ongoing court fight over classified documents. the justice department is once again digging into 100 classified documents that fbi agents seized from mar-a-lago. i think they want to
Issues new orders. he s demanding the former president s lawyers offer proof, if they have it, of trump s public claim that the fbi planted evidence at trump s home. also tonight, division and dissent inside the russian military as vladimir putin calls up hundreds of thousands of reservists and struggles with losses in ukraine. new intel capturing generals arguing and complaining about putin. this as anti-war protests are spreading in the streets of russia. and cnn investigates a republican candidate for mission began attorney general accused but so far not charged with seizing voting machines. he s dodging correspondent s questions as we obtained an email showing he tried to get hold of sealed ballots. welcome to our viewers in the united states and around the world. i m wolf blitzer. you re in the situation room.