our correspondents are standing by in ukraine with war refugees in estonia. we want to welcome our viewers from the united states and around the world. i m wolf blitzer. i m wolf blitzer. you re in the situation room. captions by vitac www.vitac.com we begin with russia s escalating offensive in eastern ukraine as top ukrainian officials are confirming that the battle for the don baas region has begun. let s go right to our chief national security correspondent jim sciutto in ukraine for us. he is reporting from lviv. president zelenskyy is now speaking out about this new phase of the war. reporter: that s right. u.s. intelligence reported a major strategy shift by russia to stop focusing on its failed attempt on capture the capital kyiv and focus on the east and the south. we ve been seeing the forces move over the last couple of weeks. now they are there. and now that battle, though it never quite stopped there, but that battle intensifying to a degree we have not
washington. we want to welcome our viewers here in the united states and around the world. i m wolf blitzer. you re in the situation room. let s get right to the breaking news on russia s large scale assault on eastern ukraine. the battle for the donbas region now underway according to president zelenskyy. cnn s chief international correspondent, clarissa ward, is joining us from nepro covering this battle in the east. cl you ve been reporting from towns in eastern ukraine under heavy russian bombardment. what do you expect to see now now that president zelenskyy says the battle there has begun? reporter: this has been anticipated for some time and certainly as we have been traveling around, some of these cities and towns in the donbas region, there has been a massive intensification, a lot of these places getting pummelled. as they were preparing for thi ukraine s top security officials saying today that this morning, for the first time, those russian forces tried to p
happening now, breaking news, donald trump lawyers just negotiated a $200,000 bond for the former president just ahead of his expected criminal arrest this week in the georgia election interference case. we are following all the new legal maneuvers by trump and his codefendants. also tonight, trumps republican primary rivals are preparing to debate without him. we are setting the stage for the first gop face-off on wednesday and how it will be safe by trump s confirmed the snub of the event. we are live on maui this hour for president biden s tour of the fire ravaged island amid the ongoing search too hundreds of missing people and questions about the administration s emergency response. we want to welcome our viewers here in the united states and around the world. i am well floats are here in the situation room. these are live pictures of the fulton county courthouse in atlanta, georgia, where donald trump s $200,000 bond agreement was hammered out just a short while ago
bian bianca is off, just ahead on cnn newsroom. i ve got to be arrested. only because they want to arrest me. there s a lot of criminality. extreme heat batters the entire country. i try to find cool air, when it comes, yea, it s here, but, my god, it s only for a minute. it was a suicide bombing in the region of the northwestern province which borders af afgha afghanistan. live from london, this is cnn newsroom with max foster and bianca nobilo. it s monday, july 31st. 9:00 a.m. here in london. 4:00 a.m. in miami, florida, where little known employee donald trump will appear in federal court in the coming hours as part of the criminal legislation which heavies mishandling. carlos de oliveira is a property manager here. he s charged with making false statements to the fbi when asked about the removal of boxes at the florida resort. he s also about krufd by trump aide walt nauta of trying to delete footage. here s what trump said on saturday. biggest complain
out or not, but one of the dogs, they have had three, champ, major and commander, he tripped the president and had like a sprained ankle, i wonder if the 25 incidents are the extent of all of the highjinx. john: champ lived with the biden until he passed away 2021. but note to the president, if you want a dog, get a golden retriever. jacqui: easier. john: now this. fox news alert, awaiting two major briefings this hour as the white house tries to put out fires on the world stage. secretary of state antony blinken set to take questions after russia throws another american in prison. plus, the pentagon set to brief after a new report indicates iran is sending hundreds of ballistic missiles to vladimir putin. john kirby says we have no indication the missiles have moved yet but no reason to believe iran will not follow through with the deal. brand-new hour of america reports starts now. i m john roberts. good to spend another hour with you. jacqui: i m jacqui heinrich