sent to the front lines. as putin s paranoia is leading to a bigger military purge. breaking news, two of trump s most senior white house aides, jared kushner and hope hicks have now testified before the grand jury investigating trump s attempts to overturn the 2020 election. we re going to tell you a key question that both of them were asked. and we have new audio tonight of a passenger plane s frantic call for help after hitting extreme turbulence. that plane dropping thousands of feet in seconds. what was it like on board, two passengers on the florida-bound flight are my guests. let s go outfront. good evening, i m erin burnett, outfront tonight, putin s military meltdown. we re getting new video tonight of a deadly fight that broke out at a military camp near moscow. according to russian media, these men were about to be sent to the front lines, and then one of the soldiers here is said to have upset his superiors, he was reportedly beaten by members of a recon
the sort of epitome of order, in fact, it looks increasingly like it s in disarray. this is how the russian defense ministry wants to portray its army, well trained, equipped and effective. but the reality looks increasingly chaotic with the recently battlefield death of one top general. now another saying he s been fired for telling the truth about the dire situation on the front line. translator: now it is possible to confidently say that an order was issued and i was removed from my post. reporter: general popov was the commander of the russian 58th army, heavily engaged in battles around zaporizhzhia in southeastern ukraine. one of russia s most senior commanders, he says it raised questions about how casualty
do that even though you think militarily it could be necessary? i do in some ways. it s a humanitarian mission to take care of refugees and civilians who, as we re seeing, the russians have very few forces there but are lobbing missiles into that area. they re killing civilians. nato and the united nations could be a part of this. demand that russia not fire into that humanitarian assistance zone. that is the best way to safely move the civilians and protect them. a provocative idea. we ll continue to watch. general pittard, thank you for your time and insights, sir. thank you, john. some brand-new details just in to cnn on president biden s call with ukraine s president last hour. stay with us.
know? are there nato allies including the u.s. doing enough? john, they re not doing enough because obviously ukraine hasn t prevailed and the russians are on the run. all your reporting is showing that you do not believe what the russians say. they said they weren t invading in the first place, so don t believe them now when they said they are going to essentially cease operations in one area or ratchet down. we have to watch very closely what they re doing. and this is an opportunity now for ukraine to use the momentum they have. they have a little bit of momentum if we can get more weapons in. i know that the administration is trying. i don t have all the inside information as to what s in the pipeline and whether it can be sped up, but we need to do more. if zelenskyy says he doesn t have enough and we don t see enough forward movement then we can assume they need more. they need air defense and all the equipment for going on the offense. so walk through, put your hat on and im
direct budgetary aid to ukraine, something that is going to go to things like paying the salaries of ukrainian officials, among other items. and it s notable because the aid we ve talked about so far they have sent to ukraine has primarily focused on the military assistance, and this is them helping with the budget, so that is notable. it comes as the government there has been under increasing pressure and challenges since the invasion has started. and president zelenskyy, according to this white house readout updated president biden on the status of ukraine s negotiations with russia. that is something so far the white house has said the terms they come to is up to ukraine. it s up to russia. the white house obviously is not weighing in on what they think that outcome should look like but it does come amid deep skepticism from the white house whether or not russia is approaching those talks in a serious way, john. kaitlan collins, i appreciate the hustle at the white house. with me