ukraine fired after speaking out against putin s war. hear him in his own words. a truly remarkable audio recording that outfront has obtained showing putin s military in disarray tonight. plus, more breaking news. cnn learning about another official interviewed in the special counsel s probe into trump s efforts to overturn the 2020 election. is jack smith closing in on a charging decision tonight? and kim jong un personally guiding north korea s latest missile launch, its longest missile flight ever, as we learn more about the growing influence of kim s sister. we have a special report on that coming up. let s go outfront. and good evening. i m erin burnett. outfront tonight, the breaking news. a senior russian general fired for speaking out against putin s war. outfront tonight obtaining remarkable audio of a russian general in command of forces in southern ukraine right along that crucial front line near zaporizhzhia. the general says he was relieved of duty
A member of his trusted inner circle dared to revolt and marched his army of mercenaries into russia. [speaking nonenglish] Yevgeny Prigozhin had reason to be angry. He had raised a private army called the wagner group and sent them to fight putins war in ukraine. His men were being slaughtered and prigozhin blamed russians Armchair Generals running the war of sabotage. [speaking nonenglish] there was a mutiny against Vladimir Putins armed forces. It is more like a fight between gangs, which is like a mafia state. Vladimir putin was rattled and seemed to be caught off guard. He had raised prigozhin and empowered him. Prigozhin is entirely a creature of vladimir putin. He does not exist without putin. This is a frankensteinlike scenario. Ive been following prigozhins extraordinary rise for years and seen firsthand how the onetime, petty thief built a criminal empire in syria, africa, russia, and ukraine. Making him powerful enough to challenge the boss. It is like, we know there is more
defending mr. biden s controversial decision to send cluster munitions to ukraine. the hard but necessary choice amounted to this. if we didn t do it, if we don t do it, then they will run out of ammunition. if they run outof ammunition, they will be defenseless. every ally said they understand why we re doing this, when we re doing it. my conversation this morning with nato s secretary-general, one day after he successfully worked with turkey and sweden s leader to alleviate concerns and pave the way for sweden to join nato. sweden will become a member of the alliance. that s good for sweden. it s good for turkey. it s good for whole of nato. with both in the alliance, the whole task of protecting the baltic area becomes so much easier for this alliance. this is important for the whole nato, but in particular this region. good day. i m andrea mitchell in lithuania. we begin with the scene moments ago. president zelenskyy at a concert here at nato just hours after he
deepens. the president of belarus tonight claiming yevgeny prigozhin who led the rebellion against putin has returned to russian. where s the proof? this as a raid of prigozhin s house have turned off gold bars, weapons, a collection of wigs, and a giant stuffed alligator. a special report on that. and a subpoena tonight. the office of the arizona secretary of state confirms to out front they ve been subpoenaed in the investigation into trump s efforts to overturn the election. the arizona secretary of state will be out front. and a story you ll see first here on out front, a dangerous skin rotting drug taking over the streets leaving users with open wound and amputated limpbes. it s devastating across the country and we have a special report on the epidemic this hour. let s go out front. good evening. i m erin burnett. out front tonight the mystery deepening. where is yevgeny prigozhin, the leader of the armed rebellion against putin? in a rare press conference today the
a member of his trusted inner circle dared to revolt and marched his army of mercenaries into russia. [speaking non-english] yevgeny prigozhin had reason to be angry. he had raised a private army called the wagner group and sent them to fight putin s war in ukraine. his men were being slaughtered and prigozhin blamed russians armchair generals running the war of sabotage. [speaking non-english] there was a mutiny against vladimir putin s armed forces. it is more like a fight between gangs, which is like a mafia state. vladimir putin was rattled and seemed to be caught off guard. he had raised prigozhin and empowered him. prigozhin is entirely a creature of vladimir putin. he does not exist without putin. this is a frankenstein-like scenario. i ve been following prigozhin s extraordinary rise for years and seen firsthand how the one-time, petty thief built a criminal empire in syria, africa, russia, and ukraine. making him powerful enough to challenge the boss. it