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International community with sanctions to try and thereby put pressure on the russian president to change his course of action in ukraine. chubais is among one of a number of technocrats and former members of the russian government who started to speak out against the war in ukraine. the latest before him was a former russian first deputy prime minister, who stands at the helm of the international chess federation. he recently gave an interview last week to mother jones in the united states, say...

And it extends possibly all the way up to the top. >> reporter: the russian ministry of defense did not respond to a cnn request for comment on the meeting or the readout. but the kremlin has denied reports of low morale among its forces in ukraine. >> you would probably have to doubt this information. you have to doubt it and you have to think twice, whether it is true or not. >> reporter: as russia faces stiff resistance from ukrainian forces, if the americans are correct and morale is an issu...

Russian troops, cnn gets exclusive access to the readout of a meeting between u.s. military officials and a russian general. his reported reactions to the russian invasion just ahead. you dont want to miss this story. plus reports that the highest-ranking russian official yet has resigned and left the country in protest against the war in ukraine. well be right back. one of my favorite supplements is qunol turmeric. turmeric helps with healthy joints and inflammation support. unlike regular tu...

Madeleine albright, the first woman to serve as americas top diplomat has died of cancer. albright and her family fled what was then czechoslovakia just ten days after the nazis invade, eventually emigrating to the united states in 1958. she was appointed secretary of state by then president bill clinton. she worked to stop the spread of nuclear weapons and to expand nato. albright was awarded the presidential medal of freedom in 2012. she was a champion of human rights and female solidarity, fa...

Officials hit this could hint at growing morale problems inside vladimir putins armed forces. >> reporter: with russias war in ukraine stalled and the u.s. saying morale is a problem for russian forces, cnn has learned of a rare meeting in moscow between u.s. and russian military officials, which according to a u.s. readout of the meeting, contained a, quote, revealing moment from a russian major general, a general with extensive experience dealing with americans. as the meeting ended, the reado...

Depressed over it, before walking out without shaking hands. the attache wrote in the readout, the fire in his eyes and flustered demeanor left a chill down the spine. meetings with russian officials are typically scripted, but the two attaches said they had never witnessed such an outburst by russian counterparts at an official meeting. the readout by the officials concludes, at the very least, it is clear that morale problems among russian forces are not limited to frontline troops. the readou...

Nominated to the u.s. supreme court. the u.s. president has ordered flags to be flown at half-staff at the white house to honor the late madeleine albright, the first woman to serve as secretary of state died wednesday after battling cancer. albright was nominated and appointed by president bill clinton in 1997 after serving as the u.s. ambassador to the united nations. as secretary of state, she championed the expansion of nato. shortly before her death, she shared some of her strong views ab...

>> wolf, were so grateful that youre there. to cover that first hand in warsaw. thank you so much. wolf will be with you throughout the rest of the day. also. i want to tell you about the cnn exclusive. an inside look at a russian military leaders, quote, outburst, while meeting with military officials last week. >> according to the readout of the meeting obtained by cnn, u.s. officials describe what they view as a revealing moment from this russian general. cnns barbara starr has more. >> rep...

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>> reporter: with russias war in ukraine stalled, cnn has learned of a rare meeting in moscow between u.s. and russian military officials which according to a u.s. readout of the meeting contained a, quote, revealing moment from russian major general evgeny vilyin. an attache casually worked about his family in ukraine. according to the readout, the generals stoic demeanor suddenly became flushed and agitated. ilyin replied he was born in ukraine and went to school in donetsk, and then said acco...