Escalation Points News Today

welcome back. you are live in the cnn newsroom. im jim acosta in washington. and russia, its the day after. the day after the head of the wagner mercenary group called off his armed rebellion and advance on moscow the day of the military leadership in the handles of the war in ukraine, the day of wagner forces were almost uncharged as the columns marched towards moscow. its the day after. locals were heard cheering for the mercenaries, and not for putin. they said they had captured mil...

Putin has engaged in nuclear saber rattling over the concern of the ukraine war. and the concern for u.s. officials, as the war evolves and there are escalation points on the battlefield, he will have to use his nuclear capabilities, and this is a result of what is happening on the battlefield, and also a result of what is the divide of the russian fighting force, and that situation does threaten president putin. so there are concerns about what he could potentially do with his nuclear capabilit...