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As you said, that plant, the nuclear plant in zaporizhzhia is currently controlled by russian forces. it came under heavy shelling yesterday afternoon, as well as in the evening. right now, you have russia blaming ukraine for the attacks, ukraine blaming russia. the head of the u.n.s nuclear watchdog has called them just completely unacceptable, regardless of who carried it out, adding this in part, quote, whoever is behind this, it must stop immediately. youre playing with fire. heavy fighting ...

In getting the ground offense towards kiev. is that a temporary thing? will they become interested again in the capital? >> they might well become interested in fuel supplies, logistics, food, plus, of course, all the trucks that they would need to move forward. but, having said that, we know they had a lot of problems getting that 40-mile long driveway out there. it neff made it. i am suspicious they wont move forward at this point in time at least. >> we will look at the eastern portion, a sen...

Say all of this has triggered panic and desertion on the battlefield. they say that fighters on the ground are abandoning their positions. and they take the claim further by saying that 600 mercenaries have fled on their way to europe. they dont supply the information of how they know the travel plans of these 600 mercenaries. >> of course the coalition argued that the russians have propping up the assad regime and targeting the rebels fighting for ie tsisis. has russian given any information ab...

Lost six soldiers, in the four days of this ground offense, they have already lost 25 soldiers, so that again gives you the perspective of how intense that fighting is on the ground. >> as always, we appreciate your reporting. today nbcs brian william sat down with prime minister benjamin netanyahu. heres what he had to say. >> they just dont care. i think its important to make that clear, they are responsible for all the civilian deaths. where youre sitting now brian, would absorb hundreds of r...

The home team in front of fans that wanted world cup redemption and instead got rodney dangerfields ladybugs. im not going to pretend that they helped build arenas and we know sports provide a great escape from real life, but when the extra time expires it might be time for everyone especially you guys in brazil right now, to get a grip. thats it for "the lead." im jake tapper. i turn you over to wolf blitzer. hes in "the situation room. >> jake, thanks very much. happening now, breaking news....

Three teenagers and the ratcheting up of what is this crisis now. i wanted to find out from him just how close he thought we were at this point to this really getting very, very bad. this is what he told me. >> under what circumstances do you believe a ground offense or do you know a ground offensive will begin? >> if they wont stop the missiles, then were going to attack. im not going to tell you when and where but thats the logical conclusion. >> world should expect to see a ground offensive a...

And stop what he said the bombing that was going on, wolf. >> gadhafi wanted to show the libyan people how important he is. coming to tripoli, come into my tent, big propaganda purposes for him. thank you very much, fred pleitgen on the scene there in tripoli. new u.s. concerns that a stalemate could be emerging. chris lawrence is joining us with this part of the story. whats the latest? >> one official tells us that theres no chance that libya officials can move further along on the ground an...