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Weapons supplied by the united states and its allies according to the russian military. ukraine says the missiles hit mostly residential areas in the west of the country injuring 22 civilians including a 12-year-old child. of course, ukrainian forces are fighting back, like here near the northeastern city of kharkiv where they say this old captured russian rocket launcher has been turned on the invaders, but ukrainian officials say they need many more long range weapons from the u.s. and its wes...

Generals are on the front line. although its difficult to get a perfect perspective and know why theyre there, u.s. officials say its because russia has to send them to the front line to make sure their orders are being followed, to make sure there is command and control on the front lines and see if russia can fix its morale problem. has russia learned the lesson and isnt sending generals to the front line anymore? thats something were watching closely because of course, russias military is lar...

To russian forces, international observers, journalists, will not be allowed in on the ground or if they are, they will be going in on the russian side. they will have very limited access to what they can see. also if the city falls, it could be strategically helpful for the russians because it will free up a number of forces to potentially go and join this offensive in the donbas, wolf. >> thanks very much. stand by. stay safe. were going to be back to you in a few moments. right now, i want to...

Greiner. shes the american probasketball player for allegedly smuggling drugs. a u.s. membassy was allowed to see her on tuesday. the report is shes in good condition. russias new iron curtain makes this welfare check a rare glimpse inside the country. a new report offers insight into the kremlin. an cnn diplomatic editor nic robertson joins me now. what is the significance of this resignation? >> reporter: well, it is certainly what in the international community people have been looking for to...

The only way for the government to get a handle on that was to close down the stock exchange. it is a partial reopening. a four-week delay is unheard of previously, so it shows the economic pain that the kremlin is suffering. theyre opening training in 33 different stocks, including some of the big stake companies, btb bank, share bank, today, just a handful of them. it is banks like share bank in particular, big banks in russia that outside of russia, the e.u. and others are eyeing for potentia...

Cnn.com/impact. be sure to tune in to this sundays state of the union. my colleague, dana bash is going to talk to jake sullivan, republican senator rob portman of ohio, plus the mayor of kyiv. thats at 9:00 a.m. and noon eastern. until then, you can follow me. if you ever miss an episode of the show, you can listen to "the lead" wherever you get your podcasts. wolf blitzer continues in the situation room. ill see you monday. happening now, breaking news. fiery attacks as russia widens its war...

Dissent. he may well be a wanted person, or a not wanted person, if you will, back in moscow. an indication at least that there are those insiders who find what putin is doing distasteful, and getting out of the way. it is not possible to voice dissent and change the voice of the kremlin. thats the reality. you cannot work, it appears, as an insider against the kremlin. just leave and get out and run for safety. >> understood. one more thing. the russian stock exchange is scheduled to reopen for...

Happening now, breaking news. breb is in brussels for an emergency nato summit on russias war against ukraine. the alliance considering new ways to punish vladimir putins brutality as the u.s. is formally declaring that russia has committed war crimes. also tonight, russias war of destruction is taking a growing toll on ukrainian cities and on kremlin forces. nato nowest ma estimates 15,000 russian troops have been killed. our correspondents are standing by for cnns live global war coverage. w...

Political survivor in russian terms. he worked for president boris yeltsin in the 90s. he got putin, to work for president putin. i think it seems to be an indication that there are those uncomfortable with what president putin is doing in ukraine and arent prepared to stand by him. when you look at this, this is an isolated incident. it is far from an indication that the kremlin is cracking. that people are flooding from a sinking ship. this is an indication at the moment of one or two key insi...

Than $10,000 out of the country. so this is really the kremlin beginning to crack open the door and see what happens when they allow some normality to return to economic life. the likelihood is it wont look good for the ruble in all of this. >> all right. nic robertson there for all of us. thank you. officials say the tornado that touched down in new orleans overnight was an ef-3. the latest on the search and rescue, next. for the lowewest price ever. plus choose fromom the latest g smartphone...