when they put me in prison, i heard they were recruiting. serve six months and they pardon you, he tells me. so he signed up with storm z, a unit made up of convicts attached to the russian defense ministry. after only two weeks of basic training, he was shipped off to the frontlines near bakhmut. [ gunfire ] after days of intense shelling, with only rainwater and no food, he heard ukrainian troops outside his foxhole. he assumed they would execute him. i thought that was the end, he recalls. i switched my rifle to single shot mode and thought, i ll shoot myself, but i couldn t. this video, shot by soldiers of ukraine s assault brigade, shows the intense moments when he and his comrade surrendered. the ukrainian troops told them, unlike russians, we don t kill prisoners. we spoke to him and another soldier in a jail in eastern grain, concealing their faces and not using their real names. the third assault brigade granted us access to the p.o.w.s, and two of their soldie
forces. more details on how many men putin has sent to the front lines. plus, the investigation into trump s efforts to overturn the 2020 election heating up as the special counsel focuses in on trump s legal team. and a terrifying video of a visible crack in the support beam of a popular roller coaster. the man who shot this video, the video that eventually forced the park to shut the ride down is my guess. let s go outfront. good evening, i m erica hill in for erin burnett. putin is now said to have moved more than 180,000 men to the front line, including 50,000 near bakhmut and the buildup comes as ukraine claims it is slowly making progress in the east, taking back more than 14,000 miles in the past week. we re getting video of a massive fire ball seen rising over the city of sumi. russia hit a number of residential buildings and a security service building. these attacks underscore why zelenskyy is pressing for ukraine to be able to join nato. erin asked zelenskyy
you ll see them crawling on hands and knees, deserting an area. we re live on the ground tonight. plus, new pictures from the violent attack at congressman gerry connolly s office that sent two staffers to the hospital. congressman connolly is outfront. and the new york mayor publicly breaking with president biden as angry parents demand to know why school gymnasiums may be closed down to become the new home for migrants. let s go outfront. good evening. i m erin burnett. outfront tonight, every single russian rocket shot down by ukraine today. as some of putin s forces are on the run on the front lines. these are two major developments tonight in the great european war. first, russian president vladimir putin firing a total of 18 missiles at ukraine. take a look at that new video there. it s one of the interceptions. ukrainian officials say they shot down every single one of those missiles down. you see one of them right there. it s like lightning in the sky. it
i m lindsey reiser at msnbc headquarters. right now are criminal charges on the horizon for former president donald trump, he s been invited to appear before the manhattan grand jury, investigating a hush money payment to stormy daniels, why legal experts say the move could signal the end is near in this investigation. also this morning, california just cannot catch a breather from this wild weather, right now 16 million are under flood alerts as parts of the state are still buried under mountains of snow and now brace for landslides and heavy rain from an atmospheric river. we re tracking the storm as folks there brace for the rare high risk of flash flooding. plus, in just the last hour and a half, we got our hands on a bigger than expected jobs report. president biden is set to talk about the report and the overall state of our economy this hour, especially as the federal reserve eyes more interest rate hikes to tackle inflation. we re going to get insight from labor s
happening now, cnn is near the tense front lines in eastern ukraine right now with just a few hours to go before russia s war hits the one-year mark. ukrainian forces bracing for the possibility of new russian strikes tonight. also this hour, a top safety official declares the toxic train wreck in ohio was 100%, 100% preventable as initial findings in the federal investigation are revealed. the transportation secretary, pete buttigieg, visiting the scene where frustrated residents are growing more and more concerned about their health by the day. alex murdaugh takes the stand in his murder trial. the disgraced south carolina lawyer admitting under oath to lying and to stealing while denying he killed his wife and son. welcome to our viewers here in the united states and around the world. i m wolf blitzer. you re in the situation room. we begin with a grim milestone for ukraine and the world, for that matter, a full year since russia s brutal invasion. ukrainians bracing f