sent to the front lines. as putin s paranoia is leading to a bigger military purge. breaking news, two of trump s most senior white house aides, jared kushner and hope hicks have now testified before the grand jury investigating trump s attempts to overturn the 2020 election. we re going to tell you a key question that both of them were asked. and we have new audio tonight of a passenger plane s frantic call for help after hitting extreme turbulence. that plane dropping thousands of feet in seconds. what was it like on board, two passengers on the florida-bound flight are my guests. let s go outfront. good evening, i m erin burnett, outfront tonight, putin s military meltdown. we re getting new video tonight of a deadly fight that broke out at a military camp near moscow. according to russian media, these men were about to be sent to the front lines, and then one of the soldiers here is said to have upset his superiors, he was reportedly beaten by members of a recon
ta takes place, the russian defense ministry have been taking control of wagner s, the mercenary group s heavy weapons and ammunition. there have been some dramatic images of that as well. and it seems that the kremlin is tightening its grip and sort of purging dissidence within its ranks. matthew, thank you very much. and i want to go now to thomas grove, the wall street journal reporter who broke that story that i mentioned at the top of the program about more senior russian military officers being detained and questioned in the wake of this mutiny, along with retired lieutenant general mark hurtling, the former commanding general for europe and the 7th army. thanks to both, and thomas, let me start with you. this is pretty incredible reporting. you have been able to crack down, you and your team that more russian military officers have been detained and fired in the wake of the wagner coup. and you re also reporting that general surovikin is not just resting, he is being detai