groups. at the moment we are completely cut off from the ammunition supply. >> ammunition, ammunition, ammunition. and they are following the lead of their boss. they're not speaking out of turn. yevgeny prigozhin is blaming the russian army for wagner's shortages and failure. >> translator: the advance is proceeding less fast than we would want. why is the advance not fast enough? i think we could have taken control of it by the new year if we hadn't been hindered by our monstrous military bureaucracy and obstacles created on a daily basis. >> alex marquardt is out front in kyiv tonight to begin our coverage. and alex, what is the latest on the ground there tonight? >> reporter: erin, we are seeing the beginning stages of this new russian offensive, and so far it is not going well. one senior state department official on thursday said that it is very pathetic. we are getting that update on the fighting in bakhmut from the white house, that city where for