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menendez. we begin tonight with what comes next after this weekend. short-lived yet startling rebellion against russian president vladimir putin. saturday's march on -- led by the one-time protegee did a head blow to the strongman image. he still wages war on ukraine. today, we learned president biden spoke by phone with ukraine's president on the sudden instability in russia. the white house says president biden offered his, quote, unwavering support for ukraine's counteroffensive against ukraine. the revolt is the first serious threat to putin's power in decades. secretary of state...

their annual march here in washington for the first time since roe v. wade was overturned. they're declaring they have fresh resolve, even though some are being slammed by former president trump for being disloyal to him. welcome to our viewers here in thtes and around the world. i'm wolf blitzer. you're in "the situation room." let's get right to all of the new moves by the united states and allies responding to ukraine's deals to help against russian aggression. we have the latest on what western nations are doing, and still not doing, at this pivotal moment in the war. >> report...

The Wagner Group is both the tip of the Russian spear in Ukraine and the state’s backroom dealer in Africa. A mercenary outfit originally designed as an

Remember, they are not only limited to the operations that they are conducting inside ukraine, but operating in africa and syria. >> the u.s. estimates there are about 50,000 wagner group fighters in ukraine right now. about 10,000 contractors and 40,000 convicts deployed to fight with the russian military. nic, what more can you tell us about these wagner mercenaries? >> earlier this week, one of the unit commanders, who was fighting for wagner, escaped because of the atrocities he saw happening. he said part of what wagner is doing with prisoners, if they refuse to fight, if they try to leav...

And natasha bertrand. natasha, i know you've been reporting specifically on if decision to designate the wagner group a transnational criminal organization. the u.s. declassified images of russian trains traveling from north korea with weapons for wagner fighters. what did the u.s. see to convince them to take this important step? >> there have been a number of concerning signs coming out of russia with the competing power centers emerging between this mercenary organization, wagner group, and of course, the russian defense ministry and the regular russian army. most concerning is the idea tha...