still ahead. also tonight, my exclusive interview with the president of israel on the conflict in ukraine and more. he s pushing back at pressure from ukrainian president vz volodymyr zelenskyy to choose a side. a second woman is now accusing georgia republican herschel walker of pressuring her to get an abortion. i m wolfer blitzer. you re the situation room. we begin our coverage tonight with the war in ukraine. the body of an american man killed while fighting alongside ukrainian defenders is finally on the way home tonight after a swap with russia. this as putin s army prepares for a major battle inside the largest ukrainian city still controlled by moscow. c nrknn fred pleitgen has our rt from the war zone. reporter: ukrainian forces trying to hit the russians on all fronts. this mortar unit firing in the north of the country while in the south, kyiv is continuing a counter offensive trying to capture the russian occupied city of kherson. we met up with an artill
independently verify the claims. as russian forces continue to lose ground in ukraine, the kremlin conducting massive annual nuclear drills involving submarine launch ballistic missiles and others launched from russia s fleet of strategic bombers. while the russians notified the u.s. about the drills well in advance, russian president vladimir putin with a clear warning to washington. translator: what they are trying to achieve we see on the example of ukraine, which is an inlsm instrument of america foreign policy. it controlled from the united states. reporter: but the ukrainians on the front lines say they are fighting for their own freedom, not for anybody else. wolf, we did confront the outfit with the allegations made by the ukrainians he s essentially sending people with diseases to the front line. so far we haven t heard any comment from the group, however,