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town of soledar. why the major shakeup? plus, resign. more republicans tonight calling for congressman george santos to step down after he lied about his resume. but mccarthy won t show him the door. republican governor chris sununu is outfront. is trump about to get back on facebook? how the company is making this decision. it is a story you ll see first here tonight outfront. let s go outfront. and good evening. i m erin burnett. outfront tonight, putin s mysterious shakeup. the russian president suddenly putting in a new general to oversee his war in ukraine. and there is a huge question tonight which is why what is this all about? because it comes as russia claims its forces are on the verge of seizing the town of soledar. cnn is there, has heard the heavy artillery fire. we re going to show you in just a moment. it is artillery fire that has decimated an entire town. these are new before and after pictures just into our field team on the ground. here ....
Pictures just into our field team on the ground. here you can see a intoed with homes and apartment buildings. now look at that. only the outer shells of buildings remain. homes and a school to the right. a small town, now gone. everything has been destroyed. and the fate of this town that you re looking at right now soledar is at the heart of this mysterious move in putin s military command. the head of the brutal wagner group yevgeny prigozhin posted a picture on telegram along with the claim that his forces, this private paramilitary group have taken control of the, quote, entire territory of soledar. now you d think that the russian military would be happy to hear that. but, no. they denied prigozhin s claims. a top kremlin s spokesperson saying this morning soledar is not yet in russian control, that there s only a positive trend. it is an odd, conflicting message in a time of war. it s a mystery, a sign of ....