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To surround it from the north and from the south. but've as you mentioned the head of the wagner private military contractor says, look, ukrainians are showing no signs of any kind of withdrawal. from the northern part of the city, not anywhere. as you said, the fighting continues for every street, every house, every stairwell there. and president zelenskyy said a few days ocean as well, look, bakhmut is a ukrainian fortress and his troops have no plans to go anywhere. they will hold on as long as they can. to give you a bit more context, prigozhin said they had no problem capturing people. so...

Actually depleted its use of ballistic missiles in the past. but it's something that a lot of ukrainians are expecting to see repeated, as russia continues its pattern of striking civilian infrastructure far beyond the front lines. but on the frontlines, it comes a day after the russian forces declared victory over the city of soledar. that's a city in the eastern part of the country. now, ukraine has said that that city is still in ukrainian hands. they are still fighting going on. however, if there is fighting, analysts have said that is probably on the outskirts of the city and they seem to...

Difficult to say. russian sources are saying that they now control that town, which is relatively small, just about 10,000 people. all of the ukrainians say it is still under control. but cnn was able to get in touch with a soldier there who described intense fighting, raging in the city. he said that the situation is critical. he said that buildings are changing hands from one day to the next. that there are, the situation is such that they can't even count the dead at this point. now this is a city, a town, a very small town where the russians have really thrown a lot of resources in trying ...

Putting those soldiers in such a vulnerable position, investigated and punished. but amid all of this, there has been a rise of the wagner group, led by a man whose name i think you probably heard before, evgeni, one of putin's closest confidants, and all throughout the past week he has been raising in profile because it's the wagner group that private military contractor financed by the russians, that has done the bulk of the fighting, the most successful fighting on the front lines, not the russian military. and this incident just goes to show once again that the russian military is still ba...

New details this morning about a former military contractor, leonard francis, who was arrested in venezuela this week after 16 days on the run. fat leonard, as he was known for his size, was the master mind behind the biggest corruption scandal in u.s. navy history. he escaped before his sentencing on bribery and fraud charges. barbara starr is joining us live from the pentagon with the latest. what can you tell us? >> reporter: this chapter that has extended for almost a decade may finally be coming to an end. francis arrested tuesday by venezuelans authorities on an interpol red notice filed...