Russia is forced to make a major shift on the battlefield as Ukraine’s president now puts Russian troop deaths at more than 16,000. Plus, it’s known as Putin’s private army. A top official tells CNN the Wagner Group is in Ukraine with a mission to kill the president. Also, a Russian oligarch says his life is completely destroyed and that he doesn’t know if he’ll survive because of the economic sanctions.

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