facility in ukraine. even one of russia s respected scientists said that the evidence you presented was absurd, nonsensical and absurd. so you don t tell the truth, ambassador. first, we have to finish on sexual violence. you said that we didn t cite a single example. we did, first of all. no, i didn t say that at all. i never said you didn t cite an example of sexual violence. i said we could trade discussion on these particular accusations all day. ijust wanted to put to you cases where you have been exposed for simply, and i put it bluntly, not telling the truth. before i am exposed, as you say, let me finish with the sexual violence. one of the briefers at the security council was the representative of the secretary general on sexual violence in conflict, pramila patten, who said
before i am exposed, as you say, let me finish with the sexual violence. one of the briefers at the security council was the representative of the secretary general on sexual violence in conflict, pramila patten, who said that she had reports, obviously, from the ukrainian side on 124 cases of alleged sexual violence committed by the russian troops, which were not verified and cannot be verified at the moment. that s point one. secondly, do you know the story of the ukrainian ombudsman lyudmila denisova, who was fired by the ukrainian parliament because the lies that she was spreading.? ambassador, i think you ve made your point that you don t accept the veracity of the allegations about sexual violence. we re going to have to move the interview on or else we re going to run out of time to get through some very important matters. you asked me about the case. i want to finish what i m saying. she was fired because she was spreading lies, which was recognised by the ukrainian parliament.
with the sexual violence. one of the briefers at the security council was the representative of the secretary general on sexual violence in conflict, pramila patten, who said that she had reports, obviously, from the ukrainian side on 124 cases of alleged sexual violence committed by the russian troops, which were not verified and cannot be verified at the moment. that s point one. secondly, do you know the story of the ukrainian ombudsman lyudmila denisova, who was fired by the ukrainian parliament because the lies that she was spreading.? ambassador, i think you ve made your point that you don t accept the veracity of the allegations about sexual violence. we re going to have to move the interview on or else we re going to run out of time to get through some very important matters. you asked me about the case. i want to finish what i m saying. she was fired because she was spreading lies,
believe we re doing in the hands of ukrainians, i think they will ultimately be able to hold and freeze the frame in the fight, at least where they are right now, perhaps a few more clicks in the west. admiral in your book to risk it all you point out several elements. one of the elements you do point out is to gather all of the evidence available about the decision that s about to be made. have you been surprised that the russians with the lack of access to accurate intelligence, or their failure to act on the intelligence that s been available to them? in both cases, what you re seeing is magical thinking on the part of the russians. in other words, that intelligence is available to them. but as it filters up the chain of command, briefers were clearly reshaping the intelligence. and by the time it got to putin,
piece together with the suicide bomber and how he got his materials and who helped him? very, very little. there s a short video that they show where you can barely make out somebody dressed all in black in the crowd when he detonates. what i didn t know until this briefing today is the fbi is carrying out an investigation into all of those questions. who was he, and who was actually supporting him. we have been told over and over that he was some sort of an isis fighter and he was sponsored or directed by isis in some capacity. another thing we learned today is there seems to be certainty that the taliban was not behind this. the briefers, though, could not explain why that was that they felt that certainty. we know he was this individual, as i said, he came in with the crowd and did not go through the taliban checkpoint and the taliban did not facilitate his entry into the area, but it s more of an absence of evidence that the