the east means that president putin is keen to take the whole of the donbas region. it has been repeated and the russians say they want to liberate that region, again parroting the narrative which says russia is only in ukraine as an act of defence to look after the russian speaking population in the east of the country, but also to stop what the country, but also to stop what the russians would say is the aggression of the regime in kyiv against russia itself. that is something that vladimir putin could indeed come back and present to russian citizens as some kind of victory. but we know how much resistance he has been up against during the rest of his invasion in ukraine. 0ne during the rest of his invasion in ukraine. one of the leading fighters, the chechen leader, has actually said, we don tjust want mariupol and donbas, we are going to try and take other cities again, we are going to have another go at kyiv. he does not speak for vladimir putin but it gives you the sense of the n
did a lot better than expected. actually know he is the one who could potentially become king maker, jean luc melenchon. last night he urged his supporters, mostly young people between the ages of 18 and 24, people between the ages of 18 and 2a, not to lend their support to marine le pen. but he did not say they should vote for emmanuel macron. if he does not do that, the risk for many here is they will end “p risk for many here is they will end up with a candidate at the other end of the extreme on the far right, as opposed to the one they wanted on the left who they believe was the only person talking about the concerns, things that matter to young people here, like the climate crisis and inequalities. that is where both of these candidates really have to go if they want to pick up these votes. really have to go if they want to pick up these votes. thank you very much. ukraine s president volodymyr zelensky has used his regular late night address to warn that russia is afraid of l
they re named after ramzan khiedira a chechen leader. that i were supposed to be inserted when the fighting with the most severe. but information was provided to the security apparatus. the assassins were located and killed at the airport. some of that information coming from the national security chief here in ukraine. all of it impossible to independently confirm. some of the information goes on to say that the amount of information that the ukrainian security apparatus had was very extensive and detailed. so quite a bit of cloak and dagger spy novel stuff here about assassinations taking place in real life. martha: it s an extraordinary story. thanks, mike. with that, we bring in rick prado, author of block ops. rick, great to have you with us. it s an extraordinary story to hear about these groups that are
that s important. when i saw putin, he was a man alone. he has no allies standing next to him. four or five countries to back him up. he couldn t get the chechen leader to show up and stand there with him. he couldn t g get people from the former ussr. and, i i don t want to say i feel good about democracy s chances here. but it really does feel like it s the entire world against this man. what we have to do. why the rhetoric of the video like arnold schwarzenegger made couldn t matter is decoupling from putin is the rhetorical trick here. he is not representing national interest. these are people repressed from the get-go. we have to turn the tide on that. every little bit. someone sees that video and passes it to their moms and activates those moms the russian mothers have played a hugely important role in keeping russia on a good path. and now that they are getting a chance to face time their kids who have been sent over to ukraine not knowing where
reportedly, using stun grenades, and firing shots to dispatch protesters in the occupied city of kherson. the video, showing several hundred pro ukrainian protesters in the city s freedom square. would appear to be stunned names, landing around them. this would be hurt, and there are plenty of clouds of smoke. according to ukrainian officials, at least one person is wounded. meanwhile, the chechen leader, has posted a video on his telegram page. the church and fighters are taking part in russia s offensive against mariupol. sky news, cannot independently verify the date location, or indeed, conditions under which these images were shot. chen thought, unsuccessfully, for independence from russia. its leader, reported by moscow. new satellite imagery, released