incident. as part of a pattern of aggressive, risky, and unsafe actions by russian pilots in international air space. i just got off the phone with my russian counterpart, minister shoigu. as i have said repeatedly, it is important that great powers be models of transparency and communication. the united states will continue to fly and operate wherever international law allows. in a news conference with the defense secretary joint chiefs chairman general mark milley said retrieving the wreckage will be very difficult and that it is now in 4,000 or 5,000 feet of water. the u.s. military said on tuesday a russian jet dumped fuel on an mq-9 reaper drone which officials say was doing routine operations in international air space. the russian jet then hit the propeller of the reaper forcing its remote pilots to bring it down in international waters. let s go to cnn s national security analyst and senior white house correspondent. the general said that it is not clear that th
the palestinian people, the israeli people. our other main story. matthew perry one of the stars of the hit tv show friends has died. he was 5a. hello, i m lewis vaughanjones. international agencies have expressed concern about reports of an israeli evacuation order for the al-quds hospital, in northern gaza. hundreds of patients are receiving treatment at the hospital, with a reported 14,000 gazans sheltering there. both the world health organization and international federation of the red cross have raised deep alarm over the evacuation order, saying hospitals in gaza must be protected. the palestine red crescent says the israeli military has repeatedly bombed around the al-quds hospital, causing damage and putting civilians at risk. these images show smoke billowing from what appears to be an israeli strike nearby. health workers there have reported shelling just 50m away. the al-quds hospital is in northern gaza, the focus of the israeli military s operation against hamas
to real lengths to try to avoid actions that might be deemed by russia as escalatory that they haven t wanted to take any actions that might make things worse between the u.s. and russia even while the u.s. has been aggressively supportive of ukraine in terms of sending security assistance, heavy weaponry in this conflict. so i think we re seeing this administration sort of trying to balance not wanting things to escalate between the u.s. and russia but also sending the clear message the u.s. is not going to be intimidated and is going to stay its course. obviously the big, outstanding question in all of this is whether that physical contact between the russian fighter jet and the u.s. drone was intentional or not. thank you both. let s bring in now retired army colonel liam collins. good to have you.
colonel liam collins, thank you. thank you. recent intelligence suggested vladimir putin has plans to orchestrate a regime change in moldova, a small country without eu or nato protection. it shares borders with western ukraine and a nato member. the government was recently given eu candidacy status and is also home to 1500 russian troops. russia has cut off much of the gas and electricity it historically supplied to the country leading to some of europe s highest inflation rates. as you can see from over the weekend outrage among the moldovan people. the u.s. has stepped up efforts to help the country financially namely with some $300 million in energy assistance. the country s minister of foreign affairs was asked about russia s efforts to destabilize his country. the ukrainian society and
The Biden administration this week announced that the U.S. would provide advanced Bradley Fighting Vehicles to Ukraine for use in its fight against Russia’s invasion, a move that experts said would make a significant though not decisive difference in the conflict. The Bradley is a powerful weapon platform that has the ability to destroy enemy…