meeting. the select committee is not so sure, which is holding them to look at that evidence based on the skepticism. but the fact of the matter is, all of these militia groups were meeting. they had communications with each other, and their communications with some of the rally organizers who as i said in the reporting, spoke to the trump white house. talk to me about the documentary. one of the most documented crimes in history, i think. this has been individuals who have been caught up. but there were documentary filmmakers, apparently, everywhere there were streamers, what can you tell us about that aspect? yeah. it is this really bizarre element of this whole january 6th capitol attack, that roger stone had a film crew with him, the head of the proud boys had 8 am crew with him, and this is the documentary film maker who we spoke to the committee on wednesday for around seven
documentary film maker, 50-year-old brent renaud shot by russian troops just north of kyiv. richard engel joins us from kyiv. you saw the damage near the center of kyiv firsthand, richard. tell us about that attack and what s happening there in the capital. reporter: what many people here fear is that that attack was something of a bellwether, that the russians are going to be, if not pushing in physically deeper into the city, they re going to be carrying out more destructive attacks in the heart of kyiv. and it is what they ve been doing in other cities, what they ve been doing in mariupol, kharkiv, a destructive campaign to force people to leave, which puts pressure on the government, puts pressure on europe, on the west in general, and then trying to take territory after they ve already scorched the earth. so many people have left the
injured when a russian air strike hit a military training facility in western you crane. the facility is only 20 miles from the polish border. that is the most west ward target that has been struck by russia in this conflict yet. now, with russian troops amassing near ukraine s capitol city kyiv, they woke up to the sounds of air raid sirens and an american journalist killed nearby. brent renot a 50-year-old documentary film maker was killed by russian forces near kyiv. another journalist was wounded in that attack. he won a litany of prestigious awards for documentary film making. he and his brother produced programs for a number of american news and media organizations including time, hbo, the new york times as well as nbc. a short time ago, times skud yous released a statement that
vera krichevskaya is a documentary film maker. she helped to found tv rain, an independent channel in russia which has now been shut down. and joining me in the studio, gabriel gatehouse, international editor for bbc television s newsnight programme. good to have you with us. good to have you too with us as well, thank you very much, and to vera, forjoining us for the first time on this programme. vera, i would like to start with you, if i may. how are russians are finding out about what the kremlin calls its special military operation ? good evening. can i start with the latest news? in one hour and 30 minutes, instagram in russia will be officially banned before, on this week, twitter and facebook was banned, so but all this started two weeks ago, the first day of the war. the new law was enforced that restricted to say the word war and to call it, this war, as a special operation . and another law was enforced, saying you cannot quote any source regarding the war,
henry chu, an experienced foreign correspondent at the la times, who as the us west coast sleeps is ensuring its readers are kept up to date on what s happening in ukraine. vera krichevskaya is a documentary film maker. she helped to found tv rain, an independent channel in russia which has now been shut down. gabriel gatehouse, internationsal editor for bbc television s newsnight programme, is here in the studio. thank you very much. and to vera for joining us for the first time on this programme. i would like to start with you, if i may, however russians are finding out about what the kremlin because its special operation? the kremlin because its special operation? the kremlin because its special operation? the kremlin because its special oeration? ., , ., operation? good evening. can i start with the latest operation? good evening. can i start with the latest news operation? good evening. can i start with the latest news in operation? good evening. can i start with the latest