welcome back. i am lynda kinkade. you are watching cnn. moscow s brutal military offensive has led to russia s suspension from the united nations human rights council. thursday s vote by the u.n. general assembly was overwhelming. 93-24 with 58 abstentions. the u.s. ambassador to the u.n. called the move important and historic. china notably voted against the resolution and warned that it would set a dangerous precedent. after the vote, russia s ambassador lashed out saying moscow had decided to end its membership on the human rights council. so can diplomatic pressure and the long list of economic sanctions change russia s behavior? well for that, we are joined by steven, the chief diplomatic correspondent for the new york times.
invasion. bayraktar s heard the song dedicated to his namesake drone. he knows very well the phenomenon it has become in ukraine. i think it s one of the symbols of resistance. it gives them hope, i think. reporter: hope in a battle ukrainians are fighting on all fronts. the bayraktar drones are part of the larger social media campaign that is executed very well by the ukrainian military and civilians, and they are creating the impression that the russian military is, in fact, losing and that the russian military is vulnerable. again, bayraktar is not the only solution out there, and it isn t necessarily a solution that is going to save, um, the ukrainian military because, after all, this is a ground war. but having a drone like bayraktar in the sky that can conduct surveillance, that can launch strikes, and having the videos of those strikes multiply on social media is a great
managed to stop the russian army. cnn s ed lavandera has this remarkable story. reporter: the sign into town reads russian soldier, you will die here. the russians didn t listen. this is the story of how this small city fought off the russian invasion in early march. the mayor of this city of 30,000 people took us to the bridge at least where the bridge used to be, where ukrainian soldiers, volunteer fighters, and a fearlessly creative cast of civilians stared down the russians. how close did the russians get to taking over this city? you can see over here, on the other side of of the bridge in the distance there, just on the other side of the bridge, a row of tires. and that s as close as the russian tanks came. the mayor says the ukrainians blew it up so the russians
reporter: for weeks, chernihiv was completely cut off from the rest of the country. once a vibrant city of 300,000 people, now parts of it a wasteland. just 45 miles from the belarusian border, it was quickly surrounded by russian forces. there was no power, no water, and little food. 71-year-old yvonne survived the relentless bombardment. but his struggles are far from over. he is saying that he is hungry. he needs something to eat. he asked us if we have any groceries. less than one week after russian forces left this area, chernihiv is reeling and the true scale of its loss is only starting to emerge. outside the morgue, makeshift coffins stand ready for the dead.
this production facility here in turkey but because of the nature of this industry, we are very restricted in what we can film and what we can show. the drone s creator gives us a mostly off camera tour of the bayraktar defense company s headquarters in istanbul. the company s pride turkey s first unmanned fighter jet has just hit the production line. but the centerpiece here is the drone everyone is talking about. bayraktar tb 2 is a tactical class uav and it s doing what it was designed to do, and what it was operated to do. reporter: in this exclusive cnn interview, bayraktar measures his words carefully. he is also the son-in-law of the turkish president, who maintains close ties with both russia and ukraine and has emerged as a key mediator. i don t want to brag about technology. people are giving their lives up, people are risking and