top u.s. military leader talking finally again discussing the hour s long call of the state of the war. how ukrainian using official recognition technology on the battlefield and plus two russian journalists were able to defy the sensors, they were still alive to do it. we start with the preliminary hearing that could become a first in this war. a prosecution of an alleged russian war criminal even as the war goes on around it. melissa bell has the story. she warns you some of the images you are seeing are graphic. reporter: ukraine opens its first war crime trial. the 21-year-old vadim shishimarin accused of shooting an unarmed man. they include the massacre of 300 unarmed civilians in bucha and the killings of many sicivilian of men and children in the two months long of kharkiv. we have commanders give orders of shots. from other side, we understand that ordinary soldiers have their own responsibility for these atrocities. reporter: that s a message that needs to be
and around the world. in ukraine, president volodymyr zelenskyy tonight saying russia has lost almost 27,000 soldiers in its unprovoked war. today, we can report only 200 downed russian aircraft. russia has not lost so many aircraft in decades and russia has lost almost 27,000 soldiers. need to tell you cnn cannot ip dependently confirm that number but it would be a stunning blow for russia. and just look at this. ukraine says it blew up a russian helicopter on snake island. famous for that now-classic russian warship go eff yourself exchange. that, as vladimir putin may be getting exactly what he doesn t want, meaning finland and poe ten shlly sweden moving closer to joining nato, amid fears of russian aggression and in the face of that, a warning from lloyd austin to all of russia urgently calling for immediate cease-fire in ukraine.