prior to filing this lawsuit we undertook an investigation, we interviewed witnesses that were at the scene, we interviewed witnesses who days before could set the stage of what happened here is a reminder of what happened here is a reminder of what happened here is a reminder of what happened. last of what happened here is a reminder of what happened. of what happened. last year alec baldwin accidentally of what happened. last year alec baldwin accidentally shot - of what happened. last year alec baldwin accidentally shot dead i baldwin accidentally shot dead haylna hutchins on the set, joel sousait haylna hutchins on the set, joel sousa it was also injured. according to the court documents mr baldwin was given a loaded gun by an assistant director would assure them that it contained blanks. and this is where the incident took place, we are told before it happened that camera operators had walked off the set to protest against working conditions. set to protest against working cond
troops have moved away from the ukrainian border back to bases. that s raised hopes that war could be avoided but military exercises are still ongoing. this was the message from nato s secretary general. so far we have not seen any sign of de escalation on the ground. russia has amassed a fighting force in and around ukraine unprecedented since the cold war. everything is now in place for a new attack. but russia still has time to step back from the brink, stop preparing for war and start working for a peaceful solution. there s still a lot we don t know about this latest announcement from the russian defence ministry. joe biden and emmanuel macron have both said that we need verification
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analyst petri makela. we cross over to finland now, which of course, shares a border and speak to the military analyst, what are we to the military analyst, what are we to make of this? to make of this? nato isn t convinced to make of this? nato isn t convinced that to make of this? nato isn t convinced that russia - to make of this? nato isn t convinced that russia is i to make of this? nato isn t i convinced that russia is really scaling back, and the russian ministry of defence is saying that large scale drills will continue. what are reading into this? basically, that they are not withdrawing a lot and nothing can be confirmed yet. some units are still moving into the region from the eastern military district, so, as of now, we cannot verify if russia is pulling back anything. they may be moving their troops to more advantageous positions. 50 moving their troops to more advantageous positions. so when you talk about them advantageous positions. so when you talk about them mo
gold battalion brought closer to the border, according to the intelligence were saying. mixed signals, i think at the moment. in the meantime, diplomatic efforts to engage with russia continue. we saw the german leader olaf scholz meet with vladimir putin in moscow earlier today. this is mr scholz speaking after that meeting. translation: i expressed that the troop build-up - is seen as a threat. than 100 thousand russian troops on the border with ukraine and we find this incomprehensible. so we need de escalation, that is very important. in it is these kind situations it is important to make sure that no war will follow. central to this is ukraine s desire to be part of nato