ukraine for what the kremlin expected would be a quick and easy takeover of the country. what they unleashed instead was the largest land conflict in europe since the second world war, and some of the widest spread killing of noncombatants since world war ii as well . [ bleep ]. shit, shit. shit. shit. all right. stay down. all right. no, no, no. [ bleep ]. come on! that video of a russian mortar attack on fleeing civilians in irpin came just two weeks into the invasion. since then we ve seen graphic evidence of other russian war crimes, including the summary shooting of civilians in bucha and elsewhere. upwards of 800 attacks on hospitals and other health care facilities, according to the world health organization, and the pummelling of cities like mariupol, where the russian shelling and air strikes reduced residential neighborhoods to moonscapes. according to the united nations, more than eight million ukrainians have been forced to flee the country. millions mor
he wasn t on drugs, and he was clearly at some point lying to his lawyers because his lawyers were arguing that wasn t his voice on the recording. he is taking a tremendous risk by testifying, there is no question. i think they ve made a calculated assessment that it s worth it, perhaps in the hope that at least one juror will either find him credible or will think that his story is plausible enough to create reasonable doubt and thereby hang the jury. there is a big difference between lying to police officers, to your family, to your law partners, to your clients, stealing, all of that, and murdering your son and your wife. and i think that s what he s banking on, that the jury will see a distinction there. jessica roth, thank you. mark o mara, thank you very much. still ahead, the fallout of the toxic chemicals from the train daytime in ohio. why the head of the ntsb board says it was 100% preventible.
our senior correspondent joe johns has been looking into the price tag for us. he s joining us now live from kuala lumpur, malaysia, with more. what are you finding out, joe? reporter: well, wolf, with all of the satellites, ships, pla planes, and submarines it s becoming clear that this is a new chapter in the chronicles of aviation. the search for flight mh-370 is becoming the most expensive of its kind in history. a former lead investigator for the ntsb board in the history of aviation, we ve never had a challenge that even comes close to this. reporter: more than two dozen countries, seven contributing the most and australia taking the lead, 80 ships and 61 aircraft all part of the effort to locate the plane. the greatest challenge? the remote distances of the search. a tremendous percentage of
the resources, whether it s aircraft or ships or personnel, are spending their time getting there and getting home. reporter: and that comes with a hefty price tag with some estimates of $21 million a month. most of it coming from military budgets and some humanitarian and a p-8 aircraft costs about $4200 an hour to fly. the pentagon originally designated $4 million for the search but has already spent 7.1 million on planes, ships, and underwater surveillance equipment. how does flight 370 compare to other aviation disasters? the two-iyear search for plight air france 447 and in 1996, one of the longest investigations the ntsb ever conducted.