the gunman is also dead. police have spoken of multiple injuries. now on bbc news it s hardtalk. welcome to hardtalk. i m stephen sackur. right now, russia s war on ukraine is being waged from house to house, town to town in the eastern donbas. the strategy is simple destroy and then occupy the ruins. but the annihilation strategy isn t restricted to the battlefield. the kremlin is seeking to erase ukraine s history, culture and sense of identity. my guest today is the ukrainian raised, internationally renowned historian serhii plokhy. what s the best response to this weaponization of history? serhii plokhy, welcome to hardtalk. thank you for having me. you are a harvard historian. you ve lived in the united states for a long time, and yet you were raised inside ukraine. so is it possible for you to bring a dispassionate historian s eye to what is happening in ukraine right now? or is it far too personal? that s what i am trying to do to bring this dispassionate analysis
welcome to hardtalk. i m stephen sackur. right now, russia s war on ukraine is being waged from house to house, town to town in the eastern donbas. the strategy is simple destroy and then occupy the ruins. but the annihilation strategy isn t restricted to the battlefield. the kremlin is seeking to erase ukraine s history, culture and sense of identity. my guest today is the ukrainian raised, internationally renowned historian serhii plokhy. what s the best response to this weaponization of history? serhii plokhy, welcome to hardtalk. thank you for having me. you are a harvard historian. you ve lived in the united states for a long time, and yet you were raised inside ukraine. so is it possible for you to bring a dispassionate historian s eye to what is happening in ukraine right now? or is it far too personal? that s what i am trying to do to bring this dispassionate analysis and help understanding of what is going on from the historical perspective. but it s extremely cl
and two teachers died in a mass shooting at an elementary school. the coffin of ten year old ameriejo garza was borne into the sacred heart catholic church, across the road from her school. those are the headlines. now on bbc news it s hardtalk with stephen sackur. welcome to hardtalk. i m stephen sackur. right now, russia s war on ukraine is being waged from house to house, town to town in the eastern donbas. the strategy is simple destroy and then occupy the ruins. but the annihilation strategy isn t restricted to the battlefield. the kremlin is seeking to erase ukraine s history, culture and sense of identity. my guest today is the ukrainian raised, internationally renowned historian serhii plokhy. what s the best response to this weaponization of history? serhii plokhy, welcome to hardtalk. thank you for having me. you are a harvard historian. you ve lived in the united states for a long time, and yet you were raised inside ukraine. so is it possible for you to bring a
to the battlefield. the kremlin is seeking to erase ukraine s history, culture and sense of identity. my guest today is the ukrainian raised, internationally renowned historian serhii plokhy. what s the best response to this weaponization of history? serhii plokhy, welcome to hardtalk. thank you for having me. you are a harvard historian. you ve lived in the united states for a long time, and yet you were raised inside ukraine. so is it possible for you to bring a dispassionate historian s eye to what is happening in ukraine right now? or is it far too personal? that s what i am trying to do to bring this dispassionate analysis and help understanding of what is going on from the historical perspective. but it s extremely close to home in personal terms, and in terms also of the kind of history that i study, and studied and wrote about. never i thought that it would be at the very centre of the major international crisis, the biggest and the most horrible war that we have
hostages are out of harm s way. they re calling for a cease-fire. also breaking, ukraine s president in washington pleading for aid. are his hopes of getting a deal dead? this as another country is taking a pang ge from the putin playbook. and trump selling his mug shot as trading cards along with pieces of a suit he wore that day. now being accused of breaking the law and how it is paying off for trump. let s go out front. good evening. i m erin burnett. out front, gaza s tunnels are being flooded. a u.s. official telling cnn this the israeli informed the united states that they are flooding some of hamas tunnels with seawater to flush ott the fi fighters and short tishcircuit infrastructure. they re flooding tunnels where they believe hostages are not being held. president biden could not say whether or not that is the case. i m not at liberty well, there is assertions being made that there s quite sure there are no hostages in any of the tunnels. but i don t kno