forces, and the ukrainians had been saying that this was a legitimate target because of its military use. we had from a top adviser to president zelensky saying that the accusations by president putin sounded too cynical even by russian standards. there hasn t been any acknowledgement from ukrainian officials at the ukrainians were behind this explosion, but there is a fear that this could spark a strong russian response. and overnight in the southern city of zaporizhzhia, officials said russian shelling again hit a residential area, rescue teams are now at the scene of this attack. zaporizhzhia has become a frequent target by russian forces, it is relatively close to the front line. this is what the ukrainians have been saying, that russian has been stepping up attacks on civilian targets as it has defeats on the battlefield. train passengers in scotland are being warned of travel disruption today as scotrail workers strike. members of the rmt union are taking
has been spilled on the part of the russian troops and the treasure that has been spent on this war. it s going to be a much more traditional battle with a lot of tanks, artillery fire, aviation, but when we say traditional, we mean traditional by russian standards. russians don t play by the rules. we re already hearing reports chemical weapons may have been used in mariupol to try to knock out of the remaining bit of resistance there. we ve seen them in action in syria and chechynya. they play dirty. terraz, we haven t had those reports confirmed, the use of chemical weapons in mariupol, but the response you re generally getting from the west is that we need to be ready for
the country back into what it was under the ussr. impoverished, disconnected, hermit kingdom. it is tragic, it is obviously far less tragic than what is happening in ukraine, which he wants dead or alive, but he is doing a lot of damage to russia as well. cutting people off from information, i have to say by the way, this new law that gives people up to 15 years in prison for quote unquote, fake news, about the war. fake news being anything that doesn t come from the ministry of defense. russia is not the u.s., 15-year sentences are unheard of. that is a very, very long sentence by russian standards. people go to jail for 5 to 8 years for murder this is really extreme, kind of stalinesque.
how many dollars? that s $14. it s not a lot of money coming even by russian standards , but the reality is that at some point we have to decide is their individual accountability for these decisions. we are always going to be enticed to maybe buy something or want something or desire something, but ultimately, the courts are at the wrong place t adjudicate those. people need to demonstrate self-restraint and be accountable. another tweet comes in from leno really who says this, russian woman sues mcdonald s for $14 because they caused her to break out one fast. only $14 for moral damage.
could be prison sentences as well up to 15 days of administrative detention. you re right. all of this coming as putin does face historically low approval ratings. for americans, that s still pretty high. he s still around 60%. but for russian standards, that is low. we used to have 80% approval ratings. so you can see a clamp town on free speech here. even more so than before. thisment cos only two days after he gave a speech to spy services say iing he believes the west a u.s. is not only trying to infiltrate russia, but steal military secrets. autocrats continue to adopt this fake news language. fred pleitgen, thank you. democrats are lashing out after a four-year prison sentence for the president s former campaign chief. he avoids a virtual life sentence, for now.