Russian military jet crashed into a residential building in the Siberian city of Irkutsk on Sunday, killing two pilots, CNN reported citing a local official.
they said that there would be partial mobilization, but it turns out that they take everybody. 70 people were reportedly detained in another siberian city after joining hands and singing protest songs. despite facing brutal crackdowns by russian police, protesters have been taken to the streets of moscow, st. petersburg, and many other russian cities. according to the human rights watchdog group, almost 2400 people have been detained for protesting against putin s draft since it was implemented last week. turning now is foreign affairs analyst and columnist for the usa today, and the daily beast. he s the host of deep state radio podcast. david, thank you very much for joining us tonight. we have seen the draft in this country during a popularly supported war like world war ii, and we have seen the draft
served in the army. they said that there would be partial mobilization, but it turns out that they take everybody. 70 people were reportedly detained in another siberian city after joining hands and singing protest songs. despite facing brutal crackdowns by russian police, protesters have been taken to the streets of moscow, st. petersburg, and many other russian cities. according to the human rights watchdog group, almost 2400 people have been detained for protesting against putin s draft since it was implemented last week. turning now is foreign affairs analyst and columnist for the usa today, and the daily beast. he s the host of deep state radio podcast. david, thank you very much for joining us tonight. we have seen the draft in this country during a popularly supported war like world war ii, and we have seen the draft during an unpopular war that became increasingly unpopular
and obviously to have people able and go to church and come back. and the times have shifted. so curfew is an important time. you talk to people coming back to the city, coming back to the kyiv. united states is working on sending diplomat be back in ukraine. they re going to start in the western city of lviv. obviously closer to the border of poland, but eventually want to get them back to kyiv. so, i wonder if you think, based on what s on the ground there, if it is safe for u.s. diplomats to come back now? if you re on ukrainian soil, it is not safe for anybody. eventually, and we ll look forward to have diplomats back in their embassies. and providing the work. but i have to say that the east and the south of the country, the war has been in an active phase of this war. and this invasion of russia.
in lviv, western ukraine this morning. scott, we re getting information that there s new satellite imagery of yet another mass raid in mariupol. what do you know about that? reporter: hey, john, this image coming in, according to satellite images, another mass grave they say has been discovered very close to the city limits. they say this grave is a very large trench that is some 200 meters long. much of it has been covered over. the mayor also claims that residents of mariupol desperate for any kind of money, food, support, have actually been enlisted to help with the digging of those graves. this is the third one that s been discovered in recent weeks, according to officials. though, cnn has no way to independently verify that these are in fact being used as graves for the war dead in that city. john, there is also concern this morning about the situation in transnistria, and the explosions you mentioned there.