the butcher. the general, 60 years old, just appointed by putin to direct all russian military operations in ukraine. as commander of russia s southern military district, he had been overseeing russian troops in ukraine s southern and eastern regions. but it s his track record during russia s campaign in syria, analysts say, which earned him the nickname, the butcher. they call a general who was known to be tough. he s known to be disciplined. and he didn t care what he hurt. didn t care what he killed. the syrian army under assad was not doing well in its civil war against rebel forces when putin first sent russian troops there in 2015 to back them up. the general was the first commander of russia s military operations in syria. when the russians and syrians set their sights on the northern city of aleppo. the russian and syrian offensive
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just examples of that, the new media sanctions also in the uk i know they sanctioned a top russian military general that they called and i quote, the butcher of mariupol what are they saying about him and his role? reporter: yeah, that s right. this colonel general which is very high ranking military figure in russia, he s believed to have been the individual who orchestrated the siege and the attack on mariupol in southern ukraine, on the sea of asov, that battle of course still underway, a battle in which thousands of people have been killed, potentially civilians, predominantly, inside mariupol. awful scenes we ve been seeing from that city on the sea of asov in southern ukraine. of the utter devastation that s been wrought by the russian military advance on it but you re right, the british along with other countries are
use this in his propaganda machine. ultimately a threat against the russian leader is a threat against russia itself and the unfortunate aspect is president putin will be able to use this to justify this conflict, this unjustifiable incursion into ukraine. and, unfortunately, it shifts away from what was otherwise a very successful, very important, and even historic trip. words have power. words can impose a cost. let s go back to biden s speech when he called vladimir putin the butcher. president biden had already called putin an autocrat, a tyrant, a war criminal. now he is calling him a butcher. how unusual is it again to call out a head of state in such a way but also the impact of these words? is this just name calling or will it lead to justice? reporter: well, will it lead to justice? this is what the coalition and the reaffirmation of this multi lateral order are absolutely remaining committed to and the
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