time now for jake tapper and cnn tonight. jake? thanks anderson. welcome to cnn tonight. welcome to cnn tonight. i m jack tapper in washington. captions by vitac www.vitac.com tonight we re bringing you a cnn exclusive, brand-new video you ll see here for the first time in just a few moments. it s an incredible story, one that only cnn s clarissa ward can tell, taking place during a rare cease fire in putin s brutal war. getting two hours of cover for this dramatic scene. cnn s crews shuttled by ukrainian intelligence as russia returned the body of an american, an american killed in ukraine while fighting for ukraine. his name was joshua jones, 24 years old, u.s. army veteran from tennessee. he was killed in august while fighting putin s forces alongside the military. this handover happened in a dangerous area known as no man s land, in the zaporizhzhia region between ukrainian-controlled ukraine and russian-controlled ukraine. and jones body will now head back
alongside the military. this handover happened in a dangerous area known as no man s land, in the zaporizhzhia region between ukrainian-controlled ukraine and russian-controlled ukraine. and jones body will now head back here to the united states to his family who are have been longing for his remains to return to his final resting place, to home. now, this rare moment of detente takes place during an incredibly tumultuous time in this war. today russian president vladimir putin led military training drills, which the kremlin says include practice missile launches. and then putin said this earlier today. translator: risk of conflict in the world as a whole as well as at the regional level remains very high. risk of conflict in the world as a whole remains very high, putin said. the risk for a new world war, according to putin.
time is of the essence. so we ve just arrived at the meeting point. they re waiting for the russians to arrive with the body. a team of forensic investigators get ready. this is as far as we are allowed to go. actual handover will happen just beyond the hill. waiting for their return, it is eerily quiet. only the bravest dare come out in these parts. one of the transfer team captures the moment joshua jones body is brought back into ukrainian territory, as russian forces look on. it s the moment they have been waiting for. jones is now one step closer to being returned to his family. back in the car, they show us his personal effects. this is his personal body cross, which he was wearing. he was a religious guy. what s your feeling in this moment? you ve been working toward this for a long time to try to get joshua jones back to his family.
time now for jake tapper and cnn tonight. jake? thanks anderson. welcome to cnn tonight. welcome to cnn tonight. i m jack tapper in washington. captions by vitac www.vitac.com tonight we re bringing you a cnn exclusive, brand-new video you ll see here for the first time in just a few moments. it s an incredible story, one that only cnn s clarissa ward can tell, taking place during a rare cease fire in putin s brutal war. getting two hours of cover for this dramatic scene. cnn s crews shuttled by ukrainian intelligence as russia returned the body of an american, an american killed in ukraine while fighting for ukraine. his name was joshua jones, 24 years old, u.s. army veteran from tennessee. he was killed in august while fighting putin s forces
ukraine, thank you so much. and the mother of joshua jones will join us when we come back. it will be her first interview since she learned her son s body finally will be coming home to her. what emotions could she possibly be feeling today? what does she want the world to know about joshua? we ll talk to her nextxt.