troop losses. but if the ukrainian fighters in this steel plant don t give up, are chemical weapons on the table as far as the russians are concerned? you asked perhaps one of the most important questions facing world leadership, especially the west. will the russians in the manner in which they ve conducted the war turn deliberately to use chemical weapons, especially as we move into what will be a protracted gain in the donbas region. that s a difficult urban environment, densely populated. huge temptation on the part of army with the tactics demonstrated by russians last six weeks, no doubt there s a big question whether they ll resort to chemical weapons. if that happens, everything s off the table. seeing u.s. military aid
family, the better, from his standpoint. he is so accustomed to squeezing his adversaries by virtue of going after their family members and their relatives and he doesn t want the same thing done to him. i want to get your take on this. the spokesman dimitri petrov was speaking to sky tv about troop losses, and he was candid, which doesn t happen a lot with the russians. let s listen. we have significant losses of troops. and it s a huge tragedy for us. he admitted they have suffered significant losses. i wonder if dimitri, who is well trained in kremlinology, whether he was taken to the woodshed for confessing to that. . i wonder the same thing. that is a pretty significant and unusual admission from an
evidence, putin s spokesmen today continued to claim in an interview with sky news that the photos in bucha, ones journalists saw with their own eyes, were fakes. you ve lost thousands of troops. how many troops have you lost? we have we have we have significant losses of troops, and it s a huge tragedy for us. i have to say, i was surprised to hear him acknowledge the huge loss of russian troops. what do you think is behind that? look, he did then appear to acknowledge there have been thousands of troop losses, which is a significant departure from the last official figure that we have. i think it was on march 25th that the russian defense ministry said there were 1,351 russian soldiers that have been lost, which is in itself a
even republican nominees now are no longer the kind of moderate justices of the past. now you have people trying out by going as far to the right as they can in a lot of these areas of jurisprudence. so i hope that every progressive understands what s at stake and what we are staring at right now as a result of us losing narrowly a lot of elections. senator cory booker of new jersey. thank you for making some time for us tonight. thank you for having me. coming, up manhattan s district attorney says despite but you may have heard, his criminal investigation into donald trump is still very much active. we will talk about the significance of that announcement. plus, putin s top spokesman admits for the first time that russia has had significant troop losses in ukraine. what does that mean for the future of a conflict going forward? that is next. that is next t. my husband, sam, we ve been married 53 years. we love to walk on the beach. i have two daughters
the world s biggest democracy continues to vacillate on what to do about russia. there is an interesting piece of truth that did come out today. and that is that vladimir putin spokesperson also admitted that russia has suffered what he called a significant loss of troops into the beginning of the invasion. tell me what you make of that candid this about the losses. because up until now russia has been downplaying the troop losses that they have had. they are now admitting that this is as bad as some people are saying. some people, not some people. but probably as armed forces are reporting. i think it is getting more and more difficult to hide. and in the big country of russia, it s difficult to hide those losses they have been suffering. because more and more people are getting information that their sons, husbands and brothers are not coming back. because they lost their lives in ukraine fighting against ukrainians.