even revealed their squad s positions on the battlefield. it is yet another example of the turmoil and disorder that s plaguing russia s military. take a listen. translator: we caught 20 more of our guys trying to desert last night. you want to know how? they were just walking along the road. we didn t shoot them, we took them back in. their case was handled today, and the commanding officers took them away. as it turns out, they revealed our positions. they re totally [ bleep ]. all of them are volunteers. and now a war tribunal awaits them. and now they re driving after us like a bat out of hell in that tank. that s quite revealing. this as three russian soldiers were killed. will ripley is out front for us in kyiv.
accountability and particularly sensitive matter. cnn is following the developments. evan, what do we know about this special counsel? reporter: ever since we broke this story, we ve looked at former judges, top officials. we never thought to look at the hague, which is where jack smith has been working the last few years. he s been running prosecutions in the war tribunal there in the hague. he comes with a very respected background from the justice department. he started out as an assistant d.a. in manhattan. he s run corruption cases in washington and former assistant
protests spread across the world following the death in custody of a young woman in iran. # starry, starry night. # paint your palate blue and grey. and painting with words. why the hand written lyrics of this famous song could sell for more than $1 million. hello and welcome. the war in ukraine has dominated the united nations general assembly in new york. in his speech, president zelensky said russia must face just punishment for its aggression against his country. he called for a special war tribunal to hold russia accountable and for a compensation fund to make it pay for the war. the new british prime minister,
understood that, you know, war started. and, i mean, i m dealing with this state for ten years and i know the methods which they use and i know that they do not that human lives is nothing for them. human life is nothing. and, yeah, that was just hard to accept and i don t think that i accepted all the things which i saw during last two months completely. you said to the new york times, i want to make sure i have it right, you said russia doesn t have the right to exist. you think it no longer has the right to exist. what did you mean? without without war
lifetime. that isn t imaginable in our lifetime, and it is ok to say, let s gather lifetime, and it is ok to say, let s gather evidence for a war criminal tribunal. gather evidence for a war criminal tribunal, but is putin ever going to id tribunal, but is putin ever going to go to tribunal, but is putin ever going to go to a tribunal, but is putin ever going to go to a war tribunal, but is putin ever going to go to a war crimes tribunal? that is the worry. go to a war crimes tribunal? that is the worry. and go to a war crimes tribunal? that is the worry, and tribunal go to a war crimes tribunal? that is the worry, and tribunal in go to a war crimes tribunal? that is the worry, and tribunal in the - the worry, and tribunal in the future doesn t prevent the crime now and arguably it doesn t act does much of a deterrent, even though clearly people hope it would. i m sorry we haven t got longer, john and annabel, but we will have more at 11:30pm. lots more coming up, inclu