from america s ambassador at large for global criminal justice speaking at the u.n. she said the u.s. has credible information that they executed ukrainians who attempted to surrender near donetsk. images and reports from here suggest that such atrocities are not the result of rogue units or individuals but insteaeaead rev she says, a pattern of systematic abuse. also tonight, the return of american trevor reed held in russia since the summer of 2019. released today in a prisoner swap in turkey. parents spoke to reporters just a short time ago. not going to hit us until we see you. we re excited. we know he s on the plane. i think it s going to really hit us when we get to put our arms around him and hug him. for its part today the kremlin flexed its muscle cutting off natural gas supplies to poland and bulgaria. poland calling it a direct attack, his words, on the country, vowing not to give in tohat he cald russian black mail. vladimir putin evoked more nuclear jitter
build a war crimes case. to that point, this late item from america s ambassador at large for global criminal justice speaking at the u.n. she said the u.s. has credible information that a russian military unit executed ukrainians who were attempting to surrender near donetsk. images and reports from here suggest that such atrocities are not the result of rogue units or individuals but instead reveal, she says, a pattern of systematic abuse. also tonight, the return of american trevor reed held in russia since the summer of 2019. released today in a prisoner swap in turkey. his parents spoke to reporters just a short time ago. it s not going to hit us until we see him. we re excited. we know he s on the plane. i think it s going to really hit us when we get to put our arms around him and hug him. for its part today, the kremlin flexed its economic muscle, cutting off natural gas supplies to poland, as well as bulgaria. poland s prime minister calling it a direct attack,
. it s the top of the hour on cnn newsroom president biden is asking for another 33 billion to help ukraine with weapons. president biden then issued his own warning today. the cost of this fight is not cheap. but caving into o gregs will be more costly if you let it happen. we are back as they defend their country or we stand by as the russians continue their atrositys and aggression in ukraine. the bush defense secretary vladimir putin may be trying to dig in like a chance russ growth when you crane. now on the ground, ukrainians report their towns are being bombarded among three eastern regions, kharkiv, donetsk and the regional government in donetsk says russian shellings damaged 27 homes in one vivenlg they assess russia is making slow and uneven incremental advances. anderson cooper joins us, we heard a lot of explosions went off after the u.n. secretary general was in kiev meeting president zelenskyy. so what have you learned? reporter: yeah, allison, kiev s
he was coughing up blood and appeared to have tuberculosis and they freed a russian pilot sentenced to 20 years in an american prison for drug smuggling. reed s parents spoke to their son after they were physically swapped out at an airport tarmac in turkey. he was kind of subdued. i think he is a little overwhelmed. he seemed to be in shock a little bit. they have moved him to a moscow prison this week. we didn t know that. he went to the first prince i think paul whelan was held in for a long time and then they flew him from there to turkey and then they quickly told us that the american plane pulled up next to the russian plane and they walked both prisoners across at the same time like you see in the movies. just in, we have learned that russian prisoner was returned home, cnn s caitlin colin joins us as well as kaylee atwood, what have you learned about why this came to be and why now? reporter: a good question of why now, u.s. officials are saying this was a l
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