so, what happened in vuhledar? people back home wanted answers. bbc eye looked into the black berets claims. it s difficult to interview soldiers or theirfamilies in russia. they face years in jail for discrediting the army. but online, there s a trail of evidence. piecing together online testimonies, death records and battle footage, we found that the 155 did suffer heavy losses in vuhledar. we found reasons why these men died. such kinds of breaching operations are suicide. and we found out what happened to those caught up in the battle. ramaz gorgadze was a stubborn young russian. his mother says he was born this way, an iron character with georgian roots. she says he was impossible to argue with. he grew up like any other young russian, in a small village called yagodnoye, located in russia s far east province. as a young teenager, he developed a passion for rap. rapping in russian he took this passion with him during his one year national service. ..and became popular o
onto stage comes the man who will now be taiwan s next president. in the end, william lai won the election by a larger margin than expected. china s president, xijinping, tried to intimidate voters here not to choose him, but failed. his supporters say, if anything, it had the opposite effect. i think it probably says to china, like, we won t listen to you. we won t listen to you anymore. our future will be determined by ourselves, so maybe xijinping needs to learn to be quiet during our election. china warned the people of taiwan not to vote for this man. they said he is a troublemaker who will take the island closer to war. well, tonight they have given their answer by electing him their new president. speaking to the international media following his victory, president elect lai was quick to offer beijing an olive branch. translation: over the last eight years, we have tried i continuously to extend goodwill. unfortunately, china has not responded to these gestures. we hop
so, what happened in vuhledar? people back home wanted answers. bbc eye looked into the black berets claims. it s difficult to interview soldiers or theirfamilies in russia. they face years in jail for discrediting the army. but online, there s a trail of evidence. piecing together online testimonies, death records and battle footage, we found that the 155 did suffer heavy losses in vuhledar. we found reasons why these men died. such kind of breaching operations are suicide. and we found out what happened to those caught up in the battle. ramaz gorgadze was a stubborn young russian. his mother says he was born this way, an iron character with georgian roots. she says he was impossible to argue with. he grew up like any other young russian in a small village called yagodnoye, located in russia s far east province. as a young teenager, he developed a passion for rap. raps in russian he took this passion with him during his one year national service. raps ..and became popular o
but when it comes to the election but when it comes to the election itself, beijing does have election itself, beijing does have a preferred winner. they would have a preferred winner. they would hope the kmt nationalist party would hope the kmt nationalist party take the presidency and the parliament, because the kmt typically the parliament, because the kmt typically has a more pro china stanca typically has a more pro china stance. they advocate more dialogue, and they accept the one china policy this idea that one china policy this idea that taiwan is a part of china. so that taiwan is a part of china. 50 china that taiwan is a part of china. so china has a preferred winnen so china has a preferred winner. they re really hoping that winner. they re really hoping that the winner. they re really hoping that the current ruling party doesn t that the current ruling party doesn t get an unprecedented third doesn t get an unprecedented third term. does
Gunfire the soldier belongs to the black beret marines from russia s elite 155th brigade. waves of men from this unit were sent to take vuhledar last winter. but this small town soon turned into a deathtrap. within days of the assault, the soldiers raised the alarm. in a rare protest letter, they claimed that 300 men were killed, wounded or went missing in four days. they also wrote that their commanders called them meat . they appealed for help from the man who championed them their governor, oleg kozhemyako. but the man they had pinned their hopes on disputed their claims.