thanks forjoining us. it s been an eventful weekend at the g7 summit injapan. ukraine s president volodymyr zelensky returns home after securing a pledge of unwavering support as well as more military equipment from his allies. at the summit, dominated by talks of russia s invasion, us presidentjoe biden confirmed that the us and its allies will help train ukrainian pilots to fly western fighterjets, like the f 16, which zelensky had long asked for. biden also promised to support ukraine with more ammunition and armoured vehicles, partly as a demonstration of western resolve. we will not waver. putin will not break our resolve as he thought he could two years ago, almost three years ago. we re going to continue to provide economic, humanitarian and security assistance to ukraine so it can stand strong as long as it needs it. meanwhile, president zelensky thanked world leaders for their enduring support at the end of the summit and said russia s defeat would result in la
hello, i m carl nasman, thanks forjoining us. we start injapan, where a weekend of diplomacy and solidarity among some of the world s most powerful political leaders has come to a close. ukraine s president volodymyr zelensky departed the g7 summit injapan with a pledge of unwavering support as well as more military equipment from his allies. on sunday, president zelensky and japanese prime minister fumio kishida each laid a wreath at the hiroshima peace memorial park. it was a moment of deep symbolism two leaders of countries that both know the very real and very painful scars of war. russia s invasion of ukraine dominated talks at the g7 summit. us presidentjoe biden confirmed that the us and its allies will help train ukrainian pilots to fly western fighterjets like the f 16, which president zelensky had long called for. biden also promised to support ukraine with more ammunition and armoured vehicles, partly as a demonstration of western resolve. we will not waver
today with a deadly mass shooting in alabama. it happened last night in the small town of david ville. officials say four people were killed, and there were also quote a multitude of injuries. they say the incident was tied to a birthday party that coming from police and it happened downtown cnn s isabelle rose salas is following the latest developments, and she s joining me right now from dade ville. isabelle, what are you learning? hey friday, stolen, active and busy scene out here. you can see the yellow police tape blocking off essentially a block here leading into the venue right behind me. that brick building that is where the shooting occurred. it s a dance studio, and we re told by a witness. this was a sweet 16th birthday party. this is where the shooting occurred. we recently heard in the last couple of hours from the alabama law enforcement agency elia, who say that they have launched a death investigation. the shooting happening just after 10 30 saturday night her
At the end of the day this is a city completely destroyed by the russians. many are making the comparison of bakhmut to aleppo. scorched earth russian tactics have levelled what used to be arguably one of the most beautiful cities in that part of ukraine. so it s like in the past more than a year, the russians have been bombing museums, libraries, churches. they ve now bombed the heck out of bakhmut. does that represent a battlefield victory, all of that? i don t think so. why was russia willing to lose so much in terms of supplies in terms of human lives in this battle? is it that strategic or is this about messaging? well, there are a couple of reasons there. one is russia from the start has been deploying basically a meat grinder approach to this war, sending wave upon wave of human beings to fight, many of them unprepared, many of them unequipped. and then secondly, mr putin and his circle of elites needed some kind of win to show to the russian public.
A meat grinder approach to this war, sending wave upon wave of human beings to fight, many of them unprepared, many of them unequipped. and then secondly, mr putin and his circle of elites needed some kind of win to show to the russian public. they ve been, in the past weeks, harshly criticised by military bloggers, so they really needed something to show. on the other hand, the ukrainians, when they see things are not going their way, they do have compassion, they pull their forces away, unlike the russian meat grinder approach to fighting. is there a strategic value still to this city? i mean, they ve been fighting for so long, but we re also anticipating that ukraine might launch a counteroffensive and that may be nowhere near bakhmut. yeah, i don t think it s that important. i mean, it isn t, for example, a port city, where the russians could leave the city as it is and perhaps use the port and do things like illegally ship out grain. but i think the ukrainians are getting ready fo