communication with their russian counterparts. and they haven t heard back from them, since mid february. is that a concern we should have? yes, i think so. around the world, the u.s. joined combatant commanders routinely have contact with the nations in their area of responsibility. and that includes both allies and adversaries. that certainly includes the russians and chinese over time. it is a good way to sense what is going on in the country, to reassure one another, when tensions are high. this is a serious problem. part of it, i think, is that putin now is power no wade. we are the leaks of intelligence coming from? and he suspects, i think, probably rightfully so, that his own gru and fsb maybe feeding information to nato, european allies and the united states. i have been watching these interviews inside russia,
those reports that no one was able to leave eastern huta and that no wade was delivered all right we want to go now to sergeant molly hughes the u.n.h.c.r. syria representative in damascus good evening to you mr marley so we are hearing that no one was able to leave eastern huzzah today and no aid came in can you confirm that and what s the situation on the ground now. yes we were not able to deliver aid today. we re not sure if anyone came out. but to be have been trying our best to make sure that there is a stop in fighting the bombs don t fall stop falling and the guns stop sign and so that we can go in and deliver aid to these people who are in desperate need inside and to do you know mr malique where the fighting came from i mean we ve got the russians saying that it was the rebels who started launching an attack and we ve got the americans saying that the russians were starting i mean what did you what