convicted by marijuana possession. russian uzscaping putin s draft, fleeing to america. we learned two russians are in alaska after crossing the berring strait by boat just to escape putin s draft. the two russians we re told are requesting asylum after landing in this alaskan island. the clerk there the men told the villagers they had sailed their boat from north eastern russia, which is approximately 300 miles by sea away. this is the latest as we understand it. and the department of homeland security tells out front that the two russians came ashore in a small boat on tuesday. think about that. 300 miles and now fleeing to america. it s a desperate move, and it s coming as an official ukrainian source says that in the east of ukraine, ukraine has regained control over 93 settlements in the past two weeks. that s incredibly quick, and in the south 29 settlements have been retaken by the ukrainians. all of this leading to a new barrage of criticism. the russian deputy appo