here at the bbc s headquarters in central london for unspun world. this week how many casualties has russia suffered in its war against ukraine, and how do we find out? we know names of 25,560 russian fighters who died fighting in ukraine, and we get information from more than 65 cemeteries all over russia. xijinping, china s leader, at 70. is he turning into an emperor? the status he s got now, he is either a king or emperor. he s the supreme leader. and how bad is the world s climate crisis, really? enough to keep the people in the know awake at night? the world is changing rapidly. we are changing it. but we re fighting back as well, and we re taking some of those steps. and a lot of the days, i m optimistic. vladimir putin, we re told, was promised that his invasion of ukraine would be over and done with by lastjuly a year ago, that is. who would have thought that ukraine would put up such a fight? and who would have thought that nato would have held together in the w
we are changing it. but we re fighting back as well, and we re taking some of those steps. and a lot of the days, i m optimistic. vladimir putin, we re told, was promised that his invasion of ukraine would be over and done with by lastjuly a year ago, that is. who would have thought that ukraine would put up such a fight? and who would have thought that nato would have held together in the way it has? not mr putin, clearly. so what about the battlefield casualties which russia s sustained? the bbc s russian service has been carrying out a thorough investigation into this, putting names to as many of the dead as they can. olga ivshina, senior correspondent for the bbc russia service, has headed the investigation. so currently, we know names of 25,560 russian fighters who died fighting in ukraine. i say fighters, because it s important. not all of them are russian soldiers. some of them were recruited by notorious wagner private military company. others were prisoners assigne
enough to keep the people in the know awake at night? the world is changing rapidly. we are changing it. but we re fighting back as well, and we re taking some of those steps. and a lot of the days, i m optimistic. vladimir putin, we re told, was promised that his invasion of ukraine would be over and done with by lastjuly a year ago, that is. who would have thought that ukraine would put up such a fight? and who would have thought that nato would have held together in the way it has? not mr putin, clearly. so what about the battlefield casualties which russia s sustained? the bbc s russian service has been carrying out a thorough investigation into this, putting names to as many of the dead as they can. olga ivshina, senior correspondent for the bbc russia service, has headed the investigation. so currently, we know names of 25,560 russian fighters who died fighting in ukraine. i say fighters, because it s important. not all of them are russian soldiers. some of them were
or on drugs, the war on poverty and so on, but not real war. it s a half a world away. both sides talk funny and those slobs on the view, never talked about it. so uh, i don t get to make fat jokes. but why is that ? well war is like a 401k. don t check on it until you cash out. maybe people will care when our army doesn t have any bullets left. but it s worth pointing out that admits this silence. there are two men on opposite sides of politics, who are actually speaking up, saying that the war s gotta end the moment you say that, of course, though, somebody s going to call you a putin puppet. to which you should respond. well you re a puppet of a puppet. and you both have your hands up each other s ass s a year ago. i said that unless you mitigate the war at the start, it becomes background noise like cnn while you re waiting at gate c seven. someone gets it. here s rfk jr. my own son, connor joined the foreign legion. and fought in the ukraine during the kharkiv offensive.
pride month. i m seeing rainbows everywhere, but the sky. let s talk about war. would you rather we do trans? all right. that is later in the show. war is a great topic. it s so great no one wants to talk about it. it is like bringing up 9/11 at a baby shower. yeah, that landed. that s proof. we re sending billions of dollars of weapons to ukraine, you wouldn t know it judging by the press. someone winds up with that issue prosecute. what if russia bombs a shipment? we can talk about that after world war iii. who is winning or loses and none of it makes sense. do we care? we love to talk about war, war on of po erty, war on drugs, not real world. it is half a world away, those people talk funny and the view never talks about it. i don t get to make fat jokes. 401(k), don t check until you cash it out. it is worth pointing out amidst silence, there are two men speaking up, saying the war has to end. the moment you say that, somebody will call you a putin puppet, to which you