ah, the treasure map for modern gold trotter go for some of you with you to know. also in book form with the state of the news long from berlin condemnation for a sham trial. the west blast, a pro russia court for sentencing. 3 foreign fighters to death. russia backed authorities claim their mercenaries, not prisoners of war. also on the show. ukraine says russia assaults in the 8th is

killing as many as 200 ukrainian soldiers every day. it's calling for more weapons from the west to defend itself. and you as president vine urges americans to listen to the findings of the committee investigating the attack on the capital. the same forces lead january 6th to remain at work today. an estimated 20000000 americans watched the televised 1st hearing and to president trump attempt to block the peaceful transfer of power. ah, i'm the cough really welcome to the show. the united nation says the trial of 3 foreign fighters in ukraine by a pro russian court could amount to a war crime. the court in the self declared done yet people's republic sentence,

the 3 men to britons and one moroccan to death. you and argues that the geneva convention prohibits the trial and conviction of prisoners of war for act, not forbidden by law. but the court alleges the 3 men were mercenary, and therefore do not qualify for p o w status. earlier we spoke to mo, as the gonzo di, a friend of the moroccan defendant bra him said to me, we asked him how he learned about what happened to brain principal on april 17th, i figure it out that he's captured by seemed a video of paying, being interviewed well, it's surrender and i read to go over news about like, you know, those british nationals being like they're at risk of being sentenced to death. so then i started doing research and i found out that my friend bry, him is toler, also with them. and also he's that, that risk. so 1st of all, i started to,

you know, i have, i was panicking, i was so sad. then i decided that i got, i got to act. i gotta, you know, make actions and help my friend to get out of there. so i started, the safe, brought him come pain. and yeah, pretty much what i'm doing right now. he's not a mercenary. i have all the copies of his documents, all those contract signing with the arm. it's for ukraine. so he's not a mercury is, you know, like the, the folder of the ukraine and army. and i have all the documents verifying. 1 but and confirming that he signed that contract in november of 2021 that was moist. i've gone to dow friend of the moroccan sentence to death by a russian back court. and don, it's talking to us earlier. now, in the more than $100.00 days since it began, the russian onslaught has lost none of its brutality. ukraine says as many as 200

of its soldiers are being killed every day with a war in the east rapidly becoming an artillery bodily ukrainian officials are urgently calling for more heavy weaponry. according to keith, russia has between 10 and 15 times as much artillery equipment. moscow's focus remains the eastern don batch region, which has been partly occupied by pro russian separatists since 2014200 fighters a day. that is almost double the official figure of just a week ago, a short while ago, our ukraine correspondent, ne connolly told us what changed. i think the main difference here is that russia has focused on its efforts on very specific, very targeted parts of the front lines. they've learned from the mistakes of the early days of this war where they spread themselves too thinly and allowed the ukrainians to really attack their logistics. and now they're massive or superiority in terms of just weapon systems. your those figures 10 times more,

15 times more in certain weapons categories than the ukrainians is really making itself felt. obviously, ukraine's have been a lot more efficient in the way they use. what they do have their look better at using drones about coordinating the intelligence they get from drones and see from the us and other western buttons with the people on the ground. but still that more agile style of warfare is not enough to make up for that huge discrepancy in terms of munitions and the weapons to use them. or we've been hearing from you, chris, come on to say they actually have a, maybe the weapon systems. but in this, we have the munitions left to work them. basically, ukraine's supplies of soviet era. shells are now used up and everything they're going to be using in the weeks to come is delivered from the west. so their success is gonna depend on the speed of that western ammunition and western equipment, arriving him to have a corresponding economy there with his assessment from southern ukraine. moving on to georgia. now, her relatively small country between russia and turkey, that over the past months has become

a haven for russians who oppose the war in ukraine. tens of thousands have fled to the neighboring country where they can stay visa free for up to a year. it'll be a corresponding jury. rossetto went to the capital tbilisi to meet russian exiles who found more freedoms there than at home. ah, the will, can drink and blue and yellow is the national colors of ukraine is given to every visitor to this bar into billy's old town. not long ago, most guests here are russian citizens who fled to their homeland in the last few months. romance dish and his girlfriend thrust his lover, came from moscow. they're enjoying their evening in exile, listening to russian. stand up, comedians, tell jokes about vladimir putin. i miss russia. this artist says it's my home, but i can't go there any more because of one person. it's like i was invited to a cool party, but my ex is going to all my friends are there and i can't go because of one idiot

. hutchins, my god clicker from and on the political jokes are very popular. because all of us who are here didn't just come to georgia as tourists, but for political reasons. sometimes what i see things in russia, you can hardly joke about the presidential or political, but is it jumper. after the invasion of ukraine, tens of thousands of russians came to georgia. traditionally a popular tourist destination. he has a feel safe back home. they could be punished for criticizing the war, living and freedom, and independence is what attracts many young russians to neighboring georgia. if they came in a one way ticket without the return date. and they have no idea how long they will stay here. for romance dish openly condemned to the gore on social media. in addition to the 23 year old, i t specialist men to works for customers and brought when russia was thrown out of the international money transfer system. swift on to western sanctions. he felt he

could no longer conduct business in moscow. kamisky pacina at the personal, of course economic reasons were decisive for me. i employ 80 people and i thought of them 1st started on my shuttle a bit, which means to lose no, but, but there are also political reasons which i don't want to pay taxes in a militaristic, russia, nor do i want to be associated with that country. any more, i don't want anything to do with it in the future either william, i'm at $30.00 now to thought, so. a roman stick owes his new beginning to georgia. he sees his future here and the future of thousands of other decent russians as he calls his compatriots, who openly opposed to the war that will dirt on where i live. oh, or shall go as more we were deprived of many opportunities. many perspectives will to minister each to my sister's 14. i don't want her to tie her future to russia. yes, we're pushing on a hotel still with your will, shall we were. but i see like all russian citizens,

romance dish can live in georgia for a year without a visa. he doesn't know what he'll do after that. in any case, he has turned his back on his home country for ever unless i get a round up of some of the other headlines making yesterday. german chancellor, olaf shalt as visit in belgrade as part of the 2 day tour of the balkans. he called on serbia to follow e u countries and imposing sanctions on russia. earlier shelter that had kosovo, whose independence serbia refuses to recognize. both countries are trying to join the you the british government has beaten off a legal challenge to it's planted aboard international asylum seekers to rwanda. the high court dismissed efforts by rights groups to hauled the action. the 1st flights are said to leave the u. k. as early as next week, he was presidential vitamin leaders from the western hemisphere have unveiled

a new migration plan on the closing day of the america summit. the so called los angeles declaration will create incentives for countries taking in migrants and refugees in the region. more than 20 nations are joining the a court and he was president says it's important to hear the lessons from the january 6 attack on the capital in order to preserve the countries democracy. he was speaking a day after prime time television hearings watched by an estimated 20000000 viewers in the us. the committee investigating the ride says what happened was an orchestrated attempt to stop the peaceful transition of power. ah, the u. s. capital descending into chaos and violence. these images are part of a mess of evidence presented by a house select committee investigating form a president. donald trump's role in the january 6th riots call to georgia officials

urging them to quote, january 6 was the culmination of an attempted cou. a brazen attempt as one right to put it shortly after january 6 to overthrow the government. the balance was no accident. it represent senate prompts less than most desperate chance to haul the transfer of pow to try to prove that trump incited to violent insurrection. miss a committee compiled testimony from those who stormed the seat of government in a video presentation. oh, what really made me want to come was the fact that, you know, i had scored a jump all that time. i did believe you know that the election was being stolen. and trump asked us to come, he personally asked for us to come to dc that and i thought for everything he's

done for us. if this is the only thing he asked me, i'll do it. we're going to walk down to the capital. the committee also heard from a police officer tasked with defending the capital that day. i couldn't believe my eyes. there were officers on the ground. you know, they were bleeding, they were throwing up. they were, you know, they had, i mean, i saw friends with blood all over their faces. i was slipping in people's blood 6 more hearings scheduled. but with so many republicans behind trump, it might not be enough to ulta perceptions of what happened on that january. 6th that we asked our washington correspondents and we some must gone know whether a former u. s. president donald trump could ultimately face prosecution for his role in the capital attack. that's going to be interesting to witness. i mean,

i think the committee and certainly, democrats know that republican leadership, republican voters, are not going to be swayed by what we're going to see here. over the course of these hearings, but what they wanted to do, or trying to do by laying out this carefully calibrated storing with all of this evidence is they want to make it very clear that this has to lead to some sort of accountability. and that has to go through the department of justice, that is the only agency that can actually prosecute people with crimes linked to this insurrection. it has been 2 years though brent and the agency has already come under fire for not carrying out his own investigation, not pressing charges, but the department of justice has requested transcripts from the committee hearing . so that could be a sign that they're looking to build on this evidence to put together cases. but as i said, this is just the beginning. so whether president trump himself will be held accountable, we'll have to see what the, what the justice department decides to do. c, w. soon we saw us kunda in washington. and some football news. now ecuador will play in guitar at the 2022 world cup fifa has this miss chillies. claims that

ecuador fielded, an ineligible player in the qualifiers. ecuador defeated chile in their 1st encounter. last year, the teams drew and the 2nd ecuador finished forth in the south american table, which automatically qualified them for guitar. julie's football federation plans to appeal the decision with the court of arbitration for sport. and a report by the french government concludes that the chaos at the champions league final in paris back in may, caused quote, severe damage to frances international image. kick off was delayed after thousands of supporters were locked out and then tear gassed by police. ticket with liverpool fans have been blamed by authorities, but the government report says the scenes were down to failures by those in charge . and that they cast down on france's ability to host future sporting events, such as the rugby world cup coming up in 2023. and before

we go, here's a quick look at our top story at this hour versus assault on eastern ukraine is claiming the life of up to one to 200 ukrainian soldiers every day that according to the senior government advisor, ukraine is asking for more advanced weapons from western nations to counter moscow's offensive. that's all from us for now, but stay with us chrissy flats and will be here at the break with all the latest from the business. worked with people and trucks injured when trying to free the city center more and more refugees are being turned away as the border families playing phone tags in syria with.