there he worked on the territory of factories, the second senior lieutenant main directorate of intelligence of ukraine with the call sign belmak in a helicopter. he sat behind a machine gun and was supposed to provide fire cover. belmag zaporozhye region, i liked my story about the cossacks. what was the purpose of the evacuation of the wounded? uh division, what was defended? mariupol, how long were you there when you arrived for the time? 4 mi 8 1 mi-24 five helicopters, yes, further, what happened there was unloading some boxes there, then any supplies there, what it is and loading the wounded as much as possible to the eyeballs your task on board. what kind of a for him to organize unloading and loading in two stages and provide fire cover at the moment of arrival there is a machine gun. yes, i was sitting near the left door, along the way, flying a helicopter with a machine gun and complained in dnepropetrovsk. there was a head of some kind with aviation with the national guard, four helicopters, mi-8, most likely, there were dozens of them by position who are instructors. they are lik

truth and we are already aware of tensions with putin's intelligence advisers, and we have heard a lot about of tensions with the fsb, his own service, and the main directoratewell, and so there is a lot of feeling already that there is blame within russia for what is very clear, bad decision—making. i don't think putin is completely out of touch with what is completely out of touch with what is happening and i think it was ill—advised going into the conflict and there is recognition of that in russia. he and there is recognition of that in russia. , ., ., , ., ., russia. he is not the only one who has been ill-advised. _ russia. he is not the only one who has been ill-advised. president - has been ill—advised. president macron seemed to be convinced that this invasion was not going to take place. this invasion was not going to take lace. , ., this invasion was not going to take lace. , . ., this invasion was not going to take lace. , ., ., ., place. yes, and the head of the french military _ place. yes, and the head of the french military service - place. yes, and the head of the french military service has - place. yes, and the head of the | french militar

erased together in mariupol nazarov carried out a special assignment by employees of the ukrainian main intelligence directoratehe stubbornly calls himself the chief of staff responsible for the security and safety checks of fire extinguishers to deal with the fire safety of facilities and military facilities. that is, there, uh, the documentation is fire extinguishers, and so that nothing catches fire, it was checked earlier by another detained officer of the same unit. vladimir podstevoy said the chief of staff gave the order to change into civilian clothes and make his way to the unit in odessa region. it turns out that by his order, captain of the third rank nazarov committed a war crime and disbanded a combat-ready unit. himself detainees every now and then. i'm confused about the evidence. nevertheless, he spoke out this order. he saved the lives of a massive militia offensive.

erased absolutely all the information in it in mariupol, together with employees of the ukrainian main intelligence directoratezarov carried out a special task, but during interrogations he stubbornly calls himself the chief of staff responsible for the security. fire extinguishers, and so that nothing caught fire, i checked earlier, another detained officer of the same unit, vladimir podstevoy, said the chief of staff gave the order to change into civilian clothes and sneak into the unit in the odessa region. it turns out that by his order, captain of the third rank nazarov committed a war crime and disbanded a combat-ready unit. himself detainees every now and then. i'm confused about the evidence. nevertheless, he spoke out this order. he saved the lives of the massive militia attack on mariupol with the support of the russian army. as they say now, the detained broke the morale of the vushniks. a lot of people were even more panicky . that is, at the moment when they were still there under the guise of refugees, this saboteurs were also going, for example, he spoke about the task of the security service of

him away absolutely all the information in mariupol, together with employees of the ukrainian main intelligence directorateal task, but during interrogations he stubbornly calls himself the chief of staff responsible for but safety checked fire extinguishers to deal with the fire safety of facilities and military installations. that is, there, uh, documentation of fire extinguishers, and nothing it didn’t catch fire, i checked it earlier, another detained officer of the same unit, vladimir, told the chief of staff, with a linger, gave the order to change into civilian clothes and make his way to the unit in the odessa region. it turns out that by his order, captain of the third rank nazarov committed a war crime and disbanded a combat-ready unit. himself detainees every now and then. i'm confused about the evidence. nevertheless, he spoke out this order. he saved people's lives by the massive offensive of the militias on mariupol with the support of the russian army. as now they say the detained broke the morale of the vushniks. a lot of people were even more panicky . that is, at that moment, when they we

thank the servicemen of the armed forces of ukraine, thank the territorial defense , thank the national police and special police units. main intelligence directorateesidents. it is impossible to return to irpen yet. it's not safe yet. we are gaining a foothold on the lines and we will continue to free the storm, gostomel vorzel yes, here, yes, yuri ivanovich , that's interesting, right? well i am why i drew the attention of our viewers, see where and how it is it says, he is sitting, apparently, in some kind of i don’t know, well, like in some kind of combat vehicle. yes? e says so. uh, in a half voice, somehow, not in the office, not in a suit. yes, even in a boxing suit. yes, plus it’s strange, we say they took the city, irpin is ours, but you can’t go back there, and so on. there is such a know, such a meme. well, a gorky meme from the time of the special operation, a meme about ukrainian propaganda, which, in my opinion, has knocked the russians out of chernobaevka a dozen or so times already. and when there's nothing to talk about, what to talk about when they what to talk about, it means they are talking about the fact that they again knocke

foreign actors, particularly some of russia's intelligence services, the svr, the foreign intelligence service, as well as russia's gru, the main intelligence director attempting to exploit using disinformation and online platforms inside of theitis united states using disinformation to also exploit polarization, ethnic, racial and other division. we have seen both domestic actors doing it as well as foreign. as to whether congress and the government have done enough, i will say that there has been an uptick in my conversations with some of the joint terrorism task forces and the fbi and the don't of homeland security to pay more attention to this. we are way behind the 8 ball for where we were on the money touring of the islam -- of al qaeda. >> i have other questions. i don't want to can you you off. >> we are behind. >> i want to ask the two questions of the last two witnesses. ms. hoong, thank you for the incredible work you and your organization does. what would you like to see more done the help people move away from the extremism and prevent violence? and how can the government support these efforts? it is almost like deprogrammed people have

director of national intelligence grilled by u.s. senates on intelligence committee about what putin, as you mentioned, may be capable of. this was a worldwide threats hearing, though the mainow that that went off the power grid yesterday. according to yawnen power officials -- ukrainian power officials, they say this was at the hands of russian officials. the iaea put out a statement saying no critical impact on safety. here a bit from today's hearing with the director of national intelligence and other senators. listen. >> this man's barbarism is a shocking opening chapter in the return of history. and now we must prepare ourselves for this new era where, frankly, greater dangers lie ahead. vladimir putin's claim is meritless but familiar, that his is a powerful company and, therefore, he has the right to make vassals of his neighbors. >> reporter: intelligence officials kept coming back to the phrase putin's playbook. we've heard it over and over again. it included the russian claim that ukraine is pursuing biological weapon attacks with the help of the united states. but listen to the facts right here. >> -- not believe of that ukraine is pursuing biological or nuclear

services, foreign intelligence services as well as the main intelligence director attempting to exploit using disinformation and online platforms inside of the united states using disinformation to exploit polarization, i think racial and other divisions we've seen domestic actors doing as well as foreign. whether congress and the government have done enough, i will say there's been an uptick in my conversation joint task forces and fbi homeland security to pay more attention to this, we are way behind where we were on the jihadist side -- >> i'm going to get in a couple more questions. >> yes, we are behind. >> to questions and bed the witnesses, first of all, thank you for the incredible work you do, what you like to see more of to help people move away from extremism and prevent violence and how can the federal government support these efforts, steve program people who have joined gangs, what we need to do? rabbi, thank you for your beautiful testimony and heroism in humanity which you have brought to this hearing. who want you to speak about the challenges of leading a congregation during the burden of generational, and the anxiety f

intelligence chiefs were asked in congress about the potential of russia using biological or chemical weapons in ukraine. here is the exchange between gop senator susan collins of maine in cia director william burns that happened earlier this week. [video clip] >> i read about the russian defense ministry publicly accusing ukraine of possibly planning a false flag chemical weapon attack. what do you make of that? does that signal putin intends to launch a chemical or biological weapon attack on the ukraine? >> thanks very much, senator. i think it underscores the concern all of us need to focus on those kind of issues whether it is the potential for use of chemical weapons either as a false flag operation or against ukrainians. this is something, as all of you know, is something of russia's playbook. they have used them against their own citizens. they have at least encouraged the use in syria and elsewhere. it is something we take seriously and it is one of the reasons as director haynes said earlier i am convinced declassification to preempt those false flag efforts and the creation of false narratives have been so important. in all the years i spent as a career diplomat i saw too

intelligence chiefs were asked in congress about the potential of russia using biological or chemical weapons in ukraine. here is the exchange between gop senator susan collins of maine in cia director william burns that happened earlier this week. [video clip] >> i read about the russian defense ministry publicly accusing ukraine of possibly planning a false flag chemical weapon attack. what do you make of that? does that signal putin intends to launch a chemical or biological weapon attack on the ukraine? >> thanks very much, senator. i think it underscores the concern all of us need to focus on those kind of issues whether it is the potential for use of chemical weapons either as a false flag operation or against ukrainians. this is something, as all of you know, is something of russia's playbook. they have used them against their own citizens. they have at least encouraged the use in syria and elsewhere. it is something we take seriously and it is one of the reasons as director haynes said earlier i am convinced declassification to preempt those false flag efforts and the creation of false narratives have been so important. in all the years i spent as a career diplomat i saw too