swat region also consider the international legion to be one of the most successful projects of therces of ukraine and that is why the exclusive report of andrii tsaplienko their courage is amazing, especially when they are armed only with small arms, deploy russian armored vehicles and see the backs of the occupiers, they are called crazy, but this sounds like the highest award, they risk their lives for the sake of a foreign country, but this is only for at first sight we are here all the foreigners who are here in the war we are in the war fur coat this war did not go further with the call sign rap fox the red fox really looks like a cunning predator and sniper work begins at night, approach the enemy inconspicuously, take a position and wait. no, they just send the fucking hail systems there, they send them . well, they just do it without interruption. well , we can just wait. for tea, we can just go inside or just bribe them and there they are already killed by his weapon with a dose of the distance, the largest was 1 km 400 m . drawings by hand, marks four by five and one more

the international legion is supposedly an ordinary unit of the armed forces, judging by the weapons,ning or salary, but unlike a ukrainian soldier, a legionnaire can resign at any time and this means that those who stay to fight are held by something more than a soldier's salary and something much more powerful than the adrenaline addiction before fox plans in the near future to get married here yes socks it is very beautiful it is honest and he is far from the only one who wants to connect post-war life with ukraine so you can say that the legionnaires from now on protect their andriy tsaplienko ilya shynkarenko ruslan hanushchak tsn marathon the only news a number that exceeded even the saddest forecasts of international organizations in turkey and a series of almost 25,000 dead as a result of the powerful earthquake that shook the region this week, such force of shocks from the ground in this region has not been seen in more than 200 years on more than 30,000 rescuers from dozens of countries around the world, including ukraine, are working at the scene of the tragedy, and they do

>> well, this is not the first person we've lost in the international legion. since march of last year, i believe we've lost somewhere close to about 25 in the first and third battalion expatriot fighters who are western here's join the international legion. so you know, my heart goes out to his family. i know exactly how it feels. first battalion has taken a lot of casualties since the kharkiv offensive. my battalion, the third battalion, has taken five just since november. but we are here to protect the ukrainian people. we understand what the risks are. most people in these battalions are now very seasoned veterans. they've been here, some as long as ten months. we understand the risks and we're willing to make the sacrifices when necessary. >> i know you've done that as well. why are so many americans and citizens from other countries going to ukraine to take on the russians? what did you see, i guess, on the ground, that i guess confirmed your decision to go? >> as you know, i was a contributor to a major news network last year when i went in january to do

to his family, 28-year-old andrew peters was killed in action last week, fighting for the international legion andrew had a strong sense of right and wrong, the family said in a statement we are all extremely proud of his bravery and selfless sacrifice. >> erin joins me from kyiv erin, more than a year into the war, it often seems like a stalemate. what could make the difference going forward? >> reporter: jose, an advisor to the ukrainian military tells me that at this point both sides are running out of ammunition and that the key to victory for ukraine could be if it receives enough supplies from its western allies jose >> erin mclaughlin in kyiv, thank you. >>> back home, we are just learning about another possible norfolk southern train derailment, this time in north carolina it comes as fears grow among residents in east palestine, ohio, about their health here's jesse kirsch. >> reporter: more than three weeks after that toxic train derailment, the cdc in east palestine today, encouraging residents to participate in a survey >> i think it's important for residents to understand that in

international legion vsu, just a week ago. that the polish authorities decided to reduce the training of the ukrainian military on tanks. leopard 2 from 10:00 to 6 weeks to master a new technique during this time is unrealistic. so experts are sure that nato armored cats will eventually go to the front with crews partially consisting of poles or other foreigners. now the poles are running a run-in of junior officers and sergeants, but the advanced ones just often have a rotation. a lot of enough poles, well, too many for just to provide some help. it seems to me that they just, uh, they give the opportunity to get real combat experience, the massive dispatch of the polish military to the square is already preparing a legislative framework, not by chance , at the end of december , a bill was introduced in polish 7 to remove criminal liability from citizens who, since february 2014, have been fighting on the side of the armed forces , however, and without a new law. in ukraine, there are a lot of poles , this is directly indicat

what foreigners adjoin to the aforementioned pervan, by the way, he served in the so-called international legionhy, accustomed, as colleagues write , to substitute you borrowed money, perhaps the peruvian avoided such comrades-in-arms when faced with reality with bags of corpses at frontline hospitals. what the new york times wrote about. painful revelation when the nazi slogans are bravado. do not save from russian attacks purposefully destroying nationalists, including their carpathian sich russian aviation, the industry should develop based on its own technologies and capacities such a goal today. designated by vladimir putin at a meeting dedicated to the centenary of russian civil aviation , the president noted that more than a thousand domestic aircraft are expected to be transported by air, for russian equipment in the near future. also in honor of the anniversary date. the head of state took part in the opening of new terminals in novosibirsk novy urengoy via video link dmitry petrov will tell in more detail representatives of various aviation professions flight attendants and pilots lead

there has been a usaa participation in the war when i was in the international legion, there was a he was like a military intelligence officer from the navy. and he listened. yeah. and he had a, well, he was in the foreign legion and he had a satellite phone in the computer provided by the c i. and every day he would call his contacts and he would get some information about the positions troop movements and so on. and so forth and durham, his name. yeah, yeah. what was it? i might not. what was his name? is he on so? sorry, i can remember 1st name at least um there's like marcus or something like that. like, for example, they would provide like grid coordinates. the wealth of information he has provided is already being used by the russian military and law enforcement have least walk crimes. and now even more names to them or is years of work ahead. but we had one final question for john a year after all is a long time. if he, i mean, they're going to watch this. they do, they're going to see this. yeah. busy people, the people you, you serve. good. yeah. what would you say to them? a

in this conflict ease, there has been a new or so participation in the war when i was in a international legion, there was a he was like a military intelligence officer from the navy. ah. and he was saying, yeah. and he had a, well, he was in the foreign legion and he had a satellite phone and a computer provided by the c i. and every day he would call his our contacts and he would get more information about the positions troop movements and so on. and so forth and durham, his name. yeah, yeah. or is it, i might not. what was his name? is he on so? sorry. i can remember 1st name, at least. oh yeah. like marcus or something like that. like, for example, they would provide like grid coordinates, according to him, the united states feeds you quaid the weapons and data to wage war. all that is left for ukrainians in their ford mercenaries to do is to point their weapons and shoot where america tells them a bit hill. mobs verify with you say that most of the foreign most of the furnace that you came in with them from left. yeah. yeah, must, because mostly some because of they realize the reality of

he was fighting with the international legion.er a week ago, when he was on some r&r in kharkiv, where he said he was coming back to the fight in the donbas region. >> norah: and our condolences to his family. charlie d'agata, thank you. as year two of the war gets underway, the city of kherson tells the story of the first year. it was one of russia's early victories that turned into a humiliating defeat. for sunday's "60 minutes," cbs's holly williams traveled to kherson to meet the mayor who is running the city under siege. >> the whole thing is underground. >> mm-hmm. >> reporter: it is too risky for mayor halyna luhova and her team to work in the town hall. >> secretary here. >> reporter: so the administration of a city of the size of st. louis has been crammed into this basement. >> there are a lot of problems we have, and you see the people who solve them. >> reporter: and i'm just noticing, it is nearly all women. >> there are a lot of women here, also, yes, that's right. [speaking ukrainian] >> reporter: they have had to i

ukraine as there's now a number of battalions that accept soldiers from abroad, but ukraine's international legioneady stream of volunteers willing to join the fight and that the uk is still one of the most represented countries within its ranks. i would never tell anyone to go out and do what i've done. i believe i've saved a few lives and i'm a better person for what i've done. a lot of people who have sat watching it on the news and saying "i'd go if they didn't have this, if i didn't have that." i had a good job. i had me own house. give it all up. some people would say you are crazy. people call us crazy, people call us crazy. james dee in leeds, - about to go back to ukraine. we're ready for it. slava ukraini! what is it about it that draws people back? i think it's the brotherhood. civilians don't understand it. i've got a purpose in life out there, i'm happy, i've got my friends, and i've got a purpose. i'm connected up to machines and i'm in very, very good hands. is it worth it? i would do it all again now, even though my outcome. it's probably the fact that i was doing something that i

the american gave valuable intelligence to russia, he served in the international legion for a year and called the carpathian sich collected important information about units and war crimes. the story of a simple guy from tennessee who risks his life led his fight against ukrainian nazism the names and faces of those who tortured civilians in the donbass in general, evil russian hackers have access, they even found out how many deserters among these executioners, and who is already behind bars and a beggar scandalous tiktoker. yes, not the tunes that left russia in the fall, now the united states is suffering, they say there is no income, and the accounts are rapidly emptying, that this is another high freak, a pathetic attempt to return to the front line, military, poisonous substances and thousands are buying gas masks from the granatsists are preparing a chest provocation in the zone of their . as a poison will be used, as this chemical affects people. and who could synthesize it for listeners, ukrainian folk songs, tridents and yellow-blative flags at the russian university of peopl

these foreigners adjoin the aforementioned pervan, by the way, he served in the so-called international legion borrowed money, perhaps the peruvian avoided such comrades faced with reality with bags of corpses at the frontline hospitals. what the new york times wrote about, painful revelation when nazi slogans and rights do not save targeted destroying nationalists from russian attacks, including their carpathian sich sergey units about professional punishers apu fired 10 missiles from the mlrs. and it's only for one time also during zelensky's army day will kill in the capital of the dpr , two women were wounded by heavy artillery in makiivka, and in the neva over donetsk air defense calculations shot down several missiles of american heim systems. so tonight, the ukrainians attacked residential areas with them tonight. in addition, russian forces eliminated the ukrainian mig-29 for one pavlovka in the dpr and the su-25 in the kherson region . shot sight and again shot new targets enters the mode real time. the reconnaissance worked out the coordinates, the targets set by the artillery were r

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the american handed over valuable intelligence to russia he served for a year in the international legionhian sich collected important information about units and war crimes. the story of a simple guy from tennessee who, risking his life , led his fight against ukrainian nazism names and faces of those who tortured civilians in the donbass in general, the access of evil russian hackers even found out how many deserters are among these executioners. and who is already behind bars? thousands of gas masks are brought to the front line the coronazis are preparing a major provocation in the zone as the poison will be used without z how this chemical affects people. and who could synthesize it for listeners, ukrainian folk songs , tridents from the ass, blockade flags at the russian university of peoples' friendship at the annual exhibition presented the fraternities of neighboring countries, and everything would be fine, but something is not visible, the russian tricolor. is it a deliberate provocation?

help defend the country and that british fighters make up one of the largest groups in the international legionront lines. and they've spoken to newsnight and our world about their experiences. seen a facebook advertisement, it was all in ukrainian, but i translated it. it said, "we'll give you a month's training and we'll send you out on the front line, you'll be fighting in the kharkiv district." 30—year—old james from yorkshire traveled to ukraine having had no previous military experience. it's legal to enlist in the ukrainian military. fighters get a contract and can receive a wage. but the british government has advised strongly about the risks. they needed help, so, and i knew i can fight. that's what i were trained to do. those that do have combat experience are seen in ukraine as bringing valuable skills. we met james chadwick who, aged 21, quit his role with the british army to go. the ukrainians feel like, it makes them feel like they're not alone, like, we are there. we are helping them fight. and much of the fighting involves old school trench warfare. we were 600 metres from russi

i spoke with an american fighter from the international legion helping ukrainian force in the easternof the country and describinged intense battles taking place as we speak and he also said that russian forces have a different value of human life than the ukrainians. ashley. ashley: trey, great reporting. thank you very much. trey yingst in kyiv. good time to bring in former defense intelligence agency officer rebekah koffler joining us this morning. i want to get back to nato and feels like the susan li doing most of the evansville -- u.s. is doing most of the heavy lifting here. >> ashley, we just for what specific reason? we have been providing billions of dollars worth of high-tech weaponry to ukraine. javelins, stingers, now patriot missiles and even tanks and deliberations within nato to possibly provide f16 war planes and the concern is obviously the conflict potentially will escalate out of control dragging in the united states. no one has specified achievable goals and the goal that the biden administration has stated is to evict the russians completely from the entire ukrai

andrew peters from wisconsin died on february 16, he was part of ukraine's international legion, a unit citizens fighting the russians. his parents say he was well liked, a strong sense of right and wrong and wanted to help ukrainians liberate his country and they are proud of his bravery and sacrifice. details of his death weren't released. >>> many russians take a stand against the war by putting distance between themselves and their homeland. hundreds of thousands are believed to have fled russia to avoid immobilitization. ro rosa flores met a couple who led them here to the u.s. >> reporter: michael and nellie loved life in russia, with their two boys mark and phillip. >> life was good. >> reporter: but the world turned upside down last september when vladimir putin declared the first draft since world war ii, drafting men michael's sage. >> i don't want to kill innocent people of ukraine. they are protecting their territories and homes. >> reporter: michael thourt ab thought about his own family. >> i was afraid for my boys and my family. >> was that your biggest fears? >> one of m

army veteran was killed in ukraine last week while fighting with the international legion.ident andrew peters had served a tour in afghanistan in 2014. in a statement, his family said, andrew had a strong sense of what was right and wrong. he felt the need to use his prior military combat skills to help the ukraine people fight and deliberate their country. his family was in the process of having his remained returned home. andrew peters was only 20 years old. from the very start of russia's invasion, we turn to a number of experts to help give our viewers a closer look at what was happening on the ground in ukraine. terrell jermaine starr was one of those experts. he was on our air almost exactly one year ago. >> i just want people to see the effects of the war. we're not clear about exactly what happens. people were in these buildings when it was hit. you have these people here who are cleaning out their apartment and we don't know the number of fatalities. we don't know the number of people injured. this building was definitely hit hard. >> terrell jermaine starr joins m

i have spent -- i was nine months in the ukrainian army and the international legion fighting the russians. we knew that by september when we carried out our counteroffensive and then carried out another one in kherson, that russian combat power really offensive power is finished. i don't think russia will ever be able to carry out anything of any significance over the next year. doesn't matter if they bring up 500,000 mobilized men. all they're doing is putting them into our sights, and that is why they are not carrying out a strike today. putin is losing all of his capacity with precision weapons. there was a rumor he was going to use his air force in a devil may care mass attack on ukraine. air defenses of ukraine are so good right now, they're shooting down about 80% to 90% of incoming defending on the number of missiles coming in. that's why we're not seeing anything today. >> and ali, in talking about the situation here, russia has really only succeeded in one thing. completely isolating itself. there was a u.n. vote today to condemn russia's invasion and to call for them to withdraw

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cnn has been given exclusive access to ukraine's international legion as a group of international fighters line for a country that's not theirs. alex marquardt has the story. >> reporter: on the road as the sun comes up, with american fighter jason mann at the wheel, driving into the devastated front line town of vuhledar. traveling in and out through a muddy field means being exposed, a direct line of sight from russian artillery and tanks. >> this is not an early morning order, i think. >> reporter: first light means hopefully avoiding the endless russian shelling raining down, including terrifying thermobaric missiles. everyone aware that a shell could land at any moment. even as russian forces struggle to take any real ground here, they're inflicting massive damage on the town which is largely made up of soviet era apartment blocks. over here a massive crater from a russian missile. ukrainian forces do have the higher ground here. they are able to use these buildings to defend this town. but it is getting absolutely pummelled. only a handful of hearty civilians left, their home now eri

help defend the country and that british fighters make up one of the largest groups in the international legioneir experiences. a facebook advertisement, it was all in ukrainian, but i translated it. it said, "we'll give you a month's training and we'll send you out on the front line, you'll be fighting in the kharkiv district." 30—year—old james from yorkshire traveled to ukraine having had no previous military experience. it's legal to enlist in the ukrainian military. fighters get a contract and can receive a wage. but the british government has advised strongly about the risks. they needed help, so i knew i can fight. that's what we're trained to do. those that do have combat experience are seen in ukraine as bringing valuable skills. we met james chadwick who, aged 21, quit his role with the british army to go. the ukrainians feel like, it makes them feel like they're not alone, like we are there. we are helping them fight. and much of the fighting involves old school trench warfare. we were 600 metres from russians at all times. it was literally our tree line, their tree line and a field

help defend the country and that british fighters make up one of the largest groups in the international legionlines. and they've spoken to newsnight and our world about their experiences. a facebook advertisement, it was all in ukrainian, but i translated it. it said, "we'll give you a month's training and we'll send you out on the front line, you'll be fighting in the kharkiv district." 30—year—old james from yorkshire traveled to ukraine having had no previous military experience. it's legal to enlist in the ukrainian military. fighters get a contract and can receive a wage. but the british government has advised strongly about the risks. they needed help, so i knew i can fight. that's what we're trained to do. those that do have combat experience are seen in ukraine as bringing valuable skills. we met james chadwick who, aged 21, quit his role with the british army to go. the ukrainians feel like, it makes them feel like they're not alone, like we are there. we are helping them fight. and much of the fighting involves old school trench warfare. we were 600 metres from russians at all times.

legion of freedom. major of the ministry of internal affairs. so that it does not escalate as much as possible , let's go further, the russians have become more active in the lyman direction, this means that from the territory of the region they are trying to squeeze into the area, as i usually say, the intersection of three ukrainian regions are donetsk, luhansk and kharkiv regions, how is the situation in the direction of the crimean estuary, let's ask ruslan andriyk, a soldier of the 49th separate rifle battalion of the armed forces of ukraine , carpathian sich of the freedom legion, congratulations to ruslan, glory to ukraine, thank you for this year studio congratulations dear viewers, tell us as much as we civilians can know about the operational situation in your direction, we understand that it is escalating on the part of the enemy, about whether they have any successes and whether we succeed accordingly uh well, so to speak to clip their wings and their initiative in the area of ​​our battalion's defense, there are constant battles, shelling, assaults are happening all the time in our country,

international relations. again, to weekly, i've been involved with this legion for now many decades, and i have been working and my research is focusing mainly on the street region. so i have some sort of understanding and clarity of the present situation and why it is today like this and why it appears, whatever it is today. because this is, as we all know, this is not a one day or 2 day conflict. this has been going on for many years and as i mentioned that i have lived there, i know this is 2 countries. people are very much connected with each other. their culture is either very similar to each other. and do you have relatives as well as it, within their family, either father or mother or grandfather and grandmother, somebody is of belongs to either from russia or from you, but it doesn't get accounted. can i stop you here for a 2nd because this is a very important point. c both you and many other experts described russia, ukraine as not same by similar. you know, there are certain i sort of cultural and ethnic substance that we have in common. and yet when we talk to the ukrainians, especially the, you know

this international aid convoy is heading straight on through the earthquake devastated parts if the opposition held legion in syria and also damage the road to the only border crossing that had been approved for un, a deliveries 8 workers can now deliver more shell to materials, blankets, and medical supplies, i am now jani, added in senior order. we just log into fax. we that reproductive magazine as lies at digital transaction parking. now we're not where she is. yes. and they, we did ye berkeley slice $170.00. perceiving little d u. n is also launching a 397000000 dollar appeal to help nearly 5000000 people affected by the earthquake and syria. as the hope of finding people trapped alive under rubble in turkey and syria is dimming, rescue efforts are shifting their focus on to helping survivors. this will ship docked on the south coast of turkey has been turned into a floating hospital. there is no available hospital in my neighbourhood. the closest one is the hot. i thought you all hospital, but it's full of people injured by the quiet. that's why they can't provide help to people like me with slight

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with our defenders in touch with us now maksym morozov, a fighter of the legion of freedom, a major of the ministry of internalirs from the avdiiv region, maxima, we congratulate you, glory to ukraine, thank you for this year, because he was with us. of course, without any details, so that we do not help inform the enemy, please yes, over the past few days, the situation in avdiivka has become very critical. it is one sign of the more critical situation at the moment. this year, which in avdiivka, the enemy really had success again, he has local successes, he conducts proactive attacks , uses aviation, uses any and all types of weapons in order to suppress the defense forces, he repeats himself , he has some success, our leadership conducts certain counter-offensive actions against the enemy in a few days we will see the full picture of whether the enemy will succeed in capturing avdiivka, ah, but i am confident in my brothers in our leadership that we will do everything to prevent avdiivka from falling into ticks or in the environment at all, although the possibility of these ticks and the environment, unfort