u. s. bach who r t has been looking at how the events unfolded and spoke to a witness who was asked to remain anonymous out of fear for the safety of himself and his family. 9 years ago, maybe 50 people were burned alive by fall might ukrainian forces in the a t s a trade union house, masika? ah oh, nobody has been held accountable as the survivors and the families of the victims fight for justice. despite it being known from day one who was responsible, the resolution of his salary, when shutters at the memories of the terrible tragedy in odessa, where peaceful protestors were brutally murdered, burned alive in the house of trade unions to criminals who committed that atrocity have never been punished and no one is even looking for them, but we know their names and we will do everything to punish them, find them and bring them to justice. in fact, the only people that are being charged so far of those who were attacked, we used the jewel girder. the stare is video footage on the subject available to everyone. we know the names of those who shot at people jumping from the burning building. he

u. s. military commander had to say this listening the battle of bach mode is just one example for 9 consecutive months. ukraine is spot a very successful defense and exacted a tremendous cost on russian forces. and that was due to ukraine in charge and their tactical, an operational skill. so it was, will take on more communities assessment that well, you certainly putting lipstick on a pig. it is a, it's a stretch to consider the current in activities in trying to maintain buckley for all those days. it was of a slaughterhouse mainly for the ukrainians, and also to, for russians. there was a high cost, but it is surprising to me that he would lot what they did because i can just tell you as an american, if we did something like that, we would have fired the commander. so it is, it is the strategy and the tactics both were incredibly costly and they achieved nothing. but really was also asked about the us role in the recent cross border attack by ukrainian commanders and russians belgrade region. we can also take a listen to what he had to say here. let you know that i've got the staff looking

u. s . between the sector state, antony, blinkin and the foreign ministers of armenian as are begun. tensions have been high after bach who installed a checkpoint at the start of the la chine corridor road. that's the only road rule . it's linking armenia to, then i guar no care back territory. burnett. smith reports from the armenia, azerbaijan, boarder, russian, military convoys are the only traffic now on this road that links the ethnic armenians in nagondo caraballo through azerbaijan, to armenia. the russians of peacekeepers. i'm supposed to keep the road open but us by john, set up a checkpoint last week. it's left ethnic armenian stranded in hotels in the nearest board town. some have been here since december, when the road was 1st blocked by azerbaijani government backed environmental activists. make joke was when we get home a good week where we can't live does or by just check our passports on principle. there should be no such thing. i don't want to pass under the postal welcome to others. they must realize that it is welcome to call. this is as far as we were allowed to go on. the armenian side, too, was s

bach region. and amnesty international has condemned as or by john blockade of this core door, saying that it is denying the residence, humanitarian aid, and daily essential. how the u. s. has also been calling on this block, hey, to be lifted immediately. it says that it was deeply concerned, and that certainly was among the agenda items discussed between all parties this morning, of course is in the greater context of this ongoing conflict that has gone on for decades in an effort to normalize relations between armenia and as or by john, again, seeing exactly what the outcome of this, of these meetings. hopefully we'll get some answers to that in the moments to come . absolutely. and we will bring them to view as when they happen hijack ashtray for the moment. thank you very much. that's not bringing bernard smith, he's in the southern armenian city of chorus, but it just has a little bit more about how these new checkpoints have been affecting relations between us by john and armenia. well in this bought a town and garden, there are people who have been stuck here since december. they've not been able to get to to panic. that's the main town in the main city in car