volodymyr kara mart so, russian opposition figure. as vladimir putin's war against ukraine grinds on now, wherein like day 44, 45. as tonight, we feel the first unconfirmed reports that russian forces may have used a chemical weapon in ukraine. as the number of russians arrested for opposing putin's war dwarfs the number of arrests we saw even from the furthest and russian 2012 and 2017. as putin has now eliminated the last vestiges of the independent press in that country, as he has made it a criminal act even call the war in ukraine a war. as tens of thousands of russian citizens have fled their own country, probably permanently, to escape putin and what he is doing no to russia as you wages this war. this man, vladimir car mart so, has stayed to try to keep the opposition to putin alive. or perhaps, to die trying. yesterday, he spoke with ali velshi from moscow. today vladimir kara-murza was arrested by the authorities. it was first reported by dissident champion by the boris them sun foundation which he leads. mr. kara-murza was t

last night, we reported here the russian opposition figure volodymyr kara-murza had been arrested inter doing an interview with ali velshi here on almost nbc, and another with cnn about the russian war in ukraine. as of last night, as we reported, vladimir cormorants's whereabouts were unknown. today, the authorities say they are holding him for a 15 days for disobeying police commands. many people expecting to see him and 15 days, but that is what the russian authorities are saying they're going to do. today, is the second day since unconfirmed reports surfaced in ukraine that russian forces had used a chemical of some come and then attack on ukrainian forces and civilians in the city of mariupol. those reports remain unconfirmed today, but even those unconfirmed reports are prompting new questions for the united states and other allies of ukraine as to what will be of those reports are confirmed. or if russia otherwise does make some sort of moved to start using chemical or biological agents as their traditional military efforts. again, they have failed. samantha power started her