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What are you watching with the cases of the three americans? >> theres an estimated 20,000 volunteers in the foreign legion. at this point, more than four months into the war, there are some pows or captured foreigners killed in action given the large number of folks. these are going to be high-value targets or high-value bargaining chips for the russians and their proxies. russian-controlled forces in these republics. i think the russians will want to use them as leverage to pressure the u.s. a...

Those bargaining chips. they rather keep the pressure on the west. i think frankly for the short-term they are not in any real danger. and theyre going to be held safely in a location where they will be out of danger for the foreseeable future. . >> what kind of pressure does it put on the administration? you have been on the inside of an administration before. they warned americans dont go to ukraine. now they did. and they appear to be in russian custody. how does the white house approach this...

The guardian describes the death sentence given to aiden aslin and shaun pinner, two british men pictured here on the left, who were captured whilst fighting russian forces in ukraine. �*putin�*s pawns is the headline in the metro. the paper says theres fear the two prisoners will be used as bargaining chips following the "sham" verdict. the telegraph is reporting comments made by the former brexit minister, lord frost, who says the prime minister will be ousted by autumn unless he changes c...

Then on the other side, turkey is a vital of nato, it still has an open door to many of those discussions around the world, so turkey sees itself in many ways is a really important arbiter in all of this. you might remember the last set of peace talks that took place between ukraine and russia, several months ago now, and they have not been any sense, but they happened in ankara, brokered by turkey. there were discussions ahead of this meeting that turkey might try to arrange some new peace talk...

The war in ukraine has seen not just soldiers captured but civilians, too. for those who survive, many find themselves as bargaining chips for prisoner of war exchanges orforced by the russians to accept their occupation. one soldier told our correspondent his story. metal scaffolding, holding together his broken pelvis. he also broke his jaw and lost vision in one eye. he is onlyjust taking his first steps. two months ago he was defending mariupol watching for the enemy. i mariupol watching for...

What�*s the line that can come from a forged letter justifying an absence, given when they were a teenager, to an event that happened last saturday night? we have called our report, "who is under investigation?", because the experience of many survivors of these offences is that they are the ones who are being investigated, not the suspects. the information commissioner is warning police and prosecutors they could be fined if they don�*t put a brake on the collection of information. they str...

For russias war effort there. bethany bell, bbc news, brussels. this war in ukraine has seen thousands of soldiers and citizens captured by both sides. many are used as bargaining chips in prisoner exchanges, and russians have used captured as a measure of trying to crush resistance. one ukrainian soldier has told me his story. metal scaffolding... holding together hlibs broken pelvis. he also broke his jaw and lost vision in one eye. hlib is onlyjust taking his first steps. two months ago he wa...

Prime minister since he does not consider his find to be a breach. the prime minister since he does not consider his fine to be a breach. staying on the war in ukraine. soldiers and civilians whore captured are being used as bargaining chips in prisoner of war exchanges. one soldier told his story to the bbc�*s correspondent in kyiv, james waterhouse. metal scaffolding... holding together hlibs broken pelvis. he also broke his jaw and lost vision in one eye. hlib is onlyjust taking his first s...

Those words. >> well, i think he was wrongfully detained, and our government said that. wrongfully detained. hes a political -- he was a political pawn. he was a bargaining chip like brittney griner who probably this vaping accusation is suspect, the same with paul wheelen who according to russian courts was a spy. its not the case. they were bargaining chips. and the russians wanted something in return and so i think the good news here is the fact that despite the huge differences between the u...

She has got to hang in there. and then, this can be very long. paul whelan remains in prison. he was the first one taken in 2018. i agree, her family needs to get loud. the reed family was promised a meeting with president biden, it did not happen. they picketed in front of the white house. they met with the president and the deal was made for him. i know these deals are unseemly. jason, a journalist for the washington post, he was detained and wrote about bernies case and others. there are deal...