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Her hair cut short and the work she was forced to do. in a moment well speak to the ambassador who helped secure her release. first griners condition tonight and the condition she lived under during her time in russian captivity. >> we are absolutely gratified that brittney griner is back on american soil. >> reporter: welcome news today on griners return. we can confirm brittney griner arrived at joint base san antonio. brittney griner now in her home state after nearly ten months in a russian ...

Conditions she lived under during her time in russian captivity. >> we are gratified that brittney griner is back on american soil. >> reporter: welcome news on griners return. we confirm brittney griner arrived at joint base san antonio. brittney griner now in her home state after nearly ten months in a russian prison. most recently serving her nine-year sentence in a russian penal colony. and there is new information about her life there. griner says she cut her long hair nearly two weeks ago ...

Details on her time in russian captivity. we begin with one american who remains in russia, paul whelan and the details of the scale and effort to secure his freedom. details that may have come out of a cold war sfie novel or the cold war itself. also learning about the price that russia was asking for sending whelan back. namely, freedom for an assassin. . thats the man there. he is serving a life sentence in germany for what german authorities say was the state mandated murder of citizen of ch...

Out corruption inside ukraine. right now, your focus is absolutely on the cataloguing of russia for suspected war crimes on ukrainian territory. has there been a fundamental shift of focus? for 15 years for has there been a fundamental shift of focus? for 15 years— of focus? for 15 years for 15 years we have been _ of focus? for 15 years for 15 years we have been fighting _ of focus? for 15 years for 15 years we have been fighting for - of focus? for 15 years for 15 years we have been fighting...

Brittney griner is on her way home tonight after a prisoner swap for convicted russian arms dealer viktor bout bringing an end to more than ten months in captivity. but concerns remain over american paul whelan who is still in russian custody, plus first right here on cnn four high profile trump aides could face criminal referrals from the january 6th committee. a lot to talk about to go to, and were going to bring in our panel. cnn anchor john berman and cnn political commentators s.e. cupp and...

Though were happy an american is coming home, it does incentive advise the taking of more americans. >> are they right on that front? >> look, the fact of the matter is when you have americans in a foreign countrys custody, going back to the hostages who were seized in the iran crisis in 1979, youre not going to stop hostage taking by not negotiating for hostages. its just a fact of life, but i do think that the russian government in this situation saw an opportunity to embarrass the biden admin...

Ukraine is initiating the creation of an international mission to monitor the conditions and condition of Ukrainian citizens in Russian captivity, head of the President’s Office Andriy Yermak said.

The Minister for Defence, Mr Simon Coveney, T.D. today (9 December) unveiled a monument dedicated to the families of the personnel of A Company, 35th Infantry Battalion who took part in the Siege of Jadotville in September 1961.

With me. what do we know about grooig griners health and what the next few days may look like for her? >> reporter: she is right now over my shoulder inside the medical center. this is the perfect place for somebody who has gone through an ordeal like brittney griner has done. they have experts and teams here who deal with those who have been held in captivity, either by government or by terrorists. so they are well prepared to not only deal with the physical, but also the mental. in this case, ...

Monthses, i thought when she wasnt in the news, this poor girl still sitting in a russian prison. think about what paul whelan is going through, there are mark fogel and david barnes, who are in russian cap captivity. yesterday this revelation that viktor bout was the number one guy russia wanted, have we lost leverage in getting those three people home if we gave one for one, the guy putin wants most for brittney griner and there is question of why vladamir putin would want this guy so much whe...