Chechnya War News Today

From the rise of the former KGB officer to the Kremlin to his invasion of Ukraine and a mutiny by the Wagner rebels who backed him, AFP looks at key moments in Vladimir Putin's rule.

About that, and thats certainly something that make is it very difficult. hes known as the "tear garden murderer." the person who was killed was a georgian who fought in the chechnya war. the murder was orchestrated by russian intelligence services. the germaniens obviously were very angry about this and expelled two russian diplomats, and since then he has been serving a life sentence here in this country. weve known since about august that the russians wanted him back. and they were sort of co...

>> julie: thank you so much for doing your good work. to all the journalists that are still sticking in there. its quite admirable. thank you very much. >> bill: that was not ukraine. that was in iraq. a barrage of missiles launched by iran near an empty u.s. building. no one injured. this attack could hurt negotiations on nuclear deal. should be there a deal? ukrainians flooding neighbors countries to escape the war. they trying to figure out to proceed. there are decisions being made by tens o...

Former president obama testing positive for covid-19. he said his throat is scratchy but fine. the former first lady tested negative. tom brady unretiring from the nfl. just 40 days after calling it quits. the 44-year-old qb says hes back with the bust for his 23rd season citing unfinished business. >> bill: back to the war now. here is the areas contested about the russian army all in red. one of more significant stories happening in the west. you can see how close this is now with the polish b...

Can do. all of what were seeing has been part of what xi jinping understood was about to take place. >> bill: remember in beijing, they made it known to the world, there were no limits to the end ever their relationship. watch that. its my understanding this meeting in rome was set up months ago. topic number two. "wall street journal," russias war gets closer to nato. you know what happened with the strike near the polish border. heres the last line of the piece. no one wants a broader war. if ...

It might take a decade. it might take 20 years. if a war goes on that long, one thing i noticed in chechnya that might happy in this war too, is that people change. the fighters on the ground change. if your house getting destroyed, if your family member getting killed, you fight differently. the fear of battle gets wider. you attack schools like they did in moscow. fears, terror attacks. this kind of war if it goes on, people change. they get little crazy. >> bill: youre saying that the ukraini...

>> reporter: yeah. hi, there. thank you for having me. yes, thats why i left. i will tray to continue my job as well as i can. were operating out of latvia now. >> julie: before leaving russia, what message were russians being delivered about this war? >> reporter: let me make it clear, there are no independent media that is not directly controlled owned by the kremlin. of those transmitting, talking points directly from special office kremlin. there are no independent media in russia. not ours ...

Region working on a project focused on the global refugee crises. he wanted to get the message across. im wondering if you can tell us what you have seen that perhaps, the rest of the world has not fully grasped regarding the refugee crises that renaud was trying to focus on when he was killed. >> i saw so many kids, so many women, so many elderly still being trapped inside this town. not only there, its all over ukraine where people are trapped, where people are getting bombed today here in kyi...

Hour two. its been a very busy monday. as talks continue ukraine president zelensky is proposing a meeting with russias president putin. >> bill: theres been no let up in attacks. russia forces strike an aircraft factor. >> julie: all of this in the wake of a russian air strike on a military base near poland that killed at least 35. bringing the war dangerously close to natos doorstep. >> bill: despite the increase level of violence, russia and putins army has gained little new territory. >> the...

Surveillance video. nypd officers found another man dead inside a sleeping bag. the nypd did issue this alert and they are trying to elevator the homeless population here here in new york city to get into a shelter and be on lookout for this gunman who is attacking the homeless population. >> julie: thank you. >> bill: back to the war, head of the international red cross warning worse case scenario for hundreds of thousands of civilians in that southern ukrainian city of mariupol. if they do not...