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Week. it has announced that the turkish president has plans to meet with the swedish prime minister as well on monday on the sidelines of the nato summits. it seems that there may be some diplomatic headway there may be some diplomatic headway there as part as swedens membership of the alliance is concerned. thank you both. ukraine has welcomed home five army commanders captured by russia who were being held in turkey after a prisoner swap. the men had been detained for over a year, following th...

Meeting like the summit. and he is. off to welcome the latest member of nato as well, finland, president biden. .: : .: nato as well, finland, president biden. . , ., biden. that is a good point. it would have — biden. that is a good point. it would have seemed _ biden. that is a good point. it - would have seemed extraordinary a few years ago to have had finland and sweden, with long traditions of neutrality, applying to join and sweden, with long traditions of neutrality, applying tojoin nat...

There is some pushback going on, especially on the russian side. in syria, as the many parts of the world, but the u.s. and russia have created a system of deep confliction. i have been -- with u.s. forces where u.s. commanders would get on the phone in the fact to the russian liaison officers and say, we have got drones going in the air over such and such a place in syria and make them aware if there were incidents and that the russians to pull back. generally, those confliction measures work p...

Unlike russians, we dont kill prisoners. we spoke to him and other soldiers, concealing their faces and not using their real names. the third assault brigade granted us access to the p.o.w.s and two of their soldiers were in the room for the interviews. the p.o.w.s will soon be transferred to ukraine intelligence. they didnt appear to be under duress and agreed to share their stories. slava, also serving time for drugs, said conditions in the trenches were grim. food was scarce, we didnt have me...

Troops. he was a contract soldier, not a convict. he completed his six-month contract in kherson and went home. but when he hesitated to sign another contract, a military prosecutor gave him a choice, prison or back to the front. he ended up outside bakhmut under constant ukrainian fire, discipline collapsed, the officers fled. all illusions were chattered. it was very different from what i saw on tv, a parallel reality, says sergei. i felt fear, pain and disappointment in my commanders. a law p...

Important to understand how Commanders quarter Sam Howell stacks up against the other starting quarterbacks in the NFL heading into the 2023-24 season.

Good luck if you want to go grab players like the wfl did in the 1970s, like the larry zonka and start a league, a lot of them are under contract. >> bill: you have a lot of money, the pif, the public investment fund, sovereign wealth fund, and where they used all the money to get into golf. and the qatar sovereign wealth fund has bought stakes in the nba team in washington, and nhl and wnba as well. some may believe they may get into soccer. they may get into the nfl. do you see a day where the...

A parallel realities says saturday. i felt fear, pain, and disappointment in my commanders. a law passed last year in russia imposed sentences of 3 to 10 years for soldiers who surrender voluntarily. if he returns home in a prisoner exchange, anton may end up again back in a russian prison. the problem in the case of anton and the other contract soldier is when these exchanges take place, the russians arent interested in these men who are essentially the meat in the meatgrinder of the war here. ...

Their stories. slava, also serving time for drugs, set conditions in the trenches were grim. >> translator: food was scarce, we didnt have medical kits, he says. his commanders took all the painkillers to get high, he recalled and as a result issued nonsensical orders. morale was terrible. sergei was wounded by a grenade before surrendering to ukrainian troops. he was a contract soldier, not a conflict. he completed his six month contract and went home. but, when he hesitated to sign another con...

Him and -- >> yeah, yeah. >> translator: he just goes to difficult regions and performs his one-man show. >> do you believe hes fully in charge of the military right now when it comes to your front line and this counteroffensive, do you believe putin is fully in charge of the russian military? >> i dont think he fully controls all the processes. he gives orders to the commanders. its understood. they are scared to lose their jobs, but he doesnt understand and doesnt control the middle layer of t...