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This vehicle is still smoking. theres still smoke coming out. commanders like alexander of the ukrainian army who wouldnt give me his rank or full name. the russians thought they could just march into ukrainian lands in a triumphant parade, he tells me. they were mistaken. it will never happen, he says. a bit of almost a cliche but obviously, somebody has brought a memento from home. you know? and if you its scorched and lined with the debris of the failed attack. an attack that has left ukraini...

International war crimes by russia. but this is lindsey grahams own idea, senator you have momentum behind this. >> i have 39 countries that come out and support what im trying to do. a complaint has been filed for the international criminal court on behalf of the ukraine. alleging that putin is committing war crimes against the ukrainian people. what i want to do was expand that complaint. one come i want to get congress on record saying we agree. i want to start an investigation. im working wi...

Russias military did this to whole communities in syria as well as chechnya. their commanders have form. chernihiv lost 22 of its citizens in this attack. the governor says two schools were also hit. make no mistake about vladimir putins desire to colonise this land. ukraine says russian targeting is indiscriminate. welcome to the town of borodyanka, population 12,500. parts of it a wasteland now of destruction in an increasingly dirty war. translation: god forbid, - if we are no more, then latv...

Because peaceful people, very hospitable people, and very nice people. and thats nice to those who have come to them with peace. those who come to them with war meet with a very, very different cases. weve known armedunarmed people able to capture servicemen abandoned by their government, by their generals and commanders. and it didnt take a lot of effort to disarm them, actually. well, some of them didnt walk away. we have to admit. and in any case, in this very

Screens, social media. theres an abundant amount of evidence that russia is using weaponry not precision guided, not focussed on military assets but on population centers. all of that needs to be carefully collected and detailed. and frankly can be part of the diplomacy is if russian military commanders continue to carry out these orders, they themselves are complicit in war crimes. are you want to do be in the head of not just vladimir putten but people down the chain of command that theyre goi...

Correspondent ian pannell leading us off tonight from kyiv. >> reporter: tonight, the battle of brovary. video released by the ukrainian ministry of defense showing a massive column of russian tanks and armored vehicles being ambushed as they drove towards the northeast outskirts of kyiv. driving on an open road, the russians were heavily exposed and easy targets. videos circulating online show the russian vehicles in flames. the russians facing sustained artillery attacks by ukrainian forces, w...

Happens. and the fact that the icc is looking at this, is that we support a political measure, because we are a state parties to the icc. but were also with the nuts and bolts compression to help them. and at this point, while the conflict is raging, we need to present as much evidence as we can. >> and they need to know this? is your point. >> what i want them to know at this, is i want, and icc is making clear, that for all those commanders on the ground, for putin and ukrainians, what they do...

-- millions of people will die if they do not stop ukraine if. he has described the airstrike on a hospital in mariupol as a war crime. he says children are buried beneath the rubble. the russian and ukrainian foreign ministers will meet today in turkey in high level diplomatic talks. what you are seeing on your tv screen is a war crime. that was the message from the armed forces minister -- just a moment ago on this program. i asked him about the recent reports of the hospital being blocked by ...

Get ahead of this while the ukrainians are still really in the fight. there is a very real chance that with the right air support and the right support in terms of javelins and stingers they can defeat the russian army on the ground. and if that army is defeated, vladimir putin goes, and its a new world. >> all right, thats two successive former nato supreme allied commanders that have come on "the lead" and said the u.s. should rethink this opposition to getting those polish migs to ukraine. ge...

These troops are not intended to be in ukraine or to come across russian troops at all. this is to bolster american support for nato. now, in addition to that, chris, what you are talking about certainly on the minds of both polish and american commanders here, we heard from the secretary of defense on friday in warsaw talking about this issue, the possibility of an influx of refugees if we see that wider invasion. so the 82nd airborne, which is used to working with its polish counterparents, th...