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Of iran or north korea, or china, right. so its possible to get information now in a way that wasnt the case in the past. but how do you crack the mentality of people that has been fed propaganda, not just in the last few months of the war, but for years really. and that i think is no easy task. >> how much influence do you think he has, navalny, and how much reach inside russia? how is he viewed there? >> well, you know, it does speak volumes in a way that the kremlin considers him such a serio...

She says. probably its going to get worse. a prediction all but certain to come true as a second russian offensive draws near. meantime, the kremlin is warning against the further expansion of nato, threatening consequences should finland and sweden join the alliance. former president dmitry medvedev who is now a part of russias security council says such a move would cause the russian authority to more than double its forces on the western flank. he says the baltic countries would lose their ...

Loser out of this in many ways. the russian economy is heavily sanctioned. it will be suffering from those sanctions for a generation or nor. nato is likely to expand. his military is being exposed as a paper tiger in all this. when does that start to impact on his hold on the leadership, on the presidency of russia? >> thats a really good question, because if you look at this war, it really has been an unmitigated disaster for russia. you know, theyve taken perhaps as many as 10,000 to 15,000 s...

Part of their efforts to execute some sort of naval dominance in the black sea. so this is going to have an effect on their capabilities. >> a senior u.s. defense official now says the first russian troops which withdrew from northern ukraine to regroup now appearing in the donbas region of eastern ukraine, parts which are already controlled by mosquito-backed separatists. much of the area is enduring constant bombardment. civilians are paying a heavy price. the price civilians are playing in on...

What more do you know? >> michael, im at the damascus gate which is one of the main entrances is for muslim worshipers to enter the old city. weve actually been here all morning long. what started as a calm morning, its ramadan and the beginning of friday and the beginning of passover, quickly turned violent. we were able to hear the booms, the shots, the fireworks going off from where we were just outside of the compound. what we know is shortly after around 4:00 a.m. or so, clashes broke out a...

That they crazy because they were like maniacs. >> they were maniacs to you? >> yes. theyre really crazy, like nazis in the second world war. >> reporter: after escaping, ka katya remembered the videos she recorded before the russians ravaged mariupol. ukrainians protesting outside the now-famous theater that, in a matter of weeks, would be the site of one of the most grotesque bombings in this war. the theater, still in tact. the citys buildings unscathed. she sees the peaceful faces of family ...

Become an integral lifeline to escape war. plus cnn speaks with the lead prosecutor, the international criminal court as he travels to ukraine to document evidence of alleged atrocities by russian forces.

Overseeing some complex injuries along the way. >> somebody actually had pneumothorax, which is air in between the lung and the chest. it was due to actually a penetrating trauma of a blast. >> reporter: these are the kinds of wounds normally one expects to see in soldiers, not in children. >> you expect to see that in war-struck areas where civilians are also close to the firing line. >> reporter: pretty tough stuff to see kids hurt like that? >> it always remains tough, yes. >> reporter: he sa...

Him to be a politician who is a threat to putin and his regime. >> and you mention this too. he is in this penal colony. but in these tweets, he called vladimir putin, quote, the war criminal from the kremlin. he is in the penal colony. but what risk does he take with what he is doing and saying? he could be putting himself at even worse risk. >> well, thats certainly true. and one can only imagine how horrific the conditions are there and how much worse they could get, no question. these are ab...

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