here at the bbc s headquarters in central london for unspun world. this week how many casualties has russia suffered in its war against ukraine, and how do we find out? we know names of 25,560 russian fighters who died fighting in ukraine, and we get information from more than 65 cemeteries all over russia. xijinping, china s leader, at 70. is he turning into an emperor? the status he s got now, he is either a king or emperor. he s the supreme leader. and how bad is the world s climate crisis, really? enough to keep the people in the know awake at night? the world is changing rapidly. we are changing it. but we re fighting back as well, and we re taking some of those steps. and a lot of the days, i m optimistic. vladimir putin, we re told, was promised that his invasion of ukraine would be over and done with by lastjuly a year ago, that is. who would have thought that ukraine would put up such a fight? and who would have thought that nato would have held together in the w
we are changing it. but we re fighting back as well, and we re taking some of those steps. and a lot of the days, i m optimistic. vladimir putin, we re told, was promised that his invasion of ukraine would be over and done with by lastjuly a year ago, that is. who would have thought that ukraine would put up such a fight? and who would have thought that nato would have held together in the way it has? not mr putin, clearly. so what about the battlefield casualties which russia s sustained? the bbc s russian service has been carrying out a thorough investigation into this, putting names to as many of the dead as they can. olga ivshina, senior correspondent for the bbc russia service, has headed the investigation. so currently, we know names of 25,560 russian fighters who died fighting in ukraine. i say fighters, because it s important. not all of them are russian soldiers. some of them were recruited by notorious wagner private military company. others were prisoners assigne
the novocherkassk was hit during an attack on the port of feodosia in russian occupied crimea. local officials say at least one person was killed, and ukraine said the ship was destroyed. president zelensky wrote on telegram, the occupiers will not have a single peaceful place in ukraine. james waterhouse reports. for ukraine, this was a high value target. explosion the novocherkassk landing ship struck by a guided missile. the blast was colossal. moscow claims it was only damaged. kyiv says destroyed. it s going to need more than a lick of paint, regardless. crimea has been in russia s grasp since 2014. but sights like this have become more common with ukraine striking deeper into the peninsula. the novocherkassk would have almost certainly been loaded with either soldiers, hardware, or both. its loss will hamper russia s ability to supply troops further north, as well as further weaken its naval dominance in the black sea. what attacks like these have yet to do is apply
We . We are at the victims of Communism Museum in washington, d. C. On mcpherson square. And how did this museum come about . It came about because of a 30 year dream and Organization Called the of Communism Memorial Foundation, which was formed which was formed shortly after the fall of the berlin wall. And then it was this one will amuse you. It was authorized by a unanimous act of congress in 1993. And then into law by president bill clinton. And the purpose of it was to educate and more realize the history of communism. These would be the victims that it created. This grand holocaust that so many people didnt know about. And america had been so good about educating about the the holocaust. During World War Two of the , others. But people didnt understand there was this similar holocaust that created victims of communism. And so thats the initial impetus. But this took so long because initially the foundation was focused on building a memorial and theres theres a memorial to the vic
mission for himself. korea today is a very important to the united states. bret: korean war cost 37 thousand american lives, 800 thousand chinese soldiers, and as many as 4 million koreans died in a brutal conflict that lasted three years. and changed the course of history. we flattened north korea. to this day, this plays into minds of all koreans in the north. bret: brought the world to the brink of nuclear war. fact that communist forces have invaded korea is a warning. this was the start of the cold war. bret: today 30,000 american troops remain in korea standing vigil at one of the world s most heavily fortified borders. because of everything left the way it was 80 years ago. north korean side did miscalculate once in a real big way. we got the korean war out of that. that doesn t mean they won t miscalculate again. bret: hello i m bret baier, my latest unauthorized history series for fox nation is a 5 part documentary, what is called forgotten war. but may