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battalion when russia invaded ukraine back in 2014. she spent a year with the aidar battalion, which, like many of the others, was subsequently subsumed into the official army. cheering, chanting after the ukrainian army liberated kherson, andriana was injured. her unit did not have an armoured military vehicle and were using a civilian car when they drove over a land mine, providing little protection from the blast. despite her injuries and russian reports, she's preparing to return to the frontline. i am alive and i will protect my country. slava ukraini, heroyam slava.
they are professionals in propaganda. andriana, like many other ukrainians, joined a volunteer battalion when russia invaded ukraine back in 2014. she spent a year with the aidar battalion, which, like many of the others, was subsequently subsumed into the official army. cheering, chanting. after the ukrainian army liberated kherson, andriana was injured. her unit did not have an armoured military vehicle and were using a civilian car when they drove over a land mine, providing little protection from the blast. despite her injuries and russian reports, she's preparing to return to the frontline. i am alive and i will protect my country. slava ukraini, heroyam slava.
andriana, like many other ukrainians, joined a volunteer battalion when russia invaded ukraine back in 2014. she spent a year with the aidar battalion, which, like many of the others, was subsequently subsumed into the official army. cheering, chanting. after the ukrainian army liberated kherson, andriana was injured. her unit did not have an armoured military vehicle and were using a civilian car when they drove over a land mine, providing little protection from the blast. despite her injuries and russian reports, she's preparing to return to the frontline. i am alive and i will protect my country. slava ukraini, heroyam slava.
russia. in 1981, he was sent to prison for robbery and theft. and when released in 1990, he became a hot dog salesman in st petersburg. but by 1997 he was running a top restaurant and winning lucrative catering contracts. those brought connections to the top. prigozhin even served food to world leaders. and to putin himself. and prigozhin's role was becoming about much more than food. in 2014 russia annexed crimea and launched an insurgency in eastern ukraine. prigozhin was involved. of that time, he's said "a group of patriots was born", which later acquired the name wagner battalion. and soon the wagner group reached far beyond ukraine. the fbi accused prigozhin of interfering in the 2016 us election. in syria, wagner fighters supported pro—government forces. more recently there are multiple reports of wagner's military and commercial activity in africa. with the eu accusing
of that time, he's said "a group "of patriots was born", which later acquired the name wagner battalion. and soon the wagner group reached far beyond ukraine. the fbi accused prigozhin of interfering in the 2016 us election. in syria, wagner fighters supported pro—government forces. more recently there are multiple reports of wagner's military and commercial activity in africa. with the eu accusing the group of committing... "torture and extrajudicial, summary or arbitrary "executions and killings." and then came the war. when putin wanted to give his invasion of ukraine impetus, prigozhin and his fighters were called in. but as wagner's death toll grew, so did prigozhin's fury. expressed first in video rants. and then in a short—lived mutiny. in the aftermath, putin condemned the "the mutineers and traitors." but for prigozhin, charges were dropped, no arrest followed. and we asked, why wasn't putin punishing prigozhin?
and when released in 1990, he became a hot dog salesman in st petersburg. but by 1997 he was running a top restaurant and winning lucrative catering contracts. those brought connections to the top. prigozhin even served food to world leaders. and to putin himself. and prigozhin�*s role was becoming about much more than food. in 2014 russia annexed crimea and launched an insurgency in eastern ukraine. prigozhin was involved. of that time, he's said "a group of patriots was born", which later acquired the name wagner battalion. and soon the wagner group reached far beyond ukraine. the fbi accused prigozhin of interfering in the 2016 us election. in syria, wagner fighters supported pro—government forces. more recently there are multiple reports of wagner's military and commercial activity in africa. with the eu accusing the group of committing... "torture and extrajudicial, summary or arbitrary executions and killings". and then came the war.
he became a hot dog salesman in st petersburg. but by 1997 he was running a top restaurant and winning lucrative catering contracts. those brought connections to the top. prigozhin even served food to world leaders. and to putin himself. and prigozhin�*s role was becoming about much more than food. in 2014 russia annexed crimea and launched an insurgency in eastern ukraine. prigozhin was involved. of that time, he's said "a group of patriots was born", which later acquired the name wagner battalion. and soon the wagner group reached far beyond ukraine. the fbi accused prigozhin of interfering in the 2016 us election. in syria, wagner fighters supported pro—government forces. more recently there are multiple reports of wagner's military and commercial activity in africa. with the eu accusing the group of committing... "torture and extrajudicial, summary or arbitrary executions and killings". and then came the war.
of patriots was born", which later acquired the name wagner battalion. and soon the wagner group reached far beyond ukraine. the fbi accused prigozhin of interfering in the 2016 us election. in syria, wagner fighters supported pro—government forces. more recently there are multiple reports of wagner's military and commercial activity in africa. with the eu accusing the group of committing... "torture and extrajudicial, summary or arbitrary executions and killings". and then came the war. when putin wanted to give his invasion of ukraine impetus, prigozhin and his fighters were called in. but as wagner's death toll grew, so did prigozhin�*s fury. expressed first in video rants. and then in a short—lived mutiny. in the aftermath, putin condemned the "the mutineers and traitors". but for prigozhin, charges were dropped, no arrest followed. and we asked why wasn't putin punishing prigozhin? perhaps he was biding his time.
military experience coming up through the ranks, to be what he is. i remember asking him one time, do you ever think about the fact that you are black? he said every day. >> how does that strike you? >> the right thing to say. [laughter] did it surprise you that a man of that stature and rank would not be removed from the reality of race in america? >> you can't be removed from race in america. you just cannot. >> there might be some who will say, look, let's just teach about the glory of patriotism. let's teach about to the valor of our armed services collectively. why focus singularly on a particular battalion and the fact that it was black?
not be removed from the race in america? >> you can't be removed from race in america. you cannot. >> there might be some that say, let's teach about the glory of patriotism. let's teach about the valor of our armed services collectively. why focus on a particular battalion and the fact it was black? why is that part and should be part of our conversation about the history of even our military and our success? >> because history skipped over them. all of our stories all of our heroes, people we make movies about, particularly we make movies about, the war stories and like, they leave the black soldiers out. if there's a black soldier, the