and cnn tonight. jake? thanks, anderson. welcome to cnn tonight, i m jake tapper in washington. tonight we are bringing you a cnn exclusive. brand-new video you will see right here for the very first time in just a few moments. it is really, i have to tell you, an incredible story, one that only cnn s clarissa ward can tell. it s taking place during a rare cease-fire in putin s brutal war, giving two hours of cover for this traumatic scene. cnn crews shuttled by ukrainian intelligence as russia returned the body of an american, an american killed in ukraine while fighting for ukraine. his name was joshua jones. he was 24 years old, a u.s. army veteran from tennessee. he was killed in august 12 fighting putin s forces alongside the ukrainian military. this handover happened after months of negotiations in a dangerous area known as no-man s-land. it s in the zaporizhzhia region between ukrainian-controlled ukraine and russian-controlled ukraine. and jones s body will now head
they in lies the paradox putin losing. western looters want putin to fail but the more he fails, the more desperate he becomes. that, so far, has led to an influx of brutal attacks against innocent ukrainian civilians, and increased attacks on critical infrastructure, into taking out power and water, things needed to live. one of the latest such attacks in the eastern ukrainian city dnipro, where a gas station caught on fire after a russian missile attack overnight. local officials saying two people were killed. the car wash operator and a pregnant woman, who was trapped in her car and burned a alive. and a different example of putin s desperation, he s turning to another brutal regime for help today. ukrainian president zelenskyy claimed that russia has these 400 iranian drones to specifically attack ukrainian civilians, escalating attacks on innocent, innocent who have been targeted by putin since
and cnn tonight. jake? thanks, anderson. welcome to cnn tonight, i m jake tapper in washington. tonight we are bringing you a cnn exclusive. brand-new video you will see right here for the very first time in just a few moments. it is really, i have to tell you, an incredible story, one that only cnn s clarissa ward can tell. it s taking place during a rare cease-fire in putin s brutal war, giving two hours of cover for this traumatic scene. cnn crews shuttled by ukrainian intelligence as russia returned the body of an american, an american killed in ukraine while fighting for ukraine. his name was joshua jones. he was 24 years old, a u.s. army veteran from tennessee. he was killed in august 12 fighting putin s forces alongside the ukrainian military. this handover happened after months of negotiations in a dangerous area known as no-man s-land.
a dirty bomb is a traditional explosive that can also contain radioactive material. to be clear, we know of absolutely no evidence that ukraine is developing or planning to use one of these weapons. if the russians did, they should turn it over to the united nations. but western and ukrainian officials worry that this could be a false flag operation by the kremlin, that putin is just trying to distract from his own plans to use a nuclear device, though he s ambassador to the uk denied that to cnn s christiane amanpour earlier today. russia is not going to use nukes. it is out of the question. but this is really important what you have just told me. that russia will not use nuclear weapons. now, tomorrow, in a month, in a year? no matter what happens? i cannot say about the next generation in a conventional scenario, are you saying that your country has pledged, your defense minister, has pledged
it s in the zaporizhzhia region between ukrainian-controlled ukraine and russian-controlled ukraine. and jones s body will now head back here to the united states to his family, who have who have been lying for his remains to return to his final resting place, to home. this rare moment of détente takes place during an incredibly tumultuous time in this war. today, russian president vladimir putin led military training drills, which the kremlin says include practice missile watches. and then putin said this earlier today. [interpreter] risk of conflict in the world as a whole, as well as at the regional level, remains very high. [end of translation] risk of conflict in the world as a whole new remains very high, he said. the risk for a new world war, according to putin. and russian officials are continuing to push the totally unfounded claims that ukraine is preparing to use a dirty bomb.