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Reach you anyway. above the city a tank fires into the distance. its sound and fury perhaps not enough to turn the tide. and these weapons like the t-72 tank are old, some pieces dating back to 1950. this underscores why the ukrain desperately need more modern weapons. boris? >> i'll take that. thanks so much. ben wedeman live for us. ukraine has also targeted a group with additional sanctions. >> our reporter has more on the war being waged financially as well as the war on the battlefield. >> reporter: the white house announced on friday the u.s. will designate the russian mercenary organi...

And i had just been houseless for about a year, and i decided that, you know, working in variousjobs and trying to go to school wasn't enough for me. and also, as a trans person, i was trying to figure out who i was and so i had a lot of identity issues, all sort of happening at the same time, and wanting to rebuild my relationship with my father, who was in the navy, and also this war being discussed continuously and ongoing. it was a dinner—table conversation, the iraq war at the time, as well as afghanistan to a lesser extent. being an ongoing thing, i decided, you know, based on my fathe...

Chelsea manning, welcome to hardtalk. good evening, thanks for having me. it's a great pleasure to have you. if i may, i want to begin with the decision that really changed, transformed your life. that is the decision to sign up to the us military. right. why did you do it? so in 2007, my father and i had a falling out and i was living in maryland and i had just been houseless for about a year. and i decided that, you know, working in various jobs and trying to go to school wasn't enough for me. and also, as a trans person, i was trying to figure out who i was so i had a lot of identity issues...

Of happening at the same time, and wanting to rebuild my relationship with my father, who was in the navy and also this war being discussed continuously and ongoing. it was a dinner table conversation, the iraq war at the time, as well as afghanistan to a lesser extent. being an ongoing thing, i decided, you know, based on my father sort of suggesting that i enlisted in the navy, i decided i wanted to be a little different and try to enlist the marine corps, but the recruiters weren't there on that day, so i ended up enlisting in the us army. even within that story, there are all sorts of red ...

Working in variousjobs and trying to go to school wasn't enough for me. and also, as a trans person, i was trying to figure out who i was so i had a lot of identity issues, all sort of happening at the same time, and wanting to rebuild my relationship with my father, who was in the navy and also this war being discussed continuously and ongoing. it was a dinner—table conversation, the iraq war at the time, as well as afghanistan to a lesser extent being an ongoing thing, i decided, you know, based on my father sort of suggesting that i enlisted in the navy, i decided i wanted to be a little ...