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Laura Coates Live

Biden: "Major War Crimes" Happening In Ukraine

Laura Coates Live

CNN

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3.92.5K Ratings

🗓️ 7 April 2022

⏱️ 40 minutes

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Summary

As allegations emerge of a cover-up by Russian troops, President Biden says "major war crimes" are happening in Ukraine, with the Mayor of Mariupol saying his devastated city is “the new Auschwitz”. That, as the Western Lviv region is targeted by Russian strikes and local officials say heavy fighting is underway in Eastern Ukraine.Oleksandra Matviichuk is a human rights lawyer and the ‘Center for Civil Liberties’ Head in Ukraine. She talks with Jake about the evidence she is collecting of alleged war crimes there. Plus, 63 House Republicans vote against reaffirming U.S. support for NATO, Putin’s daughters and Russian banks are targeted in new round of U.S. sanctions after the Bucha atrocities, and drones, phones and satellites expose Russia targeting Ukrainian civilians.Hosted by Jake Tapper live from Lviv. To learn more about how CNN protects listener privacy, visit cnn.com/privacy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0

This is CNN tonight.

0:02.4

I'm Jake Tapper live from Levy, Ukraine, which is close to NATO's doorstep in the West,

0:07.6

just about 40 miles from Poland.

0:09.6

This region was targeted by Russian cruise missiles within the last 24 hours or so, about

0:15.0

an hour north-east of where I'm standing.

0:18.1

But Ukraine's military claims to have shot those missiles down.

0:21.6

The fiercest fighting is underway right now, however, in eastern Ukraine, according to

0:26.4

government officials there.

0:28.4

That's where Vladimir Putin has shifted focus for what seems to be a new phase of his

0:33.5

war.

0:34.5

Heavy fighting reported today by local officials in the Dobas region of Luhansk and Donetsk,

0:40.7

also more than two dozen strikes reported on residential areas, residential areas in the

0:46.6

city of Harkiv.

0:48.1

The Pentagon assesses the Russian forces have completely withdrawn from areas around

0:52.3

the capital of Kiev and nearby Chernyiv to close in on that Dombas region.

0:58.6

But Putin has not necessarily given up on trying to capture the capital of Kiev.

1:02.1

He's just moving his troops and the targets of his brutal strikes elsewhere for now.

1:07.3

And as Russian troops move elsewhere, their horrific actions are being revealed in towns

1:12.7

that they once occupied such as Butchia, a warning again this evening, some pictures

1:17.8

that we will show you throughout this hour, such as these, are graphic and disturbing.

1:22.8

A senior US defense official now says the slaughter of perhaps hundreds of Ukrainians in Butchia

1:28.8

does appear to have been premeditated and planned.

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