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Did Ukraine try to take out Putin?

Amanpour

CNN

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4.11K Ratings

🗓️ 3 May 2023

⏱️ 56 minutes

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Summary

Russia is claiming that Ukraine attempted to assassinate Vladimir Putin in a targeted drone attack on the Kremlin. This comes as Ukraine’s defense minister says preparations for its long-awaited counteroffensive are almost complete. General Sir Richard Shirreff, NATO’s former Deputy Supreme Allied Commander for Europe joins Christiane in London following a recent trip to Ukraine.    Also on today's show: Correspondent Sharif Abdel Kouddou; author Sathnam Sanghera  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

Hello everyone and welcome to Amunpur here's what's coming up.

0:08.0

We have to do this. This is our land and we have to fight for this. The stakes for Ukraine's much

0:14.7

anticipated counter-offensive and as the Kremlin claims an unsuccessful attempt

0:19.8

on President Putin's life, Richard Sheriff,

0:22.6

former NATO Deputy Supreme Allied Commander,

0:25.2

joins me on where this all is headed.

0:27.8

Then, the killing of Palestinian American journalist Shirin Abu Akhle, we examined that dark moment on this world press freedom day.

0:41.0

Also ahead.

0:42.0

The reason I'm here in North London today is that some

0:44.9

white dudes invaded India in the 17th century. Empire explains our

0:49.9

multiculturalism, our racism. Empire. With King Charles Coronation just days away

0:55.6

Michelle Martin digs into the complex legacy of the British Empire and

0:59.6

how that shaped modern Britain with best-selling author South Nam-Sonerra. Welcome to the program everyone. I'm Christina Wancour in London.

1:23.0

Russia is claiming that Ukraine has attempted to assassinate President Vladimir Putin

1:28.0

in a targeted drone attack on the Kremlin.

1:30.0

It says two drones were flown towards the seat of Russian presidency last night and that

1:35.9

Putin was not in the building at the time.

1:38.5

CNN analysis of video showing the incident does support claims that drones were flown above the Kremlin

1:44.4

but there is no evidence of Ukrainian involvement and here's President

1:48.9

Zelens Helsinki today.

1:58.0

We don't attack Putin or Moscow.

2:08.5

We fight on our territory. We are defending our religious and cities. We don't have you know enough weapon for this. That's why we don't use it anywhere.

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