Captured American combatants purportedly held through Russian-backed separatists in Donetsk - CNN

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CNN's Fred Pleitgen reports.","title":"Ukrainian defense minister: Written military orders recovered from dead Russian officer reveal Moscow's initial plan","duration":"03:50","sourceName":"CNN","sourceLink":"https://www.cnn.com/","videoCMSUrl":"/video/data/3.0/video/world/2022/06/17/ukraine-defense-minister-us-military-aid-chance-dnt-ebof-vpx.cnn/index.xml","videoId":"world/2022/06/17/ukraine-defense-minister-us-military-aid-chance-dnt-ebo f-vpx.cnn","videoImage":"//cdn.cnn.com/cnnnext/dam/assets/220616210827-ukraine-defense-minister-06-16-22-large-169.jpg","videoUrl":"/videos/world/2022/06/17/ukraine-defense-minister-us-military-aid-chance-dnt-ebof-vpx.cnn/video/playlists/russia-ukraine-military-conflict/","description":"In an exclusive interview, Ukraine's defense minister tells CNN's Matthew Chance about the state of his country and how US officials assured him military aid \"will never stop.\"","descriptionText":"In an exclusive interview, Ukraine's defense minister tells CNN's Matthew Chance about the state of his country and how US officials assured him military aid \"will never stop.\"","title":"'A big victory': Military analyst on Russian tugboat destroyed in Black Sea","duration":"01:11","sourceName":"CNN","sourceLink":"https://www.cnn.com/","videoCMSUrl":"/video/data/3.0/video/world/2022/06/17/ukraine-military-sank-russian-supply-tugboat-newsroom-vpx.cnn/index.xml","videoId":"world/2022/06/17/ukraine-militar y-sank-russian-supply-tugboat-newsroom-vpx.cnn","videoImage":"//cdn.cnn.com/cnnnext/dam/assets/220617162336-russian-tugboat-black-sea-vpx-large-169.jpg","videoUrl":"/videos/world/2022/06/17/ukraine-military-sank-russian-supply-tugboat-newsroom-vpx.cnn/video/playlists/russia-ukraine-military-conflict/","description":"Retired Army Lt. Gen. Mark Hertling joins CNN's Ana Cabrera to discuss Ukraine's claim that they sank a Russian resupply tugboat in the Black Sea. ","descriptionText":"Retired Army Lt. Gen. Mark Hertling joins CNN's Ana Cabrera to discuss Ukraine's claim that they sank a Russian resupply tugboat in the Black Sea. ","title":"'Testy exchange': Pleitgen challenges Russian official on Putin's message","duration":"03:20","sourceName":"CNN","sourceLink":"https://www.cnn.com/","videoCMSUrl":"/video/data/3.0/video/world/2022/06/16/pleitgen-questions-russian-official-on-putin-international-law-sot-ac360-vpx.cnn/index.xml","videoId":"world/2022/06/16/pleitgen-questions-russian-off icial-on-putin-international-law-sot-ac360-vpx.cnn","videoImage":"//cdn.cnn.com/cnnnext/dam/assets/220615230126-pleitgen-russian-official-split-vpx-large-169.jpg","videoUrl":"/videos/world/2022/06/16/pleitgen-questions-russian-official-on-putin-international-law-sot-ac360-vpx.cnn/video/playlists/russia-ukraine-military-conflict/","description":"CNN's Fred Pleitgen questions a Russian official on whether President Vladimir Putin \u003ca href=\"http://www.cnn.com/video/data/2.0/video/world/2022/06/10/putin-peter-the-great-comparison-russian-invasion-ukraine-sot-ctw-vpx.cnn.html\" target=\"_blank\">likening his Ukraine strategy to that of Peter the Great\u003c/a> is an admission of breaching international law.","descriptionText":"CNN's Fred Pleitgen questions a Russian official on whether President Vladimir Putin \u003ca href=\"http://www.cnn.com/video/data/2.0/video/world/2022/06/10/putin-peter-the-great-comparison-russian-invasion-ukraine-sot-ctw-vpx.cnn.html\" target=\"_blank\ ">likening his Ukraine strategy to that of Peter the Great\u003c/a> is an admission of breaching international law.","title":"Tapper examines Germany's broken promises to Ukraine","duration":"04:12","sourceName":"CNN","sourceLink":"https://www.cnn.com/","videoCMSUrl":"/video/data/3.0/video/world/2022/06/15/germany-involvement-ukraine-russia-war-critics-olaf-scholz-lead-tapper-dnt-vpx.cnn/index.xml","videoId":"world/2022/06/15/germany-involvement-ukraine-russia-war-critics-olaf-scholz-lead-tapper-dnt-vpx.cnn","videoImage":"//cdn.cnn.com/cnnnext/dam/assets/220615182009-scholz-zelensky-split-vpx-large-169.jpg","videoUrl":"/videos/world/2022/06/15/germany-involvement-ukraine-russia-war-critics-olaf-scholz-lead-tapper-dnt-vpx.cnn/video/playlists/russia-ukraine-military-conflict/","description":"German Chancellor Olaf Scholz is under scrutiny for his country's lack of support to Ukraine during the war with Russia. CNN's Jake Tapper reports that Germany has not banned imports from Ru ssia and has not sent a single weapon to Ukraine despite promising them back in April.","descriptionText":"German Chancellor Olaf Scholz is under scrutiny for his country's lack of support to Ukraine during the war with Russia. CNN's Jake Tapper reports that Germany has not banned imports from Russia and has not sent a single weapon to Ukraine despite promising them back in April.","title":"See Ukrainian troops try out US-supplied M4 rifles","duration":"02:42","sourceName":"CNN","sourceLink":"https://www.cnn.com/","videoCMSUrl":"/video/data/3.0/video/world/2022/06/15/ukraine-us-weapon-rifle-drill-wedeman-pkg-nr-intl-hnk-vpx.cnn/index.xml","videoId":"world/2022/06/15/ukraine-us-weapon-rifle-drill-wedeman-pkg-nr-intl-hnk-vpx.cnn","videoImage":"//cdn.cnn.com/cnnnext/dam/assets/220615090648-m4-rifle-ukrainian-soldier-wedeman-pkg-large-169.jpg","videoUrl":"/videos/world/2022/06/15/ukraine-us-weapon-rifle-drill-wedeman-pkg-nr-intl-hnk-vpx.cnn/video/playlists/russia-ukraine-military-confli ct/","description":"Amid ongoing concern that Russia may expand its control beyond the region in east Ukraine, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky is pleading for more western weaponry. CNN's Ben Wedeman goes to a drill where Ukrainian troops are trying out the fresh US-supplied rifles. ","descriptionText":"Amid ongoing concern that Russia may expand its control beyond the region in east Ukraine, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky is pleading for more western weaponry. CNN's Ben Wedeman goes to a drill where Ukrainian troops are trying out the fresh US-supplied rifles. ","title":"Is Ukraine outgunned? CNN reports on state of Russia's war ","duration":"03:08","sourceName":"CNN","sourceLink":"https://www.cnn.com","videoCMSUrl":"/video/data/3.0/video/world/2022/06/13/ukraine-war-latest-matthew-chance-pkg-intl-ldn-vpx.cnn/index.xml","videoId":"world/2022/06/13/ukraine-war-latest-matthew-chance-pkg-intl-ldn-vpx.cnn","videoImage":"//cdn.cnn.com/cnnnext/dam/assets/220613123600-video -thumbnail-chance-pkg-large-169.jpeg","videoUrl":"/videos/world/2022/06/13/ukraine-war-latest-matthew-chance-pkg-intl-ldn-vpx.cnn/video/playlists/russia-ukraine-military-conflict/","description":"With Russia poised to \u003ca href=\"https://edition.cnn.com/europe/live-news/russia-ukraine-war-news-06-13-22/h_67cadbe65818881e966edbefd305a0d5\" target=\"_blank\">encircle the strategically significant city of \u003c/a>Severodonetsk in Ukraine's \u003ca href=\"https://edition.cnn.com/videos/world/2022/04/19/why-putin-wants-donbas-ukraine-lon-orig-cb.cnn\" target=\"_blank\">eastern Donbas region\u003c/a> within days, CNN's Matthew Chance reports on the state of Russia's invasion. ","descriptionText":"With Russia poised to \u003ca href=\"https://edition.cnn.com/europe/live-news/russia-ukraine-war-news-06-13-22/h_67cadbe65818881e966edbefd305a0d5\" target=\"_blank\">encircle the strategically significant city of \u003c/a>Severodonetsk in Ukraine's \u003ca href=\"https://edi tion.cnn.com/videos/world/2022/04/19/why-putin-wants-donbas-ukraine-lon-orig-cb.cnn\" target=\"_blank\">eastern Donbas region\u003c/a> within days, CNN's Matthew Chance reports on the state of Russia's invasion. ","title":"CNN goes to a city on the edge of the Ukrainian front line","duration":"03:06","sourceName":"CNN","sourceLink":"https://www.cnn.com","videoCMSUrl":"/video/data/3.0/video/world/2022/06/11/bakhmut-ukraine-russia-war-wedeman-nr-vpx.cnn/index.xml","videoId":"world/2022/06/11/bakhmut-ukraine-russia-war-wedeman-nr-vpx.cnn","videoImage":"//cdn.cnn.com/cnnnext/dam/assets/220611073801-ben-wedeman-bakumet-ukraine-large-169.jpg","videoUrl":"/videos/world/2022/06/11/bakhmut-ukraine-russia-war-wedeman-nr-vpx.cnn/video/playlists/russia-ukraine-military-conflict/","description":"CNN's senior international correspondent Ben Wedeman looks at life in Bakhmut, Ukraine, a city on the front line of the Russian invasion.","descriptionText":"CNN's senior international corresponden t Ben Wedeman looks at life in Bakhmut, Ukraine, a city on the front line of the Russian invasion.","title":"'Like something out of a movie': American volunteer on joining Ukraine's forces ","duration":"02:30","sourceName":"CNN","sourceLink":"https://www.cnn.com","videoCMSUrl":"/video/data/3.0/video/world/2022/06/12/us-female-paramedic-volunteer-ukraine-intl-nr-npw-vpx.cnn/index.xml","videoId":"world/2022/06/12/us-female-paramedic-volunteer-ukraine-intl-nr-npw-vpx.cnn","videoImage":"//cdn.cnn.com/cnnnext/dam/assets/220612071448-baby-dog-npw-still-large-169.jpeg","videoUrl":"/videos/world/2022/06/12/us-female-paramedic-volunteer-ukraine-intl-nr-npw-vpx.cnn/video/playlists/russia-ukraine-military-conflict/","description":"CNN's Nick Paton Walsh speaks to foreign volunteers who joined Ukraine's foreign legion, including a female paramedic from Utah who describes seeing combat for the first time. ","descriptionText":"CNN's Nick Paton Walsh speaks to foreign volunteers who joined Ukrain e's foreign legion, including a female paramedic from Utah who describes seeing combat for the first time. ","title":"New video shows Ukraine destroy Russian rocket launcher with US-provided weapon","duration":"02:38","sourceName":"CNN","sourceLink":"https://www.cnn.com/","videoCMSUrl":"/video/data/3.0/video/world/2022/06/09/us-weapons-ukrainian-troops-chance-dnt-ac360-vpx.cnn/index.xml","videoId":"world/2022/06/09/us-weapons-ukrainian-troops-chance-dnt-ac360-vpx.cnn","videoImage":"//cdn.cnn.com/cnnnext/dam/assets/220608210349-us-weapons-ukraine-vpx-large-169.jpg","videoUrl":"/videos/world/2022/06/09/us-weapons-ukrainian-troops-chance-dnt-ac360-vpx.cnn/video/playlists/russia-ukraine-military-conflict/","description":"Ukrainian troops say weapons provided by the US are giving them an advantage because they are lighter and more precise than the ones used by Russia. CNN's Matthew Chance reports from the front lines.","descriptionText":"Ukrainian troops say weapons provided by the US a re giving them an advantage because they are lighter and more precise than the ones used by Russia. CNN's Matthew Chance reports from the front lines.","title":"See moment Ukrainian forces fire on Russian troops from secret location","duration":"04:24","sourceName":"CNN","sourceLink":"https://www.cnn.com/","videoCMSUrl":"/video/data/3.0/video/world/2022/06/07/ukraine-russia-front-lines-military-fire-lead-chance-dnt-vpx.cnn/index.xml","videoId":"world/2022/06/07/ukraine-russia-front-lines-military-fire-lead-chance-dnt-vpx.cnn","videoImage":"//cdn.cnn.com/cnnnext/dam/assets/220607170401-chance-south-vpx-large-169.jpg","videoUrl":"/videos/world/2022/06/07/ukraine-russia-front-lines-military-fire-lead-chance-dnt-vpx.cnn/video/playlists/russia-ukraine-military-conflict/","description":"As Russia remains focused on the battle in eastern Ukraine, Ukrainian forces are pushing back by reclaiming territories in the south. CNN's Matthew Chance is on the front lines with an exclusive look into this battle. ","descriptionText":"As Russia remains focused on the battle in eastern Ukraine, Ukrainian forces are pushing back by reclaiming territories in the south. CNN's Matthew Chance is on the front lines with an exclusive look into this battle. ","title":"'We're staying': Why some in Sloviansk won't leave their homes","duration":"02:17","sourceName":"CNN","sourceLink":"http://www.cnn.com","videoCMSUrl":"/video/data/3.0/video/world/2022/06/07/ukraine-sloviansk-residents-staying-behind-dnt-tsr-vpx-wedeman.cnn/index.xml","videoId":"world/2022/06/07/ukraine-sloviansk-residents-staying-behind-dnt-tsr-vpx-wedeman.cnn","videoImage":"//cdn.cnn.com/cnnnext/dam/assets/220607193225-wedeman-sloviansk-resident-large-169.jpg","videoUrl":"/videos/world/2022/06/07/ukraine-sloviansk-residents-staying-behind-dnt-tsr-vpx-wedeman.cnn/video/playlists/russia-ukraine-military-conflict/","description":"Residents in Sloviansk, Ukraine, must choose between staying behind or leaving their homes as wa r rages all around them. CNN's Ben Wedeman reports on their difficult choice.","descriptionText":"Residents in Sloviansk, Ukraine, must choose between staying behind or leaving their homes as war rages all around them. CNN's Ben Wedeman reports on their difficult choice.","title":"Russia returns bodies of Ukrainian soldiers killed in Mariupol","duration":"02:08","sourceName":"CNN","sourceLink":"https://www.cnn.com/","videoCMSUrl":"/video/data/3.0/video/world/2022/06/06/kyiv-morgue-soldier-remains-identification-ukraine-russia-wedeman-pkg-lead-vpx.cnn/index.xml","videoId":"world/2022/06/06/kyiv-morgue-soldier-remains-identification-ukraine-russia-wedeman-pkg-lead-vpx.cnn","videoImage":"//cdn.cnn.com/cnnnext/dam/assets/220606175802-wedeman-kyiv-morgue-pkg-vpx-large-169.jpg","videoUrl":"/videos/world/2022/06/06/kyiv-morgue-soldier-remains-identification-ukraine-russia-wedeman-pkg-lead-vpx.cnn/video/playlists/russia-ukraine-military-conflict/","description":"Workers at Kyiv's central morgue examine 160 body bags containing the remains of Ukrainian soldiers, handed over by Russian forces as part of the agreement that ended the bloody two-month Russian siege of the port city of Mariupol. CNN's Ben Wedeman has the exclusive report.","descriptionText":"Workers at Kyiv's central morgue examine 160 body bags containing the remains of Ukrainian soldiers, handed over by Russian forces as part of the agreement that ended the bloody two-month Russian siege of the port city of Mariupol. CNN's Ben Wedeman has the exclusive report."],'js-video_headline-featured-gyqh94','',"js-video_source-featured-gyqh94",genuine,real,'russia-ukraine-militia-battle');if (typeof configObj.context !== 'string' || configObj.context.size