Estonia PM: Russia should be pushed back from Ukraine

04/29/22 • 49 min

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Estonia's prime minister tells Newshour Russia should be expelled from Ukraine and "pushed back to Russia". Also in the programme: The Afghan former general who says he's leading an insurgency against the Taliban; the premier of a British overseas territory arrested in the US on drugs charges; the displaced orphans of Ukraine; and bringing Japanese Animation to the British stage. (Photo: Estonian PM, Kaja Kallas. Credit: EPA)

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