extremely difficult, alexander ski was at the eastern front for the 1st time since taking come on russia . he says, has a manpower advantage that ukraine says its forces have struck a powerful blow against the russians at sea sinking. another russian bullshit keeps says, the vessel was destroyed the occupied crime in peninsula. i'm on youtube has mckinnon in belin. and this is the day. the great news have been able to inflict the heavy losses on the rest of the back seat . please. what we've seen the video, which they say shows these naval drones attacking this big landing ship. i suggest you rely on the statements of our military colleagues. i cannot say anything about this. it's definitely a remind does that basically no west in the rest of the quite waters of ukraine is

safe for the russians. right now this is a great that she was the great we pay for the crate. also coming up donald trump's comments on ne, so read nights talk about a european nuclear weapon. no, don't. we don't. she would need to, will always be there. autonomy means having your own destiny in your own homage. we can't depend on the us selections every 4 years. how many can welcome to the shy ukraine's new army chief has paid his 1st visit to the front lines since taken come on last week or next on the 1st key, painted a bleak, a picture of the military situations on his previous sessa. he described the situation on the eastern front as extremely difficult, and he said russian forces were increasing operations and had a numerical advantage in troops. meanwhile, ukraine says it has destroyed another russian bullshit. as in the black sea,

the military, it says, the vessel was destroyed of the crime in peninsula which moscow and legally antics 10 years ago. he says naval thrones sang, the caesar clinicals the large landing ship in ukrainian territorial horses. it is the 2nd time in 2 weeks that ukrainian forces claimed to have sunk a russian ship in the black sea dw, using it commonly as in k even has more details from the ukrainian or forty's. we've seen the video, which they say shows these naval drones attacking this big landing ship of the coast of crimea. as you mentioned, that it wasn't important was kind of the south coast of the crime in peninsula. we also know this is a ship that had already been damaged back in the early phase of the war when it had been in the rest of quite port of the desk at that time. it had survived unlike another ship that was input next to it, had been rebuilt, had been made see where the against that now. so you may no longer possible. we

understand some basic reading sources that a, basically a launch, whole schedule that's left side and that has led to it's taking on water and being beyond recovery. as for the rest of operation, we don't have any details. now, if those russian sailors have been in factories from that shape or not, but it's definitely a reminder that basically nowhere in the rest of the fight which is of ukraine is safe for the russians. right now we've had more than 10 ships destroyed and many more damage. and we're really seeing the pressure that they don't use alexandra phenomena off the nato 6th street generally and stolen bug about the destruction of the russian warship decree and armed forces. so today that they destroyed a large russian ship, i guess you kind of comment on that, but could you tell us how significant to lexi complain of the ukrainians is especially when we consider that there are intelligent services. for instance, the region one saying that the russians now have the upper hand on the battle field

. thank you. of the dual credit is i've been able to inflict the heavy losses on the roof and black sea fleets. they have actually been able to push the black sea feet away from the western part of the black sea. and this is a great the to me, it's a great week 3 or 4 ukrainians. and the fact that they've been able to push away the russian blacks the fleet and open the quarter or so then our able to export great. and then they'll do come on this the world market. a few believe this was possible just a few months ago. but not actually the export of rain from ukraine, take space even with alternate agreement with russia a. so this shows to the skills on the competence of the ukraine, an armed forces. this is 1st and foremost a result of what they do. they ingenuity their, their, their, their skills, their, their, their, their bravery or their training on forces. but of course help and support from a nature on laws. it's also important. i think it goes to them and sets up,

of course, what's going on. goals on their own, the from farm is important and we are all disappointed that the offense who goes to the wrong spot, ukraine and forces last year didn't achieve more progress. advances at the same time, we should not forget that even though the from fine has not changed, the ukrainians have been able to to actually attract a behind the russian lines, both on line at destroying the come on the control. arms to oppose unimportant. and also the russian capabilities, including aircraft, but also a continue to destroy the parts of the russian vaccine. feet on the on. this just shows the skills of the depending on forces, the nature of this x ray general and stilton class. now we're going to cross over

to mike moss and he's the military on the list from the bowl studies department at kings college london. hi mike. good to see you. i'm tell us how big a blue high is confirmed with the sinking of this war ship to be, to russians, military mice in the black sea. but i think in and of itself, the sinking of a single. i mean, this is a landing cost is not a huge deal, but when you add it up to all the other ships that been sunk, i mean, this is ship this month, the finance and sunk and the black sea. and this thompson is starting to hit, how insulting to close the russian severe problems the nato secretary general, we just heard from him diane stoughton bug. he's called this a great victory, the ukraine. so why is this a crucial achievement for keith? well, this is the ukraine in navy that was almost completely captured by the russians in

the 2014 taking of this, the best of all poets in crimea. and what they've managed to do since then is sick . $17000.00 tons of russian shipping. that's a 150 percent more than the russians have managed to think of ukrainian shipping. so for a country effectively without the navy to be able to sing a 150 percent more of the shipping of the one of the largest navies in the world really is an extraordinary achievement. so if a pay is in crane is fine to get an easy, it's a put rougher on the black foot in the black sea than it is on, on dry land. why is that? what are the reasons behind that? yeah, well i think that, i mean, obviously the, the ukrainian defensive last year didn't really achieve what it was meant to achieve. and that's because the russians had some time to be able to dig in. so all along the front, they dug in strong fortifications. anti tang dishes mine fields,

and the reality is it's easier to defend them to attack. and so that is why we see that the war line stalemated. but of course, in the amount of time domain, as we seem to this attack, just a few drones and you can have quite a large effect on ships that much harder to defend. and how do you expect russia to respond to this? well, i actually don't think that as much they can do in the maritime domain. i mean, previously ships have been sunk and they haven't done very much. usually what russia does, when you train manages a spectacular like this is they just do a slightly larger ad, right? over civilian targets, so i the key or i, the hockey. i'm not say way of making the point and so i would expect tonight's either the next week or so we'll see slightly heavy of bombardment of civilian areas by the russians. okay. of the korean army has a new commander in chief,

he's cooled, the situation on the front lines extremely complex and stressful. lease and russian troops are increasing their efforts. they've got more man power. so how crucial speaking about u. s. military aid? now how crucial is us aid for ukraine's counter offensive us? so obviously we seen the, the freezing or the drawing down of us i, there is still all the aid going in from european countries. the u. k. recently signed those 2 and a half 1000000000 pounds of 8 over the next year, also and said there is other right, but the reality is, and this is true within nature, it has been true for decades that the us is the indispensable partner. and part of that psychological. so when you are paying country see the us putting his hand in his pocket or delivering alternately, they feel yes, actually we can do this because we backed up by the americans and then part of it

is just roll industrial power. the us is able to turn out things like artillery shells, and antioch of missiles as a much greater rate than you are paying countries. so it is very important. mike will have to leave at the thanks so much. that's mike moss and military analysts from kings police lane keep remarks by us presidential hopeful donald trump last week has been widely interpreted as pushing the future of the nato alliance in doubt. and that's leaving america's european pont as mulling a world without guaranteed backup from the world's biggest nuclear power is also recognized at the base in germany. i'm beyond about rethinking europe's nuclear setup. this. this is a test of nato's nuclear deterrent fighter jet. seen here, trading to defend europe against the threats from bushel or other foreign powers. but there may soon be

a new test from within. as one presidential hopeful questions us commitment to the western military alliance. no, i would not protect you in fact, which countries worldwide agreeing to nuclear non proliferation decades ago. much of europe has long comforted on an american nuclear shield. the u. s. is over $5000.00 nuclear bombs in total. all the numbers are classified. experts widely agree around 100 of them are deployed on european nature territory in belgium, benevolence, germany, western turkey, and a to a fellow nato members. fronts, and the u. k. also have their own national nuclear arsenals. fronts has in the past suggested more continental corporation. don't know what she would need to, will always be their autonomy means having your one destiny and your own honda. we can't depend on the us elections every 4 years, so many can to be bought to. there's no solid offer of alternative security guarantees. any you're quite new cleared to tyrants would require a whole raft as negotiations, new treaties as an infrastructure revolution. despite the calls from some germany

you parliamentarians, full of felony, the government says it's a non starter 5 yet essence. and i'm like, honestly for jim hi, we have the american protective shield and we shouldn't questionnaire cabinets the on all own initiative. the new to the debate is really the last thing we need at the moment. it's an escalation in the discussion. we don't need to do any spa, eastern flag, nato nations, nearest russia are calling on other european countries to be felt, no nuclear capabilities, like their armies and munitions supplies. i think what the, the presidential candidate in america says is also something to maybe wake up a, some of the allies who haven't done that much for no nuclear jewels across your will continue. and so with the debates and some more of that spring in funds, discuss that from the institute. so piece research on security policy at the university of humbug. welcome to the w at the debates about what happens to europe

without a us nuclear shield emerge during the trump presidency. donald trump's recent remarks have reignite, says that debate. can i ask you? is there an answer to that question? i mean, the thing is, you know, i don't want to diminish the importance of what trump said there, but i think right now still like a point where it's useful to take a deep breath and not come to conclusions too easily, especially since we're talking about nuclear weapons in that case, and the answer will probably not be easy and there are different suggestions out there and i think the rate for the very end feasibility and pull that to call viability. so let me pro, like just try to break that down a little bit and run through the different options or proposals that we actually see out there. so 1st, their last thing, well, you know, if the next, then you could guarantee that we've seen by the bus for

a no longer hold. we need your team replacement. so suggestions in the u. context range from that you're developing its own arsenal to funds in the case substantially bolstering fair or similar, some whole kind of like your type of your p mazing launch. for a t. personally, i'm highly critical of the feasibility of these 2 sections. first of all, because i mean you is not covered payments for making foreign policy decisions easily. and i can hardly see how they can establish a chain of come on for presumably multi natural nuclear force. and then there's, of course, the issue that the nuclear landscape in europe is quite diverse. but you know, some of the states, some hosting states, some states not even seeing the kinds of terms as feasible and legitimate a way to secure forward security. so like really, netscape is diverse and it's probably not very easy to establish these type of your team. you context based on service. and the can i ask you,

can i just center up to the 1st 2nd because we heard statements today from the german government. i'm the nato secretary general, essentially suggesting this as a pseudo debate. there's no question of nato not working. you know, so, so is that the end of the mass? so no, no, need some more discussion. this this call is well, certainly go. all right. um, i think of course, i mean the, the issue is critical and i think people will still discuss it, especially since, you know, these g u options are one thing. but other options are, of course, also discussed with the natives. right. because i mean it's not like nature will disappear immediately if trump comes to office, right. so there are also some people who say, well, i mean maybe we just need to focus on a complimentary role. the french and the sometimes british arsenal within nature. and i mean, since these proposals still remain vague and it's not quite clear,

how are the european partners could provide input there to make this a truly european efforts? we don't really know how best will devote. but sometimes i feel like pollutions think there's more in the car. it's been the actually is because of the french offer that has recently been referred to a lot as actually quite limited. if we look to, into detail, what do you say to the argument that russia was free to attack? keep crying because teas gave up. it's nuclear weapons in 1994 them. and we'd obviously have to presume that new crime would've been able to maintain a nuclear deterrent for all of this time. i mean, to be honest, i think it's a smart argument austin made in that phase. and that is due to the fact that, i mean, like it assumes that you claim could have easily retained to solve this warheads and the missiles on its territory of the dissolution on the subject union. but we see for a number of technical reasons that they wouldn't have been able to do so. and also

politically they would have faced international isolation. like in a very great extent if they actually had attempted to keep these levels. so i think the more interesting question is really what lessons do we learn about the use of nuclear weapons as a political tool from the war? right? and here of course, our answer is little bit more, you know, we, we must really die of deep. and there we see. well, i mean, a new california state has attacked in long term states and it shows that aggression wasn't across for us. and that is something that should give us pause and that is also relevant to discourage your to turn debate. because if our officer is really ok, now that we have a more aggressive russia and know that we have a potential weakening of us new k guarantees. and our answer as well, we'll advocate for acquiring our on nuclear weapons or we'll rely more on nuclear weapons in the european context. that sounds very concerning message to other states. and i wish to have some politicians are actually proposing that far beyond

europe. and actually also thought about the global implications when we talk about the value of the mental operation machine, which is obviously put into question if you're decided to actually nuclear arise. so so what does the rest of the tackling you cry and tell us about the international nuclear non proliferation framework? and i mean, to what extent does, does nuclear to tyrants actually work? i mean, it tells us that if you are a nuclear welcome stage, you can use these on eco mode to refresh obligation. so we have and that, i mean is good that we have a lot of fresh obligations, right? but it shows you that before it was best can use that for volt adventurous activities that we probably won't approve all. and that's of course watched by other states. and if we say, well, the terms probably works, right. and on a basic level, i also believe that it does work, but it also shows to these other states that it's probably like

a quiet environment and useful tool. so really i can just reiterate, if we now say, well let's pursue the power of legislation regardless of the legal number to call. we shouldn't be surprised that strategy in the long term backfires on us consist that staff from the institute of peace research and security policy at the university of honda francisco set. thanks so much for your time today. thank you. israel is on the growing pressure to delay its attack on the city of rough and southern gaza, with people in russell already course off in the slicing. a top un official has wound a full scale offensive could quote lead to a slow. so israel says it's move into rafa is positive, it's military campaign to eliminate from us of to its terrorist attacks on october, the 7th and more than a 1000000 people have taken shelter in the city on the egyptian border and

conditions that otto and a correspondent has been take talking to those seeking refuge, the head of a likely escalation in the war between our mazda in his room. i'll come on saturday is what it about what it could mean for the city over at off on isabel is preparing to launch a full scale round defensive hill. a maya, it means i'll come and his family have goofy again. this time to central garza of the living and distant for 40 days. but this epic and i started to unpack the tent. as you can see, we are heading to the central region, which because it's not safe here in graphite. all the important thing is that for many days, the israeli army has been threatening to enter rafa. we want to go to the central region, hoping that some of it is left, even though it's not safe, there. safety isn't god's hands. i'm on, i'm on my luck, but inside be is on the rise for more than a 1000000 displays,

people who go many families have been forced to move that dense from alpha to other places in search of safety. somewhere also left shaking but is very strikes the little debris of move hostages inside the house at the city shall border pg come on. we were in rough at tal also tom. they were bombing next to it and many people died. so we thought it would be better to go to the c side. otherwise, where can we go to israel? and what, but those is, where do we go with israel suites. rafa? where do we go? give us any place that we are asking the home us government or the human beings in charge of the gaza strip to come to us and give us a solution and provide us with shelter. we are here, of course, i'm not going away. as the wall continues to disrupt the lives of people like

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