port across the border, they are, you cranes, military says that it has the situation fairly under control. and yet in the last week, russia has seized more territory near hart, steve and the lights divide and conquer. this latest russian assault has diverted ukraine strips strips that were already stretched very thin, ivory, gulf, and berlin. this is the day a, it's the way you move. now guys are fighting well and successfully along the entire front line. really new phones that the enemy breakthrough deal. strong water is more help is on the way we're rushing ammunition farmer vehicles, missiles,

air defenses for balls like on the unfortunate delay and delivering weapons had a significant impact on the front just too early to draw conclusions. but the situation is under control i'll say coming up the race for the white house, joe biden, and donald trump agreed to go head to head in to tell of eyes debates. donald trump was through debate to me in 2020, the sense that he had showed up for debates. now he's acting like he wants to debate me against or make my day pass all even do a twice plus picks the day style. i hear you free on wednesday, which of our viewers watching on p. b, as in the united states into all of you around the world. welcome. we begin today with a change in plans and effort to sustain international support for his country's battle against russia. ukrainian president told him is zalinski, had planned to visit spain and portugal this week. instead,

he spent the day in the city of her teeth, visiting word and soldiers, and meeting military commanders. ukrainian forces have been locked in bid or fighting against russian troops. northeast of har keeps since the launch of a surprise offensive last week. ukraine says the situation on the front line has been largely secured, but the russian troops have seized a few kilometers of territory on the ukrainian side of the border, the w as much so on. there has been 2 volts, chunk of the largest city currently in the focus of this latest rushing us all for the people of both chance. this is a nightmare repeating itself. the russians attacked and occupied the town at the start of the full scale invasion book are pushed out. now they're back. and this here is what the situation involve. chance is turning into at the very moment die me here. this is a residential building that was struck by

a glide bomb from what we've been told on just about 20 minutes ago. 2 women were injured in taken to hospital. the russian forces are hitting the city and neighboring areas with ariel bombs like this one. when we were there, russians had entered the northern suburbs. these dragon teeth are supposed to slow advancing tags, and the ukrainians are rushing more troops to the region to prevent a russian break through what it's looking so grim that most people have left. and many of those who've remained so far are now following them. the police officers blood and you already are here to get some of them out what, what do you mean? lives with his doctor bottle right next to the new front line. but doesn't want to

leave a lod liens on a professional connection to persuade him to listen to me. i am the commander of your daughter. i don't want her to sit there and cry over the okay. i'll probably know. many, don't want to believe this is happening again. why didn't you evacuate earlier? that's what i had hoped that all would be good. that nobody would force me out. just as we're leaving the light down there, glide bones coming. is that right now? i promise you, you come with me. this 2nd large scale attack is devastating for people here.

officer of law tells us who the, which was, they're all in despair because everything they have gathered in their lives bit by bit faith and build their houses because of a range of their places for living. we would include everything they had, but they law l between so electric to fish or below their most careless desire. now, as for it all to end it is that they want to return to those ruins that will remain for the country. what and restore everything, not cable unit cable is only for the city of north in the for the danger cannot be underestimated, posted a slight briskly. this was a sniper, round, and at the head of their driver lets see the well there look at this vehicle provided by the americans with armored further south and relative safety. some of the last production we use wait for transport out of the shows here with her family and their neighbors. they spend 6 days in the basement and then flight on 4 to one just because i can only get the car. when you send me the we did

anything, anything would happen. and when we realized that everything was flying from all sides, everything was being bombed. we all hope that this and this is my house. we couldn't take out my shepherd dogs. unfortunately, no soccer. i left him. that's all it is. sorry . is it we are all alive. thank god and have the whole family left alive and with love to be to sell it will definitely be made as also say, we're united with his daughter. but he and his dog, but on our not home here and what we're getting a lot has lost faith feel ever return over more now i'm joined by marina

monroe and she's from the worst studies department at kings college in london to familiar face to our viewers. let's get this thing and marina, you know, we've just seen that report there from both. john, will ukraine be able to hold the city to good evening brand as well as the situation is very difficult for the ukrainian forces. but what we have to understand is that 12 tons, because divided by service, get the next river. so it gives the green force as a protective barrier from my understanding. the town is now divided into parts, and the russians are controlling the noise in part. and they will have to cross the river and forward it to be able to capture both chance in its entirety, which i think is the idea behind this offensive. however, i don't foresee to be happening very quickly, or at least not as quickly as we have seen the advances around options. ukraine says that it has stabilized the situation across the front near har keys. is that

what you are seeing and hearing too well from what it looks it seems to be more stables on a couple of days ago. but that doesn't mean that the russians have stopped or is that their offensive operation in that direction has run out of steam yet. so we'd have to wait a couple of more these to see what is going to happen specifically. because i think that they will be also pushing along opposite directions and possibly if and when that offensive runs out of steam, i seen that the russians might try to go for me or even turn the heat rush. it has not advanced that deeply, but it has see some territory. i mean is ukraine is going to be in any position to retake that any time. so i just want to ask you about the knock on effects for you

. cream russian says that it has recaptured the town of robot and on the southern front, i mean that's basically the territory the ukraine capture during its defense of last year. so is the situation there? is it, is it clear? and i mean, is it to be expected given how stretched ukrainian forces are as well as that's the whole idea? i think behind this hierarchy offensive is to stretch the ukrainian forces and distract somebody even more than in my previous reply. i said they might that back to me and truly him in order to keep the ukrainian forces stretched and was the cranium having issues. was there manpower, having issues in terms of military equipment, even as the us aid is arriving in ukraine? it is going to be difficult and i don't see any strategic purpose in trying to recapture the northern territories just yet,

because i think it would be the wrong place for the korean forces to concentrate their efforts on. and to come back to this up ratio, essentially the russian ministry of defense declared were bought in it as liberated from bringing forces um from us. and it looks like the korean forces are still present in one part of the settlement. however, i think in the information spectrum, it is a psychological blow to that you create new forces because essentially taking ro bought in there would negate all the facts of the counter offensive, which didn't go according to the plan. so i think also from this perspective, so ukrainian forces are finding themselves in a difficult position. and so if it's true to just say that russia is currently on the front foot in this war, but how close is you crane to suffering a serious defeat as well? what the cd like is the question or how far is russia going to go?

and i think that this will depend on many factors, not least on the outside support to ukraine. there have been suggestions, for instance, the use need those air defensive station in poland and romania to free up some air defenses inside ukraine to basically help ukraine in that way. because the air defenses, a systems of cars. also it depends on the munitions, but most importantly, i think is a human factor. and the fact that you crane is trying to mobilize troops, but is failing to feel, feel, feel file and rank to send to the front lines. and the polarization that is taking place inside ukrainian society and the problems in the military command and political problems. also, as a lensky is facing right now. they will all determine how and when,

and if you crane can be defeated on the battlefield. but that doesn't mean that ukraine will lose politically just yet, so it remains to be seen. but i for sees that the combination of this factors will determine the fate of ukraine until probably november, and 24 until the u. s. presidential elections were, you know, ukraine can always say that one reason that it may be vulnerable now is because the u. s. has a delay in delivering weapons, the delay that we've seen in the last few months, but it can't it, it can't blame anyone else when it's talking about not having enough soldiers, right? that's the mobilization. while that's been passed into this effort to get more soldiers into the military. i mean, do you think that should have been done a year ago or the are they doing this too late? or i think it's not fair to put the blame on the us. just because, as i said, there are so many factors at play here at the canal,

which he is not going to phil's a manpower gap. technology is also not going to boost them around go through a certain extent. it might, but it's, it's not going to make such a great effect. and if we look at the war and they've gotten to send us the list technologically superior to the power button, just to make a point that technology is not the ever thing and work. and the mobilization is always a very unpopular choice, and at the very beginning there were a lot of holding tiers to joins that ukrainian forces. right now the situation is looking bad. so i'm not sure if starting earlier to mobilize people would have held the ovary alford, and we also have to remember is that you crane has special forces deployed, so them to counteract a russian activities there. so i'm wondering maybe if the green increments should starts really flowing those forces because they are very capable. and they could be a great help right now in ukraine. and of course,

and we have to understand that's mobilizing people means they needs to be trained. they need to be outfitted, they need to be paid. so this is affecting ukrainian economy because who's going to pay the taxes to finance all of this. so they can amik situation of ukraine is also an important factor in the capability to mobilize people. reading moran from king's college is always maureen, we appreciate your time and your analysis tonight. thank you. thank you for having these. slovakia remains in shock tonight to just one day after a gun. been trying to take the life of the country's prime minister after emergency surgery, robert feed, so is now in stable, but critical condition veto is a controversial man. pro russian accused of polarizing society. now those are as politics. could his close call with deaths? could it have the opposite effect? are fresh from the visits to his friend and the political allies. slovak president

elect pelligrini, confirmed prime minister robot fee. so is a wake. he's able to speak, but only few sentences. and then he's really, really tired because he's on the some of the commission, some maybe commendation. so of course it is very difficult for him, but i had the chance that i came in the right moment when he was able to speak with him a few sentences. but the situation is really critical. and if you have to give him a lot of energy and think and be positive. ok. the problem is the sustain full done to show twins on wednesday in the central time from low anita by the end of the robot fee. so he's known for his brush and the aggressive style of nationalist politics. but he's attempted assassination, has rocked slovak society for a minute, the robot fee, so his condition is not being described as stable. but the question is, comes slovakia stabilized as well. a fence like an attempt to this estimation,

come full of the country and one of 2 ways either to unify or it can inflate intentions by the immediate the off to the shooting government ministers. blame this low back media for creating a claim. its wet tensions a raised to such a point. generally, like bob rush, a cove, a say they hope the attempted assassination will come the time politicians publicly use here plots or be confident you have to press conferences. we very often hear that force, the mocking language, the, you know, so the question is, which way will this go uh, better or worse met on the positive step today was the press conference of the 2 presidential comedy says off and you much or to tuition about your confidence, yes. the incoming and outgoing president from opposing policies stood together to cool for campaigns ahead of june 0 p and parliament elections to be tongue died. so back police of charge to 71 year old man with the attempted murder. he was arrested

at the scene of the attack, people who were still struggling to comprehend what's happened callbacks that no matter what people are arguing about or they pointing to go situational shooting. someone like knoxville or like i didn't understand what kind of hatred these are these person given to them. so that way can you not as well as that us not get the cache. a sporadic robot fee. so remains an intensive cad behind the rules of this hospital. security is tied to and his future remains unset, that sound shop was to debates, mean $0.20 that he hadn't showed up for debates. now he's acting like he wants to debate me against or make my day pow holly to do a twice, plus picks the dates down here. you're free on wednesdays. well, the reason for the white house is about the pick up speed that was us president joe biden throwing down the challenge to donald trump to meet him on stage for to live kilobytes debates. divide team is clearly trying to get under the skin of the

maggot. can that it the drive that you just heard there about trump being free on wednesdays? well, wednesday is the only weekday that trump gets all from his hush money trial taking place right now in new york. and it wasn't long before it's a rival, started trading barb's on social media about the debate. trump on his tree. social platform posting. tell me when i'll be there, let's get ready to rumble. and then the network offers came rolling in joe biden, agreeing to a debate on cnn for june 27th, and on a b. c. for september 10th, his republican challenger been accepting both of the invitations and the dates in the style that can only be described as trump, the it's more of this i want to bring in even the baron. he's an advocate law professor and political commentator based in los angeles. a familiar face to our viewers isn't good to see you before we talked about this debate,

the debates and the arguments for and against. what did you make of bivens of campaign style this time around? i mean, making fun of trumpet and trying to get under his skin. well i think it's actually a smart move um president biden's part because this ultimately is going to come down to president bite and needing to remind people of what he's actually accomplished, which is quite a watch over the last several years. and the key difference with donald trump being the personality style of each of them being so dramatically different. so i think this was a smart move on present biden's parts and, and we're going to see how well it plays out. well, let me ask, even does joe buying, does he even have to debate? donald trump, you say he needs to remind people of what he's done done. there are plenty of pundents in the us. you say it's too much of a risk for bite and,

and that he shouldn't give trump a platform as well. i don't agree with that. i think is a, that's a really interesting take that is not rooted in what are of observable facts here which. busy are one 1st and foremost present biden, and succeeded in i think the most important thing coming out of the 2020. and for that matter of the 2016 presidential debates, which is the microphone will turn off or can be turned off when the time is up. that was a big problem or a big advantage for donald trump in 2016 and for president trump in 2020. so president, buying a cheap that more importantly though, is he's not a huge self per motor, like donald trump is. so people seem to forget about what is going on with president biden. there's a lot of talk about present biden's, mental facilities,

for example. he demonstrated how strong and clear he is at this year's date of the union address. yeah, this is an interesting point. you know, these presidential debates, the ones that have involved donald trump, i'm thinking of 20162020. they've never been true portraits and best behavior. so in case your memory is a little foggy, here's a reminder from 2020. take a look. let's vote now and it back to make sure you in fact let people know he doesn't care center to rush. i'm not going to answer the question just because the doors turn out of the new i see or just as radish on left. what do you shut out, man? who is on your list, joe? this was on your right gentlemen. i think the facts, of course 3 of them are going to get. all right, that we've all remember that right? even a meeting as a result of, of episodes like that, the bite and team wants to bait rose in place this year to minimize interruptions from trump cutting his mind when it's not his turn to speak. for example,

um will the debate monterey, just with the be able to control trump? so i mean that that's yet to be found out of course, coming up a little bit later, but really importantly isn't just cutting off the microphone. i mean, i think that that's a critical point, but also what present bites in successfully got accomplished here. if donald trump doesn't withdraw it the last minute of course is that there will be no live audience. donald trump loves reading off of that live audience and getting the feedback and the reaction he's. he's a classic entertainer that way in that he feeds off the energy of, of the crowd in front of him. there's going to be no crowd. there's going to be no town hall. this is not like the traditional presidential debates that have been in place, essentially for the last uh you know, 35 years or so since 1976 is really when it was sex standard on. yeah, and i wanna ask you about that in just a moment. but 1st donald trump, she,

he refused to debate his republican primary challenges and that worked for him. why do you think then he so keen to debate, bye a to oh, i think that's the go more than anything i really believe in his mind. she and, and by the way, we have evidence to support this with his voting bass. they love to see him speak live, she believes that he can, as you saw in that truth social cost of his. she believes that he can destroy president biden in a debate, and i just don't agree with him, but that's what's going on in his mind from what we can tell. i'm. i wanna ask you about the, the timing of these 2 debates. the 1st will be in june, and that will be before the democratic or the republican national conventions. and then the 2nd in september comes before most states begin early voting. is

that better than what we've had in the past? because of the past that we've seen them taking place or around october, i think there's one strong logical argument for the debates to be earlier this year . and that is in light of what happened with co good. many states now are doing early voting, starting as early as september 20th. mm hm. so, you know, having the debates prior to people beginning to cast their ballots in the united states is a very good idea. i once i cast my ballot and something happens in a debate that might change my mind, which i'm not sure it would, but, but if that were to happen after i've already cast my bell, i, i think that would be very disappointing. so the seating september 20th with the debates, i think is a logical win and incorrect decision. okay. well, i know where you and we're, we're, i, and most of my colleagues will be on the think of june 27th. that's for sure. right

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