best director and best adapted screenplay. i'm. i'm surprising. i a few. it's like a dream with. do it you, lou, nana, a yak in the classroom is the 1st film from baton to be nominated for an oscar streaming has enabled films from all corners of the world to break through the distribution barriers of the past. a transformation aided by pandemic, theater closures. and film industry experts say the academy of motion, picture arts and sciences, which puts on the oscars is responding to the changes their audiences beyond allay . it's beyond america, their membership needs to be international. their viewership is international. and so the films that are nominated should also be international and giving international films there do is another arm of the oscars. urgent attempt to make the awards show more relevant to its diverse audience. last year, more than half of newly invited members to the academy were from outside the u. s. dunno, emmy, tony, angel, bush,

and other non english film nominated in multiple categories is the danish animated documentary fleet. it tells the true story of an afghan refugee in europe. oh, no one with just hers what? my friends and then we will have been doing 15 and now i'm in denison all this year. you know, if you don't mammal sadly. roland was an employee more momentum. hate probably in the audience is ukraine and it's war and refugee crisis will weigh heavy during sunday's award show. it will be a chance for hollywood to show its support for ukrainians. another sign of the oscars looking outward toward the world id, joe castro, al jazeera los angeles. ah, mrs. al jazeera these, your top stories you as president joe biden is in poland,

where he met the defense and foreign ministers of ukraine. a white house correspondent can be hawk at sun as the sup dave morsel. us president has had one official meeting that is with the ukrainian defense minister and foreign minister. he was accompanied by his secretary of state, as well as his secretary of defense, lloyd austin. now the reason that there was this advance meeting that had a security aspect, focal point is because there has been some confusion and coordination in recent weeks between the united states nato allies. and specifically, poland, specifically when it comes to the issue of fighter jets, poland had come up with a proposal that simply blindsided the united states weeks ago with regard to transferring some soviet era fighter jets. ok, you're up to date those, all your headlines coming up next is inside story. stay with us here. ah, rivers or trying out greasing land is shrinking in some roots long used by wildlife

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hello and welcome to the program i'm fully battle. the war in ukraine has now entered its 2nd month, the leaders of nato, the european union, and a group of 7 nations have met in brussels condemning russia's actions. and announcing more sanctions, the 30 nato ally said russia invasion of ukraine was the gravest threat to euro atlantic security in decades. their aim was to show solidarity to ukraine, but only up to a point. many have been willing to supply weapons, but the alliance has also made clear, it won't become directly involved us present. joe biden also committed more humanitarian assistance to ukraine. nato has never, never been more united than it is to day prudent is getting exactly the opposite.

what he intended to have as a consequence of going in the ukraine, we built that same unity with our european and the european union, and with the leading democracies of the g 7. while nathan great, more support for ukraine, it also announced it would deploy additional battalion still protect what it called, its east and border. so we are, we set think nato so turns and defense florida long term with more troops or with the more air assets on more maritime capabilities. we have all the increased our presence in the east, and today we decided on for new battle groups. and that the leaders agreed to talk or mentor commanders to provide options of for a long term reset. though our press and saw remitted their poster in the eastern part of the lions on the across the whole alliance. as a native sam had got under wayne brussels leaders had a call for more help from ukrainian president brody me as

a landscape who addressed the gathering virtually. melissa, which more that it wasn't necessarily. ukraine never wanted to fight. we just want to survive. we are entitled to live like other countries. i am not blaming little, it's not your muscles that are ruining our country. this morning, phosphorus bombs have been used, and adults and childrens have been killed yet. alliance can still save our country by giving us those weapons. we never thought natal can be afraid of russia. i am sure you understand. russia will not stop in ukraine and will go further against the eastern members of nato, who the baltic states, a poland. ukraine was just asking for one per cent of fuel tanks either to give us or to sell them to us, but we haven't had any response. this is the worst that can happen during a war is now. well, let's take a look at what the west has done so far to support ukraine. the u. s. n is salinda delivered weapons and financial aid to ukraine, including anti aircraft systems, anti armor systems and drones. they've also shared intelligence. they've imposed sweeping economic sanctions against russia, and the u. s. has announced additional measures against more than $400.00

individuals and entities. billions of dollars worth of humanitarian aid have also been flowing in to assist people inside ukraine. washington says they'll provide $1000000000.00 more in humanitarian assistance. but president zelinski repeated requests for a no fly zone over ukraine have pretty much been ignored. ah, while it's now bring in our guests for today's inside story from odessa in ukraine, we are joined by hannah charlotte's. she is the director of security programs with ukranian prison. that's a ukrainian foreign policy and security think tank. vladimir sought sneak of joins us from moscow, his, the director of the consultancy, russia, east west center for strategic studies and analysis. and from washington dc, we're joined by nigel golds davis. he's a senior fellow for russia and eurasia with international institute for strategic studies in a former u. k ambassador to bellows. welcome to your thank you very much for being with us

on inside story, mr. such nick ov in moscow. let me start with you. if i can, western leaders have been counting unity in their response to russia, announcing new military 8 to ukraine and new sanctions against moscow. will this be enough to deter president vladimir put it? well, actually, i think that sir, the result softly. sir. 3 are very important. for western leaders meetings and in brussel supp, ah, according to the opinion off for western leaders showed the unusual unity against against russia. but ah, my point is that even the growing up of for all the other rapid to rapid increase, increasing also the a native forces and, ah, on the border. so 4 arms on the western borders with russia and near side ukraine and the, the very much harsh economic sanctions will only

a speed up the are hard. the, we'll offer. russian president was in repulsion and he already announced that his expect that the solution to pay in ruble. so for all the guest supplies in to europe in countries to actually to europe in community countries. europe and you didn't cut the so i think that to eventually i think that the, at the end of the day it might be looking like a like a loose position. then i'll talk about that when position, because actually russia will find, ah, at my opinion are some are, some are symmetric measures like are suggesting banging rubles interesting. anisha let's and your thoughts are, are ukrainian leaders. how are they viewing this sir? additional support from the west? does it go far enough? first of all, i would like to clarify that sounds really old when we are seeing that additional

back move that nature is going to settle in the vacuum when we're mainly at you've jumped on the russian was, are considering is that it is at 1005 kilometers from romania to the nearest russian territory. so that is definitely the huge as the duration of that something was would you or would you manipulate a lot of in the future? but at the same time, we are speaking about how the brain reacted to the yesterday. the pleasure. first of all, for us, definitely being important that the unit you can change it within the countries both in the or in the nato. we understand that the nature 1st was trying to protect their territory. that's why the battle moved off 1st was to protect and to defend the native member states. but feel that it was very nice to hearing the statement, the joint statement i need to be to face. those are both the, not only what need to can not do, but what me to you. do we know what need to cancel for ukraine, including all talks about additional emanation,

we're in to town and into style. that is additional support in terms of cybersecurity, biological, security, chemical, weapons, security. that is the new threats that allow soundings from moscow. and that is doc, one of the additional commitments insured for the security and how many terry and a for ukraine. we understand that the biggest part of the agreements were no problem and they were not. and now, and that is really for us because of that is very sensitive information. i would like to be safe. we would not tell the 5 new family because the phone is for the, for example, a dinner immediately becoming indeed we did not hear the details about what additional weapons were going to be supplied to mister nigel gold davis in washington d. c. western leaders are clearly faced with a delicate balance between influencing the course of the conflict in ukraine and avoiding dangerous escal and beyond it. at the show of western unity that we saw in

brussels on a thursday, a very strong symbol, no doubt. but how practical is it in terms of security, both defense and energy security? yeah, and your right to mention the energy dimension as well. because let's remember that the, the meetings that have taken place this week, not only of nato, but the, you and the g 72. and this indeed is a, i would say, unprecedented display of collective weston unity. and i put this into context who's really the 3rd time since the 2nd world war that we've seen a russian or during the cold war. it was so if you are over region of threat to europe, invoking a collector western response to perth times the rent $940.00 is the 2nd was like 19 seventies and the 3rd most from static is today. but yes, of course, there are dilemmas are always and balances be struck in the way,

but this is done and i think it's important for the west down so. so one of the main purpose is that these meetings to demonstrate, continue to resolve. and the western unity won't diminish or weaken. no, there are expectations or on the russian side took the western position, was pressure to soften as it has in the past. and that is really that actually, how hard will it be to maintain this unity if that conflicts becomes more brutal? we're already starting to see some cracks within the european union with countries that want more sanctions imposed against russia. and those like germany who thinks that the sanctions have gone far enough how long and, and you know, how long can they maintain this unity? yes. what if sir, the next sanctions measures that could be taken up to click and brushing energy, all the hard ones, and the more costly ones, and i think the west is doing the right things and preparing the ground. so one of the most interesting announcements, sir, yesterday, was that the germany would,

in effect wean itself off dependence on russian gas by 2024 is painful and difficult to do, but they are preparing the way for a post russian energy future are already, we've seen this on, on other aspects of this whole issue of germany moving in ways that no one really predicted. i would say it's less a matter of cracks at this moment and more a matter of the unequal speed of progress. but again, overall, i think it's been a very impressive display of unity and continues. what i think is been a highly effective diplomatic campaign. going really back to last october on the part of the united states. mrs. sought me call your thoughts about this is the war weakening president, putting position in russia as to west hope sit is so far i would like her to actually on route taken the into notice the remark by on, on the other side,

i didn't mean actually the the, the russian border, so just a writer, the other western congress, like all, i'm actually anyway, ultimately this is the western western western bottles of russia. it's not like that's russia actually isn't ukrainian territory. and they say it is claiming that this is a russian church and stuff like that. a secondly, i would like to have my remark on the nigel. so nigel show remarks, actually i think that the jobs are fat a g. it's a rather difficult her immediately or just even by the year to, for 2024 to so to substitute for the russian supplies. because it seems to me that even though i will show up that light on the light, them actually is sad that so there will be an and i sent all saw that all system or

foss concluding the contract. sir, it's rather rigid system actually, barbara, which is functioning already, and it's difficult to understand how it will will function in the future. and how successful wilbert and sir. 2 and half of the adequate volume supplies from cotton in norway from any other country, which would like to supply the alan g as regard so sorry, say quickly repeat your question or 2. again, my question was about whether the war in ukraine was ok, a weakening the president getting position in russia because ultimately this is what the west is looking for. ok, i probably, i might as well disappoint you, but it's a very unusual that the support of a russian president such an, an russia in russia, it's more than 70 percent. so you can imagine that because nobody actually an agent they so fig us. well, a month ago the special operation started. so i don't think that the special

operation, even the economic hardship. so we shaw, looming, ah lot existing but looming or in the prospective for time will allusion to my, my inter, ah, a rapidly or not rapidly will losing the position or will a weakening the position or present to 200 your response to that your thoughts about what have led him, you just said that he think say he says at that to present putting a position within russia is only actually getting stronger as a result of this operation. yes, definitely. we also have this information and so it can be easily supported. not only by the social logical surveys, but the actual situation, how many of the russians supported the war against ukraine and plenty of the international journal we've been trying to get youth youth on the streets and different cities around russia, asking about these weren't russian aggression. and we've really been shocked by the positive attitude. people didn't feel anything now that you've about being of

archival marry what. and that's really c r just because previously in the west talking with a lot of diplomats, i heard for many years that are kill us. just wait, mr. would you would step down or retired and jason would change and the russian federation. we also wanted to be the same optimistic, but now seeing the strong support of the military actions law, just the policy inside of the country. it's really shocking and there is no the same cold, bad. just the retirement of russian presidents can actually change the attitude of the russian federation against all other on neighbors of this country. when let's take a closer look now at the situation on the ground a month on from the russian invasion of ukraine. the areas in red are held by russian forces in their separate his allies. their military advance has largely sold ukrainian forces in besieged mary paul are holding out, and ukraine says it's successfully pushed back russian advances with counter offenses on the outskirts of the capital. keith nigel, what is your sense of where the conflict fans and where it's headed,

and how long can ukraine hold out with this additional support that's been provided by, by nato and other western countries? very little about this war has gone in the way the roger hoped or intended, and it's based a series of cert, but, but of exposed weaknesses in it. sir, it is political assumptions about the, the situation, ukraine and about the performance, the logistics, the communications, and the tactics of russian military forces themselves. that said, russia still has a very large number of forces. it could continue to commit to this, but it knows russia knows that as the flow of. busy western support comes into ukraine. it will become harder rather than easier still for russia and all the reports we have about the more raul and the motivation on the 2 sides in the field

suggest that ukraine's forces are far more disciplined and far more motivated. in spite so things are looking very difficult for russia, which is precisely why there was the fear in the west. busy of a potential escalation, and it's really escalation scenarios of braces while we're here. and we've heard in the last few days, serious, incredible war is from western sources. but russia might be contemplating the use of chemical even more dangerous weapons. and there are steps being taken, protect nature against that, right. and the other aspect of it back to an earlier part of the discussion, the economic costs that russia was facing on the home front. so it's facing military cost in the field. economic costs at home and the sanctions. they are only just beginning to do their work. the russian economy in every respect basis, unprecedented and rapid difficulties in coming months. let's see what happens to russian public opinion as those consequences worked themselves out in russia and

not just the effect on russian public opinion was in a lease as well, like what russian television and watch these curated. sort of footage of russian elites. i see lots of lots of unhappy and worried faces, and i think those around a privately very alarmed and very unhappy about the consequences of this war. vladimir in moscow is the war going, the way russia one says russia, see this war as being a winnable one? well, what i would like to say in this regard that so probably i am not a military expert. i am not connected with general chief of staff. i can only see you. i assumed that the 1st the festa, that's 1st the operation, the special operation could be regarded as the as the strike, which is a lightning strike. but then the probably the strategy which are

a russian military plan us have in their mind that has changed because it's something, it's understandable letter one, the actual war is weight on the ground. so that means that the, there will be with them on both sides and ready and side in the russian side. and the, in the other part of the strategy probably is to avoid unnecessary chassis because casualty solar rush actually. so to my mind is trying to do this, well, is that so i think that the ground is to show differently unfortunately as far as civilian casualties. i the law of july, i can't, i can't say doesn't that because i was fortunate like i don't see a lot of videos and all that. we have blocked the youtube and other other in the west, the ah, west star gadgets. i mean, i can, the less you, that's the strategy is working better. try to avoid as my chair,

civilian casualties as a rush can do. how do you enjoy yourself? minutes restarted. sorry. didn't hurt you. that if the strategy yet had a, if you want to jump in, go ahead. i really wanted to jump on. i understand that youtube is locked, but i will be glad to send us through the messages of some video. and the problem is exactly the opposite. that the original operation being the are definitely in for dinner sense of the lightening, the idea of the lightening. but when it haven't happened like these, the next level was the lending operation tried to capture the city of keel. it's also didn't work out well because of the last 8 years ukrainian armed forces, b, repairing training and modernizing, so they were rated to fight. but that one of the slaughter started from the russian side was being children. it is the use of they had the robins 1st will me sales and were bergman's of the cities of the civilian object. and we concede to are not only about money. well, the cell also views of the tragedy is what is happening there are now all the wrong,

the international media. ah, just the ras and bomb wise of the dramatic theatre aware. right. 100 people being hiding that has been l. domed. all people died last also let's move to the c t o product that is completely destroyed. ok, let's look to the why me off natal us $100.00 schools and all are the city of objects around the country ended. and i just want to ask you, and just to move the conversation for a little bit, because we are aware of the different reports on the ground in ukraine. as the nigel said, their fears of what steps russia might take next to unblocked fis campaign. and perhaps force ukraine to make concessions at the negotiating table because the 2 sides are talking. what is ukraine prepared to concede? would ukraine be willing to see any territory? for example, in order to gain a ceasefire with moscow? now as for now, if we speak about the territory, the questions tried to control off the 24th or february. we unfortunately don't see

the screen what map you've been showing, but i can assume that is the same map that explain the other shows up. so that is not the whole territory. ret sanitary the to the russian federation is controlled. they are controlling predominantly the wards around their problem. regional centers only want your school on of being occupied and all of that is on the south new frame. in other territories, the russians are being, but they are not controlling completely and they didn't occupy the cities themselves. so that's why s one. now ukraine can not surrender or later give some of the territories because they're still not controlled by the russian federation. ok, let me, as we see in some of the places like when we go live, we've been moving them up further deal it is. the issue has been yet school gone and pray me of the territory that being occupied by the russian federation earlier . ok. you to the 2014 events and you are i and the sound that one of the compromises can be returned back to the negotiations prayer february 2022. we've

been just discussing the future of the afghan will want succeeded. ok read me. it would russia consider some of these concessions? what would it take for russia to stop this war today? let me just the director of discussions from all of the direction i'm in the regarding this from sessions. i think that the, at the end of a day, both sides who are worrying with each other. ah, whatever you name it. ah, it could be that both sides should the differ art. and should the gift concession, son shoot the productively walked to watch that beast peaceful settlement. so think that so the situation which you are asking before, the 24th of ah, treasury is not realistic for a moment because of the situation completely different. so i mean that the, probably, this is my assumption prompted to reach share at peaceful this will settle. okay. ukraine shoot to negotiate the are giving us the independence. all okay. to

recognize this, ah, the next can lugens, can cry me as a part of russia and russia should continue on. lisa, their conditions, ultimately an organized license. and bring briefing nigel, you have the last word. what choices as russia face now? oh, put in is all in on this war. he's committed a great deal of military and political capital to it. the only thing that will stop him continuing it is if you reach a conclusion that it's more risky to carry on the war than it is to stop. it is unfortunately far from that situation right now, despite the costs that he has incurred on the battlefield. and that sanctions will impose on him a home, and that's why the west coast displayed this unprecedented degree of unity. the final point i make is, i'm sorry, there's absolutely no doubt whatsoever, but russia is deliberately targeting civilians in large numbers. now they are no

longer constant, they can defeat ukrainian courses. they are trying to coerce you credit into making concessions by hurting large and killing large samples of innocent people. you can see when you put it through, we'll leave it there. thank you very much for a very, a dynamic conversation. thank you. hon. ash, unless vladimir, so to me call and nigel gold davis. thank you and thank you for watching. you can always watch this program again, any time by visiting our website at al serra dot com for further discussion. go to our facebook page at facebook dot com, forward slash ha inside story. you can, of course, also join the conversation on twitter handle if at ha, inside story from me for the bachelor in the whole team here in doha. thanks for watching bye for now. talk to al jazeera, we also do you believe that the threats of an invasion of ukraine is currently the

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