france and germany farming here used to be challenging because of the cold. not any more. 2022 has been a bumper harvest for sweden. an indication perhaps that their agricultural industry can benefit, at least in the short term, from the facts of climate change. as the heat moves north, sweden's growing season has become longer, warmer. september's in the south have been 2 degrees celsius above the average in recent years. but farmers are aware that the good times might not last long. this farm has been record breaking really and we've had all the, all the great components related to a good year. we will probably see more extreme whether it seems like in this region that once the rain comes, it comes more. and once the dry weather comes it's, it's for longer periods, changes in climate bring changes in disease causes a toxin that something that the breeding process also tries to combat. sweden's

harvests may help with the current food shortages in other countries. but in the long term, the biggest yields, maybe in the lab, or rece out is era smaller, sweden, ah, watching al 0 here. the headlines, if the final day of nato meetings with defense ministers discussing how to deal with moscow and better arm ukraine. germany sent the 1st 4 promised air defense systems to keep on wednesday. frowns has promised to bolster support as well. ukraine's president vladimir zalinski says ukraine only has about 10 percent of what it needs. the air defenses are bill hamid has more on that from keith. air defense has always been top of the agenda for the ukranian president, simply because russia does have superiority when it comes to the s drive. and it has shown that it can, and it continues to be able to have

a really the width and breast of ukraine from cities and sent in the central part like the new bra and the south region all the way to the western border in libby. so that is an issue that the ukranian president and the korean military have more than $500.00 people have died and the jury is worse floods than a decade. an operation is under way to rescue thousands of stranded people after flooding destroyed villages. 1.4000000 people have been displaced. security officials in iraq say 9 rockets have hit back dad's fortified green zone. this came as iraq's parliament is holding a session to attempt to elected the next president. yet again, lawmakers rushed to the parliament hall after the explosions, and they said they would carry on with the session. syrian media is reporting 17 soldiers have been killed in an explosion on

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a new turning point. the escalation came after the bombing of the cursed bridge blinking rushes mainland to the crimea. he is now seeking more military aid. so what direction will this will take next? this is inside stored. ah. hello and welcome to the program. i'm tom mccrae, russia launched a wave of missile strikes on several regions of ukraine this week, killing at least 20 people. the capital key was among cities targeted for the 1st time in months. ukraine's military says it shot down 41 of 75 muscles, but that wasn't enough to stop the destruction. its energy minister says russian muscles have had around 30 percent of the countries electricity infrastructure over

the past few dies, around $300.00 areas were knocked off the power grid. the mayor of the western city of lavell says it will take months to repair energy facilities. there, well, those strikes happened in response to an attack last week on the coach bridge linking crimea to the russian mainland. russia security service says it's arrested 8 people. it's federal security services. the blast was organized by ukraine's military intelligence service. the explosion destroyed a fiction of the bridge cave hasn't said whether it was involved. and g 7 leaders held a virtual meeting to discuss what they called their unwavering commitment to ukraine . they promised they would hold russian president vladimir putin to account for the mis, all attacks ukrainian president below them is lensky asked the group to supply keith with a defense weapons. he's described it as his number one priority now. yeah,

just one that i thank you for all the help already provided it is big, it is significant. but the russian leader, who was now in the final stage of his rain, still has room to through the escalation. this possibility is a threat to all of us, but we can overcome the threat. we have a formula for pace. and now reacting to russian terror, shame, referenda, and the attempt to enix our territory. we can apply the pace formula so that the terror state stands no chance enough. ah, well let's bring in august now in strasbourg. alexi gone sharika. he is a member of the ukrainian parliament, and the ukrainian delegation to the parliamentary assembly of the council of europe . from geneva, alexander vor trevor's editor in chief of swift, military review, and security and defense policy analyst. and from moscow, andre backlit of vice chair of the association of russian diplomats,

and the former russian ambassador to saudi arabia. a warm welcome to you will. thank you very much for being on the program. it's 1st to begin with. what's happened so far before we move on to how things might play out from here. just in regards to the latest strikes on ukraine over the last 48 hours or so on. sure. i'd like to begin with you, the russian ministry of defense, the goal of these strikes was achieved and to quote, all designated objects were hit. so can you explain? one missile hitting a children's playground in cave was that a designated object was a legitimate target. well actually oh of course the the target list or only the major d sure. i'm just. busy bring it in

for service but also i would want to reach or bridge actually only be you so much because. busy there were many people many people criticizing. busy duration for various speed you know this saying that the domain then then they said. busy it was without no. busy reasonable decision taken by the president to attack these

last major city and general over the innocent people just happening and there's a war people will do . and so what happened was some sort of the war. okay. well, i went back there searches unintentionally each each day, intentionally the lenient side and then it started bob. the other regions are which many, many people are dying each day, do do well and they're making these and does that sound the better side of the

store? i'm looking okay, alexi, you'll country men and women and living through these is trucks. many who haven't been attacked in months like even levine, haven't had it strikes since near the beginning of the war. so how difficult is it watching on and has it rattled the public there? d. thank 1st of all, i want to add to what i heard. 910 people were killed. no one of them is the army officer, old soldier, though very interesting. designated military targets russian, russia has the russia, the terrorist states, that's all. and which is the, we to, we know where you're grania an army, so he takes revenge on ukrainian women, and children intervene and their residence before cities. that's their relative for sure. we are very much concerned about what had happened. that was a brutal attack on the infrastructure managing infrastructure. very interesting to

listen, that it was a ritual ation for something for what russia is making war against the grain from 2014. then the full scale invasion from february 24. so what do a deletion they're looking for? they just make in colonial. busy aggressive work, that's all about. yes, people are concerned about. now we can the whole course penny can ukraine, but it's not the case. the gray notes are already prepared. we know when we deal, we understand that for us it's a show we didn't want to wipe, wipe out your brain from the map of the planet. you're committed, genocide and russia commits in genocide against your brain. now, when you buy a territory, so we're, we're not penny or we, we understand we are confident in our victory now. so we are rebuilding everything we need and are sure we're address and draw our partners. and at least to provide

you granted with more weapon rate to store this jerry. okay, alexander, do you think that these ledgers to strikes in ukraine about hitting legitimate military targets or is it about scaring the ukrainian population? allow me to remain neutral after these 2 series of comments. i'll just remind you of what the international law conventions say targeting deliberately, civilian infrastructure or critical infrastructure such as a sewage installations or electrical power plants that are going to be necessary for life and health. so civilian populations, noncombatants is technically a war crime, so i can only stress that it is very and most unfortunate that such collateral damage has taken place. what i do see with regards to the latest strikes from russia is 2 things. first of all,

both sides are now extending the battle and the fighting very, very much deeper into terror into the land. the territory far away from the front lines the ukrainians are doing this because their advances either in the north or in the south is now closer and closer to the russian border. and they are targeting logistical supply for russian forces. and on the other side, russia is now targeting target or infrastructure that is deep within western ukraine, because russia feels that this is where the ukranian armies building up and training. it's comes chris and receiving no war. and so i can only say that both sides are actually extended the area that they are striking with their long range weapons. like i, let's take it back to stick to i guess what it brought on the latest round of it

strikes the, the attack on the cry. me a bridge. the kish bridge. no. andre russia claimed this bridge was impenetrable. to attack. it was a jewel in person's crown. so what happened and how embarrassing is this to russia? well, blessed visions. i'm sure the sort of measure people are well now i think what we can accept into my son is that it will be real change of the situation. since all of us nation do deal with a deep se. i mean, these are percentage of damage to their business worrying warnings and these are

the start of the the new new are much more you'll be. busy less than 2 months, john, when the regiments farming. busy around us. well we should do that. we bring exactly as many as we go from the nazi not over. busy origin no german origin was liberated at the 2nd was or was 20 times your. busy the one did you know, we started a very, very limited. busy number of the, of the,

of the are much less than the train troops. all right. and so limited duration. it might be that the staff will be more, wants to go. okay. well, you know, russia has said that ukrainian security services are responsible for blowing up the crimea bridge. alexander put in called a negative tara, what do you think happened? how do you think this bridge was attack so successfully? you know, one of my a fuser study in academia was military and political is. and what i can say is it will take some months and perhaps years in order to figure out what exactly happened. what we can say is that the official, a story that has been told of a truck carrying exclusives and producing this kind of damage. this official

version does not, it does not hold up the munitions that were necessary in order to produce this kind of damage or either large bombs. we're talking about several 100 kilos. we're we are talking about to liberate a special forces attacks. so whatever has actively happens in order to cut that bridge, the official story that we have been told of a truck blowing up is not correct. in any case, ukraine has now demonstrated on at least 2 occasions that they have the ability to strike deep behind the lines of russian troops. and this is extremely worrisome for the russian war effort. because the train, for example, that called fire, that was stuck for more than a day on this particular bridge and was carrying 1600000 liters of fuel. this is the kind of fuel that is necessary to sustain the tree operations in the south and

the car san region for 2 days. so we're definitely what we can expect very soon is to see ukrainian troops mount offensive in those our each and care song area to try and gain an advantage from the stolen. i was the russian forces in the south . like let's just move on slightly to what you train us asking for. now the g 7, a nice. so it a discussing what more can do to help ukraine litzy lisky? in fact, i am now her secretary general has said it was a top priority. so how heartening is it to, to hear that help is on the why and what exactly are you asking for? are you getting enough? yeah, 1st of all, we are very thankful for all the support we are receiving and answering your question is that enough is simple enough will be when there will be final victory on the battlefield. that will be enough. and today we have

a unique window of opportunity. what i mean for ukraine in the end of march would have been read that we have today. hi marcy, hope it serves then everything, all of these were wouldn't be finished in the spring when the russian forces were retreating from key foster failed britsky back towards the moment for us to show them. but unfortunately, at the moment we had not with the vote for them. and then they changed the tactics . replenish, refresh, started this 1st world war and style warfare. drange war with a particularly does destroying new organ into rubble, ukrainian cities. now, now we have again the moments you for your grain today now will receive long range missiles to high mar, similar s 10 because for the moment we. 3 haven't received any one west and we

could finish everything in weeks. i really believe in the course. 123 and more military defeats for reason would not survive, administer a catastrophe in the heart of after their catastrophe. here on the region. they these resume is shaking and this is the moment to finish it. ok, alex and you are a military expert. do you agree with that? that would be over in weeks if you cry and got everything it was asking for. no, i do not believe so, but i believe that i have lost tremendous amounts of personnel and in particular materials, both sides have lost more than 50 percent of the equipment which they have started confrontation. what we are seeing, however, is that russia is trying to move military equipment out of stocks out of its reserves to modernize this equipment is also mobilizing troops and sending these troops in tobacco very, very little training. and on the other side,

you have the ukranian, military forces have been able to not only stop the russian advance, but they have been able, in several areas to make a deep counter attack. deep stripes within the russian lines that are now completely destabilizing the front class. so what i would say is that we are speak ukrainian military being refurbished with more and more nato. and i would not be so optimistic. but i would definitely say that in the spring of next year, the ukrainian military will not look as it does today. it will have more and more nato or western and also the troops that it has mobilized february and march and the goal. and here i've now received a lot of very good training. and so the balance is now shifted and the ukraine military forces is gaining. it has not always stronger in terms of numbers, but also in terms of quality. compare with russian forces. just sticking with

weapons and the most destructive of all nuclear weapons have been talked about more in the last week or so than probably through the rest of the war combined. the joe biden said the risk of nuclear. i'm a given as the highest in 60 years. andre, you are in russia. do you agree with that statement? doesn't feel like we're potentially on the brink of and you, claire war. actually with the region of the development of the situation, it's really explored newer, very wanted one percent said the gas. busy did you believe the brands just ration loss, but unfortunately, unfortunately the game show more and more ration

as soon as the next, you know, beats the defeating the large. busy the promises that the rest of the doctors are going to do. they don't really know all about unit just to bring big kids want to do so this will start as a big for the dish of the so why we did not. busy do to do, and that's why many citizens are such mild manner of the development of this is also something else. that's what we're discussing. it's not just the reservation. so this is

all for interests for december is like my bill to the brain and. busy well, you know, the because of the situation very angry for the leave it did not prevents development of the specialist and that i can give a war. okay. before we finish, i just want to talk briefly about diplomacy because there's been a lot of tough talk. you know, from all sides, especially ukraine as well. so lensky city is not going to negotiate with person. alexi. do you think that there is any space at all the negotiations? and when do you think that could begin for us to, you know, rush and their representative is saying that they're not using all their mind. but

the question is, what, for, in this case, they're making mobility ation in back country pro, which hundreds of thousands of them many running away from russia. that's like a port fills of their resume when russians are running from russia. so listening about bleeding hearts from the. busy what's happening so you, they acumen up and saying that their hearts of bleeding. wow, it's something very impressive. speaking about diplomacy, it's very clear. fujen caught all ways to diplomacy. he destroyed it with this decision to accept our territory and to knowns, to green and territory russian. nobody in the world accepted this so called chevron brenda. nobody will ever accept it and about what we can to share today. we will never give up our territories. we will come to come to leave minnows, ukrainians under genocide. so the only way now for us it's really great our land. so we are ready to any negotiation any moment,

but about in russia retreating from our territory. we don't want any inch of russian territory, but we will never give up any of ours. does that include crime in for sure? grey means ukraine internationally recognized by the whole world and by russia. russia during the 27 years before the 2nd grade year. many, many time, 23 years story, a signed document that they recognized that ukraine, the crimea ukraine, and they recognized our borders many time. and also they gave a guarantee 1994. when we voluntarily gave up the biggest nuclear arsenault in the world for the 1st time, and many 3, under the guarantees that they will never attack us. but you see what does it cost russian guarantee and date. andre, just very briefly, persons mentioned that he may be open to meeting with us president joe biden. how

serious is he in? how likely do you think that is to happen? well actually seems to be something over the meeting, but i'm not quite sure, but we don't we don't we grant any any. busy of the positions now in the garage is very much, i'm sorry if you just was various limited for the us russians, a successful negotiation trying to over several situations in the boss on. thank you very much to allow gifts, alexi gone, sharika, alexander, vote trevors and andre back. and i'll thank you very much for being on the program and thank you to for watching. you can see the program again any time by visiting

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