this is bbc news, i'm frankie mccamley, the headlines at 2:00: on the anniversary of russia's invasion of ukraine, president zelensky says it's been a year of bravery and a year of pain. translation: a year of unity, a year of instability, a fierce year of an incivility, its main conclusion is that we have survived, we have not been defeated, i will do everything to win this year. police say inspectorjohn cauldwell, who was shot on wednesday in omagh in northern ireland, is sedated and in an a critical condition in hospital. junior doctors in england are to walk out for three days from march the 13th. three candidates will

take part in a contest to succeed nicola sturgeon as scottish national party leader. good afternoon. it's a year since russia launched its invasion of ukraine — and there are no signs that the conflict is coming to an end. there have been huge casualties on both sides and millions of people have become refugees. the conflict has also affected the global economy, threatening supplies of food and energy. speaking in kyiv earlier, ukraine's president zelensky says his country will do everything it can to achieve victory this year — and wouldn't stop until those he called russian murderers had faced punishment. our international editor, jeremy bowen has reported

on the conflict from the very beginning, and has been looking back at the last 12 months with some of those who he's spoken to along the way. the russians expected a quick victory, taking back what president putin believes is theirs. a year later the war is not close to over. ukrainians are fighting back in a war nato believes is vital to global security. this volunteer sniper kept the video of his first firefight. i was crying because i was thinking that i did things which i've never done before. i was thinking about these dead guys, like, hey, they have families, some of them maybe have children. any sympathy you had at the beginning forjust poor russian soldiers has gone? they should suffer. they should not like just be killed, they should suffer about things

which they've done. their families should never see them, even dead bodies. millions of ukrainian civilians have been forced from their homes. these were escaping from the suburb of irpin into kyiv last winter. it looked like a throwback to europe's dark 20th century. in fact, the war has initiated a new and dangerous era. the threat for people a long way from the battlefield is that the war might spread beyond ukraine. a year on, a new irpin bridge and the old challenge — avoiding direct confrontation between russia and nato. the way that the ukrainians stopped the russians just back there changed every calculation about the war. nato saw it had an ally worth supporting and then moved very fast to do that. now, that has carried some heavy costs — economic,

a massive military commitment, and even a risk of nuclear war. now, the ukrainians are conscious that future nato governments might not want to carry that heavy a burden, which is why they're calling 2023 their year of victory. ukraine's fighting spirit is intact. but neither side has the edge it would need to win. these were ukrainian volunteers signing up a year ago, from 60—somethings, to young men just out of school. the war started here for maxim, then 19, and his friend dmitri, 18. what are you studying? i am studying economy. and i'm studying biology. good luck, guys. yeah, thank you. good luck. they didn't feel as brave as they tried to look. there was a lot of fear, i'm not going to lie, because i haven't experienced

anything like that before. we had some stupid brave...braveness, bravery, and it helped us to overcome our fear. after a few days on checkpoints and some basic training, both dimitri and maxim were plunged into the fighting. when the war switched to the east, dmitri stayed in kyiv. maxim has fought and was wounded in some of the toughest battles in donbas. this video is from his body cam. by the summer, in the ruins of eastern ukraine, as the battle for control of bakhmut was starting, maxim was an experienced fighting soldier. we were defending the... explosion ..the chemical factory. he's still only 20. explosion

both maxim and dmitri share their president's view, no trading ukrainian land for peace with putin's russia. we have a joke, putin will be awarded as a hero of ukraine for hisjob that he did to unite ukraine, to build our economy, to build our army and to make ukrainian nation great. and that unity was strengthened when ukrainian troops fought their way into bucha, outside kyiv, and found evidence of russian war crimes. a few miles from bucha, irina, on her own, buried her son in her garden after russians shot him on the 10th of march last year, as he went to work. this was 0leksei as a boy. he was 27 when he was killed.

a year later, irina walks to the cemetery every day, where he was reburied. she dressed her boy in new clothes with a flower in his buttonhole, as he was engaged. she is tormented by what happened. she sobs the russians wrecked her house after they killed her son. translation: we were hungry and cold. - you shudder all the time, can't get any sleep. how long do you think the war might last? translation: until putin dies. that's how long we have to suffer. until that animal dies. the cemeteries are expanding and more offensives are coming. ukraine will get more support from nato.

russia could get more from china. one big challenge for the war�*s second year — controlling the pace of escalation, keeping the killing in ukraine. jeremy bowen, bbc news, kyiv. 0ur russia editor steve rosenberg, explained how moscow was marking the anniversary. the one—year anniversary is not headline news year. the tv news bulletins in russia sort of gloss over the fact that the so—called special military operation did not achieve its original goal, which was a swift victory for the kremlin. as you say, things did not go according to plan at all. we saw very heavy russian military casualties. a tv anchor a few days ago talked about a huge number of dead. and president putin had to mobilize, draught hundreds of thousands of russians into the army. but you know what? listen to what he says.

listen to his speeches. there is no hint of regret. vladimir putin remains apparently confident and determined to push on in ukraine to raise the stakes if necessary, to escalate if necessary. he seems to believe that he can secure some kind of military victory over ukraine and over the west. as we've been reporting — nato's support for ukraine has been vital. the nato secretary general, jens stoltenberg, has been speaking from estonia to our chief international correspondent, lyse doucet. president putin is not preparing for peace. president putin is preparing for more war, for new offensives, throwing in thousands of new soldiers and acquiring more weapons, including by reaching out to authoritarian regimes like iran and north korea. so our response has to be step up and sustain our support to ukraine, because if president putin wins,

it will be a tragedy for ukrainians. but also dangerous roles make us more vulnerable. so we need to support ukraine. as you know, in his state of the union address this week, president putin blamed the western military alliance. in particular, the united states said that you and your advancement was what to blame for this devastating war. is there anything more that can be done to try to repair these torn relations? we tried for many years to build a better relationship with russia, especially after the end of the cold war. and we also tried to prevent the invasion. we had precise intelligence about the russian plans to invade ukraine. we shared that information, that intelligence months ahead. and we engaged in diplomatic efforts with russia. but russia, president putin,

they decided to carry on and to invade ukraine because president putin wants another europe. he wants a europe where he can control the neighbours and use force to achieve what he wants. the war didn't start in february last year. the war started in 2014 when he annexed crimea and went into eastern donbas. and this is part of a pattern, going back to the invasion of georgia in 2008. so we need to break this cycle of russian aggression and stop russia from chipping away at european security. and again, the answer is to stand together and provide support to ukraine. i'm joined now by our berlin correspondent, jenny hill. we have been hearing from germany's chancellor, he has called on

president putin to end russian aggression. president putin to end russian aggression-— president putin to end russian anression. , ., , ., aggression. yes, and before i tell ou about aggression. yes, and before i tell you about that, _ aggression. yes, and before i tell you about that, let _ aggression. yes, and before i tell you about that, let me _ aggression. yes, and before i tell you about that, let me explain i aggression. yes, and before i tell. you about that, let me explain what you about that, let me explain what you are seeing in the background behind me. this is a burnt out russian tanks, which demonstrators have brought here to berlin and they have brought here to berlin and they have placed it right in front of the russian embassy. it's gun pointing right at the front door of that russian embassy. it is hugely symbolic, drawing lots of visitors. ijust noticed a woman who has just left now but she was actually standing, her hands folded, saying prayers. it's a very muted, sullen atmosphere here at the moment. but a little later on today, thousands of people are expected to converge upon the streets around here, to show their solidarity for the people in ukraine. this is a year, a war, which has brought so much change to europe. but here, to germany in

particular, more than a million refugees, people have fled here, made temporary homes here, they are waiting here, living here, looking anxiously on at what is happening in their home country and waiting, at their home country and waiting, at the moment, when it's safe for them to return. at the same time, germans have seen a really profound shift in attitudes within their own countries, within their own country, germany is a place which has always considered itself to have a special responsibility after the horrors, atrocities committed in its name during the second world war, many people and certainly its leaders believe they have a responsibility to ensure there is peace across the continent, to make sure the lessons are learnt. in the last year, we have seen the unthinkable happen, germany, country sworn to send weapons into an active war zone, is now doing so, albeit after a great deal of hesitation and soul—searching. its commitment to a pacifist outlook is changing, has

been overthrown almost overnight. a great deal of change. you mentioned the speech we heard from germany's president, who himself is a former foreign minister, he was instrumental, among the group of leaders and country to try to thrash out a lasting ceasefire between russia and eastern ukraine after russia and eastern ukraine after russia annexed premier in 2014. he gave a stern speech, a very solemn speech earlier in which he condemned vladimir putin's wore a new crane, saying that war was an attack on all the lessons learnt from two world wars. he also said vladimir putin had already lost, a man who, in his words, is killing, bombing cities, kidnapping children, leaving his own soldiers to burn to death senselessly, he will never go down in the history books as a victim. thank you very much. 0ur international editor, jeremy bowen, is in kyiv.

it isa it is a year on from this war and you have been reporting on this throughout, war is, of course, so unpredictable, do you feel that there is any route to peace? hat unpredictable, do you feel that there is any route to peace? not at there is any route to peace? not at the moment. _ there is any route to peace? not at the moment, no _ there is any route to peace? not at the moment, no i— there is any route to peace? not at the moment, no i don't— there is any route to peace? not at the moment, no i don't think - there is any route to peace? not at the moment, no i don't think there j the moment, no i don't think there is a route to peace. both ukraine and the russians believe that the way out of this, but then, is to win the war and, way out of this, but then, is to win the warand, since way out of this, but then, is to win the war and, since neither of them have the decisive edge over the other, at the moment, i don't see that happening anytime soon. i don't see happening anytime soon, either. i think both sides are gearing up for a pretty tough wall. you can look at a map about the way the war has been going. back in 2014, the russians captured crimea, parts of eastern ukraine, quite easily. almost without issue. when the

invasion started, exactly one year ago today, they quite quickly took territory in the north and in that ring along between donbas, which had already been occupied and down to crimea. a so—called land bridge. in the autumn, the ukrainians did some successful counterattacks and they have taken territory back. at the moment, it stands more or less where it is and where it has been four months with, essentially, a lot of artillery exchanges going on a thousands and thousands of shells being fired and thousands of men getting killed, there, as well. so, it's pretty desperate on the front line. but not changing too much. changing that is what would be necessary, if either side wanted to make those key breakthroughs leading to the collapse of their enemy and victory. to the collapse of their enemy and victo . �* , , �* , ., to the collapse of their enemy and victo. ., victory. and this isn't 'ust a war between russia _ victory. and this isn't 'ust a war between russia and h victory. and this isn'tjust a war between russia and ukraine, . victory. and this isn'tjust a war- between russia and ukraine, there are huge powers involved with nuclear weapons too? this has global

indications? it nuclear weapons too? this has global indications? ., , , , ., indications? it does. this is what makes it so _ indications? it does. this is what makes it so difficult, _ indications? it does. this is what makes it so difficult, so - indications? it does. this is what i makes it so difficult, so dangerous, it's not like it's a war between a couple of small neighbouring powers, russia's involved and one step away, not directly involved, but feeding in all the weapons that ukraine has been asking for is nato. leading the natojudge, the most powerful military force in the world, the united states —— the nato charge. that means, while they are not batting each other, russian and the americans, they are very close to that, they are eyeballing each other and putin has said that this is all about the west trying to do down russia, to destroy russia. biden, president biden, in his speeches, has also laid it out in pretty ideological terms, has also laid it out in pretty ideologicalterms, he has also laid it out in pretty ideological terms, he said this is about safeguarding democracy and freedom. so they are not reaching out to each other, they are saying

this is what i want, this is what he wants. that means, there is no real room for diplomacy, at the moment. the question is, which raised going to go? zelensky has said they are going to get victory this year, you know what? the way that the ukrainian armed forces have set up at the moment, i don't think that is going to happen, i don't think they have the power to need. they have set themselves, they want more planes, more long—range artillery. what that means, is that both sides will continue to feed men and shells and weapons into the mincing machines that are working along the front lines and if this war of attrition is going to continue. for ou, attrition is going to continue. for you, personally, you have covered many wars, is there anything you would compare this war to? in many wars, is there anything you would compare this war to? in terms of scale, certainly _ would compare this war to? in terms of scale, certainly not, _ would compare this war to? in terms of scale, certainly not, this - would compare this war to? in terms of scale, certainly not, this is - would compare this war to? in terms of scale, certainly not, this is the - of scale, certainly not, this is the largest war in europe since 1945,

there have been some big wars in the middle east, but i have reported on... one thing different about thoseis on... one thing different about those is that if you look back to the war in 1991, the first gulf war, when the americans, britain and their allies went into kuwait, kicked out the iraqis, then there was a massive force, hundreds and hundreds of thousands of soldiers in the desert, it was a very uneven fight, because they had all the latest weapons come up against a much weaker enemy. the difference, this time, is that the two site are pretty well matched and so that means neither side can easily land a knockout blow. that is what is needed for victory. most wars don't end with unconditional surrender, which is what happened with germany in 1945, they end with some kind of

armistice, some kind of a deal, but right at the moment, neither side is in the position where they are prepared to go for that. negotiations only ever happen when one side decides it cannot get any further on the battlefield. and think it's now time to talk and made a deal. neither side is the point at that moment —— rack at the moment. thank you very much. we are expecting president zelensky to give a speech and we will be bringing that to you live here on beauty news. in the last few moments, poland has announced it has delivered leopard tanks to ukraine, the polish prime minister has said his country had become the first european country to send german made leopard two battle tanks to ukraine. he also said they would deliver other tanks, he also said they would deliver othertanks, 60 he also said they would deliver other tanks, 60 tanks in support of

ukraine. now in other news. police in northern ireland have arrested a fourth man in connection with the shooting of an off—duty senior police officer in 0magh on wednesday. detective chief inspectorjohn caldwell was shot as he was loading footballs into his car with his son, after a session coaching a children's football team. he has life—changing injuries and remains in hospital in a critical condition. political leaders have been meeting the police chief constable to discuss the attack, as our ireland correspondent chris page reports.

detective chief inspectorjohn caldwell is well known in northern ireland and well liked in his community. his friends say his bravery was underlined by how he shouted to children to run for safety as he was being attacked himself. people at his football club, where he was coaching the under 15s, are struggling to take in the news. a man of the calibre ofjohn to even be involved in a wee rural club and gift his time is just extraordinary, and definitely, you know, for such a thing to have happened to him, it is unbelievable. 0ur colleague has been hurt but it's thinking of the children, it's thinking of everything that has actually happened, the fear, the terror that they have had to endure and that they have suffered, and there's obviously going to be a fallout from that. the nature of the shooting, which happened when dozens of young people were at this complex, has added to the sense of public anger. political leaders have declared their opposition to political violence by coming together to meet northern ireland's chief constable. it is so important in moments

like this that we stand united and we do stand here united as one voice in our condemnation against this horrific attack on a police officer. i would also say to the evil people who carried out this heinous attack and to their organisation, you are not the future of this place. and the head of the police service said paramilitaries opposed to the peace process were trying to be more active. we are working around - the clock to try and disrupt the terrorist activity. we remain concerned at the tempo and we are working closely - with other security partners to make sure we remain on the front foot. i four men have now been arrested in the investigation which is focused on the dissident republican group known as the new ira. detective chief inspectorjohn caldwell is still in a critical condition in hospital. chris page, bbc news, belfast. in the last hour, nominations have closed in the contest to succeed nicola sturgeon as the leader of the snp, and first minister of scotland. let's talk to our scotland correspondent lorna gordon. just be it date at what has been happening. fist just be it date at what has been happening-—

happening. at midday those nominations, _ happening. at midday those nominations, that _ happening. at midday those nominations, that process l happening. at midday those - nominations, that process closed. there are three declared candidates, kate forbes, humza yousaf, and ash regan. they passed the threshold for nomination. they will go forward into the condition, the contest, proper, if you like, but it has been running for a week and it has been quite fatuous, quite in contrast to a party that normally has very good discipline, at least publicly. you are seeing some of the internal divisions come to the fore. the last of the three candidates to launch her campaign, ash regan, did so this morning. she, by her own admission, is the outsider in this competition, she describe herself as the candidate for change, not continuity. she said that if she became party leader, she would set

“p became party leader, she would set up an independent commission on a first day of the job and her position would be a majority of seats and votes in elections going forward would trigger negotiations in scotland becoming an independent country. there are a couple of other policy areas that i think are worth drawing out that she touched on in her campaign launch, she resigns a ministerial position in the general reform billjust for christmas. she confirmed she would not challenge the uk government's section 35 order, blocking the bill, saying she would not mice in her words on women's right and said she would believe the legislation was a forward and did not command public support. she also said that she believed that nicola sturgeon�*s husband, running the contest to replace nicola sturgeon as leader of the snp, was a conflict of interest. he is the chief executive of the

snp. what you are seeing there is divisions not only over and about social policy, you are seeing the divisions in terms of internal party governance. ash regan says she is the outsider, but this is a four week campaign where all three candidates get at their views, on all areas. candidates get at their views, on allareas. i'm candidates get at their views, on all areas. i'm sure there will be a rehashing of their positions on same marriage as well, that has been the most controversial area going forward. when the nominations close, we did get a statement from humza yousaf, he welcomed the closing nomination, he said he was honoured to be trusted by party members, he said he is the only candidate that could protect the pro—independence majority party in hollywood. in saying that he is touching on the fact that the snp are a minority government, but become a majority because they have gone into partnership with the greens. he said he could protect that coalition with the greens. however, the snp have

governed as a minority party before. so, perhaps, that might not be an issue for some of those who get to vote in this contest. there are 100,000 snp party members, give or take, who will get to decide who will become the next leader of the party. we will find that out on the 27th of march.— party. we will find that out on the 27th of march. ., ~ , ., , . 27th of march. thank you very much. the justice secretary _ 27th of march. thank you very much. the justice secretary has _ 27th of march. thank you very much. the justice secretary has said - 27th of march. thank you very much. the justice secretary has said that i thejustice secretary has said that criminals could get long sentences if they refused and show up in court. this does not rule out the possibly of their being physically dragged from their cells. it comes after a meeting after a family of a murder victim. the perpetrator was jailed but was chosen not to be in the dock. zara aleena was attacked and sexually assaulted close to her home in ilford in east london. she died from her injuries.

her killer, jordan mcsweeney, was jailed for 38 years. he chose not to be in court to hear his sentence or to listen to statements from zara's family. when we learned that he had the right not to attend, it felt like a slap in the face. like the murderer gets to have that power. he gets a licence to kill zara because of failings in probation, and then he gets the right to not even face hisjudgment. jordan mcsweeney, a career criminal, who'd already served nine prison sentences, should have been injail when he murdered zara. probation failings meant he hadn't been recalled to prison when he breached his licence conditions. he was captured on cctv on the night of the killing, following other lone women before he targeted zara. herfamily wanted him to be in court to see and hear them. we need to look at the man in the face — the man that killed our zara.

we need to look at him and say, "look at ourfaces. "look at what you did! "look at how you destroyed a whole family." thejudge was scathing. the defendant's decision not to come up from the cells to court to hear the devastating impact of his crimes shows that the man, who took zara aleena's life has no spine whatsoever. zara's aunt has now met thejustice secretary, dominic raab, and he has pledged to bring in legislation to make convicted criminals appear in court for sentencing. we're going to make sure courts have the power to compel someone who's been convicted of a serious crime to come and face the sentence that they hand down. in terms of force, you could be in a situation where you're physically having to manhandle somebody out of a cell. well, i wouldn't rule that out. but, fundamentally, if a perpetrator is not willing to come and face the judge and hear the sentence handed down by the court, then i think we should be looking at increasing the sentence as an aggravating factor.

the killer of the schoolteacher, sabina nessa, also refused to appear in the dock for sentencing. her family have been at the forefront of the campaign for change. sabina and zara, two young women, whose lives were taken by violent sexual predators, both exposed as cowards in court. june kelly, bbc news. just an update on some news we broke this morning on who will replace ken bruce when he leaves radio two next month. tv presenter vernon kay will host the new mid—morning show which we can now reveal is that starting in may. the 48—year—old says he is over the moon and it is an honour to follow in the footsteps of the mighty kenneth bruce. now it's time for a look at the weather.

hello. the weekend is just round the corner so let's see what the weather is up two of the next couple of days and for most of us, it is not looking too bad at all. sunny spells but quite a chilly breeze. here is the forecast for the second half of the afternoon. cloudy in the south of the country, sunny spells elsewhere and temperatures are typically between nine and 11 degrees. tonight, skies were clear across many central and western areas, a touch of frost is certainly on the cards, may be down to —3, but on the north sea coast where we have quite a strong breeze blowing in from the north, above freezing, around three for newcastle and hull. that wind will continue to break through for tomorrow and sunday so it will feel chilly. the thermometer might say 8 degrees but it will probably feel like two or three celsius because of that wind. i think on sunday fairly similar weather, sunny spells and feeling about the same.

this is bbc news. i'm frankie mccamley. the headlines: 0n at the anniversary of russia's invasion of ukraine, president zelensky says it has been a year of bravery and pain. police say inspectorjohn caldwell who was shot on wednesday in 0magh in northern ireland is sedated and in a critical condition in hospital. junior doctors in england are to walk out for three days from march the 13th. three candidates will take part in a contest to succeed nicola sturgeon as scottish national party leader. sport now, and a full round—up from the bbc sport centre. 0ver over to you. we begin with cricket and england's women are under pressure in their t20 world cup semi—final

action against south africa. after what was a pretty disastrous innings they will now need to score 165 to win. laura wolvaardt and tazmin brits both passed half century marks, before wolvaardt was dismissed by sophie ecclestone. south africa finished 165—4. there's live coverage of the match on bbc radio 5 live sports extra with updates also on the bbc sport website. the winners of today's semi—final will play defending champions australia on sunday. meanwhile, a brilliant 184 not out from harry brook put england's men in the ascendancy on day one of the second and final test against new zealand. early on though, england had been in trouble — an opener�*s batting collapse, and they were struggling on 21—3. but then came the experience ofjoe root who steadied the side,

with an unbeaten century, and that was bettered by brook, smashing his way, towards a double century. england closing the day on 315—3 as they look to wrap up the series 2—0. i have always enjoyed watching him and properly enjoyed batting at more than watching him, and being from yorkshire we have spent a lot of time together, we have a lot of banter and ifeel like time together, we have a lot of banter and i feel like we are both just enjoying it while we are out there. the draw for the last 16 of the europa league has been made with arsenal and manchester united both avoiding some of the bigger names remaining in the competition. united's reward for their impressive defeat of barcelona at old trafford last night is a tie against spanish side real betis. they'll be at home in the first leg. mikael arteta's arsenal meanwhile, who could potentially have faced italian sidesjuventus or roma, will instead take on sporting lisbon. they play the second

leg at the emirates. reason for optimism for both english teams who are among the tournament favourites. meanwhile, in the europa conference league, west ham united have been drawn against cypriot aek larnaca fc in the last 16 of that competition. a good draw for david moyes' side who avoid the likes of lazio and fiorentina. southampton have given their interim manager, ruben selles, the reins until the end of the season. the spaniard's reward for masterminding their win at chelsea last week. tomorrow they can move off the bottom of the premier league if they can win at leeds, the team just above them. leeds united meanwhile have confirmed that their new manager, javi gracia, has now been granted a work visa. he'll be joined by zigor aranalde, as assistant coach, who previously worked with gracia in spells at watford, valencia and al sadd. the welsh players are "moving

on" from their conflicts with the welsh rugby union and are "fully focused" ahead of this weekend's six nations fixture at home against england. captain ken 0wens has been speaking to the media ahead of the third round of fixtures in this year's competiton. potential strike action was averted following extensive negotiations between players and the wru, which saw both sides make "compromises on key issues". 0wen says he's proud of the unity shown by the squad and now wants the focus to switch back to performances on the field. what is done is done, what is gone is gone. we have made a stand, i think made people stand up and take notice, showed the strength we have as a playing group and if we can move on now and concentrate on the rugby and the powers that be will

get things done and the players will have a seat at the table and a voice and hopefully we never end up in this situation again. that and hopefully we never end up in this situation again.— this situation again. that is all caettin this situation again. that is all getting back — this situation again. that is all getting back under _ this situation again. that is all getting back under way i this situation again. that is all getting back under way in i this situation again. that is all| getting back under way in cape this situation again. that is all i getting back under way in cape town. for now, back to you. junior doctors in england will go on strike for 72 hours from 7am on monday the 13th of march. they want a pay increase to make up for 15 years of inflation. 0ur health correspondent is her. talk us through exactly who junior doctors are. it talk us through exactly who “unior doctors are.— doctors are. it is a really good auestion doctors are. it is a really good question because _ doctors are. it is a really good question because it _ doctors are. it is a really good question because it is - doctors are. it is a really good question because it is not i doctors are. it is a really good i question because it is not obvious. it makes it sound like it is just the mostjunior doctors but it is a huge range of people. this could be anyone from students who have just graduated medical school and become a freshly qualified doctors right up to doctors with maybe 15 years of experience. to give you an idea, it represents about 40% of the medical workforce, so this is not a small

number, and the other interesting thing, they are going out for three daysin thing, they are going out for three days in a row, not a short time either. �* ., , either. and the bottom line here is atience, either. and the bottom line here is patience. they _ either. and the bottom line here is patience, they will _ either. and the bottom line here is patience, they will be _ either. and the bottom line here is patience, they will be watching i either. and the bottom line here is| patience, they will be watching this thinking what is happening to my appointments? how will the doctors cover this? this appointments? how will the doctors cover this? , ., , . ., cover this? this will affect routine care and also _ cover this? this will affect routine care and also emergency - cover this? this will affect routine care and also emergency care. i cover this? this will affect routine i care and also emergency care. bylaw, doctors cannot walk out of a&e departments their employers can safely stuff them with other colleagues. that will mean calling on more senior doctors, consultants, and asking them to do their work. that will have a knock—on impact obviously on planned surgeries, appointments, clinics etc, but also consultants are not that happy right now, so various health leaders are saying we are asking one already unhappy group of doctors to help us with another unhappy group of doctors. they do not know how willing they will be to do that. that will be very interesting. a couple of weeks to sort that out. fit, couple of weeks to sort that out. a hugely complex situation here and what exactly are the bma asking for? we talk about pay. it is

what exactly are the bma asking for? we talk about pay.— we talk about pay. it is all about -a . we talk about pay. it is all about pay- they _ we talk about pay. it is all about pay- they say _ we talk about pay. it is all about pay- they say they _ we talk about pay. it is all about pay. they say they are _ we talk about pay. it is all about pay. they say they are angry, i pay. they say they are angry, demoralised and no longer willing to work for wages below inflation in their words. they are doing they have seen a 26% pay cut once you counter inflation in, there is some controversy over that because there are two ways to measure inflation and they have picked the highest, but they want more money. the government will say over years they have had an 8% pay rise and the government will also point out they have extra pay for night payments as well and more money for those at the higher end of bands, so this is a big row, and you cannot see it out of context as well because what we have seen this winter, the biggest industrial action in nhs history, we have had paramedics and other ambulance staff, physios and nurses, all of them have had escalating action and walk out. the glimmer of hope her potentially is the nurses have called off their next set of industrial action it because they have intensive pay talks with the government. aha, have intensive pay talks with the government-— have intensive pay talks with the covernment. �* ., ., ., , _ , .,, government. a lot of unhappy people in this area- —

government. a lot of unhappy people in this area. finally, _ government. a lot of unhappy people in this area. finally, we _ government. a lot of unhappy people in this area. finally, we heard i in this area. finally, we heard earlier today the announcement of this new strike, has the government responded? aha, this new strike, has the government resonded? �* this new strike, has the government responded?— responded? a downing street spokesman — responded? a downing street spokesman has _ responded? a downing street spokesman has said - responded? a downing street spokesman has said they i responded? a downing street| spokesman has said they think responded? a downing street i spokesman has said they think this is disappointing, they want the bma to continue negotiations but the bma will say we are trying to get the health secretary round the table to have these meaningful discussions. both sides are saying let's talk more but right now that is not happening. more but right now that is not happening-— more but right now that is not haueninu. . , . a fourth man has been arrested after an off—duty police officer was shot in northern ireland. detective chief inspectorjohn caldwell had been coaching a children's football session in 0magh when he was targeted by two gunmen on wednesday night, in front of his own son. he remains in a critical but stable condition in hospital and all four of the arrested men are in police custody. northern ireland's main political leaders have been speaking following a meeting with chief constable simon byrne.

we do not underestimate, from the point of view of the police service, how important it is that we are joined today in an act of unity from all the political parties across northern ireland. clearly we know from what we have done so far and from commentary from across the community and the political spectrum the sheer sense of outrage at this pointless and senseless attack on detective chief inspectorjohn caldwell. john remains in hospital, where he is critically ill and heavily sedated. we have arrested a further man overnight in relation to this investigation. he is now in custody and also being questioned by detectives. since we spoke yesterday, last night i had the chance to speak tojohn�*s wife and his son. they are clearly heavily affected by what they've gone through, but want to pass on their thanks both to the people that rendered first aid and care at the scene, but also in terms of the outpouring of support from across the community in relation to this awful outrage. clearly today we've had a chance to talk to political leaders about the pace and context of this investigation, what it means

for policing and what we sense will happen in the next few days, but again we echo our thanks because it has rippled through the organisation about how important it is that we are joined by the political leaders today in this unique time to show that we stand together and call out this outrage for what it is. we'll take questions in a few moments, but i'll leave it to political colleagues now to add a few words, one by one, if they want to. 0k, well, thank you to the chief constable for giving us the briefing today and bringing us up to speed with the investigation. i think that it is so important in moments like this that we stand united, and we do stand here united as one voice in our condemnation against this horrific attack on a police officer, someone who is part of our community. and i think the most powerful message that we as political leaders can do is to stand with the chief constable today, to stand with the police service and to say, "this is not good enough, this is an attack on all of us, this is an attack on our community." and finally the only other thing that i would want to say today

is that my thoughts very much remain with the family. this is a family who are going through a trauma. this is a family sitting at a hospital bed. this is a son who has witnessed his father being attacked in this callous way. so my thoughts are very, very much with john's family today. on behalf of my own party, i would like to extend i to the chief constable _ and his colleagues and of course to dci john caldwell- and his family our thoughts and prayers at this time. we continue to pray that dci i caldwell will make a good recovery from the terrible injuries that he has sustained, . and also to say to all of those very. brave men and women who each day serve our community so faithfully and with great courage, - that we all stand with you. you have our continued support. words are good, but we also need to ensure that the psni has- the resource that it needs to carry out its job effectively, _ and we will work together

as parties, engaging i with the government, _ to ensure that that resource is made available to the chief constable and to the psni, and we hope i to have the opportunity to do that in the coming days. i i i would also say to the evil peoplel who carried out this heinous attack, and to their organisation, you are not the future i of this place. we stand against you. the murder of police officers i and the attempted killing of those who serve our communities - in northern ireland was unacceptable when my cousin was the first ruc officer to be murdered _ by the ira in 1970. loyalists have also i killed police officers. it was never acceptable i and it is not acceptable now. it will not be tolerated, i and we stand foursquare with the police to ensure that those who have been responsible for thisl

attack are brought to justice i and that they do not dictate how this place moves- forward for the future. the price of pasta has nearly doubled in two years, as costs rise for a wide range of basic supermarket food items. that's according to new research for the bbc. looking at the figures, a standard 500g bag of pasta was 50p two years ago — now it's 95p. the bbc�*s been tracking the cost of a small basket of 15 everyday essentials. the total has gone up by £5.34 in two years. although official figures suggest overall uk inflation may have peaked at 11.1% in october, the rate of food price rises is still running at 16.7%. our business correspondent, emma simpson, has been looking at the research and has more details on how prices are changing, and why.

this is some of the food we buy every day, and it gives us an idea how our budgets are being stretched. take strawberry jam, it's up 57% in two years. 0ven chips are up 45%. and look at 500 grams of pasta — it's 90% more expensive. that's almost twice the price. we've been tracking these 15 popular items across the main supermarkets. it's the standard range, which most shoppers buy. now, these items together cost a third more than they did two years ago. food production is really energy intensive and the cost of gas has rocketed. but recently, gas prices have been falling. so why are food prices still rising? the food supply chain that provides the food on our supermarket shelves is incredibly complicated. the products change hands many different times before they come to us as the consumer. and so it takes a long time for the cost increases at the start of the supply chain to be passed down all of the steps

until we actually encounter them in the store. how high will food price inflation go? i think we're almost at the peak. we think that food price inflation is going to rise to something between 17% and 19% annually in the first part of 2023. and then food price inflation will start to drop off fairly quickly. shortages don't help. bad weather has disrupted supplies of fresh fruit and veg, which we rely on from overseas at this time of year. meanwhile, british growers have been planting fewer crops because of the soaring energy and fertiliser costs. they've also struggled to get people to pick them. if farmers aren't growing as much produce here, if they're growing different crops or they're just not planting stuff here because it's uneconomic, it's loss—making, then we'll have to import more from elsewhere. and that inevitably means inflation, because the cost of doing that is higher.

more pressure on food prices, which only seem to be going in one direction for now — and that's up. emma simpson, bbc news. nadhim zahawi spoke to the bbc and let's have a listen to what he had to say. let's have a listen to what he had to sa . ., , let's have a listen to what he had to sa . . , ., let's have a listen to what he had tosa. . , ., ., let's have a listen to what he had tosa. ., ., .,, ., to say. that is great to be able to be with my _ to say. that is great to be able to be with my constituents, - to say. that is great to be able to be with my constituents, to i to say. that is great to be able to be with my constituents, to do i to say. that is great to be able to l be with my constituents, to do the job of being the secretary of state for stratford upon a in. —— at stratford—upon—avon. when i was elected back in 20101 said i would be the secretary of state for stratford—upon—avon and i make sure

i continue to do that and i love being back in the constituency. it being back in the constituency. it has been a rough few months for you, you have told quite a bit about clearing your name, how is that going? what is the latest? i going? what is the latest? 1 completely accepted the going? what is the latest? i completely accepted the position of the prime minister and of course i wrote back to the prime minister thanking him for the trust and the responsibility he offered me as the minister of portfolio and chairman of the party, the party i love and have worked for pretty much all of my adult life, but it is really important now to focus on the constituency and learn from the experience and hopefully make sure i am as good a member of parliament i can be for the people of stratford. people at ulster, stratford and other places want the member of parliament to be the champion and

thatis parliament to be the champion and that is what i want to do.— parliament to be the champion and that is what i want to do. where you shocked by — that is what i want to do. where you shocked by the _ that is what i want to do. where you shocked by the investigation - that is what i want to do. where you | shocked by the investigation because you really thought he would be vindicated, didn't you? what you really thought he would be vindicated, didn't you? what was im ortant vindicated, didn't you? what was important was — vindicated, didn't you? what was important was sir _ vindicated, didn't you? what was important was sir lawrie - vindicated, didn't you? what was important was sir lawrie said i i important was sir lawrie said i cooperated fully and i was completely open and gave my tax returns as a whole and if the paperwork was not correctly filled in, i accept that undertake for response political act and i apologise for that. the important thing i think is a reminder people what actually happened was the assessment from h massey was it was assessment from h massey was it was a careless and accepted without argument the settlement they put forward and move forward from that. —— assessment from hmrc.

vernon kay will take over from ken bruce on his mid—morning weekday slot on bbc radio 2. vernon will take over from the scottish broadcasting veteran, following the announcement last month that he would be stepping down after 31 years at the bbc. vernon says he has over the moon and it is an honour to follow in the footsteps of the mighty ken bruce. david sillito is the bbc�*s media and arts correspondent. isa is a big surprise? not if you have been reading newspapers this morning because it was all over them. it had been leaked out, vernon kay will be stepping into the shoes of ken bruce and why is this a big deal? this is the biggestjob in radio, the biggest weekly audience, more than 8 million listeners, and these things do not happen very often. ken bruce, 31 years, may be a comparison with a few years ago atjimmy young when he left radio to. he had been there for about 30 years, desmond carrington 35, so it is one of those radio

stations that people stay and they stay for a long time and becomes part of people's everyday life. there is always this concern, will i be able to cope if there is a new person, a new voice there? so yes, a lot of people wondering, this voice of youth, who is 48, he is not that young, and probably worth remembering that ken bruce was in his 30s when he took over the mid—morning programme, so it is a big moment, but vernon kay, a lot of broadcasting behind him, he has been standing infor broadcasting behind him, he has been standing in for zoe ball every now and again, he has his own radio 2 show, dance sounds, and at the latest addition had backed a bolt are cheesy bangers which i'll be listening to this evening! —— back to bolton. a lot of rocketing experience and he said he enjoys radio and to move around from being

told what to say with the autocue. he is a household name, we'll note vernon kay and his wife is a big bbc star too. vernon kay and his wife is a big bbc startoo. but vernon kay and his wife is a big bbc star too. but thisjob vernon kay and his wife is a big bbc star too. but this job comes with implications as well, very high—profile. it will have a high salary and that means it will be in the public domain.— the public domain. always at the uncomfortable _ the public domain. always at the uncomfortable thing. _ the public domain. always at the uncomfortable thing. when i the public domain. always at the uncomfortable thing. when the i the public domain. always at the i uncomfortable thing. when the bbc was told it had to published salaries, they said this might be a poacher�*s charter, some of the presenters may feel remarkably uncomfortable about this and some may leave and people said where would they go? we have had a whole list of bbc radio presenters who have gone elsewhere. ken is going to greatest hits radio, simon mayo is already there, another former bbc star. this has been a fairly regular process of people moving on. also, radio 2, iii process of people moving on. also, radio 2,11; million weekly listeners. everyone pause over what

impact it will actually have. are those viewers going to stay with them? it is an uncomfortable situation if semi you lose half a million or a million listeners, but the thing about it is look at radio 2's audience, it has barely changed over the last ten years or so and these things begin to write themselves. lots of people when they hear a new voice say i do not know about that, there is a bitter comment and they soon get used to it. ., ~ , ., , i it. ok, thank you very much. -- there is a _ it. ok, thank you very much. -- there is a bit _ it. ok, thank you very much. -- there is a bit of— it. ok, thank you very much. -- there is a bit of comments. - in the days, weeks and months following the outbreak of war, millions of ukrainians fled to seek safety elsewhere. more than 100,000 of them have arrived here in the uk. our reporter callum tulley has been to meet a group of refugees, to find out how the past year has been for them. a year on from russia's invasion, life looks very different for young ukrainians. hello, guys. nice to see you. this ukrainian cafe has been

helping people settle in. i'm from a small village near to kyiv. from the war started, my village was destroyed for 70%. almost all houses and when i saw this, ifelt horrible. but life is continuing, i'm trying to make new life here. oleksandr is one of the thousands of ukrainians who moved to the uk last year to escape the war. how have you found the last year here? i would say that i love it because a lot of opportunities, especially for me, because i want to study in the uk. nikita is 23 and is a top violinist. most men his age aren't allowed to leave ukraine, but he was given a military exemption so he could continue his career at the london performing academy of music. violin music sometimes i cannot believe i'm living in london, or i can go to king's cross and i can see the platform nine and three quarters. laughter

i'm making a new life here. how does it feel when you're watching what's going on in ukraine? so one of my friends i don't know, to be honest, is he alive or not? he was near mariupol in march and he was a prisoner of russians. i know absolutely, i cannot fight, i cannot be with a weapon, but my weapon is my violin, so with this weapon, i can do something. yulia is 25 and came to the uk on her own through the homes for ukraine scheme. sirens wail i do miss home. i've been home. i went in september last year to visit home for five days. i when there, it was not good for my mental health at all. i it's like there is a life before and after. -

there is nothing in between and life as we knew it ended on the 24th. i your dream's to make a restaurant in the uk? maybe in uk, maybe in ukraine. if you do the ukrainian restaurant, i will come all the time and play the music for you and eat borsch. 0k. it's not clear how or when the war will end, but whatever the outcome, these guys are determined that their country and culture are not forgotten. callum tulley, bbc news. you can watch the full interview with that group of young ukrainians at 7.50 tonight on bbc three's the catch up, orfind it on bbc iplayer. tone for a look at the weather. the weekend is just around the corner so let's see what it is

looking like, and for most, not bad. sunny spells but quite a chilly breeze. the forecast for the second half of the afternoon, cloudy in the south of the country, sunny spells elsewhere and temperatures typically between nine and ii elsewhere and temperatures typically between nine and 11 degrees. tonight, the skies were clear across many central and western areas, a touch of frost and certainly on the cards, maybe —3, but on the north sea coast where we have quite a strong breeze blowing in from the north, it will be above freezing, so around three newcastle and hull. that wind will continue to blow through tomorrow into sunday, so it will feel chilly. the thermometer might say 8 degrees, but it will probably feel like two or three because of that wind. i think on sunday, fairly similar weather, sunny spells and feeling about the

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this is bbc news, i'm frankie mccamley, the headlines at three. on the anniversary of russia's invasion of ukraine, president zelensky says it's been a year of bravery and a year of pain. translation: a year of unity, a year of invincibility. _ translation: a year of unity, a year of invincibility, a _ translation: a year of unity, a year of invincibility, a fierce _ translation: a year of unity, a year of invincibility, a fierce year _ translation: a year of unity, a year of invincibility, a fierce year of - of invincibility, a fierce year of invincibility. his of invincibility, a fierce year of invincibility.— of invincibility, a fierce year of invincibili . , ., . invincibility. his main conclusion is that we have _ invincibility. his main conclusion is that we have survived, - invincibility. his main conclusion is that we have survived, we - invincibility. his main conclusion l is that we have survived, we have not been defeated, i will do everything to win this year. police say inspectorjohn cauldwell, who was shot on wednesday in omah in northern ireland, is sedated and in a critical condition in hospital. junior doctors in england

are to walk out for three days from march the 13th. three candidates will take part in a contest to succeed nicola sturgeon as scottish national party leader. good afternoon. it's a year since russia launched its invasion of ukraine — and there are no signs that the conflict is coming to an end. there have been huge casualties on both sides and millions of people have become refugees. the conflict has also affected the global economy, threatening supplies of food and energy. speaking in kyiv earlier, ukraine's president zelensky says his country will do everything it can to achieve victory this year — and wouldn't stop until those he called russian murderers had faced punishment.

our international editor, jeremy bowen has reported on the conflict from the very beginning, and has been looking back at the last 12 months with some of those who he's spoken to along the way. the russians expected a quick victory, taking back what president putin believes is theirs. a year later the war is not close to over. ukrainians are fighting back in a war nato believes is vital to global security. this volunteer sniper kept the video of his first firefight. i was crying because i was thinking that i did things which i've never done before. i was thinking about these dead guys, like, hey, they have families, some of them maybe have children. any sympathy you had at the beginning forjust poor russian soldiers has gone? they should suffer.

they should not like just be killed, they should suffer about things which they've done. their families should never see them, even dead bodies. millions of ukrainian civilians have been forced from their homes. these were escaping from the suburb of irpin into kyiv last winter. it looked like a throwback to europe's dark 20th century. in fact, the war has initiated a new and dangerous era. the threat for people a long way from the battlefield is that the war might spread beyond ukraine. a year on, a new irpin bridge and the old challenge — avoiding direct confrontation between russia and nato. the way that the ukrainians stopped the russians just back there changed every calculation about the war. nato saw it had an ally worth supporting and then moved very fast to do that.

now, that has carried some heavy costs — economic, a massive military commitment, and even a risk of nuclear war. now, the ukrainians are conscious that future nato governments might not want to carry that heavy a burden, which is why they're calling 2023 their year of victory. ukraine's fighting spirit is intact. but neither side has the edge it would need to win. these were ukrainian volunteers signing up a year ago, from 60—somethings, to young men just out of school. the war started here for maxim, then 19, and his friend dmitri, i8. what are you studying? i am studying economy. and i'm studying biology. good luck, guys. yeah, thank you. good luck. they didn't feel as brave as they tried to look. there was a lot of fear,

i'm not going to lie, because i haven't experienced anything like that before. we had some stupid brave...braveness, bravery, and it helped us to overcome our fear. after a few days on checkpoints and some basic training, both dimitri and maxim were plunged into the fighting. when the war switched to the east, dmitri stayed in kyiv. maxim has fought and was wounded in some of the toughest battles in donbas. this video is from his body cam. by the summer, in the ruins of eastern ukraine, as the battle for control of bakhmut was starting, maxim was an experienced fighting soldier. we were defending the... explosion ..the chemical factory.

he's still only 20. explosion both maxim and dmitri share their president's view, no trading ukrainian [and for peace with putin's russia. we have a joke, putin will be awarded as a hero of ukraine for hisjob that he did to unite ukraine, to build our economy, to build our army and to make ukrainian nation great. and that unity was strengthened when ukrainian troops fought their way into bucha, outside kyiv, and found evidence of russian war crimes. a few miles from bucha, irina, on her own, buried her son in her garden after russians shot him on the 10th of march last year, as he went to work.

this was oleksei as a boy. he was 27 when he was killed. a year later, irina walks to the cemetery every day, where he was reburied. she dressed her boy in new clothes with a flower in his buttonhole, as he was engaged. she is tormented by what happened. she sobs the russians wrecked her house after they killed her son. translation: we were hungry and cold. - you shudder all the time, can't get any sleep. how long do you think the war might last? translation: until putin dies. that's how long we have to suffer. until that animal dies. the cemeteries are expanding

and more offensives are coming. ukraine will get more support from nato. russia could get more from china. one big challenge for the war�*s second year — controlling the pace of escalation, keeping the killing in ukraine. jeremy bowen, bbc news, kyiv. let's bring you some live pictures now from new york, where the un security council is holding a high—level debate on the situation in ukraine — to mark the one—year anniversary of russia's invasion of the country. un secretary—general antonio guterres and a civil society representative will provide briefings. we will bring that live to you here on bbc news. let's take you live to kyiv, where president zelensky is making an address to the people of ukraine — marking the one year

anniversary of the russian invasion of his country. -- is —— is due to make an address. we will be bringing that to you live, here on bbc news, as soon as that does happen. our russia editor steve rosenberg, explained how moscow was marking the anniversary. the one—year anniversary is not headline news year. the tv news bulletins in russia sort of gloss over the fact that the so—called special military operation did not achieve its original goal, which was a swift victory for the kremlin. as you say, things did not go according to plan at all. we saw very heavy russian military casualties. a tv anchor a few days ago talked about a huge number of dead. and president putin had to mobilize, draught hundreds of thousands of russians into the army. but you know what? listen to what he says. listen to his speeches. there is no hint of regret.

vladimir putin remains apparently confident and determined to push on in ukraine to raise the stakes if necessary, to escalate if necessary. he seems to believe that he can secure some kind of military victory over ukraine and over the west. as we've been reporting — nato's support for ukraine has been vital. the nato secretary general, jens stoltenberg, has been speaking from estonia to our chief international correspondent, lyse doucet. president putin is not preparing for peace. president putin is preparing for more war, for new offensives, throwing in thousands of new soldiers and acquiring more weapons, including by reaching out to authoritarian regimes like iran and north korea. so our response has to be step up and sustain our support to ukraine, because if president putin wins, it will be a tragedy for ukrainians. but also dangerous roles make us more vulnerable.

so we need to support ukraine. as you know, in his state of the union address this week, president putin blamed the western military alliance. in particular, the united states said that you and your advancement was what to blame for this devastating war. is there anything more that can be done to try to repair these torn relations? we tried for many years to build a better relationship with russia, especially after the end of the cold war. and we also tried to prevent the invasion. we had precise intelligence about the russian plans to invade ukraine. we shared that information, that intelligence months ahead. and we engaged in diplomatic efforts with russia. but russia, president putin, they decided to carry on and to invade ukraine because president putin wants another europe.

he wants a europe where he can control the neighbours and use force to achieve what he wants. the war didn't start in february last year. the war started in 2014 when he annexed crimea and went into eastern donbas. and this is part of a pattern, going back to the invasion of georgia in 2008. so we need to break this cycle of russian aggression and stop russia from chipping away at european security. and again, the answer is to stand together and provide support to ukraine. let's bring it some live pictures from new york where the un security council is holding that high—level debate and we can just see there that the russian federation is speaking, let's listen... leah

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on. i can continue, if talking about president, another took the floor on the 22nd of september 2022 any spoke after members... the 22nd of september 2022 any spoke after members. . .— after members... russian federation talkin: after members... russian federation talking there. — after members... russian federation talking there, just _ after members... russian federation talking there, just talking _ after members... russian federation talking there, just talking through . talking there, just talking through exactly what is happening at the un security council, i am joined by our correspondent who is there, just talk as to what's happening today. just people to understand what is happening right there, it is a key example ofjust how acrimonious things have become in the un security council, you had the russian ambassador complaining about the order of speakers. that is just to show you, as this meeting gets started, that a lot of these issues do come up in the security council. what we are expecting today is ministers of several countries, including ukraine's foreign

minister, the us secretary of state, the foreign secretary, along with ministers from japan, france, other countries, will be speaking at this special meeting of the security council. while we know that the council has been paralysed to act on this conflict and to pass any legally binding resolutions calling for an end to the war, because of russia's veto power, as a permanent member, nevertheless they want to hold this meeting to mark the one—year anniversary. hold this meeting to mark the one—yearanniversary. i hold this meeting to mark the one—year anniversary. i think it's important for people to remember that it important for people to remember that it was exactly on this day one year ago thatjust hours into another security council meeting that president putin announced the special military operation of his had begun in ukraine. the un secretary—general at that point had said it was the saddest day of his ten year and made a direct appeal to president putin, in the name of humanity, bring your troops back to

russia. do not start what might be the most devastating war since the start of the century. we will hear again and today from the un secretary—general, i expect he will have a similar appeal, calling for an end to the war and reminding members about the global consequences this war has brought, notjust consequences this war has brought, not just of course consequences this war has brought, notjust of course the impact on ukrainian lives and civilians, but alleged gross human rights violations, destruction of key infrastructure and more widely affecting food and energy and crisis we have seen as a cause of the war from that. and so the secretary—general... from that. and so the secretary-general. .. there is clearly a _ secretary-general. .. there is clearly a lot _ secretary-general. .. there is clearly a lot of _ secretary-general. .. there is clearly a lot of things - secretary-general. .. there is l clearly a lot of things discussed here, very convex situation, but how long is this meeting going to last for? , . ., ., , , ., for? this meeting could last several hours, we for? this meeting could last several hours. we have _ for? this meeting could last several hours, we have 15— for? this meeting could last several hours, we have 15 members- for? this meeting could last several hours, we have 15 members of- for? this meeting could last several hours, we have 15 members of the l for? this meeting could last several l hours, we have 15 members of the un

security council, all with a slightly differing opinions, we got a bit of a taste of what countries are probably going to say yesterday at the un general assembly. here, in the council, we have a very much a divide between ukraine, the west and ukraine supporters and then russia and china. and others. for example, china just put out a policy paper in which it called for international community to bring its focus towards not just a ceasefire community to bring its focus towards notjust a ceasefire but to a resumption of peace talks between ukraine and russia. everybody from the secretary—general and other officials at the un feel like at the moment, that peace talks are not feasible, given that both parties are... russia is preparing another offensive, ukraine is well wants to secure its position on the battlefield. nevertheless, china has tried to offer this position, they have been criticised by the west to say that they present themselves as

a neutral party in this, but nevertheless still support russia. so we are going to hear all of these different divisions come out again today in the security council, for sure. . ~' today in the security council, for sure. ., ~ i. �*, today in the security council, for sure. ., ~ �*, , sure. thank you. let's bring you some live _ sure. thank you. let's bring you some live pictures _ sure. thank you. let's bring you some live pictures from - sure. thank you. let's bring you some live pictures from kyiv - sure. thank you. let's bring you i some live pictures from kyiv where we are expecting ukraine's president to speak to the people of ukraine one year run from the russian invasion. when he does it take to the stage and makes that address, we will bring it to you live, here, you can see the press gathering of air, people gathering, waiting for that important address. the headlines on bbc news...

on the adversary of russia but i ukraine, president zelensky says it has been a year of bravery and a year of bravery and era pain. translation: fie, year of bravery and era pain. translation:— year of bravery and era pain. translation: ~ , ., ., y , ., translation: a year of unity, year of invincibility. _ translation: a year of unity, year of invincibility, a _ translation: a year of unity, year of invincibility, a fierce _ translation: a year of unity, year of invincibility, a fierce year - translation: a year of unity, year of invincibility, a fierce year of - of invincibility, a fierce year of invincibility. its main conclusion is that we have survived. we have not been defeated, i will do everything to win this year. police say inspectorjohn cauldwell — who was shot on wednesday in omagh in northern ireland — is sedated and in an a critical condition in hospital. now in other news: police in northern ireland have arrested a fourth man in connection with the shooting of an off—duty senior police officer in omagh on wednesday. detective chief inspectorjohn caldwell was shot as he was loading footballs into his car with his son, after a session coaching a children's football team. he has life—changing injuries and remains in hospital in a critical condition. political leaders have been meeting the police chief constable

to discuss the attack, as our ireland correspondent chris page reports. detective chief inspectorjohn caldwell is well known in northern ireland and well liked in his community. his friends say his bravery was underlined by how he shouted to children to run for safety as he was being attacked himself. people at his football club, where he was coaching the under 15s, are struggling to take in the news. a man of the calibre ofjohn to even be involved in a wee rural club and gift his time is just extraordinary, and definitely, you know, for such a thing to have happened to him, it is unbelievable. our colleague has been hurt but it's thinking of the children, it's thinking of everything that has actually happened, the fear, the terror that they have had to endure and that they have suffered, and there's obviously going to be a fallout from that. the nature of the shooting, which happened when dozens of young

people were at this complex, has added to the sense of public anger. political leaders have declared their opposition to political violence by coming together to meet northern ireland's chief constable. it is so important in moments like this that we stand united and we do stand here united as one voice in our condemnation against this horrific attack on a police officer. i would also say to the evil people who carried out this heinous attack and to their organisation, you are not the future of this place. and the head of the police service said paramilitaries opposed to the peace process were trying to be more active. we are working around - the clock to try and disrupt the terrorist activity. we remain concerned at the tempo and we are working closely - with other security partners to make sure we remain on the front foot. i four men have now been arrested in the investigation which is focused on the dissident republican group known as the new ira.

detective chief inspectorjohn caldwell is still in a critical condition in hospital. chris page, bbc news, belfast. let's cross back to the un whether un secretary—general is speaking, let's listen. effect of months of bombardment and ukraine. nearly10 million effect of months of bombardment and ukraine. nearly 10 million people, including 7.8 million children are at risk of acute post—traumatic stress disorder. make no mistake, the russian federation is also suffering the bad consequences. mr president... translation: ~ , translation: we need peace, in line with the united _ translation: we need peace, in line with the united nations's _ translation: we need peace, in line with the united nations's charter - with the united nations's charter and international law, as we work for peace we will continue calling for peace we will continue calling

for action on many fronts. protection of civilians must remain a top priority, attacks on civilians and civilian infra structure stop. the use of explosives in related areas, cities and villages must end. humanitarian access, life—saving assistance must be insured. we must also invest in ukraine's recovery and reconstruction. at the request of the ukrainian government and on behalf of the united nations, the united nations development programme is coat leading an assessment of damage to energy infrastructure, jointly with the world bank. since the start of the war, the international atomic energy agency has supported ukraine, to ensure the safety and security of its 15 operating reactors at four nuclear plants, including europe's largest

power plant. we continued to urge all parties to swiftly agree and implement a nuclear safety and security protection zone at this plant, to avoid a serious accident with potentially disastrous consequences. barely veiled threats to use nuclear weapons in the context of the conflict have spiked nuclear risks to levels not seen since the darkest days of the cold war. these threats are unacceptable. progress continues to be made, an agreement brokered with the parties by the united nations with the government of turkey. what a 20 million tonnes of foodstuffs have been connected to global supply chains on more than seven —— 700 ships. i want to underscore the importance of all parties remaining engaged in these initiatives and reiterate our call for it to be extended to march 2023. the united nations is firmly committed to

working to remove the remaining obstacles to russian food and fertiliser exports, including ammonia. these export are essential to bring down prices and address food insecurity around the globe. they demonstrate that the international cooperation is essential, valuable and possible, evenin essential, valuable and possible, even in the midst of conflict. over the past year this council has held more than a0 debates on ukraine. the guns are talking now, but in the end we know, we all know, that the best of diplomacy and accountability is the road to sustainable peace. in line with the un charter, international law and yesterday's resolution of the general assembly we must prevent further escalation, we must prevent further escalation, we must prevent further escalation, we must all encourage every meaningful effort to end the bloodshed and at long last, give peace a chance. thank you. i thank

the secretary-general— peace a chance. thank you. i thank the secretary-general for - peace a chance. thank you. i thank the secretary-general for his - the secretary—general for his briefing — the secretary—general for his briefing and i now give the floor to his excellency, minister of foreign affairs _ his excellency, minister of foreign affairs of— his excellency, minister of foreign affairs of ukraine. mr his excellency, minister of foreign affairs of ukraine.— affairs of ukraine. mr president. distinguished _ affairs of ukraine. mr president. distinguished members - affairs of ukraine. mr president. distinguished members of - affairs of ukraine. mr president. distinguished members of the l distinguished members of the security council. secretary—general. the festival i would like to thank the president for convening this important meeting. the general assembly has just passed a resolution on the principles of comprehensive, just and lasting peace in ukraine. iai member states took the side of the un charter, while seven took the side of russia. no additional explanations are required here. the resolution follows the logic of president zelensky�*s peace formula. the goal of his ten point plan is to restore respect for ukraine's sovereignty

and territorial integrity within its international recognised borders. in full compliance with the un charter that we all have committed to respect and uphold. to make it short, the goal of the plan is to get russia out of ukraine and make the world a safer place. obviously, any new peace proposals should now be aligned with the demands set forth by the resolution. we invite all countries from every corner of the world to facilitate implementation of the resolution and peace for miller. we need to act jointly and quickly. to ensure nuclear safety and security, by forcing russia to withdraw from the illegally occupied nuclear power plant and stopping missile attacks that endanger nuclear power plants across the territory of ukraine. to avoid the threat of hunger, by furthering black sea green initiative and countering russian

efforts to undermine it, as well as developing our grain from ukraine initiative. to prevent an energy crisis, which would require the cessation of russian missile terror against critical infrastructure of ukraine. to protect the environment, as the russian shelling has burnt millions of hectares of ukraine forests, threatens our efforts to counter global warming. first and foremost, people must be saved. their lives and their rights are at the centre of our struggle for peace. the magnitude of the humanitarian crisis brought on by russia's invasion cannot be overstated. i would like to highlight here one of numerous horrendous facts. russia is now implementing in ukraine probably the largest instance of state—sponsored

kidnapping of children in history. of kidnapping of children in history. of our modern world. dear members of the council, ukraine will exist as it has done so far and ukraine will win. putin is going to lose much sooner than he thinks. here is what russian officials and servicemen have to know, you think you will get away with what you did? know. you will end up on trial, you will be testifying how strongly you were opposed to the aggression and how you justified what you did. you think that the world will get tired of supporting ukraine? the support will only get stronger. you think that ukraine will eventually tire of defending itself? the more and the longer you will keep attacking ukraine, the more resolve we will have and the more humiliating defeat will be. dear colleagues, russian propaganda has fabricated this

hypocritical narrative of supplying ukraine with weapons fuels the war. ukrainian neither weapons, just as a firefighter needs water to a firefighter needs water to a firefighter needs water to a firefighter needs water to extinct fire. the fire that is destroying your home and killing innocent people. the sooner and the more we get, the sooner the fire will be extinguished. arming a country that defends itself from the aggression is absolutely legitimate. and it is an act of defending the un charter. on the contrary, helping an aggressor it is illegitimate and defies the charter. any supply of weapons for military equipment to russia means complicity and trembling of the un charter. if you give weapons to russia, you commit a crime. in the short term, ukraine it needs to restore its sovereignty and territorial integrity within its

international recognised borders. in the long run, justice must be served. the nuremberg international military tribunal�*s verdict was crystal clear, war of aggression is not only a war crime, it is the supreme international crime distinguish in itself from other war crimes, only in that it contains the accumulated evidence... this is why we call from the establishment of the stem is made of a special tribunal with specific jurisdiction over the crime of aggression against ukraine and the ability to give personal immunities of perpetrators of the crimes. the geography of russian crimes against international peace and security goes far beyond borders of ukraine and reaches africa, asia and the middle east. russia not only incites conflict but also systemically obstructs un

security council decisions needed to resolve them. today russia argued that this council is only focused on ukraine and ignores problems of the rest of the world. let us all remember the truth. russia is the problem of the world. i open the un charter i have here in front of me and i cannot see the words, member states can attack other member states can attack other member states at will. i do not see the words, violating borders is allowed. furthermore, the most importantly, i do not see the words, the russian federation in the un charter. on the list of permanent security council members. ini99i, in 1991, russia preserved the receipt of the permanent security council member and turned it into the throne of impunity. the future of russia in the united nations

should be determined in the context of the illegitimate change of pace from the ussr to russia in 1991 and responsibility for crimes committed on the territory of ukraine. including war crimes, crimes against humanity and genocide. i say it again and again, peace means justice. and all that the peace—loving nations will win piece on the battlefield and at the diplomatic cables. finally, on this tragic day when we mourn lives and destinies broken by russia, i kindly ask everyone to observe a minute of silence in memory of the victims of the aggression. —— at the diplomatic tables. thank you, mr president.

and just leaving that un security council meeting. let's head to ukraine where president zelensky is speaking to the people of ukraine a year on from the invasion. translation: a short introduction, toda , translation: a short introduction, today. there — translation: a short introduction, today, there were _ translation: a short introduction, today, there were many _ today, there were many introductions. thank you so much. the most important today is to thank you, to representatives of the media, journalists and i think it is very important what you have done

over the last year. our ukrainians, our invincible journalists, over the last year. our ukrainians, our invinciblejournalists, i over the last year. our ukrainians, our invincible journalists, i want to thank them all. it is great power, what you have done for our country, all that the army, all the defenders, everyone in ukraine, and you as well as the regular army and everyone, of course representatives of our western friends and partners, i want to thank you. i am convinced you still do not know what you have done for us and on the victory day, i am sure all of that will be clear and victory will definitely arrive and victory will definitely arrive and they want to thank you for what you say about ukraine and the whole world knows about ukraine, does not forget about ukraine, it helps ukraine at that you are with us and helps to make us invincible. so this

month, and the month and the year of invincibility. thank you all so much. i want to thank your colleagues that are unfortunately not here and will be with us any longer. —— will not be here with us any longer. they died in ukraine and representatives of your important profession. i think it would be just to honour the memory ofjournalists by a minute of silence. they remain in our memory.

it is important for all of us and for them, thank you. it is important for all of us and forthem, thank you. i it is important for all of us and for them, thank you. i think we can commence. communicating, talking, but not to forget to raise your card and introduce yourselves, please. mr president, thank you for taking this question _ president, thank you for taking this question. mr president, i am interested in the timeline, today, and the _ interested in the timeline, today, and the anniversary, you spoke to your— and the anniversary, you spoke to your own — and the anniversary, you spoke to your own forces and you called for victory _ your own forces and you called for victory within this year. you have heard _ victory within this year. you have heard the — victory within this year. you have heard the western friends, your partners. — heard the western friends, your partners, talk about as long as it takes _ partners, talk about as long as it takes you — partners, talk about as long as it takes. you know that the russian leader— takes. you know that the russian leader believes that time is on his side _ leader believes that time is on his side why— leader believes that time is on his side. why do you think it is

possible _ side. why do you think it is possible by the end of the year and how do— possible by the end of the year and how do you — possible by the end of the year and how do you assess the meaning of as lon- how do you assess the meaning of as long as _ how do you assess the meaning of as long as it— how do you assess the meaning of as long as it takes from your ukrainian perspective? long as it takes from your ukrainian perspeetive?— perspective? thank you for the question- _ perspective? thank you for the question. you _ perspective? thank you for the question. you know, _ perspective? thank you for the question. you know, i- perspective? thank you for the question. you know, i believel perspective? thank you for the - question. you know, i believe that each of us as a partner in our country will remain strong, remain a strong fit and if our partners united then that victory will happen and i will uphold all my words. i believe in it, i believe that we will be powerful partners and all of us will do our important homework and i would like to say if all of us

would perform our tasks, then we will have victory. victory, i am convinced, it is not something i think or wish. we have everything for it this year, we have the motivation, we have you, we have united all the forces against that invasion. i think not a single country in the world will be able to independently withstand such aggressive war. perhaps the us it might be able to, but luckily they do not have borders shared with the russian federation, but never the less, just a few countries in the world and ukraine is now standing not alone. ourfriends world and ukraine is now standing not alone. our friends are helping us. to stop this war going any further, to stop this aggression going any further. we understand full well what putin wants, what the kremlin wants. what the military and

the political forces in the kremlin wants. what the military and the politicalforces in the russian federation want. so all of us very importantly need to focus on our own missions and work on our missions. then a victory will be ours. because the truth is on our side and the children we love and it is a shame when we lose our children in the front, but they throw everyone into the fire and do not count their deaths, that is their choice. thank you. translation: mr president, thank you for your examples of invincibility and faith. we'll believe in victory, but many international experts are saying it is a war of attrition that

has begun and we need resources to have a clear advantage on the battlefield. what is your vision of victory? what fee you would be the final victory of ukraine? you victory? what fee you would be the final victory of ukraine?— final victory of ukraine? you know, i siml final victory of ukraine? you know, i simply do — final victory of ukraine? you know, i simply do not _ final victory of ukraine? you know, i simply do not think— final victory of ukraine? you know, i simply do not think theoretically i i simply do not think theoretically how victory might happen and what is that, we are using the specific steps, ukraine initiated the peace formula, although we really want that to be in force across the world g 19. that to be in force across the world g19. nevertheless, we that to be in force across the world g 19. nevertheless, we have presented the peace formula and a step by step, and at what russia did here impacts everything, notjust our safety and security, because there are different crises caused by there are different crises caused by the aggressive steps of the russian federation. the occupation of the

nuclear stations, the blocking of the sea, etc, all the security chains etc, you know all these points. what can i say? we have proposed some steps and it today we see them introduced to perform upon this peace formula and support and i want to thank those countries. basically yesterday i would say at night iai state at the un supported our peace initiative. then at the next step i could see is to engage it as much as possible, as many countries. the first summit, i would like to be hearing results to really press forward and in the end to have... there will be a great number of countries in the world there. i

am working together with our team and our partners in order to have notjust our and our partners in order to have not just our strategic and our partners in order to have notjust our strategic partners there who support us, they will be there who support us, they will be there from day one. and we are working towards having representatives of various continents, for example latin america i would very much like to make certain steps to have representatives of the african continent to engage them into the peace formula. we are also working in all honesty, i would like india to be there and china to be there, thatis to be there and china to be there, that is true. our task is to engage absolutely everyone and to show the world that that is in respect to sovereignty, to the un a statute, to the right to live and i believe that we will engage countries from all continents in the world, the more

countries we will engage, the more powerful our support will be. i believe we have done it in a very democratic way, as everything that is happening today in ukraine, there should be less risk to decrease the number of countries that support us. but perhaps a country code to support one point in the formula, for example nuclear safety very for exa m ple nuclear safety very well, for for example nuclear safety very well, for example ecological safety very good, and everyone sees that and result of that. that is why there are so many points there that we have proposed. there is a fixation of the end of war, the fixation of the end of war, the fixation of the end of war, the fixation of peace, it is very important because we need guarantees of safety. we need a package, a safety package, security package, for the ukrainians in ukraine. we can see that this war has such an impact for the rest of europe, guarantees for the rest of europe.

this is understood and when this is performed and therefore the international law is upheld and the respect to ukrainians as there, if thatis respect to ukrainians as there, if that is there, we are then moving to a diplomatic fixation of the end of that war, but before that we have to perform all the points of respect. thank you. perform all the points of respect. thank you-— perform all the points of respect. l thank you-_ you thank you. mexican television. you mentioning — thank you. mexican television. you mentioning the _ thank you. mexican television. you mentioning the resolution - thank you. mexican television. you mentioning the resolution at - thank you. mexican television. you | mentioning the resolution at united nations— mentioning the resolution at united nations of— mentioning the resolution at united nations of more than 140 countries that voted — nations of more than 140 countries that voted demanding russian forces leave ukraine immediately. what do you say— leave ukraine immediately. what do you say to _ leave ukraine immediately. what do you say to the countries, the minority— you say to the countries, the minority that did not support that resolution? ., , , ., , ., resolution? perhaps to understand what is war— resolution? perhaps to understand what is war and _ resolution? perhaps to understand what is war and the _ resolution? perhaps to understand what is war and the losses - resolution? perhaps to understand| what is war and the losses because we do not only lose territory. with the territory you also lose people that are alive and if you're not

fighting, it is very difficult to understand what is going on, what pain it is for each of us. to communicate information and we are working on that, we are working so that we understand the consequences of war. we cannot stop and say we are not sure, but we need to see all the consequences to understand this. needs to come to every part of the world to appreciate what is happening. do they need diplomacy? do they need journalists to

communicate? we are working on that. we are still working on it, iai countries have supported. there is respect of sovereignty, there is respect of sovereignty, there is respect to how these countries treat that we have aggressors' army on our territory. i consider that ukraine it needs very much to take forward steps towards the african continent countries. a believerfor many steps towards the african continent countries. a believer for many years we did not work well enough, we do not pay attention and i think that was a big mistake. that is why a special programme in ukraine will extend our ambassadorial presence in the region and also the initiatives

to do with food security, grain from ukraine, etc, we needed to do it every day, we need to daily invest in the peace. i believe for many years on from the start of our independence, we missed something and that is why we are fighting for independence now, so a strong first of partners is something ukraine did not have before that war, that is true, but there is always someone missing in the united support. i am talking about the african continent and latin america, because that is very important. i very much would like to have a conference, to have a meeting with the latin american countries and ukraine. it is difficult for me to lead the country, you know that, but i would have gone to that meeting specifically. —— to leave the

country. my crown would not fall off, do not have a crown, i would have gone to that meeting. our diplomats are ready to meet and work 2a/7, give us some heads up, we will do that and we should have done that 30 years ago. unfortunately, it is the war that pushed us to such a process, unfortunately, but no one expected from a neighbour, from russia, to have this. a desire to destroy us completely. and that is why, that is correcting our mistakes, our errors and i have no problems, no issues with anyone. i do not want to do this today. i am looking forward. we need total global support and we will win, we will overcome and we are working on that. this dialogue is absolutely

just. it is a dialogue with many countries. we have worked on uniting the european countries, notjust the european union countries, other countries. there are various status countries, including neutral ones, we worked on changing their neutrality, on non—neutrality to war. that is very important and we worked on that a lot, every day, and you have worked on that. and the army worked on that because victory on the battlefield gives some confidence. no one likes losers. it might sound horrible, but that is true, everyone wants to be a victor. everyone has to work very hard in the country and outside the country, thatis the country and outside the country, that is the only chance to win. thank you.

that is the only chance to win. thank you-— that is the only chance to win. thank you. that is the only chance to win. thank ou. ., , ., , ., ,, thank you. european strategy. thank ou ve thank you. european strategy. thank you very much- _ thank you. european strategy. thank you very much- mr — thank you. european strategy. thank you very much. mr president, - thank you. european strategy. thank you very much. mr president, there i you very much. mr president, there is fighting _ you very much. mr president, there is fighting for your country led by you _ is fighting for your country led by you you — is fighting for your country led by you. you make demands with the western— you. you make demands with the western world. for yourselves and also for us, for reformsm —

this is in your country's interest of where — this is in your country's interest of where morality is. would you consider— of where morality is. would you consider ensuring that these war crimes— consider ensuring that these war crimes are — consider ensuring that these war crimes are dealt with? just consider ensuring that these war crimes are dealt with?— crimes are dealt with? just to remind you — crimes are dealt with? just to remind you while _ crimes are dealt with? just to remind you while the - crimes are dealt with? just to i remind you while the journalist crimes are dealt with? just to - remind you while the journalist is asking a question there to the ukrainian president, he is currently giving a press conference in kyiv a year on from the russian invasion, started by thanking the people of ukraine, the western partners, journalist, for putting a spotlight on this war. he said that it helped us remain invincible and he hasjust been taking questions on the timeline of the war, calling for a

safety package for ukrainians. let's just go back now to president zelensky as he continues to answer questions. translation: ~ ., ., questions. translation: ., ., , translation: we do have the peace formula and this _ translation: we do have the peace formula and this is _ translation: we do have the peace formula and this is what _ translation: we do have the peace formula and this is what we _ translation: we do have the peace formula and this is what we are - formula and this is what we are planning to do. as regards to the institutions, first about the tribunal. it is important, all the steps and stuff in the political support and political unity. you perhaps not universal but that platform could be politically united and i do not see that yet, but there are some working platforms and we could use that to form a special tribunal to stop the aggression of the russian federation and banish it further crimes. we are working out a special mechanism of the compensation of all the losses caused by russian aggression in the territory of ukraine to our people and our country. that is a lot of

work, we are working, trust me. the diplomats, the president's office, all of them are working and the general prosecutor, their office, they are all working daily for that to start working. it is a very compact mechanism and to be honest, all these states are scared to create it, to create tribunals. they are scared of thinking about it, do you understand why? because there are different responsibilities, but before introductory, we need a political will in the country to unite and again at the united nations will be very useful because at the un, any government, any leaders, receive political support

of this process. we are working on that, but the future resolutions would be passed and voted and we are working with several countries that we can see and talk about the tribunal because they have some experience and we can see some leaders. we are working with the president of holland, rishi sunak from the uk and other countries. we are thinking about the compensation mechanism and steps including in the us and our baltic friends are very powerful, but to be honest, the baltic trio, poland, they support us throughout. we are working on that. why is it so complicated? because in this second part, i have answered the first part of your question, and the first part of your question, and the second part is because

institutions were created a long time ago. most of them have not passed such a test by such an aggression. they do not have such experience, because all of it, this bureaucratic system, it talks about when would be just as be bureaucratic system, it talks about when would bejust as be possible, when would bejust as be possible, when will it happen? people have lost their homes, people who lost their lives, people lost economics, territories, now they want all of this now, they wantjustice now and they are wishing forjustice. we have specific examples, we are concerned with those in prison. it was very important for us to see what is with our boys and girls, what is with our boys and girls, what condition they kept on? it is

very complex. the red cross, it is an international institution but they could not assist and go and see them and see the condition. are they pressing? no. he was pressing? it was us, we were putting pressure on the enemy, the intermediaries, everyone. to get all our girls and boys out, but still to this moment we still not have received those imprisoned back and i am saying that this year, this year, a full scale war, but we should not forget that it started in 201a, the war. what happened to those people? political prisoners, what is happening with them? what condition are they in? where are they kept? if you remember, when i started my term in office, we were returning people, including political prisoners and

everyone thought they were kept in moscow. no, not at all, they were from the middle of russia. they had to be returned, that was ombudsman work, notjust ukraine, but international institutions as well as the osce, we worked with them already. and they had to verify things, there were lots of security —related issues, it was very complex. they had no authority. what answer can we get from many institutions that i was starting to hear? we do not have a mandate, our mandate is different, so the universal mandate, universal access, universal mandate, universal access, universal organisations but never the less, at some point, that was

broken and the un and antonio guterres, we're very grateful to them and they started out, of course mr guterres visited and we did make the corridor and our grain at started moving and that is important. that is why insistence changes institutions, but i will be open with you, i really consider that that is the fault that shows the spots, the weak spots in the eu, in europe, in the continent, in europe and across the international institutions. how does one change that? different safety infrastructure will come after victory in this war. someone from

ukrainian media.— ukrainian media. there was a ruestion ukrainian media. there was a question about _ ukrainian media. there was a question about the _ ukrainian media. there was a i question about the opposition, china, — question about the opposition, china, ukraine. this week the peace formula _ china, ukraine. this week the peace formula was— china, ukraine. this week the peace formula was proposed, the peace plan, _ formula was proposed, the peace plan, and — formula was proposed, the peace plan, and we saw certain actions to do with— plan, and we saw certain actions to do with the — plan, and we saw certain actions to do with the un general assembly and that if— do with the un general assembly and that if some... what you think about china _ that if some... what you think about china possibly proposing arms to russia? — china possibly proposing arms to russia? what is your reaction? that was not _ russia? what is your reaction? that was not a _ russia? what is your reaction? that was not a china peace plan. i think it was— was not a china peace plan. i think it was a _ was not a china peace plan. i think it was a declaration, i do not think it was a declaration, i do not think it was— it was a declaration, i do not think it was an — it was a declaration, i do not think it was an infrastructure for something. i it was an infrastructure for something-— it was an infrastructure for somethina. ~ ., ., , it was an infrastructure for somethin.. ~ ., ., , ., , _ something. i think china was happy talkin: something. i think china was happy talking about _ something. i think china was happy talking about its _ something. i think china was happy talking about its thoughts - something. i think china was happy talking about its thoughts first - something. i think china was happy talking about its thoughts first and | talking about its thoughts first and foremost. —— simply talking about its thoughts. china started talking about ukraine and i think that that is not bad, that is very good. the question is what is behind their

words. because we understand during the war that words are words, but the steps are important, what will the steps lead to? what result would be for us? festival. because china is talking about us, what can i say. territorial integrity, i believe that the is respect for and territorial integrity there. it didn't say what country, but our country was whose territorial integrity was breached. they were talking about un security, that is important, but also china with global interest and interest of our country. so there are some points which are clear to me. what they said, they have some thoughts. some thought i would disagree with in the

world my disagree with. nevertheless, that is what really something. i believe it is correct to say, to think if there are some thoughts that the chairman had respect for international law and territorial integrity and some security —related issues, i believe that we have to use this and we need to work with china on that point, why not? i would ask is to gather everyone to isolate them from the rest of the world. mr president, i am an azerbaijani journalist, — mr president, i am an azerbaijani journalist, how can you evaluate

support — journalist, how can you evaluate support of— journalist, how can you evaluate support of your country in the last year from. — support of your country in the last year from, for example azerbaijan, what _ year from, for example azerbaijan, what reforms do you expect in ukraine — what reforms do you expect in ukraine after victory, what specific steps _ ukraine after victory, what specific steps will — ukraine after victory, what specific steps will you make inside and outside — steps will you make inside and outside politics, external and domestic politics, and also can we domestic politics, and also can we do a selfie — domestic politics, and also can we do a selfie with you? of domestic politics, and also can we do a selfie with you?— do a selfie with you? of course. i understand. _ do a selfie with you? of course. i understand, it's _ do a selfie with you? of course. i understand, it's important. - do a selfie with you? of course. i understand, it's important. that| do a selfie with you? of course. i i understand, it's important. that is the important part. and now the question. that is a bad example, don't do that, colleagues. how can i evaluate the action of support of azerbaijan? the response is contained in your question, i believe that, if azerbaijani

journalists are put in question in ukrainian, he has made his choice between russia and ukraine. thank you for your support. with regard to your president, we are in touch, we are communicating, i am gratefulfor the support, for various supported that he has provided for ukraine and he respects the sovereignty. i believe that he respects the sovereignty of ukraine, territorial integrity of ukraine, he believes that crimea is ukrainian territory, thank you. national public radio. can you hear

me? thank you. first of all, i know general millie, we know each other personally, we had a meeting, i respect his thoughts and the thoughts of our army partners and general millie, if he does think this way, i probably would have heard that such thoughts from him. secondly, everything depends on support. so, general milley, if he

wishes for us to push the enemy out of our country faster, i believe he, depends on him, he needs to speed up the supplies. with regards to support of the us, in general, i think that president biden's visitor shows that full well there are assets, material assets, their arms, thatis assets, material assets, their arms, that is important and it depends on the president and on the congress, but first of all on the support of the american community and the public, i saw the american standing with ukrainian flags in washington, holding ukrainian flags and ukrainian flags at the same time, thatis ukrainian flags at the same time, that is about physical presence of

humanitarian health, weapons, here and that faith in victory that was president biden's visit, i think this is the main signal. general milley did not visit. we invite him to come and visit. ska; milley did not visit. we invite him to come and visit.— general milley has not been here yet, general milley has not been here yet. sky— general milley has not been here yet, sky news... you're going to have to negotiate,

mayhe _ you're going to have to negotiate, maybe even compromise, maybe even talk to _ maybe even compromise, maybe even talk to vladimir putin and if i may ask a _ talk to vladimir putin and if i may ask a second question, around 20 of nature's— ask a second question, around 20 of nature's member states have increased _ nature's member states have increased their defence spending or made _ increased their defence spending or made pledges to increase their defence — made pledges to increase their defence spending, following the full—scale invasion of ukraine last year~ _ full—scale invasion of ukraine last year. would you like to see all 30 member— year. would you like to see all 30 member states increase their spending, giving the need to to continue — spending, giving the need to to continue to sport ukraine, that includes — continue to sport ukraine, that includes the uk which has yet to do that? _ includes the uk which has yet to do that? ., ., . ., , that? there are more countries in the world. — that? there are more countries in the world, trust _ that? there are more countries in the world, trust me, _ that? there are more countries in the world, trust me, who - that? there are more countries in the world, trust me, who started | the world, trust me, who started increasing their defence budgets are so here we have a complex question. and therefore there will be a complex answer. it's important... it's a question from an important person. how can institutions be

reformed for security in the world? are you saying that increasing the army budgets? the answer is the war in ukraine was started with nato's advantage, everything saw that this systems were not perfect, therefore, but more powerful things are required, i'm not talking about missiles, we are talking about the cyber attacks, prevention, information, interdependence, many countries, many things. for example, it technologies, new technologies, not all of them are universal, that is what's happening. someone perhaps is what's happening. someone perhaps is doing other expenditure, covering that. i believe that is reforming their security system will stop i believe it is a very important

correct step. we have all seen what can be expected from the russian federation and here we are arriving at compromises and talking about the negotiation table. no one came to buy flowers, everyone decided to buy technologies and weapons. everyone is thinking that something is going on with the political government of the russian federation, so no one is developing businesses, russia are introducing sanctions, that is what is happening. and everyone understands, today, everyone is linked to that gas pipeline and tomorrow it might be cold, because one person thought that why don't i take this away, this part of territory or this business, business influence or something else to put

prime minister that we like. so that is the full process of that person, with regards to asia, eu, us, one person thought that. and then people understood, we need independence, not a paper, we need maximum independence in order to protect our immunities. this is what he did with independent ukraine. the so—called comrades, our neighbour, that is what happened. after all of that, we are coming back to part one of your question, after everyone has seen how they are killing and torturing, all that is going on, they are not even hiding the attacks. why should we not talk about the nuclear possibilities? why shouldn't would take another nuclear power station? why should we not kill some peaceful

population with iranian drones the population with iranian drones true: population with iranian drones true: population is armed, it doesn't have any guns —— mike is unarmed. after such a picture of the world, what you reckon? can we, the ukrainians, sit down and negotiate around the table with all of this? i don't know what this is. i don't know what this is. we call that russiaism. i don't know what that is. let's start from what you have preached, item number one. please. respect our rights to live on our land, get out of our territory, stop the bombing us, stop killing civilians, stop killing our

infrastructure, our energy sector, our drinking water, stop the bombardments of villages, cities and towns and killing dogs and cats, to kill animals, to torture forests, all of that you should stop and then we will tell you, in what format we shall diplomatically put an end to it. i would like to come back to the main _ i would like to come back to the main theme of our press conference, is it time _ main theme of our press conference, is it time for— main theme of our press conference, is it time for making summing up after— is it time for making summing up aftera— is it time for making summing up aftera year— is it time for making summing up aftera year of is it time for making summing up aftera yearof war, my is it time for making summing up after a year of war, my question had three _ after a year of war, my question had

three parts, — after a year of war, my question had three parts, first one, can you recall— three parts, first one, can you recall our— three parts, first one, can you recall our personally most scary day and scariest — recall our personally most scary day and scariest night? second part, all of us _ and scariest night? second part, all of us human, all of us can make mistakes — of us human, all of us can make mistakes in— of us human, all of us can make mistakes. in your opinion what was your biggest mistake over the time of the _ your biggest mistake over the time of the full—scale war? the third part. _ of the full—scale war? the third part. who, _ of the full—scale war? the third part, who, during the full— blown war, _ part, who, during the full— blown war. from — part, who, during the full— blown war, from your team, part, who, during the full— blown war, from yourteam, has disappointed you? war, from your team, has disappointed you?- war, from your team, has disappointed you? war, from your team, has disa-eointed ou? ., . ., disappointed you? thank you. who disappointed _ disappointed you? thank you. who disappointed me? _ disappointed you? thank you. who disappointed me? shall— disappointed you? thank you. who disappointed me? shall i _ disappointed you? thank you. who disappointed me? shalli start - disappointed you? thank you. who | disappointed me? shalli start from disappointed me? shall i start from number three. who disappointed me because like all that went on the 2ath and left the country, left kyiv, who were leaving villages and towns and they were supposed to govern the country or to fight for the country, to protect it. all of those people disappointed me. my biggest mistake, my biggest error, i

don't know. i think i had enough of those, i don't know, from morning to night i make choices, i am a human, iam alive night i make choices, i am a human, i am alive whatever you might wish otherwise, so as a living human i am sure i am making mistakes. iam otherwise, so as a living human i am sure i am making mistakes. i am sure ido sure i am making mistakes. i am sure i do that. but the important thing is that me, as a president, i should have not fatal mistakes because i am the guarantor of the constitution, guarantor protecting these states and that could be lost, the state could be lost due to such a mistake. luckily, thank god, i didn't have such an error. and you ask me what was the third part? the such an error. and you ask me what was the third part?— was the third part? the most scary da .

was the third part? the most scary day- there — were. . . were... perhaps bucha, what we saw when we de—occupied bucha. it was terrible. it was terrible that such things that we saw, such things... so, the devil is somewhere there on this land. . , so, the devil is somewhere there on this land. .,, , , . so, the devil is somewhere there on this land. ,, . this land. please respect your colleagues. — this land. please respect your colleagues, wait _ this land. please respect your colleagues, wait with - this land. please respect your colleagues, wait with your - colleagues, wait with your questions _ colleagues, wait with your questions-— colleagues, wait with your ruestions. ., ,, , ., , .

questions. thank you very much. the summit is approaching _ questions. thank you very much. the summit is approaching of _ questions. thank you very much. the summit is approaching of the - questions. thank you very much. the summit is approaching of the g7, - questions. thank you very much. the summit is approaching of the g7, it i summit is approaching of the g7, it will happen— summit is approaching of the g7, it will happen injapan in may. do you consider— will happen injapan in may. do you considerjoining this summits? japan, still the only country from the g7 _ japan, still the only country from the 67 who— japan, still the only country from the g7 who hasn't visited. what is the g7 who hasn't visited. what is the role _ the g7 who hasn't visited. what is the role of— the g7 who hasn't visited. what is the role of the summit of the g7? what _ the role of the summit of the g7? what is _ the role of the summit of the g7? what is important? we the role of the summit of the g7? what is important?— what is important? we have full su ort of what is important? we have full support of the — what is important? we have full support of the g7 _ what is important? we have full support of the g7 stop _ what is important? we have full support of the g7 stop japan. .. i support of the g7 stopjapan... japan in a0 minutes prior to the meeting i had a conversation with the g7 leaders, ukraine was invited, we received great support, part of the information would be disclosed a bit later and all of that, all of

the undisclosed information concerning support ukraine needs and the g7 is prepared to provide to us there will be a great package of support from ukraine. and on the topic of ukraine, i have written to the japanese prime minister, he is very clear, he is very straightforward i understood that during the war, what the value of such people is, he is very direct. the support is clear, the amount and costs is not clear because the president has to agree with your parliament, i think that is part of your infrastructure. i don't recall that detail specifically but i am convinced and i feel the support and the message that we received from the message that we received from the g7, i was invited by the

japanese prime minister to visit japan, that happened previously along pretty diplomatic channels and the prime minister ofjapan has been invited by me many times, he has supported that, i don't know when that will be happening and we are expected dumb expecting japan in n we are —— we are expecting japan in ukraine, they have supported us during the war, they are very welcome here, what is the role of italy in the eu at some point? what italy in the eu at some point? what is the role of _ italy in the eu at some point? what is the role ofjapan _ italy in the eu at some point? what is the role ofjapan in _ italy in the eu at some point? what is the role ofjapan in the _ italy in the eu at some point? what is the role ofjapan in the g7? i think one day— is the role ofjapan in the g7? i think one day after the end of the war, we think one day after the end of the war. we would — think one day after the end of the war, we would be _ think one day after the end of the war, we would be able _ think one day after the end of the war, we would be able to - think one day after the end of the war, we would be able to speak. think one day after the end of the - war, we would be able to speak about that in detail, about that important powerful and positive role, i am very grateful for that.

a year ayearago, a year ago, everyone wanted to see you and — a year ago, everyone wanted to see you and now— a year ago, everyone wanted to see you and now you are travelling the world _ you and now you are travelling the world do — you and now you are travelling the world. do you feel that you are more safe, _ world. do you feel that you are more safe, less _ world. do you feel that you are more safe, less of— world. do you feel that you are more safe, less of a target for putin? it safe, less of a target for putin? always safe, less of a target for putin? it always seemed to me that i think others are more informed about what putin thinks than me. nevertheless. what am i doing? putin thinks than me. nevertheless. whatam i doing? my putin thinks than me. nevertheless. what am i doing? my task as a

president, as a leader of our country, is not ever to have a supposition that support for ukraine could be lessened. i believe that there is a unity in the world that there is a unity in the world that the most important task for me, do i do it well or not, i definitely don't do itjust by myself, nevertheless... there is a point, first of all the company did point, we have demonstrated and we had some tough dialogue, officially and unofficially and there was a point and after that, you know, the morning over the ocean and then everyone sees that we, indeed, are stronger after that. it's not a

question that we are accumulating weapons here, we are not fighting, weapons here, we are not fighting, we are defending our lives here. and then there was a stage and then there was difficulty and there was fatigue, because everyone is human and that is just for everyone, everyone is human they have their own issues, challenges and problems, inflation waves, there is a lot of everything, the energy, what russia was doing, crises, food security, block in the sea, many crises. well, humans are humans, they also have to look after their own pocket. of course, there is support for ukraine, but there is my pocket and my family to look after. importantly, it was to communicate to everyone, it's not our wall, we

are fighting for the rest of you. that war is what caused the crisis. russia is causing this crisis to lessen your support and take over ukraine. my task is to do all i can not to lessen the global support for ukraine. i emphasise i wasn't alone in doing that. the whole team was helping me, the office, the ministry of foreign affairs, the cabinet of ministers, everyone. the parliament, everyone together, who wanted to do that. this is very important. and burberry is a point where you must —— like there is a point when you must be grateful to the world that you were not left alone, even those who wanted to leave you alone, they didn't. that is very important,

because you are grateful to them and now have their own challenges and i wanted also to help to visit and support those people, that'sjust because they have done a lot. i don't know how many people were saved by all of those countries, including germany. they saved a lot of people, financially and investing in weapons and tanks and what they did as part of the european union will stop it is a fact, i wanted to visit and turn a new page for us. for our opportunities. a defence, defending the skies, tanks, planes, low range... long range weapons, thatis low range... long range weapons, that is my task at hand that needs

to be discussed. thank you. good morning. i good morning. lam good morning. i am a good morning. lam a french journalist, _ good morning. lam a french journalist, president macron said recently— journalist, president macron said recently that he wants defeat of moscow — recently that he wants defeat of moscow but he doesn't want to crush them _ moscow but he doesn't want to crush them how— moscow but he doesn't want to crush them. how does this stand with your position— them. how does this stand with your position about victory? also you did mention— position about victory? also you did mention the worst day of the war. what _ mention the worst day of the war. what is _ mention the worst day of the war. what is the — mention the worst day of the war. what is the day that you are proud of the _ what is the day that you are proud of the most in the war? there were many countries that

started talking about what will happen after the defeat from the information points that are helping ukraine, defeated moscow. it is important that those countries and their leaders and their communities have to believe, have to have faith, because they are always impacting the atmosphere in their own countries. it is a signal for us that the majority of states, at least in europe, they believe in ukrainian victory. therefore, in the defeat of moscow, to draw that conclusion and the main question is, in what you said, what will then happen in russia? is that what you mean? to be honest, i don't care.

that is honest. i believe they had their own state, they should think about their own state and if they did do that there would have been no war. if they would have thought about their own freedom of speech, democracy, economic reform, there are people, so they are not poor, that they have no slavery, then they would have been a rich country, because they have plenty of natural resources, they are a rich country and resources. but time is needed for all of that, one needs to think. now we are working with you, we are thinking we don't have time to think about occupation of some other country, we are thinking about ourselves. to survive. to overcome. remember how we spoke about overcoming covid a? that was a challenge for the whole world. which countries... countries are thinking what we can devour communities. what else can i do? who

what we can devour communities. what else can i do?— else can i do? who else is thinking what can they _ else can i do? who else is thinking what can they do _ else can i do? who else is thinking what can they do against _ else can i do? who else is thinking what can they do against another i what can they do against another state? �* , . what can they do against another state? 3 . ,, state? it's an issue for the history and their future. _ state? it's an issue for the history and their future. i'm _ state? it's an issue for the history and their future. i'm not - state? it's an issue for the history and their future. i'm not thinking | and theirfuture. i'm not thinking about that. it seems to me, i don't want to say it, every leader has their own thoughts, i believe that they lead the business that is sanctioned in a just way, their accounts are frozen, i joke about the big oligarchic businesses, in the big oligarchic businesses, in the russian federation —— i talk about the big oligarchic businesses. all of that, these people, they don't like us, there are very... because the children were studying abroad, that is their right. but now, they don't have all of that, they don't have the comforts. what do they have? they have what is left in russia. that, granted that they

will be allowed, if they are allowed to have a one russia about 20 rushes, do you think that they will be sharing their business? otherwise everything will be frozen again. do you think there will be not thinking how can they preserve the capital. we are not really thinking about someone else, we have too much information, superfluous into information. they will sort it out themselves. they will be thinking what can they do inside the country in order, with their sub—new policy, someone will be able to sit across the table and negotiate, we are interested in that. thank you.

i will put a question in ukrainian. one year— i will put a question in ukrainian. one year ago, what we were shocked about— one year ago, what we were shocked about the _ one year ago, what we were shocked about the start of the full—scale war, _ about the start of the full—scale war, everyone was calling upon our western— war, everyone was calling upon our western partners to give us planes and to— western partners to give us planes and to cover the skies of ukraine. it seemed — and to cover the skies of ukraine. it seemed not possible and we kept hearing _ it seemed not possible and we kept hearing that it is not possible, but that is _ hearing that it is not possible, but that is already in ukraine. we are discussing — that is already in ukraine. we are discussing the planes, we hear a lot of statements, three weeks ago joe biden— of statements, three weeks ago joe biden said _ of statements, three weeks ago joe biden said not to give f—16s to ukraine, — biden said not to give f—16s to ukraine, we hear our politicians, our ministers saying that there is a dialogue _ our ministers saying that there is a dialogue and the decision will be in ukraine's_ dialogue and the decision will be in ukraine's favour. can you clarify

what _ ukraine's favour. can you clarify what these _ ukraine's favour. can you clarify what these f—16s are, when will we have _ what these f—16s are, when will we have them, — what these f—16s are, when will we have them, perhaps it's not an f 60 and, _ have them, perhaps it's not an f 60 and. perhaps— have them, perhaps it's not an f 60 and, perhaps it is an f? victory day i will punish answering to the french journalist. victory day i will punish answering to the frenchjournalist. —— victory day i will punish answering to the french journalist. —— finish answering. my happy day is victory day in the future, for every ukrainian. 0k, your question now. with regard to weapons, there are different weapons. western—style or not, we had a deficit of it or some of it we did not have it all, we could not have it because we were not a part of the alliance. we started working on that and i believe that artillery 155 that we have, that is a big victory, the

victory page, very important, and it was very timely and it works very well. the armoured vehicles that we needin well. the armoured vehicles that we need in order to protect our people, various kinds and various armoured vehicles, tanks of various levels. you remember no one even wanted to discuss tanks, yet we find a moment, we found the key and it is something else that we did, something very important, demonstrating that we are able to get back our lands to win them back, the de—occupation of the khaki region was very important, then of the kherson region. —— of

then of the kherson region. —— of the kharkiv region. i believe that no one in ukraine imagined we would be given this, and we are being helped. the tank coalition, you know about that, many countries are supporting us, the process is lengthy, unfortunately. that is the only weak spots. it is the terms, because that means losing people, unfortunately, a great many people, god forbid. many of our defenders. that is why it's speeding up the supplies of the weapons, protecting the sky, various types of drones included that catch other drones etc, the concept of the naval

drones, we are talking about the planes are part of the defence and our partners understand we want to use these to protect our sky, the infrastructure and civilians and we started important steps forward. my meeting with rishi sunak and response to his question is whether ukraine has a chance to receive high quality planes. we started training with the uk and today, there was a meeting, i had a meeting with the prime minister of poland. we are starting at the possibility to train our people at f—16. we have conversations and negotiations and a feeling, i do not want to name three

european countries that we might have an opportunity whether to receive either training or the planes, the training and the planes, you understand there is no smoke without fire, so what is the deadline for that? we need to speed up deadline for that? we need to speed up these processes. they are complex, but it is a complex defence of the sky. thank you very much, please, financial times. of the sky. thank you very much, please, financialtimes. in of the sky. thank you very much, please, financial times.- please, financialtimes. in the centre. please, financialtimes. in the centre- a _ please, financialtimes. in the centre. a quick _ please, financialtimes. in the centre. a quick question - please, financialtimes. in the centre. a quick question will. please, financial times. in the i centre. a quick question will stop ou centre. a quick question will stop you mentioned _ centre. a quick question will stop you mentioned the _ centre. a quick question will stop you mentioned the peace - centre. a quick question will stop i you mentioned the peace proposal from china, the peace plan. you praised — from china, the peace plan. you praised some of its elements, but they did _ praised some of its elements, but they did not mention withdrawal the russian _ they did not mention withdrawal the russian troops from ukraine. considering the views of the piece, can it _ considering the views of the piece, can it be _

considering the views of the piece, can it be considered? considered a stillborn— can it be considered? considered a stillborn proposal? you can it be considered? considered a stillborn proposal?— stillborn proposal? you said the ruestion stillborn proposal? you said the question would _ stillborn proposal? you said the question would be _ stillborn proposal? you said the question would be brief! - stillborn proposal? you said the question would be brief! the . question would be brief! the question would be brief! the question is brief if it has a brief answer. it is difficult to reply in brief tour question about china. i do not believe that china made a proposal. i believe the subject and it initiate of any peaceful initiatives could be a country at which territory the war is fought. we have made our proposal. we are active, we have offered the peace formula. i do not think it is the chinese view. i do not believe that they are planning to take part in this topic. so far are treated as a

signal, do not know what will happen next. that will depend on next steps. i would like to believe that china would like to have a just peace, that means on our side to be open and honest. it is important for me, i very much it would like to believe that china would not be supplying weapons to russia. for me, it is very important. that is number one. item number one. italk, i live, and i do everything to not let that happen, it is very important for us. it is much better to be in a chinese position now than to be embracing the russian federation, because that is not fair. the risk of it is leading to the third world war, so the question is, we must

talk, we must say something only when we see specific steps. now i only saw a thought. it does not have the content that i consider to be the content that i consider to be the most important, respect the territorial integrity meaning withdrawal of all russian troops. than this item is not suitable for us in the form that it has been proposed. now, if that is truly the case,... thank you, mr president. can i put it in russian?— thank you, mr president. can i put

it in russian?- if _ thank you, mr president. can i put it in russian?- if the - it in russian? sure. if the president _ it in russian? sure. if the president of _ it in russian? sure. if the president of turkey - it in russian? sure. if thej president of turkey would it in russian? cre if the president of turkey would organise negotiations in ankara and putin will be _ negotiations in ankara and putin will be waiting for you at the table. — will be waiting for you at the table, would you accept? are you representing _ table, would you accept? are you representing turkish _ table, would you accept? are you representing turkish tv? - table, would you accept? are you representing turkish tv? yes, i representing turkish tv? yes, information _ representing turkish tv? yes, information agency. _ representing turkish tv? yes, information agency. i - representing turkish tv? yes, information agency. ijust - representing turkish tv? yes, i information agency. ijust spoke representing turkish tv? yes, - information agency. ijust spoke to information agency. i 'ust spoke to mr ardegen — information agency. i 'ust spoke to mr ardegen and h information agency. i 'ust spoke to mr erdogan and we _ information agency. ijust spoke to mr erdogan and we had _ information agency. ijust spoke to mr erdogan and we had a - information agency. ijust spoke to mr erdogan and we had a good - mr erdogan and we had a good conversation. i offered my condolences, it was a huge tragedy for us as well and when the president contacted me, i sent our professionals, as many as needed. i said how many people do you need? we will send them. we send cargo planes, we did all that. for us, it is a pain. we consider losing people in the same way as our own pain. i am gratefulfor in the same way as our own pain. i am grateful for president erdogan's great initiative. i know what he did

for that, great initiative. i know what he did forthat, i great initiative. i know what he did for that, i know how he helped with the adolf battalion to free them and i'm gratefulfor the adolf battalion to free them and i'm grateful for that. the adolf battalion to free them and i'm gratefulfor that. —— the the adolf battalion to free them and i'm grateful for that. —— the azov battalion. mr erdogan made several things important for ukraine, i'm gratefulfor things important for ukraine, i'm grateful for that. things important for ukraine, i'm gratefulforthat. he things important for ukraine, i'm grateful for that. he knows things important for ukraine, i'm gratefulfor that. he knows my position. even before your question. we talked about it before. if you put putin around the negotiation table, there should be no risk of a full—scale war. then he unfortunately was not able to do that. it is notjust him, he is powerful but you cannot do that. but now he thinks he can do that. now we cannot do that. it is not the same

person. one has no one to negotiate with. thank you. ukrainian news next. translation: ., ., , translation: hello. ifi may i will mention that _ translation: hello. ifi may i will mention that the _ translation: hello. ifi may i will mention that the domestic - translation: hello. ifi may i will mention that the domestic issues l mention that the domestic issues with regard to the domestic internal process _ with regard to the domestic internal process as — with regard to the domestic internal process. as we remember in 21,2021, sanctions _ process. as we remember in 21,2021, sanctions were introduced to the so-called — sanctions were introduced to the so—called blacklist of the us. and amongst — so—called blacklist of the us. and amongst those people there were many known _ amongst those people there were many known businessmen and officials, but

also some _ known businessmen and officials, but also some people were not there that should _ also some people were not there that should have been there, for example mr rosenberg. in 2015, the minister for finance _ mr rosenberg. in 2015, the minister for finance was thinking about putting — for finance was thinking about putting him under sanctions but for some _ putting him under sanctions but for some reason he is still not covered by sanctions. you understand also what _ by sanctions. you understand also what person i'm talking about. no, | what person i'm talking about. no, i do not, what person i'm talking about. no, i do not. please _ what person i'm talking about. no, i do not, please say. _ what person i'm talking about. no, i do not, please say. our— what person i'm talking about. no, i do not, please say. our ukrainian i do not, please say. our ukrainian authorities _ do not, please say. our ukrainian authorities are _ do not, please say. our ukrainian authorities are persecuting - do not, please say. our ukrainian authorities are persecuting that i authorities are persecuting that person— authorities are persecuting that person had the ninth year of war and the second _ person had the ninth year of war and the second year of the full—scale war~ _ the second year of the full—scale war~ such — the second year of the full—scale war. such people. for example there is one _ war. such people. for example there is one clear— war. such people. for example there is one clear coup has their business

in ukraine, — is one clear coup has their business in ukraine, theirassets is one clear coup has their business in ukraine, their assets are is one clear coup has their business in ukraine, theirassets are not frozen — in ukraine, theirassets are not frozen and _ in ukraine, theirassets are not frozen and they are not covered. -- won a frozen and they are not covered. won a clear frozen and they are not covered. » won a clear group. weight, we will sort that out. to be honest i do not understand what person you are talking about, i'm just trying to understand who that is. i think that the us offered the sanctions pact for us. we had the merit sanctions. if someone was takings taken out of that list we will come back to it and sort it out. if that person you are talking about is guilty we will do that very fast. it is not a question. you have to understand, now we are talking about hundreds of people, thousands now that were under sanctions, people, thousands now that were undersanctions, but people, thousands now that were under sanctions, but who do not specifically know about specific people. if this is the case, do provide the materials and we will sort it out.

provide the materials and we will sort it out-— sort it out. the case, we still remember — sort it out. the case, we still remember what _ sort it out. the case, we still remember what happened i sort it out. the case, we still. remember what happened and sort it out. the case, we still - remember what happened and what sort it out. the case, we still _ remember what happened and what did not happen. you understand ijust wanted _ not happen. you understand ijust wanted to— not happen. you understand ijust wanted to hear what really happened. if you _ wanted to hear what really happened. if you could _ wanted to hear what really happened. if you could put a question to me, was indeed — if you could put a question to me, was indeed a situation to replace the minister to was indeed a situation to replace the ministerto mr was indeed a situation to replace the minister to mr badanov? that only a _ the minister to mr badanov? that only a civilian has to be the minister— only a civilian has to be the minister of defence. in accordance with the _ minister of defence. in accordance with the law, that is not correct, as i understand. that is to do with mr budanov. in as i understand. that is to do with mr ltudanov-_ mr budanov. in principle, various decisions i _ mr budanov. in principle, various decisions i make _ mr budanov. in principle, various decisions i make is _ mr budanov. in principle, various decisions i make is the _

decisions i make is the commander—in—chief with defence of our country, i do not discuss that in public. specific decisions, and one of them is the situation of security in the regions and in some institutions where i had some thoughts not to do with the ministry but to do with the infrastructure that has to ensure our security. with regard to officials and army. and reconnaissance, how to improve that, that is to do with the borderline regions it so to speak around the borders. in the temporarily occupied areas. that is how i discussed the question. if i wanted to appoint a defence

minister, if i would like to appoint a leading agent, that would have been exclusively in compliance with ukrainian law. new 2a, israel. thank ukrainian law. new 24, israel. thank ou, mr ukrainian law. new 24, israel. thank you, mr president. _ ukrainian law. new 24, israel. thank you, mr president. with _ ukrainian law. new 24, israel. thank you, mr president. with regard - ukrainian law. new 24, israel. thank you, mr president. with regard to i you, mr president. with regard to iran, _ you, mr president. with regard to iran, last — you, mr president. with regard to iran, last week, he said that in iran, _ iran, last week, he said that in iran, israel— iran, last week, he said that in iran, israeland ukraine there is a joint _ iran, israeland ukraine there is a joint enemy— iran, israeland ukraine there is a joint enemy that is the iranian regime — joint enemy that is the iranian regime. how does israel hope ukraine -- help— regime. how does israel hope ukraine —— help ukraine? how does israel help— —— help ukraine? how does israel help to _ —— help ukraine? how does israel help to reduce iranian military aid to russia? —

help to reduce iranian military aid to russia? for example, israeli kits ofarmy— to russia? for example, israeli kits of army infrastructure, did it help ukraine? — of army infrastructure, did it help ukraine? . .. of army infrastructure, did it help ukraine? ., ,, , ., of army infrastructure, did it help ukraine? ., ,, ., of army infrastructure, did it help ukraine? ., ., , ., ukraine? thank you for the question. for a while. — ukraine? thank you for the question. for a while, during _ ukraine? thank you for the question. for a while, during the _ ukraine? thank you for the question. for a while, during the war, - ukraine? thank you for the question. for a while, during the war, i - for a while, during the war, i wanted to get israeli support, not just from this population, because there is a loss of support there, but from their politicians, leaders, various structures. for me it was very important, historically important. ukraine has historically excellent relations with israel. we had many conversations at various levels with various authorities, public and off the record in various formats, various territories. it was

difficult to change position because israel has a complex situation with russia you know, iran, syria etc. however, i very much would like them to be not a mediator in this war, but to choose a side and i would wish they would choose the side of ukraine. i cannot imagine how israel could support the war against the country... i cannot imagine for myself how they could do that. in response to your question, i know all the answers to your question, but i would not be able to give them to you. i cannot. i cannot even imagine improvement between israeli

ukrainian relations that has started. sbs australia then spt brazil. ., ~ , brazil. hello, mr president. x allies opened _ brazil. hello, mr president. x allies opened the _ brazil. hello, mr president. x allies opened the embassy i brazil. hello, mr president. x allies opened the embassy in | brazil. hello, mr president. x i allies opened the embassy in kyiv and for— allies opened the embassy in kyiv and for australia. would you like this australian master to come back to kyiv? _ this australian master to come back to kyiv? and to improve relations between — to kyiv? and to improve relations between australia and ukraine? it is ve nice between australia and ukraine? it is very nice to — between australia and ukraine? it 3 very nice to deal with such journalist his question deserves the answer yes. next one? journalist his question deserves the answeryes. next one? i journalist his question deserves the answer yes. next one? i will be very

happy. we do have relationships with australia, they helped us a lot. it is very important. we had a great deficit of armed vehicles, armoured vehicles and i do not wish to receive say all information about what we received from australia but we did have something that was brilliant. i would very much like to shake the australian ambassador�*s hand, please come back. but please come back on bushmaster, we need more. translation: , ., ,

translation: president lula is tirina in translation: president lula is tiring in some — translation: president lula is tiring in some way _ translation: president lula is tiring in some way to _ translation: president lula is tiring in some way to make i translation: president lula is i tiring in some way to make decided sit down _ tiring in some way to make decided sit down and negotiate. did you discuss — sit down and negotiate. did you discuss this proposal with him? he knows _ discuss this proposal with him? he knows that— discuss this proposal with him? he knows that brazil helped ukraine but they have _ knows that brazil helped ukraine but they have their own approach with regard _ they have their own approach with regard to — they have their own approach with regard to providing weapons and with regard _ regard to providing weapons and with regard to _ regard to providing weapons and with regard to sanctions. what you expect of brazil _ regard to sanctions. what you expect of brazil and other latin american countries? — of brazil and other latin american countries? when will you speak to president — countries? when will you speak to president lula? i countries? when will you speak to president lula?— countries? when will you speak to president lula? i invited president lula to ukraine. _ president lula? i invited president lula to ukraine. and _ president lula? i invited president lula to ukraine. and very - president lula? i invited president i lula to ukraine. and very interested in meeting him. iam lula to ukraine. and very interested in meeting him. i am very interested in meeting him. i am very interested in him providing help and forum so that latin america would hear ukraine. i'm very interested in that. i really appreciate his efforts, his steps in brazil. his

steps in supporting our sovereignty. it is very important, especially now, now i indeed await our meeting and i really would like to meet him. the netherlands. translation: i the netherlands. translation: ~ , ., ~ translation: mr president, thank you so much. translation: mr president, thank you so much- what — translation: mr president, thank you so much. what do _ translation: mr president, thank you so much. what do you _ translation: mr president, thank you so much. what do you think? _ translation: mr president, thank you so much. what do you think? would i so much. what do you think? would you see _ so much. what do you think? would you see putin at the hague, at the bench, _ you see putin at the hague, at the bench, as— you see putin at the hague, at the bench, as the court hearing? also meeting _ bench, as the court hearing? also meeting with mark rutte, you have

heard _ meeting with mark rutte, you have heard troops will be trained in the netherlands? the heard troops will be trained in the netherlands?— heard troops will be trained in the netherlands? the first and second art of netherlands? the first and second part of your _ netherlands? the first and second part of your question _ netherlands? the first and second part of your question it _ netherlands? the first and second part of your question it very - netherlands? the first and second part of your question it very much | part of your question it very much depends on mark rutte and the situation at the hague and the possibility to provide planes and supply planes, i believe it is very important for ukraine and mark and i will have personal very good relationship. thank you. however, in answer to yourfirst question, thank you. however, in answer to your first question, yes, thank you. however, in answer to yourfirst question, yes, of thank you. however, in answer to your first question, yes, of course, most importantly we would have to see the matter off to the end, the matter of justice. see the matter off to the end, the matter ofjustice. after having killed so many people, civilians,

one cannot simply finish off without irresponsibility as at some other political proposals mentioned. exit from the situation? what do you mean? and exit, a solution. what happens after so many people have been killed? it is the leader of russia, it the leader of a great country. they have to be responsible. it is not a baby, it is not a child that broke something and can be excused. it is a different age when one should be liable, responsible for the crimes in the face of the law and court. so we might bejoking and very much like to watch this and eat some popcorn, but it is notjoking, it is tragedy.

such a number of civilians killed, so for this one needs to be responsible and i believe that that responsibility will come. unfortunately, it this figure does not use the microphone so we cannot hear the question.— hear the question. when mh 17 was shot down. — hear the question. when mh 17 was shot down, remember, _ hear the question. when mh 17 was shot down, remember, the - hear the question. when mh 17 was i shot down, remember, the netherlands is there _ shot down, remember, the netherlands is there with _ shot down, remember, the netherlands is there with a joint aim so that putin— is there with a joint aim so that putin would be tried. dutch tv found out president putin was making a decision— out president putin was making a decision to — out president putin was making a decision to shoot down that mh 17 a plane. _ decision to shoot down that mh 17 a plane. in— decision to shoot down that mh 17 a plane, in the same way he made decisions — plane, in the same way he made decisions with regards to ukraine. the reporter wanted to send you a

photo _ the reporter wanted to send you a photo of _ the reporter wanted to send you a photo of the flowers next to that plane _ photo of the flowers next to that plane shot down. i photo of the flowers next to that plane shot down.— plane shot down. i am receiving vafious plane shot down. i am receiving various gifts _ plane shot down. i am receiving various gifts from _ plane shot down. i am receiving various gifts from various - plane shot down. i am receiving i various gifts from various countries and he is saying... we will check and he is saying... we will check and we want to give it back to you, they still never gave anything back but thank you never what is the power? what is the strength of the result? i believe that the hague and the netherlands and mark rutte, sometimes we think that it takes a long time to achieve justice and it

takes a lot of effort, but what is important is that you see all the things to the end. that is why i very much count on mh 17 and responsibility for the war in ukraine, both of us, all of us, will see this through the just punishment after a trial. and spain... so many parts of the world have ukrainian colours lighting their landmarks in ukrainian colours, so you can see madrid in ukrainian colours. i would like to ask you to comment on spanish support.— like to ask you to comment on spanish support. yesterday, the prime minister _

spanish support. yesterday, the prime minister of _ spanish support. yesterday, the prime minister of spain - spanish support. yesterday, the prime minister of spain said i spanish support. yesterday, the| prime minister of spain said that spanish support. yesterday, the i prime minister of spain said that an additional— prime minister of spain said that an additional number of tanks were sent _ additional number of tanks were sent. what role can explain play? —— canet _ sent. what role can explain play? —— canet spain — sent. what role can explain play? —— canet spain play? was sent. what role can explain play? -- canet spain play?— canet spain play? was it yesterday? it wasn't mr— canet spain play? was it yesterday? it wasn't mr sanchez _ canet spain play? was it yesterday? it wasn't mr sanchez first _ canet spain play? was it yesterday? it wasn't mr sanchez first of - canet spain play? was it yesterday? it wasn't mr sanchez first of all i it wasn't mr sanchez first of all i'd like to say. —— it was mr sanchez. we have had a lot of scepticism with regard to europe, so pedro had met ukrainians, saw ukraine, maybe that's played an important part. he saw our country, what we're fighting for, how we are changing, it was important. he also saw institutionally that we were going hand—in—hand for the institutions, the banking system,

everything worked and that was very good, that from the very start of the war he visited, i believe that was in april and he was one of the first ones to visit. we found a good relationship and i believe the spanish community through him understood ukraine better. and then did you say the relationship between the spanish community, 16a,000 ukrainians are now in spain. thank you for sheltering them. that is many people. you understand what we are fighting for. he supports us in the eu, also in the nato security council, i know that, and i know that pedro, we have a personal

relationship, he will help. he said that he will increase the number of tanks. i think that it is within his powers to say how many more tanks he will provide. we mentioned other weapons, other technology. we have preagreed things to do with a defence, the hawks, other things that can strengthen our army. we expect that from the president as well. thank you. thank you, president zelensky. last week. _ thank you, president zelensky. last week, the _ thank you, president zelensky. last week, the polish president said that

if the _ week, the polish president said that if the war— week, the polish president said that if the war would last