rented a global oil $100.00 for the 1st time since i believe 2014 w d. i crewed flirting with $100.00 before button for march, even natural gas rally 3 percent today. real estate through the root again, my grocery bill recently went from $20.00 to $35.00 and president bite and said it himself to expect more financial hardships as this goes on. that is james sweeney in new york and many, many thanks sir. thank. of corresponding terry schultz. now with a debrief of and exclusive nato briefing, she attended a short while ago. so what i've been told by this western intelligence source is that they very much fear that if the piece of the invasion continues as it has up until now, that key of could be encircled and fall to the russians within 24 hours. of course, i mean that is not a 100 percent certain assessment, but this is what it looks like now from the success that the russians have had in

taking over the country all the way to the capital. they now control this official says, all of ukrainian air space, they control both the military and the civilian airport and in a near cave. so this of course is a very, very key asset for the ukranian government that has been lost. this official also fears that ha, that putin does intend to go all the way into the capital and try to remove presidents zalinski and replace him with a puppet president that would, would carry out moscow's wishes. so the assessments are very, very dire at the moment. nato is not going to go in and, and join the ukrainian side by side in this combat. today we heard secretary general, still timber praise, the ukranian men and women in uniform for fighting bravely. i think everyone's hearts are breaking as they watch this, but there are simply would never be an agreement by 30 allies to go in and fight

for ukraine. that was never going to happen. the ukrainian government says dozens of its soldiers have been killed. despite this, they're promising an all out defense. with dawn came, the bombs rush are attacked sites across ukraine. the russian troops that had been massing on the border for weeks started rolling in, recorded on surveillance cameras by ukraine's border police brushes, leda laramie, a putin announced the military operation in abroad. call some russian tv. he disparaged ukraine's democratically elected government and ukrainian soldiers to surrender. ukraine's president followed me sir lansky introduced martial law and he made an emotional plea to russians.

christians can grant, i'm addressing you the russian people as the ukrainian citizen, bullied, we are separated by a border stretching more than 2000 kilometers. and right now there are 200000 of your soldiers. there are a couple of your leadership has authorized them to move into the territory of another country. and this could mark the start of the major war on the european continent. and europe can continue black smoke from a ukrainian military airport and to give in the east of the country. russia confirms that they bombed the site for housing block with hit and distraught residents were left, grieving the 1st casualties in a new war. they did not want as the world condemned russia attack on its neighbor. the

e u commission president said all of europe is under threat with the russians. targets is not only done by the target is not only ukraine, the target is the stability in europe. and the whole of the international piece order and we will hold president putin accountable for that. germany's chancellor love shalt promised more sanctions will be coordinating closely with our international partners in nato and in the european union today in order to place further severe sanctions against russia now. but sanctions can't come soon enough for many ukrainians in the capital. keith calls jammed the roads as the residence tried to flee the city dw vladimir. yes,

he put his a russia expert and joins me now from london. greetings. vladimir, what has the russian government been saying about the invasion and its military aims grow? and there are some that was already mentioned, some of the complete ukrainian air spaces on the rush and control sorts of all their areas. scripts and airports are took over by russian by russian troops. and in the last hour, at some very symbolic steps, by the russian troops made, for example, the chernobyl nuclear plant remains of that, you're not talking about the troops. first of all, in the 2nd meter, kylie, symbolic for us, quite important for crimea, the water channel from the ukranian mainland, which was bringing water from the ukrainian mainland, cramming peninsula and all is taken over by the russians as well. so the crime will

be getting water. so from there you're going in mainland. so the russian forces are in complete control of all other ukrainian aerospace. and this is the most important result of the state of this attack. and the great, so they've managed to seal a very specific passageway and also the stabilize the military installations there . what reactions are coming out of moscow to the raft of new sanctions being imposed? well, interest, interest in, excuse me, interesting the ration robles ross and currency in there and talk on the rise after going by the beach. so the russians were expecting over the us, european union would pull the nuclear option. and so down the inter bank payment systems for us. and they didn't happen so far. so or, or, but the rest of the market was expecting the worst option for them. and it didn't happen, so the 1st reaction on the market is quite

a stronger. robles and strong stock exchange. surprising. vladimir, you've heard this before. i mean, ukraine is a vast country. more than 40000000 people. can russia really afford to continue to wage this war? i mean, on the financial and by this, yes, russia has a huge foreign currency reserves. $66600000000000.00. and to play top 4 in the word after the china drop on in switzerland and came stress of it's really huge currency reserve. so for the time being, arrest, finance, and can, can afford to store a yes. and it's moving very fast it's, it's either moving very fast and then you can, mainland, so it's, it's very fast developing fast indeed. that's the w's. vladimir. yes you both. many thanks. let me let's take a closer look at ukraine. it's key industries g,

a strategic importance and recent past. by territory, ukraine is the biggest country in europe, and it's located at a strategic crossroads, all its western neighbors, except moldova, are nato members, while russia and bella, bruce, surround it to the north and east. around 44000000 people live in ukraine. the official language is ukrainian, but most people are bilingual and speak russian about 8000000 ethnic russians live in ukraine, mostly in the countries the south and east. that's often moscow's pretext for its interest in ukraine, which became independent in 1991 after the fall of the soviet union. ukraine subsequent tilt to the west, brought tensions to a head. in 2014 russia annexed the crimean peninsula and to pro russian

eastern provinces declared themselves independent. launching a war that's dragged on for 8 years. ukraine has long been known as the bread basket of europe. among its top exports is wheat with big buyers in northern africa. if there is a wheat shortage in ukraine, bread prices go up in cairo, but it's economy is diverse. ukraine also has heavy industry, coal, and tech. several apps, including the popular face swapping app, re face were created by ukrainians. i'm joined now by board quote, house member of the european parliament. he is in forbush, near the hague, in the netherlands. welcome sir. you just let a delegation of the security and defense subcommittee on a visit to the estonian capital tollen and the lithuanian capital vilnius,

neighbors of russia and nato members. what was the situation there? well, the situation is very dire because food actually explained what his actual agenda is. and the agenda is restoring to russia before 1917 and they all they will hire. and as you know, these 3 countries, lithuania, and assume you are all part of nato and bob you. so they feel and they fear that they might be next. and i think that we have to be very make sure that they will. we understand the main objective of the visit was to receive 1st and information on the threat from cyber attacks in the context of escalating tensions related to the ukraine crisis. what exactly did you find out? well, what we found out is that they are just as easy and it's august the ukraine poseida because it's below article 5 very well, easily executed by the russian services and getting that effect is quite easy. they

are the 1st front of confronting nato and the you and those baltic nations a different security. 2 posture that we have in western or southern europe. so it's very good to take the rest of the members of european palm to that part of nato area natal territory and let them feel that the show what the security threat landscape looks like. and i think we took a very good, a deep look into that and was very successful because now i think everyone is very aware we have to be united against this bread that comes from russia. it will not go away by itself. a possible cyber attack target, but was there any evidence that they have in fact already been targeted? well, yes, as you know, there's new wife, a malware or destructive malware going around in ukraine, especially. but some of the companies in last year lithuania and also stoney, i have been hit by the same malware. and as you see is part of the foods plan. if you listen to his speech, a more general never restoring that russian empire,

then his target area is there, your fault ration that he had on the cyber re. next is that it fits that and it resembles it. and it's very important for us to help those countries in the cyber posture, better shape. i mean, as you surely know, baltic countries in particular, in past years, were off in the target of companies by campaigns, i should say, by russian state back hacking groups. how did they take action? well, one of these hacking groups, ghostwriter, i think that was executed from gallows. and this is something new that the billows, services together with the russian secret services conduct this information operations and cyber operations in that area. and it's been attributed by many of the nation. so western nations and allied nations around the world. and i think the corporation between biller was and between the russian services illustrates this new era. we go into this new era,

if you would see what could miss up to right now ukraine, you might end up controlling that area as well. and some of the needs will territories of being more and more surrounded. and it's very worrying from a cyber perspective, especially from a military perspective. that is a broad hoot house and many, many thanks for your time in perspective, sir. you're welcome to stay tuned for our continuing coverage of the war to the point in strong opinions. clear positions, international perspective. russia has launched a full scale attack on you crate. the assault was ordered by the me put in ukrainian, president vladimir lensky says, posing wants to wipe you crate off the map is the west power of us against hooton's expansionism. find out on to the point shortly to the point. next, d, w,

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and the poison spread from their homes. ah, much my z with the great documentary series destruction of a nation starts march 4th on d w. ah, the world looks on as russian president vladimir putin launch his a full scale attack on ukraine. and now it's becoming clear that he intends to use his country's military might in a bid to rewrite european history. the west meanwhile, has been imposing what have been described as the toughest sanctions ever but polluted is clearly not impressed. so is it time for europe's democracies to face up to some new and uncomfortable truths and perhaps fight for their future.