vladimir putin from pocketing up to $1000000000.00 a day from europe. a new deal between the united states and the european union will help reduce the continent's reliance on moscow and slash the prophets the kremlin needs to fund this war. president biden pledges that his country will help secure an extra 15000000000 cubic meters of natural gas for the continent this year. and right now, moscow has not mapped out a way to reach the gates of ukrainian capital. the u. k says the russian military is falling back as ukrainian forces, re take towns and defensive positions. 35 kilometers east of cave on this invasion started, there were promises from ukraine to never surrender. now, refreshed promises of victory am abby called arson and berlin. and this is the day ah, we are ready to dive in. oh,

we are determined to stand up against russia's brutal war with between democracy and all of this war will be a strategic failure for putting curtains, war against ukraine for the month. it changed the security reality in your day after day. the death, tall and human suffering in cities, towns, and villages across the crane is increasing. current. people have a lot of backbone for good. i'm more than sure we've. we've also on the day the 1st woman to leave the us state department has lost her life to cancer. this week, madeline albright is being remembered at home for shaping her countries foreign policy in a post cold war world from child refugee to america's top. deb that does this one

of my favorite stories. a one said a naturalization ceremony in ethiopia. man came up to her and said only in america can refugee meet the secretary of state. and she replied only in america. can a roger g b comma, the secretary of state? ah, i'm abby cuevas and welcome to the program. we begin the day with the devastating human cost of rushes war in ukraine. the united nation says more than a 1000 people have died and nearly 2000 others have been injured since the invasion began. it also says it is looking into reports of mass graves and merry or bull, including one with at least $200.00 bodies and local officials there confirm $300.00 people have died after russian forces shall the main theater last week. militarily, ukraine is holding its own against one of the largest armies in the world, but its people are bearing the brunt of relentless russian attacks. matter,

you bull in eastern ukraine has come to symbolize the devastation russian bombardment has wrought. most of the city has seen terrible destruction. people trapped here struggle to find food or water. ukrainian officials now believe some 300 people could have died in last week strike on a theater. their hundreds had been seeking shelter in the building when it was leveled by a russian bomb. here in michel live near the black sea. a rocket hit tatiana as building her neighbors were killed. her home is now wrecked. well, but she is staying put water for 2 weeks. we will stay in the co live and will be here until the end. just hit her voice. i will go back to work. yes, just my company is still operating with them that are in the do, i hope to carry on working more good, just not true tv. but while russia keeps bombing from afar,

its advance into ukraine's main cities has mostly stalled. ukrainian forces are pushing back on the front line and need a pin just outside the capital. keep ukrainian forces have repelled the russians with a series of counter attacks. as this commander explains, he feel good with the russians don't have the combat power. my men are hitting their supplies, and in kiva, armed citizens would be shooting from every window and door, which i have been zoom. ukraine's defences are holding blood the me to put in hopes of a lightening quick war dashed but this battle comes at a high price, especially for human lives. it's hard to verify how many people have been killed in this war. in a crematorium, in keith, dozens of earns lay unclaimed. the relatives of the dead have fled,

and they had to leave their loved ones, remains behind. joining us now as dw correspondent nick connelly who's in the ukrainian capital nick more. what more can you tell us about the situation in key right now? we have spent most today in doors, that's just been an alerts bombing bombing alerts bombing rate at large off the booming re looked. and this time actually, the bang seem to be a lot closer. louder they have been in previous weeks. that doesn't mean the russians are closer quite the opposite, but they are seemingly upping this tactic of trying to shoot at even the center of kia from a fall from those positions where they still are about 25 kilometers away from the center. the city locked to that noise and so, so ukrainian empty across systems trying to shoot down missiles or other projectiles heading all way. but it certainly was very jarring. state was actually a beautiful day. and in recent days, happiness as people were kind of getting used to war after a month,

they were somehow adapting to it. and people who decided states somehow finding a way to live with it and were coming out of the streets in great numbers. and we've seen before, and then suddenly these bangs, that felt very present, very close, suddenly bring that back back to people's minds. russia now says the 1st phase of this war is mostly complete. is there an indication that they're going to change tactics here? what do you think? well, this sounds like brave taught from moscow to try and distract from russia's military failures in this, if you remember at the beginning this campaign, they were pretty bombastic in their aims. talking about the not finding whatever that means about basically returning ukraine to rushes serve influence and basically doing away with crane sovereignty as a nation. that was essentially what they were saying. but in the future and again and again, basically talking about ukraine as a fake nation, a nation has been trumped up by western power trying to weaken russia. now they're dialing down on that demand dialing down on the aims to then be able to potentially

explain to that population why less has been achieved. but i think people don't really believe it was from what they are come in. this is just tactical. this is a way to maybe try and distract maybe to prevent further western sanctions to buy some time before those russian troops. and you can be supplied with more supplies and carry on this war. there isn't really the sensitive from the ukraine inside the russians are willing to cut their losses in any meaningful way. let's look at the military situation on the ground for a moment. western intelligence says, and even famous for a few days now that the russian offensive appears to have stalled with little gains towards the capital, and that ukrainian forces are now retaking some areas around that capital. this war has not been going according to prudence plans for some time. well, definitely, and i think there was also some re hubris on the russian side. the belief that that ukraine would collapse under pressure from russia. that the leadership that you democratic president lensky, would just run and lead on defended. that's ukraine's all me wouldn't be able to

fight or would fight as badly. and as in fact, back in 2014, think that was a failure to understand this country has changed a lot since then. and that ukraine's all me is different. and there are hundreds of thousands of people that weren't on bath and who have combat experience. that's something that basically no other country in europe has that kind of pool of people . and there's even reports of russia, stock putting parade, uniformed with then found in a, in a garage outside kid. because they were expecting to hold victory parade and kill within days. and now talk that some of these people who were meant to be that parade military orchestra members were now having to fight when actually they thought they were coming to grange to celebrate the russians victory of the frank w correspondent, and economy. thank you. the prudent is issued rushes energy resources, of course, and manipulate his neighbors. and saudis used his use the profit to drive his war machine. so we want as europeans to diversify away from russia,

towards suppliers that we trust that our friends and that are reliable. madam president, i know, i know that eliminating russian gas will have cost for europe. but it's not only the right thing to do from a moral standpoint, is going to put us on a much stronger strategic footing. we need to secure our supplies, not just for next winter, but also for the years ahead. and this is a, an important, a big starting point to do that. after cementing a new energy deal with the european union, u. s. president joe biden headed to poland near the ukrainian border. it's home to an american air base where the u. s. military serves alongside polish troops, as part of nato biden then flew to warsaw for more talks on the military, humanitarian and economic response to russia's war on ukraine. the w

corresponded barbara basil sent as her assessment of the american president's visit to poland. the message is absolutely clear, he has particularly by traveling to the border region, was ukraine as sent the message to president putin. and that is the ne, to a lines is ready to defend every foot off their territory. and that was something that the major leaders reiterated when they mentioned br office on thursday, and that is the main message of president biden. hughes is around $10000.00 us soldiers are stationed in poland and this town know your trip. he that he visited today has about just a 1700 of them. and he set down was them to have a slice of pizza as american presidents tend to do when they visit their troops. and you said, we're very grateful for your service and it is very important to defend the

boarders here and defend the nato alliance and do show moscow that they can't advance any further. so that is the strategic aim really off this visit here. ah, wow. i demonstrators, in jamaica, have been demanding that great britain, formally apologized for slavery, and pay reparations. the calls came as prince william and his wife kate visited the caribbean island during a week long tour of former british colonies in kingston. prince william expressed his sorrow about slavery and stopped short of apologizing for britain's role in the slave trade. i strongly agree with my father, the prince of wales, who said in barbados last year, but the appalling atrocity of slavery forever stains on history. i want to express my per farms, sorrow, slavery was abhorrent,

and it should never have happened. joining us now is pascal robert, the co host as this is revolution podcast. pascal, thank you for taking the time to be on the day. now. we've seen protests and believe we've seen protest in jamaica through this royal tour. what exactly are people asking for here? well, it's thank you back me on what seems to be happening in these former british colonies in the caribbean is that the citizenry of these localities are demanding that they not only want the verbal apology for the role of great britain in the caribbean surgery, but they also want reparations or compensation. one of the things that must be realizes that, you know, great britain is one of the larger participants in the treasury slave trade. in the 18th century, who was the largest importer of africans in that hemisphere, even though overall brazil did in or more as a, from, from the portuguese. but overall,

also we have to realize that if you read the great work of eric williams, capitalism and slavery, the coffers of great britain were flush with wealth that was develop it, developed from the transit like slave trade and from the plantation sugar economy. and it was an integral part in the development of the british empire. so it, what is obvious is that the former co coil are subjects of great britain. not only want a verbal apology for that system, but they want some kind of economic compensation for the homes that have been suffered by them under the imperial forces of the british empire. i'll talk a little bit more about that economic compensation that could look different depending on the country. what does it look like for jamaica? what jamaica, according to what the estimates are showing is asking for what is the equivalent of 7000000000 pounds in terms of compensation for the, our raw, the british in the trans atlantic slave trade in slavery,

in jamaica. now my position is that even though of course and a 1000000 pounds is significant amount of economic resources something as altering of the whole geostrategic reality of the. busy world as a transit planning slave trade out, are you, there is no actual dollar amount that can possibly be put on the traumatic harm and laws to african dash where people that can come from this kind of system. you don't know, people who basically have been treated even in the, in their colonies as 2nd class citizens are up until the 3rd of the 20th century. so i would argue that, you know, $7000000000.70 pounds may seem like a lot of money. but i would say that there's a possibility that some of these former colonies might be letting british capitalism off on the cheap, because it would take a lot more to well as the economic parity between these former british colonies

and their, their, their parent country at the time which was great britain, jamaica is still a very poor country, is one of the $104.00 countries in the caribbean, as it actually has a less lower g p there than been cooper as a matter of fact. so it would take a lot to really try to change the economic relationships between these countries and the major western powers of the world. and frankly, i think it was going to take more than simply calling one check to. we allocate the balance of power in international capital. ready system and you want to ask you about this particular visit on this visit that you're making prime minister announced that his country would seek to become a republic. dropping that queen as the head of state, just as barbados has recently done. and we've seen poles from inside, jamaica, showing that support has grown in the last decade for this new talk to us about what's changing in the country. it's a very, very excellent question because what we're seeing is that in the british korean, the english speaking caribbean, there has been a more, really starting with 2002018. we've been seeing this pivot where even though these

countries are still part of the british commonwealth and many of them are to regionally still have the british crown as, as the higher hierarchical law power structure. they want to move away from the situation where the queen is the, is the, is the, the head ruler of the state and move to their own republics. barbados to just recently, belize is talking about this and jamaica is talking about this. now, what is interesting is that there's not much discussion between how this is happening now and a correlation between briggs and perhaps this might be a speculation on the part of the foreign colonies that with great britain to force from the european union. that the long term economic fortune, fortunes of great britain, as a global power, may be diminishing. and they perhaps see that this is a moment where they can go in on their own. also, in light of the scandal that happened in 2018 with the wind rush generation,

which was the afro caribbean us citizens of all british society or members of society may of who are being threatened to be in probably deported the cause of massive scandals. there is an, a chair, so i would somewhat speculate upon those citizens of those former colonies to kind of go on their own and distance distance themselves from the crown. and one of the main reasons why the of the royal family was on this visit was the kind of dissuade jamaica believes, and some of these other countries to not go the way of barbados and say, was in the actual sphere of influence of the british crowd. and it seems that the marquis is very much worried about losing its our sphere influence in these areas that are pretty much trying to go alone and go the way of becoming a republic. pascal, robert, a lawyer and the co host of this is revolution podcast. thank you very much for your insights. thank you.

ah, madeline albright has the strength and wisdom to help ensure that america remains the indispensable nation as the 1st woman to serve. as america's top diplomat, madeline courage and toughness helped bring peace to the balkans and paved away for progress from some of the most unstable corners of the world. she was a trailblazer in a luminary and she was the 1st woman to serve as secretary of state. she left an indelible mark on the world and on the united nations i it's a really devastating piece of news. i know there are many people in this building who are grieving and who will be grieving our today. and our thoughts, of course, are with her. her family and the many, many people she touched in this building in this country and around the world, memories and trivia, it's past and present on the life of america's 1st female secretary of state, madeleine albright, who passed away this week all bright had a long career and

u. s. foreign policy. she served as president bill clinton, secretary of state, from 1997 to 2001. before that she was washington's ambassador to the united nations. born in 1937 in what was then czechoslovakia, she emigrated to the united states as a child or family says she died after suffering from cancer. she was 84 years old. i next guess has worked as a washington post journalist for more than 30 years and traveled the secretary albright during her time at the state department. and based on his experiences, he's written a book, madeline albright and the new american diplomacy. i'm pleased to welcome to the day thomas lipman, who joins us now. thank you for being with us now. president biden called her a force. we saw that image. there were president obama awarded her with the metal of freedom. president clinton selected her as the 1st woman in american history, to leave the state department, talk to us about how she will be remembered domestically in the united states. well,

it's shark, it's sad to say that she will be remembered more as the 1st woman to break the glass ceiling at the state department to become the 1st female secretary of state than she will for any particular diplomatic or strategic achievement. and that's not a reflection on her. that's true of almost every secretary of state, secretary of state are not independent policy makers. and they may be an effective implementers, but they don't run the show. the exception was henry kissinger, who had an enormous vacuum at the white house in effect because next president nixon were so consumed by watergate. madeline albright was very highly regarded in many quarters at the time. she was secretary of state and was very and was very effective as in our job in many ways. but if you ask the ordinary american person today or even educated american people, what did she accomplish?

really, you won't get much of an answer. foreign policy is that she is certainly revered in the united states again, as you said, for being the 1st female secretary of state. but her legacy in other parts of the world is a little bit different. while she was often praised at home for tough, straight talking style, it didn't really do her any favors abroad, did it? well, that's true. i remember what happened. secretary albright's back around. she was a creature of the cold war. she was a refugee from post war europe. her family had fled the nazis and then the communists. she saw the world in cold war terms and that made her less. what would you say less accomplished, less sure, footed, in other parts of the world. and except for the balkans, the other parts of the world were where the problems were. i mean, in,

in the middle east and in the far east, what those were not or say nothing of latin america. those were not strong suits for her. and she acknowledged that she was in effect, a child of the cold war. and for accordingly, the difference was and i give her full marks for this, that she elevated into the foreign policy discussion. issues that, or her mail predecessors had ignored. well, what happens to women when they are refugees about what, what happens to their children? issues of founder, public health and safety and human rights and female rights. many had paid lip service to those that albright made specific demands and changes and institutional amendments that made a difference. and let me just give you one example. under under prodding from albright breast un high commissioner for refugees,

limited the distance flaming. what between the sleeping quarters of refugee women and their toilets? because in that distance they were subject to physical abuse and even rape. so she limited the distance that doesn't sound like much on the scale of grand strategy, but it made a lot of difference to a lot of people. and it changed the way the state department function. imagine that she was a child of the cold war in her role as a secretary of state. she had to sort of map out the post cold war period, and she pushed for nato to intervene in place like kosovo. how do you look back on that foreign policy decision? well, every presidential administration pretty much since harry truman has had some big ah, failure, or a mistake on its record. going back to john f. kennedy in the bay of pigs, or lyndon johnson and vietnam, that could have happened in bosnia and kosovo,

had things gone wrong. fortunately, i, they didn't go wrong. and the intervention in kosovo turned out to save a lot of lives and resulted in the independence of casa, we don't even think about it anymore. except that last i checked, serbia still hadn't recognized casa bos, independence, and albright pushed so those decisions through what they call the fudge factory at the state department. where for every policy there's some counter policy or somebody arguing against it. and she did do that and she made a difference. it was not albright who negotiated the dayton agreements that ended the war in bosnia itself. but certainly the bought the at the remember, you may remember there was a photograph of people being put aboard trains in bosnia.

and that photograph evoke memories of people being 40 bored trains in 1942 and all right. wasn't going to sit still for that. and i give her full credit what, what she did in bosnia authors, thomas edmond, thank you so much for your time and for your insight to really appreciate it. my pleasure. that was the dan as ever the conversation continues online. you'll find us on twitter at did all the news? i'm abby, quite austin, on behalf of our producers this week, andrew shale and jared read, thanks for being with us. live for now. ah,

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