experience outstanding shopping and dining offers and try our services. be our guest at frankfurt airport city, managed by frappe art. ah ah ah, this is the w is life a life sentence, and ukraine's 1st war crimes trial. a 21 year old russian soldier will spend the rest of his life in prison for killing an unarmed civilian. in the 1st week of the invasion. also on the program,

ukraine's president calls on business leaders of the world economic forum to end all trade with russia and escalate sanctions to the maximum. and joe biden wanted china. it's flirting with danger over tie what? during his 1st trip to asia as u. s. president, he says, washington is willing to use force to defend the territory if necessary. ah, i'm fil gail. welcome to the program. a court in ukraine has sentence to russian soldier to life in prison, and this 1st war crimes trials since russia invasion. the 21 year old had pleaded guilty to killing an unarmed 62 year old civilian. and the 1st week of the war, the trial is expected to be the 1st of many ukraine's prosecutor general's office says it's investigating nearly $11000.00 potential war cripes. will d,

w correspondent, mac xander is following the story from keith. he told me more about the verdict spread. so this verdict, this life sentence did not come as a huge surprise, but it might have significance for, for future trials. and the 21 year old defendant about him. so she marin last week already pleaded guilty for killing a 62 year old, unarmed civilian in the beginning of the 1st phase of the invasion now. and he said that he was pressured by fellow soldiers into doing so. but the court responded to this and said that he was, he was going through with a criminal order that these men who had who he had given pressure into were not his commanding officers. and thereby, he clearly violated the rules, the rules of war and lower sentence than life was just not possible. in this case, the defense on the other hand, am said they would appeal and they said there had, there has been

a significant amount of pressure from civil society. and so the significance of this right, so this is the 1st war crime. first war crimes trial in ukraine during this war and we're looking at 10000. you said it perhaps even even more cases in the future. so this life sentence actually sets the bar pretty high. and there has been some criticism that this court case or this, this trial was taking place during the war, but the authority said they were falling due process. the situation this case is very clear. that's a pretty straight forward case. all the evidence was heard and the men are pleaded guilty, but also for the ukrainians. it is a, it is a chance to show that they're taking and pursuing these war crimes seriously. and yet that, that to show that the judiciary, the ukranian judiciary system actually works even in times of war, away from the court. max,

the fight in don bassett shifted to the city of savannah dynette gun ukraine, struggling to hold on to it. is that said slightly to become another marius. all right, so the russian forces after unsuccessfully trying to take heave and the rest of the country shifted their focus to the southeast to the done bust of the industrial zone there. and they're going after free after the territories that were held formerly by the russian state back rebels and am trying to push forward there. so a city ordinance is a key city. it's a large city of roughly a 100000 people prior to the war. and this is one of the last strong holds in the loo, hunt's region that the kremlin has, as, as i said, they would, they would take now they're trying to and circle this city. that is clear, but it compares. if you compare the situation to mario points a bit different because this city was close to the fighting line of 2014 and they are better prepared than manual pull. this does not come as

a surprise and the ukrainians so far have been able to successfully defend the city. all right, thank you. back to mac xanda in keith of laudermill, zalinski has told the world economic forum of institutions should introduce maximum sanctions against russia, including an oil embargo and cutting off trade completely in a live link to the beating of political and business leaders in the swiss town of davos ukrainian president said ukraine would also need a modern version of a historic marshall plan that rebuild to europe after the 2nd world war. he said that though his country is grateful for international sanctions against russia, they should have been imposed soon. hundreds of millions of citizens in democratic countries on are put in posher, wouldn't want government machines and companies of measurable to make sure they would limit or restrain their relations with the aggressor state with russia. not

old only. and it's not to help the people. it will, i think it was under attack, but this is happening only now. let me know for even though russia started its war against you, great. back in 2014 dash, we are grateful for this support, but i would say evil would actually happen was that of say, you gotta think immediately that's unity, that it pressure on governments and companies vessels for this type of thing, it's quite a for the freedom would russia started this full scale, warri wouldn't bring all these losses, apple ukraine, and upon the world. i'm sure that the answer to this question is that is also know much. well, ben, for solon is in davos for d. w. i asked him how the speech had been received with a standing ovation fil a. it was a very emotional speech, and davis was listening. that's the short, the, the crowd here, the investors, the other world leaders, 50 of which are here, heads of states and governments and prime ministers are delegations as well and

thousands of business leaders. and he did stick to them that are who had said that, that they simply haven't done enough that ukraine is short on time. and if this russian, aggression continues or increases even what we need is what you said at the beginning of the show even tougher sanctions. so an oil embargo, all banks need to be blocked, all of them, the i t sector as well and no trade, whatsoever. he made a big point of that. he then also question, how much longer will the world stay united because this, this unity is what scares mr. put most in mr. zalinski is words. we need to make you create a priority. now every day that we wake up, he said, we need to ask ourselves, what can we do for you? fun for sewland in davos will take a look at or store is making the news. now, a russian envoy, as, as says,

he has resigned because of his opposition to his country's invasion of ukraine. horace band bonder, i have worked from moscow's mission to the united nations in geneva, is written to colleagues condemning russia's war and expressing his shame. starbucks is pulling out of the russian market. the seattle coffee giant us announce the closure of all of its $130.00 stores. the brand had initially said it would keep the stores open, but donate profits to humanitarian relief efforts. and you cried a mcdonald's exit the russian market last week on grey as get used to back on a you ban on russian oil unless more caches provided for its energy infrastructure . budapest supposition is blocking a 6th package of european union sanctions, which must be unanimously approved by the blocks $27.00 member states. now you as president joe biden has said that he would be willing to use force to defend taiwan if it were attacked. that china views the island as

a break way province. mister bible was speaking in tokyo at the launch of a new asia pacific trade initiative. the statement was one of america strongest in support of the island for decades. are you willing to get involved militarily to defend taiwan? if it comes to that? yes, you are. as a commitment, we made a recommend we may, we are not look, here's a situation. we agree with the one china policy we signed on. all the attendance agreements made from there, but the idea that it can be taken by force taken by force is just not just not appropriate or just locate the entire region and be another action. similar to what happened in the crew will tie one's foreign ministry. a fight, so mister barton for his statement, so it drew a sharp response from beijing. therefore, administrator china has no room for concessions on issues involving its territorial

integrity. was to bind one, beijing's increasingly assertive stance of the island was floating with danger. we launch. so how big a shifter is, the president statement on taiwan. i see that a smith is a senior fellow for asian pacific studies of the council on foreign relations. so thank you for having me. first of all, i don't think it's a large shift. if you recall, we have in the united states congress approved what's called the taiwan relations act, in which united states has been supplying taiwan with military equipment to help with its defenses. so there's always been a implicit link between united states and taiwan when it comes to making sure that there is no violence or no use of force across the street between beijing and taipei. i think the president made it very clear in tokyo because the region is worried. they're worried about chinese military activity. they're also, we're worried about ambiguity on washington's part. the ambiguity by the united

states could invite or at least give permission for china to use force and they would like that to stop is there. is there a way that russia, having launched its attack on the ukraine, the pop china might look at this and say, let's give that a go. absolutely, and you know, as you know, taiwan is not a treaty ally. it's not recognized by most of the world as an independent sovereign state. so it, there's reason to be worried, given the russian behavior in ukraine. and i think given also the fact that united nations is not functioning, as many people thought it would in cases of aggression. and you really have the united states and its allies putting forward the primary response. so i think this is an in the pacific version of, let's not, you know, invite miscalculation. the president is in tokyo for a new u. s. lead to asia pacific trade initiative that's being seen as a counterweight to china, aggressive expansion in the region. how much of an effect is likely to have given

china's expansions already well underway that well, i think this is the by new ministrations effort to demonstrate that the united states does have economic interests at stake and is willing to begin to re engage on the trade friends with partners in the, in the pacific. as you know, it's e p, p l by the wayside with president trump came into power in 2017. and i think the region is really looking to united states for a stronger statement of its economic engagement. foreign direct investment aid for infrastructure building, and of course, the most important trade. i don't know that this is going to assuage all of the concerns of the countries around the region. china is a dominant economic presence in the region, and of course china has now asked to join the c p p. and that makes any many of those countries that are members a little bit nervous about how the p p is going to respond. thank you for that. a

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