as much wall at d, w dot com. ah, let him, your putin is known to admire strength in the people he deals with. so presumably looking vulnerable is not something he's very fond of. but the recent attacks on 3 russian airfields have exposed significant weaknesses and rushes capability to defend itself. the kremlin calls the strikes, terror attacks and blames keith and while potent looks for a solution to yet another problem in the war he shows at once again becomes obvious . that things for him are not going according to plan. if there even is one on the co for lucian, berlin, and this is the day ah, this a new little installation in the sense that molly's going after every capability to

heat diligence, several hundreds of kilometer with the results can be seen. an open sources. we see satellite images and photos that the russians themselves are posting really glove, white spectacular trailer portable russia that have developed significantly strengthening ukraine's defense potential is the only way to establish long term peace and stability in europe. oh, also on the day a look at lot v as controversial decision to take rush as last remaining independent tv channel off air was rain tv really a threat to national security. gold or tv rain has dealt with many attempts to shut down the channel. a story that began as a tragedy has turned into a farce. what's happening now was a farce. oh, with our to night and rush hour report suggests,

ukraine could be stepping up. it's cross border attacks against strategic targets. the strike seemed to have caused major unease in the kremlin leading vladimir putin to gather his security council today to discuss domestic security. and the latest incident, the governor of russia's course region says a drone attacked an airfield setting an oil storage tank on fire. course lies on the border with ukraine, but the attack comes a day after multiple explosions at a military base is in their react on region and at the angles air base, much deeper inside russian territory. moscow blamed you were ukrainian drones for those blasts, calling them acts of terrorism. keith has not claimed responsibility. let's unpack all of this and bring and frank lead, which he is a lawyer and military analyst. he's also a former officer with a british army. he served in the balkans, iraq, and afghanistan. mr. lead, which welcome back to the day ukraine has him claim responsibility. but the things

as the stand, how big of a blow are these attacks to moscow? while nicole, this is a colossal military failure. it's not as if the sample so these are bases were, were minor inst installations. they were 2 of the major basis of the russian and space schools, particularly young girls where most of it's so called strategic bama forces base. and what that says to the russian, people, as if you can't defend those from external you creating attack, what can you different? so how worried is the kremlin about this? well, the message has always or has since february been percolating through the russian people, it can't fail to do so. i mean, their own military commentators are full of comments about the phases of russian forces in ukraine. so the idea already that russian forces aren't quite what they were cooked up to be before the was already percolating through. but that's always

been across the board, hasn't it? it hasn't yet crossed over into russia in any significant way. yes, there was some explosions. there was some accidents earlier in the war, belkora particularly that this is the significant base. and if the russian air force can't defend that, it's going to have problems defending other installations and not messages spreading. how competent are armed forces? are we doing the right thing? it seems like this came as a surprise, right? that it caught russia off guard. how can something like that happen? well, it was all day sis, ukrainians are have demonstrated to the rest of the world that they are an audacious and swashbuckling are forces. it can happen because they have been preparing over the last 10 months or so to conduct the strikes. they've been reaching their forces and re engineering their weaponry. and now we're beginning to see the results of that. what kind of drone win enable ukraine to strike?

so deeply into russian territory, the defense ministry in moscow says, yesterday strikes, at least were carried out by soviet mean drones. that's probably right. we don't really know what did it, but the best guess is that it's so a to pull off 141 drone. now these are set 90. this makes it worse really than 19 seventies technology. the kinds of re engineer at the, at the, the, the electronics and targeting systems. but essentially this is an old crew, old fashioned cruise missile of the russian that the friends of have re engineered as far as we know not probable as well. that special forces were involved in guiding these into their targets. and that in itself, of course, is another worry for the russians. how could this have been allowed to happen? but we know that you produce developing cruise missile capabilities, and that's essentially what these are. and this has exposed significant vulnerabilities and rush as abilities to defend itself. but how can these kinds of

attacks impact russia capabilities of striking ukraine because these are strategic targets? right, it's the strategic nature. nicole, that that's important here, that the message it gives the wider population that actual damage done to aircraft was quite limited. there were 2 or 3. yes. expensive yes, up to data craft damage. i don't think any were destroyed, but they're not going to stop the attacks themselves. no, the damage is not tactical, which is weaponry and, and weapons. but it's not political level that the messages were sent up. and that's why this was a strategic strike at the war is increasingly and popular among the russian public to rate you talked about the pundents are increasingly critical for the fact that attacks are now happening closer to home. do you think that will lead to more anti war sentiment, or could it have the opposite effect?

it depends really what, how do you want to want to go on with this? i don't think frankly that they got the capability to conduct same kind of strikes that the russians have been conducting against ukraine on critical to the infrastructure. but the point is not what they have bought. they might have and what russian people will start to fear and they may start to fear that the ukrainians might not capability of dishing up same kind of treatment that they be dishing out to the ukrainians quite liberally over the last 4 months. and him is right in the population, and it's not fear that counts. it's not fear that becomes political. and it's not fear that putin himself will be afraid of. where do you see this going to think we'll see this kind of attack more frequently. now, was this a symbolic gesture to call in a way to show russia, you know, we can harm you? is this going to be part of the daily warfare now? no, i don't think so nicole. and i'll tell you why. i think the americans would,

would, would rain you credit back on. this is a demonstration of capability. what we can do if we want to, i think nobody knows. but i would suspect particularly given remarks today by century blinking on some reports that came out in america about the restrictions. the americans are placing on weaponry that's going to ukraine. i think the americans will be having a talk now with the ukrainians. let's not push this, you show what you can do. let's rein back. but of course is blinking said today it's up to the ukrainians. what they do in the american south aren't a limited influence, but their influence will go so far. but they wouldn't want to jeopardize international support what they military analyst, frank led, which thank you so much for your time. thanks a call. ah, hungary has vetoed a proposed 18000000000 euro financial aid package from the ukraine, leaving the remaining 26 member nation scrambling to find ways to keep the cash flowing to keep. many of them believe later or benz government is refusing to

cooperate over ukraine. because brussels is withholding billions of euro's waiting for budapest to implement rule of law reforms. the european commission has called for unity feed. at both e u member hungry and its neighbor, serbia have been ambivalent in their stance over russia and moscow's war on ukraine . speaking at a meeting between you, leaders and nations in the western balkans, hoping to join the walk, the president of kosovo than men's, her words when it came to belgrade stance on one side and on the other side. hug, crunch leo line with they should not be treated the same whether you stand with ukraine today or you spent with russia should matter whether you have a gotten sanctions against russia or not, should matter. and these are signals which the very, very clearly to all of the countries to western organs. because standing of the right side of history today is the least that should be expected. anastasio static

is an assistant professor of finance at high school of business at the university of california berkeley. she's also a founding member of the pressure group economist for ukraine. miss betty, welcome, hungry, vetoing aid for ukraine. how much does that weaken the e stands because of the russia? of course hunger, his actions are both now and throughout. the last 9 months have been problematic and hungry has not supported a to you grin the same way as it's other. you partners, and what we're seeing is that hunger is actually using it as a lever on to kind of extract what it wants from the you, of course, on the other hand. and it's also a lever that other members of the you have and to get hungry to conform to what the broader union wants to do. so it goes both ways and the aid and that hungary needs some of the e. u. m is something that both i'm hungry is demanding, and kind of use withholding 8 to ukraine as

a way to get what they want. but it's also something on which hunger is ultimately dependent. and so it is a lever that allows to other european states. i'm to usually get hungary to go. so what does it mean for the 2016 countries that want to save more money flowing to cave? did they just have to sit it out will or mon eventually come around? now i don't think we have the luxury of sitting out anything when it comes to a to ukraine. right now the situation is very urgent. so we definitely do need our speed in kind of implementing any of these 8 packages as to what we're seeing instead is that the european commission is considering how else i can deliver that . ultimately, other member states are going to be able to get money to ukraine. if they want to get money to ukraine, whether they do so in a consolidated matter with each other, using other mechanisms including subsets of states are pulling together to enhance corporation, or if they do it in federally unlikely. but at the end of the day, they have these options and so they can get that money to ukraine. and at the end

of the day, if they want to, they can also reduce then uh, the budget of the broader you and, and kind of do things more independently. that is actually going to be harmful for a hungry hungary is among the most dependent on your budget. so to kind of we can the overall you budget relative to individual countries by chance is not going to be in hungary expressed interest. and so it is feasible that hungry will understand this and will reverse this decision that it's showing right now. but even if it doesn't to other member states, definitely have ways to not reliant hungry to do something like deliver 8. let's talk about a serbia. how can they even increase pressure on membership candidates to clearly side with ukraine? yeah, i think watching kind of what, what goes on with hunger is for is perhaps a way to do that. i'm still going to the benefits and hungry is drawing from you a membership,

as well as the expectations that that sets on hungary to kind of to behave both and with respect to things like joint initiatives and putting in to ukraine. but also including domestic things like corruption and blah, blah. i think other kind of hopeful members are observing that and then definitely gives them an indication of both expectations as well as the benefits ultimately. yesterday that is all price caps kicked in. how effective do you think and can they be limiting revenue? russia can use to finance the war. so yes, the question can be something to start by answering in general terms. i think a general price caps can be very effective for 2 reasons. first, price caps, or a mechanism to reduce revenues to russia without abruptly reducing supply to the market. so unlike an outright embargo price cast are still allowing that wealth to flow. but in reducing the amount of money that is paid to russia for that,

as long as they're above the production costs, there is an economic incentive for russia to continue producing rather than shutting down and harming, than or to producing infrastructure as a result. and the 2nd reason is that it broadens the set of countries that are cooperating. so in terms of the embargo that's going to be used as an embargo, that's a certain set of countries that are not buying brushes with a price gap or actually pulling in on their potential partners in this endeavor. the countries that are relying shipping companies and insurance companies and that are going to conform with the price gap as it was sold to kind of a broader set of countries that are effectively participating in the sanctioning that in general, if we talk about specifics than that of course depends on the level of the price gap and how much that actually is going to reduce rushes right. what else needs to be done in the way of international sanctions to get leverage over the kremlin? i didn't want to ask that we don't have much time now. yeah. so of course with the

sanctions that are all in place, there's always room for improvements. we just talked about price caps. it's a great start to have a price gap at $60.00. it's not going to do that much so we definitely hopefully we'll be working towards lowering that limit in the future. i'm our group of experts recommend somewhere around $35.00, but more broadly, there's still a lot of leverage. dad to your western countries have was of use russian economy that was still haven't released pointed. i think the main area going forward is going to be technology sanctions. i'm so western technology still permeates russian society. we see these pictures of la bravo with his i phone and that, that's had single case. but in, in reality, russia is using western phones. western software, all of that to both and do the military actions as well as to progress the economy . so i'm limiting that limiting the western technology will have a big impact on the russian economy in general, anesthetic of

u. c. berkeley. thank you so much for it. i thank you for latvia has revoked the broadcasting license for the exiled independent russian television channel, tv, rain, laguna authorities, said the decision was made after the broadcast her violated rules and was deemed a threat to national security among the alleged violations showing the crimean peninsula as part of russia and referring to the russian military as, quote, our army tv reign relocated to law the after it was shut down in russia over its critical war coverage. in a statement on twitter tv. rain said, we will not broadcast on cable or satellite there, but we'll continue to do so on youtube. we consider all accusations against us to be unfair and absurd, and will go on doing our job. auntie de leon, maria cut how much has been falling the story very closely from our studio in the

latvian capital riga. maria tells more about the allegations against heavy rain. well, as he said before, i look in government considers doors as a threats to national security and public order. that's how they framed it. and in total election assorted find those 3 times according to lawson law. if a media that receives 3 warnings, it's license can be canceled as it was the case with dos. so the 1st warning was because of the absence of the language track down below in the latin language. but it was not a big issue. i would say. another big, another issue that really mattered most of was the fact that on the program they showed, as you mentioned, i'm a professor including occupied crimea, which very few think that it was deliberate and dos. has stated before that

kleinie is actually a part of ukraine and not russia. another one was for calling the russian army, our army, which is unacceptable for last, 2nd, after obtaining a license to dish latin license. traditionally, those became a lot in latin channels that has to respect to lots and i'm, and lastly, finally the, the 3rd a warning was because the journalist asked us to send e mails and kind of tell the stories of the mobilized russians and the awful conditions that they live in as he sat in on air, it would help them somehow that the tv rain calls his allegations absurd. but how do they explain these incidents? well, a 1st aid most besides that from the beginning of the russian invasion of ukraine.

those stated multiple times that was against the war, and that's, that's, that's the reason why they left russia ah, a. so because they couldn't engage in their normal journalists anymore, because the russian government introduced a fake law law legislation that essentially prohibited any other narrative, rather than crumbling one well off of the statements about the help of for russian soldiers. it, they deleted the, the editor and editor in chief, deleted the extra from the program after a few hours and immediately 5 the journalist. he should be sad that stories about the mobilization war crucial for doest, since they talk about the brutality of the russian army. this is how they engage with their audience. that is still inside russia. and the yes that said that they

found that negative that is appealing to russian audience and they were using it to show how bad russian army is. yeah. let me, it is a former soviet republican shares a border with russia. so there is understandably a lot of nervousness since russia and maybe you came and did tv rain. really pose a danger to lot being national security. well alas, isn't an independent european country and they can surely decide their security policies themselves. but many lawson political analysts told me that the reason might be that a lot in government fears that those could in future interfere in that can politics . and just to remind to you shortly after doors to arrived in latvia, there was a huge scandal after an interview with them mayor for capital city riga. mister stuck his. during the interview,

a journalist off journalist asked him about the demolition of this of monuments. and in many thought that these questions for inappropriate during the time when ukrainians are dying in the battle field and the fate of the soviet monuments are not relevant at this moment. and that's how it all started with their problems. many people in latvia and beyond have voice their support for tv rain. how important was the channel for, for those following rushes invasion of ukraine in russian from inside russia, maybe even. but also those who have since led the country it's one of the most powerful media outlets today that has an influence on the russian public inside russia, which is very important. it provided a platform for ukrainian officials as well, and that could communicate directly with the russian audience. and they told the

stories about a new emerge in russia, which has been changing dramatically over the past few months. well, it was a saw, so i was terms of information for russia's i for some rosters to a were maybe support people the war but started to question it as it continued further. they though, is maria, cut them on, say in riga, thank you for china appears to we eating. it's often honor as co read locked downs and regulations. citizens have been subjected to leadership, doing things 0 coven goal. for nearly 3 years. she had maintained that policy in part to solidify as political power. people and china have been heavily tracked with apps determining where they can go and what they can do, stretching many people to their limits.

ah, to being consigned to their homes to 7 days straight. the desperation became too great to bear. in this heroine video, shanghai residents, a heard screaming from windows during his snap lockdown in april, goading out for a little, even to buy food. not an option. since the start of the pandemic, the government and beijing has enforced snap lock downs and mass testing with a message that the virus is too dangerous to act. otherwise, that message was received. the fear of the virus has deep roots in china. where you go, or if the wider have found more decent slaten food that may have some effect on the human body shop. but 3 years of bowing to the government, sierra cove,

it strategy have left people exhausted. and when a deadly fire in an apartment building was linked to anti cove, it measures fear of the virus turned to fury. within days, protest is to do the streets of cities across china. some of them openly calling on the government to resign. oh, unprecedented scenes and she didn't pings china and they were followed by actual change for the people. as of this week, people in beijing no longer need a negative test result to enter supermarkets and officers and commuters and major cities. and now using public transport without testing, the government has been keen to stress it simply optimizing existing policies. if use reinstalled, we have been just doing what and improving our coven 19 protocols in light of

a development of a situation. shooter, whom dodge, you know, in the capital and elsewhere, citizens have been enjoying their new freedoms. and some expressed hope that stringent locked downs are a thing of the past. but with infection numbers that record highs and china officially still pursuing a 0 cove at strategy. that freedom could be temporary. the current challenge for china's leadership is to convey a complicated message that it's listening to the grievances of the people, but has the authority to lock them down where and when they deem necessary. that's all for today, but if you can't get enough of us to make sure to follow our team on twitter at the winners and myself at nicole underscore friendly for now though from all of us on the day. thank you so much for spending part of your day with

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