or 4 months ago ukraine launched it's much anticipated counter offensive since then, complaints from it, supporters have been mounting about the lack of progress and speed of the operation must accuse restoration. questions started arising about whether or not the ukrainians were making adequate use of the materials and training provided to them to push back that doug and russian troops, anthony blinking surprise visits to the war torn country comes out of the size of moment at a time of growing polarization in the west over age to ukraine, the top diplomats trip signals washington's continued support and cube he announced a new, a package worth over $1000000000.00. i'm to go for lincoln, berlin, and this is the day the i'm here. first and foremost, to demonstrate our ongoing and the term support for you. for

message the united states is sending today by announcing a new security assistance. passive package, we want to make sure that the frame has what it needs, not only to succeed in the counter offensive, but that's what it needs for the long term. what is being decided here in ukraine just of us to crate this way? the world will look like fundamental difference makers, the trainings are fighting for their own country for their own future, for their own freedom. russians are not. and that gives me tremendous confidence. also on the day we may be ukrainians, finding a different kind of battle. the one against homophobia, but for 2 more years basically, we want legal protection for our family to find a life together. you need protection from the state. what they've been the please. we need recognition of who we really are. and we are

a family. and we seem just welcome to the show he came on announced and made a big announcement on a surprise trip to cave us secretary of state antony blank and pledged over $1000000000.00 an additional aid for ukraine. that includes over $665000000.00 in new military and civilian security assistance. over the past months, the debate over washington support for ukraine has been growing louder with many us analysts, voice and criticism. over the slow progress of the counter offensive of lincoln's message was clear every inch of recovered territory as an achievement. now since i was last here almost exactly one year ago, the training forces have taken back more than 50 percent of the territory seized by russian forces since february 2022. and the ongoing counter offense progress was accelerate. in the past few weeks,

this new assistance will help sustain it and build for the moment. today with present soleski, i discussed longer term sustainable security arrangements, which will provide ongoing security assistance and modern military equipment across land, air, c and cyberspace. as well as training and intelligent share military analyst frank language joins me now. frank, this is the highest level visit by you as officials since february when jo, 5 and travel to cuba. why was it important for blinking to visit now? look at a new quote. i think there are 2 reasons. one of the, one of them you've already mentioned that not here is that it's a long time since one of the senior cabinet members of the united states government visited. so it's a pretty irregular event. the 2nd is really to and show i think the support of the united states, us a difficult time. i said it is what click that himself set to and i think this is legitimate. he wanted to get some ground truth as to what was happening. he's going

to be getting some, some fairly confidential briefings for the senior members of the ukraine government . and of course, military at the tactical level. things look a bit difficult, but they always do at the tactical level, but it was never going to be easy as they have a rep. always said that you printed by to told sustain abilities that these, that keep notes in. in this, the proceeding schedule blinking arrived on the day and you courtney lawmakers, approved the nomination of the new defense ministers. will the re shuffle have consequences for you crowds allies? i don't think so. save for that issue that you mentioned before you just touched on it, then i think it's really important that corruption issue. now resident called himself was not personally associated to that. the expect to say in corruption. but the problem is that presided over over and over a system that the government years and the big multiple examples that we don't need to go through the, the, the, the, the new defense minutes. because he's quite being very important. he hasn't been

associated with that. he's telling me you've got it as clean, so i think that's the, that's the key message of this new new minutes or 2 key messages, one crimea from and to a clean process. it went on blinking pledge, another a package worth over a $1000000000.00. where is the support more was needed right now where to the ukrainians needed most acutely spot. and we've heard your loss over the last year and a half about big ticket items, the sixty's, a high mileage, and so on. what the ukrainians sold, which is will want that on the ground, the costs like at the lower end stuff, they want body all that they want like they should have pub in what's called the mobility or do any kind of mobility not only to assisted in mobility on the battlefield, but of course if occupation of wounded, which right now is, is carried out either on stilts or, and protected vehicles. so if, if we're going to look at another category of a deducted very large quantities, the big ticket items on this, of course,

the aquino item is rearranging of tech shows all the tools coming a brock's tax, but that very normal, a very normal custody operate the onto tank over here by the army or the volunteer movie. you say there are normal part, but there was a bit of discussion when they were 1st provided to the ukrainian army by, by the brits. how will the ukrainians be able to use them and why are they somewhat controversial? but what they allow you to do to call these trails throughout the me on. but it's as simple as that. you, you really want to play to the writing is extremely hard. it's much harder than most that most the alarm or any of the most dom. and it can penetrate 30 using it's as simple as out, particularly the small, the colors. so it allows us to tell it to be able to get onto all our operations. the criminal says use 8 will not influence the course of what they call the special military operation. that's of course, far from the truth. but i do want to know from you how much of a difference the u. s. a has actually made until today in ukraine's war as

its been utterly decisive from the stock javelin. besides morris, i'm coming timeouts patriot. uh, the political pressure which i'm in it, was there a bit reluctance on this on the times, but that comment, i think what you claim would want though, is i'm most to teach a perspective on, on the grounds of weapons. so we're talking very pop, so united states might consider policing some of the 2 of the off 1000, a bronze tax. they have an iron bed, treat a span, that's what in storage rather than the 1st one that i think your credit is what there's a lot more to come on. i suspect that's what presents the landscape may be discussing over the next couple of days all day or so with mr. blinking blinking wall and key of said he wanted to make sure ukraine has what it means, not just now, but in the long term as well. to give, keep a strong deterrent as he said to the lensky that might sound like nato membership. but what does he actually mean? yeah, the in the united states and particularly pleasant bible things better reluctance

always. they've already looked at actually for a couple of decades to discuss nathan memberships the ukraine. i think that's going to be the case until the war finishes. i think that realistically, what will be discussed in this context is that a start sort of long term perspective on websites and security assistance. and that security assistance course doesn't just take the form of bomb or, and, and concerts of holland edge of know that tree of milky capability, but also the soft range. if you can call it that cyber space recognizance intelligence and so forth that mr. blake, and was talking about today, but it's all very well making these announcements every month or so every 6 weeks. but what i think you pay monthly is a guaranteed pipeline of this because they keep the, the, the, the key, the balance of, of an additional sustainability. and the credit is always set up right now. this talk approach strip be isn't really working fine, quite a, which thank you so much. always great speaking to you. thank you. my and you frame

the fight against the russian invasion is only one of many bottles. there is another one happening on the homefront. the 5 for quality, like in many post soviet countries. they l g, b, 2, q, community faces. many prejudices, any crime but the country is changing and campaigners are helping to make that happen. the w corresponding like sun is in the eastern ukrainian city of harkey, and he talked to some active as they're about confronting hello phobia. the stuff here and her fill active this one to be visible even though they know not everyone will be happy to see that as we speak stuff to you who helps organize how to get pride gets news of an anti eligibility protest elsewhere and tell them now the, they're reduced to that kind of hostility. well not so then, what are you not to? we are a democratic country behind the house. don't wish i don't see any problems if this

is how they want to show their opposition for the novel have to correct it's better than harassment. the divine. yeah, the rebels. little of the meeting people the day, which happens at that very often after pride, think it'd be surprised that they're more worried about russian missile attacks. that's one reason why only a handful of people showed up another. there's that many have left town, but also summer fighting the russians, the cut outs represent those were absent. no rainbow without yellow and blue with this one reads the colors of the premiums. the signs of pride don't last long. so not even 2 hours later, some of the cut outs are already missing and they were brought not too far away. it's can see right here. let me pull one out for you. this one says this could be moderate sco, which is at the front line evacuating. some of the guys who did this are still at

work and it appears not camera is out of the show. i don't think knows the time for promotional campaign for this. it would be more logical if instead of these posters, there were photos of the boys who died in the wolf country. they sacrificed their lives not only for free fund, keith, but also for ukraine chapel, which as a hard to come in. they'll pay you know, to me by the time for a few hits at 11 o'clock, most of the cut outs are gone destroyed, or the faced ukrainian law still only recognizes marriage between a man and a woman. but surveys show more than half of ukrainian support, same sex marriage, and about a quarter of oppose it. to say you see these are intimate mattress, he, you mohammed a one sexual orientation way, but there is no need to show a bunch of natural benefits. and then do the owner's man not affecting anyone else

with this. everyone has a right to left, whoever they want to know, which is a draft law to recognize civil unions between people have the same gender, was introduced to ukraine's parliament earlier this year. that would be a major step for the entire career community, especially those fighting and as for stuff as partner, alina is a career soldier. she's just returned home for her unit, for a break. she doesn't tied her sexuality from her conference. it says reactions have been mixed. the couple held a mock wedding with friends on us here for the high for you. we have not real photos out there and was national. we have a video of the ceremony x, that ammonia altima, but we still can't get married. and ukraine put a union in foss could the, to her. so it's difficult to pretend there was something personal though. so we've, we still can't get married on the moon with session and watch them all those like this. and she also knows like,

oh other queer soldiers that if she is hurt or killed, her partner will have no rights to make decisions. look what you more your to be sure that we want legal protection for our family to find a life together. you need protection from the state. what they've been the piece that we need, recognition of who we really are. and we are a family and we see that family is fighting for ukraine's future and fear place within the media reports here in germany saying employee, the countries for an intelligent service is to be charged with treason for allegedly passing secret information to russia. the man oversaw a department monitoring over, sees telephone and internet communications at the intelligence service. he's only been named as carsten elegy, germany's privacy laws and has been under investigation since of december when he was arrested. the alleged co conspirator was detained later by

a police or political correspondingly on ethan. how much time has been following the story for us learning? can you tell us more about what he's alleged to have done? yes, so costs and a high ranking driven intelligence officer is believed to have shared intelligence about the war and ukraine, and the wagner mercenary group with russia. and he's believe to receive roughly 400000 euros in return. that's what streaming media reports say. so how did you share that information with russia? that's where his alleged co conspirator, r e. you mentioned him to comes in, or is it e, a german businessman, born in russia, is accused of traveling to moscow and handing intelligence that intelligence to russia's domestic spite agency, the speed. the 2 men had apparently 1st met at a private party at a football club in the very yeah, in 2021. web casting had told arthur

e about his work at the foreign intelligence service. following a trip off from the brought the intelligence service done, started with an internal investigation and costs. and it was, he mentioned that arrested in december of last year or so. he was arrested just a month later. and now they've reported the been charged with treason. the prosecutor's office has so far, the kind to comment on the reports that it was filed charges, right. serious allegation. and treason is a very serious charge, as yeah, exactly. so bozeman has been rewarded. the charge with treason in a particularly serious case by germany's prosecute, a general report say, so if prosecuted, they could both phase life sentences and the court and the invalid now needs to decide whether to hear the case. the head of the foreign intelligence service recently describes the case as a shock to the agency, understandably so. but he also told of durham news papers that much of the material

that was actually passed on was of limited value. and that the intelligence service had stepped up its security measures to prevent further leaks a shock through the system. they call it. but how big a problem is spying by russia in germany? really? yeah. so it's actually not been of the 1st case. and the in recent months, just a month ago, a government official in germany who worked for an office, dealing with military equipment, was actually rested on suspicion of spying to the man. thomas h had visited both the russian embassy in berlin and the russian consulate in the city of fun multiple times and had offered his services. and that's what the prosecutor said in the statement. and he's suspected of actually providing information obtained at his work. so similar to cost and l with the intention that'd be passed to a russian intelligence service. but germany, you know, for the day a console is not the only country who has been worried about russian espionage

following the invasion of ukraine. in fact, last february, and there are a number of countries to in poland including norway, u k, who have arrested or expelled, suspected russian spies. is there any fund how much time? thanks, learning a spanish football player, jenny, or most so has filed a criminal complaint against the head of spain's football federation. voice will be on this list, kissed her most so on the lips after spain, one the final of the women's world cup. and also later sent the case was non consensual and left her feeling. the victim of an assault for wallace has refused to step down from his job football, governing body fi file, placed him on temporary suspension. several hunter, as a journalist, and broadcaster legal tvs has been following this case very closely as you joins me now from barcelona. and we're good to see you again. what can you tell us about why

her most have finally decided to file a criminal complaint as well? i think you already said it was right there to see in the statement. she said she thought this actually is a victim of section of russian, and she had 15 days to actually present one of these official complaints to the prosecutor's office. a lot of people were asked to why she was taking so long. but i think the reason being is that she was trying to understand what her rights were in this particular situation and get a better sense of how to proceed. they're all ready for official complaints. filed the prosecutor's office submitted. i think it was a week ago now, and that was already taken to the national course, but they need it in order to continue with the investigation. she complained from trinity, or most of herself on her behalf of the lawyers. so that decision has been made as she filed before yesterday. it was only made public today. and so now they have that i believe, as of september 12th, or maybe i can now actually as of right now,

they can go ahead and carry on with this. see days and i'd like to try and uh take action as soon as possible. okay. looking into this as a crime and they'll be meeting on a law which is referred to as the on the yes is yes, law which has to do with consent. and according to that law, in the absence of incense, then this kind of the agent is kind of act as being as an address actually depression. and so i suppose that is what it is that he is father forgets. now ruby alice denies any wrong doing, have we heard from him yet? that we heard from him the other day on friday when that cd, which is the admission reports made a ruling i said that they would not be suspending him. so he came up with a statement, a couple of hours later, and basically, dumpling down and everything hasn't already been signed the whole time. and for anyone you saw the, the assembly speech that he gave, or read parts about speech. it was very much the same thing. he just repeatedly

says that he's a victim and all this that he is given to his at harkins sent to him. why do you clearly deny that on several occasions? and he continued to, to attack this so called all southerners in which possibly i don't even know i have um. and so he just continues to say that he is going to fight this until the games . and he's not going to find that since the news broke, but tell me that most is going to possibly use office. we have not heard from your house will be cited something any time soon. or if he's going to just go to the court, someone here to read that via that avenue, but of course it's 10 so that we could hear something from him in the coming days. but as of right now, as i say, i'm not a word. yeah, there's a ripple effect to all of this the same day or most of went to testify. the women's coach for chlamydia was sacked. he's been a controversial figure for quite some time as any of course this

controversy really dates back to a year ago. so now wizard team players, they wrote an e mail to the side to ration and express the concerns about sex, mental well being their emotional well being. they spoke as methodologies and practices that were not up to the sizes that it should be that they wanted to be treated with an immense too much. they did it with my concerns about the law and the injuries and how they were being treated last time. thing injuries, i also just overall concern, but i couldn't vision at a 100 trying to go on an antique right. thanks. i. so that created a huge division that he's risk amongst the company in stockton and the tires because most of the tires with whole bunch of ration that they couldn't come back unless they need to sign 3 certainly has been cashed. so going into a very long time now hasn't really had the support of many of the players, and many of the wire football fires the support, the spanish, the spanish ones, national t. c. and i. so there's always this tension going on under the surface,

considering that of the 15 through 8, which asked to be called at the will company only took 3. so 12 for next out. so yes, well, lots of people felt as though he needed to go a long time ago. a lot of people see this though, this woke up was one despite not because of him. and also that didn't help. that's where he was in that there's somebody in the front row, you can see a very clearly applauding news for the alice, i know kind of cheering on and he's always been an ally. he's always been a supporter of him, and they have a close relationship. so it's really no surprise that he sit beside the values rather than those women. so it almost, i'll just let you know that he didn't need to go in the end. it was my question is when rather than that, we'll have to leave it there several 100 sports journalist from barcelona. thank you so much. i a thank you. the rolling stones are back the rock legends assembled in london to launch

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