[000:00:00;00] cation about the demilitarization of punishment by disinniam svo nika mira will not be, and now somehow they are talking about peace, we don't need peace, we need victory. where will we go together with you ? how will we see this day in the presentation of my colleagues from the ukrainian editorial office of bbc news let's look together at the events of this day in the presentation of bbc journalists good evening we from ukraine welcome on the air bbc news ukraine olga palamaryuk works in the studio in london and here's what we are talking today, he went to kyiv, while everyone is continuing his visit to moscow, what does this mean? well, this time in the kremlin, the leaders of china and

russia talked about the peace plan regarding the war in ukraine. the bbc film crew visited bakhmut, under what conditions are the armed forces of ukraine defending every meter prime minister of japan fomioksida arrived in kyiv today to hold talks with volodymyr zelenskyi, and it is interesting that all this happened the day after chinese leader xi jinping arrived in moscow. this is the first time since during the second world war, the japanese prime minister's visit to a country or region where hostilities are ongoing, the ukrainian side has already called this event historic. well, we will also talk about that. and so far. how was everything? so, the visit of the japanese prime minister was not announced. he arrived in kyiv by train.

to quote to express solidarity and unwavering support for ukraine during his visit, the japanese prime minister visited bucha kisida, laid flowers near the church where civilians killed by the russians were buried, he noted that he was outraged by such cruelty and assured that japan continues to report to all efforts to support ukraine in restoring peace, then kishida met with president zelenskyi. as reported, he accepted the invitation of the prime minister of japan to participate in the summit of the group of seven countries . what will happen in may in hiroshima ? expert on issues of east asia, master of foreign policy, nataliya plaksienko-butyrska, mrs. nataliya, thank you for joining us, the ukrainian authorities today

call the arrival of the japanese prime minister historic, please explain in why is this historicity, symbolism lies first. good evening, let's first talk about symbolism, because you already said that at the time, if authoritarian leaders talk about economic cooperation, about friendship without limits and about certain of their claims to the world order , the fomics of mercy as a representative and as a war, which is the head of today's on the day of the g7, he visited kyiv in order to confirm his support for the international order, which is based on rules, and you should say that this visit was expected, but due to security issues, it took a long time delayed and made mistakes, we finally became the last leader of the seven to visit kyiv, however, this is very important because japanese leaders do not often visit us - it was the leader, the previous prime minister, shinzoob, and it was quite a long time ago therefore, this visit is very important today, because the russian country

, which is currently the leader of this group of seven , supports ukraine unconditionally. japan made a lot of exceptions for ukraine in view of the war, in view of its desire to be next to ukraine, this is also the speech of our president, the first leader of a foreign country in the parliament. this is a non-lethal aid that was made as an exception , because before that i did not understand that this aid was the acceptance of our evacuees because the legislation of which is very limited and had to be carried out amendments and a number of aids, if we look at all the basic things, sanitary aid, financial aid, japan is present everywhere . that is, it is a visit of friendship and it is

really very important for ukraine. well, apart from the symbolism which you talked about. so what do you personally, hmm, specifically expect from this visit, you know, in fact, japan is in our every step, it is a big country that supports ukraine a lot, so here are the expectations, how is it in general, this is evidence that japan will continue to support ukraine, today it was again announced that aid will be provided for emergency aid, we will allocate funds for energy aid and this is happening. actually, on such a regular basis before this, for example , japan announced about five and a half billions of dollars in financial aid to ukraine, and since the beginning of the war, various types of aid have already been provided, one out of 6 billion dollars, that is, it is more about the fact that japan wants to show itself that it will stand by ukraine , as well as western countries in its struggle , that is, as much as is needed. well and what is interesting is that the visit of the japanese prime minister is taking place

while the leader of china, another asian country, is visiting moscow. is it possible to consider this as a certain signal? your opinion is important because the grandfather. now wait with a very serious test in your region and you, this test is related to china and china's threats to both japan itself and neighboring countries, such as taiwan, let's say and all the countries located there are nearby. well, actually speaking , the possibility of conflict unfolding in the region, and therefore japan now are trying with all their might to become an important global player, such an important force that will help ukraine and help western partners in this war against russia, which, by the way, also has certain territorial disputes with japan and not

concluded a peace treaty, once again to lay the foundations for peace in the region of asia, and here the symbolism is that the challenge of china and their unification with russia on certain points, let's put it this way, is very disturbing to japan , and that is why japan is also trying to take an active part in that on the one hand, to put russia in its place, let's say, and to restore order on the other hand, in order to in a certain way take preventive measures in relation to china, so that in the future it does not want to introduce itself to russia. well, and and about that, since the beginning of the full-scale russian invasion, kisida was the only leader of seven who did not visit ukraine , although zelensky invited him .

therefore, as the leader of the country that presides over it, of course, he should visit not only the countries that are part of this seven, but it is necessary to support precisely ukraine, this is important, on the other hand , there was pressure within japanese society from both parliamentarians and ordinary people about that their prime minister should make this visit to ukraine as a symbol of support , i.e. here the request is not only as an international leader and as a country that today allegedly has to fulfill this duty to support, but still we must understand that inside the japanese society has a lot of support for ukraine, and the request is also for the internal audience, so it is important and important for us , because if the internal audience will support their politicians, of course it will be an important

incentive for them to help ukraine even more both financially and at the international level because, as the latest statistics say, despite the fact that the japanese themselves felt the consequences of the war and this led to an increase in prices to 66% inflation, even despite this inconvenience, they support that japan continue to provide assistance to ukraine in every possible way and to support at the international level . of course, thank you, it was an expert on east asian issues, nataliya plaksienko butyrska. well, now let's look at another meeting on the other side of the ukrainian border in moscow , the chinese and russian leaders met today silzenpin arrived the day before and even had an informal meeting with putin today, the day of the official events . what they talked about was the partnership between the two countries and that it should be strengthened. they also agreed to increase the volume of trade and supplies of russian gas . they also agreed on military cooperation, and bbc diplomatic columnist

carollan hawley will tell you more about this visit and its global consequences are being watched all over the world, according to the president of the people's republic of china, his meetings in moscow will give new impetus to china's relations with russia at the expense of the event as both countries hope and sincerely thank you for the big after this meeting with the russian prime minister, putin received an invitation from xi jinping to pay a visit to china in return, and then in the kremlin walls, the leaders met for the second time and stood side by side, all this greatly raised morale vladimir putin, four days after the international criminal court issued an arrest warrant for alleged crimes in ukraine, he will not find in ukraine on several fronts the way putin would like. they are talking about the chinese

a peace plan, but what does russia want? so far, china has provided chinese weapons only with dual-use technology , fearing repeated sanctions against chinese companies . not military supplies, which have been supporting putin's war machine for more than a year, according to the kremlin, china wants to receive russian energy at reduced tariffs and moscow increasingly relies on the chinese market war in ukraine's economic, diplomatic and political relations are changing, meanwhile, in kyiv, the unexpected visit of the prime minister of japan with a message of support for ukraine

coincides in time with the visit of everyone to moscow against the background of a war that is changing the world. last week , only these military exercises took place, but they united china, russia and iran, countries that are trying to form a stronger anti-western alliance. well, yesterday evening was restless in crimea. the day before , videos appeared in local media on which the sounds of explosions and flashes of the occupation administration of jankoya can be heard later they said that it was an unmanned flight, a house, a school and a grocery store caught fire, a local resident was injured in the city, they immediately introduced a state of emergency at the municipal level , and the main intelligence department of the defense ministry of ukraine responded to the situation, they said that as a result of the explosion in dzhankoi, russian cruise missiles caliber were destroyed during their transportation by rail, that is, with the calibers of the russians. they are hitting mainland ukraine, intelligence said that

such explosions are preparing the ukrainian crimea for deoccupation. well, let's continue this topic together with my colleague is in touch with us bbc correspondents oleg chernysh olezhe congratulations on yesterday 's explosions in dzhankoi, the time has come that it is now known what kind of drones they were . congratulations to my colleague, in fact, there is not much information, first of all, there is a lot of information about the associations of these explosions, uh, the russian occupation authorities say about uh, a destroyed house , a civilian store, apparently, one wounded person and declares that there were no so-called calicoes or strikes on a military object or on the railway, and even before the drone if

to believe the photos that were once again released by the local authorities in janka, er, that's more incredible, er, this attack was carried out by rather unusual drones, one might say , these are cheap, er, chinese -made drones, er, it's called mugen 5 , more incredible, again, if er, believe the photos and which can actually be purchased in a regular online mock-up on the internet, they are completely civilian and were not used in any way for military operations, apparently, uh, the ukrainian military modified them in dalnaya drones and with the help of uh, these of technologies, uh, they actually made such a security comikas, which carried out this attack, that's actually called the state, everything that is known about this attack, well, it's also known, uh, the group declared, at least that the target was the dagger rockets. they are the ones that the russians are using on the territory of ukraine. this railway junction in dzhankoya, do you know where and where the rockets could

lead from? and in general, about the meaning of this railway junction, this ugu , i will correct you a little. you said a dagger. and hypersonic caliber nk missiles are actually launched from ships of the black sea fleet, which have already repeatedly flown over objects on the mainland of ukraine. why could they be and probably most certainly were in dzhankov, because dzhankoy is the most important transport hub . crimea, where all the railway tracks cross from east to west, from south to north a-a as we know, the black sea fleet base is located in sevastopol, actually at the extreme western point of crimea. of russia

through the crimean bridge, i.e. from the east, and actually, this route was through dzhankoy , that is, it is quite likely that there were indeed wagons with seven rockets, nevertheless, i want to note that this is not the only supply route, there is also a high probability as far as the military experts explained to me that the missiles are also supplied by sea, that is to say that, for example, the supply of kaliba to the black sea fleet is now completely blocked, unfortunately, it is not possible. but nevertheless, this is such a tangible, tangible blow to the logistics of the russians. well, at the same time, it is not the first case of a drone attack well, although the fact that they are ukrainian, is this a certain signal to the russians ? it should be noted that jankoi has been under drone attacks before, if i am not mistaken, in the fall, it is also important

to note that this a city where not only railway tracks converge, there is also an air base of the russian army, i.e. a pelotas. in this bridge, the city shows that even their important points are important, such business bases, russian air defense cannot protect them. well , this is definitely such information for reflection for of the russian leadership, what should they do if even such important objects, such important cities, they will not be able to protect? well, it also shows that the ukrainian army is making very significant progress, in fact, it is finding such opportunities , using a manual method, to create the same drones, there are certain missile weapons that for almost 200 km, it actually hits the bodies of the russians, that is, it can no longer be considered safe such a rear er-e such a body territory for the russian army, this

is the most important conclusion from yesterday's attack , such a signal lies thank you for the explosions in crimea we spoke with bbc correspondent oleg chernysh, you can find his article on our bbc.ua website , meanwhile, the situation at the front remains difficult according to reports from the general staff, the russian army does not stop trying to capture bakhmut, because i will remind you that it has been going on there for more than six months , military analysts say under bakhmut the russians have gathered a significant force - both the army and wagner's mercenaries , as a matter of fact, their leader prigozhyn asked them to increase aid for the mercenaries. defense of the neck asks to take measures so that pmc wagner is not cut off from the main forces of the army, because he says he has information about the preparation of the ukrainian offensive, well

, how is bakhmut living now , at what price is his defense given ? luck , especially in such an unattractive area , ukraine has drawn an invisible line through this mud and it passes through the mud, regardless of what efforts must be made, the enemy must not pass this land, winter must be held gave way in the early spring. there is hope that this can slow down the russian mood. the fact is that it interferes with us and

the enemy. the enemy cannot advance either because he will not pass. and for transport it makes movement almost completely impossible for the soldiers of the third separate assault brigade, this means that we have to go around, we are moving as fast as possible, we are in the zone of russian fire, we are told to duck below, of course stop stop stop here snipers dug these trenches not so long ago but the weapons that are used on the battlefield are already outdated here dugouts fell into the ground that looked the same even in the time of their grandfathers but they did not just dig themselves into the ground

, they shackled russian forces holding the defense much longer than anyone could have thought, but here it is not just harsh front conditions in this war of the 21st century, you have to fight with 19th century weapons and this is the maxim machine this is the maxim machine gun 120-year history of shooting at the russians the weapons of the first world war are used in the third world war, we are moving straight to the forward position, here you can hear artillery shelling and rounds from automatic weapons, the wrinkles of the artillery shelling prevail and yes, every day there are enemy positions, so we move quickly

diamond almost every day, artillery fires everywhere burst here we need fresh we have to go we have to go the road is almost not covered by trees people are open and the russians discovered them nka you can go to the car because it is getting hot bend over 500 meters from here there are queues

with automatic weapons shelling along the entire line of the queue shots of machine guns get the file well it's really dangerous there bullets are flying everywhere such shelling is already common here 7 months even more than seven months of continuous fighting turned it into a wasteland this is so far the longest battle in general and in the north in the south russia captured the territory, but at a very heavy price. ukrainians say that for every one of them killed, there are seven russians killed . ukraine, they hold bakhmut, a city that no one considers strategically important, but plays a special role for both russia and ukraine. sometimes the question came up here, well, we are not strategic, we are soldiers, but this is our land , we can leave from time to time, and that

's how we are, let's borrow it for a year 2 3 4 5, but we have to for each piece of land, every piece of land has to be held with heavy battles, it looks like deterring attacks that are coming in waves, prisoners from wagner's group, a company could kill up to 50 fighters of the enemy forces in a day , i'm like, well, if right there where we had battles , every two hours we there well how much we understand, they worked with wagner, well, more precisely, they ganged up on sportsmen, so come on, so as not to embellish their achievements, they do not have enough weapons or the number of soldiers, but so far this has not broken their resistance to the bakhmuts, they have learned to hold their own against everything as and in general, in this war about ukrainian

many experts are discussing countermeasures, considering options and calculating possible directions of military operations if the attack is carried out in the south, that is , the question becomes what about the zaporizhzhia npp, the station has been occupied by the russians since march of last year the satellite city of energodar is also under occupation. my colleague viktoria shugan spoke with the president of energoatom petro kotin and asked what is happening at the station, how will they be released from the nuclear power plant in order to prevent a nuclear disaster? how do you assess the possibility of russian e-e engineers whom russia brought to the occupied station er, to technically cope with crises and challenges. let them pack their bags. they go there where they worked before, that’s a lot of people because ukraine now has no access there and

when people are afraid of what could happen, what accident well, look, we have an example, the russians launched water through the crimean canal, they did it as best they could, the russians occupied the kakhov dam well , it is now flowing similarly, they are in the zaporizhia administration and it is much more complicated than the canals of the dam, well, i do not completely agree with you with what we are filming control the power outlet of the nuclear power plant zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant is located now 6.5 thousand of our personnel, what kind of personnel, yes, how is the nuclear power plant of this personnel, about 2.5, about 2,500 people signed this day how to contract with facade, but another. this is about 4,000 people, they continue to be patriots of ukraine, and this is more, to a greater degree , the staff, which is engineering, this is operational staff, the one who is in charge of this is innovative security in the clearing, they do not allow, uh, about 2,000 people to the station. they are simply it looks, but still there are

about two thousand personnel at the station who are loyal to ukraine, who control nuclear reaction safety and from whom we receive information about all the actions they take there, so i think that in the state in which the station is now, we will avoid a nuclear radiation disaster on the condition that in the next month we will release the situation from the presence of these grates, and after such a situation , how long will it take to restore it after deoccupation from the degree of damage to those power units we will not we now have information about the damage, they made their buildings er where their er should not be at the nuclear plant, and they also

mined the territory of the station around the territory of the station, they also intervene in the operation of the equipment, and in fact, as i see this process today, we are ready to go there, but after our military will first come here and carry out all these works on demining the site, the inspection station of all everyone, er, of the entire assault there, the roshenstvo er, left themselves there is also information that they are going to pull a lot of equipment from there for the stations. that is, it will be an analysis, well , we go there, we conduct a safety analogy , we conduct, accordingly, uh, fully master it, after that we can say how much time we need in order to bring the power units of the zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant into working order. ukraine is preparing for a counteroffensive. perhaps in the south, what is needed in order to

conduct a counteroffensive safely in this territory where the zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant is located? well, this is not our property. we are the commander, they are planning this operation and they were definitely killed so that it would be safe. and no one is going to attack there. from the station, after which it will be cleared, it will be transferred due to the fact that in fact all other territory around it will be controlled by the armed forces of ukraine , i can only imagine such a scenario for myself, maybe because of course normal people, our armed forces will certainly not fire and create a threat of damage to the steel material and

from this new explosion in zaporizhzhia, there are 10 and the armed forces of ukraine are consulting with you about how to safely liberate this territory , well, the question is, you know, i would wet meh on него ответ answer but i think it's just not for luck now answer this that's all for today see you tomorrow at 21:00 take care sorry sports music education free people have