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in the evening we are from ukraine on bbc news ukraine live from london olga palamaryuk works in the studio and this is what we are talking about today putin announced that he will deploy tactical nuclear weapons in belarus nato the european union is called nuclear blackmail and a threat to european security flight cancellations and riots in israel the most massive strike in the country's history people are against the judicial reform of the government with underwear for netanyahu, a state of emergency in the american state of mississippi after a devastating tornado killed 26 people, hundreds of russians were left homeless this morning, the slavic head of the donetsk military administration, pavlo kyrylenko, reported that the center of the city was hit with s-300 missiles . volodymyr zelensky published a video from the landing site. it shows destruction and fire in several

cars . at least 32 more people are reported to have been killed, and two others were injured. s3 missiles hit the village of druzhkivka today, representatives of local authorities in sloviansk reported that administrative buildings, high-rise buildings and private houses in druzhkivka were destroyed, an orphanage in russia itself, a drone exploded the day before, and the authorities of the tula region reported the damage to apartment buildings. also, the russian ministry of defense blamed ukraine for everything, saying that it was the ukrainian uav tu-141 strizh, allegedly managed to disable the navigation system of the drone, and it lost its orientation and fell in the area of ​​kireivsk, tula region, the ukrainian authorities did not comment on the incident, meanwhile , the ukrainian military completed training on

challenger-2 tanks after several weeks the training crews have returned home, the british ministry of defense reported that the british ministry of defense even published a mini-film about the training of fighters, the video shows how tankers learn to move on different types of surfaces, get acquainted with shells for challengers, practice the identification and impression of targets on special simulators, the minister of defense obenvoly said that ukrainian fighters are returning to the motherland better equipped, but the security that awaits them there is no less than the decision to transfer challenger-2 tanks to ukraine adopted after a meeting in the rammstein format in january, then it was about 14 vehicles, but later it became known that twice as many battle tanks will be combined in the ministry of defense . the kingdom believes that the challenger two will be a gradual change in the capabilities of the armed forces of ukraine and let's see the footage, which is as if from a feature film

however, this is the present of the ukrainian military. i am afraid for my family , for my land, for my friends, for my future , for the future of my country and my relatives. and now that russia has occupied my country, we will to fight for this, in addition to tanks, britain will hand over shells with depleted uranium to ukraine, this was previously reported in the ministry of defense, russia responded with threats, and president putin said that he is deploying tactical nuclear weapons in belarus, and separately assures that shells with

depleted uranium are harmful to the environment and health, at the same time ukrainian specialists point out that russia itself already uses such projectiles on the battlefield, and the armed forces of ukraine have even captured such as trophies. my colleagues collected everything that is known about ammunition with depleted uranium and analyzed to what extent they are harmful. great britain promised ukraine not only challenger 2 tanks , but effective high-explosive ammunition for them with depleted uranium. this news greatly worried the russian leadership. it seems that the west really decided to fight with russia to the last ukrainian . ukrainians themselves have similar tank ammunition with

depleted uranium and could even use them to use in ukraine, however, there is currently no convincing evidence, experts say that shells with depleted uranium are more effective than those that use other very hard metals in russia decided to emphasize precisely the depleted uranium in the city, she even tries to equate the projectile with a dirty bomb and announced that she is deploying tactical nuclear weapons in belarus e.e. oleksandr hryhorovych lukashenko has been asking the question for a long time about deploying russian tactical nuclear weapons on the territory of belarus, putin followed threats from other russian politicians

every day of foreign supplies every day of foreign weapons supplies to ukraine is finally approaching the same nuclear apocalypse the use of depleted uranium munitions will drastically reduce , if at all, the capabilities of ukraine supply high-quality uncontaminated food in 1999, the kremlin launched a public campaign against the use of nato munitions with poor murano during operations in kosovo, now the russian leadership does not want the same ammunition to be in the arsenal of the armed forces of ukraine , supported moscow and the belarusian leader lukashenko . that depleted uranium in projectiles is a radioactive threat, there were

studies on the health effects of depleted uranium, it is not a radioactive threat, it cannot be equated with nuclear munitions, first of all nato allies follow international rules and the law in everything they do to support ukraine. how depleted uranium munitions will affect the course of hostilities is difficult to predict so far. bbc dusk - ukraine so putin says in response to the statement of the british ministry of defense that he will deploy tactically on the territory of belarus they want to build a storage facility for nuclear weapons by july 1. and on april 3, they plan to start training crews from cadres. and what does the head of eu diplomacy zz borel say about such statements?

of russian tactical nuclear weapons to belarus is a threat to european security, the pentagon threatens to respond with sanctions, at the same time they do not see any signs that russia is ready to use its nuclear weapons and promise to monitor the situation, official kyiv is called another provocative step that undermines international security in beijing also reacted negatively to statement of the path, however , the chinese authorities did not directly condemn the nuclear step, but called for a peaceful solution to the ukrainian crisis, well , let's talk more about the threats and possible consequences with an expert with us in touch professor of the institute of international relations of shevchenko national university of kyiv, expert on the non-proliferation of nuclear weapons serhiy halaka , mr. serhiyu, from time to time, putin returns to threats of a nuclear strike or a strike with hypersonic missiles, how do you rate his latest statement about the intention to deploy tactical nuclear weapons in

belarus, well, good evening. obviously , this is blackmail, this is intimidation, an attempt to force negotiations , in essence, putin is offering a dialogue, but from a position of strength, and this is not new, we know what in the spring of 22, this is not the first time that russia, through the words of the president and the minister of foreign affairs, tried to force a solution, a collective solution, as they call it, to negotiations by using nuclear blackmail. to nazi germany in 1943-1945, this is one of the reasons that they did not have enough uranium for the nuclear program in general , one could of course joke that this is another serious warning as it was customary to say in one eastern state during the years of the cold if

it was not so serious in fact, well, they are trying to raise to a new level of threats such an mediated dialogue with a western partner, as they call it, in fact, it is an appeal not only to the european countries of the eu countries, but and for the nato countries, let’s negotiate , let’s complete the process, but on what terms , on russia’s terms, of course, and already . biden with warnings, also blinkin with appropriate reservations, and director tsoi rubens specially met with mr. nareshkin, the head of the russian foreign intelligence service, a few months ago in istanbul, and they negotiated on this matter, so i don’t see anything fundamentally new here, this is another

attempt to restore e- is some kind of dialogue from the position of power and agree on conditions throughout well , how interesting is china's position here, how demonstrative it is diplomatically, such he supports russia, but plans to deploy a tactical nuclear does not approve of weapons in belarus. can moscow still change its position, well, first of all, china categorically objects to any threats with nuclear weapons, especially its use , there is no time to go into details, but this is fundamentally the chinese position, which has long been expressed and confirmed repeatedly, and secondly, not only china, by the way, is categorically against india. i am not talking about the european countries of latin america, which at one time created a nuclear-free zone. that is, this is such a red rag. this is a red rag for

any countries of the big rooster, which are called definitely can nar have an influence, well, look. a week ago, uh, putin assumed the role of the head of china, and uh, in the joint declaration they both signed, it was said that the non -use of nuclear weapons is one of the conditions for the uh, peaceful future of mankind. well and after that there are threats again, i don’t know how tough china’s reaction will be, so far they have expressed their displeasure and disagreement, and we’ll see. maybe through some diplomatic channels, they will try to influence their russian partner somehow uh, it's necessary to say that the people's republic of china understands very well that this can open a pandora's box for the spread

of nuclear weapons in new historical conditions , especially in the conditions of a hot conflict in europe. in russia's war against ukraine, various types of weapons are used, but this red line still remains nuclear . how big do you think the risks are that putin will still cross this line? critical for his personal situation, but i do not rule out such a possibility completely, but like most experts, i join them . i consider it unlikely for now, first of all , you need to understand what consequences it will have for the entire nuclear sphere, eh, the non-proliferation treaty will simply collapse immediately of nuclear weapons, because it is based on such a compromise between nuclear non-nuclear states and prohibits the use of nuclear weapons without

an attack on a nuclear state, and secondly, it will mean an uncontrolled nuclear race weapons acquisition of nuclear weapons early possible by other states, that is, the situation which theory describes as a state of nuclear chaos in the international system, thirdly, russia will become a total pariah, no one has anything to do with it , not just isolation, it will simply be thrown out of the civilized community and for a long time or not forever, that is, the consequences are catastrophic i think that there is enough expertise in russia to understand these consequences, but we do not know what the leadership is doing politically, and therefore the risks cannot be theoretically excluded, it is simply necessary to understand the environmental consequences, and i am not talking about terrible human losses, because this will have catastrophic consequences for the entire european continent, how did we hear you? thank you for the clarification, analysis of nuclear risks and consequences, we also spoke with serhiy

halaka, an expert on non-proliferation of nuclear weapons a professor at the institute of international relations of shevchenko national university of kyiv thank you in israel the largest protests in the history of the country continue and society is divided by the government's plans to reform the judicial system according to which the supreme court would become more dependent on the parliament, critics of the law say that it will lead to a dictatorship in ukraine , the decision of the belyamin government did not cause outrage, people protested in the country, announced a general strike, and the employees of the largest airport canceled all flights . a leader who refuses to make concessions last night in tel aviv riots broke out, people burned tires and blocked highways and

the police did not pay attention to it for many hours at all not responding to this question about what they are violating in jerusalem, the demonstrators broke through the barriers to the house on tenyak, chanting against the dictatorship, and for weeks, anger against the plans of the netanyahu government to seriously limit the powers of the israeli courts, plans for which, according to him, the public voted for , but which in his opinion opponents are marked by a coup by his far-right and ultra-regional coalition, it concerns the identity of the state of israel, the turning point came at the weekend

when the minister of defense broke ranks and called stop the controversial reforms he said that the protests in the army threaten the security of israel, but he did not listen and fired him, causing yesterday's wave of protests, other claims that the reforms should protect him from the current judicial corruption process, he rejects, he is meeting again near the israeli parliament, because it is being considered contrary to the law even today and the country has never had such a scale and incitement that spreads not only on the streets but also in the security bodies of the trade union, they threaten to stop the whole country if mr. and no. does not retreat at the main airport of israel, flights are suspended after the trade unions announced a general strike mr. and no. found himself between unprecedented opposition and the extremists

he has attracted to his coalition, how he will act in the coming hours can determine the future of israel for many years and beyond according to the latest reports, the consideration of the controversial law on judicial reform was postponed under the pressure of protests, and the destination of events in israel for the regions, in particular for ukraine, let's talk with an expert with us at communications director of the center for middle eastern studies ihor semi-voice congratulations to mr. ihor ot we just heard what netanyahu is doing determine the future of israel we were waiting for his speech address to the citizens if you would advise him to act in this situation if i were in his place i would postpone the reform now postpone the reform and would start a nationwide dialogue because there are moments related to the judicial reform that needed the transformation of changes, but these moments

they should be carried out in accordance with a broad discussion and consensus because it the question of judges is the basis of the state of israel, and the judges here serve as such a very important safeguard against political freedom, because in israel, as you know, there is no constitution, there are no constitutional bodies, and in fact, to a large extent, the judges are determined, let alone, perhaps somewhat arbitrarily, but they determine the decision co-constitutional , that is, do they comply with the law or not in any case, this is not only a question of reforms , this is a question of dominance, and in this case we saw how the far-right forces that came to power and natalya as a person who longed for power well, she agreed

to such a very difficult coalition for him and ended up in a trap in court . that is, it is the thirst for power, she played with him very badly. it is a bad joke and this is how they are trying to reform this judicial reform through knee-jerk reaction in general, in this judicial power, how are they trying to consolidate the results of their victory, including by advancing such laws that in the future will not even give more chances for a fair decision and or there some fair changes. that is, of course this position is quite categorical, and this position of the protesters. but i think that they have a better understanding of the threats that exist before israel as a democratic society, and , as of now, they have no other chance than to go out into the street. at the same time, we saw how in some palestinian sources there were

reports about the alleged imminent collapse of the israeli state. how do you assess the significance of the anti-government protests in israel ? you know, i think you understood that the palestinians will expect the rapid collapse of israel because this is their dream. well, at least , this is part of the position that wants the destruction of the state of israel, and not israel in general. well , it is clear that nothing threatens the state, but democratic institutions yes, there is a threat, and these threats are obvious, no, but precisely those decisions that the parliament is currently trying to make. they are trying to remove from the court a part of the government there, a part of the crippled part of representatives of such high-ranking representatives of the coalition, now they have decided

the issue of the prime minister's incompetence, that is, they were revealed under tears. well, and many, many other things, that is, what we citizens of the country have always boasted about and continue to do, and as such a manifestation of democracy that they have each and every citizen . now we see the destruction of these foundations of this democratic system, and it is clear that this confrontation is approaching critical moments, after which there will be violence after violence. if society turns to violence, it will of course be very difficult to return, and it is practically impossible to return at a time when in the chairs of the members this right-wing radical coalition had an idea about the necessary changes in the judicial reform, which is probably why this law was postponed until the summer for review , so

how appropriate do you think it is to compare the events in israel with the euromaidan events of the yanukovych era? history you can cite to explain the significance of the current protests for israeli society, all comparisons are lame , you can compare the protests in israel with the ukrainian maidan certain aspects, because this is a protest against freedom and a protest against political freedom, that is, about and in this case, these protests are similar to many other protests in the world, which are actually similar one to one, but in relation to these analogues of israeli history, they you know, i can't tell you, of course, there were views on the ironization of this country, there were quite difficult relations there, especially when there were disagreements

between the socialists, the napai, and the left zionists and the communists, that is, what kind of country was there there was probably a civil war between them, but it was a long time ago, it was in the early 50s, there were protests after the signing of oslo, and the right-wing took to the streets, and we saw how hatred was stirred up in the press, which then ended in murder the prime minister of israel in 1996, but in any case in 1995 , in any case, israelis saw similar protests . they are the most massive in the history of the country . and another strike, the biggest in the last 30 years today in germany, flights are canceled, trains are stopped, the metro is not working , all public transport is

at a standstill, hundreds of thousands of transport workers did not go to work, the main demand of the workers is a salary increase of more than 10%." it's good to be a taxi driver, even motorists are warned that workers who maintain and repair roads and highways have also announced a strike and all this in addition to

traffic jams because when public transport is not working, more people get behind the wheel. germany recently went on strike a large number of workers in various industries all of them demanded higher wages that would reflect the higher cost of living skriters say they are struggling to pay bills that are steadily increasing the two unions involved in today's mass protests are demanding a 10.5% and 12% increase in wages for their members, respectively. the demands are quite high, but if you look at the last few weeks and months, you can see that postal workers and steel industry workers, who were also on strike, were eventually able to secure a significant increase

wages so it will be interesting to find out what will come out of today's mass actions of the protestor and there was just a report of a shooting at a school in the american city of nashville, tennessee. the local authorities are talking about the victims. three children and the attacker were killed . the tragedy happened in a private christian school where almost 200 students study. details are coming . and at least 25 people died as a result of a deadly tornado in the united states, the natural disaster struck the american state of mississippi, the most affected were small cities there, a strong wind knocked down trees, tore down power lines, sofilong visited the most affected place in the state, from the air you can see how the tornado moved, leaving behind ruins, eyewitnesses say that it was the size of the city itself, and the whole sky turned black, some trees were uprooted, others only the branches remained and some are completely unharmed, when you drive to rollingfork

you realize how badly this area was affected , that is, survivors rummage through the remains of their houses, hoping to save something from they still can't recover from what happened. it was a gift. they couldn't save their uncle. he was inside a mobile home when the force of the elements lifted him into the air and threw him to the ground. i tried to return the house to my uncle's room, but i couldn't do anything, so my uncle died , the parable rose into the air , the pancake flattened above it and just exploded when the tornado died down, rollin fork became eerily quiet, stunned people tried to understand what happened to them

the city is crowded right now, residents are trying to clear the area of ​​debris and remove trees from cables, so i hope they can restore electricity this is only the beginning of the elimination of the effects of the storm, but the task as you can see, the circle is fat this was the deadliest tornado to hit mississippi in the last half a century, president biden promised to help for the restoration of the city, but there are fears that new antics of the elements are ahead. dance, we see that extraordinary weather phenomena are only intensifying , their scale and regularity are increasing. we must prepare our communities for them as best as possible to prevent destruction as much as possible and to be able to respond and recover quickly to be sure of our resilience to such phenomena immediately after a thunder and lightning strike over the city is like a prophetic confirmation of these words this is the beginning of a long road to the restoration