and he wants to be remembered for something great, something like restoration of russian empire or a new kind of soviet unions always very, i would say, something very irritating for him because he couldn't imagine new empire or new russian soviet union without ukraine. actually, he misinterprets the history. he says that ukraine is small russia, ukraine is the younger sister of russian kingdom, but in fact, actually, ukraine, kyiv is mother of all cities, of all russian cities. kyiv is 1,540 years old. moscow is 875 years old. moscow was built by kyiv�*s prince, kyiv�*s count, yuli dolgoruky, who is also buried in kyiv. so, i mean, he cannot imagine ukraine being independent for so long, and he doesn't accept that ukrainians and russians are two different people, and they are two different people with two different mentalities, opposite mentalities, because for ukrainians... ah, well, yes, this gets to the very heart of, in a sense, what putin's message to the world is. i mean, he wants to delegitimise the very idea of a ukrainian nation. he says it's a fiction. he says that had not lenin given ukraine too

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soviet union, that is, now ukraine is fighting the soviet union. that's how for example interpret this topic. and if he is klitschko, the mayor of the city of kiev. the russiansus to the soviet union. but this will never happen. we were in the ussr and we don’t want to go back there . now a huge wave of patriotism has risen in ukraine, every ukrainian is ready to fight, and i want to repeat. we will never kneel. we do not want to live under a dictatorship. we want to live in a free country human rights are the main priority democratic values ​​are our priority because we do not want to return to the ussr in the future. we see ourselves as part of a european family and we are fighting for our future. well, as you understand , this message is addressed not only to ukrainians, otherwise klitschko would have been spoken exclusively in ukrainian, and he speaks english .

russian leader who would within the kgb. his formative years in his vision of the world. >> he feels the west mistreated russia after the collapse in the soviet uniond did not give the proper due and show respect. left it out of important decisions that russia deserve to be involved in. his job is to restore russian status as a great power. >> everyone in the west was expecting russia to become a democracy, was expecting of the proverbial peace, that was never in the cards. >> in 2001 putin had the first face-to-face meeting with george w. bush. the pair seemed to hit it off. >> putin knew everything about president bush. >> putin describing how his religious mother how she kept across and never stop believing in god. bush himself as a born-again christian and easily fooled rating also gave an. >> i look the man in the eye and i found to be very straightforward and trustworthy. we had a very good dialogue. i was able to get a sense of his soul. >> how is that even possible. it is basically an intelligence operation, it was a covid influence operation that putin continuously runs. >> bush regrets. this was the end of the period of putin as a reasona

soviet union, that is, now ukraine is at war with the soviet union. here is how, for example, interprets this topic. uh, if he is klitschko the mayor of the city of kiev, the russians want us back to the soviet union, but that will never happen. we were in the ussr and we don’t want to go back there. now a huge wave of patriotism has risen in ukraine, every ukrainian is ready to fight, and i want to repeat. we will never kneel. we do not want to live under a dictatorship. we wish to live in in a free country, human rights are the main priority, democratic values ​​are our priority, because we do not want to return to the ussr in the future. we see ourselves as part of a european family and we are fighting for our future. well, as you understand , this message is addressed not only to ukrainians, otherwise klitschko would have been spoken exclusively in ukrainian, and he speaks english. this means that it is addressed to those who raise english, that is, to the western consumer of information. why is it necessary about the ussr remember now? well, because he's scary. the west is not even some kind of ukrainian voters or citizens. he scares the west with the terrible

the identification of russian nationalism with soviet communism is an important aspect of soviet propaganda. perhaps the achievements of the soviet union since the revolution have been purchased at such great personal and national sacrifice the soviet union status as a world power allows the regime to draw from a deep well in the russian personality love of country. the leadership has played on this impulse with a considerable degree of success and by cleverly tying russian nationalism to soviet communism as produced soviet patriotism. the result is an important social bond even among some members of non-russian national minority groups. in this vein the party utilizes propaganda to exaggerate the achievements of the soviet union while portraying soviet involvement in the third world as benevolent aid to developing countries who are trying to escape from so-called western imperialism. the most powerful expression of soviet patriotism derives from the defeat of nazi germany in world war two. that victory provides a seemingly inexhaustible source of pride in the average citizen. the party of course identifies itself with that great achie

i do not think, and i think that the russian administration does not think so, that the reconstruction the soviet unionof russian imperial interests is desirable or possible, i do not think that this is impossible, because russia is now strong enough to handle it. i think that this is undesirable not because the interests, actually imperial, the united states, for example, are not very complex about their imperial interests, but because this can cause an extremely painful reaction in the only empire that currently exists. i think any strengthening of russian positions on apostolic space will cause great concern to america, and in certain circles, extreme nervousness one of the hallmarks of american diplomacy after the end of the cold war, and especially after the bush administration came to power, is that america feels uncomfortable if it is not a major player when americans see that some kind of unification is taking place around russia; they are afraid that the situation will get out of control. the world changed after 9/11, damn it, it ain't has changed. some even believe that he has completely retu

moreover , they will not surprise russians in the soviet union almost all liquid dairy products were sold in glass containers or without packaging at all. with such a bottle, i went out for oil olga nikolaevna recalls with nostalgia how, as a ten-year-old girl, on behalf of her mother, she ran for groceries, they were then sold, mainly by weight and for bottling sweets. there in bags, there they weighed the bag. e paper sunflower oil was sold in large containers. it was brought in advance, of course. so people also came up and, as it were, there was a department for such a groceries. and poured into their container for milk, then, too, many went with their own bottles and cans. you'll have to queue for milk cans. you know it is milk, if you do not boil it, it will already turn sour on the second day. this suggests that there really was real cow's milk. every day i went under 3 liters before school or after school, there is a similar format, and today in this pavilion in the moscow region the freshest cow 's milk is poured into the tutara with which the buyer of milk came with no prob

he is trying to restore what he believes is essentially the historical russian claim, not the soviet union, over russian-speaking peoples. so it's not focusing his attention on kyrgyzstan stan, it's ukraine, belarus, potentially parts of moldova and the baltics. that he believes. no question whether he believed that narrative. he answered it with this scale of invasion tragically. >> so given your experience, how do you envision any diplomatic off ramp for vladimir putin? what would that look like? what do you think would have to be promised? >> well, what he wants to do is eliminate the sovereignty of ukraine. it's part of it, but it's essentially russia-controlled ukraine. that's why they're fighting. if you consider how this might end, what he wanted to do is install a puppet government as he has in other chunks of territory like i did. a country of 44 million people feel a deep sense of nationalism, that's not going to work any more. imagine the ukrainian government, how long that would last if the russians didn't permanently occupy ukraine. would entertain a more minimalist version of

so it tried to reestablish not in soviet union, but russian empire. let's good clear than. putin is much more archived than soviet union. soviet propaganda accepted the existence of ukrainian and belarusian nations as separate nations from putt etin. which his propaganda doesn't accept. he wants to come back to this 19th century russian empire. but ukrainians are showing that they're not going to cede any centimeter of our land. but of course russia is, you know, in this year russia is feeling that it wants and it can extend it. i think ukraine will with the country which will show that russian expansion has clear limits. >> certainly doing a good job of that so far. volodymyr yermolenko in kyiv, thank you so much. we wish you well, and please do your best to stay safe. thank you. >> thank you. >> we will have much more from ukraine coming up. first, let's go over to atlanta and rosemary church. rosemary? >> thank you so much, michael. we'll see you again soon. >>> so coming up, president biden's state of the union speech, which focused on the precarious situation in ukraine

we just made decision to have different future, we want to have democracy, so if russians they want to restore soviet unionhem to do it within their borders. ten miles east of kyiv, russia's tactical blunders continued. tanks are easy targets when they push forward, bunched up, in broad daylight, but the ukrainians are still outnumbered and outgunned. at strong points round the city, ukrainian troops are waiting. they know the russians are regrouping, and will try again. petrol bombs aren't all they have got. nato has sent in thousands of modern anti—tank weapons for whatever is coming down the road. the russians are about 5km in that direction. if they want to come into the city, they will have to take this piece of ground and push in. if they are encircling kyiv, they can probably stay more or less where they are. the men at this position have to assume that an attack is coming. for the soldiers who waited, the sky was bright, and the forest still and lonely. jeremy bowen, bbc news, kyiv. in the last few hours, ukraine's president vlodmyr zelensky has been speaking. our news reporter, mark lobel gave an

country within its modern borders is the result of the historical efforts of the russian empire and mainly the soviet union it was actually created by lenin and stalin an attempt to keep a multinational country within the nationalist idea is certainly doomed, because in ukraine there was no single nation and there is no ukraine within its borders after the collapse the soviet union is an artificially created association of different peoples with different cultures, religions and languages, and to subordinate these people to one and the most extremist ideology, created by the nazi minions of bandera and shukhevych, no one can do it. national and historical roots age-old culture and language cannot be defeated in different ways to dispose of human destiny was an ordinary accountant. and suddenly smugglers start hunting for you or went to the bathhouse with friends, and woke up in another city and met his love. if now in leningrad or what? now this is a city, but it's in the movies, and real life sometimes throws up no less exciting stories. winning the lottery can turn an ordinary man into a millionaire. a c

his desire to recreate the russian empire, the soviet union, his need to sort of establish himself inive way before the 2024 presidential elections. it's about a lot of things and also about in my opinion tearing down the international order that has served us so well since world war two. >> take the measure you do not chris cross with the zelenskyy administration, maybe just before when you left is when zelenskyy came in. take the measure of this man. i am quite sure this is not what he expected when he went from a comedian playing a pretend president in a comedy show and the first thing that happens is an attempted bribery by the united states president. there are these great pictures of him sitting there looking like my god, i'm sitting next to this moron and what am i supposed to do about it. >> i did meet zelenskyy a number of times when he was running for president. by the time he became president, i was no longer in ukraine and obviously, he's a really funny guy and very talented and he also is the architect of a huge media empire. he's very proud of the fact that his talent cr

we forgotten we faced a belligerent and saber rattling soviet union for generations. russians haven't forgotten that, that's why they've been waving that nuclear flag so well. that's why we see them being taken by the administration. the russians have no greater desire for destruction. they certainly haven't been punished severely on the ground, have no interest in the world. if there were any doubts before this, they are terrified about that prospect . so we just have to have the nerve and manage it very carefully to avoid increasingly erratic, cornered putin driven not just by his battlefield losses but by the massive unrest that we're just now seeing in russia continuing to unfold as body bags by the hundreds and thousands come through. [applause] >>. [inaudible] >> a more confrontational stance from the biden administration to solicit help for vladimir putin, i don't think so. once clear thus far is that it was david, david taking on goliath between russia and ukraine. the russian population started to lift their blinders on what is going on and frankly it doesn't take a b

there is no doubt that food intense, if you could possibly do so to rebuild the russian empire or the soviet union that's its intention go back to everything is written since the 1990's. and it's been about they sorry, devise of the soviet union and and his desire to rebuild the russian empire, that these poll and that means estonia, that the way of latvia as well the ukraine and down into a and that gary a that's his ball. and if you successful. and subject and subjugated. you're great. it will not stop. he's been congressman john garamendi on the house armed services committee. >> we know you're deeply involved in the u.s. efforts to try to bring this war to an end over there. and we really appreciate your perspective and giving us that information on what's going on. we look forward to the speech tomorrow from president solecki and all that speech. thank you. thank you. >> and coming up tonight, the clock is ticking on daylight saving. why some lawmakers are saying this could be the year. the annual >> for your money, the federal reserve is poised to announce an interest rate hike tomorrow beca

i think that he wants to rebuild the soviet union under the russian flag, and he was totally mistaken. he's probably believed in what he sent that ukraine is not a real estate that ukraine is part of russia that you have fascists and people druck headaches and they're as they're rulers. and he has to find out that it's the absolute opposite and they are pet. your take their, they do have their national identity. they are fighting and putting isn't a big dilemma right now. i'm back to the home can head of the news curate conference. thank you so much. thank you. my pleasure. my colleague, mckayla casner, allow it to take a look at some other developments in this conflict. the kremlin is reporting that president vladimir putin and german chancellor left sholtes have spoken about the war in ukraine, discussing humanitarian corridors, among other things. in the call came as russian and ukrainian foreign minister as prepared to head to turkey for their 1st meaning. since the war began. the european union says it will add more russian oligarchs and government officials to it sanctions list.

the former russian federation and the soviet union, a huge statue of lenin in place there, suddenly a years ago. the significance of this, and is how key this taken, and mariupol as well, near the russian border, dividing east and west ukraine. that is right. mariupol looking as it is on the brink, certainly reported as surrounded by russian troops, some seeing going through mariupol, some claiming to have taken it, but that would allow a land bridge from crimea also to russia, could be refuelling, it could help for many, many years to come if that is the kind of land that is held. as you mentioned earlier, a town north of crimea, we have some pictures of that, a quarter of a million people in this place, apparently taken, 200 million people, 200 killed we are told by members of a local council, the bbc has been told, and we had some reason pictures on air strike west of kyiv, for people apparently killed here according to the state emergency service of ukraine, ten homes in the local hospital damaged there. it is intriguing, the map laid out by president lukashenko of belarus, an all

union bank the rationing by green. yes. are russians? russians all gold rush in the soviet union. the difference narrow you are more because. ready you know, there was a general education and people basically watched the same re channel and it isn't bob, what has been happening in the last 80 years for my man by russians. the reason why there are you a protest now then in 2014, when basically my dad had them with 40 policemen killed and the army is more on boston crane. you went to russia. there were some products in russia at the time, and they were more numerous. why? because people at the time had not yet seen the cruelty or the, you know, i mean, don't us. now we have 8 years, you know, from a gun that we have several 1000000 refugees from your brain. you're just don't see them in the streets because they're the same as you can see something visible. you know, they have a distinct east and isn't a very interesting that russia is deemed the aggressor but a 1000000 to a 1000004 people moved from the john bass to, to rush. i don't think that's ever happening to georgia. change ge

we definitely see it from his statements are to restore the soviet union, but in some crazy meeks of soviet union and russian empire. and the 3rd one is just to you on how to said in the polite words, but to, to crash ukrainian identity and serenity. because that's been really crazy for him . how racist is statements about ukraine ukrainian state will always be. so why do you unite these crazy paranoia dull wishes of mister bush and you understand that for ukraine will be important? not only our military supports and economic sanctions that withdraw perfectly describe, but also one very important thing for the western countries to believe in ukrainian ah, the stage is set and it's time for a different approach. one that is going to challenge the way you think was wor, inevitable. i just want to started to please know that they're not doing the right thing. let's leave simplicity to the headlines. join me as i take on the la, dismantled misconceptions and debate the contradiction. do we have a real democracy here in the united states? it's not a political 40, that's a radical insurgency are mark lamond hill a

we definitely see it from his statements are to restore the soviet union, but in some crazy meat of soviet union and russian empire. and this 3rd one is just to you on how to said in the polite words, but to, to crash ukrainian identity and serenity because that's been really crazy for him. how racist is statements about ukraine ukrainian states will always be. so why did you unite these crazy paranoia dull wishes of mr. wouldn't you understand that for ukraine will be important? not only our military supports and economic sanctions that withdraw perfectly describe, but also one very important thing for the western countries to believe in ukrainian to trust of what you pronounce. a telling about the citation. because in the beginning of the word, you know, what was the biggest fear of ukrainians, not the mighty of the russian army, but that i will west them partners would may cost to surrender because they will be afraid all law, the crumley and the add the actions of the russian armed force. all right, hon. i got in the 3rd. thank you so much for that. final thought. that's all for today. i want to think a

it does because putin is trying to rebuild the russian empire and soviet union and drag all of us to the past and we want to go to the future. and we see our future with the eu and not with some russian empire or whatever the hell is in his head. so that's why it's so important for us to become a real part of the european union. >> do you feel -- how -- tell me the sort of -- i'm guessing on one hand you feel somewhat supported by the west, money's coming in, arms are coming in. but that's all that's coming in. so do you feel supported or do you feel alone in this fight against russia? >> we do feel supported and we are grateful for all the help that we are getting. we all know that also the next step that we see is a no-fly zone over ukraine. and i know that everybody is saying no, no, no, the third world war will start. i will be very blunt with you. it has already started. because the attack on the nuclear plant, again, affects everybody. it affects european union, it affects united states, it affects united kingdom and emirates, everybody. president biden and boris johnson made a

he is aiming to restore the russian empire, if not the soviet union.he use of powerful fleets, new bombers, among other arms to show the national prestige is the most primitive, outdated strategy. it's a thing of the past. alexievich knows that history has written about soviet soldiers who fought in afghanistan and about the chernobyl nuclear disaster. >> translator: darkness is coming from everywhere. but in every country, there are people who are trying to fight back against the darkness that's closing in. >> alexievich was one of the nobel winners to call out russia's attacks, comparing the invasion to nazi germany. she wants people inside the country to speak out and they are. protests are spreading. many have tried to expose governmental propaganda. >> translator: you should do whatever small things you can. sometimes, it seems like democracy is going backward. but i think this is just temporar absolutely clear is that if we don't all unite, we will be annihilated. >> if that happens, alexievich says it won't just be ukraine that pays the price. t

russian-born. after the soviet union collapsed, a lot of russian jews moved to israel.hy for russia among a lot of people who live in israel and russia has been a big player in the middle east, they don't want to offend moscow at a time when they feel like they matter to their own neighborhood. but at the same time, for israel of all countries to abandon or seem not to be on the side of volodymyr zelenskyy, the first jewish president of ukraine, is pretty hard to take for a lot of american jews and a lot of israelis as well. so naftali bennett is playing a kind of awkward balance here, he's trying to position himself as a negotiator, as a broker, but so far hasn't gotten very far. >> let's talk about one of the highest profile russian oligarchs, that being roman abramovich, owner of course of the chelsea football club, that may be how he's best known. he's now been forced to sell off that club after being sanctioned by the british government. your first big story upon arriving in moscow in 2001, you profiled the then-34-year-old oligarch. the headline, "an unlikely savi

well , we have always lived in the russian empire in the soviet union and we have never felt ourselvesthat is, we could always be on an equal footing apply for the highest positions there. there were generals, rulers, philosophers, scientists, teachers, and so on, never on a national basis. galicia has never been shared no golitsy has always been oppressed by the poles, the austro-hungarians, that is, that's the whole history of galicia, at least for the last 150-200 years. she was just that. and when you know, when ukraine showed footage now. eh, well, the dead were returned home there. yes totoshnik against. here you fell on your face, yes, that is, fell on your knees. that's all, the village falls. yes, that is, it's understandable. where? yes? that is, they are bringing nobles. yes, respectively, all the serfs fall. we have never been there. that is, they simply never bowed their heads. yes, no hats, yes, well, never on their knees, that is, it never happened, in principle, there was never a division of nationality in the donbass. i mean, well, there was never, you know, there neve

what that will be athena, the 2nd the bliss girls are they have been off right with the soviet union and with the russian federation and supplying weapons. one side we wanted to see, winning is not a violation of poland would be a party to the rule. if the polish army are to enter your trade or if you frame in military would launch attacks from polish territory. both, they're almost doing the supply of arms even of complicated or complex arms like fighter planes, is something that we used to do. and we will do. and also that the russian federation does to waging parties who owned the opposing side of the spectrum in other theaters before of course, they're making noise about it. of course they want to make our public feel insecure about it, but this is part of the game. so germany, for example, and others are supplying ukraine with anti craft aircraft weapons ground to as are you saying that that a will be that that is the same as supplying planes? is that the esther, if the land line the same, they roughly yes, of course, the plane is a much more complex weapon system and is much more effective weapon s

the 2nd, the bliss girls are they have been off right with the soviet union and with the russian federation and supplying weapons to one side, we wanted to see winning is not a violation of poland. would be a party to the rule if the polish army are to enter ukraine, or if you frame ian military would launch attacks from polish territory. both. they're almost doing the supply of arms even of complicated or complex arms like fighter planes, is something that we used to do. and we will do. and also that the russian federation dos to war, waging parties who are on the opposing side of the spectrum in other theaters before. oh, of course they're making noise about it. of course they want to make our public feel insecure about it. but this is part of the game. how ah weapons from the west being reaching fighters on the front lines in ukraine? well, some chance of communications always have been and they're not activated for that. i mean for the security no, to compromise any of those. i will refrain from making details about there have been repaired and there have been arranged and by various me

the road a bit, a traditional russian bathhouse with a tv tuned to russian news and clientele tied to the country of the former soviet unioninian, owned the business decades and said everyone should be here. >> all of a sudden we're being divided saying you're ukrainian we hate you, you're russian, we hate you, it's just not so. nobody wants this war. >> reporter: here, she says both her parents were sent to a gulag during world war ii for poli political activities, emigrated. >> it's like a 20th century war in 21st century and i feel hopeless knowing what putin could do, it could be a forever war. >> reporter: back at the beach, ana stagia says for her, this is unbearable. >> i lost my sleep. i lost my appetite. i cry everyday i read the news. and can i just say one thing? russian? >> reporter: yes. >> [ speaking in foreign lan language ] i said please hold on, we're together here for you, and everything will be good, because there's no other way. >> reporter: the people we talked to here were passionate and eloquent, but nobody is optimistic that this will come to an end soon. instead, people seem frozen in fear about th

i think russian behavior hasn't changed. the soviet union, it isn't the soviet union anymore, i don't know whether they call themselves communists or something else these days but consistently, there are problem. they've been a problem all along. we have to give vladimir putin credit for unifying nato like something i would never see. who would have expected the germans in a social democratic chancellor and the administration do a complete flip-flop on energy and on providing weapons toallies . who would have expected the thins and the swedes to say hey, maybe we ought to bein nato . the good thing that's come out of it is it reinforces the importance of nato which the previous president was skeptical about at various times and the reason for nato , it was margaret thatcher who said the purpose of nato is to keep the russians out, americans in and the germans down. i don't think we have to keep the germans down anymore because it looks like they're having and if any here as a result of this invasion . >> what is the future of us russia relat

territories that were under the soviet union and he is doing it on this 100 anniversary year on the founding of the soviet union. he has had this vision in his mind to expand the russian empire. host: in writing about that, you wrote this, saying " coming to grips with this reality -- " what does that mean? guest: corporate take -- protecting nato members, whoever it may be. we are facing a aggressive military threat from russia, which is the kind that we only saw from the soviet union. even ringing up the issue of nuclear weapons. we have led our military forces and our readiness go down over the next 30 years -- last 30 years because of the russian threat disappeared and we have dramatically cut defense spending, troop deployment, number of forces in europe. everything is lower than 30 years ago. we have to begin to reverse that and bring ourselves to a more capable level, given the threat that russia is conducting. host: germany announced recently that they were going to increase their military spending. guest: we have been pushing germany under multiple administration. i joined the foreign service during the reagan administration and we were pushing germany to spe

the return of all russian properties, those are the russian empire, the soviet union and current areseized by the united states and so on and the host says are you including alaska and fort ross and this man says yes, that was my next point as well as the antarctic. that belongs to us. it sounds so absurd it's hard to believe anyone if they are officials of state tv would believe it. >> they obviously don't think too much of their audiences and it's desperation speaking and the same kind of desperation that caused them to impose so-called sanctions against joe biden and blinken and hillary clinton. it's ridiculous posturing but at the end of it, i know there is not a thing they can do to us economically and that all they can do is tell their people that are panicking about what is coming for their economy that this won't last long, that as soon as they have their so-called victory over ukraine, the west will get over it, move on and not only lift the sanctions but compensate them for the damages, which is of course, ridiculous but there again, so is the rest of it. >> do you think th

you indicated, putin has made no bones about the fact that he wants to reconstruct the russian empire, the soviet uniono look at it, and he wants to destroy the international rules based order, an order that has brought unparalleled prosperity, freedom and security since world war ii. >> now, lessons from the edge, a wonderful book, spans your career of 33 years in the foreign service, your childhood, of course. but the state department was so hollowed out during the trump administration, a lot of people left after you were impacted because they were so outraged by it. talk to me about donald trump but also mike pompeo, who clearly has ambitions to run himself in 2024, what about the character of the man who led the state department? >> well, secretary pompeo came in promising swagger to the state department, not usually a term associated with diplomacy. but i think people in the career foreign service welcomed him in part because his predecessor had been a bit of a disaster. we welcomed his arrival and hoped that he would, in fact, help to rebuild not only the core of the state department but also res

of the ussr, the cominterns in this case turned into the fifth column of the ussr, the soviet union, the neo-russianmpire, the heir to the old russian geopolitics, that is, the meaningful response to the ultimatum and the kirzon was positive. soviet russia returned to the field of the big game, hence the resumption of relations with britain. after 2 years, it was quite, of course, technical in nature. islam becomes the most important ideological factor in the big game in the 20th century . the struggle between the players here went with varying success, but in the previous era russia was clearly in the lead. the british feared the muslim uprising in their possessions more than the russian army itself. the sharp increase in the strategic importance of the middle east forced the british. radically to take up the solution of the problem such a radical decision was the creation of direct assistance and the participation of britain of the wahhabid kingdom of saudi arabia, which was called upon to lead the islamic ummah, becoming the owner of the main islamic shrines of mecca and mines, the legendary lore

of doing so for the last decade i do represent the largest percentage of russian speaking immigrants from the former soviet union, many of whom are jewish, than any other member of the country. hakim jeffries, who knew? what a great country the united states of america. it's an honor to represent such a robust community. many of whom come from ukraine. which is why we call parts of brighton beach little odessa. but i can tell you, i had the benefit of being at -- privilege of being at a rally that was held by councilman kagen and others recently in southern brooklyn and the community is united. those from ukraine. those from belarus. like councilmember kagen. those from russia. the community is united in defense of ukraine. and they are thankful that the united states has stepped up in important and robust ways. of course are urging the congress and the administration and the country to continue to do so until victory has been won, until ukraine has been liberated, until democracy and freedom and truth prevail. reporter: a lighter question about the sunshine protection act. which unexpectedly passed the senate y

russia in the greatest position than when he assumed after the breakup of the soviet union trying to reconstitute the russian empire? and i don't mean the soviet empire, i mean the russian empire. because when he speaks a lot of times at the podium he has the eagle there, the sign of the roam noffs. i just wanted to know what your guests thought about that. thank you. guest: on the first point about afghanistan, i don't think that it strengthens our position to deal with russia to be out of afghanistan. that was a very small u.s. commitment of roughly 2,000 troops. i don't think it makes much difference pulling out the way that we pulled out, weak innocence. what is putin now? he is trying to reconstitute the russian empire and ink he does view that as his historical legacy. he's on record as saying that he thought the breakup of the soviet union was the great geopolitical catastrophe of the 20th century and clearly he is trying to reverse it. he is trying to create a russian empire again and as part of that it has to include ukraine which for hundreds of years was part of the russian empire even though ukra

we just made decision to have different future, we want to have democracy, so if russians they want to restore soviet union do it within their borders. ten miles east of kyiv, russia's tactical blunders continued. tanks are easy targets when they push forward, bunched up, in broad daylight, but the ukrainians are still outnumbered and outgunned. at strong points round the city, ukrainian troops are waiting. they know the russians are regrouping, and will try again. petrol bombs aren't all they have got. nato has sent in thousands of modern anti—tank weapons for whatever is coming down the road. the russians are about 5km in that direction. if they want to come into the city, they will have to take this piece of ground and push in. if they are encircling kyiv, they can probably stay more or less where they . the men at this position have to assume that an attack is coming. for the soldiers who waited, the sky was bright, and the forest still and lonely. jeremy bowen, bbc news, kyiv. well, in the last couple of hours ukraine's president, volodymyr zelensky, has been speaking. our news reporter mark lobel has