sir chris debrel, former british general, thank you very much for taking time to talk with us today. thank you. my pleasure rushes war on ukraine is also shaking up the world of classical music, top conductor by that the sag has been fired from his post as chief conductor of the munich philharmonic for failing to criticize his longtime ally, latimer putting across europe and the u. s. russian artists with ties to the criminal have been put on notice. speak out against hooton's invasion of ukraine or face being canceled. ah, one of the world's most visionary conductors, and a long time ally of russian president vladimir putin. for years, concert houses in the west looked past conductor. valerie gar gibbs close ties to rushes, authoritarian leader. but after putin ordered the invasion of ukraine, many are finding that impossible, and are demanding the conductor distance himself from pu team. new york's carnegie hall cancelled garr gives appearance. so has lascola opera house in milan, in germany, munich mayor gave dare give an ultimatum. denounce putins war against ukraine and against

sir chris debrel, former british general, thank you very much for taking time to talk with us today. thank you. my pleasure. germany's foreign minister alina bell box says rushes attack on ukraine is also an attack on the rules based international order for global security. speaking at an emergency session of the un general assembly in new york, she said russia had been lying about its intentions toward ukraine. and she said that when it comes to war or peace, countries could not simply stand by and remain neutral. russia law is one of aggression and it's based on life. this war is not only about ukraine, not only about europe, but about all of us. russia, the wall marks the dawn of a new era. it's a want to shit moment. it really requires each and every one of us to take a firm and responsible decision. and to take aside. united nations says more than 660000 people have fled ukraine since the invasion began with the majority crossing over into poland. but some ukrainians are traveling in the other direction, men who were out of harm's way, returning to defend their homeland. as dw m

sir chris debrel, former british general, thank you very much for taking time to talk with us today. thank you. my pleasure. and we can now talk to sac a pet her cough. he is a former deputy minister of justice for european integration for the ukrainian government. he joins me from chia. mr. pathos. gov. thank you. first of all for being with us, you've decided to stay in the ukrainian capital. describe the situation there for us. it's been, it's been again nervous nights not much of anything happening in key f. yesterday there was this big strike of the 2 taller. we expect more strikes coming today. and later on we're seeing, you know, russians losing the battle on the ground and changing the tactics of attacking infrastructure within the cities and doing the indiscriminate shelling. so while, while the see if you remain on the phone control of, of the ukrainian administration and, and non forces, we are prepared where we're, we're awaiting pretty much an attack on all the civilians. it's just a matter of time and matter of who gets lucky and who is not so lucky. as you know, a russ

sir chris debrel, former british general, thank you very much for taking time to talk with us today. thank you. my pleasure now to some of the other headlines related to the war in ukraine. the u. k. has relaxed its immigration rules for ukrainians, fleeing russia's invasion. that's after public criticism, at least a $100000.00 ukrainians with close family ties will be allowed to enter. the country will have the right to stay for 12 months, but we'll still have to pass security checks. ty, ones president has urged the world's democracy not to turn a blind eye to military aggression. sy, in when also pledged to donate a month's salary to ukraine relief efforts. tensions are high between taiwan and his neighbor, china, which considers the island a breakaway province and has bowed reunification. several hollywood movies, including the latest batman release, have been pulled from russian theaters at least 3 film studios said the releases were on paul's. europe's to premier khan and menace film festivals have also said russia delegations are not well me? well german chancellor, olive schu