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and the don boss, or was, it was, was, was ruled by the separatist with russian support. so he has basically been the president that has been sitting over this over this escalation and over this war and who has been able, his supporters and some critics say to build up somehow a military infrastructure here in the country. um, but he was, he was defeated significantly, badly in the, in the last election, or when, as lensky, a former comedian where no prior experience in politics are one. elaine landslide victory, people had been discontent with a parisian cose achievements economically and also in terms of reform, anti corruption. now he comes back at a point where the country is again under attack with this russian military build up and where people are again unhappy with their president. because linens caswell has not delivered so far. what many people have expected? um, so that the next elections will be in 2 years, and this seems to be the begin of a power struggle between these 2 men. if no other person shows up in this, in this battle until that, and that is the ger

doing at the border with ukraine, they supposed to deter ukraine from taken a military action in don boss a. so i don't think that even if they failed to agree on the non enlargement of nate of that would mean that trash will attack ukraine because makes no sense and attacked on ukraine would not change the native lance of for a potential expansion of these are 2 different sets of issues. so the america, the russian military build up on the border has nothing to do with preventing nato expansion. is that what you're saying? you're saying there's no connection? absolutely, i think that the russian, the build up will not prevent a native from going eastward. on the contrary, it my 2 eager more activities of nate on the territory, ukraine and i, it will mean that it will generate events which witness time to award. so why should you do that? yeah, well, i guess many people are asking that question just to come to present intrusion as we heard in that report. he met with french president her imagined michael and agreed. there is a need for, for the escalation which many parties involved are s

they supposed to deter ukraine from taking a military action in don boss or so. i don't think that even if they feel to agree on the non enlargement of nato, that would mean that russia will attack ukraine because makes no sense. and attack on ukraine would not change the native lance of for a potential expansion. these are 2 different sets of issues. i think the, the russian or buildup will not prevent a native from going eastward on the contrary. or it might to eager more conservatives of nate on the territory you cream and i, it will mean that it will generate events which witness time to award. so why should she do that? with threat of russian invasion of ukraine is rattling nerves across the west. but people living in ukraine's eastern border region have already faced years of conflict. now school children and teachers are preparing for more for an escalation of fighting new york elementary school. not the big apple, but a small town in the dumbass. no one knows how it got its name. inside the curriculum is different. does not just reading and writing. the s

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it is though crane has no other chance as giving the don boss regions are more autonomy, maybe full autonomy, then it will keep it's country to get on best being the contested region in the east. let me come to the normandy format because in fact, germany together with france has just co hosted a new round of normandy format talks. these are the talks that essentially bring together russia and ukraine under french and german oversight, so to speak. they did talk for 8 hours. jessica, does that offer any reason to be optimistic that there might be a diplomatic solution? that certainly is germany's line. they repeat like a mantra that the only solution here is, has got to be diplomatic. i agree to an extent, of course it's, it's always good news when the channels for dialogue are open, everyone is still coming to the table because all parties in this conflict know that war is in no one's interest. this however, begged the question, then why did vladimir putin send over 100000 troops to the ukrainian border? what does he want here? you mentioned earlier, a liberal values. this is not a question

the front line, the line of conflict between a key of controlled territory and don boss and ukraine. so far there has not been any comment from kiev on these developments. but this combined with the west's attempts to stoke hysteria around and the legit russian attack. i mean, they're not doing anything for the escalations, the conflict there. while the latest developments didn't come as the west continues to send weapons to ukraine. recently, the u. s. approved nato plans to deploy arms, including anti tank missiles to forces near russia's borders. the biden administration additionally planning to ship $200000000.00 worth of missiles, ammunition, and other equipment to ukraine in the coming days. and other countries do plan to do the same. the escalation efforts in ukraine bring in more lethal weapon. you can air force thought if the key of within the 7 lodge military aircraft light filled with weaponry. empty tank weapons on board. ukrainian officials don't hold back their excitement. this military assistance will strengthen our forces and increase our defense capabilities. i want

before russia invaded ukraine in 2014 season, crimea going into the, the don boss brushes favorability ratings in ukraine were 70 percent. now the 25 or 30 percent before 2014. before they went and seized crimea and went into the don best support and ukraine for joining nato was 25 or 30 percent. now it's, it's 60 percent before 2014, we had been continuing on the path of continuing to reduce ball at the same time strengthening our forces in europe since the end of the cold war. well, what happened after 2014 is natal felt the obligation because of russian aggression to reinforce its eastern flag. and since 2014 our efforts over many years to convince allies and partners to increase defense spending. well, that's succeeded, but i have to say as much because of russia and the actions is taken as because of anything we've done. so, based on russia stated, strategic interests and concerns. how has that, how of their actions advanced those constraints? on the contrary, it's gone in the opposite direction from what russia purports to one. and now if russia renews, it's aggression against uk

then are continuing to show reports proport accusing russia basically of provoking the conflict in don boss. russia is preparing what's known as a false flag operation to create a pretext for another invasion of ukraine in the view of american intelligence. that could be an impending attack of some kind on the current territory, move up from the crimea and join all his territory up. so your buffer zone is bigger. one level up from that annex the whole of the coastline, and cut ukraine off from the black sea. now, as you can see there, cnn even gave us a geography lesson claiming to prove why russia was intending to invade ukraine, apparently. but to be fair, though not everyone in the western media was failed to see this double double standard of accusing russia of some sort of aggression. well, actually, nato is arming a hostile government right on its doorstep. imagine if mexico fell under the direct military control of china, we would see that as a threat. of course. well, that's how russia views nato control. if you credit, why wouldn't they? these accusations of m and an eminent invasi

many have been separated from their families for years due to the conflict in the don boss. that's what the matter is about not even attempting to nato. another area where germany isn't following the lead of the u. k. in us is when it comes to the evacuation of stuff from embassies in kiev. berlin says it would just further to stabilize the situation on the ground and ukraine. of course, we continuously check the security situation in different places around the world, including in ukraine. like, how are you partners? we have currently decided not to reduce the embassy stuff in case germany has come under a lot of pressure over its refusal to send weapons to ukraine. in fact, it's with some sections of the media into a frenzy, with some headlines, even questioning whether berlin is actually a friend of the us at all. i have with concern the situation in ukraine and the reactions of our neighbors from germany in the face of the threat from russia. it's immoral and hypocritical. it's driving a division line between west and east in europe. foreign minister, bare bulk used a de

belief in western backing should they should they engage the russians in no turn, come back over don, boss, and that fee that they would be saved by western powers. what we've seen in the last several weeks that i can say one of the 1st achievements of the russians have, have made, are by raising the temperature by concentrating the troops was to flush out from the united states and nato, exactly what their preferred are not prepared to do with respect to defense of ukraine, should they be foolish enough to take on the russian army. and we all heard that country after country started that states followed by, by france and others have said that they will not in any way single soldier to, to help the ukrainians if they engage themselves in a norm conflict with russia authority, great achievement. but it's only to start his down payment of further achievements with the russians hope to make and probably have a reasonable chance of making in the coming weeks, months that we know from russia. what are the big red lines here is the sanction of ukraine in georgia, former soviet union countries to

to have saying that ukraine is planning to attack key points along the line of conflict between don boss and key of control territory in ukraine. so far there has not been any comment from kiev on these claims. but this combined with the west's attempts to stoke hysteria around and a legit russian a planned russian invasion. it's all making, you know, diplomatic solutions seem far out on the horizon. absolutely. also correspondent on quarter. thank you for coming in. almost go house genuinely criticize the west's efforts to weapon eyes ukraine. just recently, the u. s. approved nato plans to deploy anti tank missiles and other on the 4th is near russia's board, us with the, by the ministration. additionally planning to ship $200000000.00 worth of missiles, ammunition, and other equipment ukraine in the coming days. and it's not only the us doing the escalation efforts and ukraine bring in more lethal weapons. u. k. air force thought if the key of within the 7 lodge military aircraft light filled with weapon . ruth empty tank weapons on board. ukrainian officials don't hold back their exc

in closing treason portion is being investigated for financing russian back separatists and the don boss region, while in office here. hughes, the current government of trying to silence the opposition. sweden has him deployed armored combat vehicles and soldiers to patrol the streets on the island of good luck. the military says the deployment is a response to increased russian activity in the region. 3 russian landing ships have recently sale through the great belt, straight and denmark. a winter storm has hit the east coast of the united states. heavy snow blanketed washington d. c. hundreds of thousands of people were left without power in states including north and south carolina and georgia, due to snow ice and high winds in florida. the storm caused a tornado that destroyed a trailer park to brazil. now, where the pandemic has killed more people than anywhere else in the world. apart from the u. s, the country was slow to buy vaccines after president jr. bolton arrow dismissed. the crown of ours, as a little flew, but brazilians are now been being vaccinated in record numbers desp

of ukraine in the east ukraine might be tempted to to use miller to power in order to resolve the don boss problem. and this is exactly what to rush is trying to prevent . ok. andre court, not the director of the russian international affairs council misquote, and we appreciate your time and your insights to night. thank you. are, let's take a look now. some of the other stories that are making headlines around the world, russia, iran in china, holding joint military drills in the indian ocean. it's the 3rd year. the 3 nations have met to strength and ties through combined a strategic exercises a spokesperson for the drills says the goal is to expand multilateral corporation and to support world peace. so called is like state has launched one of its biggest attacks in syria since it was defeated there in 2019 the ability group targeted the gray run prison in kurdish controlled northeastern syria where thousands of i as fighters are hell reports, a dozens of i as fighters have escaped to gun and now where the government says it's launched an investigation into a massive explosion that kille

trying to revive for way peace talks with russia and france to end the conflict in the east and don boss region. russia has been massing troops at the border with ukraine raising fears of an invasion. german 4 minutes will meet her rushing counterpart in moscow on tuesday. dominic kane has more on this now from berlin. the thing that really stood out from this meeting, at least the news conference it emerged after the meeting of the 2 foreign ministers was a reiteration of germany's perspective, germany's support for ukraine and alina bell box, saying effectively, to the russians that any further, each further aggression would be met with some diplomatic response from her country and others saying in her opinion that diplomacy is the only way to solve this crisis. also referring to the normandy format, saying that the full way meeting of ministers between paris here, moscow, berlin, that that's a format that they want to reinvigorate where possible. but it is worth making the point that in questions both to mrs. burbock and to her counterparts. me total, clear, but when the question was

along the point, the front line, the line of conflict between a key of controlled territory and don boss and ukraine. so far there has not been any comment from kia on these developments. but this combined with the west's attempts to stoke hysteria around an alleged russian attack, i mean, they're not doing anything for the d escalation of the conflict there. dida dawn, many thanks for coming in and bring it up to speed on the situation out. he's on quarter and i see a mid, the west efforts to weapon eyes ukraine. just recently, the u. s. approved nato plans to deploy anti tank missiles and other arms to forces at near rushes. borders with the by the administration. additionally, planning to ship $200000000.00 worth of missiles, ammunition, and other equipment to ukraine in the coming days. and it's not only the us doing, said the escalation, if it's in ukraine, bring in more lethal weapons. okay, air force thought if the key of within the 7 lodge military aircraft light tube with where from ruth and to tank weapons on board, ukrainian officials don't hold back their excitement. this mil

actually planning sabotage. attacks on the line of confrontation between have controlled ukraine and don boss. so far there has been no comments from kiev on these claims. but that combined with this kind of media hysteria around this, so legit invasion of ukraine. it really doesn't bode well for diplomatic solutions . and data keeping us up to date don't quarter. thanks to coming in about submit the west's efforts to weapon eyes ukraine. just recently b. u. s. approved nathan plans to deploy anti tank missiles and other arms to force his near rushes board as would be by the ministration and additional funding to ship $200000000.00 worth of missiles amunition and other equipment to ukraine in the coming days. and it's not only the us doing so see escalation if it's in ukraine, bring in more lethal weapons, u. k. forestall. if the key is within the 7 lodge military aircraft was filled with weaponry. anti tank weapons on board. ukrainian officials don't hold back their excitement. this military assistance will strengthen our forces and increase our defense capabilities. i want to stress that we

and don, boss asked for the 2nd as for the foreign deputy, for mr. downplaying, the russian military threat. everything that we're seeing on the outside suggest that the russians continue that no go, which i build up. they're going to be deployed forces into dollars for exercises. but they're also bringing in forces from as far away as the russian far east towards ukraine. i think the military threat is real and the west has to assume that it's real and should be doing everything it can to try to dissuade and deter moscow from a decision to use military force. to morrow, the u. s. secretary of state will be here in berlin for a meeting with the quad group. that's the u. s. the u. k. france. in germany, if you were an advisor in the room with those for foreign ministers, what would, what would you say? what should be the one message that should come out of that meeting? i think that the message that needs to be sent to the russians is that, well, there are some issues that can be negotiated like the questions on strike systems in year for exercises. ah, that the west is not going to s

so it's very difficult for, for putin would be to, nor carry on the invasion of the don boss very difficult. and that and that low intensity now battling is continued out for years. obviously, britain arming ukraine. optimism perhaps here the world is finances aren't just from the military. industrial complex, obviously. yeah. could change come from multinational corporations lobbying nato governments, one k street in washington over here in london saying, look, we're starting to lose money on the considerations of ever more sanctions against aging. and moscow and iran even could it be multi nationals rather than it seems, democratic populations, pressuring politicians, it to some kind of determined. i think the most important thing actually happened in the, in the outcome of the american departure. they bought a couple because what we saw enough to work with something quite striking, the shanghai cooperation organized, they merged with the east asian european economic community, which merge with here. so that is the security organization comprises much of what was he stood southern south a

many have been separated from their families for years due to the conflict in the don boss. that's what the matter is about not in, in an intention to natal. that was laughing mitten in ohio. that war is looming right now in the middle of europe. smart doing everything we can to prevent a military escalation of the situation. of course, we do not deliver weapons to ukraine, is about keeping the peace, lasting peace order in europe would not work with our russia, but only with russia in over. a cracks have also emerged inside one nato member, which is already sent to navy vessels to the black sea. spain has pledged its full support to the blog, but some of the opposition. they're not in favor of the move. local mo, we is one of the signatories of this manifest. so and the bulk of those who made the formation of the current government possible, believe that firstly, spain has no place in this conflict. we are not interested in any worse. all this is a pro cation of the united states and nato, in an attempt to reshape the world order in which they are lose an influence. the us

the front blind, the line of conflict between a key of controlled territory and don boss and ukraine. so far there has not been any comment from kiev on these developments, but this combined with the west's attempts to stoke hysteria around on the legit russian attack. i mean, they're not doing anything for the escalations, the conflict there are these developments come with the wes continues this and weapons to ukraine just recently the us acts tonight. so plans to deploy arms in tooling and to tank muscles to force is near rushes, borders with the bond administration. additionally, planning to ship $200000000.00 worth missiles i. mission and other equipment you crying and the coming days of the countries plant through the same the escalation efforts in ukraine bring in more lethal weapons. air force thought if the key, if within the 7 lodge military aircraft fly filled with empty tank weapons on board, ukrainian officials don't hold back their excitement. this military assistance will strengthen our forces and increase our defense capabilities. i want to stress that we will only use

now you cain are the most sophisticated weapons that can be used in don boss. apparently, the united states might touch a foreign, the canyon issue though, indirectly. i and i hint of that, or it would like to see some kind of desk collation at the ocean. ukrainian border of the current russian position is pretty tough. are they wanted to get legally biden commitments or by nasa that it will not move to the east? we don't know of what they're had lines are. and our how rigid the russian position will be on wednesday, or we can only hope of death, or there might be a some agreement. because if you look at the current plans of the atlantic alliance or that there are no plans to engage ukraine or any other post soviet state or into the alliance at any time soon. so d factor are nater has a moratorium or needs or expansion to the east, but definitely it would be hard for nato to make any legal biden commitments that it will remain the case. to me, a man now in a court has sentenced ousted later unsung sir che to, for he is in jam said she was on trial for illegally

know that the russians lied about not wanting to take over crimea, and then they lied again about don boss, and they lied about the malaysian alina and so on. so yes, i mean, aggressive like nothing you about that. but why do they have a 100000 troops mast ukraine is a democracy, a member of the u. n. in good standing. a member of the o. c. u. crated has russian security guarantees. budapest, memorandum of 1994 on the which ukraine gave up. what was then the 3rd largest nuclear arsenal in return for these guarantees which, which russia has already broken. well, i have to ask you about what russia says here, because it actually says that the u. s. and nato already aggressors here and not russia itself by expanding its eastward presence by stationing troops and sending arms are to eastern member states. so what's your response to that? well, at the nature summit, i've already mentioned that germany vetoed giving ukraine a membership action plan. and nothing has happened about that since then. except that russia has invaded georgia. russia has taken over crimea. russia has invaded dunbar. rus

we spoke with a journalist who worked in the don boss back then and find himself on the hitler's got the owner only. neither i nor my association ever made any political statements . we helped children from dumbass and also help children from other parts of ukraine like live in cock. if i was one of those who proposed to kind of see on a tour for the nobel peace prize, she lost her husband, eldest 2 children. and when a house is bomb, we felt it was a very important story to tell, as it captures all the drama and pain of the dawn bus conflict. we simply helped children from many regions of ukraine as well as children from dom bus. i'm putting this on this list. ukraine is fighting our humanitarian activities. this peacemaker list, reminiscent of naziism in germany and fascism and actually is absurd because over 20000 people in europe in countries see what's happening these days, but they are silent. everyone is silent. there is a lack of critical ability and moves to intervene and dramatic situations like this . europe exhibit his democratic values only when it suits it. in recent ye