of the ukrainian military to get something there, overthrow the lukashenko regime , take away eastern moldovanistria, so-called, and then they begin to broadcast their nervousness on the ukrainian territory , but now there is danger on this part of the transnistrian part of the front, when i sit there, i think 2,000 for the ukrainian troops, what are 2,000 local and with russian passports, there may be 50 officers from russia, although i do not believe the same in belarus, now there will be an attack, oh, are you preparing to take the ukrainians, oh, let's fight this one the attack will come and reach minsk and hand over the power to us . and we will come right away in two or three days, because we are afraid to come in the middle of a war, the same with moldova and eastern moldova. oh, how they will attack now. oh, the ukrainians we should beware of such provocative rhetoric, am i right? am i wrong? let’s start with belarus. there are no large-scale threats from the territory of belarus today. why are they absent ? because there is no strike group in belarus at all. that’s why. and it ’s not

and by the way, since 1992, eastern moldova and so on and so on, that is, you just need to change thefter the second world war, got used to the gentlemanliness of that nobility. we are not we can oppress the russians and also be aggressive towards them, that is, we must understand correctly that we need to set up diplomacy and here the so-called soft power to give from time to time in the teeth maybe not in a military way, but there expel russian journalists expel diplomats what is being done now do not accept there are some big conferences and so on, i.e. showing teeth and not saying that, but teeth are like that, you know, predatory teeth, not smiles, that is , you are hinting at this, it is necessary for europeans and america to understand that there is something wrong with them speaking in another language, we need to find a new language in relations with russia, please, well, briefly, the first issue of self-defense. i meant that we should have collective defense, that is , self-defense, when we ourselves fight for the whole world , this is not something we can do all the time. t

will be in danger, it will not stop in ukraine, it will become active very quickly in moldova and other parts of eastern europe, so i believe that on on many levels, it is necessary that the united states and our allies continue to support ukraine and continue to ensure that they have the resources and weapons necessary to fight against russia. in my opinion , the situation is even more global. what is happening in ukraine will have significant consequences for china and its aggression. specifically what they will try to do in taiwan if we and our allies get wet here and now we will allow putin to continue his aggressive war answering questions told journalists that at the moment he does not support the provision of fighter jets to ukraine. how do you assess the president's position ? frankly speaking, it is very unfortunate that the president of the united states and our allies took so long to respond to putin while he was still building up troops on the border. he very clearly stated that he was preparing an invasion . i wish we would have responded earlier but i think we still have an opportunity to

will be in danger, he will not stop at ukraine, he will very quickly become active in moldova and other parts of easternurope, so i believe that on many levels it is necessary that the united states and our allies continued to support ukraine and continued to ensure that they have the resources and weapons necessary to fight russia every minute is lost now is a moment that we cannot get back, so i believe that the president of the ministry of defense together with our allies should take quick measures and provide ukraine with the necessary support, if this includes fighter jets, we should definitely consider it as well. meanwhile, a group of ukrainian prosecutors and police officers began training in paris from investigation of war crimes , the course was organized by the french embassy in ukraine and the french national school of judges . it is expected that 18 ukrainian law enforcement officers will receive the training recently the attorney general of germany, peter frank, said that german investigators had gathered hundreds of evidence of russian war crimes in ukraine. he added that he saw the need

we will remove the threat of further russian aggression in georgia, moldova, in the baltic states, across easternmoving this threat, we eliminate the risk of further economic shocks such as higher gas and food prices. what people are suffering from in my country of the uk and around the world, when ukraine wins we will establish a new reality and new stability in europe's security architecture to replace the concept of common security from lisbon to vladivostok the old idea that the security of europe can be ensured by destruction russia at the beginning of the week a member of the european parliament. anna fatyga, the former minister of foreign affairs of poland, gathered in brussels, as she claims, representatives of 20 peoples and nationalities of russia to discuss the prospect of their two colonizations on the eve of an event on the european online resource of yurtexes. there was an article by a fatyga who obviously did serious work with wikipedia, there is no and cannot be russian gas, oil, aluminum, coal , uranium, diamonds, gold forest grains, and so on. all of these are resources. tatar b

moldova to take part in anti-government protests. all right. joining me now is a associate expert at the eastern europe studies center. ve you on. moldova is a tiny country, dealing, though, with an even smaller sort of russian-controlled separatist region. but how significant is moldova in the broader context of the war in ukraine next door? >> well, moldova is playing an important role for stabilizing the western flank of ukraine. we know the transnortistra regi is a potential source of threat because of deployment of russian forces in that region. and at the same time moldova is very important because it is hosting ukrainian refugees. it's one of the countries with the highest rate of ukrainian refugees per capita. so from this points of view, moldova is definitely an important strategic partner for ukraine, and therefore have very good dialogue, including in preventing the russian threats. >> now the russian president vladimir putin, he has annulled a 2012 decree in which the kremlin had guaranteed moldova's sovereignty. what is the messaging there? how nervous is moldova about what putin might do? >> well, putin a

people have gone to moldova, but otherwise, it is just the european union. and a lot of countries in easternope, central europe in particular, identify with this because they see the russian aggression in light of their own history and they remember that they were once displaced. brent: nimby ask about the more than 2 million ukrainians who have fled into russia. we know how they are coping with being inside russia? we assumed most of them can speak russian. does that may be make things easier for them? what does it do to their ukrainian identity, fleeing russian aggression by going into russia ? guest:that is a very complicated picture. and while we know and can research a lot about ukrainians who have gone west, we actually don't know nearly enough about those who have arrived in russia. i don't even know if the number is right. we don't know how many have been forced. we know that in many cases of people being told, for example in mariupol late last year when maria paul fell, that they could take a bus to ukraine, the territory controlled by the ukrainian government, but effectively they

russian backed separatists have maintained control of the country's eastern border with ukraine for decades. moldova's president spoke today in accused russia of plotting to topple her government stop it from joining the european union and use it as a base in the war on ukraine. russia has denied any allegations of intervening and moldova. female is opening a disaster recovery center in danville for contra costa county residents who are affected by the storms last month that center will open on wednesday. the 15th and will be open until march. 1st at the danville police station on lagonda way it will be open from 10 am to seven pm everyday residents can apply for assistance as well as get information on housing and referrals to other agencies that can provide help. alrighty we've got a wind advisory that's still in effect for the coastal ranges and areas of northern marine county up in the north of the hills. most of us are getting some kind of wind, especially less. f over guts have been up to 50 miles an hour and we've got this camera. this is eco tower, and it's zoomed up. that's why it's it is mov

causes of the political crisis in moldova and what consequences can it have for the region , we will talk about it with the head of the voice of america in to eastern europe, myroslava gongadze, who is currently in touch from warsaw, myroslava congratulations, what is happening in moldova and what are these political upheavals connected with ? rocket and this, so to speak, provoked perhaps to some extent or all of the peretrums because moldova has long understood that they are in a critical situation due to the proximity to the war to the russian war in ukraine and these issues security, they became extremely urgent, we know that today the minister of foreign affairs of moldova summoned the russian ambassador and offered and announced to him a note of protest in connection with the fact that the rocket flew by, and right after that we know that the prime minister of the country, who was actually the prime minister for at least a year and a half, resigned , this is the situation and it looks like the new government of myroslav will soon see the new government, who will actually lead the new government, is it known about this and can it increase the

the alliance promises to strengthen support for georgia, moldova, bosnia and the duchy, as well as the easternof nato , the baltic countries and poland, which he personally requested at the meeting, the president, because duda is our hope, i express our hopes and expectations regarding new security plans in the region, not only for poland , but also for the baltic countries and other countries on the eastern flank of nato . preparedness plans are needed that, in the event of an attack on any of these countries, will allow the alliance to immediately respond with reference to the fifth article. for the first time in a meeting of this scale , the newly elected german minister of defense asked him the most questions about the supply of tanks and ammunition for them. boris confirmed that the first 48 leopard-2 tanks in ukraine will transfer less to poland and portugal, of which we will not be able to deliver all the promised tanks at once, but a significant part of them will be in ukraine by the end of march, the end of april. regarding the german leopards, i want to say once again that our tanks

eastern flank. worried about the land locked soviet moldova on the border. deference ministry ukraine staged a. warning sign it could be russian forces heading there next, guys, as brian you have been warning about for days. >> brian: people of moldova slow motion coo going on and they feel it. invasion like ukraine and do something insidious and political below the surface in a small place. >> ukraine started very similar pretexts, guys. >> steve: indeed. so far and lucasens headline there and a "wall street journal" exclusive is apparently the u.s. intelligence apparatus and the administration are thinking about spilling the beans on what on any china-to-russia lethal arms deal might go through it is extraordinary that the u.s. intel community would reveal this stuff. okay, we know china is going to do it because this, this, and. this then again you go back not that long ago last year the intel community and the administration have revealed so much about russian intel that we have picked up. and their dealings with places with iran and stuff like that. loo

in eastern europe, thousands of anti—government demonstrators have taken part in a rally in chisinau, the capital of moldovauel prices triggered by the war in ukraine. russia cut gas supplies to moldova last year but protestors blame the government, saying it alienated moscow with its pro—western policies. burkina faso has announced the official ending of the french military operation there. last month, 0uagadougou ended a military accord with paris, known as 0peration barkhane, under which about 400 french special forces were deployed to fight islamist groups. there's speculation the country could turn to moscow for support in its fight against islamist insurgents. meta, the company behind instagram and facebook, has followed twitter�*s example in launching a verified subscription service for paying users. after providing a government id, a blue badge will be added to their profile. the company's founder mark zuckerberg said the service would increase security and authenticity. the roll—out will begin in australia and new zealand this week. the bafta film awards have taken place in london, and it was a swe

you , since you are our experts not only in transnistria, moldova, of course, more of a broad a-a specialty. do you see in modern europe , easternely speaking, nodes or grains or points a that would have potential that russia can use and continue to use, we completed literally a month ago a project called the russian octopuses as a result of europe gained kyiv gained the cases of turkey bulgaria romania and the republic of moldova moldova is of course the most vulnerable because russia is the most integrated there and the political process and economic processes nevertheless remain problematic in bulgaria and we see that constant reboots in and the parliament in bulgaria lead to the fact that bulgaria will not have time to join the eurozone in 2024 , support for pro-russian political forces and socialists and konstantin konstantinov is growing in bulgaria, and , surprisingly, turkey, despite everything in turkey russian narratives are very dominant and it is very difficult to fight with it, it is all simply superimposed on anti-americanism and this ground is very, very, very positive for pro-russian ideas. if we talk about the b

eastern flank. the alliance has deployed extra troops to the baltic republics of estonia, latvia and if the wine. yeah. along with poland, slovakia, romania and non nato member, moldova, they're also nervous about moscow's intentions. increasing defense spending ramping up ammunition for reduction footing. hundreds of thousands of troops on high hello nato is not the warring part in ukraine, but the company has led to a dramatic change in its strategy. the alliance is going back to its roots assess defense expert ian lisa is reinforced a shift in nato strategy away from thinking about expeditionary warfare, which has been in crisis management, which has been dominating for the last decades prior to thinking again about territorial defense in a very serious way nuclear strategy is discussed in a very serious way again. so all of these things that we hadn't really focused on for decades are now at the core of debates inside native since the start of russia's invasion, need to allies have continuously increased our support for ukraine, starting with simple anti tank weapons and missiles. and then gradually deploying more advanced weapons, but with ukraine burning throug

happen every day nato soldiers in poland, romania and slovakia, other eastern borders of nato, protect the alliance and help ukraine, moldovaas if he didn’t hear it, mentioning only the current members of nato and not those who, under the pretext of the ukrainian crisis, claim moldovans are not good, it turns out they tried in vain meeting with the deputy general secretary. moldova nato i would like to reiterate that we attach particular importance to nato's support and experience in strengthening civil defense and direction. we support those who ensure peace and stability in the region cooperation between nato and the eu in assisting partner states natalia gavrilitsa - this anato warmed up nato partners for sandu no longer prime minister instead , sandu offered her man, a dorinarichan security official, to crush the opposition more conveniently under the pretext of the russian threat. sandu voiced this pretext herself, retelling zelensky a week ago in moldova , attempts were being made to overthrow the constitutional order documents received from our ukrainian partners confirm the organization planned by moscow two version

now, my wife is an immigrant from eastern europe, from moldova, a former soviet satellite state. she came to this country in search of economic opportunity and freedom and a better life for her and her family. she left a former communist country that is still dealing with the grips of communism and socialist policies. let's be very clear. communism and socialism have limited freedoms, stymied economic innovation and opportunity and limited prosperity and the left the very people it claims to help in a permanent state of poverty and government dependence. conversely, capitalism has lifted people from poverty to prosperity within a generation and made america the envy of the world. to be clear, this resolution is not about social security or medicare, two programs with broad bipartisan support. it is about a sick ideology that has destroyed nations, ruined lives, and resulted in death and destruction around the world. now, my colleagues on the other side of the aisle are twisting themselves into knots trying to explain why they oppose this resolution. the sad truth is, it's because

eastern flank. the alliance has deployed extra troops to the baltic republics of estonia, lot via and lithuania, along with poland, slovakia, romania and non nato member. moldova are also nervous about moscow's intentions. increasing defense spending ramping up ammunition production, putting hundreds of thousands of troops on high hello. ne, 2 is not the warring part in ukraine, but the company has led to a dramatic change in its strategy. the alliance is going back to its roots assess defense expert e and lisa is reinforced a shift in nato strategy away from thinking about expeditionary warfare, which has been in crisis management, which has been dominating for the last decades. try to thinking again about territorial defense in a very serious way. nuclear strategy is discussed in a very serious way again. so all of these things that we hadn't really focused on for decades are now at the core of debates inside native since the start of russia invasion need to allies have continuously increased our support for ukraine, starting with simple anti tank weapons and missiles. and then gradually deploying more advanced weapons, but with ukraine burning through a til

we will remove the threat of further russian aggression in georgia, moldova in the baltic countries, and throughout eastern by removing this threat we eliminate the risk of further economic shocks such as rising gas and food prices. what do people suffer from? my country the uk and around the world, when ukraine wins we will establish a new reality and new stability in europe's security architecture, replacing the concept of common security from lisbon to vladivostok the old idea came again that the security of europe could be ensured by destroying russia at the beginning of the week member of the european parliament. anna fatyga is a former minister of foreign affairs. poland gathered in brussels as it claims representatives of twenty peoples and the nationalities of russia to discuss the prospect of their two colonizations on the eve of the event on the european online resource. urective, an article appeared by a fatyga who obviously did serious work with wikipedia. there is no and cannot be russian gas, oil, aluminum, coal, uranium, diamonds, gold forest grains, and so on. all of these are resources. ta

eastern europe, this line of fire is becoming more lively. well let's, let's talk about the potential line of fi. if we can, the president of ukraine warn the president of moldova, about russia, alleged plans to seize power in moldova, we did, zelinski is wanting, have anything to do with a sudden dissolution of the government. i don't think so. let's say practice on, let's say collective wise, if you may, in the last years, is to always view any kind of political process happening, especially in eastern europe, which is not. and then for in their favor as some kind of a super hybrid to warfare that russia is waging. i mean, if russia was so successful in the 1st place, both minds would never happen. a escalation in 2014 would probably not happen. so, of course, or regarding some other issues, and that is that all the societies have their, their internal political dynamic. and this political dynamics is always disregarded by the west and by their puppets. and the president lansky, unfortunately, has shown that he has no respect for lives or no the only civilian, but also ukrainian soldiers that are being sans, wave after wave, as, as canon shoulder. and now it'

throw the government of moldova. cousins had fled their homes in democratic republic of congo is violence broke out between them . 23 fighters in government forces in an eastern town. m. 23 widely understood to be backed by neighboring rwanda. that's a claim. it denies. mark web reports, not from san jose on the main road to the countries. second, because city of goma, some sensitive normality is returning to the town is okay. but it still can y'all be repelled and 23 the tact but fighting has continued since we've heard heavy explosions up in the hills, taking place not far from where we are, some people of return. others are still cautious waiting to see if m. 23 fighters will come back dinner tonight so but when we ran away, when the fighting started, but we don't have a place to go, we have nothing to 8 and i've lost some of my children. i can't go home because they're fighting and my village the store in this market, normally part full of traders, saw k is a hub because people buying and setting agricultural produce and other items from all the surrounding villages. fear the traders have come back to try and sell that was go to what do i renew yesterday

back, we will lift the threat of further russian aggression in georgia in moldova, in the baltic states, across the whole of eastern. and by lifting that threat , we europe. and by lifting that threat, we end the risk further economic disruption like the hikes in the cost gas and food have affected people in my country in the uk in this country in the uk in this country and around the world when ukraine wins, we will have established new clarity and new stability in the security of europe and we will have ended the fateful ambiguity that in the fateful ambiguity that in the end encouraged putin to make his catastrophic mistake and for a relatively outlay in expenditure . we will have expenditure. we will have greatly strengthened the entire euro—atlantic area . bear in mind euro—atlantic area. bear in mind that america's contribution is noble and huge, but it is still only five or 6% of the annual us defence budget so far and has helped to degrade about 20, some say 50% of putin's war machine . say 50% of putin's war machine. and to those who say we may be somehow denuding our own arsenals by giving this , i say, a

with the bucharest 9, a group of nato allies on the eastern flank, on russia's doorstep, the baltic nations, romania and the others, including moldova been raising concerns about a possible russian attempt to overthrow their government. biden will use that meeting to make clear that u.s. support is not just for ukraine, but also from those other countries who really feel like they could be threatened next if president putin were to have a school districtry -- visit in ukraine. there will be no victory for russia in ukraine. >> josh lederman in warsaw, the president will be leaving soon and heading back home. thanks for your coverage on this trip. >>> richard, let's talk about the last couple of days for the president, a study of contrast. walking the streets of kyiv, alongside president zelenskyy, a place putin thought he would be walking freely and yesterday these dueling contrasting speeches, president putin first, defending the war, making wild claims about who's actually responsible for the aggression in ukraine. and then the president making this rally, effectively, this speech, where he's -- there are american flags being wave

prevent moldova from being drawn into nato, and through transnistria into the ukrainian conflict in the region since the collapse of the ussr, there has been the largest ammunition depot in easterners any threat to security, which, as and our compatriots. will be considered as an attack on russia, the foreign ministry emphasized that the nato block forced russia to firmly defend the interests of the global security issue. vladimir putin proposed in his message to parliament unanimously supported the suspension of participation in the strategic offensive arms limitation treaty, in other words, the missile treaty with america, which remained such. one suspension does not mean the abandonment of restrictions in the field of nuclear weapons, but grigory yemelyanov on why russia, as you know, cannot continue , has always stood for the preservation of international treaties. the same start-3 is, after all, our president in the twentieth year proposed to extend it without conditions. us administration in every possible way broke, however, endure the game in one goal, even to the detriment of their own safety. our country does not intend to become brazenly the last straw, otherwise you