this is what the kremlin policies mean in practice. to instill fear and call it security demands to deny 44000000 ukrainians from the siding freely above their own future to deny of free countries right to independence and self determination. and the consequences of this approach met up well beyond ukraine. the kremlin is not only trying to undermine the entire european security act architecture, the housing, he present principles that have made all european countries safer, including russia. it is also violating the un charter with states that countries and i side shall refrain from the threatened use of force against the territorial integrity of political independence of any state and of citation. we cannot let this stand. we are facing a blatant attempt to rewrite the rules of the international order. one only has to read the recent communicate, issued by russian and chinese leaders. they seek a new era, as they say, to replace the existing international rules. they prefer the rule of the strongest to the rule of law, intimidation,

squeezing the kremlin will come with costs. faisal islam, bbc news.n holding face—to—face talks for the first time since president putin's forces invaded five days ago. but at a rare emergency session of the united nations general assembly, ambassadors from across the world have been lining up to condemn russia's actions. our diplomatic correspondent caroline hawley reports now on the global response to the war. as the shock waves of what president putin has done in ukraine reverberate around the world, the consequences of this conflict are growing. russia and ukraine today held their first talks since the invasion on the border of belarus. but president zelensky said he had sent a ukrainian delegation only so that every one of his citizens knew that he'd taken every chance, however small, to try to end the war. translation: europeans| are aware that our soldiers are fighting for our country, and therefore, for the whole of europe, for the peace of all the countries of the european union, for the lives of children, for equality, for democracy. underli

cracks that the kremlin will explore. the administration and nato have transitioned from passive deterrence to active deterrence, as evidenced by the heightened nato response force, today's welcome announcement of u.s. troop deployment to europe, other nations delivering weapons and even france has offered to lead a new battle group. germany foremost among them, germany is the key. most of the european union will follow germany's lead on most diplomatic and commission sanctions. i am frustrated that germany, our most important ally has not acted decisively, but i do know that the german government has publicly acknowledged at last that russia is the aggressor and that, quote, everything is on the table as an option for sanctions should russia attack. i believe that leaders within the green party are particularly helpful. the biden administration must continue to work closely with the german government to ensure we remain unified in our assessment of the russian threat and in our response. therefore, we need to understand

but in moscow repeated unfounded claims from the kremlin suggest there's no end to russia's invasion in sight. so the aim of the operation was openly declared demilitarization and de nuts of vacation. but on worcester, we want the ukrainian people, or as president putin said, all the people living in modern ukraine to have the opportunity to freely determined their future destiny was about boardman. but for most ukrainians, the only future they are contemplating now is whether to remain in their homeland or to flee. or any finance ministers have been meeting today in paris to discuss further sanctions against russia. germany is under increasing pressure to drop its opposition to cutting off rushes, access to the swift money transfer system. now robin wagner is a member of a german parliament for the green party and sits on the parliament's committee, so not foreign unto european affairs. its way for him to bear his welcome to d, w y in germany. so opposed to cutting russia off from the global financial system. i think it's only talking about the word swift and the feelings that you k

i am reading reports now that the kremlin may, in fact, the ready. what are they saying? well, the kremlin spokesperson miti, his coff has said that the idea of talks about neutrality essentially fits in with russian interests. because putin's goal is what we just heard, that demilitarization and putting that very much in, quote marks and d, nuts, vacation, even more in quote marks and that. so that means they're interested in talking. that's what they're saying, which is new. because before there was very much a sense that they don't think that the government and key of his legitimate at all earlier today we heard said gay lover off the foreign minister saying that they're only willing to talk to ukraine after democratic order is restored. so essentially saying this government that, that is currently in power in ukraine isn't we don't recognize that we're not talking to them. so that's kind of a change into that we're seeing. so does that mean that this sudden readiness to talk suggest that putin has actually achieved his aims? well, it's, it's really hard to know what t

i think it is the result of a kremlin dictator. showing the russian people that they can enjoy a better quality of life. i think this is a threat to democracies everywhere. and the international community is united and must stay united. >> this could increase u.s. oil and gas production. >> i don't think the response to putin making war on ukraine should be the dismantling of our protections against climate change. i think what it should prompt is a wholesale effort between europe off of russian oil and gas so that russia can no longer use that as leverage against europe. i think it should spell the final death of nord stream 2. >> there has been some reporting this morning that they may do better than expected. what have you learned? what is going on on the battlefield? >> i was just going over some of the reports about this. i think it is still unclear. it is a terrible mismatch. the russians have the military capability to overwhelm ukrainian forces but ukrainians are determined to fight and protect their homeland. while i think

but tonight the kremlin said that the two - the kremlin said that the two separatist regions had askedir words, assist in repelling the aggression of the ukrainian army. filling out paperwork, recent arrivals were feeling emotional about president clinton's decision to recognise the areas they live in as independent. 74—year—old tells me that she's been waiting since the first day of the war for this decision. waiting since the first day of the warfor this decision. how waiting since the first day of the war for this decision. how long waiting since the first day of the warfor this decision. how long can you hide in your basement from shelley, she says. translation: we ho -e that shelley, she says. translation: we hepe that things _ shelley, she says. translation: we hope that things will _ shelley, she says. translation: we hope that things will settle _ shelley, she says. translation: we hope that things will settle down - hope that things will settle down and there is no more war. you want to be part of russia? of course, we would like it because we loved russia. , ., , ., russia. o

the kremlin must pay attention to these meetings.ladimir putin should know by now that both parties in the u.s. congress are firmly united in support of the people of ukraine. as we see so clearly today of democrats and republicans and so well expressed, not surprisingly, by senator roger wilkins, being correct again. wicker being correct again. and not only ukraine, but any country that has been invaded, occupied such as georgia and moldova by the kremlin and all those living under threat from putin. such is the baltic republics of lot via, lithuania and estonia, along with belarus. -- republic of lot via. they continue to damage the people of russia. there should be no repetition of the 1932 at famine, where stalin starved 4 million ukrainians along with one million and the vulgar region as documented by ian appelbaum. where we stand in ukraine in this decisive moment has serious indications. with my visits over the years i have been impressed with the city of tf with his energized people. -- the city of kyiv. western democracies m

so what's the psychology of why the kremlin said this?rter: yeah, i think we can unpack it a bit here, fred. this is unusual for the kremlin spokesperson to speak over the weekend. typically he'll talk to the media once every day, questions can be answered, he'll give his answers, they're not very forthcoming on many issues. this is a little bit out of the ordinary that there's a short notice announcement that he's going to have a call with the press. we can read into that, that the kremlin wants to, you know, get its voice into the narrative here so we can read into that. it's not happy with the narrative at the moment. we also know that defense officials in both the u.s. and the uk are assessing that russia has taken probably somewhere around 4 to 500 deaths in military forces as part of this invasion so far. none of this has been announced to the russian people. so what we are hearing from the kremlin is an effort, it appears to say, hey, we're trying to be the good guys here. we're trying to give them the opportunity to get into talks

while this new offer comes in from the kremlin, and the kremlin spokesman said today that mr. putin is now willing to sit down and talk. and that was confirmed by china, which said that they had also been told that russia's ready to talk. but there are a couple of reasons to be a little bit skeptical for, for a while, at least because number one, the russians want these talks to happen in bella, bruce. well, the reason for that is they say that there needs to be a secure place for these talks where security guarantees. but if you were mister zalinski, would you want to travel to bella? ruth, the very close ally of just to put in and apparently it zalinski himself said he would prefer poland, but that has not been resolved. and as we heard earlier from nick connelly, president putin has said he wants to de not suffice ukraine. and he said he has referred to the government of ukraine as illegitimate. so on what basis does he hold talks with president the lensky and what is the real aim of this meeting? mister putin has lied to on a dialogue partner after another 4 months, including the g

um, you know, of the kremlin at the moment for months. so just to remind you, the russian government has been talking about the importance of getting these security guarantees from the west of, of ukraine not being able to join nato of a halt to nato eastern expansion. now they're talking about this demilitarization, this d knots, if occasion that i already mentioned, those words are so vague that they can essentially mean anything that the russian government wants. and, you know, it's been very unexpected that this war has been happening at all. any russian watcher will tell you that they didn't expect this to happen. and now the kremlin, you know, is basically can do what they want and see what see what they can get. i think, you know, there's this image in the west, especially of putin as this chest player who has a clear plan going forward. but i think actually he might just be sort of making it up as he goes along to see what he can get. and one thing is clear, they definitely want ukraine in their sphere of influence, no matter how.

schiff: you also need to sanction russia for this act of aggression placed by the kremlin dictator. we need to move to sanction the largest banks in russia, cut off russia from the international financing system and its ability to access western capital. we need to attack its ability to gather sophisticated technology for its weapon systems, we out to go after more of its oligarchs, and we need to continue to strengthen our nato defenses in the region of protect nato allies. this is a terrible tragedy for the people of ukraine. i think it is the result of a kremlin dictator, terrified of the development of democracies on his border, showing the russian people that they can enjoy a better quality of life than under the despotism of vladimir putin. this attack on ukraine democracy is a threat to democracies everywhere, and the international community is united and best a united in the most severe sanction regime against russia that the allies have ever put together. with that, i am happy to respond to questions. >> he has made it clear that he will use russia's political and power as

and this is also a message to moscow, of course, that if you wanted a kremlin before nato to go further away from earth borders, all of these actions that you've taken have achieved just the opposite. this is your new normal as well. russia, he wants to say nato being tested by russia at the moment. how are they holding up? the alliance feels that it has been very united and again, the kremlin has tried to do to work out cracks between allies. it tries to talk to some of the eastern european allies, for example, and get support and you know, you'll hear public statements here and there that sound like perhaps they are not fully in line with the nato position, but by in large, alter the allies are on the same page, they all feel the threat from the kremlin. and it's, it's remarkable that i understand 25 of the 30 allies have announced new contributions to nato in light of the escalation. some of those are troops, of course, when it comes to the u. s. in the u. k, some as equipment sent to ukraine are sent to estonia, but it, all of the allies are on the same page when it comes to having

but tonight the kremlin said that the two separatist _ ground.eparatist regions - ground. but tonight the kremlin said that the two separatist regions had l that the two separatist regions had asked president putin to come in their words, assist in repelling the aggression of the ukrainian army. back at the border, the evacuation buses continue coming from the rebel—held areas. filling out paperwork, recent arrivals were feeling emotional about president putin's decision to recognise the areas they live in as independent. 74—year—old luba tells me that she had been waiting since the first day of the war for this decision. "how long can you hide in your basement from shelling," she says. translation: we hope that things will settle down - and there is no more war. do you want to be part of russia? of course, we would like it because we love russia. outside, others wait in their cars. there is some concern about what this decision could mean. translation: we respect other i countries and also respect ukraine, because we used to live and study there

the kremlin's — deterrence and defence. the kremlin's aim _ deterrence and defence.in's aim is to re—establish deterrence and defence. t'te: kremlin's aim is to re—establish its sphere of influence, ripped up the global norms that have kept us safe for decades and subvert the values that we hold dear. this is the new normal for our security. peace cannot be taken for granted. the fear now among some nato countries, particularly in baltic states like estonia and other parts of eastern europe, is that president putin might not stop at ukraine. everything we were afraid of, that we knew from the intelligence before, has actually come true, and this is so frightening that this can happen in 2022. eli this is so frightening that this can happen in 2022— this is so frightening that this can ha en in 2022. . , happen in 2022. eu leaders will meet later today to — happen in 2022. eu leaders will meet later today to discuss _ happen in 2022. eu leaders will meet later today to discuss their _ later today to discuss their response. the european commission president promised to

the west seems to think so, but what's the kremlin�*s view?e warning of an imminent russian military escalation in ukraine, but moscow dismisses all of that as hype, hysteria. and if you look at the way the state media here has been covering the ukraine story, you'll see that the picture presented to the russian public is the polar opposite of how the west sees things. so, according to that kremlin picture, russia has no plans for an invasion — instead, it's america who's the aggressor and pouring weapons into ukraine, it's nato that's threatening russia by expanding eastwards. still, that doesn't explain why russia is massing more than 100,000 troops right now near ukraine's border — and why it launched a large—scale military exercises in the region. so what is vladimir putin's aim? that is a difficult question to answer, because no—one's quite sure. some in the west think this is all about russia trying to force ukraine back into moscow's orbit. some believe the kremlin�*s objective is much wider — to carve out a new sphere of influence for

well, 1st of all, we are now at the kremlin, just walked out of the protocol meeting between russian president vladimir putin and prime minister of hungary mixer, oregon. and you're absolutely right. so one of the 1st things that prime minister of hungary said was that the past year 2021 was one of the most successful years in the relationship between the 2 countries. and of course, mister orb and said that the whole of europe is going through an energy crisis at the moment and that he's very thankful for the expansion of the contract with a gas prom and a vladimir putin on. 3 his behalf said that the contract had been extended until the year 2036, and a hungry right now we'll be buying a russian gas and will be one of the cheapest contracts. there is in the market at the moment. this is a very timely val, hungary, as well as, according to gas infrastructure, europe, a gas storage stores in gas storage in europe right now had depleted by 81 percent. so they only have a 19 percent at the moment. well, the meeting is still going on right now as we speak, or we are expecting a press con

but we don't know is the terms the kremlin might have laid down for those talks. but though we do know that vladimir putin has also said to day, he's called on the ukrainian army, essentially to overthrow the government of ukraine. he said it going to be easier for us if you take power. that was an address to the russian military and survey, love ra russians, rushes foreign minister. he says that the ukrainians must lay down their arms. and he's also said that we want the ukrainians to be independent and have the possibility to freely ad dead define their destiny. he says he sees no possibility of recognizing the current ukrainian government as democratic worth pointing out that the ukrainian president was elected in 2019 with a 73 percent share of the vote. the problem it seems that moscow has is where that flood emir zalinski. although it seemed there is an avenue for talks, but we don't know as i say, or where they're at and what those conditions are. okay, guarded and bernard, what do we, what more do we know about why russia has announced a year or so, restri

what is the information you are getting from the kremlin in terms of the military operation and aboutsome sort of negotiations here? lats some sort of negotiations here? lots of different lines _ some sort of negotiations here? lots of different lines coming out here this morning. first of all, let's take the negotiations. the kremlin has said that a delegation of russians has arrived in belarus ready to negotiate with the ukrainian government. the kremlin knows full well that the ukrainian government does not want to negotiate on belarusian soil because it says it is not a neutral country in the russian invasion has been partly launched from there. at the same time, the kremlin announced that vladimir putin has spoken on the telephone to the president of azerbaijan. that is potentially significant because ukraine has, in recent days, welcomed proposals from azerbaijan and turkey to hold peace talks. having said that, we have had no other official suggestion that vladimir putin would participate in any kind of peace talks held in azerbaijan, so at the moment, it is a very confusing pi

where heafina satisfy the kremlin. where hearing your _ satisfy the kremlin.satisfy the kremlin. where hearing your lines from - satisfy the kremlin. where - hearing your lines from russia that we must treat with caution at this stage. a further withdrawal of russian tanks here. 30 trucks departing for the base. we have pessimism from the us president saying every indication is that russia will invade and attack within days. who's telling the truth? it is odd because president putin has said and his defence minister said that they are ready to start winding down these exercises, they claim, they say it was military exercises. and they say they are ready to start terminating them so let's start see in the next couple of days what they begin to take the troops out of belarus and some back to the russian far east where they belong. so far there's been no evidence of that and later said yesterday they are continuing to build up and we are seeing more troops arrive on the borders of ukraine the moment, the say continuing threats, continuing build—up, continuing str

as russian military drills continue with belarus, the kremlin has accused the west of "hysteria".eanwhile, the ukrainian president warns against creating panic. the best friend for enemies — that is panic in our country. and all this information, that helps only for panic. it doesn't help us. police in paris fire tear gas to clear demonstrators protesting against the government's covid restrictions. doctors say thousands more lives could be saved by paying attention to earlier symptoms of heart attacks. a new campaign to spot the signs is launched by nhs england. hello, and welcome to our look ahead to what the papers will be bringing us tomorrow. with me are kate maltby, columnist for the i and chair of the theatre critics circle, and jonathan walker, political editor at the birmingham mail. i'll be speaking to them in just a moment. tomorrow's front pages, starting with... the sunday express says brexit�*s big wins are coming soon. that's according to new brexit opportunities ministerjacob rees—mogg, who's been speaking to the paper. the sunday telegraph claims russia is plannin

. >>> the kremlin says there are no plans with a meeting with joe biden and vladimir putin and scholzs he is calling for immediate sanctions. >> makes no sense to make them public what we expect to get the russian government is not really sure exactly what to do. >>> credit suisse rejects allegations after a data leak reveals the lender held accounts for criminals and human rights abusers and sanctioned dictators. >>> and uk prime minister boris johnson will lift all restrictions in england as we live with covid and bill gates says another pandemic is all but certain. >> the cost for the next pandemic is not super large. it is not like climate change. if we're rational, yes the next time we'll catch it early and won't go global like it did this time >>> warm welcome to "street signs. excited to have rosanna in the studio we have fresh data from the eurozone these are the flash pmi the services sector has come in at 55.8. that is up from 51.1 in january. in terms of the breakdown with services and manufacturing, the manufacturing flash at 58.4. compared to 58.7 in january. that service

in the kremlin, an urgent meeting. the economy - and about those sanctions that - the so—called western community, or as i call it, the empire of lies, is trying to impose on us. - more talking. this time, negotiators from russia and ukraine meeting in belarus. few expected a breakthrough, and there wasn't one. the war continues. but it's beginning to feel like the kremlin�*s under pressure, with the president becoming an international pariah, his army meeting fierce resistance in ukraine, and his people uneasy at the prospect of new divisions, new iron curtains separating them from the outside world. steve rosenberg, bbc news, moscow. the british government has joined with the us and the eu in announcing new sanctions against russia's central bank. individuals and businesses are banned from making transactions with the bank, its finance ministry and its wealth fund. it comes as the energy giant shell announced an end to itsjoint ventures with gazprom. russia has more than doubled its interest rate to 20% in an attempt

did the kremlin just announce the pretext for that? we're also taking a look at the russian oligarchs that the u.s. just sanctioned. thatat's next. fit just right♪ ♪and the radio up well i i've seen the sunrise..♪ get 5 boneless wingsgs for $1 with any handcrafted burger. only at applebee's ♪ energy is everywhere... even in a little seedling. which, when turned into fuel, can help power a plane. at chevron's el segundo refinery, we're looking to turn plant-based oil into renewable gasoline, jet and diesel fuels. our planet offers countless sources of energy. but it's only human to find the ones that could power a better future. do your eyes bother you? my eyes feel like a combo of stressed, dry and sandpaper. strypaper? luckily, there's biotrue hydration boost eye drops. biotrue uses naturally inspired ingredients. and no preservatives. try biotrue! >>> we're back with our breaking news coverage in what could be putin's possible pretext for a full invasion into ukraine. the kremlin is claiming the heads of the pro-russian separatist re

which of course the kremlin denies. the broader concept of how damaging further sanctions could be. we have seen some oligarchs challenge sanctions against their wealth. and of course a lot of time to -- there's the possibility maybe that there would be the rich around him saying what you are embarking on could damage our wealth. but russian officials heard too saying oddly -- they haven't accepted they'll do anything to merit sanctions. it would be okay. and the sanction proofing of the economy appears to have been under way to some degree. that speaks to how cut off from ordinary people the people making the decisions maybe. they feel we can bare this. >> great point. this a friend sent the quote. the art of war to subdue the enemy without biting is skill. as long as putin does not invade, how best then can nato and the u.s. and the west and ukraine for that matter fight something that's not happening? >> yeah. this is essentially he's done nothing wrong. right? you can argue that they're it seems happened in the past

but then who fled to russia the kremlin, called it a que soon. soldiers in unmarked uniforms, so called little green men, appeared in ukraine's crimea a crimea referendum on whether to leave ukraine and join. russia was rejected as illegal by the international community. but it was followed swiftly by russian annexing of crimea in march 2014. by early summer that year, an insurgency against ukrainian rule had broken out in the eastern on bass region, fell the ukrainian army and russian by separatists fought and on. thus, a civilian jet was shot down malaysian airlines flight image. 17 had nearly 300 people on board investigation said it had been hit by a russian missile. by autumn 2014. the front lines had stabilized, despite continued shooting. the un estimates that more than 13000 people have been killed. efforts to resolve the conflict politically via the minsk process failed to make much headway. years of uneasy deadlock were broken in spring 2021. when russia sent military hardware and tens of thousands of troops to ukraine's borders. by late april, there was relief in keith as the

in a video from the kremlin putin, st. nato powers had made aggressive statements towards russia. he also pointed to economic sanctions that will cut off russian banks from international transactions . selection was really my believe you were, we did it. not only are western countries taking unfriendly economic steps against our country do with the high mean the illegal sanctions that everyone knows about very well with what the top officials of leading nato countries. those are also making aggressive statements about our country, vc when therefore, i order the minister of defense and the chief of the general staff that only, but to put the deterrent forces of the russian military. but it was a room to a special mode of combat duty which them bdc was brand thomas, the gold here he's a journalist and military expert, thanks for being with us. of president putin has put his countries deterrence forces and understand this includes it's nuclear weapons system on high alert. what do you make of this? well, 1st of all, you would expect that any nuclear country may be the u. s. from the

both of which have close links to the kremlin and russian military.n the united states, prohibit american individuals or businesses from doing any transactions with they will, shut them out of the global financial system, and foreclose access to the u.s. dollar. we're expanding our existing sanctions on russian sovereign debt. we've already prohibited u.s. institutions from trading in russian debt in the primary market. now we're extenting that prohibition to the secondary market. these prohibitions will cut off the russian government from a key avenue by which it raises capital to fund its priorities and will increase future financing costs. they also deny russia access to key u.s. markets and investors. starting today, we will impose sanctions on members of the russian elite and their family members. all of whom directly benefit from their connection with the kremlin. other russian elites and their family members are on notice that additional actions could be taken against them. these steps are in addition to the executive order president biden issu

there is a line coming from the kremlin. are no concrete plans for the summit yet between putin and biden. this is critically important. we had said there was a basis for a gathering to come together. let us look at the risk-ometer. european stocks are slamming on the brakes. treasury, higher on the futures. gold goes bid and dollar-yen, money goes in. we are going to have to deal with a lot of these. we are going to have to deal with an awful lot of these. let's get the context. this is the breaking headline. first reaction in your world. luis: it is unfortunately a bid to the dollar. we are going to live with this higher geopolitical risk for quite some time. this might take us into the spring easily. we could be on the brink of something bad for quite some time. i would not take those headlines as something in stone. there is a lot of responsibility with the white house and kremlin and also with macron involved. people have to be patient. we are not going back to zero geopolitical risk anytime soon. manus: and the second

this is really important right now because no words kremlin says he's truth. it's interesting, we say no word that the kremlin, the, as says it's true, of course, for many months, arguably years, there have been negotiations between various players and russia. and yet the attacks on thursday that still come as a surprise to many. were you surprised then how do you feel? now of course i was short in the 1st time because it was like early morning for me . i woke up from the bombs. but way, like in the 1st tower, i decided it when you tracked i called all my friends to wake them up that we need to do something. because like there is no way that you can win this war just by sitting down. and this is what they want to see many france and doing, believe me, these are now your real superheroes. these are my superheroes than a scanner member of the youth advisory council to president zalinski. so thank you so much for sharing your experience. her experiences and thoughts with us. thank you. thank you very much. can meanwhile in poland, there are stark signs of ukraine

if the kremlin recognizes the request, then it gives the opportunity should the kremlin decide to, to go for this to send in troops to protect the people in those areas. at the request of the leaders of those to break away regions. there are some 800000 russian citizens amongst the 2000000 people who live in this part of ukraine. this would be the opportunity that the kremlin, it could be argued is looking for to go in there and help the newly declared as they would be in the cummins eyes. leaders of these new of these new independent countries against what they would see as ukrainian aggression. a very significant and key move in the, in the development of this crisis. and when the speaker of the parliament was talking to that security council meeting, their bernard, he was saying kia must be up to its responsibilities. we understood that the authorities are, we understand the authorities and keith are not willing to sort out their problems . so that gives us a sense of how that the timeline of events over the past. what 2 months now is interpreted in a completely different way to th

the kremlin is trying _ support to ukraine. the kremlin is trying to— support to ukraine.o our collective answer must he _ partners. so our collective answer must be more support. to countries like georgia. — must be more support. to countries like georgia, moldova. to help them succeed _ like georgia, moldova. to help them succeed with their democratic reforms — succeed with their democratic reforms and pursue the path that they have — reforms and pursue the path that they have freely chosen. more than ever. _ they have freely chosen. more than ever. this _ they have freely chosen. more than ever, this crisis demonstrates the importance — ever, this crisis demonstrates the importance of north america and europe _ importance of north america and europe standing together in nato. there _ europe standing together in nato. there is— europe standing together in nato. there is no— europe standing together in nato. there is no security in europe without — there is no security in europe without a _ there is no security in europe without a strong transatlantic bond. with that. _ w

the kremlin spokesperson said that we're prepared for these serious sanctions. we've been making plans for months. we have a planned and putin even talked about the west, you know, as an empire of lies in the context of sanctions, just kind of throwing accusations out there. but today he was in meetings about the .

the kremlin is keein: a things are unfolding? tight _ things are unfolding? the kremlin is keeping a tight grip _ things are unfolding? the kremlin is keeping a tight grip on _ things are unfolding? the kremlin is keeping a tight grip on how- things are unfolding? the kremlin is keeping a tight grip on how the - keeping a tight grip on how the information is being disseminated here in russia. this morning we had another update from the ministry of defence talking about the gains that russia is making, saying they have now destroyed something like 1500 military targets in ukraine. no mention at all of any russian casualties in that daily report. this is interesting, yesterday for the first time the ministry did admit there had been losses but did not specify numbers or give any further details. the authorities here have now banned an independent website which had been publishing information about dead and captured russian soldiers. the kremlin continues to try to keep a lid on how the information is getting to its citizens. state

his forces killed more than a 100 then who fled to russia the kremlin, called it a que soon. soldiers in unmarked uniforms, so called little green men, appeared in ukraine's crimea a crimea referendum on whether to leave ukraine and join. russia was rejected as illegal by the international community. but it was followed swiftly by russian annexing of crimea in march 2014. by early summer that year, an insurgency against ukrainian rule had broken out in the eastern don bos region fell, the ukrainian army and russian by separatists fought and on. thus, a civilian jet was shot down malaysian airlines flight image. 17 had nearly 300 people on board investigation said it had been hit by a russian missile. by autumn 2014. the front lines had stabilized, despite continued shooting. the un estimates that more than 13000 people have been killed. efforts to resolve the conflict politically via the minsk process failed to make much headway. fears of uneasy deadlock were broken in spring 2021. when russia sent military hardware and tens of thousands of troops to ukraine's borders. by late april,

he's brought most of the russian media under kremlin control. and disempowered, oligarchs who had grown rich during the chaotic years of yelton's reign. putin's decisive action in chechnya also brought him widespread support. there he waged an uncompromising war against separatist rebels. a war in which many civilians were also killed. in terms of foreign policy, putin initially had a good relationship with his western counterparts. i looked the man, the i, i found to be very straightforward and trustworthy. personally from but he's all was viewed nato's expansion to take in new eastern european members with suspicion . when the pro russian government in ukraine fell, in february of 2014, putin intervened, he annexed the ukrainian peninsula of crimea and help moscow packed and armed separatist to secure control if parts of eastern ukraine was the usual loa. after a difficult, lengthy hoody tiring journey, crimea, and suffice to pull or returning to the home harlow. sir, i knew you going. russia was excluded from the t 8 group of countries, him a

these brought most of the russian media under kremlin control and disempowered. oligarchs who had grown rich during the chaotic years of yelton's reign. putin's decisive action in chechnya also brought him widespread support. there he waged an uncompromising war against separatist rebels, a war in which many civilians were also killed. in terms of foreign policy, putin initially had a good relationship with his western counterparts. i looked the man in the eye. i found to be very straightforward and trustworthy. virtually from buddies all was viewed nato's expansion to take in new eastern european members with suspicion. when the pro russian government in ukraine fell in february of 2014 hootin intervened the next the ukrainian peninsula of crimea, and helped moscow packed and arm separatists to secure control of parts of the eastern ukraine. was jolla after a difficult, lengthy retiring journey crimea and the pole are returning to the home harbor? i knew you were going to russia was excluded from the t h group of countries and the u. s. and the e u. impose strong economic sanctions eve

sought on wednesday. find to perhaps the kremlin sought on wednesday-— to perhaps the kremlin soughtnesday. and i suppose, ben'amin, as we hear these i wednesday. and i suppose, benjamin, as we hear these announcements - wednesday. and i suppose, benjamin, as we hear these announcements of i as we hear these announcements of the likes of germany, which is unprecedented, supporting a fellow country with weaponry, it does make you pause and think, doesn't it? germany has changed its post—war consensus — germany has changed its post—war consensus which is basically to be pacifist— consensus which is basically to be pacifist on— consensus which is basically to be pacifist on these things, and it is sending — pacifist on these things, and it is sending 1000 anti—tank weapons and 500 missiles to arm the ukrainians. this is— 500 missiles to arm the ukrainians. this is quite — 500 missiles to arm the ukrainians. this is quite the u—turn, 48 hours a-o this is quite the u—turn, 48 hours ago the _ this is quite the u—turn, 48 hours ago the chancellor of germany said this wasn't— ago the chancel

the kremlin history is a tool for introducing certain meeting into people's mind. still, what we see today is the revenge of the state security agencies which were in retreat in the early 19 lightest we're still in the state no longer wants to know the truth about itself. it builds its own history and arranges it to fit its ideological purpose. even the video logistics campaign for thank to fire rushes, more hero if playing out in popular culture and in public space. the government have champion patriotic film lionized, the military and a firm if use a full what was to lower watering. mcgruther along was that a shirt of the wood, was to ship girls. many of the fake funded blockbuster, the fence from starland leadership. and what is known in russia of the great patriotic war, which one you don't call moscow is filled with tribute to historical figures. patriots are insured. the survival of the state is where you can find pop up propaganda. showcasing rushes military off. some of these murals of sponsored by historical associations run by senior close to the preceden

the kremlin is aim is to reestablish _ alliance.e kremlin is aim is to reestablish its sphere - alliance. the kremlin is aim is to reestablish its sphere of. to reestablish its sphere of influence, rip up the global rules that have kept us all safe for decades and subvert the values that we hold dear. in a recorded statement to downing street bar two boris johnson did however produce ukraine more defensive weapons. ukraine more defensive weapons. ukraine is a country that for decades_ ukraine is a country that for decades has enjoyed freedom and democracy and the right to choose _ democracy and the right to choose its own destiny. we and the world — choose its own destiny. we and the world cannot allow that freedom just to be snuffed out. we cannot and will not just looh— we cannot and will not just look away. our mission is clean _ look away. our mission is clear. diplomatically, politically, economically and eventually military. this hideous barbaric venture of vladimir— hideous barbaric venture of vladimir putin must end in failu

what does the kremlin now intend? a western puppet, it's made clear it wants to bring its neighbourfirmly back into its sphere of influence. today, russia's foreign minister said russia was ready to negotiate, if the ukrainian army surrendered. translation: but what would be the result of all— that is happening now? we will see, depending on the circumstances, i as president putin said, - he reaffirmed one more time that we are interested in seeing ukrainian people independent. i for "independent", read "under moscow's thumb". vladimir putin's aim is to overthrow ukraine's democratically elected government. moscow wants to see regime change in ukraine as the speaker has it here, and i think it was reiterated, ukraine is being charged with running an extreme nationalist government and actually marginalising russian speakers. and the humanitarian consequences of russia's war are onlyjust beginning. refugees arriving this morning in neighbouring countries through ukraine's western borders. women and children escaping, me

but the television sector remains firmly under the kremlin control. doing it's bidick, it's very best to make putin look good, even when the photo ops i to germany now and what one human rights organization is calling an anti air, a purge in the media there to more journalists fired this past week. after being accused of anti semitism, flo phillips is here with the detail starting with what happened at deutsch avella, richard d w. the state funded bull costa has an arabic language on that employed to german palestinian journalist. zaki allow we and, yes, the abu malik. until this past monday, when they were both fired afternoon tunnel inquiry into anti semitic facebook posts some of them from long ago. here's an example from zaki, allowing what the terrorist state of israel is doing to the palestinians is a repeated holocaust. allow it posted that back in 2014, during the israeli assault on gaza, which killed 2200 palestinians more than 500 of them children. he rejects the accusation of anti semitism as do 6 colleagues that the w, arabic, all of pales

so this could be what the kremlin is expecting. now i do have to remind you that there are political forces in ukraine, including the opposition and the parliament that are a pro russian that have always been supported by the population in the countries east. at now. they have close ties with the russian government. indeed, previously, they have been called a traders by the ukrainian government, but now they could take up a whole new role. whether mister putin was hinting at these people at this time. we don't know, but possibly we may find out in the near future. i'd like to go back to the proposal by vo dimmer zalinski that he made a couple of hours ago. he, he, he's in a situation where i believe he's desperate to start these direct talks with a lot of them are approved. and also i'd like to point out that this was a complete change in tone compared to what mr. zalinski was saying about 2 days ago when the 1st stages of the russian military operation were unraveling. back then he was saying that the cranium army needs to stay pu