c. prosecutor today and luxembourg. what exactly is, is that you are proposing what kind of support are they going to provide here? well, it's both political support, as well as monetary support. that is said, the european union effectively assisting the international criminal court in its probe of war crimes are in ukraine. it's going to do this through its mission ad that is in ukraine. this mission was in ukraine before the war. and it is going to be assisting the i c. c with evidence gathering to help the icy sea build its case, as so as to bring at these war crimes at allegations to be effectively looked at and possibly resulting in some kind of prosecutions. i. we also know that to a hit that germany sweden and another human misstate pledge to something to the tune of 2 and a half 1000000000 euros in financial supports at to the i c. c to assist in this probe at in particular of course they are also allegations around genocide that will be considered that is technical at legal term. but some at e u. member states,

also coming up here, foreign ministers meeting luxembourg to discuss further action against russia block remains divided on whether to impose the measures that would hurt moscow the most a boycott of russian oil and gas. ah, i am abby quote. awesome, welcome to the program. we begin this hour with the ukranian city that has seen the most intense fighting since the russian full scale invasion began. more than 6 weeks ago. tens of thousands of people are dead and merry or bull, according to the ukrainian president, florida. mir zalinski speaking to south korean lawmakers today he appealed for more weapons to defend the country. the port city has been under relentless, russian bombardment for weeks. and officials say much of mary o. ball lies, and bruins, and tens of thousands remained trapped with little or no food and water. russia has said it will focus on eastern ukraine and intensive by its military efforts. there . earlier i spoke to our correspondent rebecca readers and love it, and she spoke about the high death tall in the port city. that's right, abbey. it's hard to imagine how pr

it comes as a foreign ministers are meeting in luxembourg to discuss sanctions.ver to luxembourg to join maria tadeo. the sanctions have been approved. what other sanctions can we expect? maria: we know the package was approved. when you look at the european union and the imports they take from the russian federation but the question is, what happens next? and today, there will be a debate on the next package. the question is oil. gas seems to be a no go. oil is debatable. a lot of this in anticipation of what european officials but also your craney and authorities have been warning about, a major offensive in the east. this is the battle for donbass. if you look at the situation, the clock is ticking for vladimir putin to win something on the ground ahead of may 9. for the ukrainians, if they can rappel the russians from the east, they say that will give them leverage when it comes to the real peace talks. tom: maria tadeo on the ground following foreign minister meeting in luxembourg. the foreign minister of germany saying the eu needs a joint plan to exit russ

we know that the i c c prosecutor was in luxembourg meeting with you officials today. what more can you tell us? that's right. i see. see his chief prosecutor come here. candid address. are you foreign ministers at a day before he did that? he had a private meeting with 3 member states, germany and sweden, among them where they pledged some 2 and a half 1000000 euros. add to the i c. c, to assist in its investigation of war crimes that have been committed in ukraine. justice for the european people is a big theme among e u. member states. and so they are going to be with the help of the european union's emission in ukraine are going to be supporting the i c c's investigation or helping in terms of building it's case evidence gathering. as we heard from the e. u foreign policy chief at joseph burrell to assist at the international criminal court. i prob, at the war crimes that have allegedly been committed by the russians in a, in ukraine. i'll point out that joseph morale, it has just visited ukraine. he accompanied at the e. u. a chief was left on the line when he bef

let's go to a luxembourg. where do you know we've corresponded christine moon? why is standing by christine linda and i've been chatting here about unity with in germany. let's talk about you. unity. they've been saying how united they are since before this invasion of the response would be a collective one. but as melinda mentioned, you're hungry. now pulling back and dragging its feet as well. what more can you tell us about that? that's right. i mean the cracks i have started to appear so to say and, and you ready seed in the conversation around sanctions? we are now talking about an e. u. embargo on coal that'll come effectively in the coming months. that took some ragging among the u member states. they are some that particularly the baltic states calling for a total energy bogo. and those of course, like germany hungry and others who insist that this should be a phased out approach, as opposed to an immediate embargo. so you're seeing it as well. you'd, you talked about hungry. this is one member state that has, for example, broken rank a with the rest of

maria tadeo in luxembourg with foreign ministers, annmarie hordern in washington.t is a movable feast focused on the war in ukraine. kailey: a war that continues to intensify as ukraine is now warning of russia reinforcing its position in the east, really fighting for the east after moving out of part of the north of the country. it raises the question of the western response. obviously ukraine has asked for more weapons. the west says they will deliver. but on the sanctions front, how much are we running out of cards to play? europe yet to play the gas card, but that is a conversation they are still having. tom: mr. biden to meet with mr. modi by zoom today. maybe it is presidential zoom, i don't know. some real tension there. complexities in the india relationship. let me do a data check right now. we want to get lisa's brief in, and then we have a wonderful guest on how to reset second-quarter in truly the cacophony we see right now. futures -15 on the vix. we quote the dow for jon ferro. let's call that 1500 points away from nerve on a. the yield is the story,

and even foreign ministers meet in luxembourg to discuss further action against moscow walk remains divided on whether to impose the measures that would hurt russia the most boycott of russian oil and gas. ah, i'm adequate us and welcome to the program. we begin this hour with the ukranian city that has seen the most intense fighting since the russian full scale invasion began. more than 6 weeks ago, tens of thousands of people are dead and mary or ball. according to the ukrainian president, florida mirrors the lansky speaking to the south korean lawmakers today he appealed for more weapons to defend his nation. the port city has been under relentless, russian bombardment for weeks. officials say much of mary, opal lies and ruins, and tens of thousands are trapped with little or no food and water. russia has said it will focus on eastern ukraine and intensify its military efforts there. our correspondence, yon phillips schoultz is in the port city of odessa in the south of the country and he earlier explained the current situation. there. people are definitely getting prepared for the worst

as always our correspond, christine, while they're in luxembourg, in french a manuel. nicole has emerged as the clear front runner after sundays, 1st round of boating in the countries presidential election. interior ministry figures give me a call just over 27 percent of the boat. as far i challenger marina pern receive just over 23 percent of contenders. now go through to the 2nd round. on april 24th . turn other candidates from across the political spectrum have been eliminated. though my count did come out on top in this 1st round of voting, the pen dramatically narrowed the president's lead in opinion polls. ah, he may have won the 1st round, but for a manual mac crone, this was no time for a victory lap. down, don't be fooled, nothing is decided. yes, we barely a month ago, micron looks like a shoe in. instead, the incumbent president ended up in the fight for his political life, with critics accusing him of focusing on global crises rather than the ones at home . at doing okay, but the you to all those who chose to abstain or to vote on the extreme server. becaus

, of course, depends a little on luxembourg, but with the other side.still a voice. it's still luxembourg there, which means that this one is vibrating, many people are vibrating, which can affect where this whole vibrating system is. e, will lean to the side, which means one or the other, that is, roughly speaking, the metropolis or literally colonies. yes, but you know about the elections france three out of five candidates are in favor of france leaving nato, this is such a small remarque, everything is pouring in front of our eyes, but why, and the americans have a war in ukraine and in ukraine, why do we need to answer this question for ourselves. this is a matter within the political biden is trying to his own voter. but he has everything on his teeth to prove that what is happening now is what it is. of all the problems and inflation and high gasoline prices its weakness. he can not retreat, but the problem is that cryo, no one believes that because of ukraine this is happening, much more is needed, much more provocation, and what we see now we a

firepower for ukraine in its war against russia. european union, foreign ministers have been meeting in luxembourg. i've been discussing a proposal to emma, another $544000000.00 for the delivery of weapons to ukraine. the blocks top diplomat, joseph brown, says, is also being talked of additional sanctions against russia. after more than 6 weeks of war and sanctions we continue discussing about how to implement the sanctions to avoid any kind of loop holes. we measure the impact that the sensors as having on your russian economy and we will continue discussing in order to see what else can be done. nothing of the table including sanctions, denial, and gas. cumberland has dominate, came lots of reference from mister burrell to the situation on the ground in ukraine. specifically, in his opinion, to drawing attention to the situation in don bass in that area which the russian government forces in the opinion of mister beryl on our preparing. and he says that people are looking out to see what form of military intervention will take place. there now that says view, the important thing in one sense i

we will join you again in luxembourg. lisa, at the economic data.orrow we get the important cpi report, and i believe i am looking at a new statistic on survey, 8.4% topline inflation. lisa: it will go to a .5%, the highest since 1981. this is a huge -- it will go to 8.5%, the highest since 1981. do people care or will it be an old story we have to look to the earnings to figure out, how long does it last, when do we see some kind of end and roll over, given the fact that it is not just the conflict in europe, it is that china is in lockdown again. all the base effect is not rolling the way people expect. tom: videos of shanghai and the skyscrapers were something. we will touch on that later. we are thrilled you are with us on a monday. wednesday into thursday, thursday, the meeting of the world bank and the international monetary fund. stay with us. yields higher. ♪ tom: good morning, on radio and television. jonathan ferro in needed sabbatical. kailey leinz doing double duty. she picked the short straw. it was a disgrace that kaylee had to come on

well certainly that's what's going on today in luxembourg. so perhaps that will start to move the needle. but he's also imply that there are procurement issues, logistical issues, standing in the way of germany delivering to delivering heavier weaponry. and as if he is serious about leading, as he said 3 days after the war and really allowing for germany to play a security role commensurate with its heavy weight economic status. then clearly leadership is political will to cut through the bureaucracy and the red tape. and that appears to be what the foreign minister is calling for, for, but not yet clear whether the chancellor will deliver. because ultimately it's up to him to lead. deed of these chief political correspondent melinda crane. thank you. we're here are some other headlines on the war in ukraine. ukrainian president followed the marriage to lensky, spoke by phone with german chancellor. all i've shown on sunday to discuss further sanctions against russia. lensky said he was glad that germany had strengthened its support of ukrain

for independent ukraine remember the sixteenth conference of the world anti-communist league in luxembourgin cloud general krem kateryna chumachenko suprudi stetsko and that's roman zvarovich march 28, 2005 minister of justice of ukraine roman zavorych gives an interview to the bbc kiev bureau the answer to the question of how he met his wife, i will not expand on the details, because there are confidential non-personal items at the time i was working in munich as a personal assistant to the head organizations of ukrainian nationalists grew furious. i was in charge of the international direction. and then it was a top secret direction correspondent in other words, you were preparing agents to work in ukraine svarovich. i wouldn't call them agents. rather, they were people for communication with the underground, when zvavich became the minister of justice in ukraine, he boasted that he sent agents to ukraine for stotsko and maintained contacts for western intelligence and the collaborationist apparatus with the local underground to keep to the last site. films about war film a top up tinkof

those are the things to take from what he's been saying and what was talked about in luxembourg. dominic came f r, and then thank you roches. foreign minister says statements by the use topped of mat on supplying ukraine with weapons will change the rules of the game. so gay love says joseph, browse remarks confirmed that the in you is building a kind of collective military structure with lucian studios little's world. the so this is very serious turning point, even in the policy that the e u and the west on the whole, undeniably under the united states leadership has been pursuing since the start of our special military operation. this policy reflect and betterment and even fury in some respects. and of course, it's been determined certainly not only by ukraine, but also by the fact that ukraine has been transformed into a foothold for completely suppressing russia and submitting russia to the global system. being built by the west, which is always kept moving closer to our borders. contrary to all promises it gave, despite the end of the cold war. and despite the warsaw pact and the so

on deliveries of fuel from russia, the foreign ministers of the eu countries gathered today in luxembourgg of the eu council on foreign affairs, the topic of the embargo, as causing too much . and other countries whose politicians believe that such measures will only lead to a further increase in energy prices in europe, so the luxembourg foreign minister said that the rejection of russian oil and gas, but bears a blow to the most powerful industry of the eu in germany, more than half of the gas consumed by germany just from russia, subsequently, the collapse of the german economy will be felt by the entire continent, however. additional expenses. one way or another, europe will suffer. if not behind the imbargo, then in connection with the supply of military aid to ukraine, the horror that we see every day more than clearly shows that ukraine needs further military support together with our european partners. we provide more money, but what is clear is that ukraine needs more military equipment, especially heavy. buzzing and now is not the time for excuses , now is the time for creativit

intelligence officers and 40 residency when the germans decided to attack belgium the netherlands luxembourg france why do we get tired of this from the news do not you? all of our most valuable agents in germany are still under suspicion. so you're saying that it's not my fault. it was i who could not find the right words and arguments to convince you. maybe because you are not taking your place, comrade fitin? i also think about it. sometimes i think lavrenty pavlovich is a penny. but if i can’t restore the work of our german network, where every source is implemented, then stick to your line, comrade. fitin, contrary to opinion leadership and even comrade stalin himself. i have no other choice. germany is our most important and at the same time our weakest direction. and what do you suggest? i have a rather unexpected request from you, lavrenty pouch. it means that the head of intelligence wants to go to berlin personally. yes, comrade stalin. and how does he argue this to sort out the situation on the spot? do you think it's allowed or not? i think not, especially since i already have a

can gloat as much as you like, but those who come will be even worse, therefore we will not bring luxembourg and karl liebknecht to power with all our will. you see, we built up against ourselves with the last actions that it was the germans who did rosa luxembourg and karl lifting there, when they tried for a second like this, you wanted to somehow explain something scientifically to us. yes, now there were a lot of emotional assessments on skills. yes, the main question falls. and because of what they fall. this question needs to be answered before these numbers are used to confirm any version, because i would not be surprised that part of the fall in this rating is not because they don't like high prices, but because the very same johnson and scholz, according to those who don't like them, are too soft on russia, for example, or didn't lead troops? no, well, they have their own. in britain, there is of great importance. this is the story of his parties, he speaks out, you know, we always try to fall to the extreme to underestimate the enemy. you understand perfectly well what kind of prop

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closely and urged his immediate release. european union, foreign ministers have been meeting in luxembourg to discuss ways to expand their support for ukraine. they proved additional weapons for keith, but the $27.00 member block still remains divided on the sanctions that would hurt moscow. the most. a boycott of russian oil and gas. time is of the essence. that was the mood of the e. u foreign minister, summit rushes thought to be planning a military offensive in ukraine's east. the eas response. a pledge of more arms deliveries worth an additional $500000000.00 euros. he okay, enough ukraine needs more military supplies, especially heavy weapons. now is not the time for excuses kind of now is the time for creative solutions. c i t v t. that includes german weapons. after initial doubt about sending arms to ukraine, talks are under way about how to possibly provide keep with equipment such as lay apart tanks. berlin has already sent patriot missiles to slovakia, which is agreed and turned to provide some of its surface to air missiles and other hardware to ukraine. there was also e wide

u. sanctions slapped on russia. european union foreign ministers met today in luxembourg to discuss ways to expand their support for ukraine. they approved additional weapons for the country, but the e, you still remains divided on sanctions that would hurt moscow. the most a boycott of russian oil in natural gas. time is of the essence. that was the mood at the e. u. foreign minister summit. russia is thought to be planning a military offensive in ukraine's east. the eas response, a pledge of more arms deliveries with an additional $500000000.00 euros. you had enough ukraine needs more military supplies, especially heavy weapons. now is not the time for excuses kind of now is the time for creative solutions. c a t v t. it that includes german weapons, after initial doubts about sending arms to ukraine. berlin has broken its taboo and agreed to send leopard tanks and armored personnel carriers. it's already st patriot missiles to slovakia, which is agreed in turn to provide some of its surface to air missiles and other hardware to ukraine. there was also agreement across the e u that the

correspond, alexander phenomena there in keith european union. foreign ministers are meeting today in luxembourg to discuss ways to expand their support for ukraine. you foreign affairs commissioners. also, burrell has proposed a further 500000000 euros and weapons, and other military equipment. ministers were also expected to discuss more sanctions and plan to phase out russian. oil imports faster. you announced a ban on russian coal last friday agreement to hold oil and gas imports any time soon. could prove harder that he's out with his mother headlines on the war in ukraine. austrian chancellor, karl ne huh. is heading to moscow to discuss the conflict and ukraine with russian president vladimir putin. the meeting follows a weekend visit by ne, hama to the crating capital t f, as a militarily neutral country. austria is hoping to act as a mediator in the ongoing crisis. ukrainian president laudermill zalinski spoke by phone with german chancellor of sholtes on sunday to discuss further sanctions against russia. lance he said he was glad that germany had strengthened support of ukraine, but c

also coming up, you foreign ministers meeting luxembourg to discuss further action against russia block remains divided on whether to impose the measures that would hurt mos.

her comments came as european union foreign ministers met in luxembourg to discuss ways to expand their support for ukraine. you foreign affairs commissioner 2 separate l as already proposed an additional $500000000.00 euros in weapons. and other military equipment. ministers are also expected to make further steps on sanctions and to plan to phase out russian. oil imports faster. the you announced a band on russian coal last friday, i think now in france and manual my coin has emerged as the clear front runner after sunday's 1st round of voting in the country's presidential election. interior ministry figures gave my call over 27 percent of the vote. his far i challenger money in the pen, received over 23 percent. both contenders now go through to the 2nd round. on april 24th. 10. other candidates from across the political spectrum have been eliminated, that they'll micron did come out on top. in this 1st round, the pen dramatically narrowed the president's lead in opinion polls. he may have won the 1st round, but for a manual microphone, this was no time for a victory lab. don't, don'

he's joining other european union for ministers in luxembourg today. we'll go live to that later in the show.

people here in ukraine can't basically take their eyes off those images of those destroyed tab luxembourg junker . everyone's here, but he guessing how many people are still trapped under those ruins or how many people manage to get out before those are homing. those shillings happened, and i think the real difficulty now is trying to work out the numbers, trying to get some kind of handle on the scale of this. and for now, you as you concern that report, and it's all pretty celtic, there are locals turning up, trying to salvage what's left of their property and other government organizations trying to d mind to make sure that if people go back, they're not going to face the risk of traps of minds, but it certainly seems like the kind of images we saw in boucher on no exception. that this was a more widespread thing in the territories around ki, if that were controlled by russian army forces for the best part of a month. and we're getting some very, very, very distressing reports. not only of that, oh shilling is the indiscriminate selling of residential areas bombing of the kind . we've

now our heavy weapons and even foreign minister on alina bab during a recent meeting and luxembourg, also sat, that heavy weapons are needed. also implying that germany should also him also give them, but german chancellor, all of shoals, as at the germany, has supported will support and also will further is support in ukraine, but has not specifically mentioned a weapons defense minister casino. lumley said that that has one reason that the enemy is also listening, and that if germany is going to supply these weapons, it will not talk about it now. and of course, sir, and then there's also pressure mounting her from the other direction. i mean, you are at one of germany's east marches. it's a political pacifist protester that's going back to the 19th sixty's, anti nuclear protest and force it, do you get the sense that this war in ukraine is having any impact on this movement? and, and how was been perceived it definitely has a huge impact. you just mentioned, this was a move mother was really big of the ninety's sixty's 19 eighties, calling for disarmament. especially also nuclear

she sent that in luxembourg during a meeting of e. u foreign ministers. by saying that germany should pledge into more, but all of shawls has repeatedly said that germany is helping ukraine has not pledge to this have your weapon. so helping ukraine with, for example, tangs with the armored vehicles with a plane. so there are a lot, oh, well, looking and appraising what germany is doing with this additional financial help, but said the germany should do far more than just standing on the sidelines of this conflict. so germany quite divided on how to approach the war and ukraine. there did the political correspondent, benjamin, other us gruber and berlin for us. thank you. now here's a round up of some of the other news making headlines around the world. north korean leader kim jong own has attended a public parade to mark the 100 and 10th anniversary of the birth of his grandfather, kim il sung. the annual celebration is called the day of the sun and is north korea's biggest annual public holiday kimball song who died in 1994 founded the authoritarian reg

the european union and the collective west against russia, there are certainly sanctions today in luxembourg, and the eu council at the level of foreign ministers began to discuss the sixth package of anti-russian sanctions, which, according to, uh, some countries, included the issue of oil mbago. true already at the end of the day, josé borel, the head of eu diplomacy, said that there was nothing, uh, agreed, and we really would remember with what difficulties the european union adopted the previous fifth, uh, package of sanctions against russia which include, as an embargo on coal imports from august this year. not right away, but since august, but at the same time, the european union constantly insists that the sanctions will be tightened. yes, and it seems like the fifth package was already accepted with a huge creak, but there should be sanctions. eh, should be tougher. i want to ask alexander vyacheslavovich losev where to tighten sanctions further, yes, because each next step will cause more and more pain, more damage to the european union itself. well, i think that they are playing f

but they remember how the revolution ended with the murder of a person and rosa luxembourg with a massacre. they worked. they have always worked. german worker great master great worker here they are before us. they still remember the grandiose proletarian demonstrations twenties, they were then much younger. they believed in the socialist future of germany, so they took to the streets. some of them may have carried this poster, which says fascism is famine and war, and saw telman . in these courtyards, he remembers how such demonstrations ended, the wounded were brought here. and sometimes killed. the german working class was split. it was easy to beat him in parts. he was beaten piecemeal. beaten and won this one no, i do not want to say that the german people were blind. he was a hoax. since you have to live with gitle we have to work. any job to live here we have a worker. some of them still remember being. maybe the last demonstration of the rod front. the rot front was already banned and it was deadly dangerous to go outside. many of these people are also up to our time. they disappe

at a meeting in luxembourg, they've discussed your marking another $544000000.00 for weapons. they're also talking about additional sanctions against russia and sanctions will continue discussing about how to implement the sanctions to avoid any kind of loopholes we measure deem vector these sanctions as having on your russian economy. and we will continue discussing, you know that to see what else can be done. nothing yourself the table including sanctions to norland gosh, chabarise sharif has been sworn in as pakistan's, new prime minister. the former opposition leader is succeeding in ron khan, who was ousted in a no confidence for over the weekend. sharif will form a new government until a general election is held after august of next year. french president manuel mccaul is back on the campaign trail. this time in the northern city of deny, and he's looking for extra votes before a run off against the far right challenger, marina pan. after winning sundays, 1st rhyme, a chrome has warned the next 2 weeks will be decisive for france. the runoff is a repeat of the 2017 2nd.

political correspondent, melinda crane, and he w corresponding christine, while reporting from luxembourg. thank you both very much. earlier did all these boundary guards report spoke to you? justice commissioner d d, as a nurse who has announced the 1st e team to investigate alleged war crimes and ukraine. d. w asked him what he's hoping will come out of the investigation. and if russian president vladimir putin himself could be put on trial. mr. commissioner, the prosecutor general of ukraine has announced her that she will investigate up to $500.00 russian officials, including vladimir putin, the president, for alleged war crimes and ukraine. how can you help her with that and of let her try to help her with some expert. it is already a 1st team from france on the ground, fine sick experts and we were asked to all the members said to do the same. was expert with security misers were sick, safe communication. so we have a lot of things to do to support concretely, of course, also financially. but we are not only working reserve, we are working or so as the i c, c and the prosecutor of j

union foreign minister supplies to more support for ukraine in its war with russia at a meeting in luxembourg. they disgust earmarking another $544000000.00 for weapons . we're also talking about additional sanctions against russia and sanctions. we continue discussing about how to implement the sanctions to avoid any kind of loop holes. we measure the impact of the sanctions as having on your russian economy. and we will continue discussing in order to see what else can be done. nothing of the table including sanctions to norland gas, chabarise sharif has been sworn in as pakistan's, new prime minister, former opposition leader is succeeding in run con, who was ousted in the no confidence over the weekend. should we for form a new government until the general election is held after august next year? french president manuel mccomb is back on the campaign trail. this time in the northern city of deny, he's looking for extra boats before run off against the far right challenger, marine the pan after winning some these 1st round, mccomb has worn the next 2 weeks will be vice decisive rather for

as you mentioned this morning, we did have some clashes on the luxembourg compound the same as last friday. really a similar pattern. see men in the mosque stand off with this really forces it last about an hour and then friday per is taking place rod peacefully. at the moment you can see people making their way that is damascus gate you're looking at. now there's been a sequence of events really that's happened. it started with a few palestinian gunmen opening fire. intel. i've even also and bet shabba in israel. the israeli forces rated heavily rating janine refugee camp and all the areas of the west bank palestinians. quoting this collective punishment, but you're asking me about the alexa most compound and notice the temple mount to jews. what you're seeing, what you have seen over the last couple of weeks, is the coinciding of parts over the jewish holiday. also with ramadan. and you had an increase in jewish, a lot, ultra right wing nationalist turing accessing the site cooling. and the problem is agreed upon by jordan israel. but over the years we've seen an increase in these kinds

the european union foreign ministers have been meeting in luxembourg to discuss ways to expand theirupport, as you guessed it, for ukraine. they approved additional weapons for ukraine today. but the european union remains divided on sanctions that would fight moscow the most, the boycott of russian oil and national gas -- natural gas. >> time is of the essence. that was the mood at the e.u. foreign ministers' summit. russia is said to be planning an offensive in ukraine's east. the e.u.'s response, a pledge of more arms deliveries, worth an additional 500 million euros. >> ukraine needs more military supplies, especially weapons. now is not the time for excuses, is a time for creative solutions. that includes german weapons. >> after initial doubts about sending arms to ukraine, berlin has broken its taboo and agreed to send tanks and armored. personnel carriers it has already sent patriot missiles to slovakia which has agreed, in turn, to provide some of its surface-to-air missiles and hardware to ukraine. . there was also agreement that the e.u. bloc would support efforts to inves

embassy of the russian federation since 1990 because the ussr ceased to exist in the grand duchy of luxembourg ambassador and world famous writer? i need to think a little, and then it was the word of another state of kyrgyzstan and on the day of the roux, but most importantly, there is rarely a kyrgyz, although he was a kyrgyz russian writer and people just cursed because of who he was a writer, kyrgyz or russian. but i have one guess. so he 's the only one there. what assumption can you have? you know kyrgyz literature or genghisepts. clever dima, well done, you survived to say. he said, he said the most important thing is that dmitry sidnev from uvarov, tambov region , becomes the first finalist. smart girl and smart guys and the agonist of the anniversary season that she is on look at me, in short, you got me asking. tambov region and we continue for the first time anatoly dobrynin arrived as ambassador to the united states of america in 1962 just on the eve of the caribbean crisis. please tell me that this outstanding diplomat managed to open school number two in america for the first tim

also coming up, you foreign ministers meet in luxembourg to discuss further action against russia. the block remains divided on whether to impose the measures that would hurt moscow the most a boycott of russian oil and gas.

european foreign ministers have been meeting in luxembourg, discussing earmarking another $44 million give weapons to ukraine. there's also been talk of additional sanctions against russia after more than six weeks of war. russia's foreign minister says those statements by the e.u. on supplying ukraine with weapons will, quote, change the threustles game. >> this is very serious turning point even in the policy that the e.u. and the west on the whole undeniably under the united states leadership is being pursuing -- has been pursuing since the start of our special military operation. this policy reflects embitterment and fury in some respects and of course it's been determined certainly not only by ukraine but also bier the fact that ukraine has been transformed into a foothold for completely suppressing russia and submitting russia to the global system being built by the west which is always kept moving closer to our borders, contrary to all promises it gave, despite the end of the cold war and despite the warsaw pact and the soviet union's disappearance. >> forensics team from the i

continue to respond to such dimashis the series has been continued in recent days by greece norway luxembourgustria montenegro and today japan and germany is showing these days approximately unlearned lessons of history, both at the level of the symbols of truth known to the whole world about the victory over nazism and at that dangerous level when hatred is kindled against people by to a certain sign ivan good from berlin with details. where there is now the inscription death to all russians, only a few days ago, russian-speaking residents of berlin lay flowers, they gathered together to show they were against discrimination organized a large-scale rally with a stop just at the military memorial in the treptopark. igor was one of the organizers. now he's getting threatening calls starting at number 44. that's some number. this is great britain great britain igor says there were coordinated intimidation attempts in the telegram . for example, a channel has been created to collect personal data of those who participated in the rally, this is a scheme worked out in ukraine to combat dissidents,

square in our media you shared a strong protest against the high russian diplomats from austria, luxembourgbelgium and the netherlands as a response to unfriendly steps. russia declared persona non grata a number of diplomatic missions from these four countries, and in addition, the dutch ambassador was pointed out the inadmissibility of the abuse of privileges as a state hosting oz to chaos. and a few minutes ago, joe biden began a closed conversation with allies, the main topic of which is support for ukraine and coordination of actions against russia the nato secretary general reported this in the press service of the white house, but the easter bunny came out first on the podium today. after such a start of the briefing. jen psaki immediately announced that the united states would continue to provide military assistance to kiev, including a new $800 million package, although the american president himself is not going to ukraine and troops. as the senators call, they will not be sent there, a close friend of the president and the administration, and we respectfully disagree with his opi

ah, okay, we are breaking into programming to take you live now to locsin, where luxembourg rather way european foreign ministers have been meeting to discuss the war in ukraine. you. hi, representative joseph ral, is speaking to the media. that's listening on the international criminal court. so the 1st thing, russia, how to make russia accountable for their gross gush regulations of international law. we will provide assistance in documenting their war crimes these money with the prosecutors international criminal court and also by video conference with the prosecutor of it. ukraine. we discussed about the situation where we support both procedures financially and with our team in the ground. they pay a unit advisory commission who was in your claim before the war now will be deployed in order to cooperate with any and general pressure pewter. to ensure investigation and collection of evidence in the ground and sanctions. we continue discussing about how to implement the sanctions to avoid any kind of loopholes. we measure the impact that the sanctions as having on your russian econo

science yesterday, i spoke to the ministers of culture and science at a meeting that took place in luxembourg and actually said the same thing. don't tell me about the russian ballet, otherwise we'll tell you about the butch. i'm trying speech. at this meeting, a few important things were discussed, firstly about the imposition of sanctions and the termination of any cooperation within europe with russian state cultural institutions sentiment regarding the fact that the culture is apolitical still needs to be overcome a couple of good russians on boys namah good russians there is nothing about good russians. no, you understand good russians, especially after the events in bucha, no one in the west. there is no need to explain that russia today is an absolute evil. and when they buy nesting dolls, the nesting doll may contain a grenade. can you mention please? well , i would like to say a few words that in europe there really was a division, a division partly in the position of e, the special operation of russia and here, of course, uh, an important aspect is connected with the fact that there