nuclear exercise that moscow strategic nuclear exercise that moscow started and started this this week and started and started this this week and started and started this this week and as we understand it was supposed uh as we understand it was supposed uh as we understand it was supposed uh demonstrated as some kind of routine demonstrated as some kind of routine demonstrated as some kind of routine because because moscow has warned because because moscow has warned because because moscow has warned washington of this exercise washington of this exercise washington of this exercise as they usually as they always did it as they usually as they always did it as they usually as they always did it before and but nothing is business as before and but nothing is business as before and but nothing is business as usual anymore as we clearly understand usual anymore as we clearly understand usual anymore as we clearly understand and we already know that uh president and we already know that uh president and we already know that uh president biden repeated his uh concern about the biden repeate

we saw no sign of the hundred of russian prisoners or dead that had been instructed to follow moscow strategicaway. instead, utter silence. only local bicycles on the streets. several residents told us the russians actually left in large numbers on friday. >> they left in the night and the day people said. i did not see myself but they say that the bags were falling off as they drove. they ran like this. >> reporter: it would be remarkable timing that russia fled lyman in the same hours that vladimir putin was signing papers declaring this russian territory and holding a rally in red square. a similar story in the local administration, where the only signs of russia left are burned flags. they ran away without saying a word to anybody, he says. it was bad. no work, no gas, no power nothing. the shops did not work. it truly feels as if there is nobody left. ghostly silence. apart from occasional showing. small arms fire. so much of this town after they destroyed so many locals we are told hererererer with the ukrainian push began. now it is just a place that is a strategic defeat for russia. gu

saw no sign of the hundreds of russian prisoners all dead that had been expected to follow moscow's strategicnor inside it either. perhaps they have already been taken away. instead, utter silence. only local bicycles on the streets. several residents told us the russians actually left in large numbers on friday. >> they left in the night and the day, people said. they sat on their apcs and their bags were falling off as they drove. they ran like this. >> reporter: it would be remarkable timing. that russia fled lyman in the very same hours that putin was signing papers declaring here russian territory. and holding a rally on red square. the signs of russia left are burned flags. they ran away without saying a word to anybody, he says. it is bad. the shops didn't work. it truly feels as if there is nobody left. ghostly silence here apart from occasional shelling and small arms fire. it is so much of this town destroyed. so many locals leaving when the ukrainian push toward it began. now it is just this utter ghostliness in a place that is such a strategic defeat for russia. gunfire in the dis

edges we saw no sign of hundreds of russian prisoners or dead that had been expected to follow moscow's strategic defeat here. nor inside it. perhaps they have already been taken away. only silence instead. bicycles on the street. several residents told us the russians left in large numbers on friday. >> translator: they left in the night and day people said. i didn't see it myself but they sat on their apcs and bags were falling off as they drove. they ran like this. >> reporter: it would be remarkable timing that russia fled in the same hours that putin was signing papers declaring lyman russian territory and holding a rally on red square. and the local administration, the only signs of russia left are burned flags. they ran away without saying a word to anybody he says. it was bad, no work, no gas, no power, nothing. the shops didn't work. it truly feels as if there is nobody left. ghostly silence here, apart from occasional shelling and small arms fire. and it is for so much of this town utterly destroyed. so many locals we're told leaving when the ukrainian push toward it began. but now it's

. >> reporter: we saw no sign of the prisoners that had been expected to follow moscow's strategic defeatnside it either. perhaps they have already been taken away. instead, utter silence. only local bicycles on the streets. several residents told us the russians actually left in large numbers on friday. >> translator: they left in the night and the day, people said. i didn't see it myself. but their bags were falling off as they drove. they ran like this. >> reporter: it would be remarkable timing that russia fled lyman in the very same hours that putin was signing papers declaring here russian territory and holding a rally on red square. a similar story in the local administration where the only signs of russia left are burned flags. they ran away without saying a word to anybody, he says, it was bad, no work, no gas, no power, nothing. the shops didn't work. it truly feels as if there is nobody left. ghostly silence here. apart from occasional shelling and small arms fire. it is so much of this town utterly destroyed. so many locals we're told leaving when the ukrainian push towards it

partnership between our countries, despite the circumstances, despite the circumstances moscow and hanoi are strategicil 2030 at 21 there was a joint statement in which the leaders of the two countries outlined the priorities of bilateral cooperation , including the implementation of these agreements was discussed at the meeting of igor krasnov ingwayne. suonfuka. you have identified the main directions of development. e of our interaction cooperation, including one of them is the fight against international terrorism, extremism and various other criminal manifestations and, of course, with comrade prosecutor general. we must and are currently working closely to implement the provisions of the decisions that you have adopted. today we will sign a cooperation program for the next 3 years. in the red folders, the same cooperation program until 2025 is signed by the heads of the prosecutor general's offices of russia and vietnam an important direction of this student training program and advanced training of prosecutors in russia, this task is performed by the university of the prosecutor's office. its b

ukraine has been forced to acknowledge difficulties on the frontlines. moscow struggling to maintain its hold on several strategic positions and regions. moscow illegally annexed in the east and in the south. a fierce battle for control over here, san looms again of his social. it was one of the 1st ukrainian cities to fall to russian forces at the start of the war. now russia says ukraine is preparing to take it back. images posted on social media by a russian installed official claim to show fortifications outside the city. allegedly, pro kremlin regional leaders are urging civilians to leave in order to avoid casualties. and to give the russian army room to maneuver what we have to do about our so what i ask you to interpret my word seriously as a cold to evacuate quickly. we won't abandon the city, will stand until the end. if i get back on thought, since issuing the evacuation order, the russian appointed administration said it had decided to move across the nepa river. but vowed that moscow's forces would fight to the death. keeping harrison will be the 1st big test for general sergey serv. eakin in his new

moscow. the strategic eastern town of lyman has now been fully cleared.in has not finalized the borders of regions it claimed last week after so-called referendums. global news, 24 hours a day, on air, and on bloomberg quicktake. powered by more than 2700 journalists and analysts in more than 120 countries. this is bloomberg. francine: alice atkins in london. we will look at top market moves after the first hour of equity trading. we will talk porsche, greg's sausage rolls. this is bloomberg. ♪ tom: welcome back to the open. 53 minutes into the european trading day. the dollar is down, equities are up. solid gains across equities, gains of 1.8% on the benchmark. in the u.k., a bid for gilts, yields down by 19 basis points. francine: let's look at how markets are moving. jp barnert is here, what's driving the bounce? >> when i was reading the headlines yesterday that people are after bidding the bounce on the manufacturing index and taking this as an assessment that the economy is cooling, it is a silly explanation but it shows you the market was so bearis

touch another point as well. china is deputy foreign minister highlighted the strategic partnership between beijing and moscow. high, does china seas out developing was not spoken up. the conference the strategic cooperation really covers multiple perspectives. not only the trade but also from b inter pur, people to people communication mean packaging in a multiple politically has very close ties, but also in the society front. the friendship between china, russia, really life or there are a lot of times, i think this relationship at the very close thing, the former soviet union for a time. and speaking of the crisis between russia and ukraine and china, it's always promoting for ease for days on the prices on one hand, trying to acknowledge that the nature of each word expansion really hard at the both of interest. and on the other hand, trying to then the on the very new tool, our perspective in the, in the old side would be able to sit down where nico.

i russian president vladimir putin has overseen routine exercises by russia strategic nuclear forces. moscow said the aim was to simulate retaliation for a possible nuclear attack on russia. the us said russia had informed it a day earlier of its intention to carry out the drills. they come as nato also conducts rehearsals for nuclear war in northern europe. ah ballistic missiles blast off a dramatic show of rushes and nuclear capability weapons launching from land sea and the sky. all under president putin supervision, rushes defense minister reporting the drills which are held annually simulated a massive nuclear strike in retaliation for a nuclear attack on russia. the exercise comes as bruton blame to the united states for its involvement in the conflict, liberty movie. what i would say is that usa and what was really conflict. ukraine has become an instrument of american foreign policy. do i need to do? it has actually lost its sovereignty grain and is directly controlled by the united states, which is using it as a battering ram against russia, the liberty movie. what i would say is th

commenting on the new package of american war aid to ukraine, he noted that moscow perceives this step as a direct threat to its strategicplies to kiev only increase the danger of a direct military clash with russia antonov noted that moscow is calling on washington to stop provocative actions. the statement came after joe biden announced that a new $625 million military aid package for ukraine would go there, including four and active salvo systems. fire highmars, in addition to the 16 delivered earlier in the pentagon , believes that with their help the ukrainian military can achieve most of the targets on the battlefield. and even in the crimea, washington also has boards of 200 armored vehicles and anti-personnel directional kleimar, prohibited by the international mine action treaty, in addition , the new batch of 32 artillery pieces, as well as ammunition for howbies. plus , in six months, ukraine has received almost $17 billion worth of weapons from the united states for small arms ammunition, and the pentagon plans new deliveries by the end of the year. the jabaids were not caught lying by the new rock post journ

the head of state also emphasized the importance of developing a strategic partnership between moscow beijing from china, our own correspondent's report alexander baletsky, the main ones, whose cadres were waiting for exactly a week, not only journalists and not only in china elected by the results of the congress above the leadership of the communist party, and hence the prc, seven members of the standing committee of the politburo at the first plenum after the twentieth congress go out to television cameras, where they are greeted with applause. and here it is not only the way out that is important, but also who behind whom in the chinese communist party is the rigid hierarchy of xi, jinping? the first number is clear, and this is the current secretary general without options, re-elected for a third historical term, such a times is small for the first time, but then there are solid surprises. many analysts did not even consider as candidates the party leader, shanghai letyan, the second number behind him was dzhallo di ivan junin. according to the established party tradition, they w

long-term partnership of our countries, despite the circumstances, despite the circumstances moscow and hanoi strategicl 2030 at 21 there was a joint statement in which the leaders of the two countries outlined the priorities of bilateral cooperation, including the implementation of these agreements was discussed at the meeting interactions of cooperation, including one of them is the fight against international terrorism, extremism and various other criminal manifestations and, of course, with comrade prosecutor general. we must and are currently working closely to implement the provisions of the decisions that you have adopted. today we will sign a cooperation program for the next 3 years in red folders. the same cooperation program until 2025 is signed by the heads of the prosecutor general's offices of russia and vietnam an important direction of this program for training students and improving the qualifications of prosecutors in russia, this task is performed by the university of the prosecutor's office. it has branches in vladivostok, irkutsk kazan, st. petersburg and simferopol . this year, on

the head of state also stressed the importance of developing a strategic partnership between moscow androm china report our own correspondent alexander balitsky. the main cadres for whom not only journalists and not only in china , the leader of the communist party elected at the end of the congress, and therefore the prc, were waiting for exactly a week, seven members of the standing committee of the politburo at the first plenum after the twentieth congress go to the cameras, where they are greeted with applause. and here it is not only the exit that is important, but also who behind whom in the chinese communist party has a rigid hierarchy with sidepin? the first number is clear, and this is without options the current secretary general, re-elected for the third historical term such a times is small for the first time, but then there are solid surprises. analysts of many did not even consider as candidates the party leader, shanghai lazy people, the second number after him was jallad ivan khunin. according to the established party tradition, they will also occupy the highest position

shared border with russia experts argue moscow's unlikely to deploy a strategic nuclear weapon. however, there is another option, so called tactical nuclear weapons. they can be fired from traditional weapon systems like cruise missiles, while they are between $10.10 times less powerful than their strategic cousins. they still pack enough power to wipe out hardened targets without producing widespread radioactive fallout. rushes iskander missile system has already found used throughout the current conflict, and can easily fire tactical nuclear weapons of which russia is thought to possess some 2000. and 4 more on this, we can speak to rob alice, who is a research fellow at the european council on foreign relations, and an expert on nato defense and at nuclear weapons. i thank you for joining us. nato members started the 2nd day of talks with a secretive nuclear planning meeting. how big are their concerns? do you think of a nuclear threat? since the start of the war in february of this year, natal leaders have taken the potential new p. f connection, quite serious terms at work

especially if it will be a tactical nuclear weapon, according to the treaties, moscow is not required to disclose. how many non -strategic warheads it has, the federation of american scientists estimates that their number is just under 2,000. this is a lot. if you think about how effective you think these weapons are, in a practical sense, and what will be the response of the united states and nato if moscow uses such weapons, donald reagan and mikhail gorbachev began precisely with the reduction of these weapons, they tried reduce their number at once, but they did not succeed, but over the past 30-35 years. we have seen a constant decline, but now it has stopped. we never finished the job, which is why vladimir putin has between 1,000 and 2,000 so-called tactical nuclear warheads. they can be installed on carriers, small or medium range, like the iskander missile, these are considerable weapons. they are comparable to what was dropped. hiroshima or two to three times more powerful is a weapon of mass destruction, so it's not simple weapons. their effect is not the same as that of conventional weapons, even the smallest

the head of state also stressed the importance of developing a strategic partnership between moscow andchina, a report by our own correspondent alexander balitsky. the main cadres for whom not only journalists and not only in china the top leadership of the communist party elected at the end of the congress, and therefore the prc, seven members of the standing committee of the politburo at the first plenum after the twentieth congress, were waiting for exactly a week , where they were greeted with applause? and here it is important not only the way out, but also who is behind whom in does the chinese communist party have a rigid hierarchy in side ping? it is clear the first number and this is the current secretary general without options, re-elected for the third historical term, this is small for the first time since the time, but then there are solid surprises. many analysts did not even consider as candidates the party leader, shanghai letyan, the second number behind him was jalli di ivan junin. according to the established party tradition, they will also occupy the highest position

terror in russia, at least through the media and declares its readiness for dialogue with moscow on issues of strategiccretary of state of the united states, mary stewart, said that washington is ready? actively pursuing negotiations on a new arms control mechanism to replace the start-3 treaty, which expires in the twenty-sixth year. here we will discuss these and other issues of international politics with dmitry simes, president of the center for national interests, and sergei dmitry, professor of hemo and the higher school of economics, good afternoon and first of all. i want to wish you, uh, happy birthday, and, uh, wish you good health and continued success and that your voice of reason in washington will be louder and even more and listened attentively and heard sergei gennadievich , too, uh, good evening. good evening. and dmitry e want to ask you, uh, how do you assess the contradiction, at least seeming from moscow, but the contradictions that i described, but in relation to american politics, what is really happening? dmitry first, thank you for your congratulations. uh, about how my voice w

russia could use weapons of mass destruction in ukraine as moscow faces a series of strategic setbacks. ukrainian military officials say they've now taken back more than 150 square miles of land from the russians since october, 1st and as russian troops retreat, they're leaving behind new evidence of atrocities, including this torture pit and shallow graves containing people who appear to be civilians. investigators here in kharkiv say more than 530 civilian bodies have been discovered in this region so far and worrying signs of what appears to be a deliberate campaign of tortured by the russians. to terrorize the e the exodus of fightingon. age men from russia is taking a new turn to russians fleeing putin's military draft have requested asylum in the u. s after sailing across the bering strait to a remote island that belongs to alaska. the russians were taken to anchorage for processing. this was a surprise to us who knows what's going to happen in the future. if more individuals from russia are trying to, you know, intend to leave russia through the bering straits, narrowest distanc

antonov, commenting on the new aid package to ukraine, he noted that moscow perceives this step as an immediate threat. the strategic interests of supplying kiev with weapons from the west only increase the danger of a direct military clash with russia, the diplomat noted that moscow calls on washington to stop provocative actions. armored vehicles howitzers shells and cartridges on 625 million dollars in washington is preparing to send another block of military assistance to kiev what else the americans were going to deliver to the all-union andrey skvortsov learned that soviet tanks to ukrainians from the americans all have to deal only with equipment produced in the union. this directly follows from recent statements by the us department of defense in terms of immediate delivery and transfer, the easiest option is soviet-style tanks, which the ukrainians already know how to operate. and more importantly, they know how to fix them. they have teaching ukrainians how to use western technology is not an easy task, yet washington has announced a new $625 million military aid package to kiev that will provide the ukrai

moscow. we spoke to a strategic analyst, k, p. 9 says is not possible to drive a wage between india. i'm russia their real object is to get india do more away from its position of neutrality and go along with the neat dole and in the us and european position. you're not, the end result of it, of course is to drive out ridge between india and russia. but you're not rationally . the americans, for example, know that they, they cannot creative edge between india and russia. india is an independent country. india has its own positions. india is very proud of its strategic oper on me. india is non aligned again, doesn't align with the military forces. so in this position now on neutrality, on the air, ukraine, russia conflict is, is, is in line with, it's a historic traditional policy of ne, not siding with military conflicts, not siding with that. anything to do with or you so on stu resorted, force. one has, has broken i dreamed, protested the capital of the caribbean nation of haiti with one person, repulsively shot by police, and several injured a warning. you may find the falling foo

and of course paging strategic partnership with moscow. c g t and correspondent duyka tells us about foreign policy priorities to the congress there has outlined. there was a big force delivered to the national party congress, and it mentioned about germany, them in the nation in the international relationship. and the report says that so far there is the gemini has the money high standard and bullying act of using strength. china is the foreign policy has been very consistent and it's also always filed for peaceful developments among many countries. and besides belt enrolled, there are many other examples they can really tell china is committed into the international community. china has been very committed to resolving the taiwan question with a peaceful resolution, but there is a long term of degree of the foreign interference to the taiwan question. which side china is clearly sees. it is a internal question of matter. no blank check for ukraine. that's what the republican leader in the us house of representatives had to say about furt

cooperation is a main priority. citing example such as the belt and root initiative on aging strategic partnership with moscow. c g t n correspondent shall young fe can tell us what else has emerged from the congress. the 900 central committees that, that the past 5 years i've been, i usually did not focus on really the local landscape, but certainly somehow it targeting on the local. that's it. giving the current situation, for example, the make as well as the biased rates. this is a conference about foreign policy, but absolutely, i want it's art of china. it's not the related foreign policy, but the interference or, or this, is something that related to the foreign policy. mean china, one perspective, acknowledge that the nato's eastward expansion that really heard the interest of moscow and other other hand, chinese playing a neutral position while promoting were peaceful dialogue. a resolution between the 2 sides because nobody wants the war. and nobody wants any kind of you may, is that through company in the way, not for today's conference, but absolutely for the congress for the entire week trying to

to nato and the deployment of weapons, lavrov noted that the west began to condemn moscow for massive strikes on strategic objects of ukraine. however, he preferred not to notice the terrorist actions of kiev, which led to this. it has been populating for many years, since the coup on the maidan, none of them even made a sound when they burned almost 50 people alive in odessa the west plays a game called see nothing, hear nothing when zelensky does it. but when russia already, as explained yesterday, uh, president e is no longer able to endure, and the crime of the kiev regime is the terrorist attacks of the kiev regime. finally , she answered seriously. that's when everyone started playing. in condemnation, including them we give them a huge massage of the general secretary. he is antonio buterche, with regard to the nuclear strike by russia, sergei lavrov called to account those who artificially inflate this topic. if it depends from us, the president has repeatedly expressed that we provide for our nuclear doctrine exclusively retaliatory measures, which are designed to prevent the destruction of the r

cooperation, a main priority. exciting examples of the belt and road initiative on chinese strategic partnership with moscow. c, g t and correspondent jo jo. fe explains what has been the main gender, what's on the table during the congress, the 960 central committee that the past 5 years, i've been a usual and it did not process or really the local landscape, but certainly somehow it targeting all the local giving the current situation, for example, as well as the rates, this is the conference about foreign policy, but absolutely, i want it's art of china, nothing related or all of the but the interference or, or this is something that related to the foreign policy. mean china on one perspective, acknowledge that the natal eastward expansion that really heard the interest of mouth, gulf, and other other hand, chinese playing a neutral position while promoting were peaceful dialogue and resolution between the 2 sides because nobody wants the war and nobody wants any kind of that is that their company in the way, not for today's conference, but absolutely for the congress where the entire week trying to spen

their ra, destructive power, and ukraine, shared border with russia. experts argue moscow's unlikely to deploy a strategic nuclear weapon. however, there is another option, so called tactical nuclear weapons. they can be fired from traditional weapon systems like cruise missiles, while they are between $10.10 times less powerful than their strategic cousins. they still pack enough power to wipe out hardened targets without producing widespread radioactive fallout. rushes iskander missile system has already found used throughout the current conflict, and can easily fire tactical nuclear weapons of which russia is thought to possess some 2000 turkish president rush of type air. the one says he wants to continue pushing for peace in ukraine despite the recent escalation and fighting. everyone was speaking at a regional summit in cause it's done. the turkish leader is meeting russian president vladimir putin. turkey has retained close ties with both moscow and keith . and has offered to organize peace at one says his goal is to bring an end to the bloodshed as soon as possible, grandmother, if you could, isn'

their ra, destructive power, and ukraine, shared border with russia. experts argue moscow's unlikely to deploy a strategic nuclear weapon. however, there is another option, so called tactical nuclear weapons. they can be fired from traditional weapon systems like cruise missiles, while they are between $10.10 times less powerful than their strategic cousins. they still pack enough power to wipe out hardened targets without producing widespread radioactive fallout. rushes iskander missile system has already found used throughout the current conflict, and can easily fire tactical nuclear weapons of which russia is thought to possess some 2000. i spoke earlier with roland, freud and stein the vice president of the security. think tank. globe sack com. we talked about how about ne toes meeting on nato. holding a planning group meeting, there were nuclear plan, group meeting asked and how concerned nato is about the possibility of russia using nuclear weapons in ukraine. and this is really the, the crucial point here. it's not the question whether put in a series or not. the question is, how do we react to is

their ra, destructive power, and ukraine, shared border with russia. experts argue moscow's unlikely to deploy a strategic nuclear weapon. however, there is another option, so called tactical nuclear weapons. they can be fired from traditional weapons systems like cruise missiles, while they are between $10.10 times less powerful than their strategic cousins. they still pack enough power to wipe out hardened targets without producing widespread radioactive fallout. rushes iskander missile system has already found used throughout the current conflict, and can easily fire tactical nuclear weapons of which russia is thought to possess some 2000. for more in this, what's bringing woollen floyd and shine in brussels? he's vice president of globe sac, a central european think tank. good. see you again. rollin. now nato's nuclear planning group. nick nathan nuclear planning group is a holding closed or discussions, as you know, how concerned or nato leaders about the possibility of russia using nuclear weapons in ukraine. well, i think need to lead just seriously concerned. but that doesn't mean that they give i

. >> we are going to continue to apply maximum pressure on moscow to try and effect putin's strategicalculus. >> reporter: president biden advises leaders to be cautious with doing business with moscow including saudi arabia saudi arabia and opec's decision to cut oil production is expected to cause gas prices here in the u.s. to rise heading into midterm elections dom? >> brie jackson live from washington, dc, with the latest there. thank you very much. >>> let's get a check on more of this morning's headlines with frances rivera good morning >> good morning. the justice department is being asked to reject trump's request that the documents be turned over to his lawyers and a special master >>> the iconic angela lansbury died tuesday, five days before her 97th birthday. she's best known for her starring role on "murder she wrote," but she also leaves behind a legendary legacy on hollywood and broadway in addition to the 12 seasons of "murder she wrote," she voiced mrs. potts in ""beauty and the beast."" star and stage angela lansbury was 96 years old. >>> trea turner put the dodgers

moscow. really get them with a strategic security agreements. fly into the trash or we hit the west defends and order based on rules. where did these rules come from? who's ever saying these rules, solid deception, double already triple standards? it's easy to count on fools. russia is a 1000 year old civilization and it will not live by such false rules. the west uses suppression, exploitation, and enslavement instead of democracy. the unipolar, well that is built in anti democratic, deceitful and hypocritical through and through what we heard from former pentagon security analysts, michael lewis to say the world order is being changed with more countries. now, finding washington's actions simply on accept ukraine was only the instigator, it's been building for quite for many, many years. the u. s. has envision itself as the us lead unipolar world order. and now we're seeing a multi polar world or re merging. and, and part of that is to continue for the united states to contain its so called enemies and, and if adversaries. and this is the way to do it. and but, but what's happened is that the

it will be more and more and closer to moscow we have some kind of strategic plan of action.rding preparation. you understand, i just understand that it's scary. and nuclear weapons are something that, for example, scared me there since childhood. that's because the soviet union always conducted some kind of civil defense training at school and we lived cotton-gauze bandages once a month, we definitely had a lesson in geo-civil civil defense, we went down two times but we were wearing gas masks there, we knew how to lie down before a nuclear explosion there, not with the head but with the feet, what should be done now, i'm rereading it all, well, now it's recovering some of its own we have knowledge. well, some kind of strategy. well, unfortunately, but preparation for the possible delivery of this blow, because everyone says that it is unlikely now, but it is still possible, and while we still have time, well, at least to prepare. so that people know that the main thing is is in the shelter there for a certain period of time after during and after the impact that the main th

the russian news agency ria — quoting the defence ministry — in moscow said russian troops have now left the strategichich isjust inside the russian occupied donetsk region. the minister spokesman, quoted by russian news agencies, said the withdrawal was carried out because of a threat of encirclement. earlier, i spoke to alina frolova, ukraine's former deputy defence minister and current deputy head of board of the centre for defence strategies, who's in kyiv now, and i asked her about developements in east ukraine. russia declared its so—called referendums yesterday and declared these territory to be russian territory, and this is the first released town out of those which were declared. it also has important operational meaning because it is like a connection and because it is also at the beginning of the quite big advance in the donetsk region. it is very critical to stress that lyman is in the donetsk area, one of those regions that russia is claiming as part of it but of course we are seeing russian troops leaving so what does that mean for other territories like the nesco and further down the s

long-term partnership between our countries, despite the circumstances, despite circumstances moscow and hanoi are strategichere was a joint statement in which the leaders of the two countries outlined the priorities of bilateral cooperation, including the implementation of these agreements was discussed at the meeting cooperation, including one of them is the fight against international terrorism, extremism and various other criminal manifestations and, of course, with comrade general prosecutor. we must and are currently working closely to implement the provisions of the decisions that you have adopted. today we will sign a cooperation program for the next 3 years in red folders. the same program of cooperation until 2025 is signed by the heads of the prosecutor general's offices of russia and vietnam , an important direction of this student training program and the advanced training of prosecutors in russia, this task is performed by the university of the prosecutor's office. its branches are in vladivostok irkutsk kazan and st. petersburg and simferopol this year, on my initiative, the quota has been in

the russian military is acknowledging ukrainian forces have broken through moscow's defenses in the strategichore son region. that is one of the four areas annexed by russian president vladimir putin friday tonight jennifer griffin looks at where things stabbed between the west and russia with nuclear weapons clearly in focus. [explosion] >> a ukrainian tank fires towards russian positions in the donbas as ukrainian soldiers raise the flag over lee monday, the strategic logistics hub where russian forces retreated in humiliation just hours putin's speech annexing four parts of ukraine. >> it is fully clear. i think our military, our warriors. >> and embedded russian military reporter described the empty eyes of the fleeing russian soldiers who he said were not resupplied and plagued by desertion. western leaders continue to war game how to respond to putin's new threats to use nuclear weapons. >> the united states is the only country in the world to use nuclear weapons twice. actually they set a precedent. >> russia has 2,000 tackle nuclear weapons. western leaders have warned putin of the co

moscow's preparing to use nuclear weapons, despite raising the prospect in earlier comments. meanwhile, russia has suffered setbacks on the battlefield in recent weeks, ukrainian forces are pushing towards the strategic city of her son. moscow appointed authorities have fled along with more than 70000 residents. out as he was acid bag has been visiting the city of back moot, which is on the front lines and they've done yet screeching at the main interchange of baltimore. i reminder that the wrote here, i'm not safe from buildings, empty streets and no power. those who remain have little food and you can't afford to leave and thank you. only stays so she can take care of her dogs. she feels abandoned. when you come, when you move in, people under the rebel screaming for help for 5 days, nobody needs us. never before and not even now that's the truth. few people remain here. the rubbish is piling up and the playgrounds wants full of children and thou empty. for most it's too dangerous to be outside. and to escape the shelves and rockets, they live under ground tracking. whatever you get them off as well. yes, we don't have water and heating, but we have a basement where we live. despite the hot ships,

while in the south, ukrainian forces are pushing towards the strategic city of her son. moscow appointed authorities of fled the city, along with more than 70000 people. israel and lebanon not signed. the us broke a deal that lays out their maritime border in the mediterranean sea for the 1st time. the agreement enables both sides to conduct offshore expiration for gas and oil. all this followed months of indirect talks that ended a decades long standoff. in uganda, at least one child has died from the bone of virus and 5 other children of tested positive in the capitol compiler. uganda has so far recorded a 109 cases and 30 people have died. the african unions public health body says the boat outbreak in uganda is under control despite a spike in cases in the capitol. but it says it can't predict how the disease will spread. so those are the headlines and he's continues. you're now to 0 after football level stage, and thanks for watching bye for now. november on jesse, you know, as the foot calling well, the greatest tournament kicks off. all eyes turned to catch her as it prepares, the