between hungary and russia. there is a broader relationship between russia and europe that has real effects on hungarian national interests. and hungary also has a sizable hungarian minority in ukraine itself that is affected by this war. these are all factors that i think viktor orban is taking into account in putting together an approach to russia that is far more complex than any adversary or friend. it is somewhere in the middle. host: we have a question on x. what happens to the oil in ukraine? as far as russia being a major exporter of energy, how can that be used as leverage? guest: in ukraine itself, there is a fair amount of natural gas. hungary has been a critically important transit state. there is a pipeline that crosses ukrainian territory that connects russian gas production to consumers in europe, including in hungary, by the way, which is one of the variables that viktor orban has to take into account when thinking through this situation. and that pipeline pumping natural gas is continuing to fun

some of the important assets in russia. i don't know how much we could have had, but i think it would have made difference at the beginning. but of course, we are where we are now. so move on now to the first, if you like, invasion of ukraine by in the 20th century, 21st century by russia in 2014. so in 2014, putin annexed crimea and then russia begins to support what were called separatists, but were really russian proxies in the eastern part of ukraine and. the obama administration has to respond to that. so i wonder if you could talk about the kinds of sanctions that were imposed then what explains what now appears to be the rather weak obama to this? first, russian incursion into ukraine right. i think it was a really interesting period to explore the economic response to russia's annexation of crimea and the the invasion into the donbass. they were caught very unaware and unprepared and i would say they weren't. there wasn't a deep bench. i would say, in terms of russian expertise. they weren't expecting it. so when it

k and russia, because these are british me. so i was with you being fired into russia. i don't think that there is going to be a response from polluting against western nations. they see, well, they think they'll be a response may be against ukraine. it isn't gonna affect them. it's not going to affect them personally. the other reason is the military industrial complex and the hedge funds based in new york in london and got so much invested in ukraine. they see it as a nation. they can apply them to, they want to economically a next. they want to create the narrative that puts in as an aggressor, the russia is the aggressor and they're the ones that are threatening the west because you basically got to live. so they've been perpetuating for nearly 3 years now. one is that boots and woke up one morning in february 2022 and decided it was going to invite you to crane, but not to read the background story. it goes to getting the terrible things that happened in the 8 years previous. me going right back to of 2014 the are the fullest narrative is that they say they want yo

but it would cost russia much more. and if you remember, europe was still coming out of the european debt crisis at that point. i think the u.s. economy, the recovery from the financial crisis was considered still weak. the obama administration just can't have an appetite for hitting back hard and you know, i go into this in the book about how obama makes this flippant remark about putin being just a regional power and i think that's very reflective of the position of the obama administration and its response to the annexation of crimea that it was quite weak, that there should have been a stronger response, even if europe wasn't willing to go along. in retrospect. some of those sanctions did have quite an effect, but at the end of 2014, oil prices came down and that kind of doubled down on the sanctions and really created a mini currency crisis in russia. it was kind of hard to unpick what was the oil price decline, what was the effect of the oil price decline versus the sanctions. but what i recounted was this really

we are not at war with russia. _ in moscow. we are not at war with russia, and _ in moscow., and the - in moscow. we are not at war with russia, and the party - in moscow. we are not at war i with russia, and the party here that continues to escalate this war is russia. by bringing in anotherforeign country war is russia. by bringing in another foreign country into the battlefield, by bringing in over 11,000 dpr case holders into the fight, that is in escalatory action. and you've heard the national security advisers say yesterday that this administration told russia that if they escalated this conflict by deploying dpr k troops, we would help ukraine respond. again, the parts of the war that's been escalated upon directly stem from russia's choice and decision to invade its sovereign neighbour. joining me is matthew schmidt, associate professor of national security and political science at university of new haven, an expert on defence and intelligence, russia and ukraine. thank you very much for being with us. you might�*ve heard andre kalashnikov in steve's report saying t

earlier the russia -- earlier, russia changed terms. the u.s.artment says it does not see any reason to adjust their own nuclear posture. the escalation comes as ukraine marks 1000 days since russia began a full-scale invasion, triggering europe's deadliest conflict since world war ii. nearly 12,000 civilians in ukraine have died since february 2022. ukraine saw more than 10 million residents be displaced after being forced to flee their homes and at least 6 million are now refugees and countries abroad. ukraine's population has dropped by a quarter since the invasion began and more than 19,000 ukrainian children have been forcibly trance ported or deported to russia. some have managed to return. earlier president zelenskyy delivered an impassioned speech to the parliament, saying russia must be pushed towards peace warning that putin will not stop on his own and strong sanctions are needed. prez -- president zelenskyy: while he is focused owinning the war, he will not stop on his own. the more time he has, the worse conditions become. you know

he talked then about russia improving its air defences.ussia might arm western adversaries, um, against western targets. that is something that was also mentioned by alexander lukashenko, the head of belarus, the ruler of belarus, in an interview i did a couple of weeks ago, he suggested that could be something that vladimir putin might do. no mention of that over the last couple of days, and it'll be interesting to see whether the kremlin leader actually makes direct comments about this week. and just briefly, steve, obviously, it's a very unusual political moment, isn't it, for a sitting us president to take this action, this escalatory action, as many will see it, whilst we know that another president is coming in who has talked about a very different strategy on ukraine and moscow must also be looking at that huge change in the coming weeks. it's an astonishing situation. i mean, yes, joe biden took this controversial decision. he'll be out of office in two months. donald trump will be in. and vladimir putin knows that donald trump is

you only solved into russia. we have come out, we have developed and we have deployed s, they use this new me solve which you have new who against a such and stress that there is no system on the existence that can intercept that afternoon. miss all traveling to the 3000 meters per 2nd. and we show dramatically for the publish online the various angles of that that to me. so what should i say? it is nice. so striking over the eyes of the huge mush plugs in. uh yeah, but it fits it all. it is one of the biggest defense industrial facilities. one of the same is in ukraine. it's still according to russian intelligence manufacturers, rocket parts. it's still manufacturers munitions, it repairs conduct repairs along with vehicles supplied by the west abrams tides. net protected strategy guides, as well as personal carriers for bradley is the mazda infantry pricing vehicles supply by the west to ukraine. he's destroyed damaged by russian on the front lines . they go back there for repairs. that was struck in a dramatic

then it was russia, russia, russia. it was the rush. i gave scandal this time it's bombing rush. now let me make this abundantly clear. the russian response will be swift and overwhelming. you don't have to take my word for that. you can listen to the man with his finger on the russian nuclear trigger. vladimir putin has as late as september made clear that any attack by long range myself supplied and indeed targeted and indeed operated by nature will be treated as the declaration of direct involvement in the war by the whole allies, the whole alliance, even though only the united states and the united kingdom have thus breached hooton's red line. all of them are closing the embassies in cab. today, even those with the least to do with nato decision making, like the government in athens, for example, the nato alliance is thus jointly and separately responsible for a declaration of war, and the perpetration of acts of war. the. let's cross live now to john volero, director of policy and research at dd geo politics, who joins us from boulder, colorado, and we heard him or couldn't

itig was a big big deal to sanction russia. but what they did end up imposing was what we now call targeted sanctions. i goto into the deliberations about how to put sanctions on russia that are meaningful but would not impose costs at home in the u.s. or in europe. some of the ideas were devised by a couple treasuryy department officials as well as white house officials telling him how to basically attack russia's to make it harder for big russian companies to raise money and the west. this to be a punitive measure that would not cost the west much that would cost russia much more a few remember europe are still coming out of the european debt crisis at that point. the u.s. economy, the recovery from the financial crisis was considered still weak. the obama administration did not have an appetite for hitting back hard i go into this in the book about how obama makes a flippant remark about putin being a regional power. thatob is very reflective of the position of the obama administration and its response to the annexation of c

who's with in a used against russia. they use but then you, we do a listing missile system to being tested in come back from dish and that's in response to the aggressive action to nice to a countries against russia. the question of the deployment medium range and showed arrangements of will be decided depending on the actions of the us adults. allies. the top is going to be here for the dream days for the test. so that lightest missile systems will be determined on the basis of the threats of to rushes and security. who could i please get to get a russia issued a new junction this week to allow for a potential nuclear response to an attack on russia like any nation that is supported by a nuclear power. ukraine's president below him is the landscape says those days strike was assigned that pollution has no interest in peace, or it was not supposed to be an easy sheet out crazy night. the once again showed what he really is and how he despises dignity, freedom and human life in general, getting in and how afraid he was ju

then it was russia, russia rough shop. it was the rush i gave scandal. this time it's bombing rush. no, let me make this abundantly clear. the russian response will be swift and overwhelming.

we cannot defeat russia. not just russia. you want ukraine alone to defeat russia, north korea and china? the whole western nations together. this is why i believe in ukrainian victory. let's choose victory and not talk. i will tell my daughter the west is credible. thank you. [applause] >> i do not envy you to speak so passionately. [laughter] you are here representing the most important member of nato. the biggest supporter of ukraine military efforts. what would you say about the definition of victory? the role your country can play in this war? >> thank you for the opportunity to visit with all of our allies. i appreciate the comments that have been made already. the concerns all of you have expressed. let me back up a little bit. i served as governor of south dakota for eight years. there was not a year that went by in which during that time we were not at war. i went to 31 funerals. i remember those funerals and i remember the hurt that everyone of those families had. you cannot take away the hurt. you can let them know

once, as russia mean by its allies. we know, of course, there are large numbers of north korean troops, potentially poised to fight alongside russia as it attempts to retail cost. is north korea covered by these tweaks to the nuclear dr. and by russia a good day? well, that is an interesting point. and as a matter of fact, the nice things there is a degree of ambiguities in terms of who is manned by russia's allies, could that also include china, perhaps, and the room. so i think the fact that these are not mean by name is by intention because the western world will keep guessing, ways that that cannot be attacked or shouldn't be attacked. otherwise, the russians might step in. and i think what is even more interesting here we have been just talking about article 11 of a joint attack, but i think we should also look at the article town in the presidential decree 91991. and article 10 says that one regression of one state which is a part of a military block or in the alliance is considered as a correction officer entire

you only solve into russia. we have come out, we have developed and we have deployed tests, they use this new me solve which you have new who again, it's such a stress that there is no system on the existence the can intercept the afternoon. miss all traveling 2 to 3000 meters per 2nd. and we saw into a magic for this population online. the various angles of that back to me. so what should i say? it is me. so striking over the i at the huge marsh plugs, i mean, uh, yeah, but it fits it all. it is one of the biggest defense industrial facilities, one of a famous in ukraine. it's still according to russian intelligence manufacturers, rocket parts. it's still manufacturers munitions, it repairs conducts repairs and vehicles supplied by the west abrams tides. nephrotite charlotte decides, as well as personal carriers from brad news to mazda infantry advising vehicles supplied by the west to ukraine. he's destroyed, damaged by rush on the front line. they go back left for repairs that was struck in a dramatic fashion

so russia is a again, it is the government of russia. if you and it was true of the soviet union. the soviet union had had laws and guarantees of human rights that were more impressive than the bill of rights to the us constitution. but it was all a sham and it's similar with russia today. laws are drafted to make it a crime for example, a lot of the political opponents of of putin in the kremlin have been arrested for treason and, you know, casting aspersions on the russian military, they draft laws in a way that in the united states legal system would be unenforceable because there are so vague with that is the beauty of from putin's perspective, he can pick and choose his security services. the fsb. he can pick and choose what behavior laws we want to prosecute and what will ignore. it happened during covid. anybody who was protesting for or against a matter that the kremlin didn't approve of. would be the protests would have to be broken up with the protesters themselves arrested because they were enforcing covid restrictions at public health. this is my god. i mean, please, p

the archer, that is in russia, if, if russia takes us. so you need to have a combination of the precision strike with which you can take out the weapon systems that are used to attack us. and of course, be because we're a defense of alliance. we will have to take the 1st blow, so it rush i will head will, will start the conflicts because we are not going to attack russia early as little a. well, the ballad drops the ball. michelle statement say nato troops would already be on the ground, spicing russians in ukraine if it was, and for the last goes nuclear arsenal. meanwhile, the western media is ramping up the hysteria, the influential us space politically magazine claims europe is on the attack from russia, and must strike back the outlet claims a recent incident that a gentleman at port where a d h l container went up in flames due to an alleged incendiary bomb points to a russian intelligence operation, the magazine suggests most go we seeking to send explosive parcels to european and even american cities. politico also slides, western

russia is arming its proxies. i don't have anything more for you on that. >> since the united states. [indiscernible] ms. singh: we are concerned by those reports. lebanese armed forces are there to protect their own citizens. we have trained and equipped those forces to fight the threat of hezbollah. but again, israel conducting operations on that northern border to weedboah which continues to launch rockets towards israel on an almost daily basis. but we want to see those we want to see those forces protected. we've made that clear to our israeli counterparts. reporter: [indiscernible] -- particularly in the a ceasefire deal between israel and lebanon? sabrina: if there's a ceasefire deal, there would be a cease to fighting so of course we wouldn't want to see fighting on either side. and just to that point, we have people in the region right now that are continuing to push forward for a ceasefire deal to be put in place. and i'll say, you know, we are working up to the final months of this administration, we're

on the contrary to what russia - strike inside russia?at russia is i contrary to what russia is doing in ukraine, killing thousands of civilians by daily bombing, ukraine will focus only on military sites, and our mission is to stop russia from bombing our cities and launching missiles into ukrainian territory. but it is war, we will see how it will go. definitely it depends on festival if there is real permission on board to use mid—range missiles, atacms, storm shadow i hope as well, the second issue about the quantity of those missiles because russia attacked ukraine with more than 10,000 rockets of different types. it didn't help russians to break the will of ukrainians to fight for our independence. in the case of russia, we do understand that they they engaged north korean troops and a lot of chinese equipment to fight against ukraine and to make deadly production for its forces. just a oint production for its forces. just a point about _ production for its forces. just a point about russia's possible reaction, president putin has w

ukraine's always been the bread basket of russia. it's always been the prize of russia. obviously, exploited that. eight million ukrainians died. we had chernobyl. we had the budapest agreement that was then violated. ukraine gave up its nuclear arsenal. no enforcement mechanism. ukraine's been the victim for quite some time. but i have to say, is the united states' posture in the world stronger or weaker if we allow mr. putin to invade and take over all of ukraine? i think it's weaker. we're projecting weakness, not strength. that would invite more aggression from mr. putin. it also impacts chairman xi and his calculus, looking at taiwan in the indo-pacific. moldova would certainly fall within a day, as would georgia, and then all of eastern europe would be under the threat and the dark cloud of russian aggression. so, therefore, if past the prologue, if we could have stopped hitler in 1939, my dad wouldn't have had to participate in that war. and i think the -- i think the goals are similar in this case, and i think when you go to ukraine, they say, we're fighting for

the russia media to the news.re has been a very negative response in the russian state media and from senior russian politicians. the leader of one pro—kremlin party said that this would have potentially serious consequences and would constitute a serious escalation. although western leaders would say it is russia escalating here by deploying north korean troops in russia's kursk region to fight the ukrainian army. a senior russian senator said this was a step towards world war iii. strong words but really what counts is what the kremlin is going to say, what vladimir putin says, what he is going to call it, and what his reaction will be. and it's going to be a very negative reaction, we know, because if you go back the last few months, go back tojune, and the kremlin has said a series of messages and signals to the west not to do this, not to lift the restriction of western long—range missiles, not to allow ukraine to strike inside russia with these missiles. putin back in september made it clear that if this was

ukraine fires us—supplied long—range missiles into russia, a move the kremlin saysis into russia, a move kremlin says is a renewed face of the western war against russia. the israeli prime minister benjamin netanyahu visit central gaza neta nyahu visit central gaza vowing netanyahu visit central gaza vowing to eliminate hamas from the enclave. prosecutors in donald trump's new york —— money trail agreed to delay the president—elect�*s sentencing possibly until after he completes his upcoming presidential term. the president—elect spends the day with elon musk in texas as the pair watch the latest test of the spacex rocket. russia says a ukrainian attack carried out on tuesday deep inside russian territory involved american ballistic missiles. us officials say it is the first time the american provided atacms has been fired at russian soil. ukraine says it struck an ammunition warehouse 100 kilometres inside russia, but did not confirm which weapon systems are used. in perhaps the first sign of its retaliation, mr putin announced on tuesday his widening circumstances in which he would use

in terms of what russia actually _ same thing. in terms of what russia actually has _ same thing.s of what russia actually has in its - russia actually has in its arsenal now that compares to the missiles that have had their restrictions lifted by their restrictions lifted by the us and also now used by the uk made missiles, are they like—for—like? uk made missiles, are they like-for-like?_ uk made missiles, are they like-for-like? no, they are not reall . like-for-like? no, they are not really- this _ like-for-like? no, they are not really. this is _ like-for-like? no, they are not really. this is specifically - really. this is specifically designed to carry nuclear warheads to strike cities or to strike military targets with nuclear bombs. the us and the uk have provided ukraine with basically cruise missiles known as atacms and, of course, the storm showed a missile from the united kingdom. these are conventional explosives that are used to shoot at military targets —— storm shadow. the difference with what the russians are using, something that has a range of about 5900 kilome

, that russia was the result of things peacefully. but it takes to, it takes the other side, also willing, being willing to negotiate the tool. as a result of these differences on the country, we have seen anything but russian and russia will respond to future threats to future escalations in a married way. now vladimir booth and speeches such as this was generally a talk with you and speak. it may not be off to the public, the masses, but i can tell you that depends on all of the c i a in the white house. so they'll be sitting there, they'll be picking. so be picking this feature part. they're going to try to see what he meant. the, the games that like maybe we can have and what, what the message the take away for that or for us the public. but for them is out of it again, right. we have proven said that all names the special military operations, the objectives as will be achieved besides diseases that some people have about the strategic the fees awaiting russia. in the fields of you, craig, the piece won't come to pass, and the pre

k and russia, because these are british missiles which are being fired into russia. i don't think that there is going to be a response from polluting against western nations. they see what they think that'll be a response may be against ukraine. it isn't gonna affect them. it's not going to affect them personally. the other reason is the military industrial complex and the hedge funds based in new york and london. they've got so much invested in ukraine. they see it as a nation. they can apply them to, they want to economically a next. they want to create the narrative that puts in as an aggressor, the russia is the aggressor and they're the ones that are threatening the west because you basically got to live. so they've been perpetuate thing for nearly 3 years now. one is that boots and woke up one morning in february 2022 and decided he was going to invite you to crane, but not a re is going to get the background story. it goes to getting the terrible things that happened in the 8 years previous. me going right by you of 2014 the all the photos narrative is that th

missiles, fired against our country, could be deemed and attacked by the block on russia. russia could retaliate with w. m. d 's against key of and key natal facilities wherever they're located. that means world war 3. i mean, for months most goes all the same. been warning against father, a escalation. yeah. west and nation seemed to have consistently disregarded these warnings. so i suppose the question one has to offer you took the about high stakes . are they aware of just how high the steak sauce will do? they just believe that most cuz blasting at this stage? well, unfortunately, it looks like they don't really understand the, the greatness of the situation really because the only official statements we've seen come out of the european union about this have completely blamed russia for any anything and everything connected to new crank conflict and they've completely ignored biden's provocative decision that they've birth to the they the need for russia to change its nuclear doctors and the 1st place of switching spirits. vladimir putin this toying with our fears. yes, he didn't

.— missile by russia.by russia. ukrainians are undeterred. they - missile by russia. ukrainians are undeterred. they have i missile by russia. ukrainians i are undeterred. they have seen this movie before. they are going to continue to fight and to hold the front line. what you say is true: the situation in kursk region is increasingly difficult because of the additional north korean soldiers. there are at least 11,000 on the ground. we don't know how well they can fight. they haven't seen combat since the 19505. there are language difficulties. it is difficult terrain. we will have to wait and see how effective tho5e trips are. but the ukrainians are having a hard time into different regions in the east and there is a manpower crunch. do you think 2025 will be decisive in the war in ukraine? everything depends on the decisions donald trump makes. i don't say that as a proud american. volodymyr zelensky has said as much. america gives the most military kit and if donald trump doe5 decide to not continue th

missiles into russia, the bbc understands footage emerges from russia suggesting the use of storm shadow missiles. the defence secretary would say only this. ukraine's action on the battlefield speaks for itself. we'll be asking what this means for ukraine and the west — and looking at one uk company which appears to be busting sanctions and exporting to russia. also tonight... it's more important to find out what the customer can afford to pay. worries about household bills as inflation went up in october — with rising energy prices largely to blame. linda mcmahon! entering the ring — donald trump's nominee for education secretary. she was formerly head of world wrestling entertainment. the funeral of the singer, liam payne, has taken place in buckinghamshire. and it's country music awards night in nashville — with a growing band of fans over here. on newsnight at 10.30pm, we'll bring you fresh insight on the stories of the day, with big interviews and our regular panel of newsnighters, and of course look at what the papers are saying about tomorrow's news. good evening. in a week of sp

then it was russia, russia, russia. it was the russia gate scandal, this time it's bombing rush. now let me make this abundantly clear. the russian response will be swift and overwhelming. you don't have to take my word for that. you can listen to the man with his finger on the russian nuclear trigger. vladimir putin has as late as september made clear that any attack by long range myself, supply and indeed targeted and indeed operated by nature will be treated as the declaration of direct involvement in the war by the whole allies, the whole alliance, even though only the united states and the united kingdom have thus breached putin's red line. all of them are closing the embassies in care of today. even those with the least to do with nato decision making, like the greek government. in athens, for example, the nato alliance is thus jointly and separately responsible for a declaration of war on the perpetration of acts of war. this was let me present statements comes off to the russian name or the says it's defense systems down to u. k. a produced storm, the shadow resolve that

what kind of targets in russia are _ ukraine. what kind of targets in russia are likely _ ukraine.ukraine. what kind of targets in russia are likely to be - ukraine. what kind of targets in russia are likely to be hit l in russia are likely to be hit using these missiles? there are len of using these missiles? there are plenty of things _ using these missiles? there are plenty of things that _ using these missiles? there are plenty of things that ukraine - plenty of things that ukraine could — plenty of things that ukraine could potentially targets, this logistical herbs, airfields from _ logistical herbs, airfields from which russian planes take off to _ from which russian planes take off to attack ukraine, if we talk — off to attack ukraine, if we talk about this region, 10,000 korean— talk about this region, 10,000 korean troops are on the ground in one _ korean troops are on the ground in one region, russia is planning a development in their defensive action there. using a atacms — defensive action there. using a atacms missiles in this region will allow— atacms missiles in thi

we don't seek war with russia. what we're focused on is continuing to support ukraine with what it means. the trouble considering the coverage of the latest drug sweeping the world right now. this is already to national. i have michael watching right now. a lot of the puts in the has confirmed an experimental hypotonic mess all has been used to attack of military industrial flight. the new frame of the russian president is specified that he was equipped with a non nuclear warhead. he said the must solve, can travel as such a high speed. no air defenses can stop it. in response to the use of us and british long range weapons on november 21st of this year, the russian armed forces launch to combine strike on one of ukraine's defense industry facilities. the combat conditions included a test of one of russia's newest, medium range missiles systems, in this case with a ballistic missile, with nuclear free hypersonic equipment. armies all engineers named it. originally, the test was successful. the goal of the launch wa

so tony's war ended with russia's victory. the opponents of this landing and commonwealth is losing russians, making territories, sundance regions, and landing stephanie up along with calf. it's most goes fast to the rental real victory of the law. so when you arrive, after doing the garbage journals arch. yeah, i'm gonna read facility in your room that will allow us to know a stand up if there's a, there are multiple ways. well, it's particularly nipples, though. it's the 18th century to the great russia that was the leader readings to europe. meanwhile, the opponents lithuanian commonwealth is told by a wall with sweet reports goodness gustovo, but it should not put on the breast of course, good shift. no more than that. i knew you mean from the cellphone number district for spring thing, but over not that orchestra orchestra, most of it's me to push present, use the category category and use but you know, shifting you photos. i mean, even if it or somebody's configured it. so anyway, what is, when could i do want to cuz the

i attack missiles within russia of itself. these obviously had the attack them just before they've been able to use the mon, you claim the entire tree. now biden's green light to the use of them on the lands mass of rusher itself. why does that now beams? russia feels it needs to rewrite the rules of its nuclear power protocol. you know, nothing big for the 1st year is the score. most of the 5 ingles happening in this out in the territory of ukraine. uh ends up are are still listed in the next uh almost there wouldn't be midsize arrived. the 1st of that was a very success. ready rather successful with my guest or russian culture based on the shores of the as i'll see about joe. now the focus of the 5 do just shifted. move to the north, the laundry, where the front line is on the border or, and breaking the course street. and it's already inside rush. and you pretty so the user level basically we go to, we're not allowed to use the weapons they have being provided. i think that's why i can use already or on not from you for it

so on, let's say, russia's new type doctor is not a plant. so the use of nuclear weapons, but the list of potential threats and conditions for the use of such weapons. so they say the doctrine is intended mainly for external audience, for nasal countries, on the allies. and russia's foreign minister through data rule has also recommended the they read the new doctrine passively revolting from oscar. you'd actually pub oliver ultra 0 for you side story. a puzzle coming back to you. let's talk about how we go ahead. what is it about this specific decision by the united states to allow ukraine to use these a longer range attack missiles within russia itself. they is obviously had the attack them just before they've been able to use the mon, you claim the entire tree. now biden's green light to the use of them on the lands mass of rusher itself. why does that now beams? russia feels it needs to rewrite the rules of its nuclear power protocol. you know, nothing big for in the 1st year is the score. most of the fighting was happening in this out in

who is russia addressing here? well, this is clearly meant to threaten or blackmail the united states and its continued support for ukraine. i should point out that this is a start departure though, from russian nuclear doctrine. if you think back to october 2022, when there was more nuclear saber rattling by the russians, there's multiple cold calls between the united states and is russian counterparts. both secretary defense, lloyd austin and surgery assure you, as well as general mark, milly, and general valerie grass. i'm off to clarify what russian nuclear adoption was. grass knob talked about 3 circumstances in which the russians would use nuclear weapons. and those cases, one of threatening the stability of the regime to foreign powers, attacking with weapons of mass destruction, and 3, tactical nukes that could be used to offset catastrophic battlefield losses. the us intelligence committee at the time, estimated there was a 50 percent chance the russians might be willing to use tactical nukes, and ukraine.

solesky has said the only way to bring russia to its senses is to deal with russia from a position ofre are people in the trump administration who feel it is time to talk. it is time to end this conflict. and so i just don't know how the trump administration will deal with this issue. before we get to the trump administration, we are here in the face of what seems to be escalation. another phase of crisis as we face uncertainty in washington and in europe with the uncertainty in germany and what will happen there. >> whatever donald trump might have been thinking in terms of what to do about the fighting in ukraine, you are saying because of president biden's action, not leaving the desk uncongested for donald trump, that may mean he has to change his planning? >> i have wondered what trump's position would be on ukraine. i don't think it is finished ripple. we have to see what russia's intentions are. putin shows no intention to end this conflict right now. he does talk about negotiating. he has been talking about it for some time. russia wants to be seen negotiating but has comped -

um, in russia, the russia—ukraine war.h, it was a step that i think should have been taken sooner. uh, and it allows ukraine to better defend itself. i don't think, as secretary austin has said, the current secretary of defence, i don't think it's a so—called game changer that's going to turn the tide in the war for for ukraine. but it's certainly a step in the right direction. is there anything else that president biden can do between now and inauguration day to help ukraine? uh, well, as i understand it, they are continuing to push out equipment and other resources that have been authorised by congress. of course, the new administration, uh, can, you know, can countermand any orders that haven't, haven't been fulfilled. i think we should be focussed on convincing the trump administration that the best policy for the united states, for us— national security, is to oppose russian aggression. uh, we talk about support for ukraine, and i understand it. and i am as big a supporter of ukraine as you're going to find. but in ph

why operating in russia?> such up fastening story, full-scale invasion created all this discussion among executives figure how to respond to this. becauseto they were also unprepared. wowhen you go into the mcdonalds example in detail because they areei such a symbol. their exponents of the first 10 days was slow. what other companies were the smartest and fastest in terms of getting out of russia. negotiated a a deal in the and s closed all the restaurants. and that negotiated deals on its franchise partners to buy the business. quite strict terms in terms of what they were able to use for branding it was not connected to mcdonald's. they were able to protect their brand.t so i hold out mcdonald's as the example of how many of these companies should have behaved. unfortunately many other western companies took their time perhaps thinking the war would soon be over, or they might get a better deal. the longer many of these companies waited the worse it got it became increasingly difficult putin started narrow

we begin the day 1000 days into russia's war on ukraine. it was 1000 days ago when the russian forces launch their full scale invasion ignited. what is now the largest and deadliest conflict. europe is seen since 1945. the front lines have shifted with attacks. it was counter offensive. ukrainian troops of taking a territory in russia's course region, but they are struggling now to hold the line. and russian troops is still occupied about 20 percent of ukraine. from day one of the invasion, ukraine's president has pressured allies, especially the west for 2 things. weapons of war and the freedom to use them as ukraine sees fit. and that brings us to us president biden's policy shift on monday . ukraine. welcome to news at the white house is given the green light to use us made ballistic missiles for attacks inside russia. moscow warrant the decision is a big move towards a direct confrontation between russia and nato. we have more now in this report to ukraine and the aftermath of a rushing, every low tack. late on sunday, several people we