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situation on the ground remains fluid. military analyst marino mirror own from the war studies department of kings college london, told us more about russia's counter attack and course so it seems like the russian forces are trying and to attack, so ukrainian western fling. and so they're moving from the direction of core and of a towards sort shots. however, it's too early to tell whether or is this counter offensive is going to be successful. it just started. but apparently, the russian side is obviously, is saying that the russian forces are being successful in that ukrainians side is saying exactly the opposite and stating that the green forces will be able to hold that territory right now. there is no clarity in terms of how successful it will be and where is will lead us a quick look. now, at some other headlines from around the world, the kremlin is expelling 6 british diplomats and accuses of spying and sabotage. russia says it detected what it described as intelligence gathering and subversive activities. britton's for an office says the accusations are completely based. central european

we spoke earlier with military analyst, not in the mid her own from the war studies, department of kings college london. and i asked her why western countries have been resisting calls from ukraine to ease the restrictions on longer range weapons. what we have to understand is that there are practical implications in terms of the inventories of the missiles that ukraine has it. it's disposal such as storm shadow slash colt, as well as add accounts. and those inventories are limited in order to make a difference. to queen would need quite a lot of those missiles and this specifically, scalp and storm shadow are quite expensive. and the 2nd issue was, this, is that, that enables nato, providing the targeting data. more specifically it's american navigational data that would be used. this is why is that u. k is asking the last for permission to employ store storm shadow for long range strikes and russian territory. and obviously there are also political considerations in terms of a potential escalation, as one a u. k. diplomatic. put it if put in house, drawn all these red lines and he hasn

of guests who are joining us from mosca. we joined by people soaking. holla, he's an independent russian defense analyst for munich. marina me wrong is post doctoral research at the will studies department, kings college in london. i'm from washington dc lawrence called for my assistant secretary of defense. thank you for joining us today on inside story moreno. let me start with you before we get into what it's been going on in the diplomacy this week, taking place in ukraine in washington. and before we find out what was said, it must go, let's just go back to basics. was easy. but ukraine actually wants the model. they have these long range missiles as i understand it, they need permission to use them in a different way. correct. so what you praying is essentially asking for is the storm shadow in scope missiles that it already has at the disposal to be used on russian territory discharge deep into russia. and of course, it also has american ad accounts, which have a range of 300 kilometers so they can reach even falls or a. so those would be in question as well. and ukraine, arguments it as self defense, saying that it could hit military targets and degrade rushes capability to wage war ag

homes behind community weight and hope arena me roland is the military analyst with the war studies department of kings college, london. i asked her what arguments is real has for launching a ground defensive. now a good morning, terry. well, just a very difficult question to answer, whether it will make sense for east trail. and that'll get into that. however, now from the east really point of views of the intensity of the fighting in gauls a has refused. and now the roses growing strap and the unique opportunity to weaken the hassle, especially of true the fact last week. and therefore, israel sees it as an opportunity to you during which hospitalized is slightly disoriented. i would say to push the house full of fighters back and to free that buffer zone. so air power here is not sufficient because it has to be supported by ground maneuver. and we're seeing that despite the fact that the house block has suffered damage from the walkie talkie attack, it still shows its capabilities and it can still strike east trial, especially in this economic centers. so israel things um air power alone will not be

let's speak to michael clarke, professor in the department of war studies, kings college london. uch for talking to us. first of all, what do you make of this trip overall, presidents lenski in the united states? ~ �* , presidents lenski in the united states? u ,, states? well, it's successful. you have _ states? well, it's successful. you have to _ states? well, it's successful. you have to come _ states? well, it's successful. you have to come to - states? well, it's successful. you have to come to america anyway because he was speaking of the general assembly of the un, very important in the un. a couple of weeks ago. and it was his deadline what he's calling a victory plan for next year, not an end to the war, but an armistice at least to stop the fighting. they put a lot of effort into this plan, it's a very closely guarded secret, but it is now being presented sometime today, tonight, tomorrow to the white house who have had a fair look at it, i think through the embassy connection. this is a plan, presidents lenski's version of an armistice would require, the russians will

so there are quite a lot of tools that russia can and probably will use that was military analysts. marina marilyn from the worst studies department at kings college one turning now to some other news. and nigeria is grappling with devastating flooding several days after a damn collapse. emergency crews are still struggling to reach people trapped by the flood waters. authorities say at least 30 have been killed by that death total is expected to rise as the search and rescue missions continue. a 1000000 people are set to be effective and hundreds of thousands are now displaced. this is made a good me. well, most tough, the city is submerged often to eventually, right, and this goes down to best earlier this week. well, flooding is not uncommon in this parts of northern nigeria. socrates say it is the west floods of 3 decades. hundreds of thousands of people have been forced from that homes under need of food and shelter. the united nations about food program has sets up soup kitchens. they say the flooding has compounded several already existing problems. this region has been facing the decades. and more recently, we ever seen a produce s

studies department at kings college london. thanks for all your insights. thank you for having me. let's get a check now. some of the other stories making news this our, the brazilian supreme court has ordered the fines of more than $3000000.00. the seas from bank accounts belonging to the social media platform x and the satellite internet provider star link, both of which are owned by you on mosque, the same supreme court justice and now so ruling to bad acts in brazil, 2 weeks ago. flooding, triggered by heavy rain fall, has left at least 5 dead in eastern romanian rescue. services have been deployed to evacuated. residents trapped in their homes. central europe is also bracing for severe flooding firefighters and a check republic of in building flood walls and stacking sandbags. heavy rain is also likely in austria, slovakia, and hungry. the dozens of mourners have been paying their respects to a limbic marathon runner. rebecca chip time, she died last week and kenya after her partners set her on fire for funeral, was held at her incest told village in uganda. the attack is underscore, the high level of viole

the ministry, honest a marina, me and on from the war studies department at the king's college assigned to and welcome back to dw marina. i'm kind of you say the west responding to a round, supplying russian with ballistic missiles by listing these restrictions on teams use of these western longer range. my files. hello, phil. well, what we have to understand here is the fact that you ran was going to deliver the missiles to russia has been on since january. so there was speculation, and reuters reported on that. um, the problem here is that this uh, electric delivery only pushes the west closer to allowing crating to use its watkins for a deep strikes on russian territory. but i don't think it's the only catalyst. if we look at the situation on the battlefield. ukraine needs something after the course of 10, so has been payment by your russian forces they're calling on to attacking now. so you create a need something new to surprise the russians to make it difficult for the russians to continue the war. so when vladimir putin talks about taking appropriate decisions, if the west list these restrictions, what do you think he means

, and from the law studies department at kings college in london speaking to us earlier, i would say into, you know, elephants that can see that endangered day based ice, a variety of threats including been killed by cartridges or abuse for commercial and entertainment purposes. for very lucky few, there is a place the way they can both get medical treatment and refuge from the cause of this offer. we also spend no, this is now home for the 50 year old elephant ginger. she's been undergoing treatment at the elephant conservation and care center in the northern city of must dora since 2021. ginger arrived at the center with severe injuries. when we got this, i mean, i'm glad that we were just doing laser therapy with ginger. it's cur, height and joints are quite weak. so we're doing the therapy to strengthen them and to help them hill. yeah, but uh does. when elephants come here, we often see that their joints are weak or deformed. have not many uh, now this happens due to over work or mountain nutrition dot com. and even if a, what do you notice and even that is given, this is susie has a similar story. the blind elephant spent years performing for audiences that s