u. s. a. ukraine as part of us european command. i'm happy to welcome to the program tonight. mark montgomery mark is a former u. s. navy carrier strike group commander. he's now with the foundation for the defense of democracies. mark, it's good to have you on the program. you know, we been seen from the us, the announcement of military aid, one coming right after the next, another $800000000.00 just this week. mean weapons to help ukrainian troops hold back. the russians are the right weapons arriving at the right time. of our thank you very much for having me and that's a great 1st question. the almost $3400000000.00 now or since the beginning of the conflict and, and i do believe the right weapons have been coming up in terms of the right time. obviously the preference would have been for these weapons to have come, you know, back when we had initial inklings of aggression from pollutant in november and december and potentially that could to turn that like this. but given the realities where we're at, i think this 3400000000 in total has been on the right equipment coming a

movement leaflets began appearing in ukraine, stating that the republic was providing food for all of russia. in this discussion from the u. s. s r would transform ukraine into a country as prosperous as france ah, in the context of the u. s. s. ours longstanding economic crisis. such claims had a significant effect on society. the peoples movement of ukraine was rapidly moving in a more nationalistic direction. it entered parliament as a force in opposition to the communist party. in his charter, one of the goals was the withdrawal of ukraine from the u. s. s. r. they were spreading leaflets. the thing that you queen was going to become a 2nd france mother, new york, and i fear i knew what the list of kids. i don't what they said. she knew it suddenly unless the little girl, no, she just maybe 2 medium, stood the bullet, she stuck. what bugging? yeast kim like hello. say you could put a boy a love sosa. like de leon? yeah. okay. in the what serious go sales? ah, yes. put up a gun, that's a song by name me for my long sawing as a music, putting a swish thought of you. awesome. good. would you also get on rebel grains? come on that order or mission are going to

ukraine. the u. s. defense secretary lloyd austin, made the announcement after hosting a meeting of military leaders from over 40 countries at the i'm shine air base here in germany. i was summit on arming ukraine. also for germany announced a major policy reversal. berlin says it will send anti aircraft systems to ukraine for the 1st time. oh, fresh wellness visit to keep us defense. secretary lloyd austin, welcome to military leaders from across the world to ramstein. it is an extraordinary gathering with more than 40 countries represented here today. and we're here to help ukraine when the fight against russia's unjust invasion and to build up ukraine's offences for tomorrow's challenge. the meeting kicked off with a surprise in a notable policy shipped germany, which had been criticized for refusing to send heavy weapons to ukraine, announced it would now send gay pot, anti aircraft dance. does a scan. that is precisely what ukraine needs right now to secure its ass base from the ground that's been made clear again here today, gemini, is radiant, willing, over the course of the conference will be

u. s. rallies its allies to arm ukraine against russia. at a summit in germany, u. s. defense secretary lloyd austin announces monthly meetings on ukraine, calling on allies to move heaven and earth to ensure keith has the weapons, it needs a u. turn from germany on sending heavy weapons to ukraine after criticism. berlin now says it will deliver anti aircraft systems to keith and un secretary general, antonio battalion holds talks with russia's president in moscow. vladimir putin says he's open to un involvement in evacuating civilians from audio, paul ah, on pablo foliage, welcome to the program. germany now says it will for the 1st time, sand heavy incision follows weeks of criticism at home and from ukraine. defense minister christina lambaste made the announcement at a u. s. lead meeting of defense and military leaders on tuesday. the u. s. air base in augusta and germany, this is where the united states and its allies pledged new packages of ever heavier weapons for ukraine. during the meeting on tuesday, that was hosted by us defense secretary, lloyd austin. w

u. s. given to ukraine that we know of so far? well, quite a lot, william, and if you look at the bill alone, the u. s. has allocated nearly 3 and a half $1000000000.00 so far to support ukraine. that is the most more than any other country at this point. and just as path week, president biden unveiled the latest aid package that was worth $800000000.00 by the way. and he went to great lengths to emphasize the weapons, the heavy weaponry that the u. s. was going to provide ukraine all things that ukraine at specifically asked for things like how it serves ammunition, tactical drones, all things that both the ukrainians and the u. s. believe will be critical for the ukrainian military to defend the don bass where russia pushed ahead with it's offensive right now. important to know also william in that press conference from president biden. when he unveiled the package, he said that he's essentially exhausted all of the aid resources rather, that congress has made available to him to this point that he has to build another aid package, send it to

and he spoke a lot about the roots and causes of the current military conflicts in ukraine. what's happening now missed a lot of said is a direct result of u. s. s. desire us is will to dictate their rules to the rest of the world, including here. it's a lot of also sad that the aim of most current military operation in ukraine is to liberate people's republics. often. yes, can logan's completely adding that the operation has just now entered a 2nd very crucial phase. speaking about the events in the ukraine and town of boucher kia presented as war crimes committed by the russian army and that most co sees as a complete sake missed a lot of promise that's russia will find out the truth. and just to remind you, following boucher without any independent investigation, the west supported kia but imposed several packages of comic sanctions against trasha commented on that miss law group said that russian is pill. stronger enough . now we have come to a very straightforward conclusion. we cannot rely on western colleagues in any part of our life, which has 30 jukes significance. speaking about russia's relations with angel, missed a lover of a sad

a u. s. show of support for ukraine. u. a secretary of state entity blanket and the defense secretary lloyd austin, met ukrainian, president of a lot of years the landscape during a visit to came during which they announced another funding booth to help ukraine buy more weapons to find the invasion. and let's bring in our correspondent monro shows in levine, who has had to take refuge in a bunker a couple of times today already. emma, 1st of all, good to say you're safe. what can you tell us about the strikes in the west of the country where you are? well, and in nickel earlier this morning, we had to take shelter in a bunk out twice because of air as try alerts. and some of those strikes a hit or west in the ukraine does or in cross near that is in the levine region, or where i am in class near re weigh infrastructure was heats and intervening. so region which is between a delivery john and a key, if that's of 5 hours drive from here to cities have been targeted. we know from official reports that there have been a dead and

ukraine. so a strong signal towards moscow that they will act together. and with germany, with this huge paradigm shift, that means sending heavy weapons to ukraine. but for ukraine, for the u. s. and for many allies, this is a step that was long of a do. all right, you don't use benjamin alfred griffith. thank so much and joy, not by devon is chief political editor at attend mckayla casner at mckayla. tell us what has bruce route brought about this really very significant change in policy? well, quite clearly, it was internal and external pressure. we've had quite a debate here in germany of the past couple of weeks with 2 of the 3 coalition parties actually continuing to criticize chance are all sold for not interpreting his tightened vendor. the full turnaround is backing ukraine with everything germany has including everything german industry has. and now we see the pledge by the german defense minister lamp saying that is some 50 of those cheater tanks that are anti air craft missiles capable and vehicles being sent to ukraine from the outside. it is giving into pressure on the inside. it actually is quite a turnaround in itself for the german forces. so i would expect th

he's been a vocal critical of the kremlin and a new law making it illegal to describe the ukraine conflict as a war on sunday, at carmel that told at u. s. media that president putin had imposed a total blackout on information about the invasion in ukraine and shut down all independent media outlets. u. s. a state department has called for his immediate release. the war in ukraine dominated the agenda of a virtual meeting between us present joe biden and indian prime minister arranged remoting. the white house says new duties. ongoing energy purchases from russia were discussed, but it didn't make any demands. our state department correspondent was lynn jordan reports ukraine dominated monday summit and strategic dialogue between top u. s. and ending and officials. that's because despite nearly 7 weeks of war, delhi has refused to condemn moscow's decision to invade or back international efforts to hold it accountable. whether via sanctions or suspension from the un human rights council. before the cameras, u. s. president joe biden, and indian prime minister. no rent or moti, were quick to agree civilians are paying the highest price,

u. s. a support for ukraine? that's right, said dimitra kula and antony lincoln hadn't had a meeting just before the secretary of state came out and spoke. and you know, before their meeting, they said we get along well and clever said that he appreciates the u. s. support, but that the timeline is the issue now. and despite numerous questions to secretary blanket, including one from me myself, we could not get him to commit to how quickly the u. s. could send more weapons and more heavy weapons. and i think that's really the question and, and the answer that the ukrainians, the ukrainians, want to hear from the u. s. and other allies. how fast can you get these weapons? they say that without a very rapid delivery of heavy weaponry, more boots as are just waiting to happen. ok, let's listen to your exchange with the u. s. secretary of state to antony of lincoln. and you yourself called what happened in boucher outrageous. everyone knows the secretary general says that we are preparing for more such atrocities and

u. s. bond supporting ukraine or essentially making a play for power. but with the u. s. outlining such big go will so openly, this idea of essentially making russia militarily new to, to make it fail. there are some, in certain quarters would say that that is the only logical conclusion. or you're a correspondence. charlotte dubin state taken us through that nato, provoke the war in ukraine by repeatedly dismissing russia's security concerns on supplying arms to key. if that's according to current serve, member of the presidency of bosnia and herzegovina. miller around duke. he's been sharing his thoughts with our t so show her though, that the conflict in ukraine is a result of a global shift of power. the western partners refused to listen to russia's concerns about nato's expansion and some other issues. the sound of the conflict is a good illustration of that. let me quote the european commissioner for external relations. it's all our fault. we promise ukraine as sessions at night and the a you. but when it was time to keep a promise, we backs out. they instigated

a negative assessment to the political situation in ukraine. usually this means a burn notice on the opposite side. on september 2004, the u. s. senate passed a resolution ordering the executive branch to impose sanctions on ukraine in case of violations during the presidential campaign. basically, the ukranian president had already been selected in the united states. there was little left to do simply force ukraine to bend to the will of the united states. ah, when discussing ukraine, we must remember that its external and internal borders were formed in a unique environment. in 1920 ukraine became a part of the socialist community. and then after the formation of the ussr, it's borders were not historically defined, but are officially created by moscow. as a result, ukraine received both territories with a diverse population in ideological social and religious terms, and also with a very diverse industrial structure. the center scenario was also industrialized, but to a lesser extent, ah, the south was traditionally agricultural and the western regions were historically less developed. this diversity prevailed during all of

u. s. a. and after that, it's quite obvious that the u. s. a wanted to warn you, said ukraine, for one simple reason or from geological interest of the u. s. u. s. wants to divide ukraine from russia. and what can be right to conscious better that the civil war? what if the russians the best against your credit government or worse or that's how things are looking at 4 30 am moscow time this friday morning. my name is peter scots, and i'll be back again with all the latest on, of course, any updates on those explosions reporting care in about 30 minutes. thank you for watching. ah, a with pohden is the aggressor tune chose is war. today i'm authorizing the additional strong sanctions. i figure out which of the problems renewed. i just click on the billing you spending more streamline the branding all in ports of russian oil and gas turbine and imposing these sanctions are brush your has destroyed the american . in fact, there's a boomerang by way of suffering. the i was really hitting people in the pocket book, boys or girls was always there. are you using or is your, your rout

u. s. and that nato allies are attempting to ramp up support or ramp up the transfer of a weapons to ukraine. they believe their own rhetoric. they believe that russia is bluffing. obviously, the u. s. must know that this is a desperate situation for ukraine. why are they continuous and why more importantly, why in any remote way in america's national interests be provoking a war over the borders of ukraine? no one has answered that question yet. africa is set to lose out on an unprecedented $11000000000.00 worth of food supplies, according to the african development bank. that's as grain exports have been disrupted by the conflict in ukraine with russia struck by a wave of sanctions against transport and logistics services. already the price of wheat has gone up about 60 percent. mays and other grains will also be effected. there may be a fertilizer crisis, as there would be about a 2000000 metric ton deficit. and that will affect food production by about 20 percent. the african development banks president has also warned of the potential for the hunger crisis in the continent to become one

a unique environment. in 1920 ukraine became a part of the socialist community. and then after the formation of the u. s. s, our, it's borders, we're not historically defined, but are officially created by moscow. as a result, ukraine received both territories with a diverse population in ideological social and religious terms. and also with a very diverse industrial structure. the center scenario was also industrialized, but to a lesser extent, ah, the south was traditionally agricultural and the western regions were historically less developed. this diversity prevailed during all of ukraine's history. as well as the internal fault lines wow. economic growth under treatment affected primarily the east of the country with a population much closer to russia and to a lesser extent, the agricultural regions and the west, ah, with a stable domestic situation. this is not critical. but when internal problems arise, it can create conflict. in the 2004 elections, it became clear where these internal fault lines were in the election victory and a coverage was declared. the winner with this outcome did not suit wa

i think give us an idea of how well equipped ukraine's army is now because there are a lot of countries pitching in the u. s. secretary of defense said today he's convinced that ukraine can actually win this war. well, he has to say this and the psychology working at this point as well. if you look at the moment ukraine has received from the west so far, this is more or less a live album and its anti tang guided ammunition in german pants or falls. it's stinger aircraft systems about the light and geography system. what your brain is, liking is heavy systems, main battle tangs air, the fans not only those, a light air defense but heavier system. and this is talk to flow in mostly old soviet bloc weapons from the czech republic, from sla baker, probably from slovenia as well. this will go only so far because as a limited amount of these old soviet equipment available in those countries who were in the eastern bloc and now are part of nato. so if nato nato, but if the west wants to continue supporting ukraine, they have to think about starting training ukrainians on western systems to deliver western systems

ukraine over the past week. and across the atlantic, the u. s. is set to face a shortage of stinger anti aircraft systems next year, because so many have been sent to ukraine. that's a warning from the u. s. major contractor of defense raytheon. however, the conflict has been good for raytheon, according to the company's recent report. it clocked up sales of almost $16000000000.00 in the 1st quarter of this year. that's a 3 percent from last year. of the financial boost comes courtesy of stinger missiles being one of the major weapons delivered to ukraine, as well as javelin anti tank missiles. since russia's military operation began, 1400 anti aircraft systems have been sent to key forces with some officials, estimating washington has given away nearly a quarter of it's stocks to curb. the shortage, the u. s. defense department is seeking more military equipment to be distributed by other organizations. department is asking for air defense, anti armor and other systems from across the military industry, and is exploring ways to ramp up production. former c i a a

ken said that he wants to see a sharp increase in the supply of weapons to ukraine, or the u. s. and need a worried at all about where these arms may end up in the future. should they be they don't seem to be, but they should be because some of those arms have so far, been blown up by the russian army and arms dumped inside ukraine. some have been seized by the russian army and now by being used by them. if the u. s. continues to send more arms, then it's likely some will never even make it to you, crane and end up in the hands of black market tiers in europe. and some might end up in ukraine in the hands of the neo nazis who are very much involved in the ukranian hunter government. and in their military and security services. these people could squirrel them away and bring them up in the future, or for, for their nefarious political purposes. the us defense secretary said he wants to see russia both weakened and depleted, so it couldn't repeat what it's done in ukraine. can we only read into about the washington actually doesn't really wants any quick resolution to the conflict.

s b, u kidnapping, and assassinating dissidence. and now i fear he has become its latest victim. if gonzalo lira has indeed been disappeared by ukraine's s b u, he joins a long list of dissidence. leftists, human rights activists and local officials kidnapped, tortured and even assassinated by zelinski death squads and with key as open support. meanwhile, one of ukraine's nationalist leaders has posted a series of tweets on his private account, mockingly claiming the journalist might have been abducted and killed by quote, some guy with the call signs, chile, and other posts. he shows a photo of neo nazi fighters again hinting they might be the ones behind the reporters disappearance and even applauding the prospects of the journalists being dead. but the radical ukrainian commander has not provided any evidence. so the information cannot be immediately verified. gonzalo era is 54 years old and has been living in ukraine from past few years. he was in care of. busy when the conflict directed in february and then traveled to the 2nd largest city harker to cover the fighting there, he has repeatedly criticized new cranium, government and armed forces. at

a ukraine. what's happening now may still lover of sad is a direct result of us as desire. u. s. is will to dictate their rules to the rest of the world, including key of miss oliver, of all so sad that the aim of moscow's current military operation in ukraine is to liberate people's republics. often ask and logan's completely adding that the operation has just now entered a 2nd. very crucial phase. speaking about the events in the ukraine in town of boucher lekia presented as war crimes committed by the russian army. and that to moscow sees as a complete fake mister law of promise that's russia will find out the truth and had just to remind you, following boucher without any independent investigation. the west supported key of an imposed several packages of economic sanctions against russia commented on that mister la grove said that russia is still strong enough. no, we have come to a very straightforward conclusion. weekend or 3 y on western colleagues in any part of our life, which has strategic significance. speaking about russia, relations with angel, mr. oliver, sad that t

u. s . a. nato, when what they doing in ukraine is essentially a power play. however, with the u. s. outlining its goal. so clearly, this idea that essentially wants to militarily new to russia, that he wants russia to fail. there were some who had said that that is the only logical conclusion. thanks for taking us through the sart to europe correspondence, charlotte dubin ski. and that said, delve into some of the issues that charlotte was raising. there were geopolitical analysts on for me, you aspirin, bryan for last 6. hi there, brian could to see you. we have rushes foreign minister saying nato countries are now fighting a proxy war with russia by sending in their arms. how do you see it? i think it absolutely is a proxy more and when we really think about it, i think it's you can make a compelling case. the claim, that's what the u. s. has been doing. geopolitically has been a series of proxy conflicts with russia and china. this is part of a post world war 2 policy that to us us had to eliminate the possibility of a peer or near peer competitor. we saw this all during the co

u. s. and according to ukraine, will be won by ukraine. so a strong signal towards moscow that they will act together. and with germany, with this huge paradigm shift, that means sending heavy weapons to ukraine. but for ukraine, for the u. s. and for many allies, this is a step that was long of a do. all right, it is benjamin alvarez. karuba. thank so much i'm joined by the dominance chief political edit editor mikaela. christina mckayla, tell us what has brought around brought about this really very significant change in policy. well, quite clearly it was internal and external. we've had quite a debate here in germany over the past couple of weeks with 2 of the 3 coalition parties. actually continuing to criticize thompson, all our choice for not interpreting his tightened vendor. the full turnaround is backing ukraine with everything germany has including everything and industry has. and now we see the pledge by the german defense minister lamp thing that is some 50 of those sheets. a tanks that are anti air craft missiles capable and vehicl

you leadership, special coverage on al jazeera, ah, a sudden ukraine. braces for a new russian offensive while u. s. president joe biden describes the war as genocide. what the word discard, we've actually, whether or not qualified for the true foods, or where to me, ah, hello, i money inside. this is angie their life and joe hall was so coming up is already false, is again, right the palestinian city of janine and all the areas of the occupied west buying coff. today's of rising violence, heavy rain and flooding kill at least 59 people in south africa. many of us still missing on police in new york such for a 62 year old man. they say was involved in a subway train, shooting the engine move, and it doesn't. b u . s. president joe biden has further hardened his language about the war in ukraine, referring to russia's invasion as genocide. his previously called the russian leda vladimir putin a woo criminal. i call the janitor, saw the evidence of murray. the difference was last week, the more evidence is coming out of literally a horrible thing that the russians have done in ukraine. and we can onl

u. s. a. and after that, it's quite obvious that the u. s. a wanted to warn you, said ukraine, for one simple reason. from the political interest, the u. s. u. s. wants to divide your claim from russia and what can divide to countries better than the civil war, which if the russians the best against your trading government or vice versa, ah, well, moving on from the events in ukraine over in britain, authorities could send tens of thousands of asylum seekers to the east african country of rwanda. aiming to break, they say people smuggling networks and stem the flow of migrants across the english channel. we must ensure that the only route to asylum in the u. k is a safe and legal one. those who tried to jump the queue or abuse our systems will find no automatic path to set them up in our country, but rather be swiftly and humanely removed to a safe 3rd country or their country of origin. while anyone was arrived in brighton illegally since january 1st could now be relocated to rwanda. its hope that would disrupt the business model of people smuggling gangs. but the plans drawn

u. s. ready and after that, it's quite obvious that the u. s. a wanted to warn you, said ukraine, for one simple reason from jail. the political interest of b, u. s. u. s. wants to divide ukraine from russia. and what can be right to countries better than the civil war with ethic or russians the best against your credit government or why so was well, that's all that we've had time for this hour, but be sure to join us in just under half an hour's time. my name is donna, thank you for being with ah, with .

u. k. was drawing a red line in the solomon islands that is 9000 miles from the united states, a 1000 kilometers from australia, the u. s. in the u. k. say, that's a red line. now ukraine is less than one millimeter from russia. russia has no sphere of influence. and meanwhile, the u. s. and the u. k. apparently haven't, haven't taken the whole pacific the pacific ocean. and my question would be this, does the solomon islands have a red line? apparently there's no sovereignty, it only applies to ukraine. it does not apply to the solomon's island. i mean, they have broken the hypocrisy meter here in the last few days. well, i think garland, that's why the global south doesn't want to have anything to do with this because they, the further you get away from london in washington, the more hypocritical it seems. ok, that's why they're not throwing their lot in this. they had to take care of their people. they're thinking about their own sovereignty and not make allowing others to dictate what that sovereignty is. that's the world we live in, gentlemen. that's all the time we have many, thanks them i guess and watch it in providence. and in our slow and thanks to our viewer

u. s. and yet with all of this, talk about the need for the u. s. decide more weapons ukraine. it never is mentioned that this trend of supplying weapons do a country only leaves you instability and chaos which then creates more refugees. this is u. s. policy always to make great promises and come through on nothing when it comes to the people themselves. so with millions of refugees, once again, us policy is to give assistance to almost none of them. and to instead, impose on the surrounding countries an enormous dislocation. at this point, the biden administration has managed to process, they managed a process in march 12 ukrainians who had refugee status. and by the way, this happens all the time. look at the hundreds of thousands who were promised refugee from afghanistan, not much different in iraq and syria, in libya, for all of the countries where the u. s. has instigated wars kept them running for years and created an enormous dislocation of peoples who really are forced to leave their own country and then live at the very dislocated life and enormous expense in the surrounding country and then use the ousted prime minister of pakis

a well joined the regulars on board techies? shin chi abbas analogies era ah, when it comes to russia's warnings, russia is failing. ukraine is succeeding. the u. s. pledges more military a to ukraine during the highest level american visit to keep since the war with russia began. ah. but on the club, this is al or alive from there are also coming up, rushes president accuses the west of aggression and says it's failing to divide that russian society found guilty of trying to overthrow the government psyched. resultant kabbalah is sentenced to life in prison. in turkey, manuel macro becomes the 1st french president in 20 years to be re elected, but he has major challenges ahead so russia is failing in ukraine. that is, according to the secretary of state who's wrapped up a visit to keep onto the blanket and defense secretary lloyd austin pledge to step up u. s. military aid, including more advanced weapons. lexia brian begins, are coverage a show of support in a time of war, the u. a secretary at state and defense in the ukrainian capital to meet president for law to me as a landscape. this was the 1st high level visit by us officials, since russ

u. s. a. and after that, it's quite obvious that the u. s. a wanted the war and you said ukraine for one simple reason come from jill. the political interest of the u. s. u. s. wants to divide ukraine from russia. and what can divide to countries better than the civil war with ethical russians the done best against your credit government or vice versa? well that said from me for this hour, but make sure to join our to international in just under half an hour's time from a news and analysis. my guest on of thank you for being with me.

u. s interests. that's how the white house has reiterated that joe biden does not plan to send american troops to ukraine, to quote, fight a war with russia. but u. s. intends to continue to provide ukraine with military aid despite moscow's warnings. against that. the white house statement came in response to a suggestion by a high ranking democrat that the u. s. must act against russia to prevent ukraine from devolving into the next syria. i deeply worried that what's going to happen next is that we will see ukraine turn into syria. the american people cannot turn away from this tragedy in ukraine. i think the history of the 21st century turns on how fiercely we defend freedom in ukraine, and that putin will only stop when we stop in the world knows that the situation in syria is largely default of the united states since 2011. the united states has been meddling in syria, trying to expand and expand discontent in the country and ultimately try to topple the government. between 20142017 alone. $12000000000.00 was spent by the united states on trying to conduct regime change and intensify the conflict in syria. if the con

u. s. tirade author on form a u. s. senate aid many thanks tom. we appreciate it. thank you. ah. as the crisis, the over ukraine developed, the issue of military equipment has become a top issue to discuss the master anti sat down with russian deputy for i would say you're a bonus. solve who handles the military industrial complex when you, you chest and like you said you was regarding state defense procurement. we don't see any serious threats that could undermine our work on the plan tasks in this area. perhaps this is a result of our western partners keeping us on our toes since 2014. we have had plenty of time to adapt to the continuous sanctions. they have been introducing against russia. we now have import substitution policies in place, and we have accumulated unnecessary reserves talk of critically important materials and components. therefore, russia's current state defense procurement program is under no threat material. it surely is a very challenging situation for our automotive industry. now that some key components are no longer available, if we consider the entire range of the vehicles we produce