i'm a research fellow at the royal united services institute for defense and security studies story. it's good to have you on the program. you published a report in april, which warranted the possibility of russia doing what zalinski now says they have concrete plans to, to do that. the separate to your nuclear power plant, but before we talk about that, i'd like to get your reaction to the claims coming from guinea. pre goshen that pretends, reasons are most skills reasons for attacking ukraine. have all been a why to um yeah, things thanks for having me. um, i mean, uh i need to, i'm probably not the best place to, to comment on that. most of my work is been around the operation of your power plant. what's happening out at the facility, but i mean, i think we've seen from the very start of the full scale invasion that a russian has been spinning. you know, a, a, a not very convincing narratives of said what is essentially the legal invasion of the country when you consider provisions of claim that ukraine is advancing on these efforts you're in the here. so on the front is the safe

he's a security analyst and a research fellow at the royal united services institute in london. thanks for being with us. and ukraine is expected to launch a counter offensive. any time now, they'll be trying to flush out russian troops. how much would that counter offensive do you think will involve urban warfare as well? it, it really depends how you craig, wants to go about this offensive a is with you already started, you'll see a gradual uptake an appraisal type by which we're seeing costs for mind at the maintenance. um, so is started but it's no, it's not offensive, but we'll start on a certain day and that and then continue. but in terms of the advice of the crating . so obviously preparing for our fighting. and at the very interested in boxes reports, it's very difficult. it's very close to, it's very localized. it's very easy to get find. and ultimately, it's very slow because you have to clear cities, and that's perfectly uh, the issue is crazy, is if they choose to go into whatever bottles of the star this offensive, then they might get bogged down if you're seeing t

so yeah, that was because of the royal united services institute. we appreciate your time and your valuable insights. thank you. thank you. with a war raging to its east nato has just completed his largest ever air force drill for the past 2 weeks. more than 10000 soldiers from 25 countries. took part in the exercise and sailed in disguise. over europe, the drill was led by germany and it was called air defender. 2023. the pitted, the nato alliance against an imaginary enemy, as they are just under $23.00. it was not officially aimed at defending against a specific enemy, but demonstrating it could when any war is hell, needle calculates it won't have to wage one strong off answers your best defense. it is best for everyone to come to a peaceful resolution. uh, but if called, uh to, uh, to activate, were ready to 2 week exercise led by germany simulated a collective response to an attack on nato territory. it brought together 10000 participants from 25 countries in the alliances largest air exercise ever. the planning began 4 years ago, but situatio

it was because of the royal united services institute. we appreciate your time and your valuable insights. thank you. thank you. with a war raging to its east nato has just completed his largest ever air force drilled for the past 2 weeks more than 10000 soldiers from 25 countries. took part in the exercise and sailed in disguise. over europe, the drill was led by germany and it was called air defender. 2023. it pitted the nato alliance against an imaginary enemy as they are just under $23.00. it was not officially aimed at defending against a specific enemy, but demonstrating it could when any war is how nato calculates, it won't have to wage one strong off ends as your best defense. it is best for everyone to come to a peaceful resolution. uh, but if called, uh to, uh, to activate, were ready to 2 week exercise led by germany simulated a collective response to an attack on nato territory. it brought together 10000 participants from 25 countries in the alliances largest air exercise ever. the planning began 4 years ago, but situations th

she is a research fellow with the proliferation and nuclear policy program at the royal united services institute for defense and security studies, or we'll see. thank you so much for joining us here on the program. how big is the threat posed by this operates a nuclear power plant right now. i mean, as you said, there are 5 reactors there. now. cool. shut down one that stone hot shut down. i think it would probably be foolish to assume that there's no chance that russia would with the engineer and instead of that. so do you think it's worth considering the risk that thought it might um, either through there might be an accident, legitimate accident at the facility? so precisely, what are some of the reasons that you pointed out, or russia may look to generate an emergency situation and take advantage of that? so i think, i think the risk is real potentially what some release of radiological material, although not necessarily. um, so i think i think it's worth not underestimating the the risk that's there. what are the key vulnerabilities that the plant also keeping in mind, the recent destructio

russian foreign policy analyst and in geneva is samuel romani, associate fellow at the royal united service institute, and author of pollutants were on ukraine. a warm welcome to you all, and thanks so much for joining us today on inside story. peter, let me start with you today. the conventional armed forces near a treaty, which is in a court that's often referred to as the cornerstone of european security. it's unraveling. so what does this mean for global arms control? slow to disaster, but it was a completely exact if that's all i would like to say clarify, i don't speak on behalf of the us government. i work for the government, but obviously just express my own wheels and i think it's a disaster of some of the political analysts now use this theory that we coming back to some kind of new medieval isn't. uh they are basically no trinity is left and right and tall is so proud using all arms to bill or that so say most of the journeyman company, they're making tax for ukraine now. and the budget is increased by hundreds of billions, ideally $500000000000.00 for the defense department, for the minis

spoke to nat geo says korea, an associate fellow at the defense and security think tank roy united services institute, and the lecturer in russian politics. she told me the weekends events and dr. moss would have shopped to the russian public. so they are used to seeing, puts in as these very powerful leader who is able to take things in, in charge and control. and this was very much distinct from the crises that he has been facing and in the past. and in that sense, i think it's really demonstrated some of this has stomach folder abilities of he's who and also in light of the war and ukraine. obviously, russians, regardless of the facts that there was, of course, have a propaganda in place washer and still understands that things have not been going quite well. so this really added up to some of the grievances and concerns put a never come named pre gordon. uh, and this is something that is quite common because in case of phonics and a vanity for example, he never also names him when he, when he's talking, referring to him. but i think it was quite explicit when he was talking about the treatment fo

united services institute is an oxford i'm. he's joining us live very good to have you with us on all just here. we heard earlier that if any precaution is asking for a meeting with defense officials, does he have anything to bargain with? do you think it wasn't the usual takes over the roster office or the as one of the bargaining ship ice threatening to making large advance on last gap for national pets and then moscow itself. so he's using the track for the military incursions impossible defections from the russian national guard. however. busy level, military forces and conscripts as his bargaining chip. do you think that he actually has that to play with? do you think that, given what we've seen so far with regards to the reaction that some of the military has had to what's been going on, that he would be able to encourage enough military i of a like full time army if you'd like to join him to be able to give them the leverage that he needs. i those have to go that he's really be able to get the kind of levers are really n

live now to london and dr sidharth kaushal, navy analyst and research fellow at the royal united services institutes through _ programme. thank you for having me. just talk us through your _ programme. thank you for having me. just talk us through your thoughts i just talk us through your thoughts as the investigation develops. ln as the investigation develops. in terms of next stages, of as the investigation develops. l“i terms of next stages, of course, we now have a lot more clarity about the causes of the unfortunate incident. presumably the next stages, that is a fairly conclusive outcome. presumably nick stages would be more to do with things like the integrity of the vessel itself and whether this it was fit for purpose for the sorts of tasks it was being asked to perform. [30 purpose for the sorts of tasks it was being asked to perform. do stay there for us- — was being asked to perform. do stay there for us. as _ was being asked to perform. do stay there for us. as you _ was being asked to perform. do stay there for us. as you are _ was being asked to perform. do stay there for us. as you

senior research fellow for land warfare at the royal united services institute this year. >> good tous. >> pleasure. yes it was fairly dramatic. obviously the wagner group decided to stage a demonstration. but it seems to have caught a lot of people by surprise. he trajectory of the events was unexpected. >> what is your analysis from what happened? why did they stop where they did. it's worth noting that when prigozhin took over the southern military district command post, he did not stop it operating. and he sat down with general alexei, and a deputy and a head of the gru. who's been running the wagner group operations for a long time. was obvious negotiations were going on in the background. and that this was essentially a ploy to shift the balance of power into the rush ministry of defence. so deal was very struck. >> why would he go to belarus? howard alexander lukashenko, president voters want him in his country? when he arrested 30-year-old people in the summer of 2020 during election campaign. that they're trying to. him >> no evidence the wagner group we're looking to s luka

let's bring in professor michael clark, the former general of the royal united services institute.istening in. what is your take on the international reaction? certainly, what would've been international concerns for the white house and downing street, if if any proportion is someone to worry about as well? as well >> as christopher was sitting there with you if you look at any matters russian you have to be ready for bizarre events that will happen quickly. this was either going to be a quick coup or a quick fate coup, which nonetheless was all done and dusted at this stage anyway really quickly. it's bizarre and it is fast. the rest of the world has a good sense to understand that everyone was gonna say let's see, let's not get it ahead of ourselves and indeed what this has done is left the kremlin in a shaken position. putin weaker. even if this succeeded and somehow removing putin or reducing his power tremendously, the war would not necessarily be over idle. we will get to a more dangerous phase because the less stability there is in the kremlin the more dangerous the war is l

while tabatabai added that this unique identifier is recognized as a unit in the ministry of interior and other institutions and all services will be provided with this code, according to the political deputy governor of khorasan razavi identification of the 13th lesson unit, we will see the image of providing services and nationals, and according to the promise, this plan will be implemented in august this year . afghan refugees in this year's arbaeen procession , we will provide the best gift for the dear afghan people and refugees and immigrants. al-abbas and all the imams should plan for mr. gul sharaft of iran, he said that they are trying to solve the problems of insurance for foreign nationals and we need the help of international organizations for a genuine health treatment that is part of our policies and similar to what the iranians are getting now, but it was accepted. we are being followed by international and nervous organizations, god willing, your concern will decrease now with this united nations, the consul general from the afghan embassy in mashhad informed about the process of distributing passports and e

. >> senator, there's a new report out in london from the royal united services institute indicatingit made early on. they're better as using their infantry and pulling out ukrainian positions. there is always some tendency for bias in the u.s. when it comes to ukraine's chances, but how much are you hearing about the degree to which russia has improved its military tactics recently ahead of this spring -- i guess summer offensive now? >> well, we know russia has a major military capability. we know that. think back to february of last year. no one would have predicted that ukraine would be in existence today let alone where they are on the battlefield. ukraine has been motivated. they've been effective. and they're continuing to be effective in holding back the russian aggression. this is russia's war of aggression, and ukraine has defended its sovereignty with extreme effectiveness. so it may take longer. we don't know how long it's going to take, but ukraine is going to maintain its sovereignty and win this war. >> senator, two parts. one is the concern domestically about we're sp

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we'rejoined now by natia seskuria, an associate fellow at the royal united services institute, also knowntry of defence. he has been quite vocal, criticising the leadership, but not vladimir putin actually _ leadership, but not vladimir putin actually. this has been an exception because _ actually. this has been an exception because he's criticism was always concentrated on the russian defence ministry. _ concentrated on the russian defence ministry, the head of the defence ministry— ministry, the head of the defence ministry and the head chief of the general— ministry and the head chief of the general staff. of this escalation that we — general staff. of this escalation that we have been looking out for the past — that we have been looking out for the past couple of hours is quite extraordinary because this goes beyond — extraordinary because this goes beyond the criticism and the rhetoric _ beyond the criticism and the rhetoric that has been voiced by prigozhin — rhetoric that has been voiced by prigozhin for many months and he actually— prigozhin for many months and he actually threate

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servicing the population of energodar and employees of the nuclear power plant. veronika skvortsova looked at the city medical unit, which became a branch district center fmba. the medical institution is equipped with modern equipment . recently, the fleet of vehicles has been completely updated and mobile laboratories for radiation monitoring have been purchased. in fact, these machines are fully equipped with the necessary equipment, and completely with a wide range of radio technicians of various e-e drugs for acute radiation sickness with all the necessary personal protective equipment. now you have all this, this is the brigade, it will be located on your territory and, as it were, you probably already know we are creating a separate unit 10 second stationary with a separate checkpoint itself, a checkpoint and separate sanitation zones. sorting patients into severe , moderate, severe and light , another fmba center is currently being built in mariupol operating unit usa uk are actively working on disunity of the cis countries about this in minsk at a meeting of the head of the security agencies and intelligence agencies of the cis members, said the director of the fsb , alexan

services. so it turns out that civilizations. peace foundation finances the supply of weapons, and the institution of human rights prohibits fundamental freedom of opinion and belief. the unitedtes is preparing to continue the ukrainian conflict. for as long as possible and all for their own benefit, such an opinion was voiced in the program of the club of editors on belarus 1. as experts noted, after the explosion of the kakhovka hydroelectric power station, there may be other provocations made by proxy, is this part of a big american plan to dominate the world? if we remember back at the turn of the 2000s, it was written officially the white paper and the cia and the pentagon, where the task was set and as a forecast that in 2050 there will be a nuclear conflict with china. here they are preparing for this year 2010 and creating an appropriate plasma pulling russia away from china. yes, they are tearing off, then, the asia-pacific region. they are preparing in their own right yes, as it were, aggression in order to create the most favorable conditions. and we in this game yes should be just chips or burnt coals there. and we must clearly understand this, that it is really n

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