we are hearing from the european commissioner ursula von der leyen and. the eu will accelerate ukraine membership. right now they do not have any additional context. but she did visit kyiv and met with president zelenskyy. we will keep an eye on this for any additional context as to what an accelerated path to e.u. membership could mean for ukraine and potentially for of course the war in ukraine and russia. jon: obviously that is something we will continue to monitor. we have been watching markets as well on this friday. it does look like this issue continues to be front and center for investors along with the story that kriti was alluding to. whether it is food prices or inflation in general next week we will watch for more inflation data in the u.s.. right now the s&p is basically flat with a three point gain. romaine: pretty much flat around the board. the big story in the u.s. has been the rise in yields this week. a massive run-up on the longer end of the curve, 29, 30 points on the 10 as well as the 30 year. that steepening has huge ramifications f

and so president zelenskyy and the officials who met with ursula von der leyen reiterated and re-upped their pleas for much, much more weaponry to defend themselves in this second offensive that russia is launching on the east. ursula vond der leyen said that would happen, plus the eu's dependence on russian energy that she says is gradually being separated from, they're gradually pulling themselves away from coal, gas, and eventually, they say, oil as well. >> i also want to bring in our senior white house correspondent phil mattingly and the former u.s. ambassador to ukraine, william taylor. ambassador taylor, what's your reaction to this latest atrocity? is this about inflicting as much terror on the ukrainian people as possible? >> wolf, you've described and christiane has described the international outrage at this, but the other thing this has done is inflamed the ukrainians. the ukrainians are now more determined than ever that putin will lose. ukrainians are going to win this fight, wolf. they're going to win, and it's because of this horror that putin is inflicting on them. an

commission resident, ursula von der leyen.ending air missiles to reinforce the ukrainian air defenses which have been damaged during the earlier stages of this invasion. we have also seen more support pledged by the british government and other european nations. some directly sending heavy military kit, some promising money to purchase more equipment. there has been talk of things like former warsaw pact countries offering their military equipment which shares more technology with what ukrainians are using and those nations would get replacement equipment provided by other nato nations. there is more equipment on the way. whether it is enough, ukrainians would say they need more, because they are preparing for a prolonged fight, and a fight which looks like it will intensify in the east of the country. on the ground, ordinary ukrainians appreciate support, especially from countries like the u.k. they hope that translates not just into supportive messages, but the hard cash or heavy kit they can use to continue their defense ag

ursula von der leyen in bucha.we have seen russian troops retreating in an apparent attempt to regroup and reorganise. military experts around the world are trying to guess what president putin 5 next move will be. so let's speak to 0leksandr danylyuk. he's a former ukrainian finance minister and head of the national security and defence council of ukraine. mr danylyuk is also a current member of ukraine's military. thank you very much forjoining us. what is your opinion on why russia is retreating from some areas and regrouping? what is the plan? weill. regrouping? what is the plan? well, the reason he _ regrouping? what is the plan? well, the reason he is _ regrouping? what is the plan? well, the reason he is retreating _ regrouping? what is the plan? t the reason he is retreating is because they failed to take control near kyiv, near churn i have, and they have realised they have no prospects of going further. while keeping their position will be too demanding to them, especially with the logistics and supply da

ursula von der leyen saying that in theory it breaks sanctions. our energy reporter joins us now for some clarity. can you please give us some clarity? we are really struggling to understand what's happening here . bloomberg learned that some companies set up accounts allowing them to make this two-step process. yet ursula von der leyen and speaking earlier from brussels indicating that that in theory would break sanctions. what in theory -- what is going on? >> it's getting even more complicated as we see the european union not wanting to walk back from that position of what will and won't violate sanctions with companies looking for workarounds to that. what we are talking about here is when the contract is paid, is it paid when you pay in euros, which of the european union said must happen, or when they receive the rubles? we have companies with their lawyers saying that they are studying potential workarounds for this to enable them to continue with the contracts. we have already seen a cut off in bulgaria. in the near term are we expecting mo

we are hearing from ursula von der leyen saying the russian gas cap was not a surprise.aulette and bulgaria are now getting their gas from eu neighbors. our response will be immediate and coordinated. the kremlin is using fossil fuels to try and blackmail us. that is the latest from the europeans. tom: incredible newsday. we have barely talked about meta, this afternoon. thank you, greg farrell, for joining on mr. hwang and federal indictments. 11 counts? jonathan: i have not counted. tom: i don't have the document yet. my entourage is trying to get the documents. jonathan: when you get it, pass it over. tom: right now, we are going to stephen gallo with bmo capital markets. when the big economic numbers, data, currency adjusts, do you need to readjust your 12-month forecast on euro-dollar? stephen: i will not give you a 12-month forecast at this point. i think we are just going through this one day at a time just like policymakers, just like investors globally. going back to the point that you made about economic data moving currencies, probably more so than in any time

that was ursula von der leyen, european commission president speaking earlier today.as suppliers have paid in rubles even after russia said it stopped natural gas flows to poland and bulgaria. let's turn to annmarie hordern, and a senior energy trader at cibc private wealth management. i want to draw on your experience covering the oil market, covering this region. i'm curious about what the president -- what the precedent is here. what are europeans and governments preparing for when it comes to halting gas flows? annmarie: there is no prece dent for what we are seeing today, and also that russia started with poland and bulgaria. it looks like putin is testing the waters a little bit before going after the massive players. what comes to mind is germany. we heard the german economy minister, he said 35% today they are still getting from russia. we have seen flows disrupted in the past. there have been feuds before, between russia and ukraine, notably in 2009, the depths of winter, very cold and slovakia had to tell factories to shut down. that would be one of the hars

jonathan: ursula von der leyen, the european commission president.e price action, positive 1.5% on the s&p, up by 2.12%. meta, facebook, the earnings for them helping them out. no earnings call later either. i guess for a lot of people, the relevance of these earnings have diminished somewhat over the last couple of weeks. interesting to see where this is trading. the gap is getting a little wider, not narrower, over the last few days. tom: there's a lot of things going on here. let's take two seconds on the 10 year yield. i get it, it is range bound, but it is also resilient to a higher yield. jonathan: we've got to wait for chairman powell next wednesday. . tom: i think it is off the radar. jonathan: the two-year yield is about 20 basis points off the highs of the last couple of weeks. tom: 30 seconds, farm journal. corn, wheat, higher. lisa: it is the highest levels i believe going back a decade or more. food inflation is going to be a real issue. tom: right now, daniel tannebaum with us, a real discussion, at oliver wyman. let's do sanctions 101.

president ursula von de leyen has been visiting ukraine to offer her support. 0ur diplomatic correspondent paul adams reports. in bucha, a chance to ponder the brutal realities of this war. ursula von dere european commission, in the town where ukraine says hundreds of civilians were killed by russian troops. the whole world is mourning with the people of bucha, and they are the ones who are, as you said, defending the border of europe, defending humanity, defending democracy, and therefore, we stand with them. but how much more are ukraine's friends willing to do to help? today, slovakia became the first country to send a major air defence system. with another russian offensive looming, this is the kind of equipment ukraine says it badly needs. in downing street, with germany's new chancellor by his side, borisjohnson said britain was also doing more. today, i can announce that the uk will send a further £100 million worth of high—grade military equipment to ukraine's armed forces, including more starstreak anti—aircraft missiles, which fly at three times the speed of sound, another 800 anti—tank missiles and precision munitions capable of lingering in the sky until directed to their

we have seen the european commission president ursula von der leyen came in to meet president zelenskyl have borisjohnson the uk prime minister meeting him and talking about financial and military aid. this comes a day after £100 million sale of weapons, on the pounds of weapons for ukraine were announced which were anti—tank missiles, anti—aircraft missiles are now downing street has said that after this meeting 120 armoured vehicles and also anti—ship missiles. what borisjohnson said in his statement to date was especially with what has happened the evidence of war crimes that has been mounting, he says that president putin has this his reputation. he said that this was a tactical move and aggression continues east of the country and therefore he said that the world in therefore he said that the world in the uk need to continue supporting ukraine as it pushes back against the russian invasion. fin ukraine as it pushes back against the russian invasion.— the russian invasion. on those humanitarian _ the russian invasion. on those humanitarian corridors, - the russian invasion. on those

european commission president ursula von der leyen was there yesterday along with the slovakian primeand today the austrian chancellor as well as borisjohnson. the visit was not announced but perhaps no surprise, borisjohnson has been keen to show support for ukraine ever since the invasion and downing street has confirmed the prime minister travelled to meet president zelensky in person in a show of solidarity with ukrainian people. the statement says they will discuss the long—term support ukraine from uk and set out a new package of financial and military aid. and just yesterday ukraine government announced a net when the pans and air defence systems to be supplied from uk. so borisjohnson has been welcomed and an aide to president stransky said the uk was the leader in the anti—war coalition and leader in the anti—war coalition and leader in sanctions against the russian aggressor. it seems to be something of a contest now amongst european leaders to show that solidarity and deliver cash and weapons that the ukrainian president has been crying out for. the ukrainian president has

yes, borisjohnson appearing on kyivjust one day after the eu commission president ursula von der leyenslovakian prime minister so president zelensky having a few face—to—face meetings but this will not be announced, we did not know borisjohnson will appear but boris johnson will appear but downing borisjohnson will appear but downing street confirmed he has been to give today, saying he travel meet president zelensky in person. the statement says it will discuss the long—term support to ukraine and the pmo set out a new package of financial and military aid and we knowjosh yesterday uk government announced £100 million package of anti—tank weapons and air defence systems to be shipped to ukraine, and the eu also announcing more support today, 1 million euros —— 1 billion euros being announced in the last half hour or so. it appears that president zelensky was like a fuel source of water having an effect with european leaders coming to see him, bringing cash and weapons and that has been his priority in the last few days saying to keep up the ukrainian effective defence required more mo

we should also note ursula von der leyen from europe was in kyiv herself today and said russia should expect rolling sanctions. emily: let's talk about those sanctions. what further sanctions could we see? what if there left of sanctions, at this point? annmarie: that is a great question. they have the package they pretty much sign on the dotted line. this package coming from the eu is a ban on russia's coal imports. it is not a lot of money, ursula von der leyen put at about $4 billion, but it does start to target something that for many european countries is going to be off limits, and that is going to be russia's fossil fuels. you have the polish investor saying today in brussels we are already preparing work to target russian oil, russian natural gas, as well as nuclear steel. this is the lifeblood and lifeline putin has left in terms of the money he is able to get from those sales. it is about 320 billion dollars this year alone they will make on sales of commodities. emily: we will also be following the aftermath of this cyberattacks, again, reportedly from russia on finland. ta

ursula von der leyen and below to mayor zielinski meet in kyiv after dozens were killed at a real evacuation hub. the central bank delivers a surprise 300 basis point interest rate cut in russia, the biggest indicates. and getting real inflation-adjusted yields are way less negative. the 10-year is north of 2.70. the focus is back on stocks when earnings season kicks off. i'm kailey leinz with guy johnson. welcome to bloomberg markets. it is friday. guy: the week feels like it has lasted quite a while. it seems as if hours are days and days are months. we are transitioning to what has been a very macro environment, getting a little more granular. i think we need to think about what companies will be telling us, and have. jp morgan front and center. jp morgan will start things off. the u.s. economy is different from the banking sector. the banking sector is fairly representative of what is happening. clearly, there are a number of headwinds. you have the rising interest rate story, rising inflation story, the more in ukraine, and that manifests itself in so many ways. will earnings disappoint

and immediately after these statements, the head of the european commission, ursula von der leyen, called gazprom's position on the suspension of supplies blackmail. gazprom's statement of a unilateral suspension of gas supplies to consumers in europe - this is another attempt by russia to use gas as a tool of blackmail. this is illegal and unacceptable. we are ready for this scenario and are in close contact with member states. we are now working on a coordinated response from the eu against the backdrop of these news, the cost of gas in europe increased by more than 20%, at the opening of trading, for 1,000 cubic meters they actually gave 1,330 dollars. now the quotes have slightly adjusted on the eve of the polish company received a letter from the diary about the warning. it is about the execution of the yamal contract; its final version was signed 12 years ago. it was supposed to be valid until the end of the year. gazprom reminded buyers that april 26 is the deadline for making payments under the new scheme, and it was she who became let me remind you that the reason for the disagre

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today, european commission ursula von der leyen traveled to bucha to see the atrocities there firsthand as investigators there continue to search for evidence of war crimes. she met with president zelenskyy in kyiv. president zelenskyy called for tougher sanctions, targeting russian oil and gas, saying, quote, it is energy exports to provide the lion's share of russia's profits and allow the russian leadership to believe in its impunity. this allows russia to hope that the world will ignore the war crimes. we will not allow this. everyone in the world who has the courage, like ukrainians, to resist tyranny, will not allow this. joining us now is nbc news correspondent ali arouzi in lviv. what is the situation there tonight? what is the >> good evening, la. another day, another unremitting stream of chaos and violence unleashed on ukrainian civilians. this time it's at a packed railway station in kramatorsk. it was a scene of devastation and carnage, as you mentioned. two missiles with the word for the children launch on people trying to get to safety they are. at least 50 people killed

he had a very important meeting with ursula von der leyen where they talked about eu membership, andeep and get some rest and he was more his usual self. but he's human, like everyone else. it effects him, yeah. >> he's human, but he also seems to exude a sense of optimism in trying to impress upon the ukrainian people that they're going to get their country back. so the eu is also saying it will resume its diplomatic presence in kyiv after temporarily moving into poland and some other countries including italy and slovenia are doing the same. what does this signal? is it a sign that kyiv is becoming safe again? they're trying to convey that? or is it also a way of perhaps gaining more security with the presence of those other countries? >> i think it's important for european leaders politically right now to signal that they are fully in support of ukraine, that they're, you know, ready to take on sacrifices and take risks on ukraine's behalf, as ursula von der leyen said yesterday on behalf of the european union, your fight is our fight and the i think the europeans are going quite

indeed, ursula von der leyen's made clear that she wanted an accelerated track for ukraine's european union membership. but in the midst of these discussions, the world learned, zelenskyy learned, of this rocket attack that killed scores of civilians. i saw a few have hours after that and he looked really bad. devastated. lotto i think you had a hard time holding it together. but he did. and just yesterday, the following day, i had a sense that he managed to pull it together, get some rest, and he looked much more like his usual self. upbeat and optimistic. when he met with force johnson of the uk, the prime minister. >> yes, he was also meeting with some european leaders today as well. let me ask, you just very quickly, about this particular strike. the u.s. announced that it was going to a deploy a patriot miss all systems to slovakia. following that country's move to provide it with -- provide ukraine with those russian s-300 air defense systems. the irony is that missile defense system would've actually protected that train station, or at least protected or prevented attacks like

. >>> new chief ursula von der leyen and hugh evans. plus, why they fight. across ukraine, reminders of old russian oppression are fueling today's fight. >> we understand the danger that may happen with this if putin continues. >> what ukrainians remember and how it's drooiving their fight. my special report from ukraine, ahead. >>> ukranians on the ground are bracing for more war. after the defeat in the battle of kyiv, russian president putin has brought in a new general to help, dvornikov. you can see it to the east of kyiv. it's a new prospect that even more brutality after the attack on bucha and the train station, which targeted 50 people trying to leave the region, including children, yesterday president zelenskyy met with u.k. prime minister boris johnson to help. prime minister johnson pledged more ukranian equipment for ukraine, including 800 next generation anti-tank weapons and javelin anti-missiles, and other aides such as body armor, helmets and night fishing goggles. joining us now, security adviser jake sullivan. jake, thank you for joining u

katie, president zelenskyy was visited by ursula von der leyen, the president of the european commission. the fact that such a senior european official felt it was safe to come here to kyiv to visit president zelenskyy raises questions about whether we might start seeing american officials coming to kyiv. it's very unlikely that president biden would come here into the middle of a war zone, but is it possible we could see secretarial blinken, we could see other figures. ursula von der leyen started her visit at the site of the massacre in bucha, that suburb outside of kyiv. she says she will do everything in her power to speed up ukraine's membership of the european union. that would be huge for this country, even if it isn't allowed to join nato, if it could join the european union, that would be a massive step for ukraine after this war. katie. >> that's the latest on the ground. thank you, raf. i want to know, as more evidence of war crimes surface, does diplomacy have its limits? coming up, we'll ask evelyn farkas what really needs to be done to stop these atrocities and whether the

and with eurean commission president ursula von der leyen meeting with president zelenskyy, i asked her more is europe prepared to do as these atrocities mount up? then ukraine's defense intelligence chief, general abaaoud noef, calls it an act of terror. and he calls on allies to beef up their defenses against russia's second phas also, i asked, could

the commission president, ursula von der leyen, said the plan was to ban all imports of russian coal,ian banks. the eu also says it plans to stop the sale of advanced ursula von der leyen, said the plan was to ban all imports of russian coal, wood, cement — as well as seafood and vodka. and it will impose full transaction ban on four russian banks. the eu also says it plans to stop the sale of advanced technology to russia, like semiconductors, the uk has been imposing its own sanctions on russia. and today on a visit to poland, its foreign secretary said the uk would do more. this week we will announce we have frozen over $350 billion of putin's war chest making over 60% of the regimes $604 billion foreign currency reserves unavailable. our coordinated sanctions are pushing the russian economy back to the soviet era. but we can and we must do more. as i told our mutual friend ukrainian foreign ministerfor labour yesterday. on thursday, i will be urging our nato and g7 partners to go further in sanctions. byjoining us in banning russian ships from our ports, cracking down on more russ

ursula von de leyen, has been here in ukraine offering her support. here's our diplomatic correspondent, paul adams. in bucha, a chance to ponder the brutal realities of this war. ursula von der of the european commission, in the town where ukraine says hundreds of civilians were killed by russian troops. the whole world is mourning with the people of bucha, and they are the ones who are, as you said, defending the border of europe, defending humanity, defending democracy, and therefore, we stand with them. but how much more are ukraine's friends willing to do to help? today, slovakia became the first country to send a major air defence system. with another russian offensive looming, this is the kind of equipment ukraine says it badly needs. in downing street, with germany's new chancellor by his side, borisjohnson said britain was also doing more. today, i can announce that the uk will send a further £100 million worth of high—grade military equipment to ukraine's armed forces, including more starstreak anti—aircraft missiles, which fly at three times the speed of sound, another 800 anti—tank missiles and precision munitions capable of lingering in the sky until directed to

ursula von der leyen called gazprom's statement to suspend supplies blackmail amid this news. cost of gas in europe is growing by more than 20% now for 1,000 km they actually give 1,330 dollars. and this trend continues on the eve of the polish company nick, received a letter with a warning, we are talking about the execution of the yamal contract, its final the version was signed 12 years ago and was supposed to be valid until the end of the year gazprom reminded buyers that on april 26 the deadline for making payments under the new scheme expired, it was she who caused the disagreement , let me remind you that starting from april, russia switched to gas payments in rubles. some foreign importers must send payment to a foreign currency account at gazprombank, then the funds are converted into rubles on the moscow exchange and returned to the bank. only then are they passed on. european commission recognized that, in fact, such an option would not be a violation of sanctions, but some states, including poland, nevertheless repeatedly expressed their unwillingness to switch to

the presidents of the european commission and european council, ursula von der leyen and charles micheliday. brussels is keen to get assurance from beijing that it will neither supply russia with arms nor help moscow circumvent western sanctions imposed over the invasion of ukraine. the western half of the chinese city of shanghai has gone into lockdown — the second phase of a plan to curb the spread of covid. the eastern half of the city has been locked down since monday, and will be allowed to gradually emerge from its restrictions. there's been panic buying and short supplies of some basic necessities. riot police have been deployed near the sri lankan president's house in the capital, colombo, after a large protest against deepening economic crises in the country. angry protesters have pulled down police barriers. this comes on a day the government began imposing an unprecedented 13—hour country—wide power cuts. the crisis has been caused by depleted foreign exchange reserves. the state of qatar says it has nothing to apologise for in hosting the men's football world cup. the draw f

ursula von der leyen chancellor of austria hammer british prime minister boris johnson head of the europeanits completely non- diplomatic proposal. there is not a word to seek a way out by military means, and the peaceful settlement of the conflict in ukraine is pushing for a further vision of the war . the prime minister of slovakia, still in the train car from warsaw to kiev, announces that ahead of him sent the s-300 complex. i believe that this protection system will help save. as many innocent lives as possible, he repeats several times that slovakia does not become a party to the conflict. well, they are the s -300 complex, inherited from the soviet union, already on ukrainian territory, zelensky receives everyone in the house with chimeras. this is part of the architectural ensemble of the government quarter, and western partners, to match the situation, are again feeding ukraine with european hopes. we are the wife of the finish line of access to the european union and ukrainian president pretends to be very pleased with the results. although they brought only a questionnaire from t

a sign of solidarity with ukraine the european commission president ursula von der leyenis commission president ursula von der leyens visiting kyiv to hold talks. the ukrainian government wants sanctions increased further in russia. the eu �*s dependence on russian oil and gas they argue is helping to fund its military aggression. in the western city of lviv a protest outside the russian embassy, accusing russian troops of loading areas they have captured. the everyday objects stolen from family homes. there is outrage and despair in ukraine over the alleged brutality civilians have suffered at the hands of russian soldiers. talk to people here, many echo the cause of the ukrainian president for more military support to be given to ukraine because there is fear over what more is to come. russian forces have sustained losses. as they recruit, the expectation is the donbas region in the east will become the new epicentre of the war. as warnings continue for people to leave. emma, everyone knew this train station was a major hub for civilians trying to play the area. if this is proven to be a direct attack from russia

and we saw yesterday the head of the european commission, ursula von der leyen reacting visibly withenes that she saw in bucha, and she commented that the war crimes there are apparent. do you share that assessment? i can only add that bucha is a small city where 40,000 people lived before russian troops arrived. so, if we see such kind of atrocity which even provide shock to ursula in picture, what does that tells us that awaits us at mariupol where hundreds of thousands of people live and stayed. and what is your reaction to the assistance that has been provided from borisjohnson from the uk today? i am very grateful because we need weapons and we need weapons urgently. we expect a heavy battle in the next several weeks, that is why we need air defence systems, we need tanks, we need armoured vehicles, we need anti—tank weapons, anti—tank weapons, anti—ship missiles, and a lot more. so, every weapons which is provided for us by great britain and other western democracies help us to defend our cities. the example of bucha shows that russia simply kills unarmed people, so we need wea

the european commission president, ursula von der leyen, says, "don't worry, europe can cope, we canoid." can they? well, i think it's always a possibility to reorient imports from different types of providers. the key question though is whether the infrastructure is in place and whether there is capacity in other providers and that is a big uncertain point at this point in time so i think while there is that possibility in theory, reorienting imports, given the magnitude of imports into bulgaria and poland, it's going to be very difficult to replace that and replace that rapidly via other sources given the infrastructure and capacity constraints. and what about where you are in the united states, any impact on gas supplies there? we're not seeing any impact in terms of supplies but we are seeing repercussions in terms of prices. natural gas prices have also risen of late. that is a function of essentially this tension and increase in sanctions that we are seeing in europe filtering through to the us with the us deciding to export more natural gas to europe and that is putting downwa

european commission president ursula von der leyen is in india for the second day today.he is meeting with the prime minister at rendra vogue and the minister of foreign affairs. the president of the european commission laid a wreath at the memorial to gandhi in action. this the first visit of a senior eu official to india by the european commission is part of an effort by the west to force india to cut its ties with russia after moscow's invasion of ukraine . russia's invasion of ukraine is one of the dominant themes in world capitals. she is the second european leader to visit india after the russian invasion last week the british prime minister visited india. we have a lot in common. we will come out, we are determined supporters of an international order based on we have a large economy and we have a lot in common, but we also face a difficult political situation. it is curious, of course, that there is already a real queue for an appointment with fashion today in new delhi and the head of the lithuanian foreign ministry, lance, from his mistakes, the american vassals

the head of the european commission, ursula von der leyen, will visit kyiv later for talks with ukraine'ssky. they are expected to dicuss the support provided by the eu to the country in the face of the russian invasion, both in the country and for the millions of refugees now in the eu. the visit takes place in the run—up to the pledging conference #standupforukraine organised in warsaw on saturday. the united states says it has trained a small number of ukrainian soldiers in the use of an anti—tank drone called switchblade. the single—use weapon flies into its target and detonates on impact. the pentagon plans to send 100 drones to ukraine to bolster the fight against russian forces. a close ally of president zelensky has accused the west of �*cowardice' for not giving more military support to the ukrainian army. as russian troops are repositioning in the east to launch a new attack, there's growing frustration among ukrainians over the response from western allies to the russian invasion. our world affairs editor, john simpson, reports from lviv, in western ukraine. at an orthodox chur

during a recent visit to kiev by the head of the european commission, ursula von der leyen, zelenskydemanded from the eu 7 billion euros per month, formally for social benefits in ukraine, the first question. this is minus 7 billion euros in our economy every month, minus 7 billion - these are all wages, payments from the pension budget, social support, a complicated situation. i say, frankly, how certain partners support us. it will be possible to see that at the end of the month these amounts are known to all the european union united states britain our people, given that last year all budget expenditures ukraine amounted to 55.5 billion dollars. zelensky clearly demands too much from the eu. at the same time, kiev’s appetites continue to grow from the imf and the g7 demand an additional $50 billion, adviser to the ukrainian president oleg stenka, even offered assistance options, either an interest-free loan or a redistribution of imf quotas in favor of ukraine alone, international creditors. however, they are not yet ready for such generous infusions and are voicing more modest su

the presidents of the european commission and european council, ursula von der leyen and charles michelsels is keen to get assurance from beijing that it will neither supply russia with arms nor help moscow circumvent western sanctions imposed over the invasion of ukraine. the western half of the chinese city of shanghai has gone into lockdown — the second phase of a plan to curb the spread of covid. the eastern half of the city has been locked down since monday, and will be allowed to gradually emerge from its restrictions. there's been panic buying and short supplies of some basic necessities. the state of qatar says it has nothing to apologise for in hosting the men's football world cup. the draw for november's tournament takes place on friday. but the country has been criticised for its human rights record. 0ur sports editor dan roan reports from qatar. it brings it home. the next six months, it's a matter of preparing, ready to welcome the world. ~ ., preparing, ready to welcome the world. ~ . , ._ world. with all eight stayed here within _ world. with all eight stayed here within

later this week, top eu officials ursula von der leyen and josep borrell will travel to kyiv to meet

today — european commission president ursula von der leyen will travel to kyiv to show, in her words, for ukraine in its fight against russia. russia has been suspended from the human rights council in a un vote. and the german chancellor olaf scholz will visit boris johnson today. ukraine aims to establish 10 humanitarian corridors today to evacuate trapped civilians in the south and east of the country. previous attempts in mariupol have failed. our first report this morning — is from the city of chernihiv — a city that survived a 10—week siege from russian forces. our correspondent, yogita limaye, has been given rare access to the area, now russian forces have pulled out. her report contains material some viewers may find distressing. another area the russians have withdrawn from. more unimaginable trauma. yahidne, a village in the north—east, close to the border with belarus. mykola klymchuk took us to the basement of the local school, filled with the stench of disease and decay. he was held here for four weeks, along with 130 others. the elderly, children, babies, whole families

it simply tests russia's determination, for example, european commission president ursula von der leyenrply against ruble payments for gas, but last week. european commission. still agreed that the russian payment scheme does not violate european rules, however, judging by indirect evidence. many buyers switched to the new payment procedure even before this decision. someone, apparently, really paid in rubles, because we saw very strong exchange rate fluctuations. yes, starting april 15th. that is, apparently, someone came with large masses of dollars and euros and exchanged them for e, respectively, rubles. that is, i think that a number of companies have already made their payments. e in currency. and this currency was converted, that i reverberated on rubles. that is, it strengthened, either against the dollar, or against the euro, precisely against the background of the fact that some amount changed to who exactly has already paid for gas in rubles, and who is still preparing, but opened an account in gazprombank for this, trade secret, which today gazprom does not disclose due to o

ursula von de leyen, has been visiting ukraine to offer her support. our diplomatic correspondent paul adams reports. in bucha, a chance to ponder the brutal realities of this war. ursula von derion, in the town where ukraine says hundreds of civilians were killed by russian troops. the whole world is mourning with the people of bucha. and they are the ones who are, as you said, defending the border of europe, defending humanity, defending democracy. and, therefore, we stand with them. today, slovakia became the first country to send a major air defence system, the soviet—era s300. with a major russian offensive looming, this is one of several new moves to supply ukraine with the kind of equipment it says it badly needs. in downing street, with germany's new chancellor by his side, borisjohnson said britain was also doing more. today i can announce that the uk will send a further £100 million worth of high—grade military equipment to ukraine's armed forces, including more starstreak anti—aircraft missiles, which fly at three times the speed of sound, another 800 anti—tank missiles and precision munitions capable of lingering in the sky until directed to their target. and two d

ursula von der leyen is travelling with the eu foreign policy chief, josep borrell. ahead of a donors�* conference in warsaw on saturday, called stand up for ukraine. 0ur correspondent danjohnson joins us from lviv. what can we expect from ursula von�*s visit? we what can we expect from ursula von's visit? ~ ~' ., , what can we expect from ursula von's visit? ~ ~ ., , , ., what can we expect from ursula von's visit? ~ ~' ., , , ., ., visit? we know she is going to meet the ukrainian _ visit? we know she is going to meet the ukrainian president. _ visit? we know she is going to meet the ukrainian president. she - visit? we know she is going to meet the ukrainian president. she is- the ukrainian president. she is taking other european leaders with her to show solidarity with ukraine and talk about what the majors can be offered, what support can be given to aid the ukrainian resistance. we know the ukrainian leader said for them the priority as weapons, weapons, weapons. there have been flows of extra weapons and back up but that is an issue they will talk about. they

ursula von der leyen in bucha. 0ur correspondent danjohnson has been giving us the latest from lviv.ng talked about hundreds of people potentially having been caught up in that attack and we know the station was absolutely crowded with thousands of people trying to get on trains to escape further west, trying to flee the fighting that is intensifying in the fighting that is intensifying in the east of ukraine and the civilian target, whether deliberately hit, is still under condemnation notjust still under condemnation not just from the still under condemnation notjust from the ukrainian president volodymyr zelensky who said this was a sign that the russians were not able to take on is military any battlefield so they've targeted civilians instead and we had responses from eu and us leaders, the uk defence secretary saying he believed this was the work of the russians, the president of the european council said it was horrifying to see that the missile hunted one of the main stations that had been used by in evacuating the region and the eu's foreign policy chief condemned the attack