welcome to the program. ukrainian president vladimir savanski has thanked poland for its support in the war with russia. he received an official welcome from polish president andre duda during a visit to warsaw. poland has been one of you, christ closest and most vocal allies, and has provided extensive military support. president duda said he's country is now ready to send ukraine all of its remaining. mig fighter jets on top of those already promised mr. zelinski is due to read some of the 1600000 ukrainians who sought refuge in poland since the invasion. well, i corresponded daina moran is in warsaw a welcome christie. let's start with a promise from poland. if polling gives away all of its mig jets. when does that leave becomes his defense. that's a very good question. phil. i had a conversation with a defense analyst, and she told me about what she feared was the risk of demilitarization in europe as a result of the war in ukraine. as, as western allies are chief among them, european countries have pledged and, and delivered more sort of heavy weaponry and at armory to ukraine that

we met with president vladimir savanski, who reiterated his wish for a fast track membership profess kremlin, says preventing ukraine from joining the military alliance. so one of the key goals, which the invasion to lady, let me be clear, ukraine's rightful place is in the europe planting family. ukraine's rights will place is in natal and over time our support will help you make this possible. child stratford is following developments from the ukranian capital. well, as you could imagine, zelinski is continued his demands for more weapons. we've already seen tens of millions of dollars worth of western cape flooding into this country over recent months. and we know that certainly there are thousands of ukrainian soldiers that have been pouring into the dorm bass region in the south in recent weeks, in preparation for this expected so called spring council offensive. so yes, zelinski are asking for more weapons, the ukrainians have been pretty candid, certainly saying that there are huge holes in their ability to defend the skies. interestingly, yesterday, germany confirm that it's

warned more people could still be burried. savanski is just west of been moved to city. russia has been trying to capture for several months. russian president vladimir putin has signed into law plans to create an electronic draft system to conscript men into the military. with an e mail call, a papers will no longer need to be served in person. draft dodgers will have their drivers license is suspended and be barred from selling their apartments or other assets. a supreme court judge and brazil has ordered former president diable to narrow to testify before federal police. within 10 days, it will be questioned about his role in the storming of government buildings by his supporters. in january, brazil's tom prosecutor said, both scenarios testimony was needed to clarify would have been germany, foreign minister. and alina babel has held talks with senior chinese diplomats over taiwan and beijing's human rights record. and she called on china's leaders to help and the war in ukraine, german foreign minister on the lena bear bock on her inaugural visit to china after landing in the port city of to young jin on thursday. burbock put the tough topics on

advanced towards major ukrainian cities in the region savanski and cram a tourist and in turn control of the entire turnouts. guerria ukrainian president vladimir lansky has repeatedly said ukraine. we'll continue to hold back moat. for an hour, it appears the months long stalemate remains the longest and bloodiest battle in russia's war in ukraine. and it shows little sign of changing poland, slovakia, and hungary and say their banner, the import, an transit of grain from ukraine to protect their own agricultural sectors. local farmers have complained of grain coming from the water region being sold below market price. but with the you largely responsible for trade rules in those countries, brussels may still intervene. the bands are causing long delays at the borders. a long line of ukrainian trucks stuck at the polish border. drivers say they've been waiting here for days after the country announced a temporary ban on grain imports from ukraine. so when you motion you brown, you live where we can't go in either direction. the pulse reached out the hand to us and i'm very thankful him will. sure. yep, legato nancy, great. alright. whole of uk

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savanski and cram a tourist. and in turn control of the entire turnouts. guerria ukrainian president vladimir lansky has repeatedly said ukraine will continue to hold fast, mort. for now, it appeared the months long stalemate remains the longest and bloodiest battle in russia's war in ukraine. and it shows little sign of changing them for more. let's bring in ben hodges. he is the former commanding general of the us army, europe, and chairman of the globe sack future security and defense council. he is a close observer of the war. thank you so much for rejoining us, general hodges. we appreciate your time. russia claiming in the past 24 hours that its bagginger mercenaries have taken 2 more districts in bach moot. how important is that, sir? a bach mood is actually all about crimea. ukraine has managed for 9 months to stop russian forces from capturing buck mood. in the meanwhile, they have been building up forces that they're going to use and they're offensive, which i think happens in several more weeks. that will be aimed at isolating the crime in peninsula and then eventually making crimea untenable for russia

vladimir lensky deemed it absurd and called the council, a bankrupt institution. he says it ought to be reformed, so as not to allow a terrorist state to disrupt peace. savanski also called for russia to be held accountable for its actions in ukraine. meanwhile, on the front line, ukraine is managing to hold off russian troops. but civilians are still being urged to evacuate. a look now at what people are going through in the city of the fca, which has been left in ruins. driving through the battered streets in the eastern city of i've div curve with police are looking for those who want to leave. you put a number for the last 4 months. this basement has been home to 73 year old. helena. but she's decided it's time to go with no single mother was i couldn't take it any more. our house is destroyed and i spent most of the time in the basement. them really? by yet. every one is afraid. every one. local officials say the town has been almost completely destroyed in recent weeks. what's his name was destiny? me situation has changed in the past month since the beginning of march of disco has been under aircraft bombing and artillery file bavaria. no. since then, almos