william glue, croft beer. my next guest is liam collins. he is a retired us special forces, colonel. he was a senior defense advisor to ukraine curl. it's good to have you on the program. i want to start by talking about what we're seeing along the black sea coast. now we've got russia gaining control of the port city of hair song. mario poll is under threat. do you see russia being able to get the entire coastal region of ukraine under its control and turning ukraine into a landlocked country? i think they have the potential to do that. but it's challenging, right? like the reporter, you know, accurately important. it simply owning it, like on the map where you have the colors there and actually controlling are not the same thing. so yes, without a doubt, even though mary might be shut off. and if they control that, it will impede definitely the flow of goods in their, into ukraine. and what would that mean? i'm just trying to think of what was the situation on the ground be like for the ukrainian military if they have no access to the coa

now in the studio by a reporter william croft. i will and you've been with me here watching the entirety of biden's speech in warsaw. one which is clearly framed as a battle between democracies and autocracy. i just want to start by asking you what the major impressions of the speech where for you, for me, the major impression was the very last line of a speech where he said, for god's sake, this man cannot remain in power that marks of what i can only see as a significant shift in policy to advocate for the removal vladimir putin. how that happens is completely brought in and was not obviously specified. but it is not common for a sitting heads of stay to advocate for the removal of power, even of, of, of horrendous people. it's kind of a thing you don't do. even i remember in 2003, when the u. s. as in the verge of invading iraq, there was all, all kinds of controversy when there were some suggestions. speculation that ari fleischer, the boot, george w bush, his press secretary, the time said, well, one bullet can, can remove, y

william croft lamp right there does seem to be some irony here in russian forces that i've been firing on civilians now saying they are going to be the ones to protect them. and let's look at what these so called humanitarian quarters look like that. the russian military announce today they've said they're going to come out of 4 cities, the capital of keith, the 2nd largest city. hi keith. maria. paula, we've been hearing is completely surrounded, besieged cut off from the rest of the country, and the city of sue me now from cave. they're saying they would take ukrainian civilians into bel errors into the city of homo, and from hockey and sue me to the russian city of belgrade. and from here, maria po, just across the border into rust, off on, done. now, you might be wondering why would ukrainian civilians b, put their fates into the hands of russian soldiers and be brought to fates on certain in russia and bellow roots, which are enemies of ukraine right now. and if you're wondering that you're not alone, ukraine's government has called this announcement immoral french president emanu

i william glue croft. i want to thank you so much for coming in to the studio to help us analyze a speech from bite and in warsaw. thank you. so much for your time. we're going to turn it now to a developing a story from western ukraine officials in la eva say missile strikes have hit a fuel storage facility, which is now burning after reports of 3 powerful explosions. and love is located around 70 kilometers from the polish border and has been seen as something of a safe haven for those fleeing the russian invasion of the eastern, northern and southern parts of ukraine. after the blast, the black smoke was rising above the city of 5 people are reported injured. so ukraine has now seen a month of fighting that has left thousands dead and worth more than $10000000.00 people to flee their homes. now, moscow has said it is shifting its focus to ukraine's eastern at dawn bass region. while the kremlin claims it has largely successfully completed the 1st phase of what it calls its military operation. analysts s

west's military, humanitarian and economic response to the war and joined now in the studio by william ugly croft is going to help break this down for us, william hi, this visit by biden. and his meeting with a duda is going to be an interesting one to watch what comes out of this speech. we know it's no secret at the polish president and the u. s. president haven't always seen eye to eye, that's right by it and has kind of staked his presidency on this idea of democracy versus authoritarianism in poland these days and for the last many years is kind of somewhere in between a democratic country for the very highly conservative government that seemed more aligned with trump's view of the world back when donald trump was president. ah, duda is one of many officials there who took a while to to ring up joe biden and congratulate him on becoming president in in 2020. um, so there is some bad blood you could say there dude was also the one who came up with the whole a fort trump idea was right now, just wanna tell our viewers. we are looking at live images of what appears to be the u. s. motorcade wit

william croft we've been hearing for days both that russian forces have largely stalled and that they are preparing to press their invasion along the lines of attack they've made so far. at the same time, many cities remain under relentless shelling and aerial attack, and we can have a look at where things appear to stand based on the latest information we've been able to gather from military analyst. first, of course, around the capital of key russian forces are massing from multiple sides around the north and around the east. but apparently they still don't have the strength to launch a full on assault of this city. of nearly 3000000 people, ukrainian forces are reportedly challenging russian forces all along this line would advance, especially in the north eastern part of the country. you can see russian efforts to try to consolidate their gains here along the north, just as they've done in the south by connecting their eastern forces with their southern forces. if they can do that, they'll be able to push on into keys and continue to encircle a lot of the cities in the eastern par

was des william glue croft there. as we mentioned earlier, the you in refugee agency now says the number of people fleeing ukraine has passed . the 1000000 mark while most are heading to poland. other neighboring countries are also taking in people desperate to escape russia's attack the w's. tessa vault reports tonight from the slovakian border with ukraine division and am a co border crossing point in the very east of slovakia. more and more refugees from ukraine are arriving here. mostly women and children, as well as old people, able bodied men must stay and fight in ukraine. provide here at the border crossing between ukraine and so vakio behind me he is the gate with thousands have arrived in the last few days around 30000 is what people have been telling me here and they arrive hungry. many of them having slept and days, and obviously they had to leave their loved ones behind father's son's husbands. but he, they are welcomed by great solidarity helpers. have set up a few tense here so that the refugees can tak

william glue, croft has more on the last week's events. and it has been quite a devastating week. there been the 3 main staging areas that became invasion points . let's look at where things stood before russian forces moved in. if we can have the map of the country, as it looked just a week ago, you remember that in 2014 putin took over and then illegally annexed all of the crimea peninsula. now russia has had a naval base there for a very long time. and from his perspective, he saw ukraine getting close to the west as a threat to that base. and that's why he took it. in the same year, he backed separatists in the largely russian speaking eastern part of don bus to take over much of that area. now the conflict hasn't been solved since, and there's been at least 13000 lives lost in the fighting, just with eastern russian backed separatists. and it's these points along with the north, from their ally ballers. and of course, russia itself that he used to stage his troops, and that is where they've moved in from this is a week later we still see crimea, we still see the eastern regio

william glue croft is with me in the studio to break things down. william, you're watching the speech with me. it wasn't long before bought. and teddy's attention to ye crying and very much addressing the room as the commander in chief . yeah, it was definitely that the top line that had to be right. i mean, this is a huge war that's looking to up and european security looking to up and a lot of, of the way we've known life to be for at least the last 30 years. and the post cold war last 80 years since world war 2. so this is a huge, huge issue that joe biden, of course, has to confront, has been confronting the last, ah, many weeks and months. and he had some tough talk to say to vladimir putin. i think we have a quick, a clip of, of him having a message to the rest. president foods lead his attack on ukraine was premeditated and totally unprovoked. he rejected repeated repeated efforts at diplomacy. he thought the western nato wouldn't respond. he thought i could divide us at home in this chamber in this nation. he thought he could divide us in eur

and it looks like it's gearing up to do just that there was william glue, croft there, reported the united nations. it says more than half a 1000000 people have now fled ukraine since the invasion began with the majority of them crossing over into poland. now only occasionally, do you see some ukrainians traveling in the other direction. men who were living in safety returning to defend their homeland deed abused max. it's under reports to ny shamika. the train station is no place to stay. those who can keep on going inland and away from the border. not these men. they are heading in the other direction, only that. oh, i'm not risking anything a month. um would you need all? jetta, mam. how could i live with myself and to stay here in a stretch to play? sir gay has a wife and 2 daughters in ukraine, leaving his job in poland and returning home to ukraine to fight was not a hard choice for him. not all will. i was just in shock. mow my yard. you not so which us door more. my family was home, my wife called me when you and i could hear the bombings over the phone says, telephone or your girl

i am william blue croft. thank you very much for joining with seeing live and on demand on gas in language courses with video and audio. any time anywhere. the d w media center ah proved with ah, here's the top business news of the week. russia is openly threatening to cut of gas supplies to europe, that will lead to enormous supply shortages, especially for germany. but also for the rest of the you. many companies use gas for furnaces in their production. people hit with it and power plants produce electricity with gas. a sudden supply stop would cause energy prices to increase dramatically. price is for oil and gas have already increased. consumers can see that every day of the patrol stations and on their gas bill, before the russian attack, a megawatt hour of gas costs $69.00 euros, and was consider expensive at the time. in the meantime, the price as sword to a record high of 335 years. no one knows where the russia will enact its threat and turn off the top completely. that's why the e u wants to become

ah, i'm william will croft welcome to the program. russian forces appear to be regrouping for a possible assault on keith. new satellite images from max, our technologies show military units deploying closer to the ukrainian capital. according to the company's analysis, the images show artillery firing towards residential areas as well as burning homes and other structures. widespread damage and impact craters can also be seen in a town northwest of keith. meanwhile, russia is expanding its military campaign across other parts of ukraine, hitting new targets with bombs and missiles, strikes and intensifying attacks on cities already under siege. the city of guinea pro in easton ukraine, and you, france, in russia's war emergency services said at least 3 missiles hit civilian targets here, including the shoe factory for ukraine. another sign the russia is deliberately targeting civilians. much more, we see more destruction of civilian infrastructure. merger of ukrainians by a terrorist state. the russian federation. there's always another person that russia also launched attacks on looks.

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william glue, croft reporting there, a number of ukrainian cities remain under heavy bombardment. the mayor of mario poll says that the port city of surrounded and running out of food another port city harrison has become the 1st major urban area to fall into russian hands. ukraine accusing russia of deliberately targeting civilian structures. they valid all over ukraine. people are getting ready to fight latitude in live eve. those with combat experience. teach those who have never held a gun before, i guess for brooklyn, liberty thoughtful. i came here to get some understanding of what to do, how to defend myself, and how to survive if the enemy comes for war of the knocker. and while it still com and live eve devastation elsewhere could give an indication of what could come . this is what the outskirts of key of look like with russian forces advancing in the east and south president vladimir putin claimed that his so called special military operation is going to plan what is his gifts, although the russian soldiers and officers are acting bravely like true heroes issue, our tro

a so william glue, croft, we'll take a look at some more headlines from this war. hundreds of civilians are defending europe's largest power, a nuclear power plant from russian troops. video and social media shows civilian build roadblocks around the plant, in the southeast and ukrainian town of, and a hota, russia claims this week to have taken the town. but you cried denies is yes, president jo, by the says, united states and its allies are united in the face of russian aggression to what you create. in his 1st state of the union address, the president said that ukraine's fight was an inspiration to the world. and that russian president vladimir putin was now more isolated than ever member jailed criminal critic, like st. valley is called on russians to stage day the protests against the nation . the statement on facebook, he urged russians to fight for peace, and to not be afraid of going to jail. as to the valleys, the country's most prominent opposition figure and has millions of russian followers on social media. on alexander shabba served as ukraine's ambassador to austria until

william glue croft picks up that pop the story now. yeah, let's remember that putin deployed nearly 200000 troops to ukraine's borders in the last few months, which means many of them have not actually been committed to combat yet, but we might be seeing signs of that starting to change after light fast attacks around the country appear not to be going quite in rushes favor. now you might have heard, and we've talked about already, this massive russian convoy put together from forces based in bella roof, that's ukraine's northern border. now, satellite imagery shows it is heading towards the capital cave and it's grown in the last couple of days, apparently stretching 65 kilometers made up of hundreds of vehicles. that's tanks, artillery troops transports these kinds of heavy armored heavy mechanize vehicles. now, we don't know exactly how this kind of equipment is going to be used when it's going to reach, keep moving. this amount of armor at once takes a long time. there's fuel in supplies that need to keep up. and russia, we've been

let's take a step back and look at the bigger picture with me here in studio is d to be reporter william lou croft. good to see you, william. now add this is a visit which could be described as a dell. it delicate balancing act for joe biden, and considering the relations that we've seen between poland and the united states house a little bit more. yeah. and even we heard a little bit of other from barbara just now that poland is simultaneously the west's golden child. and it's black sheep, you know, we have on one hand, this incredible man of unity among western countries with poland really at a leading leading position given his geographic proximity to ukraine. and so important for nato policy and helping ukraine in all the various ways of trying to defend against the russian division. but at the same time, there's these longstanding issues between poland and the european union from poland and the united states. we heard as barbara saying, black and white polish shows how not black and white, the issue of democracy is because joe biden himself has accused poland of slipping into authoritarianism

so william clue croft from yet, let's remember that potent deployed nearly 200000 troops to ukraine's borders in the last few months, which means many of them have not actually been committed to combat yet. but we might be seeing signs of that starting to change after light, fast attacks around the country appear not to be going quite in rushes favor. now you might have heard, and we've talked about already, this massive russian convoy put together from forces based in bella roof, that's ukraine's northern border. now, satellite imagery shows it is heading towards the capital cave and it's grown in the last couple of days, apparently stretching 65 kilometers made up of hundreds of vehicles. that's tanks, artillery troop transports these kinds of heavy armored, heavy, mechanized vehicles. now, we don't know exactly how this kind of equipment is going to be used when it's going to reach, keep moving. this amount of armor at once takes a long time. there's fuel in supplies that need to keep up. and russia we've been hearing appears to be struggling with those kinds of supply lines. but i

william blue croft picks up that part of the story now. yeah, let's remember that putin deployed nearly 200000 troops to ukraine's borders in the last few months, which means many of them have not actually been committed to combat yet, but we might be seeing signs of that starting change after light fast attacks around the country appear not to be going quite in rushes favorite. i might have heard, and we've talked about already, this massive russian convoy put together from forces based in bella roof, that's ukraine's northern border. now, satellite imagery shows it is heading towards the capital cave and it's grown in the last couple of days, apparently stretching 65 kilometers made up of hundreds of vehicles. that's tanks, artillery troop transports these kinds of heavy armored, heavy, mechanized vehicles. now, we don't know exactly how this kind of equipment is going to be used when it's going to reach, keep moving. this amount of armor at once takes a long time. there's fuel in supplies that need to keep up. and russia we've been hear

william glue croft can tell us more diary, wholly easy, especially the civilians and cities around the country. they're facing aerial bombardment and shelling by russian forces. and we can see that on the map behind me at the the have a latest look up the fighting. it shows where ukrainian and russian forces are most heavily engaged on the ground and were russian force are trying to make more headway now, much of that is in the south here. they're trying to move out west and east from the south, trying to connect with their forces into the east. now that could eventually at least cut off ukrainian forces in the east, if not completely split the country into 2, between west and east east. now in the north, we're seeing more fighting as russian troops are trying to encircle the capital of ki from multiple directions. it's very slow going for russian forces we've been hearing about some of supply issues. fuel shorted as these kinds of things and slowing down a very, very intense rush in advance. but it's very important to say that what, what you see here is not necessarily russian control

let's get law from date of his william flu croft. deadly in dire may be the best way to describe what's unfolding in ukraine, especially for civilians and cities around the country. they're facing aerial bombardment and shelling by russian forces. and we can see some of that on the map that we can put up behind me. it shows the latest areas of the most intense fighting is taking place between your crony ukrainian and russian forces engaged on the ground and where russian forces are trying to make the most headway. now, much of that is here in the south. we've heard a lot about fighting coming up from the crimea peninsula as russian force are trying to make their way both west and to east. we've already heard that they've in some way taken her san and are heavily shelling mario paul, both strategic port cities. now their effort may be to connect a chord or here in the east trapping ukrainian forces in that area or they could even depending on their progress, split the country into between east and west. now in the north, there is slow going progress towards russian forces on multiple poi

william glue croft has more now on the events of the past week, from a bustling country to a war zone has been quite a week in ukraine. now. we saw the 3 major staging areas that became invasion points. let's look where things stood before the invasion happened. you'll remember that in 2014, put and took over, and then illegally annexed the crimea peninsula. now russia has had a naval base there for a very long time. and from his perspective, he saw ukraine getting closer to the west as a threat to that base, which is partly what motivated him to annex the entire peninsula. he also backed separatists in the largely russian speaking part of the don bus region to take that area. now this is where russian forces have been staging their troops as well as from the north. in rushes, ally beller, isn't. of course, russian forces in russia proper it self and is from these 3 points that russian troops came in and we can have a look now where things went from last week to this week. now we see where these troops have moved in from, as we were talking about from the north east and the south. now

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don't you, reporter william to croft, thank you. well, western countries have imposed a tough economic sanctions on russia over its war. but so far, the european union has been reluctant to stop in ports of russian fossil fuels, which make up a large share of europe's energy. mixed leaders have been scrambling to find replacements pipelines still bringing rushing gas into the e. u. around 40 percent of europe's gas consumption comes from russia, which is why e u. leaders haven't been able to agree a ban on imports as a way of trying to force moscow to end the war in ukraine. but what they did do the summit in brussels, attended by president biden, is a great deal to buy more gas from the u. s. last year. and i think for vending machines, we need to work toward developing infrastructure, which will allow us a greater capacity to move gas where we needed to see them both of often. that means we have taken a conscious decision to better connect national networks, exidine lender get on to an under the plan is to increase imports from am

not get involved in the fighting americans of us. endless with im. glue croft is with me in the studio to break things down. william, you're watching the speech with me. it wasn't long before bought in teddy's attention to ye crying and very much addressing the room as the commander in chief . yeah, it was definitely that the top line and had to be right. i mean, this is a huge war that's looking to up and european security looking to up and a lot of, of the way we've known life to be for at least the last 30 years. and the post cold war thought was 80 years since world war 2. so this is a huge, huge issue that joe biden, of course, has to confront and has been confronted the last ah, many weeks and months. and he had some tough talk to say to vladimir boot, and i think we have a quick, a clip of, of him having a message to the rest. president foods lead his attack on ukraine was premeditated and totally unprovoked. he rejected repeated repeated efforts at diplomacy. he thought the western nato wouldn't respond. he thought i could divide us at home in this chamber in this nation. he thought he could divide us in eu

and us and las william glue, croft, who was with me in the studio here stiffen. we can start with you and ask you, what do you expect from biden's 1st state of the union address. there are so many burning issues, both international and domestic. okay, looks like having some problems in the u. s. that leaves you will well, much going on. i think i think the problems here may be emblematic of all the issues that joe biden is facing. yeah, i think he was hoping that he was going to be focusing on domestic agenda for this state of the union. his 1st official, one as president, although he's been president now for more than a year. i to say that he is coming quite late. usually it's in january now it's in march, he was hoping to focus on climate on the economy. on the recovery from the pandemic . really convincing americans are reminding americans why people voted for him and pushing his infrastructure bill that got sign a few months ago, pushing more on the social side of things that he wanted. but of course, ukraine is over shadowing it big time as it rightly should