president zelensky had a very _ hopes for? president zelensky had a very good _ hopes for?ensky had a very good conversation i hopes for? president zelensky | had a very good conversation in september with donald trump and his team directly. recently, they had a phone call and all of ukraine, all of the nation is hoping a victorious 2025 but the peace plan and the victory plan that was suggested by ukraine has a very short but understandable slogan and this is peace through strength. a week ukraine cannot win this international armed conflict, we have been targeted and we must defend ourselves and of course diplomacy and all other means have to stand out but when they are not working we have to enhance our security and defence sector. we are hoping for a change in politics, hoping to have bipartisan support from overseas from the us and we rely on a stronger europe and we thank the uk for supporting us at all times. for instance in bringing to ukraine the realisation of a long range missiles decision which is not yet been supported by us partners but we will hope for that.

we've also seen present zelensky _ concessions.lso seen present zelensky criticise - concessions. we've also seen| present zelensky criticise olaf scholz from germany, talking to him for the first time in two years, saying he's opened pandora's box. what do you think is the meaning of the phone call and when you make of president zelensky�*s criticism? it seems olaf scholz was under domestic pressure to demonstrate some of his support, that he was actively seeking, that he was of medically important. there's no evidence that he had something new to contribute. after putin was isolated for a period since the beginning of the war, scholz felt it necessary to pick up the phone and end the isolation for no clear practical benefit from it. other than perhaps for scholz�*s electoral prospects in the german election next year. daniel, thank you for your analysis. daniel, thank you for your analysis-_ daniel, thank you for your analysis-— daniel, thank you for your analysis-_ -- i analysis. think you've. -- thank yom _ president—elect dona

i think zelensky is facin: that? i think zelensky is facing two _ that?ensky is facing two cold hard - that? i think zelensky is - facing two cold hard realities was up one is that president elect trump and said he's going to make a determined effort to end this war and it looks pretty clear that us aid will not continue to flow at the same levels it did during the biden years. the second reality is that this is a war that is not moving in ukraine's favor. little by little the russians are gaining more ground. the chipping away at ukrainian territory. the ukraine power shortages of munitions and the comments from president zelensky are simply a function of the fact that he doesn't have a lot of options here. and has to follow trump's lead in an effort to try to negotiate a cease—fire and move from the battlefield to the negotiating table. ~ ., battlefield to the negotiating table. ~ . , ., , table. we heard in the previous interview that _ table. we heard in the previous interview that the _ table. we heard in the previous interview that the next - table.

zelensky can't speak to trump under us law until he is president. that's right.o we can't be confident that any of this will come to pass. what we do know at this stage is that zelensky appears to be making overtures to trump saying, i can work with you and i get what you have been signalling to me, that you want this to end. and also we can take from this that germany also is at least in the place of, we can conjecture, we can't be sure, but i think we can conjecture that germany appears to be in a place of looking for possible ways to bring an end to this conflict. and that's significant because in germany, we've talked about it before and we will probably talk about it again, there is particular pressure on olaf scholz because the german political establishment is not united on support for war in the west, we're not going to go to war. and then of course launched the war. so the intervention is kind of book ended just as donald trump has said, this war will end at my inauguration, by the inauguration injanuary. i don't think any newscasters listening to this t

president zelensky _ ukraine, steve. president zelensky certainly - ukraine, steve.ainly won't want to see that. remind us about the relationship between donald trump and vladimir putin? the? trump and vladimir putin? they soke b trump and vladimir putin? they spoke by phone _ trump and vladimir putin? they spoke by phone on _ trump and vladimir putin? ti2 spoke by phone on thursday as trump and vladimir putin? ti21 spoke by phone on thursday as i mentioned. vladimir putin said he was ready for dialogue apparently with donald trump, wanted to restore relations between the two nations, donald trump agreeing with that and vladimir putin praised donald trump we are told saying that he donald trump acted like a real man during that assassination attempt in pennsylvania back injuly. of course donald trump is known to favour autocrats, such as vladimir putin, perhaps more so than he does democratically elected leaders such as volodymiyr zelensky. thank you very much _ volodymiyr zelensky. thank you very much david _ volodymiyr zelensky. thank you very much david for— volod

president zelensky _ targets. 10096. president zelensky has _ targets. 10096.t. zelensky has basically been predicated the whole use of atacm on the victory plan, which i would argue now has become more of a get yourself into a good negotiating position plan than a victory plan. air defence systems, airfields, anything that would allow president zelensky to deter whatever russia has. hold that thought _ deter whatever russia has. hold that thought because _ deter whatever russia has. hold that thought because i'm going to take you straight to new york. david lammy hasjust stood behind the podium in the last few seconds. let's have a listen in. last few seconds. let's have a listen im— last few seconds. let's have a listen in-_ last few seconds. let's have a listen in. ., ., ., ., ':: :: :: listen in. tomorrow marks 1000 da s of listen in. tomorrow marks 1000 days of putin's _ listen in. tomorrow marks 1000 days of putin's barbaric- days of putin's barbaric full—scale invasion of ukraine. 0ver full—scale invasion of ukraine. over the weekend, we saw the latest b

we know the ukrainians and president zelensky have said for- president zelensky have said for monthsr into russian territory with western weapons. they have not gotten any real not yet, is there any sense they believe hd’fe koreans? these troops don't have battle experience, _ koreans? these troops don't have battle experience, they _ koreans? these troops don't have battle experience, they had - koreans? these troops don't have battle experience, they had to - koreans? these troops don't have battle experience, they had to be| battle experience, they had to be trained by the russians, and we know what kind of experience they get been trained, so i don't think we would matter much, but what needs to happen for the days, not only here in the us but elsewhere, it take this as a globalisation of the war, because now you have this axis of autocrats in pyongyang and tehran and moscow and in beijing in working together. and imagine if these troops to survive and go back to north korea and start using these skills they gained in these territories, so it needs to be taken seriously, a lot mo

thoughts on zelensky these words. m ., thoughts on zelensky these words. a ., , words.here is no way that putin _ words. as ravi says, there is no way that putin is - words. as ravi says, there is no way that putin is going . words. as ravi says, there is no way that putin is going to | no way that putin is going to id no way that putin is going to go along _ no way that putin is going to go along with those and indeed would — go along with those and indeed would nato be willing to send nato — would nato be willing to send nato forces into ukraine to defend _ nato forces into ukraine to defend in case things go wrong? over_ defend in case things go wrong? over to — defend in case things go wrong? over to simply membership of the retained part of ukraine to nato _ the retained part of ukraine to nate and — the retained part of ukraine to nato and if things went wrong you then _ nato and if things went wrong you then have to summon up the nato _ you then have to summon up the nato forces from across the borders? _ nato forces from across the borders? it's a start. clearly

we've got news for president zelensky. crimea is gone.s your priority of getting crimea back and having american, you know, soldiers fight to get crimea back, you're on your own. that is not the priority of america, but the priority of america is peace and to stop the killing. his comments come after russian drones struck ukraine's black sea port of odesa, killing one person and injuring 13 others according to the regional governor. several residential and commercial buildings were damaged in what was the second day in a row of russian drone attacks on the city. and across the border, russia's aleksinsky chemical plant was struck — in an overnight ukrainian drone attack. the plant in the tula region produces gunpowder, ammunition and weapons. a source in the security service of ukraine told reuters that the attack was part of a broader strategy to target russia's munitions factories. jim townsend is deputy assistant secretary of defense for european and nato policy between 2009—2017. he explained what a trump administration strategy for u

zelensky said the call undermined efforts to isolate russia. get more on zelensky�*s comments regarding a trump administration on the war in ukraine. translation: we are a great| nation and we have to prove it. therefore, i believe that the war will end. there is no exact date, but for sure i emphasise once again what the policy of this team that will now lead the white house. the war will end faster. this is their approach. this is their promise to their society. and it is also very important for them, not only for the sake of ukraine. the bbc�*s russia editor steve rosenberg has been following developments and explained how the details of the call are being reported in moscow. a very positive reaction here in moscow. the story was running pretty high up in the running order in last, last night's evening news on russian television. reporting here in russia has stressed that it was germany that called russia, not the other way round. and it's also stressed that the kremlin�*s position hasn't changed an inch. it mentions that vladimir putin refe

mr zelensky said the call undermined efforts to isolate russia.president zelensky has described the battlefield situation as �*difficult.’ a short time ago, i spoke to 0leksiy goncharenko. he's a ukrainian mp and member of the ukrainian delegation to the parliamentary assembly of the council of europe. i asked him about the phone call beween 0laf scholz and president putin and a proposed russian peace—plan regarded as unacceptable to ukraine. so for me, the main point is what was said during this conversation. what putin said about his so—called peace plan. it's clear. what is important for me is if, and i don't know the answer for the moment, chancellor scholz, did he message putin that if putin hopes that after american elections, the western support of ukraine can disappear, that it is a false hope that it will never happen? that's the most important because putin feels himself emboldened because he hopes that american elections and the fatigue in the western countries can lead them to to abandon ukraine, to give up on ukraine, and to to give p

mr zelensky said the call undermined efforts to isolate russia.s russia editor steve rosenberg explains how the details of the call are being reported in moscow. there's a very positive reaction here in moscow. the story was running pretty high up in the running order in last, last night's evening news on russian television. reporting here in russia has stressed that it was germany that called russia, not the other way round. and it's also stressed that the kremlin�*s position hasn't changed an inch. it mentions that vladimir putin referred chancellor scholz to putin's so—called peace proposal ofjune, which actually read more like an ultimatum to kyiv, because under that plan, ukraine would have to withdraw from all four ukrainian territories to which russia lays claim, plus recognise crimea as russian, plus ditch plans to join nato, plus western sanctions would be scrapped. but basically, i think this call cements the kremlin�*s claim that attempts to isolate russia have failed. it makes the kremlin more confident. and so you can understand the r

we've got news for president zelensky. crimea is gone.ting crimea back and having american, you know, soldiers fight to get crimea back, you're on your own. that is not the priority of america, but the priority of america is peace and to stop the killing. an emphatic indication that they are likely to take once in office towards the situation between ukraine and russia. absolutely. i think this is the concern that president zelensky has expressed all along because we know on the campaign trail donald trump has said that he had sold the —— he would solve the war in ukraine and the concern was that he would negotiate which could see territory concession when it comes to ukraine not necessarily in their favour. kyiv has always stated that the goal of ending the war would be to see the wood has returned to before 2016 before the annexation of crimea. they said that the europeans didn't necessarily support that is actually a year into this campaign the uk for one has said that it did support the return of those borders to pre—2014 but now beca

we've got news for president zelensky. crimea is gone.riority of getting crimea back and having american, you know, soldiers fight to get crimea back, you're on your own. that is not the priority of america, but the priority of america is peace and to stop the killing. senior adviser to donald trump... senior adviser to donald trump... 0ur correspondent rowan bridge is in washington and told me we learned that in 2014 that when putin invaded crimea, europe did nothing. and so now when zelensky says, you know, we will only stop this fighting, there will only be peace once crimea is returned. we've got news for president zelensky. crimea is gone. and if that is your priority of getting crimea back and having american, you know, soldiers fight to get crimea back, you're on your own. that is not the priority of america, but the priority of america is peace and to stop the killing. senior adviser to donald trump... senior adviser to donald trump... 0ur correspondent rowan bridge is in washington and told me more about the criticism nancy pelos

president zelensky says the world must respond after russia used a new type of hypersonic missile on ukraine. energy bills for a typical household in most of the uk are set to rise by £21 a year injanuary. united nations climate talks end today with a draft document on climate finance set to be released as the deadline looms. we start this hour with breaking news. in the last few minutes, it's been confirmed a sixth tourist has died in a suspected mass methanol poisoning in the south east asian nation of laos. the australian foreign minister penny wong said 19—year—old melbourne backpacker holly bowles died in a thai hospital on friday, a day after her best friend bianca jones passed away. a british woman, two danes and an american are also among the dead. it's believed the tourists drank tainted alcohol while on a night out in vang vieng. a number of people remain in hospital afterfalling ill in the popular backpacking town. let's speak to our news correspondent nick marsh, who's in singapore. so this sad news has been confirmed by the australian government, with the family also iss

zelensky said the call undermined efforts to isolate russia.n the war in ukraine. translation: we are a great nation we have to prove it. -

zelensky, for example, he says his goal is to get crimea back.d that is not the goal of the european nation states. we learned that in 2014, that when putin invaded crimea, europe did nothing. and so, now, when zelensky says, you know, we will only stop this fight, there will only be peace, once crimea is returned, we've got news for president zelensky — crimea is gone. and if that is your priority, is getting crimea back, and having american soldiers fight to get crimea back, you are on your own. that is not the priority of america. the priority of america is peace, and to stop the killing. a spokesperson for trump's transition team — which prepares the incoming administration for office — said mr lanza was "a contractor for the campaign", but "does not work for president trump and does not speakfor him". on the ground, early on saturday russian drones struck ukraine's black sea port of odesa for a second successive day, killing one person and injuring 13 others, according to the regional governor. residential and commercial buildings were damag

president zelensky certainly won't want to see that.n donald trump and vladimir putin? they spoke by phone on thursday as i mentioned. vladimir putin said he was ready for dialogue apparently with donald trump, wanted to restore relations between the two nations. donald trump agreeing with that and vladimir putin praised donald trump, we are told, saying that he donald trump acted like a real man during that assassination attempt in pennsylvania back injuly. of course donald trump is known to favour autocrats, such as vladimir putin, perhaps more so than he does democratically elected leaders such as volodymyr zelensky. around the world and across the uk, this is bbc news. you're live with bbc news. let's turn to the middle east. israel's new defence minister claims the country is close to defeating hezbollah. israel katz said the killing of the group's leader, hassan nasrallah, in september, was a crowning achievement and all that is left to do, is �*finish thejob'. he said he now hopes israel and lebanon can normalise relations. prime

well from ukraine, volodymyr zelensky i i ukraine, volodymyr zelensky i would say is putting out mixed. on the one hand he is playing tough to his own population. he does feel like he is somebody who speaks on behalf of the ukrainian people, but only the other hand he is saying now, iwill come but only the other hand he is saying now, i will come to the negotiating table, but there is not much clarity on what they might prioritise, is it territory or security guarantees? security guarantees will be vital in whatever happens. whatever countries agree to the terms and protection ukraine they will be on the hook for that, protecting ukraine, which could mean boots on the ground if russia does not honour its commitments.— russia does not honour its commitments. there is a lot of olitics commitments. there is a lot of politics swirling _ commitments. there is a lot of politics swirling around - commitments. there is a lot of politics swirling around when . politics swirling around when it comes to ukraine and the most notable is that come january 20th there will be a new president in the wh

president zelensky certainly won't want to see that.een donald trump and vladimir putin? they spoke by phone on thursday as i mentioned. vladimir putin said he was ready for dialogue apparently with donald trump, wanted to restore relations between the two nations. donald trump agreeing with that and vladimir putin praised donald trump, we are told, saying that he donald trump acted like a real man during that assassination attempt in pennsylvania back injuly. of course donald trump is known to favour autocrats, such as vladimir putin, perhaps more so than he does democratically elected leaders such as volodymiyr zelensky. around the world and across the uk. this is bbc news. let's look at a key story making news in the uk. leading pub and restaurant chains have warned the chancellor rachel reeves that tax rises announced in the budget will "unquestionably" lead to job losses and the closure of small businesses. our business correspondent marc ashdown has more. 209 bosses of leading businesses have written to rachel reeves about the new

president zelensky there.ssia, after the german chancellor, 0laf scholz, spoke by phone to vladmir putin for the first time in two years. mr scholz said he urged president putin to begin talks with ukraine to achieve a just peace. mr zelensky said the call undermined efforts to isolate russia. let's speak to former british ambassador to ukraine, leigh turner. welcome to bbc news. not to get through on this. let me talk to you first about that phone call that the chancellor held with president putin. to think it undermines an end to the conflict in a peaceful, just way? it conflict in a peaceful, 'ust wa ? , ., , . way? it is worth bearing in mind that _ way? it is worth bearing in mind that this _ way? it is worth bearing in mind that this whole - way? it is worth bearing in mind that this whole war l way? it is worth bearing in l mind that this whole war up until now has been a for putin because ukraine has defended itself far better than anyone had expected with enormous cost to russia about three years afte

president zelensky says the world must respond after russia used a new type of hypersonic missile on ukraine. meanwhile, russia supplies north korea with oil as payment for weapons and troops pyongyang's sent moscow to fuel its war in ukraine. energy bills for a typical household in most of the uk are set to rise by £21 a year injanuary. are people born wicked? and wicked fans are warned the film is going to be "popular" — the highly anticipated movie hitting cinemas in a few days. breaking news, police say a loud bang has been reported near the us embassy in london and it was a controlled explosion carried out by officers. they said that inquiries are still ongoing and that cordons will remain in place for the time being. this news coming on in the last few moments that there has been a controlled explosion near the us embassy in london. that is in central london. it was carried out by police officers and inquiries are ongoing as to the cause of that and cordons will remain in place. more on that as we get it. an australian teenager has become the sixth person to have died in a susp

that's according to president zelensky. so you have a country that's very much struggling on this front lines to hold or maintain whatever gains it has, looks like it's on the back foot, could potentially lose kursk . a population very far from the front lines suffering under this russian firepower. and president zelensky preparing for the possibility of a trump presidency where he could be pushed, forced to negotiate at his weakest point yet and this . >> and on that point, we know that donald trump yesterday had spoken to president putin on thursday of last week, among the comments made between the two, trump apparently reminded him of washington's sizable military presence in europe and expressed following up conversations on the resolution of ukraine's war soon. how do you read those comments in light of trump's previous stated goal of finding an end to this war within a day once he was in power? >> it's difficult to ascertain what trumps foreign policy goals are at this time. he's obviously preparing by making these ph

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i think that zelensky has read the writing on the wall.lomatic solution pretty much as telling us that he is willing to compromise on some things. he says that he had has to negotiate from a position of strength but that is vague. what does that actually mean? they're not going to recapture the donbas anytime soon so i think zelensky is saying is please, president trump, make me accept this deal. it is me accept this deal. it is interesting _ me accept this deal. it is interesting because - me accept this deal. it is interesting because all. me accept this deal. it is| interesting because all of me accept this deal. it is interesting because all of this comes as we were saying, just then, as the german chancellor has a phone conversation with president putin. and there have been reports that donald trump also spoke to vladimir putin. a lot more engagement with someone who's been an international pariah for the past couple of years. it is international pariah for the past couple of years. it is the american _ past couple of years. it is the

we've got news for president zelensky. crimea is gone.y of getting crimea back and having american, you know, soldiers fight to get crimea back, you're on your own. that is not the priority of america, but the priority of america is peace and to stop the killing. senior us officials have said washington will no longer accept the presence of hamas representatives in qatar after — the palestinian group rejected the latest proposals to achieve a gaza ceasefire and a hostage deal. the officials said the qatari government had agreed to tell hamas to close down its political office in doha. qatar has not confimed this and hamas has denied it. with the latest, our correspondentjoe inwood is monitoring developments from jerusalem. we should say that these are just unconfirmed reports at the moment. they've come from an anonymous official to us media. so this is not on the record from the secretary of state, but it does give you an indication of the direction of travel that america are trying to go in, that they're trying to put pressure, it seems

on his x account, president zelensky shared video from the scenes of sunday's attacks.he video was given an audio track, and is a call for more support from ukraine's allies. we will shortly go live to kyiv to speak to a ukrainian politician. but first we can have an update. our correspondent paul adams joined us from dnipro. we had sirens in the early hours, and the latest information from the city was that two railway workers were killed, among five people killed across the country overnight, in what seems to have been the largest concerted russian drone and missile attack, certainly since early september. and it does seem as though the principal targets were once again ukraine's energy infrastructure. i was speaking to someone from one of the largest energy companies just a short time ago who said, it looks like they're starting again. in other words, as winter arrives and we have had the first snow here in the last few days, once again russia turns its attention to ukraine's energy infrastructure in an attempt to plunge this country into darkness during the most dif

we've got news for president zelensky. crimea is gone. if that is your priority of getting crimea back and having american, you know, soldiers fight to get crimea back, you're on your own. that is not the priority of america, but the priority of america is peace and to stop the killing. the former speaker of the us house of representatives, nancy pelosi, has partly blamed president biden for the democrats�* election loss, suggesting the party would have performed better if he'd left the race sooner. ms pelosi played a key role in convincing mr biden to end his re—election bid. but she told the new york times the democrats could have used more time to choose his replacement. meanwhile, kamala harris�* running mate, tim walz, told supporters his fight wasn't over: we are going to have to work a little harder, we are going to have to fight a little harder, we are going to have to organise a little harder. but i am here today to tell you this... we can do it... no, that is the wrong one. we will do it and we will do it together. our correspon

but mr zelensky said vladimir putin was not interested in agreeing a just peace.regarding a trump administration's impact on the war in ukraine. translation: we are a greatl nation and we have to prove it. therefore, i believe that the war will end. there is no exact date, but for sure i emphasise once again what the policy of this team that will now lead the white house.

mr zelensky said kyiv should only start negotiations with moscow from a position of strength.hearfrom him. translation: we are a great| nation and we have to prove it. therefore, i believe that the war will end. there is no exact date, but for sure i emphasise once again what the policy of this team that will now lead the white house. the war will end faster. this is their approach. this is their promise to their society. and it is also very important for them, not only for the sake of ukraine. all of this comes as the german chancellor, olaf scholz, time in two years. mr scholz said he urged president putin to begin talks with ukraine to achieve a just peace. mr zelensky said the call undermined efforts leigh turner is a former british ambassador to ukraine. this hole war up until now has been a disaster for putin because ukraine has defended themselves better than anyone expected with enormous harm to russia and all of that time putin has been hoping that the support that ukraine gets from other countries such as the us, the uk and european union countries will fall apart an

so, we will have to see because zelensky is in a difficult situation. the war is not going well. russia is making gains and zelensky relies upon the united states to a great degree for weapons and financial aid. so, at this point, the indications up to this point have been that trump is not a fan of ukraine , particularly he wants the war simply over. the big question would be, the terms on which they end it. >> sources tell cnn that we just had this previous reporting about elon musk and his role , that he did join a call between trump and volodymyr zelensky on wednesday. of course elon musk has starlink, the satellites and notice putin and he has power and skin in the game, as it were, when it comes to all of this. what you make of his presence on the call? >> it appears, everybody is saying, even the ukrainians say, it went well. i think that zelensky might have been a little bit nervous because if you remember at the beginning of the full-scale invasion back in 2022, actually starlink was used and musk provided starlink and it is used for communication by the ukrainian milita

it was trump, zelensky and elon musk. what are you learning? >> we already learned that elon musk was on the call but there were questions about the circumstances around that call. this is incredibly notable given what he has said about ukraine. one of the promises he has made is he would end the war in ukraine by somehow getting putin and zelensky to agree on something but he never gives any more detail so that and obviously it is also notable given the fact that elon musk was on the call. i was told this was purely circumstance, that musk happened to be at the club when zelensky called and that trump put him on speaker. he was congratulatory , prescribing the call as cordial, as positive. but they also noted that zelensky thanks musk on the call for his help with starlink. musk has been a pretty essential in bringing communications to ukraine using starlink during the war , but again, interesting dynamic given the fact that elon musk is an outside , no at this point, adviser, not part of any sort of government and not any kind of foreign enga

ukraine's president zelensky was keen to remind allies here to stand by him as they promised, whatever view in washington. kyiv came under renewed russian attack this morning. what's not clear is if donald trump wants ukraine to win. europe's leaders tried today to seem united, confident about managing the next trump presidency. but away from the glare of our cameras, the fate of ukraine is in danger of turning into something of a transatlantic political football, because if donald trump does eventually turn off the taps of military aid, europe, with governments so weak right now in big powers germany and france, is unlikely to be able to take up the slack. and leaders here have other priorities too. the prime minister chaired a side meeting here on migration. he's agreed a new pact with three western balkan nations to crack down on people—smugglers. that has been a major feature, how we take down the gangs are running the vile trade of people across borders. we are particularly concerned about those crossing the channel. i am determined we are going to smash those gangs. migration and

volodymyr zelensky 5aid approaching.ymyr zelensky said the intention was to deprive ukrainians of heat and light. in previous winters, i have seen engineers who go about their work repairing the damage quickly and making sure the country continues to function. they will be doing that again this winter. the other thing is that happening is russian forces are edging i5 russian forces are edging forward in the east, making more progress than they have done for a couple of years or more. and that, coupled with the election of donald trump, has injected an element of uncertainty and concern about what the coming months hold. with me is our reporter 0lga malchevska, who spoke to ukrainians on the ground. tell me about some of the stories you have been hearing. ye5, correct, when you speak to the locals on the ground, their perception sometimes is different from what we can hear from the experts. because those are people who live that story if you may say so. i was speaking to a lovely family in kyiv. we can show the pictures t

and now president zelensky has made an absolutely chapter changing intervention himself. he has.made all sorts of noises about not really being up for continuing the backing of it. he promised on the stump that he could end the war in a day. today, president zelensky has done an interview with a ukrainian outfit saying it is certain the war will end sooner with the policies of the team that will now lead to the white house. the white house. this is their approach, their promise to their citizens. now look, of course, all of this is part of sort of megaphone diplomacy, right? the people involved in these incredibly sensitive, important, diplomatic and public conversations know that they are haggling in public, right? they are not just saying, oh, this is the truth and nothing but the truth.

we have seen president zelensky for i seen president zelensky for months calling for more weapons, more now president biden is delivering, but he's only there for another eight weeks, what else could he supply ukraine in that time? i what else could he supply ukraine in that time? i think a lot. he could _ ukraine in that time? i think a lot. he could give _ ukraine in that time? i think a lot. he could give the - lot. he could give the executive order to supply them. the nevada desert is full of equipment. some of which, i would point out, or used in the first gulf war. it's not that this stuff cannot be used and brought across. and your previous guest mentioned a—10s, they are the same sort of speed as many of the drones. can they are the same sort of speed as many of the drones.- as many of the drones. can you cive us as many of the drones. can you give us an _ as many of the drones. can you give us an idea _ as many of the drones. can you give us an idea of _ as many of the drones. can you give us an idea of what - as many of the drones. can you give us an idea of what is - give us

we've had a first official statement from president zelensky but behind the scenes give me a sense ofers to civilians and - what you are hearing. from soldiers to civilians and alll soldiers to civilians and all the way to president zelensky plasma cabinet, they are analysing different shades of the unknown. kamala harris victory would have provided some relative certainty. if you look at what she said about giving ukraine support for as long as it took. with donald trump you had his claim of wanting to resolve this conflict in as little as 2a hours. what does that mean? will he visit kyiv or moscow? is he going to announce a withdrawing of support? is he going to present the police —— these plan to vladimir putin? will the kremlin accept that? or will he step up military support for ukraine? everything is up in the air as a result of this us presidential election, suchis this us presidential election, such is the nature of geopolitics. the pendalar in between isolate that adult... this country needs help from the west is to be able to sustain its fight. when you look at president zel

of the ukrainians, that would be very destabilising and divisive and it would present volodymyr zelenskyh the big problem. the desire on his part to be a man who ends conflicts that is something that all western states will have to work with. the key thing will be to make sure it is done with ukrainians, not over their heads ignoring their interests. there is a way to involve a negotiated settlement to ensure that the territory taken by russia is not taken by them and ukraine can set its own security agenda and move closer to the west. there are outcomes that would preserve ukrainian sovereignty and not give vladimir putin a win, but if president trump tries to impose a settlement which favours vladimir putin, that would be calamitous for ukraine and european security.- calamitous for ukraine and european security. there has been hesitancy _ european security. there has been hesitancy to _ european security. there has been hesitancy to up - european security. there has been hesitancy to up the - european security. there has i been hesitancy to up the ante, but we have now seen this move

president zelensky almost confirming it. translation: today, many in the media say we have received permission to take appropriate actions. but strikes are not made with words. such things are not announced. the missiles will speak for themselves, definitely. earlier, one of the largest russian attacks in months. missiles and drones targeting cities all across this vast country. the south was hit hard. in odesa and mykolaiv, rescuers were busy from first light dragging survivors and bodies from the wreckage of homes. after almost three years of this, there is exhaustion and fear that this is what the long winter months have in store. ukraine's electricity grid was the main target, triggering power cuts in several cities. and when the power goes, so too does the water. for the people of odesa, a long trudge to the nearest emergency supply. "i don't think we'll get water today," says yulia. "maybe tomorrow in the evening." president zelensky congratulated the men and women of ukraine's air defences. including natalia grabarchu

earlier, president zelensky said the world must respond to the use of a new type of hypersonic missileensky accused president putin of "a clear "and severe escalation" in the war after the weapon was used in the eastern city of dnipro on thursday. he said it was yet more proof that russia has no interest in peace. nato says its ukraine council will meet on tuesday in brussels to discuss this development at the request of ukraine. china has urged "restraint" after the missile strike. president putin, in an address to the nation, made a direct warning to britain and other countries supplying ukraine with long range missiles not to fire at targets on russian soil. he said moscow had the right to use its weapons against the military installations of those countries. kyiv is believed to have already used uk �*storm shadow�* missiles to strike targets in russia, after the us gave permission for its long range missiles to be used. here's our russia editor, steve rosenberg, with his assessment. this is a russian leader who embraces escalation as a means of achieving his goals, in this case the

and president zelensky saying he's aware of the transition, meaning the war will end in 2025.ion and vladimir putin's response. the most unstable escalation in a year, if not longer, just in the transition. so it's all connected to what's happening in the white house, of course. it is, completely. and last week on newscast, you said that it was not out of the question that there could be a change on the use of long—range weapons. that was something you said last week. well, we werejust wondering if biden, as somebody suggested to me that biden might use his last couple of months in the white house to try to make a difference in ukraine, to try to move things forward, to try to put them in the strongest possible position before trump arrives. before trump arrives and he does whatever he's going to do to try to bring all this to a conclusion. and in the last few days, i've written about it for the website today, i've been talking to people, defence sources and people inside and outside government and one of the things that struck me was, well, lots of things are really interesti

keir starmer will be here and president zelensky.started up by the france president after russia's full—scale invasion of ukraine to look at challenges towards europe. you may be wondering why i am in a football stadium. it is being hosted here in the hungarian capital budapest for security reasons. but donald trump as the incoming president of the united states is seen by many of the leaders coming here as a challenge to europe, a security challenge, because traditionally europe looks to the united states to have its back on defence. whether there is a more expansive, aggressive russia, whether having ukraine's back and support military support for ukraine but donald trump is absolutely not a fan of nato, the transatlantic military alliance. also in terms of trade. for the eu, the us is its biggest trade partner and donald trump is protectionist and has been loving slapping tariffs on imports, that is bad news for already sluggish european economies. thinking about germany and its car industry for example. then brussels particularly

but in the meantime, will president—elect trump continue to support president zelensky?war to end — but on what terms? the kremlin said it saw positive signals. firstly to you, lord mandelson... the man tipped as a possible future ambassador to the united states suggested ukraine might have to compromise, giving up nato membership ambitions and even what he called the fringes of its territory. we've got to act in a way, together with the united states, to secure ukraine's freedom and secure its borders so that russia can't invade again. now, i think both those things are possible, not by ukrainejoining nato, but by nato members offering security guarantees. for now, the fighting in eastern ukraine continues, with analysts expecting russia to try to press home its advantage as power is transferred in the us. james landale, bbc news. dr marina miron, post—doctoral researcher at the war studies department of king's college london, told us more about the recent attacks. thank you so much for your time. could you put this into perspective for us? how does this compare to the