to support ukraine. these -- these other television providers -- >> up next, on c-span did it secretary lloyd austin and the chair of the joint chiefs of staff general mark milley speaking at a news conference in germany. an update on the russian war in ukraine and help u.s. military is aiding in the fight. they spoke with defense ministers at 50 other countries working with the u.s. to sue work ukraine. -- to support ukraine. >> good afternoon everyone. thank you for being here today. it is my pleasure to introduce secretary of defense lloyd austin -- general mark milley. the secretary will deliver opening remarks and we will have time to take a questions. i will moderate those questions and asked that we follow questions due to our schedule today. it means finding new and innovative ways to support ukrainian military and people as they defend their country, their lives, and their freedom. it is where we first launched this important contact group in april. and since the first meeting, the u.s. has incr

. fort ukraine control territory. you remember in previous months, endless negotiations over corridors, people being killed while trying to get out basically having to get in a car at their own risk and risk being shelled while trying to leave for ukrainian control church. that definitely the case. and we've had reports of people being taken to hospitals and the schools in other places kept their check for their links to ukrainian army. the korean government laura pressure being put on people. so definitely is a sense that the russians are very king to put a lot of pressure on people and to make them kind of cut off their links to ukraine . it's government institutions. all right, now thanks very much that update nick con late for us in cave. on to pakistan now we're millions of people who've been affected by record breaking floods are now confronting the threat of waterborne diseases. tens of thousands have fallen ill after drinking contaminated flood water. dr. say field hospitals have been trading thousands of peop

force of civilians in ukraine. people are internally displaced a forced many people to flee their home. human rights violations were controlled by affiliated armed groups, have also paulo -- cause people to flee. these conditions have led to a situation in which those fleeing danger are compelled to evacuate in whichever direction is possible irrespective of their preferences. our office has documented a significant number of cases from civilians who were displaced to the russian federation including about a dozen cases were members of the russian armed forces and affiliated armed groups ordered civilians in mariuopol, and brought them into territory in ukraine under their control or to the russian federation. once displaced in the territories of the russian federation, and the cases documented, civilians have had limited movement. many ukrainians have chosen to travel onward to other countries or to return to ukraine. however, those who chose to return to ukraine were not provided with financial resources or other

will to support ukraine. we need to push from a spreadsheet to actions and we agreed that partners would consider increased funding to enhance our production as well as training necessary to defend ukraine. in copenhagen we succeeded in raising further 3.5 billion dollars in support for ukraine. ukraine will keep working for support because ukraine eight is finding a -- is fighting a just war. we also feel's russia aggression. we are close to russia and the high north and the baltic sea area. the baltic nations and the three baltic nations are exposed and they need our food and military support. that is why having more than 12,000 soldiers placed will focus on latvia and estonia. that is to support the baltic area policing. putin's miscalculation by invading ukraine is also seen in another way. finland and sweden's decision to join nato is historic and highly welcome. it will make our alliance stronger and the atlantic area more secure. finland and sweden will have the greatest security than they had before a

these lands are ukraine. still. net disc is ukraine. your homes is ukraine, had a song, is ukraine. so put each shaw is ukraine, just like crummy yog is ukraine. this is the 2nd time. russia has taken ukraine. info tore it by force, but it does not change the nature of the conflict. this remains a rush, us brutal war of aggression against ukraine, and it does not change our commitment to support ukraine. nate thought is not part due to the conflict, but we provide support to crane. swords can uphold its right for self defense and shrine in the you and charter. ours is a defensive alliance with don united, undetermined, to defend and protect every nato ally and every inch of allied territory. this is a pivotal moment. puritan has mobilized hundreds of thousands of more truce, engaged in irresponsible newkirk saber rattling and now illegally annexed more ukrainian territory. together, this represents the most serious escalation, since the thought of the war. no, no. this shows strength. it shows weakness. it is an admission that the war is not going to plan. and the tooth in has utter

putin's war on ukraine. we will start without video and i will have the opportunity to introduce taira formally. we understand there is sound with the video so we will try to get the sound fixed. [video playing] taira after the russian invasion of crimea. >> we are going to try to restart it. for two weeks ukrainian medic known as taira witness the daily horrors of war. she recorded 256 gigabytes of video to show the world what was happening in mariupol at as the russian invasion unfolded. [video playing] taira as a city press to get her footage safely out. on march 16, days after according taira and her colleagues disappeared. [inaudible] taira under calling after the russian invasion of crimea in 2014 days member of the ukrainian team she was going to be featured in the documentary on inspirational figures. when the first rockets landed she quickly jumped into action and turned on her camera. paramedics worked closely with her. [inaudible] it wasn't just soldiers. hours of footage shows taira with children

is in terms of support for ukraine? i think i've been very vocal in clear about any prospects for ukraine and i also believe that it is incredibly important to focus on the homework we must deliver in order to get to the state where we can knock on the door of already membership in the eu and hope in nato as a strong and capable member. if i may interrupt, president zelensky seemed to abandon the nato objective so, that surely is wishful thinking? i think he kind of changed his mind back towards the ukrainian constitution, which foresees the strategic goal to become a nato member, and from my perspective, i don't see any other security guarantee, neitherfor ukraine nor basically for nato, besides ukrainejoining nato, and that will make both actors, both ukraine and nato, much stronger, from my perspective, and that's the only way, i don't believe in any fig leaves, as budapest memorandums or other arrangements that are being discussed at this particular moment. if you say that actually ukraine is intent on nato membersh

ukraine control? the question of whether they will be an independent western state of ukraine, that is no longer on the table. ukraine has achieved a massive victory in that regard. >> thank you. you have been such a clear, consistent voice throughout the invasion. you, general breedlove and others have urged the administration to provide more weapons. there is an argument we keep hearing from the biden administration and the national security council. that argument is russian escalation. the biden administration keeps insisting russia can escalate and we can't go too far. they keep changing the redline. what do you think? how do you respond to that escalation argument? >> i agree we should not be sending u.s. troops to fight in ukraine. even though the soviets and the chinese center there forces to korea, vietnam. russians operating aircraft, shooting at americans and so forth. i am not advocating that we do that. anything short of direct american military intervention is fair game. i don't understan

s. support for ukraine in terms of military supplies. ukraine is allowed to use high tech u. s. weapons against russian forces anywhere in its territory, including crimea, which russia annex back in 2014 a while you and has been attacking russian target. so that would change nothing. i think the only thing that people here are really worried about is that this escalation for moscow, this sign that rusher is willing to do this brinkman ship to re up the states. that would frighten certain european countries would be supporting ukraine to try to force ukraine some kind of compromised year with russia. that's the main fear here . all right, thanks. i majesty de leon connelly, reporting from hockey's and germany has joined other nations and un general assembly in blasting permanent security council member russia over it's warren ukraine and hard hitting speech chance that will have, shall, its, accused, the kremlin of bringing imperialism back to europe. he said the world not, not except a global order dictated by russia through military force. he also pledged germany's continued

while speaking of weaponry, i ukraine's prime minister has just called on germany to supply ukraine with modern lever to battle tanks. how likely is it that germany will do that? germany is opening when he was asked that by german media, he said that if bought and if yes, president biden decides to do that. there will be open to do that as well. something that the german chancellor has repeatedly stressed that the germany will not take single decisions without asking allies and friends to it's open for them. we have to remember that the 1st time that this group met 4 months ago, it was germany's defense minister christina lambert to 1st announce this heavy weapon system. this anti tank is systems called gephart that will be sent. it's been a long process. it's open if germany will actually sent them, but from the chancellor re, they show that they're not really pushing forward to that the waiting for the allies to see which decisions i will take on that matter. many me thank you very much. those are correspondent benjamin over as gruber in ramstein or as that meeting takes place, preside

and so look, now, some of the other headlines related to the war in ukraine, ukraine's president asked, urge germany to become the 1st country to sent western made battle tax to help fight russia. a lot of zalinski said berlin should take the lead in supplying the tanks and not wait for the us to do so. your brain says it needs the equipment to liberate territory captured by russia. yes. germany, chancellor, all of shows has announced that the german government is taking control of subsidiaries of russian oil giant rolls nest. this puts the federal industry regulator in charge of 3 refineries, including a huge facility in northeastern germany. rosner has responded by calling the take over illegal and said it would go to course to challenge the decision. president vladimir putin says he is yet to decide whether he would personally attend to the g 7. the g 20 summit in indonesia in november. but he did say that russia would be represented at the meeting because he also spoke about the ukraine ward regional summit in his bakers stan saying he was in no hurry to end russia's military campa

it's balance position towards ukraine. an urge deeper ties with a jing, but put an also seem to acknowledge friction with china, about russia's war in ukraine. laramie, a put in is in some a can to strengthen ties with some of his key partners. the young high corporation organization of you ration nations has grown insignificance for russia, since it's invasion of ukraine, let western state to impose sanctions and moscow. by far, the most important meeting for putin is with his chinese counterpart. she champagne . it's the chinese presidents, 1st foreign trip since the start of the corona virus pandemic, like killing despite warm words. and the opening remarks put in hinted at frictions with b jing over the invasion of ukraine. we highly value the balance position of our chinese friends when it comes to the ukraine crisis. we understand your questions and concern about this. during today's meeting, we will of course, explain our position. western sanctions and moscow have pushed china and russia closer together economicall

ukraine has not done that. anything we can do to help them secure the situation in advance the battlefield should be on the table. not to diminish at all of what senator shaheen said about balancing that with our own strategic stockpiles, we have to balance both. we have to have an industrial base that can answer the call. nick: senator shaheen, does germany, another country ukraine has criticized in terms of how much it sent, do germany and others need to do more to help ukraine militarily? sen. shaheen: i think we all need to try to do more. again, it is a balance. as we look at what appears to be a protracted conflict, it is important for us to be able to ensure we can provide the munitions long-term that are being requested. the other thing that we have not really talked about that i think is important to point out is, one of the -- the ukrainians have been amazing. they have been courageous, they have been smart. they have done things militarily that i certainly did not realize they would be able to do. i

economy and direct arms shipments to ukraine. basically what europe and the united states are already doing and this conflict. here's how president lensky, under his natal counterpart, announced these proposals have a listen. these were, this is the key issue. this great big 1st step was everybody you've done a great job. you've done a lot and work together as a team lead, but this is just the 1st step in the 1st but an essential step. so this is clearly a joint push of zalinski and, and as for rasmussen and nato to kind of engulf europe to draw it into this conflict even more because right now this deal looks quite lopsided. i should say, cave gets everything. america's military, industrial complex gets loads of orders and basic and loads of work and loads of money while europe gets a lot of obligations and a lot of responsibility, right? ukraine feels like that europe is, is all giving. so right. like of the golden goose, if you like, always giving the egg know that the gift the get, the gift that keeps on growing. who have bru

i think that's been one of the lessons from ukraine. even 30 years ago we knew that pgm gave the economy of force and advantages, and the conflict is only reinforced at. but what were your expectations? you've been dancing with the russians for a long time. what were your expectations when they started the invasion, were you surprised at how went, did they do exactly what you thought? what were your expectations? >> our countries were living together and they were very close, but russian. and obviously from the cyber, it was mentioned before in much of the area. emily saw this preparation from october, november, december, we saw it and they contacted's. they were trying to enroll them in their gre you and this special thing. they were powerful and they were trying to participate. so the function prepares. russian agencies were very close and hit the companyclosely conn company, the -- it's also very important to friends to try again. we did not fulfill it. a little bit right before that. >> do you see anyone helping the russians? we tal

how's ukraine responding to that? well, ukraine will never recognize. those are so called referendum they hold no legal or legitimacy or just as their referendum are held in 2014 in crimea, didn't. and wasn't either recognized by the international community or, you know, are we talking about for regions blue hands, donors, as average i and had a son where's where russia is losing ground? what that russia doesn't entirely master on the ground decanter offensive. the ukrainian counter offensive is still ongoing, or the troops have gotten a hold of her of the river. ask you this is a y d, a governor ukrainian governor, the region of lou haskell confirmed so or russia is embattled or under field. perhaps this is a reason why they want to hold those referendums as quickly as possible because if or from their point of view or dose or regions can be there. and it says here, dan, are that means are darts or they have reason to escalate and to send further or weapon. so further me size of a ukraine, if it considers that its territory is being attacked in well as

ready has been thrown at the ukraine. the last leader of the soviet union mikhail gorbachev has passed away the 91 year old died and moscow central hospital author a long illness. so just briefly here on the program will look back at his legacy with quarter, much of a overhauled the soviet union's foreign policy by introducing that of the new political thinking doctrine that ultimately thought relations with the west. and what about the end of the costly cold war? i've got a bunch of cold for the well to be united and independent. instead of separated. he saw the balance of interests of different nations as a way of solving international problems. universal values had to be recognized whether they were religious or national. the soviet leader also wanted to see the world free from old nuclear weapons at the start of the 21st century. but the outcome didn't turn out as rosy as gorbachev had envisioned. following his world altering decisions of the nato military bulk expanded eastwards and conflicts were seen in post soviet

we will not only support financially, but also empower ukraine to make the most of its potential. ukraine has already a rising tech hub and home is home to many very young smart companies. so i want us to mobilize the full power of our single market to help accelerate growth and create opportunities. please remember in march, we collected successfully ukraine to our electricity grid. it was planned for 2024 . we did it in 2 weeks only. and today, ukraine is exporting electricity to the european union. so i want to significantly expend this mutual beneficial trade. we have already suspended import duties on ukrainian exports to ukraine. we will bring ukraine into our europe in free roaming area. it's really time to do that now. our solidarity lions, our big success, and building on all of that. the commission will work with ukraine to go a step further and to ensure a seamless access to the single market of the european union. our single market is one of your ubs, great to success stories. we know the power that lays lies in the single market. so now it is time to make it a success story f

ukraine has offered up itself as a testing ground for new u. s. weapons systems, that's according to ukraine's deputy defense cheap, whose tempting western arms manufacturers with increased profit to battle test their pilot projects. if you have some ideas, will some pilot projects to be tested before mass manufacturing? you can send it to us. we'll explain how to do it, and in the end, you will get the stamp prove by the worn ukraine. you will send it to easy. yeah, it has already received tens of billions of dollars worth of weapons provided by a number of western states and includes a wide range of military equipment from small fire arms to heavy armor and artillery systems. in particular, the u. s. has been supplying ukraine with multiple launch rocket systems, known as high mars, widely used and attacks on civilians are done now, school guns and the hearse on bridget. meanwhile, the constant flow is becoming a problem for european security with both europe, full and interpol organizations. warning that a large amount of weapons are being s

military support for ukraine. the former boxing star wladimir klitschko has appealed to counselor schulz to strengthen his position and more weapons. he spoke at an awards ceremony near berlin where he accepted a prize on behalf of the ukrainian people. germany has refused to send tanks ukraine, saying it would weaken germany's own defenses. furthermore, we bring in our political correspondent. she has been covering these comments. the former boxing champion. he has demanded more military aid from germany. >> that is correct. it was a big surprise. even he himself said she commit until the last minute, was not sure he was going to turn up in person, or whether he was going to accept the award generally from ukraine. but then he felt it was necessary to come to germany and remind the chancellor and the people of the necessity to show solidarity and deliver those heavy weapons, those modern tanks that he says ukraine desperately needs. he says we have shown we can push back the russian military but we need to seize

to provide ukraine with arms shipments secondly, they would pledge military action in case ukraine's well security is compromised in case ukraine is threatened, or they will be conducting joint exercises, nato, and key of and so on and so forth. the proposed guarantors of all this would be the u. s. u k, canada, a bunch of european nations like poland, italy, and et cetera. and so they would have the same obligations in front of ukraine are as they do in front of any other nato member state preventive measures like within the realms of the military finance. so it is really an all encompassing an effort. it is an all encompassing proposal that is very, very much global and in its magnitude, it could be very significant when it comes to both the fates of ukraine and well, the nato block, his house, zalinski, and his nato counterpart. how the, well, how they discussed and how they announced this, these proposals have ellison, these were, this is the key issue. there. great, great, big 1st step. one possible, everybody, you've done a great job to all in. you've done a lot and work togeth

russia is losing a war to ukraine. it's losing a war with conventional forces to ukraine. it looks like the russians begin to try and make nuclear threats. and threats of, ah, you know, environmental terrorism attacking their own nord stream pipelines. um and so yes, this is scary. yes, it is dangerous. that is the nature of warfare. and yet we should not lose perspective that we are the strong ones in this equation, not the weak ones. and we should be projecting our strength into the conversation. not all of our anxieties of what we're afraid might happen, because to do that encourages russia to believe that they can set the conditions at the end of the war. they are losing, that they can use nuclear and other threats to affect american behavior. that's just not good deterrence strategy. i find your perspective really fascinating, corey, and i think a very important contribution here. nonetheless, the russians are working to annex these large portions of territory to sort of begs the question of, as you look at, i mean, this looks like a war that's not going to wind down

the real threat is to ukraine. but my impression is that they were using this in the 1st month of the war and if they stopped, if moscow does prevail in the still pretty pessimistic about the outcome of this one to you said in may. if president putin gets the dumbass like he got crimea will then rebuild his army, and in a few years time, he'll go on the offensive again to try to get the rest of ukraine. do you really think as things stand now that ukraine is going to be in a position to prevent that happening? well, you know, our strategic culture says that you should always give the enemy so called off from an opportunity to correct a mistake, a. but what's president put you clearly douglas shall strategic culture. and you only need to read him from the india. say that i've already mentioned his proclamation to the russian people on the south of this war at to know that his, the objective is to take over or dominate, or at least the rule in all of ukraine. so yes, i'm afraid that that as see now, just mean more wa

will ukraine control? the question of whether the would be an independent pro-western democratic state in ukraine or not i don't think that is any longer on the table. i think ukraine has achieved a massive, massive victory in that regard. >> super. thanks maxtor given such a clear consistent voice throughout this invasion and you and general breedlove and others have urged the administration to provide more and better weapons. at this an argument we keep hearing from the white house on the biden administration from the national security council, and that argument is russian escalation. the biden administration keeps insisting russia can escalate and we can't go to for and he keeps changing the red line. red line. we've seen them do it over and over again. what do you make sense, how do you respond to the escalation argument? >> i agree that we should not be sending u.s. troops to fight in ukraine, even though the soviets and the chinese certainly sent their forces to fight us in korea and vietnam and russ

ukraine is too simple. russia itself is the largest country on planet earth with a relatively huge economy for the region and 145 million people who live there. ukraine has a population of about 40 million. it's the poorest country in europe. it's got an average annual income that's much lower than albania's. so just by looking at the most basic wikipedia numbers, if ukraine remained a sovereign country, ukraine it would have to reach a negotiated settlement with russia. pitch battles were not going to do it. that's not a moral judgment. you can root for the ukrainian military all you want. it's still a fact. the second thing that was immediately evident about this war was how unusually destructive it was, and was going to be. it wasn't just ukraine that was getting pummeled, though it certainly was, it was the entire western economy, including our economy. russian energy fuels europe. a recession in germany was certain to lead to a recession here. in the months since it has, a bad one. the longer this war

but ukraine went ahead anyway. essentially, it was laying a trap that the russian high command walked right into. knowing that russia had redeployed troops to the south, the ukrainians chose their moment and struck in the north—east, capturing a key supply point in kupiansk and eventually the strategically important city of izyum, which russia had spent a lot of effort in capturing. they would rush to the front line, they would create chaos and confusion. they would do a hit—and—run tactic, not for the sake of actually engaging the enemy, but for the sake of creating the impression among russian garrisons in those towns and villages that they are being encircled, that they are far behind the lines, they are getting isolated. so it disrupted their ability to go on. they did not waste time on storming cities in russian style and destroying them all. so they would pass them by, isolate the russian garrisons, and then move on to the next point that needs to be cut off and taken under control, so that russian unit

home in ukraine. the development actors must be engaged in important work. we are deeply worried about the reports of forcibly transferring victims to russia and territory occupied by russia and being taken to facilities being run by russia. we are alarmed by reports that civilians are deprived of liberty at such facilities. there is a body of independent information indicating serious human rights violations and abuses against civilian detainees and prisoners at the sites. these reports emphasize the importance of all parties engaging in identifying and finding missing persons. the appropriate humanitarian actors must be given access to all places of detention in accordance with international humanitarian law. we welcome the fact-finding mission established by the general pursuant to the incident of the detention facility. in must conduct its important work. we also recall that all measures towards changing mo graphics may constitute -- changing demographics may constitute war crimes. civilians forci

ukraine says it's regains territory. it dos several regions including car key, a significant setback for russia. so is this a turning point in the conflict? and how will moscow respond? this is inside still. ah, hello and welcome to the program i'm fully by t bowl. after nearly 7 months of fighting ukraine has finally begun to regain some of the territory it lost to russia. it says its forces are continuing their rapid advance in several areas, including the northern khaki region in the past few days. forcing moscow to pull back its forces is raised the question of how far they can go. now, in response to those gains, ukraine says russia is attacking its power and water supplies in khaki, official se missile strikes calls blackouts in several areas, including the main city. power was restored in denise pro petrov, donnie esque, and so me by midnight on sunday, but khaki remained in darkness. an estimated 9000000 people were affected, including in areas controlled by russia. now, despite the days of battlefield setbacks,

the latest from the battlefield in ukraine. nick, where you are? well, that's the only thing on this day where i've learned futon is invited, seemingly half of moscow to the kremlin to celebrate what is being sold as this major victory. and you've got the leaders of those self proclaimed republics in viet kalonski the but he's jefferson in moscow waiting to meet the big man as it were. it seems like russia is headed for a major defeat, mississippi mom that's in the north west of the dumbass region. that is near the cities of least a chance. conservative genius, which russia are got from ukraine concord with huge losses in terms of personnel, but also material. and now it seems like ukraine has surrounded a huge number of russian troops. got $10000.00 is the estimate. and it seems like they only have one route out and that is a route that is under constant ukrainian fire. so the lakes reports been getting there is that these russian troops seemingly have been told not to have had themselves over to become prisoners of war. that

how significant are the gains by ukraine? is it more significant than the russian retreat in march from kyiv? >> that was a major recalibration of the mission. it ended the first part of the special military operation and began phase two. both are significant for different reasons. regarding the recent situation in kharkiv, the russian military establishment appears to have been blindsided. it appeared they were caught off guard and now they have lost their supply lines. this coincides with ukraine -- russia and donetsk who will be fighting an offensive operation. >> what are russians missing now strategically? >> supply lines. they are going to have to figure this out. we've seen helicopters that can carry hundreds of personnel being carried over to bring in reinforcements to kharkiv. there are having difficulty in terms of making sure they don't repeat what happened incurs on where 20,000 troops are stuck. that's the initial problem right now. where will the ukrainian counteroffensive happened next? [indiscernible] it might

we want the russian soldiers in ukraine. they had only 2 options to flee or surrender. meanwhile, the reports of ukrainian shelling for the east in separatists held regions. authorities in the separatist controlled city of the next se 13 people died after a ukrainian missile strike there. they accuse keith of deliberately targeting civilians. this came as cave accused moscow of deliberately dropping missiles near a nuclear power plant in ukraine. southern mich alive region missiles fell just some 300 meters away from the power station, the country 2nd largest. the 3 react is, were not damaged, but the incident has stoked fears that the war could lead to a new killer disaster. following the success of ukraine's counter offensive in the east rushes vladimir putin has promised to step up a tax on ukrainian infrastructure, endangering the lives of civilians across the country is and nick conley is in hockey, and he gave us this update on the fi thing. and ukraine's east, ah, for i get that you might be hearing you crazy slant fr

if ukraine stops fighting ukraine ends. that's why we will continue to support ukraine as it defends itself. a rush of foreign mr. ross left the meeting as his country faith more and more criticism. he attempted to defend the invasion minutes earlier. you doing this 3000000 in you're going to get see. today's meeting was motivated by the intention of several delegations to discuss the topic of impunity in ukraine. and i think it's very timely. it's precisely this turn. impunity that reflects what's been going on in this country since 2014, a national, radicalized force open, russo folks, and neo nazis came to power. and then as a result of an armed coup with direct support of western countries. right after that they took the path of lawlessness in totally ignoring fundamental rights and freedoms. and grand foreign minister may treat collab. i also spoke, he told the council that he believes his country will be victoria. yesterday put in announced mobilization. but what he really announced before the whole world was his defe

let's have a look at ukraine in advance and the area they have retaken. now there we can see it among this strategically important railway, a hob, a coup, johnson. this could heard pollutants supply lines further. already. one of the russian weak spots of russia loses more territory. new crane will increasingly look also like a massive personal simulation for vladimir putin. so how significant are bees are gains these advance for luxury put so i think it looks fairly small on that map, but it's actually in a thousands of square kilometers. but i think more than that, it just shows that the ukrainians are capable of launching a very complex campaign. and you know, like our prior to february 24th and even the 1st couple weeks of that war. a lot of folks that are ukranian and do not have any military am capabilities to speak of. and now they're, you know, taking back and, you know, the fortified country from, for, from the russians. and so i think, you know, like what really signals that the training at that they have received from various needle partners is

authorities in russian hill parts of ukraine. the whole referendums, on joining russia. the white house says it will never recognize the annexation of any ukrainian territory. and the u. s. threatening to impose more sanctions on moscow for what it says, a violations of international law license of international law. rushing back to authorities in the regents of lou hantz done yet, zapper asia and her son say for days the voting will begin on friday. the announcement come as ukrainian soldiers have been making sweeping gains from russian forces in a counter offensive. oh, my friends. oh sir, the don boss is returning home with that leader of the self proclaimed in its people's republic, announced a vote on joining russia. authorities in the neighboring self declared peoples republic of lou hands as well as the occupied parts of the hassan and separation regions have announced similar poles to begin on friday. internet's some residence, welcomed the move when speaking to journalists with separatist mind as nasty, but we all suppor

thank frame attention with ukraine. more dominated speeches in the 1st day of the un general assembly. several western countries accused russia of returning to imperialism or diplomatic editor. james bayes is at un headquarters in york, and he's joining his life a james of course of the lot to talk about in terms of the ukraine with regards to the u. n. g a. but it's not, of course, the only subject that is on the agenda is it it's certainly the subject that is dominating proceedings, and we're going to hear in the coming hours from president biden. i would expect will hear lots on ukraine from him and later in the day present, zalinski will be speaking to the un general assembly. and he'll be speaking by video link. they are, chat has have a special vote in the, in the general assembly to allow him to do that. russia was opposed, but the majority of nations said that could happen. but as you say, rob, it's not just ukraine. there are so many issues always when leaders from all around the world, the $193.00 countries of

to ukraine was paying off on the battlefield. the contact group made off of defense ministers and senior military figures is meeting in gym class and use headlines is our don't go away. coming up next after a short break is conflicts on an appointed tool with congest goldschmidt, president of the conference of european rabbis. and for the chief rabbi moscow, tom rebecca, written from a on the entire team here in the newsroom. thanks very much. oh thank ah with who into the conflict zone with sebastian russia? jewish community has been watching the war in ukraine with mounting alarm. but most of the island fearing state reprisals, the senior figure in the community help but silence was immoral. the thinkers coach met and he was all jews in russia to get out. now. the conflict zone next on d. w. o . the landscape, a reflection of a turbulent history. the cities, the mosaic of different people and languages. iran's mountains reveal unparalleled beauty. the scenery is magnificent, but people are warm and our position is exceptionally

those modern tanks that he says, ukraine desperately needs. he said, we've shown that we can push back the rest military, but we'll need to seize this momentum. and modern combat tanks would help us tremendously. and he addressed chancellor charles, personally and said, you are on the right side of history. you have shown solidarity with ukraine, but of course now you need to strengthen this position by delivering what we need and to please let us do this together. this was his message and actually there was quite a bit of tension here in the room because the representative from poland and the us were also here and mr. glasgow. thank them explicitly. but he, at this message of warning to the germans, essentially because he said that he can tell that people here are beginning to get tired of the war in ukraine, and that they're more worried about rising energy prices, et cetera. but that the people in ukraine don't have this luxury of getting tired of the war. that was nina hauser reporting there. here are some of the other stories now that are

if we are going to provide ukraine what it needs, ukraine has the wherewithal, the fielded forces and the will to make a difference. so largely how this rolls out will depend on what the west has done to help supply the effort. skipping out to what we see on the ground and are several who have more recent experience than me i hope they will add some as well. it appears that despite all the news and there is an heaggressive disinformation campaign out there about what's going on in the south, learned individuals on the ground and reporters are seeing successive limited successes at this point, successes by the ukrainian forces and they appear to be trying as you know the whole area is dominated by a series of rivers and river inlets and bodies of water and they are attempting to use the geography and the limited throughput and roads and bridges to in their attack divide the russian forces and make them feel exposed and vulnerable on the west side of the river causing major problems for russia and they are having some small town by town successes, probably nothing we would call major at

and it's also not in ukraine's neighborhood. and the security of united states does not really depend on what happens and you can't do the same gree that, that germany does. so i think there's still a lot of resentment within europe, particularly in eastern europe, towards berlin over the way it's handled itself. and it's continued refusal to send battle tags in particular to, to ukraine, matthew huntington. and we appreciate your time in your insights tonight. thank you . thank you. ah, in the u. k. long lines, long queues of people have formed as people wait, their turn to pay their final respects to queen elizabeth thousands are filing past the coffin to say that final farewell ahead of the queen's funeral, which is scheduled for monday earlier today. tens of thousands of people lined the streets of the british capital as a royal procession brought the queen's coffin to westminster hall, where the late monarch is now lying in stay, ah, this is the moment the queen left the palace for the last time, talked with the imperial cr

yeah, ukraine has been the catalyst for all this. it's particular with, with china, it's been, it's been very difficult because china still is very economically reliant on trade with the western and technology for the west. so it can't give it's, it hasn't been given. it's full formal backing to russia, but that's changing in recent days. we've had much stronger statements of support for, for, for russia's invasion. and then today when they're talking about common interests, we also saw things going the other way. where vladimir putin gave his support for china's position on taiwan and criticize the u. s. for escalation situation in taiwan. so it's all kinds of things are opening up at the moment. at the beginning of the war, everyone was talking about russia becoming a pariah state. it sounds like moscow is doing a lot in the background to ensure that economically it does have some sort of standing in the world in, in the next years to come. definitely on it's, it's very much pushing its, its relationship with china. i think china i

he's to hoist ukrainian flex back throughout occupied the bus, sudden ukraine and crimea. ukraine has every right to liberate its territories and people and will continue to do these regardless of russia's wards or deeds. sam referendum ah, elements of aggression against the sovereign state. and anyone involved in organizing or conducting these fars will be held accountable? are diplomatic ada? jamie phase is following elements, very new york in terms of the big picture, a resolution condemning russia that was vetoed by russia. that really was no surprise whatsoever. and no surprise that the majority of the security council would've supported that resolution if it hadn't been to the russian veto. but i do think it was looking at the, the details of the figures in the votes that happened on this occasion. because if you go back to immediately after the russian invasion of ukraine, the security council vote, then of course russia used it's vito as well when it was condemned. but then you had 3 extensions in the security council, china being one of them this time around for abstentions.

his war is an assault on ukraine. an assault on un charter and an assault on the international norms that protect us all. so we stand with our ukranian friends for as long as it takes because ukraine's fight for freedom is the world's fight for freedom. it is our fight for freedom. and if you crane sovereignty and territory are not respected, then no country is truly secure. these are the reasons why ukraine can and must when thank that was james and cleverly the farm and stuff for the united kingdom. speaking the off, the 2nd row of the russian foreign minister at a un security council meeting on ukraine. a meeting of 4 minutes is the 1st since russia invaded ukraine back in february, that's bringing correspondent alan fisher. it also been listening in the end. we heard, 1st of all and 2nd lover of russian foreign minister repeating the same narrative we've been hearing out of russia that they are fighting near nazis in ukraine, who been dehumanizing people living in separatist areas of ukraine and interesting . he t