i visited military bases in both poll lad and lithuania where i met u.s. troops supporting the mission to protect young democracies from russian aggression. among the several servicemembers were several if our state of illinois, near detator, montgomery, illinois near aurora and they came and told stories of their service in the regular army and how they were now working in lithuania to prepare their armies for any possible battles in the future. it's been a wonderful strong relationship. in poland when you mention you're from illinois, virtually every military officer says they've been our friends for a long time and they have been because for over 20 years the illinois guard has been in direct contact with the polish military forces modernizing them and preparing them for any challenges that might come. eastern european allies know the russian threat far better than we do. look at these maps of russian troop movements in and around crearn and -- ukraine and the borders of our nato allies. as you can see here, keeve, they're in the news virtually on a con

we know lithuania wants a permanent force. we made some suggestions to our millitary folks about that and our state department people. we have a battalion there now. i think each of the other baltic countries would like a permanent american force there. i support it. i think some of the other members of congress would support it. it's a major undertaking. to move the kind of people that is necessary into those countries, but at this time in the world's history, it may be necessary for us to undertake that responsibility. with that, i yelled back the balance of my time. chair wicker: thank you so much. senator? senator cardin: first, let me welcome our colleagues and friends from the baltic states. i want to thank senator wicker for his leadership on the helsinki commission, bringing us together in regards to the game changer of the baltics under pressure. he's been a leader on this issue, on the helsinki commission, as well as on the osce parliamentary assembly participating on the saturday special session of the standing comm

the exclave is surrounded by the baltic sea, poland, and lithuania. and it's well-armed, with russia's baltic fleet stationed here. it's also believed to be a nuclear weapons storage site. the border town of panemune in lithuania has grown accustomed to its highly militarized neighbors. it fosters good relations with the russians, says mayor virginija loucuviene. and she sincerely hopes things will stay quiet here, despite the war raging in ukraine. even if things may never be quite the same. virginija: we used to cross the border to go shopping before the pandemic hit. and now we're going to feel the consequences of this war, and the russians will, too. reporter: visas for kaliningrad stopped being issued here some time ago. and hardly any trucks e passing the chkpoint. first, it was because of the covid pandemic. now, it'due to russia's invasion of ukraine. this russian truck driver finds the whole thing unfathomable. >> i was waiting around with ukrainian truckers to cross the lithuanian border. why should we hate each other? reporter: kaliningrad

the exclave is surrounded by the baltic sea, poland, and lithuania. and it's well-armed, with russia's baltic fleet stationed here. it's also believed to be a nuclear weapons storage site. the border town of panemune in lithuania has grown accustomed to its highly militarized neighbors. it fosters good relations with the russians, says mayor virginija loucuviene. and she sincerely hopes things will stay quiet here, despite the war raging in ukraine. even if things may never be quite the same. virginija: we used to cross the border to go shopping before the pandemic hit. and now we're going to feel the consequences of this war, and the russians will, too. reporter: visas for kaliningrad stopped being issued here some time ago. and hardly any trucks e passing the chkpoint. first, it was because of the covid pandemic. now, it'due to russia's invasion of ukraine. this russian truck driver finds the whole thing unfathomable. >> i was waiting around with ukrainian truckers to cross the lithuanian border. why should we hate each other? reporter: kaliningrad

in 1991 i was in lithuania. i saw firsthand the soviet russian tanks surrounding the parliament building. i met be met with the courageous leaders to show our solidarity against the oppression at that time. i stayed in a hotel in which there were bullet holes in the walls from the russians. just recently senator wicker and i and others have been to estonia. just this past july we had a chance to visit the city on the russian border. and we saw firsthand how the baltic states are dealing with representative government protecting the rights of all of its citizens. i mentioned that because you all understand the risk of where you are and what russia has done in the past. and it's risk to your sovereignty. so you want you to understand that when russia invaded ukraine in 2014, we stood with the ukrainians. never recognizing the takeover of crimea. and we will continue to stand with the ukrainian people. in regards to the baltic states, it's different than it was in 1991. you are now may nee know members. and you are

ah, troops to the mast in the forests of lithuania in recent days. but so far, only for a military exercise, a unit of the german buddhist. there is training to support nato partner, lithuania, in case of attack. we have armed forces here from germany, health, black and eyes to infantry with their combat vehicles. we've also got various recognizance vehicles under tillery since the war broke out in ukraine. the bonus, very presence in lithuania, has been ramped up once again. some 900 soldiers announced stationed here. they'll be deployed to defend this border if necessary. the name and river separates lithuania from the russian blast of cleaning god. the exclaim is surrounded by the bounty sea, poland and lithuania, and it's well armed with russia's bounty fleet stationed here. it's also believed to be a nuclear weapon storage site. the border town of pan yamuna in lithuania, has grown accustomed to its highly militarized neighbours. it fosters good relations with the russians, says mer virginia low to vienna, and she sincerely hopes things will sta

ukraine's ambassador to lithuania, petro beshta. and the former nato director of policy, fabrice pothier. including with the current secretary general, jens stoltenberg. that's our panel, give them another round of applause. welcome to you all. and remember, you too can join the conversation — it's #bbcglobalquestions. well, so much to get through today so, without further ado, let's go to our first question. monica, your question please? i would like to know - what happens if putin decides to move to the baltic states next. - which country would be next or the first one, i could it be lithuania? i think that's to you first, the lithuanian deputy foreign minister. there aren't so many choices among the baltic countries and yes, there are reasons to suppose that lithuania might be the one to attack because we have the suwalki gap, the iookm that separates us from poland, which is the only land linked to a nato country and the rest of nato by land, but i would like us to be less apprehensive about this because what the war in ukrain

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the name and river separates lithuania from the russian or blast of cleaning blood. the exclaim is surrounded by the bounty sea, poland, and lithuania, and it's well armed with russia's bounty fleet stationed here. it's also believed to be a nuclear weapon storage site. the border town of penny ammonia in lithuania, has grown accustomed to its highly militarized neighbors. it fosters good relations with the russians, says mer virginia, lots of vienna. and she sincerely hopes things will stay quiet here despite the war raging in ukraine. even if things may never be quite the same. my for product up to predict it. it only used to cross the border to go shopping before the pandemic had to empty. and now we're going to feel the consequences of this war. and the russians will to look in theater. the visas for ca, leningrad, stop being issued here some time ago. and hardly any trucks are passing the checkpoint. first, it was because of the coven pandemic. now it's due to russia's invasion of ukraine . this russian rider finds the whole scene unfathomable. i was wasting a r

ukraine's ambassador to lithuania, petro beshta. and the former nato director of policy, fabrice pothier. including with the current secretary general, jens stoltenberg. well, give them another round of applause. that's our panel. welcome to you all. and remember, you too can join the conversation — it's #bbcglobalquestions. we've got so much to get through today so, without further ado, let's go to our first question. monica, your question please? i would like to know what happens - if putin decides to movel to the baltic states next. which country would be next or the first one, _ could it be lithuania? i think that's to you first, the lithuanian deputy foreign minister. there aren't so many choices among the baltic countries and, yes, there are reasons to suppose that lithuania might be the one to attack because we have the suwalki gap, the 100km that separates us from poland, which is the only land linked to a nato country and the rest of nato by land, but i would like us to be less apprehensive about this because what the war

they just actually took her out the country code for lithuania. so lithuania can't import or export anything to china because there's no country code. china says it hasn't anything against wto. just sorry you don't exist as a country. so that's interesting way of zeroing a nation, but then they've gone farther and they've told german automakers that they can't use components made or assembled in lithuania for cars or for you know for export to china. i mean, so it's actually thrown the eu into i don't want to say turmoil, but it's it's really testing ties within within the eu. so i think china has a capacity for for mischief making that is you know quite at odds with it's early that it was a you know, i'm kind of have a peaceful rise. and the role of the us and all this so we saw the us during the protests, you know, take steps and congress the us congress nancy pelosi and mitch mcconnell got together on something. he was majority leader in the senate at the time to basically say if you're not going to support these, you know, and they called it i

the name and river separates lithuania from the russian blast of cleaning blood. the exclaim is surrounded by the bounty, c, poland and lithuania, and it's well armed with russia's bounty fleet stationed here. it's also believed to be a nuclear weapon storage site. the border town of pen yamuna in lithuania, has grown accustomed to its highly militarized neighbours. it fosters good relations with the russians, says mer virginia lo to vienna. and she sincerely hopes things will stay quiet here despite the war raging in ukraine. even if things may never be quite the same. my for product up to predict it. it only used to cross the border to go shopping before the pandemic had to empty. and now we're going to feel the consequences of this war and the russians war 2 and, and look in theater. the visas for ca, leningrad, stop being issued here some time ago. and hardly any trucks are passing the checkpoint. first, it was because of the coven pandemic. now, it's due to russia's invasion of ukraine. this russian rider finds the whole scene unfathomable. i was waiting a ro

i think lithuania is an interesting example. ok, they are a baltic country and they actually had about 200,000 people out in the baltic way in hong kong in the end of august 2019. it was commemorating the 30th anniversary of the baltic way that took place as those three countries, lithuania, loggia and dystonia, were getting independence -- and estonia were getting independence. the baltics and hong kong are the small countries and have a lot of ties. lithuania has been very supportive of hong kong and, by the way, when the protesters in support of hong kong getting back to the question about what we are going to see, you have the chinese ambassador to lithuania watching as a group of thugs beat up a pro hong kong protesters in lithuania. those of the kinds of tactics i think we are going to increasingly see abroad. we see this in chinatown in london where mainland thugs beat up hong kong protesters at an anti-asian hate rally of all things. but let the weightier is being punished because -- but let the way neah -- lithuania is

the bonus, very presence in lithuania, has been ramped up once again. some 900 soldiers announced stationed here. they'll be deployed to defend this border if necessary. the name and river separates lithuania from the russian blast of cleaning god. the exclaim is surrounded by the bounty sea, poland, and lithuania, and it's well armed with russia's bounty fleet stationed here. it's also believed to be a nuclear weapon storage site. the border town of penn yamuna in lithuania, has grown accustomed to its highly militarized neighbours. it fosters good relations with the russians, says mer virginia low to vienna, and she sincerely hopes things will stay quiet here despite the war raging in ukraine. even if things may never be quite the same. my for product up to predicted . it normally used to cross the border to go shopping before the pandemic head to empty. and now we're going to feel the consequences of this war and the russians war 2. i look into you did the visas for collecting god stop being issued here some time ago. and hardly any trucks are passin

providing social benefits, _ coming to lithuania? providing social benefits, food, - coming to lithuania? providing social benefits, food, shelter, | social benefits, food, shelter, or the conditions people need and looking into longer perspective also the possibility to find a job. lithuania is a fast—growing country so we need additional labour force and additional people in order to make our economic progress even farther progress even faster. stay with us on bbc news, still to come: borisjohnson heads to saudi arabia, looking to secure a deal which will fill up the uk's oil supplies. today, we have closed the book on apartheid and that chapter. more than 3,000 subway passengers were affected. nausea, bleeding, headaches and a dimming of vision — all of this caused by an apparently organised attack. the trophy itself was on the pedestal in the middle of the cabinet here. now, this was an international trophy and we understand now that the search for it has become an international search. above all, this was a triumph for the c

the domestic conflict has become an international crisis with poland and lithuania, becoming the new centers of resistance to the regime. now we're understand that people are much better understand their plight for democracy, for liberty and the dress under which they are currently being placed by the regime . now these bela russians living in exile many based in the lithuanian and polish capitals and felonies and warsaw, opposing a serious threat to the dictator. i am completely overwhelmed by that respect for the young activists wire exile. they're very, very active and very brave by your o sco key. i thought about what i can do for people for lucian. i don't have i don't know ultimate kalash you can. yeah, i don't have i don't have pistol, ed, i don't, i don't have a poison. so i have my boy. you don't care about you want them to show me, but your book asked that question. why and then and then the more recent left check as enraged lucas shameka with her comic songs, lampooning the dictator and his henchmen. why wouldn't they offer a star was performing in vilnius when she got wor

foreign ministers of lithuania and _ economic. foreign ministers of lithuania and the _ economic. foreign ministers of lithuania and the us, - economic. foreign ministers of lithuania and the us, speaking economic. foreign ministers of- lithuania and the us, speaking they are in vilnius. talking about defending as you heard the lithuanian foreign minister they are the international rules —based order. antony blinken reflecting on the hugely disproportionate in his words, hugely disproportionate forces that russia has relative to the ukrainian military but even if russia wins a battle or takes his 38 does not mean that russia is winning the war. let's continue our coverage now by going to the ukrainian city of lviv. it has been 12 days of war, citizens caught up in the fighting, tens of thousands making their way to lviv, seeking shelter in any kind of place that they can find. where i am right now is an arts and cultural centre and you can see behind me, people who have come from all over the country, mostly from the north, the east and the south of the country. i have spoken to

the name and river separates lithuania from the russian or blast of cleaning blood. the exclaim is surrounded by the bounty sea, poland, and lithuania, and it's well armed with russia's bounty fleet stationed here. it's also believed to be a nuclear weapon storage site. the broader town of penny ammonia in lithuania, has grown accustomed to its highly militarized neighbors. it fosters good relations with the russians, says mer virginia low to vienna, and she sincerely hopes things will stay quiet here despite the war raging in ukraine. even if things may never be quite the same. my for product up to predict it. it only used to cross the border to go shopping before the pandemic head to him . and now we're going to feel the consequences of this war and the russians war 2 and, and look into 2 visas for ca, leningrad, stop being issued here some time ago. and hardly any trucks are passing the checkpoint. first, it was because of the coven pandemic. now it's due to russia's invasion of ukraine . this russian pat rider finds the whole scene unfathomable. i was waiting a r

how's that reported from lithuania. thank you. and let's have a quick summary of the current situation in ukraine. russia says it has captured it's 1st major city in ukraine. it's forces are now occupying the administration building in carson. but it's unclear if the port city is fully under russian control. ukraine says it's troops are still defending it. ukraine's 2nd biggest city hockey remains on the attack, and the ukrainian official says the key southern port of mario paul is surrounded by russian troops. meanwhile, a large russian convoy of tanks and other vehicles appears to be stalled around 30 kilometers outside the us and british defense sources say the convoy has made a little discernible progress over the past 3 days. that obviously connelly joins me now from love if in the west of ukraine. nick, what can you tell us about the situation this morning? well, it seems like that russian check on care is stuck. that huge column of hardware we saw estimated by some to be 6 close to long has not moved. some of that is down t

that is from lithuania, i want to turn to | from lithuania, i want to turn to another country. 80,000 refugees of christ from ukraine to moldova. our correspondent is at the border crossing. these are women who stayed in ukraine for more than ten days of war. they have now decided to leave. it is a long walk from ukraine's bus stop to this quarter. by the time they are here, the conflict is dark in their cities and their faces. many had powerfor in their cities and their faces. many had power for reasons for staying as long as they could. wheelchair bound after a number of strokes. and looking less share, she faced a dilemma. being there was terrifying. we live on the eighth floor. and how else can they feel but fear. i cannot leave for their and all she has. for some, this is not a one—wayjourney. their dropping of their children here before turning around and going straight back to ukraine. she before turning around and going straight back to ukraine.- straight back to ukraine. she is workin: straight back to ukraine. she is working in _ straight back to ukraine. she is working in

there aren't so many choices among the baltic countries and there are reasons to suppose that lithuania might be the one to attack, because we have the suwalki gap, the 100km that separates us from poland, the only land linked to a nato country and the rest of nato by land, but i would like us to be less apprehensive about this because what the war in ukraine has showed is two things — one, that the kremlin regime is cynical, aggressive, absolutely murderous in its intent, but also militarily quite weak. the fact that we are in nato, the fact that we are protected by nato security guarantees is, i think, a great reassurance that we are certainly superior to that bumbling, barbarian force that we see rampaging through the cities of ukraine. we wish to do everything we can for ukraine but we shouldn't be too afraid that we cannot be defended by nato ourselves. so, don't be too afraid but don't be complacent. as european union ambassador to ukraine, what's your response? our nations have lived here in this neighbourhood for thousands of years. on the edge of our civilisation, if you will

i want to clarify this is not an official effort on the part of lithuania. this is entirely volunteers. >> that's correct. it's ngo, all of it. we do cooperate on some, with the government, and i must say i'm grateful for the support of the lithuanian government and the support is totally ngo with other entities within ukraine. >> let me ask you, the other day i talked to steve hendricks from from "the washington post," viewers who are appreciative of the coverage seem alarmed, are you giving away secrets that you shouldn't be giving away because they're trying to help the ukrainians. >> it's a dilemma, we need coverage and we need people knowing because we are solely living from the support of the people, from ordinary citizens, from companies so we have to tell about what we're doing. i'm not that worried because we have learned over the years what we can be open with and where we should be more quiet, and i think the article was quite well balanced. there are a couple of things that should not be in it, but i'm actually not that worried at all, especially

regarding lithuania, i am not concerned only about my country. i am concerned about the security of the whole region. we have to talk about the eastern flank of nato. yes, we can say that in this area there have been some decisions already taken, and i have to look at what i expect that probably in the nato summit, especially in june it will get very clear and material signals about deployment of nato troops in lithuania. >> as you talk about the military and troop presence in the region, i want to ask you about some of our latest reporting, which is president biden may announce a permanent increase in nato troops in the nato region in countries like yours. is that something that you would support? are you hearing anything about how realistic that is and if the president is going to move in that direction? >> i think this is very timely announcement and timely decision. i think the transatlantic bond is especially important, and lithuania was among the countries that support that transatlantic bond in the european union very much. this is the rea

this is a garage in lithuania. volunteers are working around the clock to turn ordinary cars into battle ready vehicles, for ukrainian soldiers to use, on the front lines of russian invaders. here's how it works. the cars are bought from, or donated by, civilians looking to aid the ukrainian people, in any way they can. volunteers checked the engines, retrofit them with armor plating, and give them a new coat of green paint, so they won't stand out on the battlefield. the vehicle, stan, are piled up, and driven south as fast as they can, through lithuania, and poland, to secure checkpoint on the ukrainian border. so, if someone asks you what the trucker convoy for freedom looks like, please, show them this picture. one reason we know about the ukrainian armoured truck pipeline, is thanks to incredible reporting by the washington post steve hendrix, reporting on how critical supplies make their way to ukraine from supportive, neighboring countries. it's not just cars. these convoys carry all kinds of emergency suppl

now lithuania, he, along with many others, is planning to take the regime to court. with doesn't, in the last the close. there was no one. it's a prototype of the room, william in western countries, half instrument that were used before in these sorts of cases in the countries of former yugoslavia and in other cases were the responsible people from the regime go to trial. i'm certain that eventually this will reach the conclusion that those responsible will have to be adjusted. ah, those know, next it is fed loaner taken off scott, who poses the biggest threat to lucas shanker. not least as she is widely recognized as the rightful winner of the presidential election. now, based in vilnius, her ability to draw thousands to her, ronnie's makes a potent symbol for the pro democracy movement. europe crystal understand that there is no way back in this situation. we need to keep pressure on the re, she's sick enough sky. a scene here in warsaw with the polish prime minister is pressing hard for more sanctions and has gone on its support from most european leaders. we will

translation: god forbid - i if we are no more, then latvia, lithuania, estonia will be next, then moldova, georgia, poland. but president putin is unbowed — and defends his invasion. translation: i would never- renounce my conviction that russians and ukrainians are one people, despite part of the residence of ukraine having been brainwashed by the nazi nationalist propaganda. in germany, people gather to offer a home to some of the one million ukrainians who have now fled their country. delegations from ukraine and russia hold discussions in neighbouring belarus, but ukraine's president says only direct talks with vladimir putin can end the war. here, the government imposes sanctions on two more of the russian super—rich — and bans them from travelling to the uk. and two luxury yachts owned by russian oligarchs are seized by germany and france, in a clampdown on kremlin supporters. stay with us for continued analysis in the uk and around the world. good evening. we're live in the ukrainian capital kyiv, where there's a real sense of foreboding, with fighting in this war now little

holding talks with the government and i'm joined now by the deputy foreign minister of lithuania. the foreign minister was part of the talks today with antony blinken, how should a review of his comments of how much protection nato is giving republics such as yours. you feel quite vulnerable. we are discussin: you feel quite vulnerable. we are discussing very — you feel quite vulnerable. we are discussing very hard _ you feel quite vulnerable. we are discussing very hard matters - you feel quite vulnerable. we are discussing very hard matters of l discussing very hard matters of defence, how to trust standing defence, how to trust standing defence from nato, to actually have capabilities to defend the territory to translate this aspiration at the very concrete capabilities, resources, actions, manpower and weapons. we are also discussing the needs to move on sanctions for russia to help ukraine and we need to do it rapidly and talk about oil and gas embargo. and the banking sector to make it really hurt that is the only way we can make rush realise undergoing sanctions start bit

joining eu and nato in 2004 and becoming members of the eurozone lithuania believes the membership has safeguarded it from some of the russian aspirations on territory fronts. it is a tenuous land link with other nato nations as well i just had a good eveography les well it has a 40-mile gap which it is connected to nato. we know in russian war games, they played with closing that gap up now increasing their spending to 2.5% of gdp which is above the 2% level which many said is necessary to offset the threat from russia. back to you. >> the baltics on edge steve, hope blinken speaks soon. >>> now to the discussion of finland. both finishland and sweden havea shift in public opinion. the two countries have a partnership with the military alliance, but have so far decided against full membership. in finland, which has more than 1,000 kilometer long land border with russia, support has surged to 48% in the latest poll. that is a 20% increase from january. to continue the conversation, we are joined by alexander s ttubb mr. stubb you have been vocal in the calls to join nato is now the tim

i'll interview lithuania's president in a few minutes. first a reminder that on monday ukrainian president volodymyr zelenskyy called on them to grant them e.u. membership is part of that plea. >> translator: europeans realize we're fighting for country, for peace, for peace for all of the countries of the european union. the lives of children, equality and democracy. this gives us the full right to do the following. we call the european union under a new special procedure. >> cnn's natasha bertrand joins us from e.u. headquarters in brussels. how is the e.u. responding to this request? >> reporter: well, michael, they said they considered the ukraine to be part of the e.u. they feel like they are one of us, those were her words. the process is what's going to be very difficult obviously. it is enormously complex process to have a country apply for and be admitted into the european union. zelenskyy has said he wants that to be expedited. there is yet to be a vote on that and whether that will actually happen. however, many e.u. states as

with even more nato troops along his border. nato is fortifying it defenses in places like poland, lithuania, estonia, and lot via reinforcing its troops in in romania. the interesting thing is that had he decided on another course of action more hybrid than he could have gotten the cracks and fishers in the alliance that he likes to see, but he's really created unity and solidarity. rachel rizzo from the atlanta cancels europe center. thank you. here's a look at some other developments in the conflict. u. s. secretary of state antony blinkin says russia is making no meaningful diplomatic effort to end the war new crane. he also said he agrees with president biden that russia has committed war crimes. biden added that he believes russia's putin is a murderous dictator. waging an immoral war where you cranes, foreign minister says his country, once security guarantees from turkey and several other nations as part of any peace deal with russia to me, throw cool, ever made the comment after meeting his turkish counterpart in live. if. meanwhile, turkey has offered to host the ukrainian and russ

so those back ups in poland, in lithuania, in estonia, and in the, in the, in nato. and, and go double the number of bathrooms or with the new bathrooms or in swatca, hungary, bulgaria, and romania. which lead us will then announce to moral, oh oh and there are more in poland there also additional troops from the u. s. i reason that is the or the vol scare base i met with us are under another pilots. so there, there has been in significant increase of, of natal, i suspect, united states presence in eastern part of the lines. this is our, an immediate response has all that taken place. then i think we need to separate that the bit from the more longer term adaptation or alliance. and we will spend some time now from now until the summit in june to make it more from mental decisions are on our, the tenants on the fence. it's about me said, think of the turns on the fence, especially in the east and there i expect that a part of that will be a significant increase of our presence on the ground in east, on part of the ice ah, for the long term. so immediately we're done

some have made it to lithuania, where they getting a welcome. andrew shapell purports it took a while to get them here, but the children made it out safely and can play or rest for a bit. their orphans from easter new crane, who'd spent days in a basement taking cover as russia targeted a military installation nearby, they made a 1600 kilometer journey to reach safety in lithuania, west, literally those go carcass you to keep the latino merlin murray, not at the book we heard the measles fly by and it was frightening. they make a whistling sound as they pass. i'm afraid of those who didn't see that. yes. oh, cruise missiles whirling past bon blas in the distance. 7 and a half 1000000 children in ukraine are in danger of physical harm, emotional distress and displacement, according to save the children. go long for eugene new money, k g. it was very difficult for the little ones when we were leaving. they were crying because they had to leave, is teaches, it was very difficult. even my heart was broken because it's very difficult for small childr

translation: god forbid, - if we are no more, then latvia, lithuania, estonia, will be next. and then moldova, georgia, poland... more than a million have fled ukraine but in moscow today president putin has insisted that russia and ukraine are one people... translation: i would never renounce my conviction — translation: i would never renounce my conviction that _ translation: i would never renounce my conviction that russians _ translation: i would never renounce my conviction that russians and - my conviction that russians and ukrainians are one people, despite parts of the ukrainian country having been brainwashed by the nazi propaganda. more will be done in the uk to target the russian oligarchs. the luxury yachts of russia's super rich — two have been seized by the french and german authorities — as sanctions tighten. bowing to pressure — olympic organisers have now banned athletes from russia and belarus from competing in the paralympics tomorrow. medical aid is flown from the uk as a fundraising appeal is launched to help ukraine. stay with us on bbc news for