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So probably its me who needs to go to an eu country. it might be very difficult for her to be alone for so long. across britain, theres been an outpouring of support for ukraine. this farmers barn near leeds is now a hub for donations. but when it comes to helping those trying to escape the conflict, the uk has found itself out of step with eu countries, which have already proposed granting instant asylum to ukrainian refugees. the ukrainian flag flies above the home office, a sign of solidarity...

Would be prohibitively costly in terms of spilled blood and treasure to invade ukraine. thats the essence of deterrence. vladimir putin got away with a lot. he invaded georgia, and for that he got a reset policy from the obama administration. he invaded ukraine, annexed crimea in 2014, we did not follow true effectively after that to enhance ukraines security and give them the military equipment that they were asking for. and then you take it all the way to today, and the situation that were in ...

Like who are these people coming into our country and talking about how theres going to be this war because you didnt have the sense up until this point that they felt it or that they believed it. and i cant tell you how many people i talked to, you know, and sitting in cafes and saying it just doesnt make sense, why on earth would president putin actually launch an all out invasion of ukraine. no one could seem to understand the logic of it. and whether thats because the ukrainian leadership wa...

Things. two primarily. what are the humanitarian conditions on the ground. you mentioned 1.2 million people fleeing. it will only get worse, harris, as these tanks when they circle kyiv like a ring of steel and then bombard it, there will be many people fleeing. there is talk about this agreement to allow women and children to leave the country. that will be the main focus. for me particularly the guy that signs off on the foreign weapons sales is what happened? why didnt we get these if sooner ...

Designed to break down some of the ownership, structures of some of these properties. one of the concerns weve heard from the ministers here is shell companies are created, so that its quite hard to work out who exactly is the ultimate owner. were going to see more of that in the next few days, but again, matthew, there is concern that this could take time. there is an element of that legislation which would mean people are protected for “p would mean people are protected for up to 18 months. ...

Still doesnt allow ukrainian law lecturer dr andrii zharikov to bring his 19—year—old sister to britain. shes fled from kyiv to the romanian border, but because he is here on a work visa without indefinite leave to remain, she cannot join him in portsmouth. i dont think there is any prospect of her coming here, so probably its me who needs to go to an eu country. it might be very difficult for her to be alone for so long. across britain, theres been an outpouring of support for ukraine. this...

They will have full and unrestricted access to benefits, health care, employment and other support. the challenge is setting up a scheme that ensures the safety and wellbeing of highly vulnerable refugees while not requiring sponsors to go through too many hoops. if youd like to house a ukrainian, you must agree to take someone for a minimum of six months, apply online via the government website, identify a named person you wish to bring to britain, satisfy your local authority your property is ...

Now find ourselves in. the emphasis was on deterrence. plan b is what would happen if deterrence failed. what were trying to do now is catch up, to scramble into plan b. the problem is we cant fly things in. youve got to get stuff over to europe, poland or romania from the united states. you have to connect it with ukrainian troops. you have to get the equipment to the soldiers. sometimes the soldiers to the people. you have to train people up in some cases. we are playing catchup, and thats the...

♪ ♪ pete: as war continues to rage in ukraine, many in the west are asking what can be done to end it. our next guest says the biden administration committed a strategic failure and that were only now playing catch-up. here to break it down what the cia could do as well, former station chief daniel hoffman. what was strategic failure that led to this in your mind, and what can be done about that, first. >> yeah. so, you know, we ran the equivalent of a live twitter feed declassifying cia int...

But everything else, theres lots of weapon systems, lots of weapon systems, surface-to-air missile systems, some of them post-soviet systems, by the way, that when i talked to president zelenskyy he is pretty crystal clear about what the menu is. rather than talking about it and deliberating and say, well, the pols can do it if they want, i think it is a very weak move. we are -- the nato alliance should be moving together offensively in my view, that is proactively and quietly. >> well, and one...