have to live in so far, we will talk tonight about the us to the decision tonight about the us to the decision to supply cluster munitions to ukraine and the latest request from president zelensky for long range weapons. the war in ukraine and the resulting energy crisis is weighing heavy on the german economy. figures out today such germany is heading into its longest sustained recession since 2008. data from the first two months of this quarter the alliance meets in vilnius next week, a summit at which ukraine s so lets start with ukraine. a lot of news in the past couple of hours. president zelensky has just landed in istanbul where he has been meeting president erdogan. the turkish leader touts a special relationship with president putin, and has in the past served as a go between. but he also, stands in the way of sweden s, full membership of nato. an issue that which will be a major part of the discussions when nato meets next week in vilnius. earlier in the day, on his
but he also, stands in the way of sweden s, full membership of nato. an issue that which will be a major part of the discussions when nato meets next week in vilnius. earlier in the day, on his visit to prague, president zelensky was again pitching for long range weapons. without which he said, it will it be difficult for ukraine to mount an effective counter offensive. germany has already shared its concerns, that any strikes beyond ukraine, in russian territory might lead to further escalation. but germany has greater concerns about the decision in washington today to supply ukraine with cluster muntions. a decision confirmed in the last hour by the pentagon. we are working with ukraine to minimise risk associate with the decision. the ukrainian government has offered assurances in writing on the responsible use of dpicm including that they will not use the rounds in civilian populated urban environments and that they will record where they use these rounds which will simplify lead