Page 5 - Donbas War News Today

We learn about two films screening at the Wisconsin Film Festival next week, about King Crimson and Ukraine's Donbas War.

Moscow has said they always expected more sanctions and they were preparing for them. we heard from the foreign minister here earlier saying that russia had stopped, or reduced, the amount of foreign imports into the country by way of preparation for those sanctions, building up reserves. we know moscow has something like $600 billion of reserves. mr putin has said something similar. earlier the foreign minister saying the sanctions will cause problems for moscow but not insurmountable ones. ver...

It has accused ukraine of being a western puppet, its made clear it wants to bring its neighbourfirmly back into its sphere of influence. today, russias foreign minister said russia was ready to negotiate, if the ukrainian army surrendered. translation: but what would be the result of all— that is happening now? we will see, depending on the circumstances, i as president putin said, - he reaffirmed one more time that we are interested in seeing ukrainian people independent. i for "independent"...

It sees the traditional order of security in the world. ukrainians get used to that. it is noble how they talk, they are almost blase at they talk, they are almost blase at the prospect of war prior to the last two days. some have often talked about fighting. but that means different things to different people. forsome means different things to different people. for some that is staying put in their home, in what has been a fight for their identity. for others, as we have seen, there has been pi...

Defence, some are helping out with community, some are setting up bomb shelters and so on. kyiv is bracing for attack but actively and there is no panic at all as we speak. haifa no panic at all as we speak. how lona do no panic at all as we speak. how long do you _ no panic at all as we speak. how long do you think— no panic at all as we speak. how long do you think the _ no panic at all as we speak. how long do you think the ukrainian forces can keep this going? to be honest with _ forces ca...

Let me ask you first of all, what have you seen over the past 24 hours? ., , . , , have you seen over the past 24 hours? ., , . ,, ., hours? numerous clips i doing the rounds on social _ hours? numerous clips i doing the rounds on social media _ hours? numerous clips i doing the rounds on social media that i hours? numerous clips i doing the rounds on social media that claim | hours? numerous clips i doing the i rounds on social media that claim to show what is happening in ukraine right now. a ...

Should not think that russian opinion and russian people do want this war. this is putins war, and we have to stop him and thats why we have to stop him and thats why we have to be very straightforward and very harsh and very strict in our sanctions.— and very harsh and very strict in our sanctions. klara dobrev, mep memberfor— our sanctions. klara dobrev, mep member for hungary, _ our sanctions. klara dobrev, mep member for hungary, and - our sanctions. klara dobrev, mep member for hungary,...

Those close to putin. we are talking about the oligarchs and others. i mean, can they be effectively sanctioned? i mean, many are already sanctioned or they perhaps sanction-proofed their lives and money. can they be hurt in any substantive way? >> the people who are very part of the decision-making, of the chain of command, are hurt but they have been sanctioned before for 2014 annexation of crimea, russias role in donbas war before the recent escalation. so, they know that they going to -- and...

By fighting going into a second day has not quite materialised. there is quite a level of resistance being put up, clearly by both citizens and soldiers. but what we have seen with the consistent fighting in the central and south—eastern parts of ukraine is that there is no let up at the moment and ukraine is very much the underdog in this confrontation in this war. ive got to say, even when there is not fighting, this is a city that is just shutdown. there is almost nowhere to go. it is dange...

Sarah rainsford there. im joined now by evelyn farkas, former us deputy assistant secretary of defence for russia, ukraine and eurasia. thank you forjoining us. first of all, a general question, do you feel russia is not only testing the boundaries in terms of russia and ukraine but also testing americas place on the world stage? yes. ukraine but also testing americas place on the world stage? yes, but he is also testing _ place on the world stage? yes, but he is also testing the _ place on the ...