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Saying that they have no intentions -- they dont have their eyes set on kyiv. from what youre saying, you dont buy that at all but we are starting to see as you hinted there at this new strategy thats being employed by russia, the targeting of fuel depots as of course the ground forces stall whampt does that tell you about the challenges theyre facing? >> the challenges theyre facing is highly immorallized part. they will be going in with a 19th century style of territorial conflict. they were t...

Between russia and ukraine. the negotiations, in istanbul, were the first for a fortnight. ukraine confirmed it was prepared to be a neutral country and abandon ambitions to join the nato military alliance, in line with key russian demands. for its part, moscow announced what looks like a change of military strategy here. it says russian troops will "drastically reduce" their operations around the capital, kyiv, and in the northern city of chernihiv, focusing on the donbas region, in the east of...

Into their resolve to create sanctions to further put pressure and squeeze russias economy, it could impact them. they are looking in another way at the nato resolve against escalation of threats, as weve been talking about, nuclear response because they are as we all know, eyeing how they should handle taiwan and depending how president biden is able to solidify nato and layout a firm resolve and response that will dictate perhaps the decisions that china will make going forward with this inten...

Confusion and uncertainty. and the point is that many people will ask again, is is this just western governments putting these lines out, in order to achieve that aim, how, how reliable really historically has western intelligence been in side the kremlin, if putin was planning this operation he would have been extra careful one would have thought. i would again say i have a high assessment of the reliability of western intelligence and again, their ability to predict the invasion of ukraine has...

This is bbc news. im david eades, with the latest headlines for viewers in the uk, and around the world. ukraines president zelensky says his country could become neutral, as part of a peace deal to end russias invasion. translation: i understand it is impossible to force - russia completely from ukrainian territory. it would lead to a third world war. i understand it and thats why im talking about a compromise. we have a special report from the polish border, as sex traffickers seek to exploit ...

Claiming to help ukrainians. over the next days and weeks, people need somewhere to sleep, to eat. many tell us they are looking for a job as well, and these needs make refugees vulnerable. here in poland, and elsewhere, people have opened their homes to ukrainians, but sadly not everyone with the best of intentions. we hear many stories of abuse, but most victims are too scared to speak on camera. butjelena, now safely in denmark, told us she wants to sound the alarm. translation: fake ngo work...

Where people are looking for safety in order to abuse them. we have to be wary and conscious of the fact that there are some people who dont have the best intentions, when they talk about taking refugees in. it is a speed issue, isnt there? getting there quickly, getting them into housing quickly, but also doing the necessary checks. are you worried that the trucks may fall by the wayside? >> i think because these conversation, the checks will happen, but its less rigid nature of the refugee sch...

Instance, in chechnya, when confronted with challenges and a strong resistance, might pull back to regroup and come back in. what does the future hold for the country broadly? >> for the near term, my sources tell me the greatest danger to kyiv is the near term. russia can always change. and the invasion of ukraine started eight years ago in 2014 when russia invaded crimea and later parts of eastern ukraine. russias intentions for ukraine have not changed. they may retreat to the east and the so...

Mentioned in the open 62,000 illegals evaded border patrol, those are got aways in february. if i go to you that number of 62,000, put that in context. how big is that number compared to last year? >> if you look at the total number, not just the got aways but overall we are encountering people weve never seen before in the history of border patrol, from 157 nations when the un only identifies 195 nations. when you look at that and add on top the got aways, the ones that have a criminal record i...

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