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Attacking the russians. and ultimately, the west also does need really tighten the economic screws on russia. and that means cutting off their oil and natural gas supplies. but we can only go so far short of risking a wider war between nato and russia. and thats where we come into the sfz issue. no-fly zone issue. so we should be pushing our assistance to ukraine as far possible as we can without necessarily blundering into essentially what would be world war iii. >> malcolm davis in canberra, a...

Cannot lose wars and remain autocrats. how much damage could putin be doing to his own political survivability? >> i think he is very conscious of that. his primary motivation in all of this is his own personal power and his grip on power. and i think if he is seen to lose this war, then that grip will be severely weakened. so i do think that the risk of groups around him moving against him in a coup detat. at the same time you have growing popular unrest that could generate a revolution in the ...

Rights office. and a further 861 injured, though the u.n. believes the true figure is likely to be, quote, considerably higher. jim sciutto, cnn, lviv. >> and joining me now once again, malcolm davis. he is a senior analyst in defense strategy and capability at the australian strategic policy institute. its always good to get you on, sir. the pounding of civilian areas continues. but as were just discussing there in jims story and earlier, it would appear the actual advance of russian troops in ...

Military drones have flown into other countries airspace at least three times and that includes a drone that crashed all the way in croatia hundreds of miles from ukraine. those incidents didnt prompt a response from nato countries in the region but there is a concern things could turn out differently next time around. for more, we are joined by malcolm davis, senior analyst at the australian strategic policy institute and he is speaking with us from canberra. thanks so much for being here with ...

For nuclear arms to be used. so if it is an existential threat for our country, then it can be used in accordance with our concept. >> i want to bring in malcolm davis from the australian strategic policy institute. hes a senior analyst at the think tank working on defense strategy and capability. thanks for being with us. so you heard dmitry peskov there refusing to say essentially that russia could use the ultimate weapon, the most destructive possible weapon, which is a nuclear bomb, saying t...

Risks. firstly, we run out of options in terms of sanctions, in other words, the arrows in the river get less and less, and secondly, the russians can build up a degree of immunity to it, particularly if the chinese stepped in to help them to a degree, and suddenly our sanctions become less effective. so then we have to think about what else can we do, and obviously the military issue then comes into play. ok. thank you _ issue then comes into play. ok. thank you very _ issue then comes into pla...

>> its never enough. i do think that the west needs to step up even more in terms of shipping different types of military capabilities to the ukrainians to enable them to become even more effective in attacking the russians. and ultimately the west also does need to really tighten the economic screws on russia, and that means cutting off their oil and natural gas supplies. >> mm-hmm. >> but, you know, we can only go so far short of risking a wider war between nato and russia, and thats where we ...

Relations for the long term. sarah smith, bbc news, brussels. malcolm davis is a senior defence analyst at the australian strategic policy institute. hejoins me from canberra. a big show of unity today and some promises about military aid, but ukraine clearly saying that he doesnt go far enough. what do you make of what has come out of todays summit? i think it went as far as it could at this point in time. i think the big concern for nato �*s will russia escalate to the use of chemical or eve...

A few minutes ago we brought you new reports of russian strikes hitting targets in western as well as west central ukraine overnight with the military reporting at least one missile was fired from neighboring belarus. well, an adviser to president volodymyr zelenskyy said russia was stepping up missile strikes right across the country. and he named several cities that were targeted on sunday night including three to the west of the capital, as you can see there, as well as kharkiv to the east. j...

Now? >> look, i think if they dig in, they build up their supply lines they can essentially stay static for a number of weeks. all the while bombarding cities with long-range artillery and rocket fire. the war doesnt end. it doesnt suddenly become peaceful. it means the maneuver elements, thanks and so forth are not going anywhere. the forces are digging in. >> from the ukrainian side, of course these are gains. like you have clearly pointed out, these are very fragile gains, nevertheless. what ...