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About that and how that is shaping up? about that and how that is shaping u . 2 . about that and how that is shaping u . ? . ., ., " about that and how that is shaping u . 2 . ., ., ~ ., about that and how that is shaping up? well, if we look at the speech of president _ up? well, if we look at the speech of president zelenskiy _ up? well, if we look at the speech of president zelenskiy in - up? well, if we look at the speech of president zelenskiy in munich i of president zelenskiy in munich at...

A weaker nato is a plus for russia. i think he has fallback positions that would be very hard to get a sanction will for example, without moving another troop, he could declare the two autonomous republics in eastern ukraine are now sovereign russian territory. annexing them as did he the crimea. do you think the germans would cut off nord stream 2 because of that? it wont change it. no troop movements at all. path has a laundry list and were still focused on kyiv. it is not just the fear of t...

Putins speech earlier. today. he was very wide ranging rhetoric to explain what he was doing. >> putin today said modern-day ukraine was full and on whole created by russia. he basically gave the russian people a history lesson about ukraine. what would you, what are your comments on that history lesson? >> it was surreal for me. i actually was taking part, as mr. putin was speaking, in the examination of a doctoral dissertation by a young retrain cranium historian. its very strange, when youre ...

The core piece of diplomacy basically since 2014—15 between ukraine and russia, and germany and france play a major bit. the problem with the provisions in the agreement which say that ukraine and kyiv should get some level of autonomy to the self—declared republics in the east in exchange for elections in those self—declared republics, which would be free and fair elections. so thatis would be free and fair elections. so that is the basis of the minsk agreement, which should lead the way ...

By the us and uk to ukraine are being described as actually whipping up tensions in the region. and actually theyre saying that the west are simply pumping the ukraine full of weapons and preparing it to attack the rebels in the east — the donetsk and lugansk republics. and what about the ukrainian media? sarah rainsford, our colleague, the bbc correspondent, said that east of kyiv many ukrainians that she met there said they hadnt watched the news since 2014 to protect their nerves. well, ukr...

Going to want to give him any ground. >> right. anne applebaum tweeted on the point you just a just raised. russian recognition of the fake donbas republics is legal aggression. time for sanctions now. shortly thereafter, the secretary of state, anthony blinen, tweeted, kremlin recognition of the so-called boens and luhansk peoples republics requires a swift and firm response and we will take appropriate steps in coordination with partners so i think what tony blinken there is saying is, sanctio...

To what the government is calling �*the first barrage�* of sanctions against russia which hell announce in parliament later. the first of our reports comes from mark lobel. this is how independence looks in the rebel republics now recognised by russia. but president putins provocative move has been condemned by the west as a clear breach of international rules. the question is whether these columns of military vehicles spotted hours later on the outskirts of donetsk are a worrying sign of bi...

Hello, and welcome to our look ahead to what the papers will be bringing us tomorrow. with me are benedicte paviot of france 2a and john stevens of the daily mail. tomorrows front pages, starting with... the times says president putin is "sending tanks into ukraine" after he recognised the independence of the two separatist regions tonight. the guardian says president putin has "put russia on collision course with west over ukraine". the paper says the kremlin has declared talks are "at a dead e...

On this afternoon for discussions. this has not really stopped. ukraine has long said that this kind of diplomacy will help us and the more military aid we receive, it means we are less likely to have to use it. on that, today we learn from the foreign minister of ukraine that they had received a record number of support, $1.5 billion of aid, —— million of aid, including equipment. it gives you a sense of the scale, speaking of his own red lines of the country in terms of discussions, firstl...

Ukraines civil territorial integrity — is it on russian terms or the terms agreed in 2015? in integrity - is it on russian terms or the terms agreed in 2015? in this matters, or the terms agreed in 2015? in this matters. we — or the terms agreed in 2015? in this matters, we heard _ or the terms agreed in 2015? in this matters, we heard earlier _ or the terms agreed in 2015? in this matters, we heard earlier today - matters, we heard earlier today president vladimir zielinski holding a day of...