well, my guest, in an exclusive interview, is russia s ambassador to the united nations, vassily nebenzia. where does russia go from here? ambassador vassily nebenzia at un headquarters in new york, welcome to hardtalk. good afternoon, london time, mr sackur. it s a pleasure to have you on the show, ambassador. let me ask you this. after more than 100 days, would you say that russia s invasion of ukraine is going to plan? well, i think it is progressing. nobody promised to deliver it in three or seven days, as some pundits are saying now, that the russian special military operation stalled and is not progressing at the pace that was initially envisaged, but the progress is being made. that s clear. one of the reasons of the so called slow pace is that we are not targeting. we are not targeting. ..civilian infrastructure and there is deliberately only hitting military targets, and it takes time. we are not doing carpet bombing or anything else like that. but the progress is th
Weve been waiting for this moment for quite some time, weve been hoping that we would pierce through the Russian Defence line, the first defence line, which was the hardest to pierce through, if you believe Military Experts when they talk about it. So hopefully now when we reach the second and third lines of defence that the russians have established, those will be easier to essentially overcome. And perhaps hopefully this is the spot, this is the place where we can actually put all the modern nato technology, the tanks that weve been getting and the training that weve been receiving put all of that to use to our advantage. And just really, really briefly, the hope from your side that ukraines military has managed to break through these defences, how does that sit in the war across the country . Is this a key moment, would you say . Hopefully its a key moment. Again, well see what happens. Its hard to predict any at any point, including at this point. But we know what the objectives ar
So hopefully now when we reach the second and third lines of defence that the russians have established, those will be easier to essentially overcome. And perhaps hopefully this is the spot, this is the place where we can actually put all the modern nato technology, the tanks that weve been getting and the training that weve been receiving, put all of that to use to our advantage. And just really, really briefly, the hope from your side that ukraines military has managed to break through these defences, how does that sit in the war across the country . Is this a key moment, would you say . Hopefully its the key moment. Again, well see what happens. Its hard to predict any at any point, including at this point. But you know what the objectives are. We have a Common Objective of liberating ukraine, notjust for ukraine, but for the whole western developed democratic world, because this is a standoff between democracies and authoritarian systems, and its really key for everybody to chip in
Into this situation. They stormed our kibbutz, they kidnapped me. Bring them home, bring them home. Nothing will be the same because at the end of the day our community lost 10 of its population. Sandra begin a brandnew hour breaking moments ago, two Security Sources telling reuters a Rocket Attack has targeted an air base in iraq which hosts u. S. And other forces just west of baghdad. An update from john kirby. He is going to be joining Karine Jeanpierre at the White House Press briefing, expected to begin just moments from now. Bill also well hear from the pentagon as a new report reveals the u. S. Military is stepping up its surveillance now in the middle east. Sandra a lot happening at this hour, over on capitol hill, lawmakers on the House Foreign Affairs committee are set to receive a classified briefing on the threat from iran. Another busy day in our Nations Capital and beyond. Sandra smith in new york. Bill, great to have you here. Bill i dont know roberts is off today. Bill
Story. The october 7th attack by hamas which the u. S. Labels a Terrorist Organization left at least 1400 people dead. More than 200 people are being held hostage according to israeli officials, and many more people are still unaccounted for. In response, israel began a Bombing Campaign in gaza. According to the hamas controlled Health Ministry more than 4,000 people have died there so far. The story of hamas is complex. Its roots date back to the formation of israel in 1948. It has many factions including the socalled Military Wing which perpetrated the terror attack. Over the next hour, cnns sara sidner brings us The Whole Story on hamas from how they were formed, what their ideology is, and how they have evolved over the decades. We want to warn you some of the images youll see in this hour may be disturbing. Pure, unadulterated evil. I cant even try to comprehend these monsters. Terrorists. This is not islam. They should be spit out. We cannot expect that israel will continue to bl