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ministry. they killed so many of his wagner group soldiers in ukraine. their last 72 hours i believe. before they started their move on rostov-on-don and on to moscow. i think the second thing is that unlike any other person exiled by vladimir putin in this case, prigozhin has thousands of soldiers, mercenaries, armed mercenaries who, at the end of the day, are still probably loyal to mr. prigozhin. i think that is in some ways almost his security against possible reprisals by putin on prigozhin in belarus. i still think that is, this mafia movies going to have more chapters in the weeks to come. >> how stable do you assess russia to be right now? how concerned are you, if it is
and travel to europe again towards the end of the week. in what number 10 calls a window of opportunity for diplomacy the german chancellor, 0laf scholz, will travel to kyiv today and on to moscow for talks with president putin, who has repeatedly denied intentions to invade. situation is very tense and indeed there are risks of the acceleration and the risks of some substantial developments in the next days. so the question is this wednesday, this thursday, this friday, it doesn't matter, but we certainly see that its upcoming days are going to be critical and everybody is taking this very seriously. at the same time in kyiv, there is no panic and generally in ukraine as a whole. ukraine's president has called for calm and the country's ambassador to the uk suggested it could reconsider its aim to join the nato military alliance. what i'm saying here that we are flexible trying to find the best, best way out. if we have to go
troops and military hardware is our own business. it is our sovereign right to do what we like within our borders. that said, we have, all up, an estimated 130,000 russian troops stretched along the border, we have naval drills to south in the black sea and the seal is off, so that is doing nothing to relax tensions. —— the sea of azov. 0laf scholz might not get the warmest welcome compared with other world leaders. there is tension here over his decision not to provide military aid. berlin has long said its focus is humanitarian relief. it has provided 5000 helmets and provisions for a military hospital. crucially, he will go on to moscow, so talks will continue. james, many thanks. the uk government involved in this
of support to western allies. it is feared military action could come any day and, for the uk, the crisis has reached a criticaljuncture. downing street say the prime minister will continue to receive daily intelligence briefings, speak to more world leaders about the crisis in the coming days and travel to europe again towards the end of the week. in what number 10 calls a window of opportunity for diplomacy, the german chancellor 0laf scholz will travel to kyiv today and on to moscow for talks with president putin, who has repeatedly denied intentions to invade. the situation is very tense and, indeed, there are risks of acceleration and there are risks of some substantial developments in the next days. so the question of if it is wednesday, if it is thursday, if it is friday, it doesn't matter. but we certainly see that the upcoming days are going to be critical and everybody is taking this very seriously. at the same time, in kyiv,
daily intelligence briefings, speak to more world leaders about the crisis in the coming days and travel to europe again towards the end of the week. in what number ten calls a window of opportunity for diplomacy, the german chancellor olaf scholz will travel to kyiv today and on to moscow for talks with president putin, who has repeatedly denied intentions to invade. the situation is very tense and, indeed, there are risks of acceleration and there are risks of some substantial developments in the next days. so the question of if it is wednesday, if it is thursday, if it is friday, it doesn't matter. but we certainly see that the upcoming days are going to be critical and everybody is taking this very seriously. at the same time, in kyiv, there is no panic and, generally, in ukraine as a whole. ukraine's president has called for calm and the country's ambassador to the uk suggested it could reconsider its aim to join the nato military alliance. what i am saying here
is preparing for war. american forces arrived in the region yesterday in a show of support to western allies. it's feared military action could come any day, and for the uk, the crisis has reached a criticaljuncture. downing street say the prime minister will continue to receive daily intelligence briefings, speak to more world leaders about the crisis in the coming days, and travel to europe again towards the end of the week. in what number 10 calls a window of opportunity for diplomacy, the german chancellor, olaf scholz, will travel to kyiv today and on to moscow for talks with president putin, who has repeatedly denied intentions to invade. the situation is very tense and indeed there tense and indeed there are risks of the acceleration and risks of some substantial developments in the next days. so the question is this wednesday, this thursday, this friday,
the ambassador seems to have rowed back from it and russia has seen the fact he seems to have rowed back from it suggests it is not the aerialflexibility from it suggests it is not the aerial flexibility we from it suggests it is not the aerialflexibility we might from it suggests it is not the aerial flexibility we might have thought yesterday.— aerial flexibility we might have thought yesterday. caroline, thank ou. -- thought yesterday. caroline, thank you- -- the — thought yesterday. caroline, thank you- -- the area — thought yesterday. caroline, thank you. -- the area of— thought yesterday. caroline, thank you. -- the area of six _ thought yesterday. caroline, thank you. -- the area of six ability. i you. —— the area of six ability. just a final thought from paul. t0 just a final thought from paul. to underline, as caroline said, this is an unlikely— underline, as caroline said, this is an unlikely avenue. there are zero chance _ an unlikely avenue. there are zero chance right — an unlikely avenue. there are zero chance right know of ukraine renouncing its chance to join nato. it renouncing its chance to join nato. it will _ renouncing its chance to join nato. it will remain a stated position of the ukrainian government, even though— the ukrainian government, even though they may say this is not something that is for this week. another— something that is for this week. another thing to bear in mind, the german_ another thing to bear in mind, the german chancellor, although schultz, had arrived _ german chancellor, although schultz, had arrived in town this morning and is meeting _ had arrived in town this morning and is meeting with president zelensky i’ili'lt is meeting with president zelensky right now— is meeting with president zelensky right now —— olaf scholz and he will travel _ right now —— olaf scholz and he will travel into — right now —— olaf scholz and he will travel into moscow tomorrow. he has not one _ travel into moscow tomorrow. he has not one of— travel into moscow tomorrow. he has not one of the key players in this drama. _ not one of the key players in this drama. but— not one of the key players in this drama, but has one card in his pocket— drama, but has one card in his pocket when he travelled to moscow, the future _ pocket when he travelled to moscow, the future of the nord stream 2 gas line pipe _ the future of the nord stream 2 gas line pipe from russia to germany. he has refused _ line pipe from russia to germany. he has refused to save where it is part of the _ has refused to save where it is part of the sanctions pack the west is contemplating but he may be up the state and _
we've spoken with people, gone to grocery stores. there is not a hint of panic. it is remarkable when compared to the alarm that we hear from washington. some people are concerned. others are completely dismissive. they say this is a threat that we've lived with for years. russia invaded eight years ago. they could do so at any moment again. of course, john, we do know that this is different. that the build up is massive. more than 100,000 troops on three different fronts. so this is certainly something to be taken seriously. the diplomatic effort does continue furiously. we have the german chancellor visiting kyiv today, meeting with president zelensky. the same german chancellor who met with president biden last week and he goes on to moscow tomorrow. and perhaps the most curious moment in terms of diplomacy today or potential diplomacy was in moscow when president putin sat down at a comically long table with his own foreign
we're anticipating that. >> all right, nic, looking ahead as i mentioned, the u.s. assistant secretary of state who oversees europe and eurasia will be going to ukraine to talk about the military buildup, so what we are expecting to come out of this? >> when president biden spoke with president putin just about a week ago, the conclusion was that there would be follow-up diplomacy at sort of a lower level track. and this appears to be that. very senior diplomat, u.s. secretary of state, is a senior diplomat. however, this seems to be the outflowings of that conversation. she will go to brussels, we understand, to talk about to eu leaders, to hear their positions firsthand, to go to kiev and speak with ukrainians. but of course, on to moscow, it is not clear that her mission is to completely reset russia's thinking, but open some dialogue
they were simply incompetent or got out witted, you would have to ask the russians that question. clearly they have failed. >> officials are hoping the u.s. will clarify its position at the g-7 meeting. nick robinson is on location. >> it certainly seems that syria is going to take up more than talking time here than was expected. you have tillerson, the brit irk, french, canadian foreign mill sis all here brought with her money, the british said he's cancelled a trip to moscow, he wants to work with the foreign ministers here to come up with a collective position on syria to help strengthen rex tillerson's position, u.s. second of state, when he goes on to moscow later in the week. what he won't be able to do is get us direction on their