so here we are telling vladimir putin the president of the united states ascend to vladimir putin we are not going to get involved with you because you are nuclear state we do not want to shoot down a plane. what's a message vladimir putin gets? it's very simple what is he do next? mr. saiz had his fun with ukraine, even t pulls up at the border. he points a bunch of weapons and then he points a nuclear warhead that washington, berlin, and london. and says to us are you ready to have a nuclear war with me over this country? it's the same question. it's exact same question. and what do we respond? we say no we do not want to have a nuclear war with you and by the way take lithuania, poland, lafayette and romania as well? >> is not the same question those are nato countries. we have an article five commitment to nato countries. ukraine is not a member of nato so it's really not the same thing is that? ask we have the budapest memorandum you give up your nuclear weapons and we will protect your territorial integrity. mark my words if we ever get to this point there will be on fox and cn

now one of the biggest critics in the world of russian president vladimir putin. he has a new book, "a true story of money laundering, murder, and surviving vladimir putin's wrath". bill browder, thank you for joining us on washington post live. >> great to be here, thank you. >> reporter: before we talk about your book i want to first ask our viewers to join in our conversation. if you have questions please tweet them to us, we will try to select questions that come in over the next half hour and put them to our guest. i want to ask you to focus before we talk about your book, on the war in ukraine. i would be interested in your sense of the battlefield right now as russia launches its second round, their failure to capture kharkiv. how do you assess this part of the war? >> he has been humiliated, the first 8 weeks of the war everybody thought the first two days of the war that russia would roll into ukraine, take over kyiv, that zelenskyy would flee and they could raise the russian flag with great pride and patriotism and it turned out to be a total disaster. t

is vladimir putin responsible for war crimes? that should be condemned, like in international legislation, we have agreed. is vladimir putin responsible for war crimes? it seems to be the case. is that a yes? hm? is that a yes? i believe that it is. it seems to be the case that he is responsible what has been happening and done criminal acts. thank you for being clear. in that case, how can you or emmanuel macron or olaf scholzjustify the idea of still talking to vladimir putin? i am a strong supporter of macron and scholz continuing if there is a possibility of saving human lives. you have to keep that also in mind. if such a possibility is so, it has to be used. just... but i don't see just at the moment such a possibility. we've talked a lot about your relationship with russia and how it is changing — in fact, changing in dramatic ways. one area, arena, of potential confrontation in the future is the arctic north. hmm. do you believe that the world's great powers — and i'm thinking of the united states, i'm thinking of rus

is vladimir putin responsible for war crimes? that should be condemned, like in international legislation, we have agreed. is vladimir putin responsible for war crimes? it seems to be the case. is that a yes? hm? i believe that it is... it seems to be the case that he is responsible what has been happening and done criminal acts. thank you for being clear. in that case, how can you or emmanuel macron or 0laf scholzjustify the idea of still talking to vladimir putin? i am a strong supporter of macron and scholz continuing if there is a possibility of saving human lives. you have to keep that also in mind. if there is a possibility, is so, it has to be used. but i don't see just at the moment such a possibility. we've talked a lot about your relationship with russia and how it is changing, in fact, changing in dramatic ways. one area, arena, of potential confrontation in the future is the arctic north. hmm. do you believe that the world's great powers, i'm thinking of the united states, i'm thinking of russia, i'm thinking of china

it is vladimir putin. whose idea was it to invade ukraine? vladimir putin's. so, it's hard to imagine that at some point, vladimir putin won't be caught up in the consequences of and the fallout from this war, whatever they may be. we can now speak to steve pifer, who's a senior fellow at the brookings institution and was previously us ambassador to ukraine from 1998-2000. thank you forjoining us here. what's your assessment of the significance of all of this? well, i think that the russian retreat in kherson is significant both in military and political terms. first of all, kherson was the only place in ukraine where there were russian forces on the western side of the dnipro river which roughly bisects ukraine. they are now pushed back to the eastern side. that's good news. it means for example there is much less of a threat that the russian military may strike edessa. it also is politically a huge setback, just six weeks ago vladimir putin announced he was annexing everyone, along with three other ukrainian oh busts —— 0desa. regions. in six weeks later

is vladimir putin responsible for war crimes? that should be condemned, like in international legislation, we have agreed. is vladimir putin responsible for war crimes? it seems to be the case. is that a yes? hm? is that a yes? i believe that it is. it seems to be the case that he is responsible what has been happening and done criminal acts. thank you for being clear. in that case, how can you or emmanuel macron or 0laf scholzjustify the idea of still talking to vladimir putin? i am a strong supporter of macron and scholz continuing if there is a possibility of saving human lives. you have to keep that also in mind. if such a possibility is so, it has to be used. just... but i don't see just at the moment such a possibility. we've talked a lot about your relationship with russia and how it is changing, in fact, changing in dramatic ways. one area, arena, of potential confrontation in the future is the arctic north. hmm. do you believe that the world's great powers — and i'm thinking of the united states, russia, i'm thinking o

is vladimir putin responsible for war crimes? that should be condemned, like in international legislation, we have agreed. is vladimir putin responsible for war crimes? it seems to be the case. is that a yes? hm? is that a yes? i believe that it is. it seems to be the case that he is responsible what has been happening and done criminal acts. thank you for being clear. in that case, how can you or emmanuel macron or olaf scholzjustify the idea of still talking to vladimir putin? i am a strong supporter of macron and scholz continuing if there is a possibility of saving human lives. if such a possibility is so, it has to be used. just... but i don't see just at the moment such a possibility. we've talked a lot about your relationship with russia and how it is changing — in fact, changing in dramatic ways. one area, arena, of potential confrontation in the future is the arctic north. hmm. do you believe that the world's great powers — and i'm thinking of the united states, i'm thinking of russia, i'm thinking of china too — d

putin and his administration vladimir putin and his administration vladimir putin and his administration took on a giant risk that kremlin took on a giant risk that kremlin took on a giant risk that kremlin brought the war directly into their brought the war directly into their brought the war directly into their homes and hearts of millions of russians homes and hearts of millions of russians homes and hearts of millions of russians and in the immediate wake of the call up and in the immediate wake of the call up and in the immediate wake of the call up hundreds of thousands of russian men hundreds of thousands of russian men hundreds of thousands of russian men fled the country tens of thousands found fled the country tens of thousands found fled the country tens of thousands found themselves in the army after choosing to themselves in the army after choosing to themselves in the army after choosing to stay now these mobilized soldiers are stay now these mobilized soldiers are stay now these mobilized soldiers are being sent to the front lines by being sent to the front lines by being

putin had not -- he had not sent a telegram, he ignored vladimir putin. but to add insult to injury, three or four days later, he sends the telegram to -- so by oriental standards, that shows that he viewed vladimir putin as a dead man. ms. kissel: but he benefits either way. if vladimir putin wins, i mean, then -- or keeps us wrapped up, it reduces our focus on what china is doing. and if he loses, and he has a new very large geography to dominate. it's less what they say and more on what they do and they are purchasing an enormous amount of energy. they have not said a word against what russia is doing at the u.n.. and in terms of sanctions activity, well, they are all in on helping iran, helping sanction russian entities etc. and we are not doing very much about that. that is back to the conversation, right? we need to be clear about who is helping who. we need to be not afraid. >> joe biden meeting with xi jinping. you mentioned having an understanding of what is in the core interest. what should our' towards china right now vis-a-vis what is going on

putin he has a new book freezing order the true story of money laundering of murder and surviving vladimir putin's wrath thank you so much. >> before we talk about this we went to ask the viewers to join in the conversation if you have questions please tweet them to us and we will try to select the questions that come in over the next half hour. second and interested in your sense of the battlefield right now as russia launches the second round, how do you assess the next phase of the war that began this week quick. >> putin doesn't do humiliation well. the last eight weeks say that the russia would roll into ukraine and take over and president zelensky would flee and that they could raise the russian flag and claim pride and patriotism. that turned out to be a disaster by 20000 troops which is what they lost in afghanistan and more than 1000 tanks and their flagship which is one of the greatest naval losses in the last quarter century in leading up to the introduction the purpose of the homework is for vladimir putin to rallyos around the flag so he canan boost his own popularity.. the ru

i do not think we can do business with vladimir putin. heit was possible to do business with him after the cold war ended believe it or not. he was willing to do business with us. he expressed some concerns we disregarded decades ago. we expanded nato. just a little bit at first and then a lot. and we kept getting closer and closer to russia's borders. and then one of the really bad decisions that george w. bush made was to push nato to agree in principle where ukraine and georgia also become members. so we started pushing into thousand seven. and in 2008, that's when putin started blatantly violating this intermediate range nuclear forces treaty. it had been negotiated in the reagan administration. between reagan and gorbachev. and around 2007, 2008 by my reckoning putin said i justha can't play by the rules that the west is imposing. i'm going to make my own rules. and they are going to suit me fine. given what he has done in ukraine i think he not only has to lose but he also has to go. and that is none of my business base not the u.s.

up and how does vladimir putin resond? ~ ., up and how does vladimir putin resond? a, ., up and how does vladimir putin resond? a, . ':: ., respond? more than 10 million ukrainians— respond? more than 10 million ukrainians are _ respond? more than 10 million ukrainians are without - respond? more than 10 million ukrainians are without power. ukrainians are without power and there are water shortages and there are water shortages and civilians have been killed in recent hours. one of the plans over recent weeks and months? he plans over recent weeks and months?— plans over recent weeks and months? . ., ., months? he will continue what he is doing _ months? he will continue what he is doing and _ months? he will continue what he is doing and that _ months? he will continue what he is doing and that is - he is doing and that is attacking civilians and energy infrastructure to inflict maximum damage and suffering among the ukrainian people, try to break there will and even as he tries to defend the territories that he legally annexed, including donetsk and lewman wh

and th is indeed what vladimir putin did. correspondent: the very first scene of the book is not actually in chronological order. it's an incident during a kgb training program that shows how much of a hothead putin was. why did you start there? >> well, vladimir putin had dreamed of being in the kgb his whole life, starting as a teenager. he was obsessed with the pop culture of the time, which glorified the kgb. when he finally made it, he had to spend 10 years in the bowels of the kgb. he did these jobs like in the h. department. he worked in counterintellince. he worked in a provincial center, leningrad. none of this was the mark of a high flier. and then, after waiting 10 years, he finally got into the training program that he dreamed his whole life that would open the door to an overseas assignment. and then he unraveled his own career because he got into a fight on a subway train in the middle of the weekend when he was home visiting leningrad. and it basically led to him being, we think, pushed out of the training prog

so high of as an ally of russian president vladimir putin. but he has criticized russia war in ukraine. and russian shelling and deliberated. city of her son has killed 15 people, according to ukrainian official authorities have begun to evacuating civilians from the city, including children and hospital patients. the latest attack comes as authorities race to repair damage to critical infrastructure destroyed by russian air strikes earlier this week. or russian president vladimir putin on friday, met with mothers of soldiers who have been killed in russia's invasion of ukraine in a stage meeting with carefully selected women from across russia, food and said that he shared their pain, that their sons had not died in vain. there has been a growing protest move enterprise russia for mothers of young men who are being forcibly recruited and sent to the front. often lacking sufficient training, weren't quite mobile. remember i asked a to is russia analyst konstantin agra about this carefully orchestrated meeting. and what put in hope to achieve

simeon boikov: we're here with our president, vladimir putin, supporting the president, supporting vladimir putin against these opposition scum. sean: why would russia care about australia? mark galeotti: russia cares about australia because russia cares about everywhere. the fact of the matter is that russia is aware of what's going on in australia and certainly does not regard it as insignificant. sean: australia has also become a safe haven for rivers of dirty money flowing out of putin's corrupt regime. paul radu: australia is a great place to keep money. it's a democracy with a stable banking system, and criminals love democracies with stable banking systems. this is why australia is a great destination for illicit funds. sean: tonight, on "four corners," we investigate russian money and influence in australia. we track the tainted cash from russian criminals and politicians that has washed up on our shore. we reveal how one of putin's closest allies lobbied australia to help lift u.s. sanctions from his business interests and how a propaganda war is being waged right here to support t

but we must resist vladimir putin as he wages his energy war, to. it is a war that threatens a different kind of misery and destruction of right across the continent, and it is a war we must win. the uk must fight back, notjust by arming and training ukrainian soldiers but with a wartime effort here at home to protect the british people from vladimir putin's aggression. we need wind turbines, solar panels, and wind turbines, solar panels, and wind power. and we must insulate every home, notjust from the cold, but from the cost of putin's gas war. we must protect the british people from notjust bombs and bullets but soaring energy bills today and climate change tomorrow. soiam so i am proud that it was we liberal democrats who built up our country's defences when we were in government. investing in a cheap renewable energy. building doesn't�*s clean energy. building doesn't�*s clean energy defences, and i am proud that again liberal democrats are leading the charge for new defences for britain, to protect ourfamilies the charge for new defences f

there has been talk of a negotiated settlement of vladimir putin. what -- the nature of this man is constant geographical expansionism for the glory of russia. we seen it in the soviet. -- sovietperiods. he takes territory in times of weakness because if we were truly honest, we have every capability to give ukraine not just the intelligence, but the weaponry to win. britain doesn't matter. it's only the united states that matters. i think this is something that nixon understood. not just a kind of realism to recognize who we were dealing with, but the absolute essence that we have to have american power and we have to exert it at critical hinge points of history and i think this is one of those points. >> i couldn't agree more that it is a hand point of history. gary, what you see as the stakes for winning this war? >> it's the turning point in history. the outcome of the war will decide which way we go. many other spots on the map. it ukraine wins. from north korea to nicaragua. i expect to see the rise, it is a direct result of ukrainians victori

putin has talked about the use vladimir putin has talked about the use vladimir putin has talked about the use of nuclear weapons i think he's been of nuclear weapons i think he's been of nuclear weapons i think he's been washing so far but it makes people very washing so far but it makes people very washing so far but it makes people very nervous so at the top leadership nervous so at the top leadership nervous so at the top leadership positions people have to remain positions people have to remain positions people have to remain clear-eyed when when this kind of clear-eyed when when this kind of clear-eyed when when this kind of inevitable accident of war takes place inevitable accident of war takes place inevitable accident of war takes place ambassador bolton putin has mentioned ambassador bolton putin has mentioned ambassador bolton putin has mentioned that he actually was not bluffing about that he actually was not bluffing about that he actually was not bluffing about the nuclear threat the same has said the nuclear threat the same has said the nuclear threat the same has said d

i think actually the chinese are very angry at vladimir putin right now. he woke up nato. he woke up the united states. he's got us all talking about improving, increasing production of weapons. the alliance, i think, is closer now than we've been in many years. and there's been an energising of our capabilities and intelligence capabilities. and europe is waking up, so that if — if — the united states ever got into a conflict in china, i think that europe is waking up to its responsibilities... you say if. actually, you also kind of say when, because not so long ago, when we chatted about the possibility of military conflict between the us and china, you said it could come within five years. do you think the united states, what you've seen over the last six months, and we've discussed some of the weapons supply and logistics challenges that ukraine has presented to the united states, is the united states in any position to countenance possible confrontation with china, over taiwan, for example, and active confrontation with russia over ukraine? well, that will be a re

i don't think we can do business with vladimir putin. it was possible to do business with him after the cold war ended, believe it or not. he was willing to do business with us. he expressed some concerns that we disregarded decades ago. we expanded nato, just a little bit at first, and then a lot, and we kept getting closer and closer to russia's borders. and then one of the really bad decisions that george w. bush made was to push nato to agree in principle where ukraine and georgia would also become members. so he started pushing in 2007. and in 2008 that's when putin started blatantly violating this intermediate range nuclear forces treaty. that had been negotiated in the reagan administration, between reagan and gorbachev. just waved it aside. and around 2007, 2008, by my reckoning, putin said i just can't play by the rules that the west is imposing. i'm going to make my own rules, and they are going to suit me fine. and given what he's done in ukraine, i think he not only has to lose, but he also has to go. but that's none of my bu

and that is indeed what vladimir putin did. correspondent: the very first scene of the book is not actually in chronological order. it's an incident during a kgb training program that shows how much of a hothead putin was. why did you start there? >> well, vladimir putin had dreamed of being in the kgb his whole life, starting as a teenager. he was obsessed with the pop culture of the time, which glorified the kgb. when he finally made it, he had to spend 10 years in the bowels of the kgb. he did these jobs like in the h.r. department. he worked in counterintelligence. he worked in a provincial center, leningrad. none of this was the mark of a high flier. and then, after waiting 10 years, he finally got into the training program that he dreamed his whole life that would open the door to an overseas assignment. d then he unraveled his own career because he got into a fight on a subway train in the middle of the weekend when he was home visiting leningrad. and it basically led to him being, we think, pushed out of the training pr

i don't think we can do business with vladimir putin. it was possible to do business with them after the cold war ended, believe it or not. he was willing to do business with us. he expressed some concerns that we disregarded decades ago. we expanded nato, just a little bit at first, and then a lot, and we kept getting closer and closer to russia's borders. and then one of the really bad decisions that george w. bush made was to push nato to agree in principle where ukraine and georgia would also become members. so he started pushing in 2007. and in 2008 that's when putin started blatantly violating this intermediate range nuclear forces treaty. that had been negotiated in the reagan administration, between reagan and gorbachev. just waved it aside. and around 2007, 2008, by my reckoning, putin said i just can't play by the rules that the west is imposing. i'm going to make my own rules, and they are going to suit me fine. and given what he's done in ukraine, i think he'd not only has to lose, but it also has to go. but that's not a my b

putin_ is with russia forever and vladimir putin has— is with russia forever and vladimir putin has asserted time and time again— putin has asserted time and time again that — putin has asserted time and time again that this is a city that is russian — again that this is a city that is russian in _ again that this is a city that is russian in spirit. i have been covering _ russian in spirit. i have been covering and writing about this pro—democracy protest in 2013 2014 that led _ pro—democracy protest in 2013 2014 that led to — pro—democracy protest in 2013 2014 that led to putin first invasion of this conflict and in an attempt to reinstall— this conflict and in an attempt to reinstall pocket control over a nation — reinstall pocket control over a nation that he tries, falsely to continually claim should be part of the russian sphere of influence in these _ the russian sphere of influence in these fake — the russian sphere of influence in these fake referendums, very much not free _ these fake referendums, very much not free and fair elections have been _ not fr

there are reports — vladimir putin is promoting. there are reports of— vladimir putin is promoting. there are reports of damage _ vladimir putin is promoting. there are reports of damage to - vladimir putin is promoting. there are reports of damage to a - vladimir putin is promoting. there are reports of damage to a dam. l vladimir putin is promoting. there are reports of damage to a dam. is that strategically a concern. has are reports of damage to a dam. is that strategically a concern.- that strategically a concern. as far as i understand _ that strategically a concern. as far as i understand from _ that strategically a concern. as far as i understand from footage - that strategically a concern. as far as i understand from footage from the satellite, it is minor damage so it is not the kind of damage that we feared, which means the flooding level of the water will rise, so it is minor damage, but of course people need two people keep in mind this and persuade russia not to target this dam.— this and persuade russia not to taruet this dam. ., ,, i. . target this dam. thank you s

winter is coming to europe and vladimir putin is hoping the battle lines in his war on ukraine will be frozen, buying him time to reinforce at the front while exposing ukrainians and all of europe to the reality of an energy crisis. the ukrainian armed forces have made gains in recent months, but can they go further and will kyiv�*s backers in the us and europe maintain their support? well, my guest is general ben hodges, former commander of the us army in europe. could this winter be russia's friend? i'm going to start with something you said just last month. you said total restoration of all of ukraine's sovereign territory, including crimea, is inevitable. now, a few weeks on, do you still believe that? even more so. i think ukrainians have achieved irreversible momentum. the russians are losing in every facet of this war. so that's why they're resorting to things like going after energy infrastructure, doing what they can, exactly as you said in the lead—in, to stretch this out in hopes that the west would lose the will to continue supporting ukraine. but it's not a small thing

also coming up on the show, russian president vladimir putin holds his 1st meeting with mothers of soldiers killed in the war. in the staged gathering, he tells them their sons did not die in vain. and asked of world a cup, the host guitar are out and a bronze team ends its silent protest. aah! after threats of reprisals, players half heartedly sang along to their national anthem. iran then went on to beat whales to no ah hello, i'm clare richardson. thank you very much for joining us. russian shelling and the liberated city of her son has killed 15 people, according to ukrainian officials. authorities have begun evacuating civilians from the city, including children and hospital patients. the latest as high comes as authorities race to repair damage to critical infrastructure destroyed by russian air strikes earlier this week. on the damage knocked out power too much of the country. authorities have restored it in some areas, but more than 6000000 people are still without heat or electricity. analysts say russia is seeking to demoralize ukrainians over the harsh winter months. ukraine's pr

the retreat creates a danger for vladimir putin. it risks changing areas perceived item not so much by the russian public but by the russian elite, the people around him, the people in power who have viewed putin as a great strategist, a winner. the mood on the streets? of course we will win the war, he says. whenever russians ever loss? >> i wish russians would come back and putin leaves his post and ukraine and russia will be free from this dictator. correspondent: watching and waiting to see with the kremlin's work goes from here. -- war goes premier. anchor: let's turn out to the latest midterm elections where votes are being counted almost as good as after the polls close. let's get the latest from our correspoent. do we know which party is going to control either chamber of congress yet? correspondent: n yet, we will know in days or weeks. house of representatives, republicans need 218 seats for a majority. we should find out in the coming days whether they get the full amount. in the senate that is up to 3000 braces in arizon

putin is war, _ causes, brexit, vladimir putin is war. the — causes, brexit, vladimir putin is war, the pandemic, the cost of living _ war, the pandemic, the cost of living crisis— war, the pandemic, the cost of living crisis is really gripping. people — living crisis is really gripping. people are struggling. it is it it is interesting to see how public opinion— is interesting to see how public opinion will come out. people are terrified _ opinion will come out. people are terrified of— opinion will come out. people are terrified of nurses going on strike and care — terrified of nurses going on strike and care in— terrified of nurses going on strike and care in hospitals being reduced. mick lynch — and care in hospitals being reduced. mick lynch was on the air, his union is not _ mick lynch was on the air, his union is not going — mick lynch was on the air, his union is not going on strike and most of us will— is not going on strike and most of us will be — is not going on strike and most of us will be celebrating that. at christmas people want to see their fami

that vladimir putin tossed aside as being terribly inconvenient. it was a treaty that would have prevented if honored. what he's doing today in ukraine? but i'm just control is more than just treaties. it's about channels of communication when this works started. it actually started in the eisenhower administration. very first conversation between us and soviet negotiators that was so strange so hard to do and it became rootinized. yeah, we're going to talk. we have a guy in the audience who was who talked to the soviets about? treaty to ban intermediate range nuclear forces you know the kind of missiles that are now threatening, ukraine. that was another treaty that went by the wayside. so channels of communication were crucial. hot lines it could be used in a crisis. norms norms are a big part of arms control and some of these norms the most important one of all you do not use nuclear weapons on a battlefield that norm isn't enshrined. in a treaty that nuclear arms states have sign. and yet they have honored it so far. that's a crucial norm. i re

it is vladimir putin. whose idea was it to invade ukraine? vladimir putin's. so it's hard to imagine that at some point vladimir putin won't be caught up point vladimir putin won't be caught up in the consequences of, and the fallout from, this war, whatever they may be. fallout from, this war, whatever they may be-_ fallout from, this war, whatever they may be— fallout from, this war, whatever the ma be. ., ,, they may be. ok, thank you, steve. steve rosenberg _ they may be. ok, thank you, steve. steve rosenberg our _ they may be. ok, thank you, steve. steve rosenberg our russian - they may be. ok, thank you, steve. | steve rosenberg our russian editor. the uk economy shrank over the summer, confirming what many economists and the bank of england believe to be the start of a recession. it fell by 0.2% between july and september — as households and businesses were hit by soaring prices, higher energy bills and rising interest rates. manufacturing — which was down 2.3% — has been a big factor in the decline. the uk is not yet officially in recession —

ah, [000:00:00;00] ah, this is dw news life from berlin. russian president vladimir putin urges people to leave the occupied ukrainian city of hare song. it's seen as a sign that rushes military may leave the area in the face of ukrainian advances. also the paragraph indigenous activists in peru release nearly 100 tourists. held captive in a protest against an oil spill. and twitters new owner billionaire, eat on moscow, flashes jobs and the bits and make the platform more profitable. ah, i'm really mohammed welcome to the program. russian president vladimir putin has urged civilians to leave the city of her song as ukrainian troops advance in the area. the statement is the latest indication that washers military may be planning to withdraw from the occupied ukrainian city. it may not look like it, but this river could soon be on the front line. here russian soldiers are assisting residence from the occupied ukrainian city of her san crossing from the right bank of the denise pro, to the left, according to troops here, around 1200 vehicles. and 5000 civilians are being transported ever

we understand that nothing can replace the loss. >> reporter: that's vladimir putin there speaking to the soldiers' mothers. there was a bit of controversy around that because there were some soldiers' mothers organizations who said they had not been invited to this meeting. in fact, the main mothers organization said they had not been invite to do this meeting and that was really a hand-picked set of mothers by the kremlin who they invited here. so that left a bit of a sour feeling. nevertheless, for the kremlin than extremely important e veteran. this has been played on russian tv the entire evening and there were interesting other things that vladimir putin said as well, alex, a view into the mind-set that he has right now. he said that russia used to live by others' rules but the events of today are a path to some internal purging and reinvention, as he put it. he's essentially saying through this conflict russia is reinventing itself. obviously a very expansionist view. he went on to say he believed the annexation of donbas should have happened years ago. we saw a vladimir putin

russian president vladimir putin urgent people to leave the occupied ukrainian city of her son is seen as another sign that russian invaders may leave the area in the face of the ukrainian advance. twitter is new boss. you must begin splashing jobs. he says it's to make the platform more profitable, twitter workers reply, see you in court. and francis parliament punishes a deputy for a racist outburst as a black colleague with speaking ah and warm greetings throughout viewers around the world. i'm michael ocho. russian president vladimir putin has urged civilians to leave the city of her son as ukrainian troops advanced in the area. the statement is the latest signal that russia is military may be planning to withdraw from the occupied ukrainian city. it may not look like it, but this river could soon beyond the front line. here russian soldiers are assisting residents from the occupied ukrainian city of her san crossing from the right bank of the de ne pro to the left. according to troops here, around 1200 vehicles. and 5000 civilians are being transported every day. and its suggested

also coming up on the show, russian president vladimir putin holds his 1st meeting with mothers of soldiers killed in the war. in the stage gathering, he tells them their songs did not die in vain. and at the world cup, the hosts guitar are out. and aaron's team and it's silent protest, ah, after threats of reprisals, players half heartedly sing along to their national anthem. around then went on to beat wales to no ah hello, i'm claire richardson. thank you very much for joining us. russian shelling in the liberated city of harrison has killed 15 people, according to ukrainian officials. authorities have begun evacuating civilians from the city, including children and hospital patients. the latest attack comes as authorities race to repair damage to critical infrastructure destroyed by russian airstrikes. earlier this week the damage knocked out power too much of the country. the authorities have restored it in some areas, but more than $6000000.00 people are still without heat or electricity. analysts say russia seeking to demoralize ukrainians over the harsh winter months. ukraine's pres

where was vladimir putin? he was nowhere to be seen. laura: steve, what about the impact of this continuing war on russia itself? steve: well, there's the impact on so many aspects of russia, right? there is the impact on the economy. there have already been considerable economic costs. there's the significant impact, too. i detect a growing fatigue amongst the population here. for so long, many russians stuck their head in the sand and pretend this was not happening or this war was something happening on their tv screens. but when vladimir putin announced mobilization a few weeks ago and hundreds of thousands of russian citizens were cled up, husbands, sons, brothers disappeared off to the front line. suddenlyhe war became much more real to people here, and there was much more anxiety in society, so people are worried. peop don't know how this is going to end. laura:teve rosenberg in moscow, thank you. as the war in ukraine continues, the sanctions are affecting russia's superrich, who are having their assets seized. the united states

where was vladimir putin? he was nowhere to be seen. laura: steve, what about the impact of this continuing war on russia itself? steve: well, there's the impact on so many aspects of russia, right? there is the impact on the economy. there have already been considerable economic costs. there's the significant impact, too. i detect a growing fatigue amongst the population here. for so long, many russians stuck their head in the sand and pretend this was not happening or this war was something happening on their tv screens. but when vladimir putin announced mobilization a few weeks ago and hundreds of thousands of russian citizens were cled up, husbands, sons, brothers disappeared off to the front line. suddenlyhe war became much more real to people here, and there was much more anxiety in society, so people are worried. people don't know how this is going to end. laura:teve rosenberg in moscow, thank you. as the war in ukraine continues, the sanctions are affecting russia's superrich, who are having their assets seized. the united state

it is vladimir putin. whose idea was it to invade ukraine? vladimir putin. so it is hard to imagine that at some point, vladimir putin want be caught up in the consequences of and the fallout from the war, whatever those may be. where are we when it comes to kherson itself? joining me now is keir giles, author of the forthcoming book russia's war on everybody. before we start talking about the bigger picture and what this means for russia, when it comes to specifically this withdrawal from kherson, we heard steve rosenberg say they are the significance of it of this being the only provincial capital that russia had held. now it's lost it. capitalthat russia had held. now it's lost it. ., �* , capitalthat russia had held. now it's lost it. . �* , �* , it's lost it. that's right, it's symbolic _ it's lost it. that's right, it's symbolic. it's _ it's lost it. that's right, it's symbolic. it's not - it's lost it. that's right, it's symbolic. it's not the - it's lost it. that's right, it's symbolic. it's not the only| it's lost it. that's right, it's - symb

i mean, that was meant for vladimir putin. that was certainly an example of where these 2 presidents did find common ground. would you agree? i agree that they don't want, or at least the chinese say they don't want of vladimir to it and to use nukes. but we've got to remember that china has been making threats for the 1st use of nuclear weapons since july of last year, or that's when they started to ramp up these threats when they threatened to insinuate tokyo. and then in september, they promised to go after australia in march of this year, the chinese military promised the quote unquote worse consequences for any country helping taiwan. so while i think it's great that seizure and ping as saying, oh no, flatter her foot and shouldn't use is most destructive weapons. i'd like to see the chinese to acknowledge that they shouldn't use these threats or these weapons. yeah, and that brings me to taiwan to day you as president biden, after this meeting, he said that a chinese invasion of taiwan is not imminent. and 1st, that soun

russia's retreat from kherson creates a danger for vladimir putin. it risks changing how he's perceived here at home. not so much by the russian public, but by the russian elite, by the people around him, the people in power here, who for years have viewed putin as a great strategist, a winner. less so now. and the mood on the streets? "of course we'll win the war," he says. "when have russians ever lost?" i really hope that russian soldiers will come back and vladimir putin will leave his post and ukraine and russia will be free from this dictator. for now, the russian public is watching, waiting... ..to see where the kremlin's war goes from here. steve rosenberg, bbc news, moscow. president biden is embarking on a whirlwind diplomatic tour which will take him to egypt, cambodia and indonesia. over the next few days he'll attend cop27, the us-asean summit and the east asia summit before joining the meeting of 620 leaders in bali. that's where the most anticipated event of the trip will take place: a face—to—face meeting with the chinese presiden

s. dollars, that's been spoken with vladimir putin and other leaders before i expect that to be on the table. lots to be discussed. listener. yes, i mean, specifically i looking into crypto currencies and, and rubles, and of course are russians can now use the m, i r cards in cuba and they will be able to fully use them at stores by the end of this year. now another thing that was pointed out by the president was that every time cuba has faced challenges, russia has been there to support them. let's have a listen, go. it could go sir, your friend, theosophy, every time cuba faced challenges and situations which looked impossible to tackle good rushes, generous hand has been given to us and is among the 1st to help us overcome those problems. giuliano and russian senators are actually looking forward to discussing some matters of cooperation with the cuban parliament. and there's going to be further on cooperation and next week there will be a visit as well. so we're looking forward to hearing what we can of, of the discussion between president vladimir putin and president miguel diaz c

he basically stripped the bars off of vladimir putin. what is going on in ukraine, though a tragedy, is a major loss for russia because of what joe biden did. he is the right candidates. he is a moderate. obviously, the one thing people worry about him is his age. he is about the same age as donald trump. who is a republican nominee. i think you should run. i think he could win. host: in this exit poll we have coming from the midterm elections, two thirds of midterm voters, including 40% of democrats would prefer that biden would not seek reelection in 2024. this is from edison research. even on election day, 43% of democrats say biden should not run for reelection. guest: i do not want to discount that completely. at this point in 1982, the same amount was saying ronald reagan should not run for reelection either. he was unpopular. it was 10% unemployment. he was considered too old. he ended up winning 49 out of 50 states. let's not take these polls to seriously. what are people really saying when they are giving that answer. they might