ah. hello and welcome to focus on europe where the focus this time round is still inevitably on the conflict in ukraine. and one of the closest allies of russia in the gruesome war of aggression launched by vladimir putin is alexander lucas shank over the autocratic leader of bellows. the relationship between the 2 men goes back a long way and they still meet on a regular basis, which is a huge source of irritation and anger to the opposition. that house, however, largely being crushed by cushion that has in turn of course force many to seek asylum in ukraine, including for instance, scientists and artists and men like alexei he had already been living in ukraine for a number of years and had signed up to join the military, they re so wild belo ross, the country stand side by side with russia. many bela russian people are fighting shoulder by shoulder with the ukrainian armed forces. and for his courage and his commitment, alex a, has paid a high price a lex day has to learn