from yesterday s statement which was really very crucial, that he is very critical in general on putin s initiative to start this bloody and criminal war against ukraine, initiative to start this bloody and criminalwaragainst ukraine, so initiative to start this bloody and criminal war against ukraine, so we can see quite big changes not only in the kremlin but the whole policy of the russia of today. in the kremlin but the whole policy of the russia of today. former prime minister of lithuania, of the russia of today. former prime minister of lithuania, andrius - minister of lithuania, andrius kubilius, thank you forjoining u5 kubilius, thank you forjoining us here on bbc. iju5t want to bring you up to date with some of the latest of elements coming into us here live on london. these are reports from reuters news agency creating yevgeny prigozhin responding to that televised addre55 responding to that televised address that we saw from putin. prigozhin has that we saw from putin. p
nato is monitoring the the situation in russia. meanwhile the office of the italian prime minister giorgia meloni says the rebellion by the mercenary chief prigozhin shows russia s invasion of ukraine is backfiring against the russian president vladimir putin. meanwhile, the estonian prime minister has said estonia has a strength and security on the russian border and has urged people not to travel to any part of the country. we will bring you more development as we get them. live now to andrius kubiliu5 who is the former prime minister of lithuania. he has been serving as a member of the european parliament since 2019. he is a member of the committee on foreign affairs and is the eu parliament s special rapporteur on relations with russia. hejoins us now from brussels. you have met vladimir putin in person and i m interested to get your insight into the man himself. what you think you be thinking and