But is he swimming against an unstoppable tide? andrey kordochkin, andrey kordochkin, welcome to hardtalk. Welcome to hardtalk. Thank you. Thank you. It s a great honour it s a great honour and privilege to be here. And privilege to be here. Well, it s great to have you well, it s great to have you in the studio. In the studio. Let me take you back let me take you back to february 2022. To february 2022. Putin orders putin orders an allout invasion of ukraine. That this would be the end an allout invasion of ukraine. Within days, you, a priest within days, you, a priest in the russian orthodox church, in the russian orthodox church, choose to speak out choose to speak out against the invasion. Against the invasion. When you did that, did you feel when you did that, did you feel that this would be the end of your career in the russian orthodox church? i think that when the war has begun, very few of us could actually give a prediction of what is going to come through. So i think that ma
Its 6am in singapore, and one 1am in poltava in ukraine where russia has carried out one of the deadliest strikes in months. Ukraines Defence Ministry says at least 51 people have been killed, with 219 injured. The attack occured at a military communications institute, in the central eastern part of the country. These images verified by The Bbc show the aftermath of that attack. The countrys Defence Ministry sayS People were hit as they headed to bomb shelters. Emergency workers are trying to rescue survivors from the rubble. President zelensky vowed to hold those responsible to account for the attack. Biv Nick Beake is at the scene, and has just sent us this report, which contains some distressing images. The missiles tore through the ukrainian Military Academy at nine oclock this morning, just as lessons were starting, levelling huge parts of the complex and killing dozens instantly. Army Medics Battle to save the injured. Hold on, he shouts, youre a good lad. Tonight we arrived in a
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