russian for blocking grain shipments from ukraine through the black sea. he noted that corn, soy and wheat prices have already gone up and he said that russia alone bears responsibility for the costs of this situation. he rejected this idea that there may be some kind of escort in order to help grain get out of the area and he also rejected the suggestion that this was a response to that bridge attack that we saw on the bridge spanning russia to crimea. he also talked about this meeting that we ve learned is going to happen between president biden and benjamin netanyahu of israel. he said they spoke to. he did not say if they re going to be meeting at the white house. he said those details are still being worked out. but this is probably going to be happening by the end of the year. and he also touched upon as he was asked about the chairwoman of the house progressive caucus saying that israel is a racist state, something that she has faced backlash for, that she s
they were stood by the car whilst seeing off their son and daughter in law. they went outside to wave them off and were killed. ukraine claims it shut down the majority of russian missiles. moscow, meanwhile, claims it struck all of its targets. beyond the human casualties, a major victim once again was ukraine s power grid. areas in the south were left entirely without electricity, a potentially deadly problem, as winter weather arrives. translation: russian terror affects ukraine l and neighbouring states. there are outages in moldova and this proves that the russian strikes are harmful, not only to ukraine but to an entire region. russia s coordinated assault on ukraine s power grid began on october 10th, just days after that bridge attack in crimea. this latest alleged attack is perhaps another sign that the war is not going quite as the kremlin would have hoped.
a potentially deadly problem, as winter weather arrives. translation: russian terror affects ukraine l and neighbouring states. there are outages in moldova and this proves that the russian strikes are harmful, not only to ukraine but to an entire region. russia s coordinated assault on ukraine s power grid began on october 10th, just days after that bridge attack in crimea. this latest alleged attack is perhaps another sign that the war is not going quite as the kremlin would have hoped. we can cross live now to kyiv and speak to yuriy sak. he s an advisor to ukraine s defence ministry. good morning. let s start with these strikes that took place at the russian airbases. moscow is saying that ukraine is responsible. what your response
In hindsight, protests that began nine years ago and toppled a Ukrainian president were a pivot point in efforts by Vladimir V. Putin to exert Russian control over Ukraine.
Ukraine is on the offensive along most of the 600-mile front line, and the Russians are in a defensive crouch. But about one-fifth of Ukrainian territory is still occupied by Russia.