welcome to our viewers on pbs in america and around the globe. the russian president says the sanctions imposed on his country because of the attack on ukraine are insane and vladimir putin said they had not only failed to work but were impacting the west instead. he denied that russia was to blame for the current crisis and for the spiralling inflation that has followed. he was speaking at an economic forum in st petersburg. translation: i reiterate - these are fundamental, - truly revolutionary and inexorable changes. it would be a mistake to think that during these tumultuous changes, you can simply sit it out, biding your time, that everything is going to get back to circuits, that everything is going to be as it was it won t! and yet, it seems as if the ruling elite of certain western countries are labouring under precisely these very delusions, choosing to ignore the obvious, persistently clinging to the ghosts of the past. in particular, they think that the dominat
was first released. hello and welcome to bbc news. president putin has described the sanctions imposed on russia because of its invasion of ukraine as insane. he said the measures had failed to work, and were impacting the west instead. the british prime minister has announced that the uk will lead a major training operation for ukrainian soldiers with the aim of training up to ten thousand soldiers every four months. and the question of ukraine s candidacy for the eu is expected to be decided at a european council summit next week. azadeh moshiri has this report. the president told his people there was some good news. translation: there was some good news. translation: now we are one ste awa translation: now we are one step away from translation: now we are one step away from the translation: now we are one step away from the beginning l translation: now we are one | step away from the beginning of a full fledged integration into the european union. we have a positive d
across the continent. thanks forjoining us. in what is the fastest decision in eu history, the european commission has formally recommended candidate status for ukraine but with conditions. for ukraine this has been a long time ambition, and president zelensky was quick to react hailing it as an historic moment, which will bring victory in the war against russia closer . meanwhile president putin said he was against the idea because the eu wasn t a military blo, but couldn t see how it would benefit kyiv. here is commission president ursula von der leyen speaking in brussels. and we all know that ukrainians are ready to die for the european perspective. we want them to live with us the european dream. let s look at where ukraine is in its eu application. the application has broadly three phases. phase 1 is the application to become a candidate for eu membership. ukraine submitted their application in march. first they need the european commission to recommend the
in what is the fastest decision in eu history for ukraine this has been a long time ambition, and president zelensky was quick to react hailing it see how it would benefit kyiv. for ukraine this has been a long time ambition, and president zelensky was quick to react hailing it as an historic moment which will bring victory in the war against russia closer . meanwhile president putin said he was not against the idea because the eu wasn t a military bloc but couldn t see how it would benefit kyiv. here is commission president ursula von der leyen speaking in brussels. we all know that ukrainians are ready to die for the european perspective. we want them to live with us the european dream. let s look at where ukraine is in its eu application. the application has broadly three phases. phase one is the application to become a candidate for eu membership. ukraine submitted their application in march. first they need the european commission to recommend them which
to average for the time of year. there are mainly dry and, look at the clouds gathering that will move in overnight into wednesday. that is from the next system moving away which has rain followed by sunny spells and showers, and with the isobars close together it will be blustery on wednesday so quite windy day. more wet weather to come for some on thursday. friday into the weekend, high pressure trying to settle things down. there will still be some showers around and high pressure doesn t necessarily translate into warmth. we will keep you updated on that. reeta. that s all from the bbc news at six so it s goodbye from me and on bbc one we nowjoin the bbc s news teams where you are. hello, and welcome to sportsday. i m gavin ramjaun. celebrations continue for premier league title winners manchester city. iam in i am in manchester city centre where this parade climaxes and city celebrate that five minute miracle. and we hearfrom france superstar kylian mbappe, who says he m