References, and overt references, and overt references to ukrainian nuclear weapons programmes, dirty bombs, chemicalweapons weapons programmes, dirty bombs, chemical weapons and so forth. so there is a concern that one of these will be used as a pretext, a false flag by the kremlin to then justify an increase in russian retaliation.- increase in russian retaliation. , ., , . ., increase in russian retaliation. , retaliation. dmitri pascoe said in an interview retaliation. dmitri pascoe said in an interview that retaliation. dmitri pascoe said in an interview that russia - in an interview that russia might be forced to use its nuclear weapons if it faced an existential crisis. what is an existential crisis. what is an existential threat to russia? that is a $60 million question, isn t it? because apparently ukraine resented an existential threat to the russian federation, which is extraordinary, given that it has six thousand, 6500 nuclear weapons. more than capable of securing its
Of russia s foreign minister, sergei lavrov. in the ft, the boss of p&o ferries admits to mps that a decision to sack 800 workers last week without unions consultation broke the law, but he insists he would do it again. leading on the same story, the yorkshire post says that unions have shared serious safety concerns following the sackings, suggesting that a lack of training for the replacement agency crew will mean lives will be put in jeopardy . let us begin, and if i can begin with you in the guardian, the warning to putin over the use of chemical weapons. warning to putin over the use of chemicalweapons. president warning to putin over the use of chemical weapons. president biden said they would respond in kind i think people are hoping he doesn t mean anyone will respond using chemical weapons, mean anyone will respond using chemicalweapons, but mean anyone will respond using chemical weapons, but that would mean there would be some kind of big response.
Hasn t quite worked out. they ve got real problems with logistics and supply lines, so one of the worries again is, will that pushing further into taking a drastic action? 0ne again is, will that pushing further into taking a drastic action? one of the things that they might do is create what are called the false flag attacks, so they make it look as if it was ukraine that used chemical weapons, as if it was ukraine that used chemicalweapons, or as if it was ukraine that used chemical weapons, or ukraine that created a dirty bomb. 0ne chemical weapons, or ukraine that created a dirty bomb. one of the worries we have had is, have they been collecting radioactive isotopes from the nuclear centres where they have taken control? will they then create this dirty bomb, which would cause panic and fear, and then blame ukraine and then respond supposedly legitimately? that s the kind of thing president biden has been clever about, thing president biden has been cleverabout, in thing president
That would compound the level of the number of war crimes being committed. president putin and his acolytes need to be aware that everything that is going on is being carefully logged, evidence is being gathered, there will come a time when these people will be indicted for war crimes. whether they will be imprisoned orface for war crimes. whether they will be imprisoned or face a trial is another matter, but there is no doubt that the judgment of history will be that president putin and his generals have been conducting war crimes in the most appalling fashion. if they were to use chemical weapons, fashion. if they were to use chemicalweapons, it fashion. if they were to use chemical weapons, it increases the magnitude of how awful it is. you use the word magnitude of how awful it is. you use the word genocide, as a former head of the british army, you do not use that word lightly. i head of the british army, you do not use that word lightly. use that word lightly. i spent a lot of
City s mayor vitali klitschko. translation: ., , . translation: today is a difficult and dangerous translation: today is a difficult and dangerous moment. - translation: today is a difficultl and dangerous moment. according translation: today is a difficult - and dangerous moment. according to the decision of the military command, fronted today marks the 15th from eight o clock, a curfew is established in kyiv. movement through the city is prohibited without special passes. mato s secretary general without special passes. mato s secretary generaljens - without special passes. mato s - secretary generaljens stoltenberg dismissed claims coming from moscow and raised more concerns about russia s behaviour. and raised more concerns about russia s behaviour. they claim to be ttrotectin russia s behaviour. they claim to be protecting civilians, russia s behaviour. they claim to be protecting civilians, but russia s behaviour. they claim to be protecting civilians, but they - russia