former foreign policy adviser to the eu nathalie tocci, and from chevy chase, maryland, joel rubin, who served in the 0bama administration as assistant to the secretary of state. hello, welcome to the programme. in a significant escalation of the war in ukraine, vladimir putin has ordered the partial mobilisation of reservists. 300,000 russians with military experience will be sent in to defend those parts of ukraine that russia still occupies. in a much anticipated address to the nation, the russian president said he was ready to use all means at his disposal, including nuclear weapons, to defend the territorial integrity of russian occupied land. it follows a string of embarrassing defeats in eastern ukraine, where the russians have lost over 1000 square miles of territory they had captured. most signifanctly in the north around kharkiv, but also now in the south around kherson, the only city they fully control. the russians intend to hold a referendum this weekend in f
zelensky condemn the russian invasion at the un general assembly. the us leader says it s a shameless violation of the un charter. putin claims he had to act because russia was threatened. but no one threatened russia. and no one other than russia sought conflict. a crime has been committed against ukraine a crime has been committed against ukraine and we demand just punishment. the new york state s attorney general files a civil lawsuit against donald trump and three of his children for fraud. and a special report from china on the governments zero covid strategy. we begin in russia where more than a thousand people have been arrested after taking part in protests against president putin s announced partial mobilisation of military reservists. up to three hundred thousand could be called up to fight in ukraine the first mobilisation of civilians since world war two. russia has been losing ground in eastern ukraine in recent weeks. addressing the un general assembly, pr
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