In an interview that russian commanders were among those injured in the attack this has not been independently confirmed. This has not been independently russias Ministry Of Defence said on friday that one serviceman was missing. Samir puri is a lecturer in war studies at Kings College london. He says the commitment by the us to supply more weapons is significant. As the Army Tactical Missile System that the us has finally authorised the gifting to ukraine and it is about the range of the missiles they can fire. 190 miles, significantly further in the Storm Shadow Missile which is 150 miles range. The significance is this is something that ukraine and those supporting the arming of ukraine have really been asking for four months and months and months. Arguably creating the impression this is a wart winning weapon whereas i think in reality, what this will do is give the Ukrainian Armed forces another two to try and degrade the russian defensive positions but by no means guarantee actua
Meanwhile, russias Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov has used his address to the Unted Nations General Assembely in new york to criticise the unites states, nato and the European Union for trying to force the world to play according to their own self centered rules. The collective west has a calling card and it has long been to reject the principle of equality and their Total Inability to reach agreement. Being used to looking down at the rest of the world, americans and europeans make all sorts of promises and they take on commitments, inter alia, written ones and legally binding ones, and then theyjust dont fulfill them. As President Putin pointed out, the west is one that is truly an empire of lies. Russia, like many countries, knows about this first hand. Earlier i spoke to phillips obrien, professor of strategic studies at st andrews university, he told me there was a lot missing from mr lavrov s address. It was a speech that you would say really comes from a Point Of View of weaknes
Meanwhile, russias Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov has used his address to the Unted Nations General Assembely in new york to criticise the unites states, nato and the European Union for trying to force the world to play according to their own self centered rules. The collective west has a calling card and it has long been to reject the principle of equality and their Total Inability to reach agreement. Being used to looking down at the rest of the world, americans and europeans make all sorts of promises and they take on commitments, inter alia, written ones and legally binding ones, and then theyjust dont fulfill them. As President Putin pointed out, the west is one that is truly an empire of lies. Russia, like many countries, knows about this first hand. For more on this im joined by phillips obrien, professor of strategic studies at St Andrews University welcome to you. Good to have your own. What you make of the comments of Sergey Lavrov . To be as expected . On the one hand absolu
By its Ethnic Armenian population. This week, Azerbaijani Forces overwhelmed the Ethnic Armenian separatists, forcing them to surrender. Now, fears are growing of a potential humanitarian catastrophe. That region is internationally recognized as part of azerbaijan. Tens of thousands of armenians have sought refuge in the main city, stepanakert, many of them gathering at the airport. The red cross has managed to deliver seventy tonnes of aid for the first they are coping with dwindling food, medicine and fuel supplies. The red cross has managed to deliver seventy tonnes of aid for the First Time Since azerbaijan captured the disputed territory four days ago. The organisations spokesperson, jason straziuso, said the shipments contained basic staples like wheat. The organisation spokesperson said the shipment contains basic staples like wheat. An indication of how dire the situation is, none of food or medical supplies in the convoy that we sent today to draw about medical supplies but al
That would be a significant blow to the russian commanding Control Structures because it is very dependent on its officers. But i havent seen any official or nonofficial confirmation from public sources that i have been reading. Again, if these claims are true, that would be significant for the ukrainians because obviously the russian Officers Navy headquarters were relocated underground, so they had to bring them to the headquarters higherfloors in order to kill those officers. We are expecting russias Foreign Minister to speak in the next hour or so in new york where he has been at the United Nations general assembly. Do you think he will comment on this strike . What do you expect the russian reaction might be . Perhaps we can expect three narratives. First of all, russia has so called red lines that the west shouldnt cross but we havent seen any evidence that russia significantly retaliates, for example, attacks on crimea. Secondly, it would be about appealing to the global souther