hello, i m christian fraser. you re watching context on bbc news. after months of shuttle diplomacy, a speech from president putin that puts russia on the brink of war. in a rambling address, mr putin said ukraine was linked to russia by blood. his entire speech, as in earlier essays, laying the groundwork for the wholesale occupation of ukraine. the british prime minister is due speak to the ukrainian president tonight, the house of commons will vote on a new sanctions bill tomorrow. this is plainly in breach of international law. i think it s a very ill omen and a very dark sign. in other news. england ends covid restrictions with the legal requirement to self isolate gone from thursday. tonight with all the
peacefully, and that s got to be a priority peacefully, and that s got to be a priority of peacefully, and that s got to be a priority of our road leaders, and i ust priority of our road leaders, and i just don t priority of our road leaders, and i just don t accept we should have people just don t accept we should have people saying and invasion is inevitable. i don t think it helps the situation and i don t thing it is fair the situation and i don t thing it is fair to the situation and i don t thing it is fairto ukrainians the situation and i don t thing it is fair to ukrainians interruptions, who are is fair to ukrainians interruptions, who are very, very scared right now about who are very, very scared right now about what who are very, very scared right now about what this means for their lives about what this means for their lives about what this means for their lives. interruptions. we have seen lives. interruptions. we have seen from lives. inte
into georgia, who took crimea and is not going into eastern ukraine? can you negotiate with a man like that? if you re excepting you cannot go sheet if you re excepting you cannot go sheet and if you re excepting you cannot go sheet and you think invasion is inevitable, your excepting that hundreds of thousand people die. that is hundreds of thousand people die. that is not hundreds of thousand people die. that is not something i am prepared to accept that is not something i am prepared to accept. that is not something nrany to accept. that is not something many rural to accept. that is not something many rural leaders are prepared to accept many rural leaders are prepared to accept. many countries have been willing accept. many countries have been willing to accept. many countries have been willing to negotiate and say that we need to willing to negotiate and say that we need to make sure we come to the table need to make sure we come to the table and need to mak
speaking to, not you or me. he is looking to lay a foundation for invasion. it is properly not unexpected that he take that route. the criticism of the europeans is probably fair and we will speak about that. there were indiscretions within the trump administration as well. and whether some of the support was held back from the ukrainian government and whether that undermined their position. did america do enough to stop this from happening? to america do enough to stop this from ha eninr? ., , .,, america do enough to stop this from hawenin? ., , , america do enough to stop this from ha eninr? ., , .,, , ., happening? to stop this from happening? happening? to stop this from happening? i happening? to stop this from happening? ithink. - happening? to stop this from happening? ithink. lets. happening? to stop this from | happening? ithink. lets talk happening? i think. lets talk about what is happening now and what we can do. if the biden administration was looking for an excuse to
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