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
Translation the collective west has a calling card and its 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, written ones and legally binding ones and then theyjust dont fulfil 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 the Point Of View of weakness on ukraine, that he couldnt even mention the ukraine war, that there was no discussion of russias right to invade ukraine, of russias annexation of ukraine, the parts of ukraine. So, in that sense, it was really running away from the story of the moment which is th
About costs and trade offs. Discussions are ongoing ahead of a speech in the coming days. Mr sunak said the biggest commitment, to reach net zero Carbon Emissions by 2050, wont be abandoned. But the bbc has learned that some longstanding commitments are under threat. They include delaying a ban on the sales of new petrol and diesel cars from 2030 to 2035. The plan to phase out the installation of gas boilers by 2035 could be weakened, with only 80 phased out by then. And homeowners and landlords could be told there will be no new Energy Efficiency regulations on homes. 0ur Political Editor chris mason reports. Within the Conservative Party in recent months, a fuming row, Cost Of Living Squeeze but recent months, a fuming row, cost of living squeez living squeeze but extra cost for families to living squeeze but extra cost for families to green living squeeze but extra cost for families to green targets. Living squeeze but extra cost for families to green targets. Longterm families to g
The staff here at and where the lake areas have been holding a special debate on the nsa surveillance stand up Opposition Leader to ipc has called for the mind at the center of the nations average snowdon to be given the Nobel Peace Prize. Part of ibm apple was much less outspoken stressing the importance of the wisdom of relationship that she may see that it was being put to the test and said that the allegations against the nsa still have to be cleared up under new coach new alliances are as important as the one between the us and germany. Berlin at first played down the allegations of widespread intelligence gathering by us agencies. But thats changed since the nsa was accused of tapping the chancellor cell phone. The extent of the surveillance is still unclear. And speaking at the start of the bonus cut debate. Amcor said the us still has some explaining to me. I hate it. And the transatlantic relationship is being put to protest at the moment. As of the negotiations on a Free Trad