leaving minefields in place. but there is of course the risk the russians could break through. and one of the major concerns for ukraine right now is troop levels. kyiv needs to mobilize an additional 100,000 menjust to maintain current force strength, mobilisation rates we re told are below 50% of their target and may be as low as 15% in some regions. president zelensky said last night without volunteers, he will have to draught of half a million men. but who would volunteer without the weapons to fight? translation: they suggested to mobilise additional- 450,000 to 500,000 people, which is a very significant amount of people. and i told that i would need to have more arguments to support that, cos this is primarily a question of people, it s about the justice and the fairness, it s about the defence capacity and the question of funding. as for the people, i need specifics. the us secretary of state antony blinken said there is no other magic pot of money for supporting uk
means necessary to protect what he considers russian territory after a string of humiliating setbacks in ukraine. white house advisor john kirby with dana and me last hour calling putin s comments irresponsible. he is definitely under more pressure now internally and externally and increasingly clear he is not doing well in ukraine. why else call up a mobilization of 300,000 troops? we have said from the beginning and you would see the rhetoric last night is consistent with this from him. it is irresponsible for a nuclear power to speak that way about the possible use of nuclear weapons or any weapons of mass destruction. dana: greg palkot is live in london. hi, greg. yes, tough words from russian president vladimir putin as his going gets tougher in his war against ukraine. in a rare televised address he called for the partial mobilization of reservists, 300,000, to bolster the ranks of his forces hit harder than expected by ukraine military counter offensive. most dis
parts of the state on a slow, this is really an issue, it s churning on the destructive crawl north. orlando now in the crosshairs of this historic storm that s produced record rainfall and storm surge. power outages are a major problem with more than 2 million customers in the dark across florida. water is just everywhere in many communities. in port charlotte, the storm blew the roof off of a hospital and it flooded the intensive care unit. ahead, we re going to speak to a doctor there, how they managed to protect patients and what the conditions now. fort myers has experienced some of the worst flooding in the storm. torrents of water just rushing into the streets trapping people in their homes. same for naples where officials say half of the streets aren t even passable because high water has inundated them. although it s weakened, there is concern about ian regaining strength and threatening the southeast, georgia, the carolinas, and all declaring emergencies in advance.
Hadrians wall one of the most photographed in britain is felled. One arrest has been made. And on newsnight at 10 30 after 18 arduous months, ukraines conscripts and War Wounded Wage A war with no end in sight. Mark urban talked to them on the front line in the east. Good evening. She was the light of our lives. Thats how the family of Elianne Andam described the 15 year old, stabbed and killed at a bus stop in south london. They say their hearts are broken by her senseless death, and this evening they visited the scene where she died in croydon. Police are still questioning a 17 year old boy who was arrested about an hour after the attack yesterday morning. Daniel sandford has our top story. Gathering in mourning at the south london bus stop where Elianne Andam was stabbed to death on her way to school, herfamily, who had come to see where she fell. Her mother, dorcas, In The Black And White dress, led the mourners macro. The shock of what had happened was written on their faces. The
and we need to hear a clear demand from the united states to our european allies, particularly germany, they start delivering on their promises. i can tell you what they are actually delivering is a fraction in terms of military aid of what they promised. europeans have to do more. dana: very interesting. we asked john kirby about putin s belief that he is at war with us. here is what he said. he is at war inside ukraine. despite the rhetoric we heard from putin last night trying once again to make it about the west versus russia or the united states versus russia ornate owe versus russia, nothing can be farther from the truth. ukraine was invaded illegally and fighting to defend their country. dana: so you just said that the europeans haven t delivered all that they are supposed to deliver in terms of weaponry. so would this outcome right now be different if the ukrainians had what they were promised? i think it would be