Are ukrainians, he means that there are no ukrainians, believes serhiy plokhii, one of the most famous ukrainian historians, the bad director of the harvard Ukrainian Scientific Institute and the author of a number of books. In in an interview with my colleague iryna solomka, he explained how putins russia resembles hitlers germany, and how the russian invasion of ukraine is a war of imperial disintegration. As a historian, he believes in the victory of ukraine. Conversation with serhii plokhi, further. Sergey, was this fullscale invasion a surprise for you, for a historian . Id like to say no, but i cant say that, i mean, i think, like a lot of people, observers, uh, thought that actually this war is not profitable for russia, almost, almost, so speak, suicide, especially in relations with. The west, but in fact i committed perhaps the greatest sin for a historian, that is, i somehow did not give enough weight to history , and the history is that this war is a war of the collapse of t
Is it still the land of fun and soccer . Hello there. Thats news out of iraq. Women, children, whole families among hundreds of thousands who have said the city of mosul was taken over by the islamist email tant group. The iraqi army and police are said to have abandoned their positions after four days of violent clashes across the city. The militants are now in the nearby oil town of baji. As you can see, convoys of isis gunmen swept through mosul on tuesday, and now say they have liberated the city. The group is comprised of sunni muslims, and it poses a real challenge to nuri al maliki. He has ordered parliament to declare a state of emergency. More detail about who these people are and what theyre fighting for. The name isis stands for the islamic jihadist state of iran. The group is relatively young, having been formed in april 2013 as an off shoot of al qaeda, but its already been responsible for scores of deadly attacks across iraq and, of course, syria where they are among the
Hello an al quadainspired group says its captured another iraqi city in the last few hours. The Islamic State of iraq and the levant or isil is claiming to have taken the Northern City of tikrit. Isil had already taken iraqs second city mosul and also attacking nearb nearby city. Reporter one of the biggest refineries burn as fighters take control. They mounted at tack in the early hours of Tuesday Morning quickly overrunning Security Force this is. But the take over didnt last long, iraqs fourth article are Armored Division and police took back control a few hours later. The fighters from the isil who have also mounted attacks here in kirkuk where fighting controls, mosul remains under is life. Corollas Prime Minister Nouri Almaliki used his regularly televised address to deliver a strong message. Translator this is just the latest round of fighting against isil and it wont be the last. We will continue to fight against them with the help of the people of mosul. Al qaeda and isil dont
Kickoff just a day away, a festival. In the Program Alice will be taking a look at whats happening in business. Trouble with the tax man. Youre right, david. European commissioners investigating whether a decision was made by tax authorities in ireland, the netherlands, and luxembourg comply with rules on state aid, and its about a deal they struck with apple, starbucks, and fiat. Hello. Its midday here in london, 7 00 a. M. In washington, 2 00 p. M. In the northern iraqi city of mosul where half a Million People have been forced to flee following its capture by the Islamic Militant group isis. Families, women and children, among those making their escape. The iraqi army and police are believed to have simply abandoned their post in the end after four days of violent clashes in the city. Just what is isis . Who are they . What do they want . The name itself stands for the jihadic Islamic State of iraq and levamt. The group is relatively wrung. It was formed in april 2013 as an off shoo
This has not been a good day for the government of iraq. Al quaida inspired fighters are sweeping through cities in the north, and threatening to invade the capitol city of baghdad. And this afternoon, president obama publicly ruled out sending in any more u. S. Troops. An audio recording says the forces are marching on the capital, but Security Forces now appear to be putting up afight, they launched counter attacks and have launched ire strikes on targets. Further north, the kurdish army says it has secured thousands of refugees though seeking safety are threing to Iraqi Kurdish stan. It has only taken a few days for the ruling government to lose nearly a third of the country, and the i. S. I. L. Is using political means as well as military forces to gain grown. Reportingly handed back to sunni tribesman in an effort to turn the tribes against the shiite government in baghdad. A the latest is coming from the antiterrorism force backed by fighter jets are chasing filters from i. S. I.