and against the entire western world. he said it was not only a crime against the ukrainian people, but also the people of russia. i managed to get through to mr bondarev on the telephone and he told me more about why he decided to resign from the russian foreign ministry. i strongly disagree and disapprove of what my government is doing since february, and i don t want to be associated with it any longer. how difficult a decision was it? you know, it wasn t a decision like to do or not to do, it was just to do and when. so, i don t see any alternative. are you worried about your safety after taking such a decision? well, i think i may say so. how shocked where you buy what has happened after february the 24th by this
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given russian setbacks so far, that seems a rather distant prospect. western officials do warn that if the assault on the donbas goes well for vladimir the assault on the donbas goes well foeradimir putin, he the assault on the donbas goes well for vladimir putin, he might well start to think big again. for ukraine, well, just repelling russia s advances in stopping them taking more territory as the number one priority. if they do manage to do that, and the west is hurling new and heavy weaponry into ukraine, speeding that up, then ukraine may sense an opportunity to roll back those russian advances, back to where we were on february the 24th. that would be a spectacular success for ukraine but it would mean taking back a lot of territory. maw; back a lot of territory. many thanks. borisjohnson says he still expects to be prime minister by the time the uk hopes to sign a new trade deal with india in october. he was speaking on his visit to new delhi, after talks with prime minister, na
mariupol is so important. but you still do get glimpses of wider ambitions. you had a russian generaljust wider ambitions. you had a russian general just today talking about southern ukraine, created an even longer court or to another area in moldova. i think given russia s setbacks, that seems like a rather distant prospect. if the assault goes well. for ukraine, just repelling russia s advances in the west is hurling new and heavier weaponry back to where we were on february the 24th. it would
we have the deadly bombs in lviv which had been a relatively safe place, what do you make of all that? well, first of all obviously as bill pointed out the main effort is the donbas region. ground warfare. high-end conventional on open, flat terrain which clearly favors the attacker and in this case the russians obviously are trying to come in the back door of where ukraine is defending against the russians in the donbas area. so our viewers know, this is the area where the russian separatists and russians have been since 2014. so they are very familiar with the area. supply lines are much shorter to russia. they have a commander there who has been in the area for six years and it s in the southern area here that he has been in charge of since february the 24th when the invasion began. he is the one commander who has