radek sikorski, in warsaw, welcome to hardtalk. hello. good to see you again, stephen. it s great to have you on the programme. let s begin with a simple thought. the portents for ukraine in its grim battle against vladimir putin s forces in ukraine, the portents are really very negative, are they not? the supply of weaponry and of money coming from kyiv supporters is drying up. how concerned are you? that s not quite right. i was in kyiv within days of my appointment in december. my prime minister, the former head of the european council, donald tusk, has just been there, and the ukrainians have achieved a victory that has not been noticed in the western press, namely that, against stiff russian opposition, they have cleared western black sea of russian ships and they have now resumed grain shipments, not under a deal, from odesa via the western black sea to the bosphorus and to africa and beyond. that s a considerable military success. that s not insignificant. and they als
also in northern ireland, a fifth person s been arrested in connection with the attempted murder of the off duty police officerjohn caldwell in omagh. and, we report on the huge relief effort in turkey and syria, to try to help people who have lost everything in the catastrophic earthquakes. some of these guys have been flying around 2000 hours since the earthquake struck. they say they were medically evacuating casualties for hours, but they say they will keep going as long as they can. ukraine s president zelensky has said he plans to meet china s leader, xijinping to discuss beijing s proposals on ending the war in ukraine. he made the comments in a question and answer session in kyiv, to mark the first anniversary of the russian invasion. translation: first of all, i am planning to meet - with xijinping and i think it will be beneficial for our countries and for the world s security. together with china we have large trade. this is not only about war. we are countries int
Official official. However, the president , President Biden said over the weekend that he is talking to is around and to that regard, he has had a phone conversation with benjamin at any of these rarely Prime Minister yesterday. Um, so yeah, the us position is there is no doubt in the minds and the eyes of the us that israel is a, has the right to defend itself. There is still a u. S. Help in terms of munition for the are in dont coming to israel and now theres things bought through you as also wants to delay a ground incursion into gaza. Okay. And so what is the us strategy beyond we stand behind the israel and nobody else had better get involved thats a very good question and very complex answer following this, but i make this choice. So its basically the us as trying to do is place here to be a good and the partner and l i to is are oh, for the obvious reasons, there is nobody in the Us Administration who down place or forgets what happened on october 7th to israel when guys, when i
By an anti tank missile fired by hamas. The raids were also aimed at gaining information on the whereabouts of the more than 200 hostages being held in gaza. A third convoy of more than a dozen aid trucks is at the Rafah Crossing from egypt, waiting for permission to head into gaza. The head of the Main Un Agency Helping Palestinians in gaza says hundreds of truckloads of aid are needed every day, rather the few dozen which have been allowed in so far. The agency has called forfuel to be allowed in, with only a minimal supply left for hospitals, Water Desalination Plants and bakeries. Israel says its not permitting Fuel Deliveries because they could be commandeered by hamas. The Hamas Run Health Ministry in gaza says the israeli bombardment of gaza has killed more than 5,000 people there, including 2,000 children. Attacks by hamas on israel this month killed more 1,400 people. Wyre davies has this report. Its a part of gaza where people should have felt relatively safe. The southern pa
From southern israel. As israel intensifies its air strikes before its widely expected ground strike, palestinian homes have been hit without warning. These pictures are from rafah where locals pulled victims from the rubble of a house that was hit overnight. And these images are from khan younis in Southern Gaza. Israel had asked Palestinian Civilians to move south for their own safety as it said it was focusing its air strikes on hamas infrastructure. The Israel Defence forces released this video of air strikes over gaza. We cant independently verify when this was shot. Gazais gaza is the south but to the north, israel has also launched fresh air strikes. This time at iran backed hezbollah inside lebanon. This is a video of it firing at hezbollah. 34 3a aid trucks has so far managed to get into gaza. The main un agency there says hundreds of trucks of aid are needed every day. The Rafah Crossing is currently the only route into gaza because its the only one that doesnt border israel.