and it s prompted ukraine, poland and lithuania to call for more western sanctions against russia in fear of an invasion. russia has denied preparing for any invasion and has accused the west of threatening russia through nato expansion. and it s demanding the removal of nato battalions in the region. our moscow correspondent steve rosenberg has been investigating just what president putin might be planning. in russia too, it is the season of goodwill. but peace on earth is in short supply. russian armour is massing near the border with ukraine. at the same time, moscow is demanding an end to nato enlargement and nato military activity in eastern europe. what is russia signalling?
a family, says roslan. i can t bear the idea of fighting with ukraine. ultimately, it s the president who will decide whether russia takes the path of compromise or confrontation. steve rosenberg, bbc news, moscow. japan has executed three prisoners by hanging for the first time since 2019. the prisoners had been on death row for several years since being convicted of multiple murders in the early 2000s. more than 100 inmates await execution injapan where support for capital punishment remains high. i m joined now by our tokyo correspondent rupert wingfield hayes. the details come out and a rather specialised way, it seems, executions injapan? they do stop injapan has a very unique system and
prompting ukraine, poland and lithuania to call for more western sanctions against it in fear of an invasion. a joint statement by the countries today accused russia of continuing aggression and urged nato to act. russia has denied preparing for an invasion and has accused the west of threatening russia through nato expansion. our moscow correspondent steve rosenberg has been investigating just what president putin might be planning. in russia, too, it is the season of goodwill. but peace on earth is in short supply. russian armour is massing near the border with ukraine. at the same time, moscow is demanding an end to nato enlargement and nato military activity in eastern europe. what is russia signalling? i asked the deputy foreign minister, has moscow decided to reverse
the results of the cold war? translation: we are not re-examining the results of the cold war, we are reassessing the expansion the west has carried out in recent years against russian interests with hostile intent. enough is enough. state tv has been echoing vladimir putin s claimed that nato activity close threatens russia s security, and moscow has this warning. translation: if ukraine joined nato, or if nato develops military infrastructure there, we will hold a gun to america s head. russia has the world s best weapons, hypersonic. you d get the cuban missile crisis all over again, but with a shorter flight time for missiles. we propose trying to avoid this situation, otherwise everyone will be turned into radioactive ash.
i don t want any war, irina says, any killing. slavic people are like a family, says roslan. i can t bear the idea of fighting with ukraine. ultimately, it s the president who will decide whether russia takes the path of compromise or confrontation. steve rosenberg, bbc news, moscow. it was defeat for england s cricketers in the second test in adelaide they lost to australia by 275 runs, and now trail 2 0 in the ashes series. they were dismissed for 192 in their second innings on the final day. patrick gearey reports. too good, 2 0. australia might be missing their captain, and the best bowler in the world. england couldn t further inconvenience them. their aim had been to make the aussies run out of time. commentator: edged! ollie pope got through less than ten minutes. five wickets left. the biggest of them was ben stokes, so australia s fielders made