that might makes right. we are determined to defend the international law, the un charter, and this is what unites us here in vilnius. let s bring my colleague zhanna bezpiatchuk back in. i want to talk about how this summit is going to be viewed in russia, because i ve been reading a little bit of the reporting about how the russian media have been covering this, one angle that than they have been pointing towards is that all the attention on ukraine and talking about other issues, they are saying, is a way of not talking about the failure of ukraine s counteroffensive come of this is the words in the russian media, russian state tv, for example, saying that the ukrainian counteroffensive hasn t been very effective, they call it a nato counteroffensive, which of course it isn t. but what do you make of that as a response
what zelinsky will be saying now, if anything at all, about his demands yesterday that don t seem to be quite met. let s bring in some expertise now, we can speak to someone from our ukraine service. it is great to see you, so potentially this is a difficult balance forjens stoltenberg from nato and for president zelensky, zelensky yesterday very forthright, how has it gone down, what the offer from nato eventually was? it gone down, what the offer from nato eventually was? obviously, i have to say nato eventually was? obviously, i have to say that nato eventually was? obviously, i have to say that there nato eventually was? obviously, i have to say that there is nato eventually was? obviously, i have to say that there is kind - nato eventually was? obviously, i have to say that there is kind of. have to say that there is kind of disappointment, there is a disappointment, there is a disappointment which is felt by ordinary ukrainians and by, i assume, the president s team and
talking about that? i has an vladimir putin s aides talking about that? has an vladimir putin s aides talking about that? i think it is certainly a talking about that? i think it is certainly a security talking about that? i think it is certainly a security concern - talking about that? i think it is certainly a security concern for moscow back if anything what is challenging is to know where russia s red lines are at the moment. because they seem to be moving all the time. and although discussions around 8mm ship of ukraine seem to be a red line for moscow, it is not quite clear what the response from moscow actually would be and how far they would be prepared to go to defend that. it is quite clear that russia sees ukraine as part of it sound strategic security space, we re not even talking in terms of those traditional soviet spheres of influence any more. so it remains to be seen how moscow would react but they are laying the groundwork for it. ., ~ , ., , . they are laying th
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