you know that the critics will say that, by buying all of this extra oil from russia, that fundamentally, india is helping to fund the kremlin s war machine. is that right, for the world s biggest democracy? there are more matures and bigger democracies, but i think we need to be evenhanded about this, as to who is financing russia s war machine and how is that going. for us, energy is very critical, as i explained earlier, and the price, whatever lower the price we can obtain our oil and energy, we can carve out exceptions for hungary and poland.
in places like kramatorsk. seizing this corner of eastern ukraine, with its close ties to russia, was supposed to be an easier task for the kremlin s blundering army. but the blundering goes on. my shop is hardly a strategic target, says lilia, with contempt. and all this is stiffening the resolve of ukrainian soldiers. we met this tank unit, holding their ground at a spot where russia has been trying to break through. they badly need better equipment, but they have other strengths. we are united. we fight for our independence from russia. russians soldiers fight for money. they are not motivated as we. the russians have been pounding these front line positions for weeks now, but the big picture here in the donbas is that the kremlin s
of spiritual authority, but as an instrument of russian soft power. the image of ukraine as a chaotic failing state is part of the kremlin s playbook. it s a message designed both for domestic russian consumption don t flirt with the west but also part of moscow s pr campaign.
to any of its expansion it considers to any of its expansion it considers to be even more and we heard from president putin who has been giving comments that were televised and he talked about the very dangerous expansion of nato, that has consistently been the message saying that this is the key issue on the table for it. however, we have also heard repeatedly from nato and the us that s not something they are willing to discuss, it s not up to russia to decide whether or not ukraine canjoin nato or not and in fact the west have been so adamant it s not something on the table, there has been suggestions russia have been using this as almost a strawman, that because the new american and nato would never remove this, they have changed their mind on this particular policy, ultimately they were setting themselves to be able to go through this diplomacy and then get a resolution which could be used as justification for worth. that s what some western analysts thought about it. in terms of
has the kremlin s plan become any clearer? for months, putin kept the world in suspense. then, invasion of ukraine. now an appeal to ukrainian soldiers to topple their government. translation: take power into your own hands. - i think it will be easier for us to deal with you than with the drug addicts and neo nazis that have installed themselves in kyiv. the state media is backing the kremlin s war. russia s foreign minister tried to justify it. mr lavrov, let s put euphemisms aside. this is not a special military operation, is it? it s a full scale russian invasion of ukraine. how can you possiblyjustify invading a sovereign nation, your neighbour? translation: in terms - of euphemisms, we ve a lot to learn from you anglo saxons.