sitting australian prime minister anthony albanese becomes the first sitting australian prime minister to march in sydney s gay and lesbian mardi gras. he has described it as a celebration of modern australia. you are watching bbc news. now, talking business. hello, everybody. a very warm welcome to talking business weekly with me, aaron heslehurst. let s go and take a look at what s on the show. counting the cost of war as ukraine marks a year since the invasion, we re going to take a look at the toll it s taken on the economy. ukraine s vast farms were feeding the world, but the country is now reliant on billions of dollars of help just to get through every month. ukraine s finance minister tells me how he s kept the economy functioning despite the missiles and the deliberate targeting of infrastructure, including the power grid. also, i m going to be hearing from a leading business voice on how private companies have managed to keep doing business in a war zone and how t
western allies meet in germany to discuss further backing for ukraine. drug smugglers are using submarines to bring millions of dollars worth of cocaine from south america into europe. we from south america into europe. have a special re; welcome back. representatives from 50 nations are meeting to discuss further support for ukraine in germany at the moment and we are expecting a news conference from the defence ministers in the next little while and we are expecting to hear from lloyd austin and of course about the additional support for ukraine, the critical thing. the final preparations are being made so i do not think we are that far away. we were talking to the deputy director of the centre for strategic and international studies, director of the centre for strategic and internationalstudies, emily, and international studies, emily, and internationalstudies, emily, and internationalstudies, emily, and i was going to bring her back but we can see that the news conference
one year later. almost exactly a year ago missile attacks against the capital of ukraine, kyiv. to most this was a surprise attack and invasion. the ukrainians didn t see it coming, nor did the europeans. the one consistent voice cautioning that an invasion was likely, the u.s. intelligence community. another surprise for the world, the intense resolve about entertainer turned president volodymyr zelenskyy, unlike others in his position he didn t flee but only left the country a handful of times to plea for guns and ammunition. and for the last year he s faced off from across the border with vladimir putin who has ruled russia for more than two de decades. the key player who is not a participant in the war, the united states of america. it is the country that has organized the sanctions against russia, it is the country that has been the single biggest provider of military and nonmilitary assistance and tonight on this special program, you ll hear from two top officials on am
our support for ukraine will not waiver. nato will not be divided and we will not tire. [ applause ] president putin craven lust for land and power will fail. and the ukrainians love for their country will prevail. a pretty powerful speech and i would say historic for the president. good morning everyone. president biden is making a vow on the world stage, russia will lose and ukraine will win with america s help. we are live in warsaw where the president is about to meet with leaders from the eastern flank. and we will break down the millions in weapons and aid that the you is delivering to ukraine. and a new half billion dollars that president biden has announced, there is skepticism growing at home. the party is growing divided on spending more money on ukraine. some are in up with biden. and the head of the epa drinking a glass of tap water, obviously very significant near the site of the train wreck in ohio. is that enough to assure they are safe? the epa director
so instead of reaping the cash and paying much of it out to shareholders, should big oil be pumping it back into exploration, or even into the great energy transition? i will be discussing all of that with these two. president of energy policy research foundation, and senior director of energy campaigns for the sierra club. also, your clothes, food, tv, much of the energy that you use, all brought to you by a ship. so i will be taking the pulse of the industry with the big boss at the head of the world s biggest shipping company. wherever you are watching, hello, and welcome to the show. 2022 was a tough year for the global economy, just as we began to see the green shoots of recovery from the covid pandemic, russian tanks rolled into ukraine, throwing europe into armed conflict for the first time in over two decades. it s a strategic hotspot, a country with close links to the east and the west, and essentially a buffer zone between russia and its nato adversaries to the west