we ll bring up the tweet for you. he writes this, putin s war shapes almost all geopolitics right now, should factor somewhere in kim s calculus, but even taking advantage of distractions seems to presume too much since north korea was already testing aggressively before the war a month ago when briefly all eyes were on it, unquote. now, south korea says this missile launch by the north is undesirable while the world is trying to come up with some sort of resolution to the ongoing crisis and the conflict in ukraine. i should also add that the last test north korea conducted was back in january the 30th when it tested that intermediate range ballistic missile. that was north korea s biggest and boldest missile test since 2017. ana? yeah, it s quite extraordinary. the world is obviously fixated on russia s invasion you re in ukraine, and yet north korea carries out another missile test.
really seems like it s wanting even more attention. joining us from hong kong, great to see you and many thanks. i m ana coren. thank you very much for your company. our breaking news coverage continues after this very short break. please stay with cnn. # because your body is capable of amazing g things the one they said yoyou shouldn t have. the e one driven by a power they can t see own your strength and see how far it takes you. tonal. be your strongest.
and it s not just russia that would be affected. there s no globally accepted alternative to s.w.i.f.t., so russia s eshpulsion could potentially hit everyone who have international business dealings with the country. without s.w.i.f.t. business deals with russia would become difficult but not illegal. cutting them off from s.w.i.f.t. is less severe than putting sdn or blocking sanctions as they re known more culoc colloquially on the major russian banks. reporter: after russia germany and the u.s. might have the most to lose. the moskow center says german and american institutions are the most frequent users of s.w.i.f.t. to communicate with russian banks. anna stewart, cnn, london. now to follow up on ana s point there, some of the countries behind the exclusion are also among russia s biggest trading partners.
hello. i m ana coren in hong kong with our continuing coverage of the crisis in ukraine. well, protests have been erupting around the world condemning russia s aggressive incursion into ukraine. from demonstrations in the streets to landmarks lit up yellow and blue, people are showing their support for ukraine and venting their anger at russia. cnn s kim brunhuber has more. reporter: thousands of swiss protesters chant with a mix of sadness, outrage and disbelief. they carry signs and a clear message they stand with the ukrainian people. from munich to milan and london to ankara, similar outpourings of support are ringing from the
to escalate all of this. we re seeing a lot of these kind of vehicles parked around here at the ready to go anytime. as you can see the russians moving more forces now towards the kharkiv region. i don t know how well you re going to see this, but if we go back in the distance over there, you can see the tanks turning a corner over there. and what you re seeing right now is them going straights towards ukrainian territory. this is the last checkpoint that the russians have before you reach ukrainian territory and before you get to that region of kharkiv. those russian forces now taking that last turn at the last checkpoint, and a couple miles down the road you re already in ukrainian territory, and then later you get to the front line in kharkiv. incredible, dramatic images there from cnn s fred pleitgen reporting earlier from that region of russia, just over the border from here in ukraine. my colleague anna coren is going to pick up after the break of