of war, for our life, for ourfreedom, we. we witnessed, again and again, what we were confident about in the past but not all of you are noticing. it s as if you re behind a wall, not the berlin wall, but in the middle between freedom and non freedom. and this wall is getting stronger and stronger with every bomb dropped on our land, with every decision which is not taken. 0ur berlin correspondent damien mcguiness was listening to president zelensky s speech. he gave me this analysis. as soon as president zelensky appeared on the screen there was a standing ovation, mps applauded for a couple of minutes. after he left, again, a standing ovation. it was interesting because the speech was similar to other speeches, lots of historical
it s as if you re behind a wall, not the berlin wall, but in the middle between freedom and non freedom. and this wall is getting stronger and stronger with every bomb dropped on our land, with every decision which is not taken. the ministry of defence has today given an update on the situation in ukraine. it states that, three weeks after the military action began, the russian invasion of ukraine has largely stalled on all fronts. it adds russian forces have made minimal progress on land, sea or air in recent days and they continue to suffer heavy losses. the statement goes on to say ukrainian resistance remains staunch, and well coordinated. and it also notes the vast majority of ukrainian territory, including all major cities, remains in ukrainian hands. earlier, my colleaguejoanna gosling spoke to lord richard dannatt, former head of the british army from 2006 to 2009. he gave his assessment
let s have a listen. translation: sanctions are obviously not enough to stop this war. and after, when we ve seen how many connections connections here businesses have with russia, where russia is using you and some other countries to fund, to finance this war, for this three weeks of war, for our life, for our freedom, we. we witnessed, again and again, what we were confident about in the past but not all of you are noticing. it s as if you re behind a wall, not the berlin wall, but in the middle between freedom and non freedom. and this wall is getting stronger and stronger with every bomb dropped on our land, with every decision which is not taken.
to stop the building being shelled. it had been repurposed as a makeshift shelter from horrors of war. the ukrainian government say russia deliberately targeted it, a charge denied by the kremlin, which said it did not bomb the theatre at all. this morning, president zelensky continued his virtual tour of foreign parliaments, speaking remotely here to german lawmakers in the bundestag. his message was direct. translation: sanctions are obviously not enough to stop this war. we witnessed again and again what we were confident about in the past, but not all of you are noticing. it is as if you work behind the wall, not the berlin wall, but in the middle between freedom and non freedom. meanwhile, western allies continued to ratchet up the sanctions and pressure against russia, which has caused a financial shock wave in the country and around the world. the already shaky relationship between the united states and russia thawed further last night when president biden said this. i think h