to fly to beijing. you re watching bbc news. now it s time for president zelensky: unspun world special. this is just one very small part of all the destruction that russia has visited on ukraine during the past year. we are only 18 miles from kyiv here, the closest the russian troops came to the capital before they were thrown back. one man has personified ukraine s resistance to the russian onslaught. an actor who used to play the part of ukraine s president in a television soap opera, and then ran for the job for real, and won, only to find last february, he had to play a new role the leader of a country that was fighting for its very existence. president volodymyr zelensky. mr president, a year ago, would you have thought that you would be sitting here, still president, and the war would still be going on? but did you think you would survive? we are going to go back to february of 2022. these are russian vehicles building up towards the invasion, in this case. helicopte
no comment on the anniversary from the russian president, vladimir putin, his predecessor warned that and ukrainian forces could be pushed all the way back to the border to poland. at ten o clock we will be joining the team for the ten o clock news, before that, johnson is in talks to president zelensky in this unspun world special. this is just one very small part of all the destruction that russia has visited on ukraine during the past year. we are only 18 miles from kyiv here, the closest the russian troops came to the capital before they were thrown back. one man has personified ukraine s resistance to the russian onslaught. an actor who used to play the part of ukraine s president in a television soap opera, and then ran for the job for real, and won, only to find last february, he had to play a new role the leader of a country that was fighting for its very existence. president volodymyr zelensky. mr president, a year ago, would you have thought that you would be sitt
The threat of terrorists and weapons in the area and locate hostages. This is not the all out Ground Invasion. Theyve also tweeted moments ago they are striking hezbollah targets in the north inside lebanon Secretary Blinken earlier in doha qatar asking about the larger Military Offensive expected in the coming days. The way israel does this matters. The way any democracy has to deal with such a situation matters, and to that end, we discussed with the israelis, urged the israelis to use every possible precaution to avoid armed civilians. Joining me now, ben rhodes, former Obama National security adviser to president obama. Ben, what Secretary Blinken was saying today and yesterday was that israel has a right to defend itself, that the u. S. Is firmly behind israels military decisions and helping with them, but he was very pointed in, again, today especially in qatar, that theyve urged israel to try to limit the damage to civilians. How do you do that with a Ground Invasion in that urb
can i show you pictures of yourself as you were? speaks ukrainian in clips so you are wearing a suit and a tie. post invasion, wearing these kind of clothes, which you have worn ever since. was that your idea? did somebody suggest it to you? to get out of the suit, and into the.fatigues? it was very strange. my costume, it wasn t. so, the time changed, and the time changed, and it was not comfortable to speak with people in such difficult situation, and i wanted to say then i will support and i will be here, and of course, and i didn t take with me any suit
can i show you pictures of yourself as you were? speaks ukrainian in clips so you are wearing a suit and a tie. post invasion, wearing these kind of clothes, which you have worn ever since. was that your idea? did somebody suggest it to you? to get out of the suit, and into the.fatigues? it was very strange. my costume, it wasn t. so, the time changed, and the time changed, and it was not comfortable to speak with people in such difficult situation, and i wanted to say then i will support and i will be here, and of course, and i didn t take with me any suit here also, so it was.