olga ivshina is from bbc russian. she was monitoring it for us. predident putin was talking about the threat from the west, and very much describing this as an aggressive stance from the west, and that s why russia had to protect themselves and build up those troops we re seeing on the border with ukraine. olga? we re seeing on the border with ukraine. olga? yes. we need to remember ukraine. olga? yes. we need to remember this ukraine. olga? yes. we need to remember this conference i ukraine. olga? yes. we need to remember this conference is i remember this conference is internal, and putin creates these. he defends those dragons, and here you go. either stays the same or gross. that s why once again, russia is only responding to provocations from the west. the other things that russia economy is struggling. standards of living are dramatically
from cruise missiles and cluster munition. these pictures will give you some idea of the scale of the devastation. ukrainian officials say 27 civilians were killed in the last 2a hours. but remarkably, ukrainian forces still hold city. more than that they have pushed back with some success. reports overnight they d killed the senior russian commander. major gen. vitaly gerrasimov, who was a decorated veteran of several campaigns in chechnya, crimea and syria. so yes the bombing continues but so does the resistance. maria avdeeva, who is both a resident of kharkiv and research director of the ukrainian think tank the european expert association. you re very welcome to the programme. why are you still in you re very welcome to the programme. why are you still in the city when it has been informed mike is being bombed and i think there are still a root out.- there are still a root out. thank ou for there are still a root out. thank you for having there are still a root out. thank
very reliant on the european natural gas market- gas market. politically, anand, clearly there gas market. politically, anand, clearly there is gas market. politically, anand, clearly there is in place - clearly there is in place an embargo. we ve heard shell apologise today, and there have been many companies who are turning away from russian oil. the key thing to remember here is that for russia, the oil is the important bit, because that s what brings in the foreign reserves. the big question mark as if in retaliation, resident putin says if you don t buy my oil, i ll turn up my gas turn off. it i ll turn up my gas turn off. it would be cataclysmic. i llturn up my gas turn off. it would be cataclysmic. sorry, - i llturn up my gas turn off. it would be cataclysmic. sorry, let| i llturn up my gas turn off. it i would be cataclysmic. sorry, let me brine in would be cataclysmic. sorry, let me bring in anand would be cataclysmic. sorry, let me bring in anand on would
president xijinping and president putin establishing a partnership and president xijinping putin establishing a partnership and president xi jinping will be watching very closely to see how they will react in the event that china wants to never invade taiwan and he is again playing a long game of trying to be careful as well by not over giving too much support while still maintaining some kind of stand behind president putin. yes. stand behind president putin. yes, it s a very fine stand behind president putin. yes, it s a very fine line stand behind president putin. yes, it s a very fine line that stand behind president putin. yes, it s a very fine line that china is working at the moment with its focus on sovereignty and the respect borders. equally, the same is true for the inns. they don t want to ostracise the chinese, lest they strengthen this russian, china axxess. ., , , axxess. you re quite right. it puts them in an axxess. you re quite right. it puts them in an unco
starting to tick upwards. michael, a foreign reserves aren t coming in, that will damage predident putin s ability to fund that war. we ll talk about the resistance, but he s in for the long haul. he has been having foreign currency and order to fund the war effort. fund the war effort. absolutely, if it becomes fund the war effort. absolutely, if it becomes a fund the war effort. absolutely, if it becomes a drowned fund the war effort. absolutely, if it becomes a drowned out - fund the war effort. absolutely, if it becomes a drowned out war. i i it becomes a drowned out war. i think it becomes a drowned out war. i think one it becomes a drowned out war. i think one of it becomes a drowned out war. i think one of the it becomes a drowned out war. i think one of the biggest - it becomes a drowned out war. i. think one of the biggest problems it becomes a drowned out war. i- think one of the biggest problems is that we re think one of the biggest problems is that we re in