welcome to bbc news broadcasting to viewers in the uk and around the world. we begin in italy, where president biden and ukraine s leader volodymyr zelensky have signed a ten year security leader volodymyr zelensky have signed a ten year security agreement following the g7 s approval of a plan to use profits from seized russia assets to fund kyiv s war effort. joe biden said it would include intelligence sharing, troop training, adhering to nato standards and investment in ukraine s industrial base to make more weapons. mr zelensky described it as a bridge towards nato membership. the g7 deal sees a loan of $50 billion sent to ukraine. the group leaders agreed it showed moscow that ukraine s allies weren t backing down and president putin couldn t simply sit the war out. the first such agreement with the country in the pacific region. the g7 deal sees a loan of $50 billion sent to ukraine. the group leaders agreed it showed moscow that ukraine s allies weren t backing down
welcome to bbc news broadcasting to viewers in the uk and around the world. we begin in italy, where president biden and ukraine s leader volodymyr zelensky have signed a ten year security agreement following the g7 s approval of a plan to use profits from seized russia assets to fund kyiv s war effort. joe biden said it would include intelligence sharing, troop training, adhering to nato standards and investment in ukraine s industrial base to make more weapons. mr zelensky described it as a bridge towards nato membership. the g7 deal sees a loan of $50 billion sent to ukraine. the group leaders agreed it showed moscow that ukraine s allies weren t backing down and president putin couldn t simply sit the war out. back in 2022, two days after russia s invasion, members of the g7 european union worked together to freeze $280 billion in russian central bank funds outside of russia. i m very pleased to share that this week, this week, the g7 signed a plan to finalise, unlock,
cultural and mental swift for finland. . , cultural and mental swift for finland. ., , ., finland. that is something that ukraine would finland. that is something that ukraine would very finland. that is something that ukraine would very much - finland. that is something that ukraine would very much like l finland. that is something that| ukraine would very much like to finland. that is something that - ukraine would very much like to be part of. just to be completely clear, this isn t something that will happen while the conflict is going on, but it is about the timeline with the conflict finishes because there are some nato members which are a little bit nervous if they say that ukraine is guaranteed nato membership as soon as the conflict ends, that would give a reason for vladimir putin to keep the conflict going. the conflict going. maybe putin couldn t keep the conflict going. maybe putin couldn t keep up the conflict going. maybe putin couldn t keep up this the confli
threat and 23 years when prigozhin took 10,000 armed troops and marched to moscow. now, putin couldn t get a hold of prigozhin and lukashenko was able to get a hold of them and convince them, according to lukashenko s account to move to minsk, not a plausible explanation but look, idea is that prigozhin is now in minsk in the coup d etat was over and lukashenko is in the catbird seat and lukashenko is in the catbird seatand vladimir lukashenko is in the catbird seat and vladimir putin is weak and mopping things up. fine and mopping things up. one thing that and mopping things up. one thing that we ve and mopping things up. one thing that we ve already heard from a lot of neighbouring countries is that this may destabilise the continent. is that a bit too extreme for other real concerns about that? too extreme. the baltic states a single holy cow, we do not want prigozhin anywhere near us. itjust totally want prigozhin anywhere near us. it just totally fair but
that it has because, you know, his rule depends on this aura of absolute power. the man that nobody can challenge and anybody who does winds up dead or it in jail. but you just saw in the last few days that prigozhin did, in fact, challenge putin and we had this amazing spectacle of mercenary troops marching on moscow and eventually they turned back. they didn t turn back because they were smashed by the russian military. there was very little indication. russian military being willing to fight the wagner troops. they were ultimately turned back because of of a deal brokered by putin s sidekick, alexander lukashenko of belarus, and, you know, by all accounts prigozhin gets out of this. he is not going to a prison cell. he is not going six feet under. he is going to belarus. and the fighters that he led will get an amnesty. so i think this was clearly a sign of the weakness of the putin regime. it s not quite as solid as it