welcome to hardtalk i am stephen sackur. like a gambler desperate to reverse a losing streak, vladimir putin is raising the stakes as he loses ground in ukraine. he has ordered a partial mobilisation for this war that he claims is not a war and is bringing up his threats to go nuclear if necessary. what does this mean for ukraine and the support it relies on in the west? my guest is ivanna klympush tsintsadze, chair of the ukrainian parliament eu integration committee. can putin s threats undermine support for kyiv? ivanna klympush tsintsadze mtf, welcome to hardtalk. ivanna klympush-tsintsadze mtf, welcome to hardtalk. welcome to hardtalk. thank you for invitin: welcome to hardtalk. thank you for inviting me. welcome to hardtalk. thank you for inviting me. it s welcome to hardtalk. thank you for inviting me. it s a for inviting me. it s a pleasure for inviting me. it s a pleasure to - for inviting me. it s a pleasure to have - for inviting me. it s a pleasure to have
live from london. this is bbc news. a warm welcome on the tarmac amid concern in the us over the deepening ties between the two nuclear armed countries. the british billionaire john caudwell who donated half a million to the conservatives at the last election tells the bbc he s voting labour for the first time. police release a mugshot ofjustin timberlake after the singer was arrested on suspicion of driving while drunk. hello, i m lewis vaughanjones. russia s president putin hasjust arrived in north korea on his first visit to the secretive state for 2h years. he landed in pyongyang a short time ago ahead of talks with north korea s leader kim jong un. the visit underlines the growing relationship between the two nuclear armed countries particularly since russia s invasion of ukraine. and it comes amid accusations from the united states that north korea has been supplying arms to russia for use in its war with ukraine something pyongyang denies. our diplomatic corres