the russian president but admired him as a political operator, and that the invasion of ukraine was a consequence of western expansion. the reform uk leader said he had predicted the war ten years ago. i stood up in the european parliament in 2014 and i said, and i quote, there will be a war in ukraine. why did i say that? it was obvious to me that the ever eastward expansion of nato and the european union was giving this man a reason, to his russian people, to say they re coming for us again, and to go to war. home secretary james cleverly accused him of echoing putin s vile justification for the invasion, and there was criticism too from labour. the only aggressor in ukraine is vladimir putin, and it is shocking that nigel farage chooses to align himself with putin. he s become a putin apologist. mr farage said last night that putin was wrong to invade, the eu was wrong to expand eastwards, and the sooner we realise this, the closer we will be to ending the war and del
thank you forjoining us. tell us exactly what has happened. thank you ve much. exactly what has happened. thank you very much- as exactly what has happened. thank you very much. as you ve exactly what has happened. thank you very much. as you ve already - very much. as you ve already mentioned yesterday afternoon there were several very loud explosions and extremely close proximity to our offices of the international committee of the red cross in rafah which led to very high loss of life. there were many wounded, the scenes were horrific, frankly and nothing i ve ever seen before. we had an influx of children, women, young men, all of whom had been extremely badly injured as a result of these explosions and we were able to transfer them to the nearby located red cross field hospital where we have dedicated teams working to save lives and to meet the needs of civilians during this conflict who have consistently lacked access to health care and we were able to receive 22 da
panorama that he d previously said he admired vladimir putin as a political operator but disliked him as a person. the prime minister, rishi sunak has joined other politicians critcising mr farage. he said the leader of reform uk s comments were dangerous. what he said was completely wrong and only plays into putin s hands. this is a man who deployed nerve agents on the streets of britain who s doing deals with countries like north korea. and this kind of appeasement is dangerous for britain s security, the security of our allies that rely on us and only emboldens putin further. ukrainian officials say mr farage s comments mirror the claims of the kremlin. our security correspondent, gordon corera, is in kyiv. one source in the presidential office did tell the bbc that, in their words, the virus of putinism unfortunately affects people and can be even worse in its consequences than covid, and that that virus needs to be nipped in the bud. and i think you can hear from the t
Developing story in brussels. Now on bbc news its time for hardtalk. Welcome to hardtalk, im stephen sacker. For the 17 years Vladimir Putin has ruled russia, as president or Prime Minister, he hasnt done it alone. Hes been backed by a coterie of trusted associates, connected through past ties in St Petersburg, or in the kgb or in business. One of mr putins inner circle is my guest today. Vladimir yakunin ran Russian Railways for a decade and was a close putin adviser. So much so the us made him a target of sanctions after the invasion of crimea. He left the railway two years ago. Is he still a true believer in the putin project . Vladimiryakunin, welcome to hardtalk. Hello. I think its fair to say, you, for a decade or more, were one of Vladimir Putins closest associates and advisers. In general terms, as you look at putins impact upon russia, would you say that you believe he is taking russia in a very positive direction . Thank you for your introduction. Listen, to tell the truth, i
Developing story in brussels. Now on bbc news its time for hardtalk. Welcome to hardtalk, im stephen sacker. For the 17 years Vladimir Putin has ruled russia, as president or Prime Minister, he hasnt done it alone. Hes been backed by a coterie of trusted associates, connected through past ties in St Petersburg, or in the kgb or in business. One of mr putins inner circle is my guest today. Vladimir yakunin ran Russian Railways for a decade and was a close putin adviser. So much so the us made him a target of sanctions after the invasion of crimea. He left the railway two years ago. Is he still a true believer in the putin project . Vladimiryakunin, welcome to hardtalk. Hello. I think its fair to say, you, for a decade or more, were one of Vladimir Putins closest associates and advisers. In general terms, as you look at putins impact upon russia, would you say that you believe he is taking russia in a very positive direction . Thank you for your introduction. Listen, to tell the truth, i