Arseniy yatsenyuk in kyiv, welcome to hardtalk. Thanks for having me, stephen. Heres a very simple first question. Do you feel that ukraine right now is going through its bleakest moments in this war since your country survived that initial russian onslaught in late February 2022 . We are at a critical juncture, no doubt, stephen, youre absolutely correct. So we survived two years ago due to an unbelievable resolve of the ukrainian people and due to the real unity among the Western World. As of now, the mood is different, but i still believe that we have the chance to prevail. But we need an enormous effort that needs to be undertaken mainly by our Western Allies. So the mood is different, but chances for ukraine to prevail and to survive are very high. All depends on the actions. Spirit and morale are very important in war. Just tell me what impact the missile strikes on ukrainian cities like kharkiv, like chernihiv where weve seen the Death Toll Rise beyond a dozen what impact do tho
Hostages. But doha is now also questioning whether the talks can succeed. The qatari leader saying efforts are being undermined, causing his country to reassess its role as mediator. Take a listen. Translation unfortunately, i mean, we have seen that theres been an abuse of this mediation in favour of narrow political interests. This means that the state of qatar has called for a comprehensive evaluation of this role. Were now at this stage to evaluate mediation and also evaluate how parties engage in this mediation. Tensions in the region remain high, with israels Prime Minister insisting his country will make its own decisions about how to respond to irans drone and missile attack. Israels western allies fear striking back against iran could trigger a broader war. With me is mohamed taha from bbc arabic. Thank you for coming along. What kind of response when it comes to what you ranted to israel is israel considering . Apparently israel is about to strike on iran directly on monday,
To the world. Meanwhile, on wednesday, a Russian Missile attack killed at least 17 people, in the northern ukrainian city of chernihiv, while more than 70 others were injured. And president zelensky, has again called for ukraine to get the same International Military support, as israel. Our correspondent on the ground, james waterhouse, has more. It has been a day of chaos in chernihiv where people have been diving for cover. Missile attacks come with little warning here. You might hear a siren but disclosures will soon follow. Why . This because it is a 70 miles from the border with russia and while chernihiv is farfrom russia and while chernihiv is far from the frontline, it is still subject to russias continued strategy of targeting ukrainian cities in the hope that the populations morale will be quashed to some degree. We are seeing a well rehearsed routine of rescue teams trying to get to people under the rubble but there really is, the civilians, no escaping russias continued inv
Improve National Security. I would rather have a Training Dollars for 71 year olds ukrainians, going to be trained in germany to fight russians than the 25 year old son. Be sent to europe to fight the russians. It is in our National Security interest, our business and economic interest round the world to support our allies in the middle east, the Indian Pacific and in europe. Saturdays vote will come with plenty of Palace Intrigue Asjohnson is facing opposition from the right flank of his own party, while some are threatening to oust him over the vote. But democrats like Congressman Tom Souzzi Expectjohnson to survive this weekends vote. Iam i am confident that ifjohnson does the right thing, which it appears he will do, and put these on the floor, more democrats will come to his aid. To stop Marjorie Taylor greene and matt gates and the others, tom massey, from kicking him out. Meanwhile, early wednesday, a Russian Missile attack killed at least 17 people in the northern ukrainian cit
Arseniy yatsenyuk in kyiv, welcome to hardtalk. Thanks for having me, stephen. Heres a very simple first question. Do you feel that ukraine right now is going through its bleakest moments in this war since your country survived that initial russian onslaught in late February 2022 . We are at a critical juncture, no doubt, stephen, youre absolutely correct. So we survived two years ago due to an unbelievable resolve of the ukrainian people and due to the real unity among the Western World. As of now, the mood is different, but i still believe that we have the chance to prevail. But we need an enormous effort that needs to be undertaken mainly by our Western Allies. So the mood is different, but chances for ukraine to prevail and to survive are very high. All depends on the actions. Spirit and morale are very important in war. Just tell me what impact the missile strikes on ukrainian cities like kharkiv, like chernihiv where weve seen the Death Toll Rise beyond a dozen what impact do tho