An alleged Ukrainian missile has been shot down in the southern Russian city of Taganrog Friday. (Photo: STRINGER/AFP via Getty Images) Law enforcement officers cordon off the site of an explosion in the southwestern Russian city of Taganrog on July 28, 2023.
of experience on that. so, we re controlling the variables that we can control. our own security, we re beefing up our own military. we re reintroducing the draft expanding just next week in july. good news, we don t have to call anyone up. it s fully volunteer right now which is good news. we re buying a number of new weapons systems. so, we re doing what we can, always being prepared. what are the uprising or at least the deal that followed the uprising that might affect the war in ukraine is the role of wagner in the future. we don t know whether or not they ll sign up to the russian military and stay on the front lines. even the russians are saying they are their most effective fighters. if they re withdrawn from the front lines and they refuse to take part in the russian military operation it would affect russia s effectiveness in the war, wouldn t it? well, we have to remember, russia relies on mercenary
is russia s internal affair. as russia s friendly neighbor and comprehensive strategic partner coordination for the new era, china supports russia in maintaining national stability and achieving development and prosperity. we just heard from mofa in china reiterating that exact same statement. it follows that you unexpected visit from the foreign minister to beijing who met with the chinese prime minister yesterday. where they exchanged views on sino. reporter: l/russian relation and we saw the photo of the pair smiling walking side by side. russia claims, max, this was part of a scheduled consultation. the chinese, however did not announce the meeting beforehand. now xi jinping and vladimir putin have developed a very
mercenaries brutally attacking ukraine for well over a year. the committee human rights violations on a daily basis, they re committing atrocities that we re almost becoming immune to. but we may not and we cannot become immune to them. and to say something will be better or worse, that s pure speculation. we have to make sure ukraine wins the war and gets the russian units, whether they re regular units or mercenary units out of ukraine. and then we can look towards a situation of peace. and then what to do after that peace. and there, i m convinced ukraine must eventually become part of nato, because this part of the world to actually have peace. and what happens in russia, i guess those are russia s affairs, and they ll have to sort them out without our aid. i m going to ask you a difficult question but it is something that people are talking about, there is this concern that, you know, president putin, being seen as