Time, the president of the United States of america stated that there is no need for additional troops of the United States of america in poland, and there is no need to expand this contingent, at least this was the information even before the visit of the president of poland andrzej duda to washington. In your opinion, is there now a need to increase the military of nato countries in poland, taking into account to those threats that are assessed by representatives of european states from the side of russia . No, we have enough troops on high alert and we have to remember that if we continue to move soldiers, it will mean that people will be far from their homes, it will mean that they will not come through. We understand that america and the United States, they have huge capacities to provide reserves. Of course we do too we understand how powerful natos capabilities are, and i am sure that, for example, military aircraft can be transferred very quickly to positions, but not people. B
And ukrainian pilots are currently being trained. Mr zelensky also said the military was still short of manpower and russia could increase its attacks in ukraines north east following its recent gains near the city of kharkiv. Translation we need to staff the reserve. There are a serious number of brigrades which a large number of them are empty. We need to do this so the guys can have a normal rotation, then their morale will be improved. Our ukraine correspondent James Waterhouse outlined how desperate this need is for air defences. Well, he always plonks air defences at the top of his wish list, thats been the case for the last year or so, because of two things russia has continued to launch Missile Attacks on cities across ukraine, but russia has become more dominant in the air, right across the front line. So that means that when you have exhausted, thinly stretched ukrainian troops trying to defend cities, you have russian fighterjets flying in and dropping missiles and glide bom
Prime minister praises the European Union as the peacemaker europe still maintained with briggs that looming he calls on the e. U. To ensure britain almost its pledge is on north not them. And as part of our coverage of the first year of the all terms presidency washington correspondent will be telling us what its like to be on the front line of his war against what he calls the Fake News Media. Hello and welcome my name is Christopher Spring a good to have you with us north and south korea have agreed to march under one flag at the Opening Ceremony of next months Winter Olympics the two countries have also agreed to send a joint womens Ice Hockey Team to the tournament if the International Olympic Committee Approved that idea its all a small step towards less tension in the region but it wont be the first time the two koreas have marched together. The two thousand and three World University games they into the stadium under the socalled Korean Unification flag since two thousand they.
Two hundred fifty people have been killed in the past december since sunday. And germanys social democrats vote on a deal that could see them enter a new government but the party is deeply divided we get the grassroots view from a party member whos against another coalition with uncle michaels conservatives. Also on the program promoting your film at the belly knowledge means longs for Early Morning press calls looks like actor you walk in phoenix didnt get that memo he and director gus van sant teamed up to answer questions about their new film a contender for the festivals tom. Blow im terry martin good to have you with us. In syria a government backed troops have entered a freenet kurdish enclave in the north of the country turkey is preparing to lay siege to the city as part of an offensive against Kurdish Militia it uses terrorists and a Security Threat but the arrival of troops backed by damascus is stoking fears of a confrontation with turkey that could further complicate syrias
Bethe west would not excepted, not just United States, france, england, the United States, refused to even consider it. At the time, they believed they could overthrow assad. The war went on. Could it have worked . We would never know for sure, but it could have been pursued. Amy we will speak with a worldrenowned linguist and political dissident noam chomsky about syria, israel, venezuela, the possible rise of fascism in the u. S. , and his new book requiem for the American Dream the 10 principles of concentration of wealth power. All that and more, coming up. Welcome to democracy now , democracynow. Org, the war and peace report. Im amy goodman. In syria, the death toll has risen from a suspected chemical weapons attack in the Northern Province of idlib. At least 72 people have died, including 20 children. Hundreds more were wounded. Its been described as the largest chemical attack in syria since 2013. The United States, france, and britain have accused the assad Syrian Government o