party, dozens of volunteers packing food and other critical supplies on the train to send back east, to other cities to help resident or a lesson besieged by vladimir putin s forces. the people who are coming now have less means than the people who came initially to go have also experienced more likely conflict directly, so they are probably more traumatized and that requires often more specialist support. just a short time ago, we heard air raid sirens of lviv but no sign of russian air strikes, missiles, or planes flying overhead to. ukrainians told me they expect to win this war because they are fighting for their land and russian soldiers, many slavic people don t really want to be here as we just heard from ben, thousands are being killed on the battlefield. trace: lucas, thank you. 42 republican senators want the white house to reverse course
Russia invaded Ukraine in late February. To better understand what drove Russian President Vladimir Putin to launch the largest military action in Europe since World War II, KSHB 41 News asked two William Jewell College political science professors for context, understanding and insight.
critics of the kremlin say this isn t about genuine security threats, it s about moscow trying to restore a sphere of influence. we don t know what the kremlin is planning, but what is clear from what president putin has been saying is that 30 years after the fall of the soviet union russia s leader remains deeply resentful of how the cold war ended with russia losing territory, influence and empire. and if vladimir putin has decided that now is the moment to try to reverse that, that will be a huge challenge for russia s neighbours and for the west. right now, most russians are focused on celebration, not confrontation. if there is a full scale war with ukraine or a clash with the west, the kremlin may be skating on thin ice in terms of public support. i don t want any war, irina says, any killing. slavic people are like
we don t know what the kremlin is planning, but what is clear from what president putin has been saying is that 30 years after the fall of the soviet union russia s leader remains deeply resentful of how the cold war ended, with russia losing territory, influence and empire. and if vladimir putin has decided that now is the moment to try to reverse that, that will be a huge challenge for russia s neighbours and for the west. right now, most russians are focused on celebration, not confrontation. if there is a full scale war with ukraine or a clash with the west, the kremlin may be skating on thin ice in terms of public support. i don t want any war, irina says, any killing. slavic people are like a family, says roslan. i can t bear the idea of fighting with ukraine.
skating on thin ice in terms of public support. i don t want any war, irina says, any killing. slavic people are like a family, says roslan. i can t bear the idea of fighting with ukraine. ultimately, it s the president who will decide whether russia takes the path of compromise or confrontation. steve rosenberg, bbc news, moscow. the chinese tennis star, peng shuai, appears to have retracted an accusation, of sexual assault, that she made against a former chinese vice premier. in a video interview, filmed by singaporean chinese language newspaper lianhe zaobao, she said the comments she d made on social media had been misunderstood. translation: first and foremost i must emphasise translation: first and foremost i must emphasise i translation: first and foremost i must emphasise i have - translation: first and foremost i must emphasise i have never - i must emphasise i have never said or wrote about anyone sexually assaulting me. that is