dragged out that long, but all indications are that it could have dragged out that long. so could diplomacy then actually wield the result? and the fact that, the 620 this year, the presidency is by indonesia that s trying to keep i would say a somewhat neutral position to try to push both the russians, but also the americans frankly, to try to find a solution. the americans this week, marc, president biden s committed $33 billion for military, economic and humanitarian aid, but at the same time, lots of countries are still buying russian oil and gas. how do leaders square that circle? it s sort of cancelling each other out, the aid and the fuel costs? first, things are going badly for putin because the west, the americans are giving masses of heavy armament also, the europeans now are much more united because the blackmail on gas, on poland and bulgaria,
are much more united because the blackmail on gas, on poland and bulgaria, misfired, and the european commission has decided to buy gas through qatar, through the us, even through israel. and thirdly, things are quite bad for russia on the insurance market because the russian crude cannot get insurance from the lloyds of london. that s a decision the british government might take. so all this is very negative, but at the same time, russia has the upper hand because europe are very divided between the hardline eastern europe and northern europe are threatened by russia, and much more thought is on a softer approach, like the german and then the pro russian, which we forget, which is greece, malta and cyprus. so that s an advantage for putin. and there s a big question
out, the aid and the fuel costs? first, things are going badly for putin because the west, the americans are giving masses of heavy armament and aid, economic aid. also, the europeans now are much more united because the blackmail on gas, on poland and bulgaria, misfired, and the european commission has decided to buy gas through qatar, through the us, even through israel. and thirdly, things are quite bad for russia on the insurance market because the russian crude cannot get insurance from the lloyds of london.
economic and humanitarian aid, but at the same time, countries are still buying russian oil and gas. how do leaders square that circle? it is cancelling each other out, the aid and the fuel cost? first, things are going badly for putin because the west, the americans are giving masses of heavy armaments and aid, economic aid. also, the europeans are now much more united because the blackmail on gas, on poland and bulgaria, misfired, and the european commission has decided to buy gas through qatar, through the us, even through israel.
lisa, thank you for your time today. i hope you meet with success in your discussions with the european parliament. lisa yeah scow is a member of the ukrainian parliament. i want to show you, now we ve got breaking news that we ve been telling you about. now this is new video, showing the aftermath of an overnight russian missile strike on a military base that is roughly 12 miles from ukraine s border with poland. poland is a nato country. this base is known as the international peacekeeping and security center, it regularly host nato instructors, soldiers and military drills. what we now know is that at least 35 people were killed in that attack, and at least 134 have been injured. it is, notably, part of the pipeline which nato and other western countries have been using to funnel weapons and aid into ukraine. vladimir putin said, very clearly, that pipeline and those convoys, that take that aid, are fair game for attack.