ministry. they killed so many of his wagner group soldiers in ukraine. their last 72 hours i believe. before they started their move on rostov-on-don and on to moscow. i think the second thing is that unlike any other person exiled by vladimir putin in this case, prigozhin has thousands of soldiers, mercenaries, armed mercenaries who, at the end of the day, are still probably loyal to mr. prigozhin. i think that is in some ways almost his security against possible reprisals by putin on prigozhin in belarus. i still think that is, this mafia movies going to have more chapters in the weeks to come. how stable do you assess russia to be right now? how concerned are you, if it is
and travel to europe again towards the end of the week. in what number 10 calls a window of opportunity for diplomacy the german chancellor, 0laf scholz, will travel to kyiv today and on to moscow for talks with president putin, who has repeatedly denied intentions to invade. situation is very tense and indeed there are risks of the acceleration and the risks of some substantial developments in the next days. so the question is this wednesday, this thursday, this friday, it doesn t matter, but we certainly see that its upcoming days are going to be critical and everybody is taking this very seriously. at the same time in kyiv, there is no panic and generally in ukraine as a whole. ukraine s president has called for calm and the country s ambassador to the uk suggested it could reconsider its aim to join the nato military alliance. what i m saying here that we are flexible trying to find the best, best way out. if we have to go
troops and military hardware is our own business. it is our sovereign right to do what we like within our borders. that said, we have, all up, an estimated 130,000 russian troops stretched along the border, we have naval drills to south in the black sea and the seal is off, so that is doing nothing to relax tensions. the sea of azov. 0laf scholz might not get the warmest welcome compared with other world leaders. there is tension here over his decision not to provide military aid. berlin has long said its focus is humanitarian relief. it has provided 5000 helmets and provisions for a military hospital. crucially, he will go on to moscow, so talks will continue. james, many thanks. the uk government involved in this
of support to western allies. it is feared military action could come any day and, for the uk, the crisis has reached a criticaljuncture. downing street say the prime minister will continue to receive daily intelligence briefings, speak to more world leaders about the crisis in the coming days and travel to europe again towards the end of the week. in what number 10 calls a window of opportunity for diplomacy, the german chancellor 0laf scholz will travel to kyiv today and on to moscow for talks with president putin, who has repeatedly denied intentions to invade. the situation is very tense and, indeed, there are risks of acceleration and there are risks of some substantial developments in the next days. so the question of if it is wednesday, if it is thursday, if it is friday, it doesn t matter. but we certainly see that the upcoming days are going to be critical and everybody is taking this very seriously. at the same time, in kyiv,
daily intelligence briefings, speak to more world leaders about the crisis in the coming days and travel to europe again towards the end of the week. in what number ten calls a window of opportunity for diplomacy, the german chancellor olaf scholz will travel to kyiv today and on to moscow for talks with president putin, who has repeatedly denied intentions to invade. the situation is very tense and, indeed, there are risks of acceleration and there are risks of some substantial developments in the next days. so the question of if it is wednesday, if it is thursday, if it is friday, it doesn t matter. but we certainly see that the upcoming days are going to be critical and everybody is taking this very seriously. at the same time, in kyiv, there is no panic and, generally, in ukraine as a whole. ukraine s president has called for calm and the country s ambassador to the uk suggested it could reconsider its aim to join the nato military alliance. what i am saying here