after more than 100 days, it s a pleasure to have you on the show, ambassador. let me ask you this, after more than 100 days, would you say that russia s invasion of ukraine is going to plan? well, i think it is progressing. nobody promise to deliver it in three or seven days as some pundits are saying now, that the russian special military operation has stalled and is not progressing at the pace that was initially envisaged. but the progress is being made, that s clear. one of their reasons for the so called slow pace is that we are not targeting civilian infrastructure and there is deliberately we are only hitting military targets and it takes time, we are not doing carpet bombing or anything else. but the progress is there, that s for sure. ambassador, i have to say, you are the most senior russian official whom i ve heard say that the initial operation stalled, that the operation is going slow. is that your recognition that the initial plan to seize kyiv and to install a
independencde in 1960. this is the first of almost 80,000 artefacts that will be returned for display in museums in the drc. now on bbc news, hardtalk with stephen sackur. welcome to hardtalk. i m stephen sackur. when vladimir putin ordered his invasion force into ukraine in late february, is this the scenario he imagined for earlyjune? a brutal war of attrition in the donbas, a defiant ukrainian government deploying more heavy weapons from western allies, russian losses mounting, a punishing sanctions regime on moscow and more nato expansion in the offing? well, my guest, in an exclusive interview, is russia s ambassador to the united nations, vassily nebenzia. where does russia go from here? ambassador vassily nebenzia at un headquarters in new york, welcome to hardtalk. good afternoon, london time, mr sackur. it s a pleasure to have you on the show, ambassador. let me ask you this. after more than 100 days, would you say that russia s invasion of ukraine is going to plan?
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well, my guest, in an exclusive interview, is russia s ambassador to the united nations, vassily nebenzia. where does russia go from here? ambassador vassily nebenzia at un headquarters in new york, welcome to hardtalk. good afternoon, london time, mr sackur. it s a pleasure to have you on the show, ambassador. let me ask you this. after more than 100 days, would you say that russia s invasion of ukraine is going to plan? well, i think it is progressing. nobody promised to deliver it in three or seven days, as some pundits are saying now, that the russian special military operation stalled and is not progressing at the pace that was initially envisaged, but the progress is being made. that s clear. one of the reasons of the so called slow pace is that we are not targeting. we are not targeting. ..civilian infrastructure and there is deliberately only hitting military targets, and it takes time. we are not doing carpet bombing or anything else like that. but the progress is th
an afrikaans language test. and, a top movie earning top dollar, but the makers of the latest blockbuster top gun: maverick are now being sued for copyright infringement. borisjohnson has survived a vote of confidence in his leadership of the conservative party, although more than 40% of tory mps voted against him. he described the result as decisive, and his supporters have urged their colleagues to allow the government to push ahead with the running of the country. but one of mrjohnson s critics said it was a very bad result and he would be surprised if he was still in downing street by the end of the autumn. our political editor, chris mason, has the story of the vote and the result. after months of awkward questions for boris johnson, weeks questions for borisjohnson, weeks of mounting speculation and day of intense public, sometimes angry argument, the moment. a verdict, the result with yes the potential to remove mrjohnson as prime minister but also shape his future