now, some of those russian sorties don t even need to cross into ukrainian airspace. they can fire their cruise missiles from inside russian territory. this is what they re up against, western supplied missile systems, plus some old soviet era stock. the ukrainians have shot down a number of russian helicopters and planes. russia has threatened to start targeting the supply of western weaponry. meanwhile, the pentagon has dismissed fears that some of these weapons could end up with criminals and terrorists. president putin has made it clear what he intends to do with any anti aircraft missiles his forces captured from the ukrainians. the kremlin s position towards ukraine has barely moved
have definitely been feeling the negative consequences of the western sanctions, and there could be possibly some discussions among them however it is hard to say if then they can actually do anything to stop this and how or whether they were willing to oppose president putin. . ., were willing to oppose president putin. . ~ ,, , were willing to oppose president putin. . ., ,, , . were willing to oppose president putin. ., ~ , . ., ., putin. thank you very much for that. thank you- on the subject of oligarchs. the premier league here in england has disqualified chelsea owner roman abramovich from being a director of the club after he was sanctioned. lizzie greenwood hughes is in our sports centre in salford. tells more about today s decision by the premier league. it is tells more about today s decision by the premier league. the premier league. it is part of many developments the premier league. it is part of many developments today i the premier league. it is part of| many deve
country and as i said before, some russians were able to leave country but not everyone has an opportunity to do so and now that russia is also cracking down with censorship laws, i think people even those who are questioning the official position, are now more scared to express it so i think people in russia now feel very skilled and confused, and i think also still short by what is happening. think also still short by what is happening- think also still short by what is hauuenin, , happening. just picking up on your oint on happening. just picking up on your point on official happening. just picking up on your point on official positions, - happening. just picking up on your point on official positions, how i point on official positions, how much support. i don t know if this is discussed openly but how much support does mr putin have around him from his general, so to speak was maci him from his general, so to speak was ma- ., , him from his general, so to speak was ma- ~ , , him
position and the polls, it seems like nobody is there to really challenge president putin however now we have in some russian oligarchs speaking out against the special military operation publicly however i don t know if we can genuinely say that there is a very strong edition in his inside circle and if there is, it has not been made public. if and if there is, it has not been made public- and if there is, it has not been made ublic. , ., , , made public. if you can ust finish for us, made public. if you can ust finish for me i made public. if you can ust finish for us, we ve had i made public. if you can ust finish for us, we ve had lots i made public. if you can just finish for us, we ve had lots of- made public. if you can just finish| for us, we ve had lots of sanctions that have been taken out against russians, oligarchs, abroad. do they have much sway over vladimir putin? i guess that is the question everyone is trying to answer right now. eversince everyone is trying to an
they ve left the country. a few days ago, mark and his family escaped to nepal. he is trying to speak to loved ones in russia about the conflict. many of my relatives were having doubts after we spoke to them. but later, they watch tv again and told me, well, no, i don t think you re right. well, i believe putin, he is very powerful. there are enemies everywhere. i just can t understand how they can believe it, but they do. and if you tell someone the same thing, over and over again, it becomes like truth. as russia shuts off independent media, there is less to challenge the kremlin s narrative, and the patriotic drumbeat telling russians to support president putin is only getting louder. carolyn davis, bbc news, moscow. let s talk to uliana pavlova, a ukrainian russian freelance journalist in moscow.