on the consequences of this worldwide because one of the things i did not know until this conflict started, is how much of a country like lebanon and i think yemen as well, but lebanon in particular, is dependant on ukrainian wheat. there is a country on its uppers. it is bankrupt. it is struggling to feed its people. and suddenly, ukrainian wheat and i think russia and ukraine together is about 30% of the traded wheat in the world, it is not there. it is not available. i mean, this is a war it could be exported, couldn t it? in terms of instability, ukraine, central europe and other parts of the but could start to feel that instability as well. political instability, - and also just food insecurity. i think, for lebanon, - is about to remember looking at those incredible photos. after the glass in the beirut port damaged those huge grain silos, that is why so much - of lebanon s grain came - in and i think it is an amount that it had relied on ukraine l for was about 60% of its grain
on russia, but he said issue th threat. and it s closing in on kyiv, it s slow progress that has turned the capital city into a fortress. the pentagon says one russian approach to the city is about ten miles outside the city center. satellite images show that the convoy of russian tanks stalled outside of kyiv for days has now larged dispersed. but it s unclear what the movement means for the capital. oren liebermann, cnn, at the pentagon. i want to bring in stewart crawford. he s a defense analyst, joining us from edinburgh, cotscotland. give us a sense of where you think the war it with the disbursement of that column near kyiv. where do you think the fighting is right now? good morning, yes. i think all of your correspondents have been very perceptive in their reporting
strategic, consequences, beyond afghanistan, people compare vietnam and saigon to what they are seeing now on television. i think it worse. it very different to that. it did take the american armed forces 15 years to recover from saigon, it took them until the gulf war in 1991 that is the scale of the disaster they faced in 75. this is worse, i think it is worse because in saigon. in vietnam, north vietnamese were not trying to attack or to destroy the united states of america. they were very much focused on that country on vietnam. when the u.s. left, it left a failed strategy. a failed war in effect for a number of reasons, but it did not leave a war it should have
strategic, consequences, beyond afghanistan, people compare vietnam and saigon to what they are seeing now on television. i think it worse. it very different to that. it did take the american armed forces 15 years to recover from saigon, it took them until the gulf war in 1991 that is the scale of the disaster they faced in 75. this is worse, i think it is worse because in saigon. in vietnam, north vietnamese were not trying to attack or to destroy the united states of america. they were very much focused on that country on vietnam. when the u.s. left, it left a failed strategy. a failed war in effect for a number of reasons, but it did not leave a war it should have
owned the land here, and when israel took control in the 1967 war it soon passed a law that says israeli jews could try and reclaim property they say they owned prior to 1948. and palestinians say they don t have the same sort of legal recourse to claim back land they say they lost and is now the state of israel. this legal battle has been going on for many years and it s part of the tension in jerusalem, he east jerusalem in the past few months and in the past few years. we are seeing protesters gathering here around this case. even if the supreme court denies hearing this appeal, it would essentially mean the evictions could move forward, but israeli media is reporting the government may not carry out the