year, if the democrats retain control of congress will be to reinstate nationwide abortion rights. the democrats have made reproductive rights a central part of their campaign for the midterm elections. now on bbc news, hardtalk. welcome to hardtalk. i am stephen sackur. ukraine has proved its resilience and resolve in the eight months since vladimir putin launched his all out invasion. but this war of survival keeps throwing up new challenges right now, the biggest threat comes from russia s missile and drone strikes on civilian infrastructure. spreading terror and threatening winter energy supplies. my guest is ukraine s energy minister german galushchenko. battlefield gains cannot disguise strategic vulnerability. german galushchenko in kyiv, welcome to hardtalk. hello, sir. minister, you have had another day of air strikes in kyiv. these so called kamikaze drones supplied to russia by the iranians that are causing havoc right now in kyiv and in many towns and cities acros
my guest is ukraine s energy minister german galushchenko. battlefield gains cannot disguise strategic vulnerability. is ukraine ready for putin s escalation strategy? german galushchenko mtf, welcome to hardtalk. hello, sir. minister, you have had another day of air strikes in kyiv. these so called kamikaze drones supplied to russia by the iranians that are causing havoc right now in kyiv and in many towns and cities across your country, how worried are you about the fear they are spreading? well, we have seen, they started using drones and targeting the energy infrastructure and that is the massive shellings which started from the monday a week ago and the shellings continue every day and is not only this, several hours ago and shelled by missiles and the number of energy objects in all of ukraine and that is a new approach of russians against ukraine and the targeting of energy infrastructure. and i know you and ukraine are careful about giving too much information about t
rights if democrats keep control of congress in november. and with your support, i will sign a law codifying roe in january. together, let s remember who we are, we are the united states of america, and there s nothing beyond our capacity. fears for the safety of an iranian athlete who took part in a climbing competition without a hijab. and as the bbc celebrates its 100th anniversary, we look ahead at the challenges it faces. hello and welcome to the programe. in taiwan, a retired military commander has told the bbc the island would be unable resist the use of force by an increasingly assertive china. it follows a warning by the us secretary of state anthony blinken that beijing is pursuing unification on a much faster timeline than previously thought. our correspondent rupert wingfield hayes has been to front line taiwanese island ofjinmen, a few kilometres off the chinese coast, to assess the growing threat. tannoy the island ofjinmen is so close to china, they used to bla
year, if the democrats retain control of congress will be to reinstate nationwide abortion rights. the democrats have made reproductive rights a central part of their campaign for the midterm elections. now on bbc news, hardtalk. welcome to hardtalk. i am stephen sackur. ukraine has proved its resilience and resolve in the eight months since vladimir putin launched his all out invasion. but this war of survival keeps throwing up new challenges right now, the biggest threat comes from russia s missile and drone strikes on civilian infrastructure. spreading terror and threatening winter energy supplies. my guest is ukraine s energy minister german galushchenko. battlefield gains cannot disguise strategic vulnerability.