paid out? you know, people here are absolutely fascinated with paid out? you know, people here are absolutely fascinated with what - paid out? you know, people here are absolutely fascinated with what was i absolutely fascinated with what was happening in russia this weekend. glued to their televisions, commenting on social media until very late but waking up this morning, i went around cavan spoke to people about how their impressions of how it all went and now that the dust has settled a little bit, there is some confusion. some people were disappointed and said they hoped russia would be so preoccupied with internal affairs it would pull its troops out of ukraine and they would finally have the peace that they have been waiting forfor peace that they have been waiting for for so long peace that they have been waiting forfor so long but peace that they have been waiting for for so long but then the other side of things, some people are saying actually, hisjust side of things, some
ammunition. we have non ammunition.much o we ve given much of it, almost all of it. but we ve given much of it to ukraine. and we want to hel want top peoo but i want to stop the war. i don t want that war m to continue. and i ll stop that war. mark my words. i ll stop that war. in twenty four hours. ition but we re in a position, mr. q president , i m in seriousue question. how do you stop that war in twenty four hours? i know both. and frankly, zelinsky was veryhe good because, you know, he wasde part of the phone call and he said he didn t say anythinge wrong to me. the democrat, he could havgoneey gone and grandstand and said, well, i felt threatened. i felt threatened. along id. i get along with him. i get alontog with putin. it s it would have been much, easier to stop before itve bee started. putin would have never done this would have been much easier. right now, it n mucher right nsn now they re hitting kyivting and hitting all sorts of things that weren tl sorts of supp
what other critical points do crimea, for example, if president zelinsky attempts to take back that given that everything russia has said about viewing that is their own territory now. what are the areas of worry? certainly the nato allies, the western general, is still reluctant to see ukraine strike russian territory in a significant way. there is some tolerance for these low level attacks that have been going on over the last couple of weeks. the drones over moscow, the sabotage operations on fuel dumps and ammunition dumps and the like. as long as ukraine is not using those advanced western weapons like the missiles i referred to a moment ago, there is a sense that putin for a few months has been waging this all out attack on ukrainian cities. kyiv has been attacked 17 times alone last month,
you think back to the very early stages of russia s outright invasion of ukraine, there was the risk that should ukraine not to counter the russian military, it might spill over into moldova. truth? russian military, it might spill over into moldova. russian military, it might spill over into moldova. why then is - resident over into moldova. why then is president zelinsky, over into moldova. why then is president zelinsky, who - over into moldova. why then is president zelinsky, who has . over into moldova. why then is i president zelinsky, who has asked for this before, why ask now again for this before, why ask now again for membership of the eu and nato? nato is clearer perhaps, but why the eu? , ., , nato is clearer perhaps, but why the eu? , a, , ., nato is clearer perhaps, but why the eu? , a, , e, e, eu? the epc is a very good forum for makin: eu? the epc is a very good forum for making these eu? the epc is a very good forum for making these high-level eu? the epc is a ve
president zelinsky has restated his demand that ukraine should urgently be allowed tojoin demand that ukraine should urgently be allowed to join nato at the security alliance and the european union. he was speaking at a summit in moldova bringing together leaders from more than a0 european countries. zelinsky said that without such security guarantees, there could be no peace. ukraine and moldova are candidates to join both nato and the european union but some european canned petals are wary of setting a deadline for membership as russia s invasion continues. live now to laura gelhaus who is a teaching invasion continues. fellow at the department of politics and international studies at the university of warwick. welcome to the programme. it is highly symbolic that this summit is being held in moldova. it is a country that we hear very little about but it has been left hugely exposed during the course of this conflict in ukraine. conflict in ukraine. absolutely. if ou think conflict i