and his ex wife saying she s his death has bought a sense of relief. so let s begin. a warm welcome to our guests nigel and joe, let s start with a sunday times first of all, which has on its front page, the image of the bridge on which there was the explosion there, so if i start with you, joe, first of all, humiliating for putting and it brings hope for ukraine? , ., , , ukraine? yes it does, indeed, this was the bridge ukraine? yes it does, indeed, this was the bridge that ukraine? yes it does, indeed, this was the bridge that was ukraine? yes it does, indeed, this was the bridge that was a - ukraine? yes it does, indeed, this was the bridge that was a symboll was the bridge that was a symbol hated was the bridge that was a symbol hated by was the bridge that was a symbol hated by people in ukraine because it is a hated by people in ukraine because it is a symbol of russia s occupation of crimea. it was opened in 2018 occupation of crimea. it was opened in 2018
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Front of it in central kyiv. you have ukrainian politicians mocking russian president vladimir putin. in fact, the national security advisor here in ukraine, because it was putin s 70th birthday yesterday, juxtaposed the video of marilyn monroe singing for jack kennedy, happy birthday mr. president, and juxtaposed that with the bridge on fire to mock the russian president. in general, it is something that is, obviously, quite humiliating for the russians, this important logistical route and one of those big projects that the ukrainians have always considered a slap in the face of ukraine and one that the russians really was very important for them to try to develop crimea on their part. so definitely this is a huge, huge blow to the russians and definitely something where the ukrainians military political sphere and many people here in kyiv are quite happy about it. it will be interesting to see how the impact strategically it this plays out for russia.