completely shut down - altogether, and therefore l alternate messages are not getting through and as isabel was saying in terms - of the message he wants to put out there, perhaps there might| be a victory to celebrate, if the russian forces cani finally rout those final- holdout defenders in mariupol, but absent that, it has been almost a disaster for- russia in many ways, - but you are not going to see that, idon t think, l in any of the russian propaganda that gets put out. will there be an actual. escalation of hostilities? that, i think also is unclear, l i think putin, as unpredictable as he might be, also is not. completely mad, and knows that continued losses, - which will be harder and harder to hide, would be difficult to sustain and so i think. we will certainly see a lot . ofjingoism and nationalism on display and it is, - as you say, a central point of russian identity, in terms of overcoming nazism, but whether it really means we will be seeing a greaterl
alternate messages are not getting through and as isabel was saying in terms - of the message he wants to put out there, perhaps there might| be a victory to celebrate, if the russian forces cani finally route those final - holdout defenders in mariupol, but absent that, it has been almost a disaster for- russia in many ways, - but you are not going to see that, idon t think, l in any of the russian propaganda that gets put out. will there be an actual. escalation of hostilities? that, i think also is unclear, l i think putin, as unpredictable as he might be, also is not. completely mad, and knows that continued losses, - which will be harder and harder to hide, would be difficult to sustain and so i think. we will certainly see a lot . ofjingoism and nationalism on display and it is, - as you say, a central point of russian identity, in terms of overcoming nazism, but whether it really means we will be seeing a greaterl escalation of armed - hostilities, i m not sure. on that questi
it will, it will bring tremendous hardship and greaterl insecurity into the heart of europe and that is a concern to all of us. it s a concern to the - united states as a nato ally. brits living in ukraine have been told to leave the country whilst commercial flights are still available. but that s not an option for ukrainian people and the country s president says talk of an invasion is overblown. with the german chancellor due to visit moscow next week, nato allies hope that talking can stop the march towards war. charlotte rose, bbc news. ukraine s president volodymyr zelensky is due to speak the us presidentjoe biden later today. 0ur correspondent in kyiv james waterhouse says despite the threat, life is continuing as normal for many ukrainians. the government here has described this information about what could happen as unhelpful, whether it will be a full scale invasion,
i think the comparison ben was drawing, i know the comparison he was drawing, it was around the attempts for a diplomatic outcome that it turned out adversaries at the time were not really interested in. is he directing this at france, germany? no, no, the point he is making is that we are all working on this to find a diplomatic outcome. labour says it shares the government s concerns about the seriousness of the situation. it is immensely serious and nobody should be naive about what russia is up to. and the scale of the troops amassing on the ukraine border. and that s why i think there has to be this extremely strong and swift and severe economic sanctions, financial sanctions, looking at the energy sector. meanwhile, this morning came this warning from an american foreign policy adviser. war can take an unpredictable path and we think if russia does act in the way we fear it will, it will bring tremendous hardship and greaterl insecurity into the heart of europe and that is a c
policy adviser. war can take an unpredictable path and we think if russia does act in the way we fear it will, it will bring tremendous hardship and greaterl insecurity into the heart of europe and that is a concern to all of us. it s a concern to the - united states as a nato ally. brits living in ukraine have been told to leave the country whilst commercial flights are still available. but that s not an option for ukrainian people and the country s president says talk of an invasion is overblown. with the german chancellor due to visit moscow next week, nato allies hope that talking can stop the march towards war. charlotte rose, bbc news. let s speak to our corresponent james waterhouse, who s in the ukrainian capital kyiv for us this lunchtime. what is the mood there, james? what is the mood there, james? well, the government what is the mood there, james? well, the government here what is the mood there, james? well, the government here has what is the mood there, james?