dismissed its top judge. vsevolod kniaziev was detained for allegedly taking multi million dollar bribes. prosecutors say he was arrested as part of their biggest ever anti corru ption case. ukraine is under pressure to tackle corruption as a requirement forjoining the european union. the reuters news agency says mr kniaziev could not be reached for comment. meanwhile, ukrainian officials have praised their anti missile defence system. overnight, it blocked an intense barrage of russian rockets over the capital kyiv. they say the system shot down six advanced russian hypersonic missiles, which president putin has claimed are unstoppable . kyiv s mayor, vitali klitschko, described the night. actually, last night, our citizens didn t sleep because three hours long, beginning at 230, we have a bombing alarm, and at the whole night we listened to huge explosions and it actually was one of the massive missile attacks to our home hometown. different kinds of rockets the russians s
for allegedly taking multi million dollar bribes. prosecutors say he was arrested as part of their biggest ever anti corru ption case. ukraine is under pressure to tackle corruption as a requirement forjoining the european union. meanwhile, ukrainian officials have praised their anti missile defence system. overnight, it blocked an intense barrage of russian rockets over the capital kyiv. they say the system shot down six advanced russian hypersonic missiles, which president putin has claimed are unstoppable . kyiv s mayor, vitali klitschko, described the night. actually, last night, our citizens didn t sleep because three hours long, beginning at 2:30, we have an alarm, a bombing alarm. and the whole night we listened to huge explosions and it actually was one of the massive missile attacks to our hometown. different kinds of rockets the russians sent to our hometown. our hugo bachega has more from kyiv on ukraine s air defence and what comes next. it was the eighth time th
Welcome to sportsday. Alastair cook wants to continue breaking records for england and has no issues about playing under his successor. The premier League Champions Leicester City are united behind their manager Claudio Ranieri. He says they arent in a crisis. And we find out why Wales Rugby Union captain Alun Wynjones is the toast of town. Good evening, plenty to come, including tennis and formula 1 news but we start with alastair cook. He has been making the headlines this week. He says it will be great for englands cricketers to have a new voice, with a new drive and new ideas. Cooks been speaking for the First Time Since stepping down as englands test captain. Our Sports Correspondent joe wilson spent some time with him earlier today. Every captain knows the ultimate direction, it is when, not if the end comes. Alastair cook told me he was managing his emotions but lists the response abilities hes leaving behind. He doesntjust toss the coin, he must be the on field tactician, diplo
Welcome to sportsday. Alastair cook wants to continue breaking records for england and has no issues about playing under his successor. The premier League Champions Leicester City are united behind their manager Claudio Ranieri. He says they arent in a crisis. And we find out why Wales Rugby Union captain Alun Wynjones is the toast of town. Good evening, plenty to come, including tennis and formula 1 news but we start with alastair cook. He has been making the headlines this week. He says it will be great for englands cricketers to have a new voice, with a new drive and new ideas. Cooks been speaking for the First Time Since stepping down as englands test captain. Our Sports Correspondent joe wilson spent some time with him earlier today. Every captain knows the ultimate direction, it is when, not if the end comes. Alastair cook told me he was managing his emotions but lists the response abilities hes leaving behind. He doesntjust toss the coin, he must be the on field tactician, diplo
back in 2008, nato said that ukraine will become a member of nato. we just didn t put in place any practical steps. this past week, i ve been at various conferences in europe, in tallinn, in prague, meeting with europeans, including germans, french, british, eastern european, central europeans, and i have to say that most of the european allies are ahead of the united states. they are thinking more seriously about ukrainian membership in nato than we re hearing from washington right now. and i think the reason is because the eu has already decided that ukraine will be a member of the eu, but there is no prospect for that to happen if ukraine is not secure. and that s why nato membership now makes sense to a lot of europeans. so what do you think the timeline would be, then, for ukraine membership? well, we have a summit, a nato summit in vilnius in just about six weeks time. and there i think there needs