declared a state of emergency. in cuba the hurricane knocked out the electricity grid leaving the entire country without power. now on bbc news. hardtalk. welcome to hardtalk. i m stephen sackur. vladimir putin did not intend to be in the place he s in right now. he didn t want his ukraine invasion to become a protracted war in which his army is losing ground. he didn t plan to forcibly mobilise military age men across russia, and he didn t want to see internal protests spread. but this is where he is seemingly in trouble. my guest is putin loyalist, russian mp and influential state media commentator evgeny popov. if putin is growing desperate, what does that mean for russia? evgeny popov in moscow, welcome to hardtalk. thank you, stephen, for giving me that floor. oh, it s a pleasure to have you on the show. if i may, i want to begin with words from the kremlin chief spokesman dmitry peskov, on september 13th, he stated quite clearly there were no plans for any kind of mob
popov. if putin is growing desperate, what does that mean for russia? evgeny popov in moscow, welcome to hardtalk. thank you, stephen, for giving me that floor. oh, it s a pleasure to have you on the show. if i may, i want to begin with words from the kremlin chief spokesman dmitry peskov, on september 13th, he stated quite clearly there were no plans for any kind of mobilisation in russia. here we are less than two weeks later with a major mobilisation. what happened 7 it s not major mobilisation. this is partially mobilisation. wejust mobilised er, 300,000 people from reserve. it s just 1% from our total reserve people. i don t know what is happening with peskov s statement, but i know that we are in war with all nato countries. with whole, sorry, nato alliance, with whole nato weapon, and we should respond on nato s threat. that s it. well. that s why my country is responding by mobilisation. you just called it a war. you know, you can get locked up for five years in russi
now on bbc news. welcome to hardtalk. he s in right now. he didn t want his ukraine invasion to become a protracted war in which his army is losing ground. he didn t plan to forcibly mobilise military age men across russia, and he didn t want to see internal but this is where he is seemingly in trouble. if putin is growing desperate, what does that mean for russia? thank you, stephen, for giving me that floor. oh, it s a pleasure to have you on the show. if i may, i want to begin with words from the kremlin chief spokesman dmitry peskov, on september 13th, he stated quite clearly there were no plans for any kind of mobilisation in russia. here we are, less than two weeks later, with a major mobilisation. what happened 7 it s not a major mobilisation. this is partially mobilisation. wejust mobilised, er, 300,000 people from reserve. it s just 1% from our total reserve people. i don t know what is happening with peskov s statement, but i know that we are in war with all nato
he didn t plan to forcibly mobilise military age men across russia, and he didn t want to see internal protests spread. but this is where he is seemingly in trouble. my guest is putin loyalist, russian mp and influential state media commentator evgeny popov. if putin is growing desperate, what does that mean for russia? evgeny popov in moscow, welcome to hardtalk. thank you, stephen, for giving me that floor. oh, it s a pleasure to have you on the show. if i may, i want to begin with words from the kremlin chief spokesman dmitry peskov, on september 13th, he stated quite clearly there were no plans for any kind of mobilisation in russia. here we are less than two weeks later with a major mobilisation. what happened 7 it s not major mobilisation. this is partially mobilisation. wejust mobilised er, 300,000 people from reserve. it s just 1% from our total reserve people. i don t know what is happening with peskov s statement, but i know that we are in war with all nato countr
now on bbc news, hardtalk. welcome to hardtalk. i m stephen sackur. on the front lines of the war in ukraine, russian forces are struggling, in several areas retreating, which is why vladimir putin is pursuing other strategies. trying to destroy ukraine s civilian infrastructure is one. attempting to undermine european support for kyiv is another. how s that going? well, my guest is czech foreign ministerjan lipavsky, an ardent supporter of ukraine in a country facing a deepening energy and economic crisis. is europe s pro ukraine stand sustainable? foreign ministerjan lipavsky in prague, welcome to hardtalk. hello and thank you for having me. it s a pleasure to have you on the show, foreign minister. i m sure you as well as i have been watching the pictures coming out of ukraine, the swarms of kamikaze drones, so called, which are now targeting ukraine s civilian infrastructure, leaving millions of people without heat, power, and looking at a very dangerous, alarming scenari