hello. thank you forjoining me for unspun world, where the bbc s experts give us their in depth thoughts about what s really going on in world affairs. vladimir putin holds his referendums that s what he calls them aboutjoining russia in four areas of ukraine. but how great is the danger that this will bring us closer to nuclear war? in the event that those territories are attacked by ukraine, we ve been warned that the nuclear doctrine applies. russia s way of fighting its war with ukraine has been pretty chaotic so far. but does that mean that vladimir putin might actually be pushed aside at some point? the youngsters, they are going to start questioning this policy and this worldview pretty soon, especially when we see the failures on the front line and more body bags arriving into the country. and kenya has a new president, a village lad who has made it to the very top. but how worried should we be about all the allegations of corruption against him? he called himself
that this will bring us closer to nuclear war? in the event that those territories are attacked by ukraine, we ve been warned that the nuclear doctrine applies. russia s way of fighting its war with ukraine has been pretty chaotic so far. but does that mean that vladimir putin might actually be pushed aside at some point? the youngsters, they are going to start questioning this policy and this worldview pretty soon, especially when we see the failures on the front line and more body bags arriving into the country. and kenya has a new president, a village lad who has made it to the very top. but how worried should we be about all the allegations of corruption against him? he called himself, styled himself as the hustler who rose from nothing. but that puts a lot of pressure mr ruto, because he has to deliver. so, russia s referendums in the four areas of ukraine that it s taken over have resulted in votes to join russia which are estimated at up to 99.2%. i suppose if you have
Foreign minister sergei lavrov, that the nuclear doctrine applies. so we are reaching another point at which this whole theoretical debate could be tested. but ukraine is making it clear that it will carry on with its campaigns to recapture kherson and the other parts in the east. we are, still, seeing advances in the north east, that kharkiv push which was so spectacularly successful recently. that hasn t stopped. it has slowed down considerably while the russians try and fortify their lines, but the ukrainians are still making progress there. kherson has been a slow grind since latejuly, but clearly, the ukrainians have not abandoned their intention, which is to get russian forces out of that half of ukraine altogether. so the question is, what is enough for ukraine, and do they feel capable of pushing even further? i think they do. the supply of western
That the nuclear doctrine applies. so we are reaching another point at which this whole theoretical debate could be tested. but ukraine is making it clear that it will carry on with its campaigns to recapture kherson and the other parts in the east. we are, still, seeing advances in the north east, that kharkiv push which was so spectacularly successful recently. that hasn t stopped. it has slowed down considerably while the russians try and fortify their lines, but the ukrainians are still making progress there. kherson has been a slow grind since latejuly, but clearly, the ukrainians have not abandoned their intention, which is to get russian forces out of that half of ukraine altogether. so the question is, what is enough for ukraine, and do they feel capable of pushing even further?