romania is notably reticent about the scale of its aid to ukraine. why? my guest is romania s foreign minister, bogdan aurescu. is his country ambivalent about confronting russia? foreign minister bogdan aurescu, welcome to hardtalk. thank you for having me. it s a pleasure to have you. how destabilising has russia s war on ukraine been to your country, romania? as you know, romania is the nato and eu member state with the longest border with ukraine, and we have been, since the very day one of the war of aggression of russia against ukraine, in the front line of the efforts of the international community to counter the effects of this war. and the effort of romania was very strong in support of ukraine on very many dimensions, and this is very much appreciated by ukraine. this is very much appreciated by our partners. i had the pleasure these days to talk with my counterpart, james cleverly, we have signed today a very important document, a joint declaration on updating our
my guest is romania s foreign minister, bogdan aurescu. is his country ambivalent about confronting russia? foreign minister bogdan aurescu, welcome to hardtalk. thank you for having me. it s a pleasure to have you. how destabilising has russia s war on ukraine been to your country, romania? as you know, romania is the nato and eu member state with the longest border with ukraine, and we have been, since the very day one of the war of aggression of russia against ukraine, in the front line of the efforts of the international community to counter the effects of this war. and the effort of romania was very strong in support of ukraine on very many dimensions, and this is very much appreciated by ukraine. this is very much appreciated by our partners. i had the pleasure these days to talk with my counterpart, james cleverly, we have signed today a very important document, a joint declaration on updating our strategic partnership between romania and the united kingdom. yesterday,
change their legal gender. and we take a journey through david hockney s imagination as he describes his new immersive exhibition. live from our studio in singapore. this is bbc news. it s newsday. hello and welcome to the programme. the kremlin has strongly criticised president zelensky s visit to washington, accusing the us of fighting an indirect war against it. in a speech, president putin said a new patriot missile defence system would simply prolong the war, and that russia would find an antidote. the ukrainian leader is now back in ukraine. well, ten months on since the start of the conflict, ukrainian forces have regained some areas taken by russia. but people across the country are without power because of russian aerial attacks, and some are without family members, killed in the conflict. the bbc has been following one soldier eugene gromadskyi as he fights to defend his country at great personal cost. our correspondent quentin sommerville, and camera journalis