the aggression with which nato pushed forward on accelerating membership and moving up towards the russian border? well, first full disclosure i was, in the 1990s, one of the architects of that policy of nato enlargement during the clinton administration and during the george w bush administration. no, i don t feel any regret at all. my god! had nato not enlarged to take in the baltic states, they would be in the position that ukraine is in today. don t you think so? does nato enlargement really sound like a foolish idea, given what vladimir putin has done attack his neighbour for no good reason? the fact is, nato s enlarged to bring the newly free countries of eastern europe out of the grey zone and into the west. the former us ambassador daniel
foolish given what vladimir putin has done, attacked his neighbourfor no good putin has done, attacked his neighbour for no good reason? the fact is, nato enlarged to bring the newly free countries of eastern europe out of the grey zone and into the west. this is not a bad thing, it s a good thing and i m proud of it. daniel, thank you forjoining us. since russia began its invasion of ukraine, the capital kyiv has been a key target. but its forces have not got past the outskirts of the city. now russia says it will drastically reduce its offensive around the capital. the ukrainian general in charge of defending kyiv has told the bbc that russia is suffering heavy losses and can t win. our international correspondent orla guerin sent this report from a key front line north of the capital. ukrainian forces keep watch on a critical front line to the north of the capital. having said it had no plans to invade, russia now says it will drastically reduce attacks around kyiv.