That. let s go to nic robertson standing by in moscow. nic, what is your read on the supposed troop pull back by russia, small as they are? u.s. and ear nations say nonsense, troop numbers are going up, not down? reporter: yeah, british secretary of defense ben wallace has said they want to be out of the area is handling its information campaign here. it s accusing the russians directly of lying. what we heard from the russian embassy in washington yesterday was that this was more self-hypnosis. this was more his steer yeah, more disinformation coming from the united states. what the russian military is saying happened overnight last night, they re claiming more troops from the western region
Call, no radioactive material was released. meanwhile, as russia continues its advance, ukraine s president says nato is giving russia a green light to bombard ukrainian cities by not implementing a no-fly zone. translator: nato has deliberately decided not to cover the skies over ukraine. we believe that nato countries have created a narrative that closing the skies over ukraine would provoke russia s direct aggression against nato. this is the self-hypnosis of those who are weak, insecure inside, despite the fact they possess weapons many times stronger than we have. russian president vladimir putin spoke with the german chancellor, olaf scholz, on friday. germany says mr. putin told the chancellor that a third round of talks between russia and ukraine is scheduled for the weekend. now, from the attack on the nuclear power plant to the increasing civilian casualties,
Fly zone. this is the self-hypnosis of those who are weak, insecure inside. what more should the u.s. do to help? and inside the white house, has the russia invasion transformed the biden presidency? when the history of this era a written putin s war on ukraine would have left russia weaker and the rest of the world stronger. welcome to inside politics sunday i m abby phillip. at this hour a second attempt is being made to evacuate tens of thousands of civilians from the hard hit ukraine cities of mariupol and villanova. attempts are also being made to get civilians out yesterday and those came to a halt when ukraine yan officials say russia s forces began shelling the area. against all odds 11 days into this conflict ukraine is still standing, but there is widening fear and destruction around the key cities as civilians are
And still closing in and trying to capture that capital city of kyiv, john. natasha bertrand in brussels, thank you very much. some the meantime, ukrainian president volodymyr zelenskyy slammed the u.s. and nato over their decision to establish a no fly zone over the country. translator: we believe that nato countries have created a narrative that closing the skies against nato. this is a self-hypnosis of those weak, insecure inside, despite the fact they possess weapons many times stronger than we have. joining us to talk about this is retired brigadier mark kimmitt for secretary and military affairs. general, just explain why a no-fly zone as zelenskyy would like? i think the nato countries are quite clear, they believe
That. and then presidential and ski said this. nato we believe that nato countries have created a narrative that closing the sack skies over ukraine would provoke russia s direct aggression against nato. this is the self hypnosis of those who are weak, insecure inside, despite the fact that they possess weapons many times stronger than we have. presidents ellen s key is the bravest president that we have ever seen on television in the middle of a war. but he also has far less experience in measuring nato s response to russian aggression to avoid nuclear war with russia. something nato has been doing for decades. the only way to enforce a so-called no-fly zone is to make it a war zone.