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
Equipment, which was a bit piecemeal at the beginning and a bit haphazard, is a pretty steady flow. in fact, it s a flood now and that is giving the ukrainian military planners the ability to think, what next, because we have the equipment to do it, so where can we look next? if ukraine took back mariupol, if it gets back kherson, if it manages to make a sizeable number of russian soldiers surrender, putin s back is so firmly against the wall that surely he might then think about using nuclear weapons, even having an all out nuclear war? he has to ask himself, if i use these weapons, let s say theatre battlefield nuclear weapons, small nukes, what would that actually achieve? would it appal the ukrainians so much that they throw up their hands and say, ok, the war is over ? probably not. and of course the other thing is, politically,
I think they do. the supply of western equipment, which was a bit piecemeal at the beginning and a bit haphazard, is a pretty steady flow. in fact, it s a flood now and that is giving the ukrainian military planners the ability to think, what next, because we have the equipment to do it, so where can we look next? if ukraine took back mariupol, if it gets back kherson, if it manages to make a sizeable number of russian soldiers surrender, putin s back is so firmly against the wall that surely he might then think about using nuclear weapons, even having an all out nuclear war? he has to ask himself, if i use these weapons, let s say theatre battlefield nuclear weapons, small nukes, what would that actually achieve? would it appal the ukrainians so much that they throw up their hands and say, ok, the war is over ? probably not.