welcome to the programme. the un secretary general flew to moscow today for talks with vladimir putin not exactly face to face. no one gets closer than the end of the table. not even those travelling under the good offices of the united nations.mr gutterez said there were frank discussions and currently not much cause for optimism. the russian foreign minister described the current state of the peace talks as dismal . but the secretary general said he was hopeful that the un might play a greater role in getting people out of the beseiged areas, like mariupol, while getting food, medicine and other basic goods into ukraine. russia s invasion of ukraine is a violation of its territorial integrity and against the charter of the united nations. but it is my deep conviction that the sooner we end this war the better. in ramstein, germany, the united states was hosting a meeting of a0 defence minister who discussed how they would speed up the supply of heavy weapons to give ukrain
markets. meanwhile, ministers continue to defend plans. we had to act really quickly continue to defend plans. we had to act really quickly last continue to defend plans. we had to act really quickly last friday - continue to defend plans. we had to act really quickly last friday to - act really quickly last friday to give people confidence on energy. in give people confidence on energy. in the afghan capital kabul a blast targeting students preparing for exams kills at least 19 people. record numbers of nurses are quitting the nhs in england with more than 40,000 leaving in the last year. hello and welcome if you re watching in the uk or around the world. in ukraine, 23 civilians have been killed in the southern city of zaporizhzhia after a russian missile struck a convoy of vehicles. that s according to the governor of the province. initial pictures that have started coming in show ambulances arriving at the scene. 0ur correspondent who s just arrived there reports that
War, is there, because he is now calling on russian reservists, russian men, tojoin the calling on russian reservists, russian men, to join the fight, calling on russian reservists, russian men, tojoin the fight, and a lot of them are not keen on that. will this give president zelensky pause for thought in terms of strategy? he says he will defend these territories and their people, but with this annexation, any defence of those territories, that brings further risk from his perspective as well. what do you think ukraine s next moves might be? i think the risk is real and can t be dismissed. i know people in ukraine are worried about potential nuclear escalations, which is a massive new step. i think people in russia are worried about that as well. you can t exclude the fact that russians don t want to have an all out nuclear war. it is not what people want. the rhetoric from ukraine has been very clear. they will continue to push forward, they want to liberate their territory, and the
Ukraine this effectively becomes a proxy war and we are walking more quickly now towards a full confrontation with russia? ida. quickly now towards a full confrontation with russia? no, not at all. i actually confrontation with russia? no, not at all. i actually think confrontation with russia? no, not at all. i actually think that - confrontation with russia? no, not at all. i actually think that russia l at all. i actually think that russia is the one that is in trouble. they are on their knees. they cannot sustain the ammunition consumption that they are doing. they re scraping the bottom of the barrel for people. i mean, it wasjust a few weeks ago that they were putting out a call for syrians to confide, tojoin the fight. out a call for syrians to confide, to join the fight. armenians, not helping them, kazakhstan is not helping them, kazakhstan is not helping them, kazakhstan is not helping them, even belarus is not really helping them. the kremlin has chosen not to mobilise t