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Alexander Mercouris breaks down major geopolitical shifts: Moscow signals it may begin targeting Ukrainian leadership in Kiev, escalating its response following recent attacks. 🇷🇺 Meanwhile, the U.S. appears to be distancing itself from Zelensky, showing frustration over Ukraine’s airbase strikes and quietly cooling on sanctions that once united the West. ❄️ A dramatic turn in the conflict narrative — the cracks are starting to show.  #AlexanderMercouris #RussiaUkraine #MoscowKiev #TargetingLeaders #Zelensky #USUkraineTensions #AirbaseStrikes #SanctionsFatigue #Geopolitics #UkraineWar #NATOCrisis #WesternSupportWanes #GlobalShift #ProxyWar #Putin #KievLeadership #USForeignPolicy #UkraineUpdate #BreakingNews #TheDuran #PowerPolitics

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00:00:00Good day. Today is Saturday 7th June 2025. Today is my last day in Tbilisi, the capital of Georgia.

00:00:10Tomorrow I will be back in London and I expect to continue to be in London for at least the next couple of months.

00:00:18So you'll be seeing me again back in my old room, my library, with all its books and for at least, as I said,

00:00:28at least a couple of months. It's been an enormous pleasure and very insightful to be here in Georgia.

00:00:37I met wonderful people here. I've enjoyed the amazing food. I've enjoyed this amazing and extraordinary,

00:00:45very, very beautiful city and country. And I will have much more to say about it when I get back to London

00:00:52and have reviewed my thoughts properly and will be able to comment about it in further and greater detail.

00:01:00To repeat again, my overall sense of the city of Tbilisi and of Georgia is that the political situation here is stable

00:01:11and the economic situation is booming. This is a country that, in my opinion, has decisively turned the corner

00:01:20and is now with renewed self-confidence moving forward.

00:01:27This is not to say that there aren't problems. There are problems in any and every country.

00:01:33Georgia certainly has its share, but none that cannot be dealt with or overcome.

00:01:43And I suspect that in the present political mood, they almost certainly will be.

00:01:50Anyway, to repeat again, I will discuss the situation in Georgia in more detail in my next programmes.

00:01:58In the meantime, I'm going to return to the topic of Ukraine and I'm going to repeat again what I have said many times.

00:02:08There are many important things going on in the world.

00:02:11There is a crisis in the Middle East, a permanent, developing, escalating crisis in the Middle East,

00:02:19which might overtake in importance the conflict in Ukraine.

00:02:27There is an underlying conflict between the United States and China, which is becoming increasingly serious.

00:02:35But for the moment, at least, the conflict in Ukraine, which is gradually moving towards its conclusion,

00:02:43remains the major conflict in the world.

00:02:46It is the catalyst around which the entire international system is being restructured.

00:02:52I ought to say that my visit to Tbilisi has strongly confirmed that impression.

00:03:01So what has been going on over the last 24, 36 hours since my last programme?

00:03:07Well, I'm going to suggest that these have been critically important hours.

00:03:12And in fact, they confirm something which a number of people, Ray McGovern, for example, has hinted at or openly discussed,

00:03:25which is that whatever success it may have achieved in terms of physical destruction of Russian aircraft,

00:03:36and the more information I'm getting, the more confirmed I am becoming, that that destruction was very limited.

00:03:45But whatever material success the attack on the Russian airfields brought for Ukraine,

00:03:54it has been greatly outweighed by the extremely negative reaction to this operation,

00:04:00which we're starting to see develop in the United States.

00:04:05Now, the first thing to say is that one point I had not appreciated.

00:04:12It has been pointed out by several people to me in private emails.

00:04:18It has also been confirmed both by General Michael Flynn,

00:04:22the former chief of the Defense Intelligence Agency,

00:04:26and the man who in the first weeks of Donald Trump's first term was his national security advisor,

00:04:35and General Blaine Holt in an interview that he has given to American television,

00:04:43and which has been commented upon, by the way, by many, many people.

00:04:48Well, the point I missed is that the requirement to keep strategic bombers visible and parked on runways,

00:05:01airfield runways, is a requirement specifically set out in the START Treaty,

00:05:10which comes up for renewal in a few months.

00:05:14The strategic arms reduction treaty, the only remaining treaty in terms of arms limitation

00:05:24that continues to remain in force between Russia and the United States.

00:05:30And this has caused great dismay in Washington,

00:05:35because, as I said previously, there's been some discussion in the United States

00:05:41about seeking Russian agreement to at least extend the START Treaty.

00:05:47There is now great worry and real concern

00:05:52that the Ukrainians, taking advantage of the provision in the START Treaty,

00:05:58which required the Russians to keep their bombers

00:06:02in plain view on the airfields,

00:06:07that that might have scuppered any chance

00:06:10to renew or extend the START Treaty.

00:06:15The reason for this, the reason for this US concern,

00:06:20is firstly, that Russia, as I have pointed out in several programmes,

00:06:25is actually a bigger nuclear power overall than the United States itself is.

00:06:32It has ongoing programmes to build ballistic, intercontinental ballistic missiles,

00:06:39the Yars and the Sarmat, which are entering service.

00:06:45It has hypersonic glide vehicle warheads

00:06:52that are being deployed on Russian intercontinental ballistic missiles,

00:06:58like the Avant-Garde.

00:06:59It has an active programme to build nuclear-powered ballistic missile submarines

00:07:05of the Borei class, capable of launching Bulaiva sea-launched ballistic missiles,

00:07:12with a range to hit targets in the United States.

00:07:17All of these weapons are more advanced and sophisticated

00:07:21than the analogous weapons that the United States possesses.

00:07:25And more importantly, the Russians currently have active programmes

00:07:30building all of these relatively modern or very modern weapons in quantity,

00:07:37whereas for the moment the United States does not.

00:07:41It does have development programmes for future weapons,

00:07:47but they have not yet reached the production stage.

00:07:51They are still firmly in the development stage,

00:07:55perhaps even the early development stage.

00:07:59Moreover, and contrary to what I said in a recent programme,

00:08:05it seems that the Russians do have advanced development

00:08:10of a new subsonic stealth intercontinental bomber.

00:08:17Now, I've received a lot of information about this from a particular source,

00:08:21who I'm not going to discuss,

00:08:23but this is somebody who is extremely well informed

00:08:27about Russian military developments.

00:08:30Whenever he's provided me with information of this kind,

00:08:34it has invariably turned out to be true.

00:08:37It seems that this bomber has now entered field testing.

00:08:42It is an extremely secret programme,

00:08:45which is why we do not know very much about it in the West,

00:08:49in open sources,

00:08:50though there is no doubt at all,

00:08:52I have no doubt at all,

00:08:54that the US intelligence community is aware of it.

00:08:57And it seems that this bomber,

00:09:00this stealth bomber,

00:09:01is scheduled for entry into production in 2027.

00:09:08So, the Russians are in a much better position

00:09:13to take advantage of any non-renewal of the START Treaty

00:09:19than the United States currently is.

00:09:23Of course, over time,

00:09:26the United States might be able to redress the balance.

00:09:31That was what used to sometimes happen during the Cold War.

00:09:36But now, of course,

00:09:38there is another major third-party actor on the stage,

00:09:44and that is China,

00:09:45which is also busy building its strategic nuclear arsenal.

00:09:52It is building more and more long-range missiles.

00:09:55It is starting to deploy ballistic missile submarines

00:09:59in quantity with sea-launched ballistic missiles.

00:10:04Supposedly, they are not as advanced

00:10:07as those of the United States or of Russia.

00:10:11But there is concern, apparently,

00:10:13in the United States,

00:10:15that the Chinese are increasingly able

00:10:18to access Russian submarine technology,

00:10:23one area where the Russians are in advance of the Chinese.

00:10:27And besides, I have no doubt

00:10:29that the Chinese have development programs of their own.

00:10:33The Chinese also have a stealth bomber

00:10:38under development

00:10:40and apparently about to enter production.

00:10:45And this program is better known and understood globally.

00:10:48And apparently, it is further advanced

00:10:54than the analogous Russian program is.

00:10:58Now, the key point is that for the moment,

00:11:02the United States is able to operate

00:11:07in a situation where Russia observes limits

00:11:13on development of its own strategic arsenal,

00:11:17allowing those American programs

00:11:19that I was talking about to proceed,

00:11:22enabling the United States,

00:11:24if and when the START treaty lapses,

00:11:27to begin production of these new systems.

00:11:31But China is not similarly bound.

00:11:35There is no treaty between the United States and China

00:11:41limiting development of Chinese nuclear weapons.

00:11:46Now, if the START treaty collapses

00:11:50at the end of this year,

00:11:53then the United States could find itself

00:11:55in an arms race

00:11:57against both Russia and China simultaneously

00:12:03at a time when both of these countries

00:12:05are further advanced

00:12:08in their development programs

00:12:10than is the United States itself.

00:12:14So it seems that the Americans

00:12:17are extremely unhappy

00:12:19about this attack

00:12:21that happened on the Russian air bases

00:12:25because they're alarmed

00:12:27at the implications for the START treaty.

00:12:30They're also alarmed

00:12:32by the fact that the Russians,

00:12:34as I have discussed in several programs now,

00:12:37both on this channel

00:12:38and on the Duran,

00:12:40appear to believe

00:12:41that the United States

00:12:42is deeply implicated in these attacks.

00:12:44In other words,

00:12:46that the United States

00:12:47violated in spirit,

00:12:50if not in letter,

00:12:52the START treaty

00:12:53by facilitating an attack

00:12:57on Russia's strategic bomber force,

00:13:00taking advantage

00:13:03of the provisions

00:13:05of the START treaty,

00:13:07which the United States

00:13:08had itself negotiated

00:13:11with the United States,

00:13:13with Russia.

00:13:14So there is growing alarm

00:13:18and anger

00:13:19in the United States

00:13:21as the full implications of this

00:13:23are coming to be understood.

00:13:25I think it is becoming increasingly clear

00:13:28that some top officials

00:13:30in the Pentagon, at least,

00:13:33were not aware

00:13:34that the Ukrainians

00:13:36were planning this operation.

00:13:39And, of course,

00:13:39Donald Trump,

00:13:40regardless of what he knew

00:13:42or didn't know,

00:13:44is now going out of his way

00:13:45to insist

00:13:46that he was not aware

00:13:47of this Ukrainian operation

00:13:49either.

00:13:50Now, the problem is

00:13:52that the Russian suspicion

00:13:54that the Americans

00:13:56at least had some knowledge

00:13:57of this operation

00:13:59is almost certainly true.

00:14:01The Ukrainians have said

00:14:02that it was being planned

00:14:04for 18 months.

00:14:06The United States

00:14:07has a massive presence

00:14:09in Kiev.

00:14:11It has its officials

00:14:12in every branch

00:14:14of Ukraine's

00:14:16sprawling intelligence apparatus.

00:14:18It is inconceivable to me

00:14:21that the Ukrainians

00:14:22could be planning

00:14:22an operation of this kind

00:14:24without somebody

00:14:25in the United States

00:14:26knowing about it

00:14:28and approving it.

00:14:29But there is a further factor

00:14:31to take into account,

00:14:33which is that

00:14:34an attack of this kind

00:14:35almost certainly

00:14:37does depend

00:14:38on at least

00:14:38some degree

00:14:40of satellite intelligence,

00:14:42up-to-date

00:14:43satellite intelligence

00:14:45being provided

00:14:46to Ukraine

00:14:47to enable

00:14:48the Ukrainians

00:14:49to manoeuvre

00:14:50their containers.

00:14:53The containers

00:14:53were the drones

00:14:54that carried out

00:14:55the attack

00:14:56to the correct positions

00:14:58around the correct

00:15:00airfields.

00:15:02Now,

00:15:03the problem

00:15:04with that

00:15:05is that

00:15:06despite

00:15:07various claims,

00:15:09it is extremely

00:15:11unlikely

00:15:12indeed

00:15:13that other

00:15:14NATO countries

00:15:15possess the degree

00:15:16of satellite coverage

00:15:18to enable

00:15:19the Ukrainians

00:15:20to do that

00:15:21other than

00:15:22the United States

00:15:23itself.

00:15:24It could be

00:15:26that the

00:15:27United States

00:15:28has been

00:15:29providing

00:15:30information

00:15:31to some

00:15:32of its

00:15:32NATO allies,

00:15:34Britain,

00:15:35for example,

00:15:36about

00:15:38the positioning

00:15:39of Russian

00:15:40bombers

00:15:41and the

00:15:42British

00:15:43have in turn

00:15:44been providing

00:15:46that information

00:15:47to Ukraine.

00:15:48If that is the

00:15:49case,

00:15:49it would not

00:15:50surprise me

00:15:51at all.

00:15:52During a brief

00:15:53period when

00:15:54Donald Trump

00:15:55interrupted

00:15:57intelligence

00:15:58sharing

00:15:59between the

00:15:59United States

00:16:00and Ukraine,

00:16:02I remember

00:16:04that there

00:16:05were discussions

00:16:06in the

00:16:07British media

00:16:07about doing

00:16:08that very

00:16:09thing,

00:16:10in effect,

00:16:11laundering

00:16:12intelligence

00:16:13provided to

00:16:15Britain by

00:16:15the United

00:16:16States

00:16:16and then

00:16:17supplying it

00:16:18to Ukraine

00:16:19so that it

00:16:20would not

00:16:21seem as if

00:16:22it was the

00:16:22United States

00:16:23itself

00:16:24that was

00:16:25directly

00:16:25supplying

00:16:26that

00:16:27intelligence.

00:16:28The Russians,

00:16:29of course,

00:16:30are not going

00:16:30to be fooled

00:16:31by any

00:16:32of that.

00:16:34The Americans

00:16:34probably would

00:16:36not be fooled

00:16:36by any

00:16:37of that

00:16:38either.

00:16:39Now,

00:16:40here,

00:16:41I want to

00:16:42make clear

00:16:42that far

00:16:43from everybody

00:16:44in the

00:16:45United States

00:16:45is unhappy

00:16:47or upset

00:16:48by this

00:16:49Ukrainian

00:16:50operation.

00:16:51Ukraine

00:16:52still has

00:16:52many supporters

00:16:53in Washington,

00:16:55in the

00:16:55intelligence

00:16:55community,

00:16:57in the

00:16:57Pentagon,

00:16:58in the

00:16:58State

00:16:59Department,

00:16:59in other

00:17:00sections of

00:17:01the

00:17:01Permanent

00:17:01Bureaucracy

00:17:02and no

00:17:03doubt amongst

00:17:04the officials

00:17:05of the

00:17:06administration

00:17:06itself.

00:17:09But

00:17:10enough

00:17:11people in

00:17:12Washington

00:17:13are concerned

00:17:15and angry

00:17:16about what

00:17:17happened

00:17:18to cause

00:17:19at least

00:17:21a temporary

00:17:22shift

00:17:22in the

00:17:24mood in

00:17:25Washington,

00:17:26one that

00:17:27has been

00:17:28that has

00:17:30gone

00:17:30against

00:17:32Ukraine.

00:17:33And we

00:17:33see this

00:17:34reflected in

00:17:36the various

00:17:36comments of

00:17:37President Trump

00:17:38himself and

00:17:40of his

00:17:40officials.

00:17:41If we come

00:17:42back to

00:17:42Trump,

00:17:43he has

00:17:43spoken about

00:17:45how the

00:17:45bone-crushing

00:17:48sanctions

00:17:49that were

00:17:50proposed

00:17:51by

00:17:53Lindsey

00:17:54Graham

00:17:54are too

00:17:56tough.

00:17:57He's also

00:17:59made comments

00:18:00about the

00:18:01fact that he

00:18:01considers that

00:18:03the Ukrainian

00:18:03attack on the

00:18:04airbases,

00:18:05the Russian

00:18:06airbases,

00:18:07would enable

00:18:10the Russians

00:18:10to carry out

00:18:12their own

00:18:12strikes,

00:18:13justified the

00:18:14Russians in

00:18:14carrying their

00:18:15own retaliatory

00:18:16strikes against

00:18:18Ukraine,

00:18:20something which

00:18:21Trump said he

00:18:22was extremely

00:18:23unhappy about,

00:18:25which is

00:18:25close to

00:18:26Trump

00:18:26saying

00:18:30that the

00:18:31Ukrainians

00:18:32are responsible

00:18:34for any

00:18:35future strikes

00:18:36that the

00:18:37Russians make

00:18:38against them,

00:18:40that the

00:18:41Ukrainians have

00:18:42brought these

00:18:43strikes upon

00:18:44themselves,

00:18:45a very

00:18:47significant

00:18:47change in

00:18:49rhetoric,

00:18:50including from

00:18:51Donald Trump

00:18:52himself,

00:18:53just saying,

00:18:55but that's the

00:18:56most interesting

00:18:56sign,

00:18:58indicator,

00:18:59that things

00:19:00are changing,

00:19:01is that for

00:19:02the first time,

00:19:04according to the

00:19:04Wall Street

00:19:05Journal,

00:19:06there are now

00:19:07comments,

00:19:09apparently,

00:19:09there's now

00:19:10some element

00:19:11of pushback

00:19:12by the

00:19:13administration

00:19:14against

00:19:15Lindsey Graham

00:19:15and some

00:19:17attempt to

00:19:17try to get

00:19:18Lindsey Graham

00:19:20himself and

00:19:22the Republican

00:19:23senators in

00:19:25the Senate to

00:19:26pull back

00:19:26from the

00:19:28sanctions bill

00:19:29that they have

00:19:30been discussing

00:19:32and thinking

00:19:33about.

00:19:34According to

00:19:35the Wall Street

00:19:35Journal,

00:19:37members of

00:19:38the White

00:19:39House,

00:19:39officials of

00:19:40the White

00:19:40House,

00:19:41have been in

00:19:42what is called

00:19:42informal contact

00:19:44with Lindsey

00:19:45Graham.

00:19:45I wonder what

00:19:46the word

00:19:46informal contact

00:19:48means, by the

00:19:48way.

00:19:49I mean, what

00:19:50does it mean

00:19:50exactly?

00:19:51I mean, are

00:19:52they speaking

00:19:53to him on

00:19:54the telephone,

00:19:55or are they

00:19:56sending him

00:19:56emails as

00:19:57opposed to

00:19:58meeting him,

00:19:59or is it

00:20:00that he's not

00:20:01meeting Donald

00:20:02Trump himself?

00:20:04Anyway, I'm

00:20:05not going to

00:20:06worry about

00:20:07that.

00:20:07But anyway,

00:20:08it seems that

00:20:08they are in

00:20:09touch with

00:20:10Lindsey Graham

00:20:11and they're

00:20:11telling him

00:20:12that, look,

00:20:12this really

00:20:13isn't a good

00:20:14idea.

00:20:15The time has

00:20:15come for you

00:20:16to actually

00:20:17water down

00:20:17your sanctions.

00:20:19They're

00:20:19suggesting,

00:20:20apparently,

00:20:21that instead

00:20:21of the

00:20:22sanctions being

00:20:23made mandatory

00:20:24on the

00:20:25president,

00:20:26if the

00:20:28legislation

00:20:29is enacted,

00:20:31they should

00:20:32be made

00:20:32optional,

00:20:34that the

00:20:34president can

00:20:35impose

00:20:36500%

00:20:38tariffs on

00:20:39countries like

00:20:40China and

00:20:41India if

00:20:43they decide

00:20:46to go on

00:20:46importing

00:20:47Russian energy

00:20:49products,

00:20:50as opposed

00:20:51to the

00:20:53sanctions

00:20:55being

00:20:58automatically

00:20:59in effect,

00:21:02whether the

00:21:03president wants

00:21:04them to

00:21:05come into

00:21:05effect or

00:21:07not.

00:21:08And apparently

00:21:08these people

00:21:09who are

00:21:10informally

00:21:12talking to

00:21:14Lindsey Graham

00:21:15are saying

00:21:16something that,

00:21:17by the way,

00:21:17Alex Christoforo

00:21:18and I have

00:21:19been talking

00:21:20about in a

00:21:21recent programme

00:21:22which we did

00:21:23on the

00:21:23Duran,

00:21:24which is that

00:21:25it is the

00:21:25president of

00:21:26the United

00:21:26States who

00:21:27makes foreign

00:21:28policy and

00:21:28who makes

00:21:29foreign policy

00:21:30decisions,

00:21:31and it

00:21:32really isn't

00:21:32proper or

00:21:33appropriate for

00:21:34Congress to

00:21:36tie down his

00:21:37hands by

00:21:38passing a

00:21:38sanctions bill

00:21:39like the

00:21:40one that

00:21:40Lindsey Graham

00:21:41is proposing

00:21:42which will

00:21:44force

00:21:46sanctions

00:21:47to be

00:21:49imposed,

00:21:50in practice

00:21:51tariffs to

00:21:53be imposed

00:21:54against

00:21:55China and

00:21:57India,

00:21:58regardless of

00:21:59whether the

00:21:59president supports

00:22:01that or

00:22:01not.

00:22:02For the

00:22:03record, I

00:22:04think this

00:22:05point is

00:22:05absolutely

00:22:06valid.

00:22:07I think

00:22:07this bone

00:22:09crushing

00:22:10sanctions

00:22:10bill in

00:22:12its existing

00:22:13form almost

00:22:14certainly does

00:22:16encroach upon

00:22:17the president's

00:22:19constitutional

00:22:20prerogatives.

00:22:21I thought the

00:22:22same, by the

00:22:23way, about

00:22:23the CAATSA

00:22:24bill, the

00:22:25Combating

00:22:26American Enemies

00:22:28Act, or

00:22:28whatever it was

00:22:28called, that

00:22:29was passed

00:22:30during Donald

00:22:31Trump's first

00:22:31term, which

00:22:33he signed

00:22:33into law

00:22:34but made

00:22:35clear that

00:22:35he objected

00:22:37to.

00:22:38I think that

00:22:39quite plausibly

00:22:40at some

00:22:41point, if

00:22:42Lindsey Graham's

00:22:43bill is

00:22:45brought into

00:22:45a law in

00:22:46its existing

00:22:47form, it

00:22:48and CAATSA

00:22:49will go to

00:22:51the Supreme

00:22:51Court of the

00:22:52United States,

00:22:53and I would

00:22:54not be in the

00:22:55least bit

00:22:55surprised if

00:22:57the Supreme

00:22:57Court were

00:22:58to decide

00:22:59that these

00:22:59bills, these

00:23:00acts, were

00:23:01actually

00:23:02unconstitutional

00:23:03because they

00:23:04were restricting

00:23:05the president's

00:23:06ability to

00:23:07conduct the

00:23:08foreign policy

00:23:08of the United

00:23:10States.

00:23:10Just saying.

00:23:12But anyway,

00:23:13probably it

00:23:15won't come to

00:23:16that.

00:23:17I suspect

00:23:17that if

00:23:19Republican

00:23:20senators start

00:23:21to get wind

00:23:21of the fact

00:23:22that Donald

00:23:23Trump is

00:23:24not happy

00:23:24with his

00:23:25sanctions

00:23:25bill, they

00:23:26too will

00:23:27start to

00:23:27turn up at

00:23:28Lindsey Graham's

00:23:29door and

00:23:30will tell him

00:23:30that he's got

00:23:31to water

00:23:31down the

00:23:31sanctions,

00:23:32that the

00:23:33sanctions go

00:23:33too far,

00:23:35that the

00:23:36president almost

00:23:38certainly is

00:23:39right, and

00:23:40that of course

00:23:41the president

00:23:41has the

00:23:42ability to

00:23:44stop the

00:23:45bill anyway

00:23:46in its

00:23:46tracks by

00:23:48getting the

00:23:49Speaker of the

00:23:50House,

00:23:50Speaker Johnson

00:23:52to refuse to

00:23:53put it to

00:23:54the House,

00:23:55which will

00:23:55in effect

00:23:56kill the

00:23:56bill.

00:23:57So I

00:23:58think that

00:23:58they will

00:23:59tell Lindsey

00:23:59Graham to

00:24:00agree to

00:24:01what Trump

00:24:02is asking

00:24:03for, in

00:24:05which case

00:24:06we will

00:24:07get a

00:24:08bill which

00:24:10does nothing

00:24:10more than

00:24:12what presidents

00:24:13of the United

00:24:13States have

00:24:15already been

00:24:16doing.

00:24:17Presidents

00:24:17of the United

00:24:18States have

00:24:20been able

00:24:20to impose

00:24:22sanctions on

00:24:23countries by

00:24:24executive order.

00:24:26Presidents

00:24:27like Donald

00:24:28Trump, or

00:24:28at least this

00:24:29president,

00:24:29Donald Trump,

00:24:30has imposed

00:24:31tariffs on

00:24:33various countries

00:24:34by executive

00:24:35order.

00:24:37This will

00:24:37simply be

00:24:38another bill

00:24:39which confirms

00:24:40that he has

00:24:41those powers.

00:24:42It will not

00:24:43add anything

00:24:44to the

00:24:45existing powers

00:24:46that the

00:24:47president

00:24:47already

00:24:48possesses

00:24:49or claims.

00:24:51Anyway,

00:24:52that's how

00:24:53it seems

00:24:54to me.

00:24:54The key

00:24:55thing is

00:24:55that Donald

00:24:57Trump

00:24:57apparently

00:24:58is capitalized.

00:25:01I don't think

00:25:01he's ever

00:25:02been keen

00:25:02on this bill

00:25:03at all,

00:25:04but he's

00:25:05capitalizing

00:25:06on the

00:25:07alarm

00:25:07that

00:25:09has been

00:25:10caused

00:25:11in the

00:25:12United

00:25:12States

00:25:13by this

00:25:14attack

00:25:15on the

00:25:16Russian

00:25:16airfields

00:25:17in order

00:25:18to

00:25:18probably

00:25:21either

00:25:22kill

00:25:23or

00:25:24neuter

00:25:25this

00:25:26Lindsey Graham

00:25:27sanctions

00:25:28bill

00:25:29which

00:25:30Donald

00:25:31Trump

00:25:31isn't

00:25:33keen

00:25:33on having

00:25:35brought

00:25:35into law

00:25:36but has

00:25:38for some

00:25:39unaccountable

00:25:40reason

00:25:40been

00:25:41reluctant

00:25:42to

00:25:43openly

00:25:44oppose.

00:25:45Now,

00:25:46I say

00:25:46all of

00:25:46this,

00:25:47of course,

00:25:48the situation

00:25:48in Washington

00:25:50can change

00:25:50from one

00:25:51day to

00:25:52the next,

00:25:53from one

00:25:53hour to

00:25:54the next.

00:25:55It could

00:25:55be that

00:25:55something

00:25:56will happen

00:25:56over the

00:25:57next couple

00:25:58of hours

00:25:58which will

00:25:59cause

00:25:59the whole

00:26:00situation

00:26:00to change

00:26:01again

00:26:01and we

00:26:02might

00:26:03indeed

00:26:03get

00:26:03Lindsey

00:26:05Graham's

00:26:06bone

00:26:08crunching

00:26:09sanctions

00:26:09bill

00:26:10through

00:26:10Congress

00:26:10and signed

00:26:11into law

00:26:12by the

00:26:12President

00:26:13and the

00:26:13500%

00:26:14tariffs

00:26:15imposed

00:26:16on China

00:26:16and India

00:26:17by the

00:26:18way

00:26:18and

00:26:19probably

00:26:20Turkey

00:26:21too.

00:26:22It will

00:26:23be very

00:26:23interesting

00:26:23to see

00:26:24what the

00:26:24economic

00:26:25consequences

00:26:26of that

00:26:26will be

00:26:27on the

00:26:27United

00:26:28States

00:26:29itself

00:26:30just

00:26:30saying

00:26:31the

00:26:32head

00:26:33of the

00:26:34industrialists

00:26:35union

00:26:36in Russia

00:26:37Alexander

00:26:37Shorhin

00:26:38who is

00:26:40the head

00:26:41of what

00:26:41is effectively

00:26:43Russia's

00:26:44biggest

00:26:44employers

00:26:45organization.

00:26:47He's

00:26:48actually come

00:26:48out and

00:26:49made some

00:26:49comments

00:26:49about what

00:26:50might happen

00:26:51if this

00:26:51bill were

00:26:52brought into

00:26:53effect

00:26:53and if

00:26:55sanctions

00:26:56like that

00:26:56really were

00:26:58imposed

00:26:58and were

00:27:00effective

00:27:01in other

00:27:02words

00:27:02China

00:27:03and India

00:27:04did indeed

00:27:05decide

00:27:05that they

00:27:06would no

00:27:06longer

00:27:07continue

00:27:07to import

00:27:08Russian

00:27:09oil

00:27:09and gas

00:27:10something

00:27:11which I

00:27:12don't for

00:27:12a moment

00:27:12believe

00:27:13but

00:27:14Shorhin

00:27:14appears

00:27:16to think

00:27:16that in

00:27:18spite of

00:27:19that

00:27:19and

00:27:20regardless

00:27:21of that

00:27:22after

00:27:23a short

00:27:25period

00:27:25of

00:27:26volatility

00:27:27the

00:27:29situation

00:27:29in the

00:27:30Russian

00:27:30economy

00:27:30would

00:27:31stabilize

00:27:31and that

00:27:33Russia

00:27:33would be

00:27:33able to

00:27:34resume

00:27:34growth

00:27:35and would

00:27:36achieve

00:27:362%

00:27:37growth

00:27:38within the

00:27:39next year

00:27:40or so

00:27:40and then

00:27:41start to

00:27:42see its

00:27:42growth

00:27:42increase

00:27:43thereafter

00:27:44beyond

00:27:45that

00:27:46just saying

00:27:47and that

00:27:48does appear

00:27:49to be the

00:27:49mood

00:27:50in Moscow

00:27:51Shorhin

00:27:52had a lot

00:27:52more to

00:27:52say

00:27:53incidentally

00:27:53he was

00:27:53making

00:27:55his

00:27:55comments

00:27:55on the

00:27:57eve of

00:27:57an

00:27:57interest

00:27:58rate

00:27:58decision

00:27:59in

00:27:59Moscow

00:28:00which

00:28:00I'm

00:28:00going

00:28:00to

00:28:01come

00:28:01to

00:28:01shortly

00:28:01in

00:28:02this

00:28:02programme

00:28:02and I

00:28:03will

00:28:04return

00:28:04to him

00:28:04later

00:28:05in

00:28:06this

00:28:06programme

00:28:07but

00:28:07anyway

00:28:08it is

00:28:08possible

00:28:09that

00:28:10despite

00:28:10these

00:28:11latest

00:28:11moves

00:28:12being

00:28:12made

00:28:12by the

00:28:13White

00:28:13House

00:28:13to

00:28:14either

00:28:14kill

00:28:15or

00:28:16neuter

00:28:16Lindsey

00:28:17Graham's

00:28:17bill

00:28:18that it

00:28:19might still

00:28:20come into

00:28:21law

00:28:21in its

00:28:22existing

00:28:22form

00:28:23it

00:28:24might

00:28:24be

00:28:25that

00:28:25as I

00:28:25said

00:28:25the

00:28:26Russians

00:28:26do

00:28:26something

00:28:27that

00:28:27changes

00:28:28the

00:28:28entire

00:28:28situation

00:28:29in

00:28:31Washington

00:28:32again

00:28:33who knows

00:28:34but

00:28:35that

00:28:36at least

00:28:37for the

00:28:37moment

00:28:38does

00:28:38appear to

00:28:39be the

00:28:39decision

00:28:39the

00:28:40situation

00:28:41it

00:28:41seems

00:28:42as I

00:28:42said

00:28:42that the

00:28:43Americans

00:28:44or at

00:28:45least

00:28:45some

00:28:46people

00:28:46in the

00:28:47United

00:28:47States

00:28:48some

00:28:48of the

00:28:49more

00:28:49important

00:28:49people

00:28:50in the

00:28:51United

00:28:51States

00:28:51have

00:28:52indeed

00:28:53been

00:28:53angered

00:28:54by this

00:28:55decision

00:28:56that the

00:28:57Ukrainians

00:28:57took

00:28:58in

00:29:00launching

00:29:00these

00:29:00attacks

00:29:01on the

00:29:02Russian

00:29:02airfields

00:29:04now

00:29:04here

00:29:05I ought

00:29:07to say

00:29:07something

00:29:07about

00:29:08the

00:29:09Ukrainian

00:29:09reaction

00:29:10to all

00:29:10these

00:29:11pressures

00:29:13and

00:29:14alarms

00:29:15and

00:29:15concerns

00:29:16firstly

00:29:17the

00:29:17Ukrainians

00:29:18continue

00:29:18to

00:29:19insist

00:29:19that

00:29:20so

00:29:20long

00:29:20as

00:29:20the

00:29:20war

00:29:21against

00:29:21them

00:29:21continues

00:29:22they

00:29:23will

00:29:23strike

00:29:23the

00:29:23Russian

00:29:24military

00:29:24anywhere

00:29:25and

00:29:25anywhere

00:29:26that

00:29:26they

00:29:26can

00:29:27they

00:29:28don't

00:29:28care

00:29:28about

00:29:30START

00:29:30treaties

00:29:31about

00:29:31the

00:29:32relationship

00:29:32between

00:29:33the

00:29:33United

00:29:33States

00:29:34and

00:29:34Russia

00:29:34about

00:29:36the

00:29:36nuclear

00:29:38balance

00:29:39these

00:29:40things

00:29:41are

00:29:42of

00:29:43no

00:29:43interest

00:29:44to

00:29:45them

00:29:45well

00:29:46up

00:29:47to

00:29:47a

00:29:47certain

00:29:48point

00:29:48you

00:29:49can

00:29:50understand

00:29:50that

00:29:51but

00:29:52the

00:29:52fact

00:29:52that

00:29:52the

00:29:52Ukrainians

00:29:53are

00:29:53making

00:29:54comments

00:29:55like

00:29:55this

00:29:55ought

00:29:56to

00:29:57again

00:29:58underline

00:30:00for

00:30:01policy

00:30:01makers

00:30:02in the

00:30:02United

00:30:03States

00:30:03what

00:30:05an

00:30:05impossible

00:30:06ally

00:30:08or

00:30:09proxy

00:30:10the

00:30:10United

00:30:11States

00:30:11has

00:30:12adopted

00:30:12in

00:30:13the

00:30:13form

00:30:14of

00:30:14Ukraine

00:30:15Ukraine

00:30:16incessantly

00:30:18demands

00:30:19unending

00:30:20flows

00:30:21of

00:30:22American

00:30:22weapons

00:30:23unending

00:30:25flows

00:30:26of

00:30:26American

00:30:27money

00:30:27it

00:30:28demands

00:30:29more and

00:30:29more

00:30:30sanctions

00:30:30on

00:30:31Russia

00:30:31from the

00:30:32United

00:30:32States

00:30:33it

00:30:34supports

00:30:34tariffs

00:30:35imposed

00:30:36by the

00:30:36United

00:30:36States

00:30:37on

00:30:38countries

00:30:38like

00:30:39China

00:30:40which

00:30:41trade

00:30:41with

00:30:42Russia

00:30:42it

00:30:43never

00:30:44in

00:30:44any

00:30:45way

00:30:45reduces

00:30:46its

00:30:47demands

00:30:48on

00:30:49the

00:30:49United

00:30:49States

00:30:50but

00:30:51it

00:30:52pays

00:30:53no

00:30:54heed

00:30:54at

00:30:55all

00:30:55to

00:30:56Russia

00:30:56to

00:30:57America's

00:30:58to the

00:30:58United

00:30:58States

00:30:59greater

00:31:00geostrategic

00:31:02interests

00:31:03or security

00:31:05concerns

00:31:06now I

00:31:07have spoken

00:31:08about this

00:31:08many

00:31:09many times

00:31:10but it

00:31:11has always

00:31:12seen to me

00:31:13that this

00:31:13is an

00:31:13incredibly

00:31:14unbalanced

00:31:15relationship

00:31:16one in which

00:31:18the tail

00:31:18clearly

00:31:19wags

00:31:20the dog

00:31:21and

00:31:22it

00:31:23has

00:31:23always

00:31:24astonished

00:31:25me

00:31:25that so

00:31:26many

00:31:27people

00:31:27in the

00:31:27United

00:31:28States

00:31:28and

00:31:29by the

00:31:30way

00:31:30the

00:31:31entirety

00:31:32of the

00:31:33Biden

00:31:33administration

00:31:34seems

00:31:35to be

00:31:36so willing

00:31:37to go

00:31:38along

00:31:38with it

00:31:39now

00:31:39according

00:31:40to media

00:31:40reports

00:31:41Donald

00:31:42Trump

00:31:42himself

00:31:43has a

00:31:45different

00:31:45perspective

00:31:46he sees

00:31:48Ukraine

00:31:48as a

00:31:49problem

00:31:49he doesn't

00:31:50much like

00:31:51President

00:31:51Zelensky

00:31:52he remains

00:31:53keen to

00:31:54improve

00:31:54relations

00:31:55with

00:31:56Russia

00:31:56he sees

00:31:57trade

00:31:58as more

00:31:59important

00:31:59for the

00:31:59United

00:32:00States

00:32:00than this

00:32:01complex

00:32:02geopolitical

00:32:04conflict

00:32:05that is

00:32:05playing out

00:32:06in Ukraine

00:32:07he has

00:32:09an entirely

00:32:09different

00:32:10view

00:32:10and an

00:32:11entirely

00:32:11different

00:32:12perspective

00:32:12but

00:32:14assuming

00:32:15that that

00:32:16is correct

00:32:16it remains

00:32:18astonishing

00:32:18to me

00:32:19that there

00:32:20are so

00:32:20many people

00:32:21in

00:32:21Washington

00:32:22who continue

00:32:23to think

00:32:24otherwise

00:32:24who are

00:32:25happy to

00:32:26go along

00:32:26and indeed

00:32:27probably

00:32:28materially

00:32:28assist

00:32:29the

00:32:29Ukrainians

00:32:30with these

00:32:31madcap

00:32:32plans

00:32:33plans which

00:32:34to repeat

00:32:34again

00:32:34have done

00:32:35a limited

00:32:36amount of

00:32:37damage

00:32:37to Russia's

00:32:38strategic

00:32:39bombing

00:32:40forces

00:32:40but nowhere

00:32:41near as much

00:32:42damage

00:32:42as was

00:32:43initially

00:32:43reported

00:32:44but

00:32:46attacks

00:32:47which

00:32:47as I

00:32:48said

00:32:48could

00:32:49conceivably

00:32:49impact

00:32:50on

00:32:51America's

00:32:52own

00:32:52vital

00:32:53interests

00:32:54and they

00:32:55don't seem

00:32:56to care

00:32:56about that

00:32:57defeating

00:32:58Russia

00:32:58something

00:32:59which

00:32:59everybody

00:33:00now

00:33:00basically

00:33:02acknowledges

00:33:03is impossible

00:33:04continues

00:33:05to be

00:33:06something

00:33:07that they

00:33:07remain

00:33:08committed

00:33:08to

00:33:09even

00:33:10despite

00:33:11all the

00:33:12incredible

00:33:13risks

00:33:14that that

00:33:15brings in

00:33:15its way

00:33:16as I

00:33:16said

00:33:17it is

00:33:17astonishing

00:33:17to me

00:33:18barely

00:33:19explicable

00:33:20but there

00:33:21it is

00:33:22anyway

00:33:22that's

00:33:23one thing

00:33:24I wanted

00:33:26to say

00:33:26the other

00:33:27thing is

00:33:28I want

00:33:28to just

00:33:29say

00:33:29one last

00:33:31thing

00:33:31about

00:33:33the

00:33:34attack

00:33:36one of

00:33:37the

00:33:37claims

00:33:38that the

00:33:39Ukrainians

00:33:40made

00:33:40about

00:33:41the

00:33:42attack

00:33:42is

00:33:43that

00:33:43they

00:33:44not

00:33:44only

00:33:45damaged

00:33:46and

00:33:46destroyed

00:33:47various

00:33:48Russian

00:33:49bombers

00:33:49and to

00:33:50repeat

00:33:50again

00:33:50Sergei

00:33:51Yavkov

00:33:52the Russian

00:33:52Deputy

00:33:53Foreign

00:33:54Minister

00:33:54is

00:33:54claiming

00:33:55that

00:33:55no

00:33:55bombers

00:33:55were

00:33:56in fact

00:33:56destroyed

00:33:57that

00:33:57they

00:33:58can

00:33:58all

00:33:58be

00:33:58repaired

00:33:59he

00:33:59may

00:33:59be

00:33:59right

00:34:00he

00:34:00may

00:34:00be

00:34:01wrong

00:34:01I

00:34:01don't

00:34:02know

00:34:02satellite

00:34:03information

00:34:04suggests

00:34:04that

00:34:05the

00:34:05actual

00:34:05number

00:34:06of

00:34:06bombers

00:34:07destroyed

00:34:07is

00:34:07probably

00:34:08closer

00:34:08to

00:34:09say

00:34:10three

00:34:10or

00:34:10five

00:34:11or

00:34:11that

00:34:11kind

00:34:12of

00:34:12number

00:34:12than

00:34:13the

00:34:1310

00:34:14or

00:34:1420

00:34:14or

00:34:1430

00:34:15or

00:34:1540

00:34:15that

00:34:16some

00:34:16are

00:34:16saying

00:34:16again

00:34:17I'm

00:34:17not

00:34:17going

00:34:17to

00:34:18get

00:34:18into

00:34:18a

00:34:19discussion

00:34:19about

00:34:19numbers

00:34:20of

00:34:20bombers

00:34:21I

00:34:21can't

00:34:22myself

00:34:22make

00:34:23sense

00:34:23of

00:34:23the

00:34:24satellite

00:34:24photos

00:34:25but

00:34:25one

00:34:25thing

00:34:26I

00:34:26can

00:34:26say

00:34:26which

00:34:27is

00:34:27that

00:34:27the

00:34:27Ukrainians

00:34:27also

00:34:28claimed

00:34:28that

00:34:29they

00:34:30managed

00:34:30to

00:34:30destroy

00:34:31a

00:34:32number

00:34:32of

00:34:33A-50

00:34:34AWACS

00:34:35aircraft

00:34:36of

00:34:36which

00:34:36the

00:34:37Russians

00:34:37indeed

00:34:37have

00:34:39only

00:34:40a

00:34:40limited

00:34:41supply

00:34:41it

00:34:43turns

00:34:43out

00:34:44that

00:34:44they

00:34:44did

00:34:45do

00:34:46some

00:34:46damage

00:34:47to

00:34:48some

00:34:48A-50

00:34:49AWACS

00:34:50aircraft

00:34:51we

00:34:52have

00:34:52the

00:34:52satellite

00:34:52photos

00:34:53but

00:34:54they

00:34:54don't

00:34:54seem

00:34:55to

00:34:55realise

00:34:55that

00:34:55the

00:34:56A-50

00:34:57AWACS

00:34:58aircraft

00:34:59that

00:34:59they

00:34:59damaged

00:35:00are

00:35:00actually

00:35:01out

00:35:01of

00:35:01service

00:35:02their

00:35:03old

00:35:03models

00:35:04left

00:35:04over

00:35:04from

00:35:04the

00:35:05Soviet

00:35:05period

00:35:06it

00:35:07seems

00:35:07that

00:35:07they

00:35:07have

00:35:07not

00:35:08been

00:35:09in

00:35:09operation

00:35:09they

00:35:10were

00:35:11probably

00:35:11being

00:35:11used

00:35:12to

00:35:12provide

00:35:13spare

00:35:13parts

00:35:14to

00:35:14the

00:35:15existing

00:35:15A-50

00:35:17AWACS

00:35:18fleet

00:35:19they

00:35:19were

00:35:19non

00:35:20operational

00:35:20so

00:35:22anyway

00:35:22that's

00:35:23all

00:35:23I'm

00:35:23going

00:35:24to

00:35:24say

00:35:24I'm

00:35:24not

00:35:25going

00:35:25to

00:35:25say

00:35:25more

00:35:25but

00:35:26on

00:35:26this

00:35:27last

00:35:28point

00:35:28it

00:35:29does

00:35:29seem

00:35:29that

00:35:29the

00:35:30satellite

00:35:31evidence

00:35:31seen

00:35:32and examined

00:35:33by

00:35:33others

00:35:33not

00:35:34by

00:35:35me

00:35:35is

00:35:35pretty

00:35:36conclusive

00:35:36anyway

00:35:37that's

00:35:38what I

00:35:38wanted

00:35:38to

00:35:39say

00:35:39about

00:35:40all

00:35:40of

00:35:40these

00:35:40developments

00:35:41now

00:35:42now

00:35:42the

00:35:43Ukrainians

00:35:43are

00:35:44not

00:35:44only

00:35:44refusing

00:35:45to

00:35:46promise

00:35:48not to

00:35:49carry out

00:35:50further

00:35:50attacks

00:35:51of this

00:35:52kind

00:35:52in the

00:35:53future

00:35:54but

00:35:56they're

00:35:56also

00:35:56making

00:35:57all

00:35:58sorts

00:35:58of

00:35:58other

00:35:59really

00:36:01rather

00:36:02extraordinary

00:36:03steps

00:36:03consistent

00:36:05with

00:36:06Zelensky's

00:36:07comments

00:36:08of three

00:36:09days ago

00:36:10that

00:36:11the

00:36:11meeting

00:36:12the

00:36:13last

00:36:14meeting

00:36:14the

00:36:14meeting

00:36:14on the

00:36:151st

00:36:15of

00:36:15June

00:36:16in

00:36:17Istanbul

00:36:17had

00:36:18been

00:36:18a

00:36:18failure

00:36:19that

00:36:19the

00:36:20Russian

00:36:20memorandum

00:36:21was

00:36:21completely

00:36:21unacceptable

00:36:23and

00:36:24that

00:36:24the

00:36:24Istanbul

00:36:25process

00:36:26needs

00:36:27to be

00:36:27abandoned

00:36:28the

00:36:29one

00:36:29thing

00:36:30that

00:36:30did

00:36:30come

00:36:30out

00:36:30of

00:36:31the

00:36:31Istanbul

00:36:31talks

00:36:32on

00:36:32the

00:36:321st

00:36:33of

00:36:33June

00:36:33was

00:36:33an

00:36:34agreement

00:36:34that

00:36:35there

00:36:35would

00:36:35be

00:36:35a

00:36:35further

00:36:35prisoner

00:36:36exchange

00:36:37and

00:36:38that

00:36:38the

00:36:38Russians

00:36:38said

00:36:42that

00:36:43they

00:36:43would

00:36:44hand

00:36:44over

00:36:44to

00:36:45the

00:36:45Ukrainians

00:36:46the

00:36:46bodies

00:36:46of

00:36:476,000

00:36:48Ukrainian

00:36:49soldiers

00:36:49who had

00:36:50been

00:36:50killed

00:36:50and

00:36:51whose

00:36:52remains

00:36:53were held

00:36:54in cold

00:36:55storage

00:36:56in

00:36:56Russia

00:36:57now

00:36:58it

00:36:58turns

00:36:59out

00:36:59that

00:37:00these

00:37:016,000

00:37:02troops

00:37:02Ukrainian

00:37:03troops

00:37:04were

00:37:05collected

00:37:06by the

00:37:06Russians

00:37:07in

00:37:07Korsk

00:37:08region

00:37:08after

00:37:09the

00:37:10Russians

00:37:11drove

00:37:11the

00:37:12Ukrainians

00:37:13out

00:37:13of

00:37:13Korsk

00:37:14region

00:37:14or at

00:37:14least

00:37:14that

00:37:15is

00:37:15what

00:37:15Russian

00:37:16media

00:37:17comments

00:37:18are

00:37:18claiming

00:37:19obviously

00:37:20I

00:37:21cannot

00:37:22corroborate

00:37:23this

00:37:23but

00:37:24if that

00:37:24is

00:37:24true

00:37:25then

00:37:26that

00:37:26gives

00:37:26us

00:37:26some

00:37:27sense

00:37:27of

00:37:28the

00:37:29scale

00:37:29of

00:37:29the

00:37:29losses

00:37:30that

00:37:31the

00:37:31Ukrainians

00:37:32suffered

00:37:32I

00:37:33am

00:37:34guessing

00:37:34during

00:37:35the

00:37:36last

00:37:36stages

00:37:37of

00:37:38the

00:37:38Russian

00:37:38offensive

00:37:39in

00:37:40Korsk

00:37:40region

00:37:40in

00:37:41February

00:37:42and

00:37:42March

00:37:43of

00:37:43this

00:37:44year

00:37:44when

00:37:45I

00:37:45am

00:37:46going

00:37:46to

00:37:46guess

00:37:47that

00:37:48a

00:37:48majority

00:37:49of

00:37:49these

00:37:50Ukrainian

00:37:50soldiers

00:37:51were

00:37:51killed

00:37:52now

00:37:53Zelensky

00:37:53obviously

00:37:54made a

00:37:56big

00:37:56play

00:37:57of

00:37:58the

00:37:58Korsk

00:37:59operation

00:37:59back in

00:38:00August

00:38:01of last

00:38:01year

00:38:02his

00:38:03prestige

00:38:03was heavily

00:38:04bound up

00:38:05by this

00:38:06operation

00:38:07he probably

00:38:09does not

00:38:10want to

00:38:10acknowledge

00:38:10the extent

00:38:12of

00:38:13Ukrainian

00:38:14losses

00:38:14in this

00:38:15operation

00:38:16and

00:38:18for that

00:38:18reason

00:38:19and

00:38:19also

00:38:20in

00:38:21light

00:38:21of

00:38:22the

00:38:22fact

00:38:22that

00:38:23apparently

00:38:24families

00:38:25of

00:38:26Ukrainian

00:38:27servicemen

00:38:27who were

00:38:28killed

00:38:28would

00:38:29have

00:38:30to

00:38:30would

00:38:30be

00:38:31entitled

00:38:31to

00:38:32receive

00:38:32compensation

00:38:33and it

00:38:34seems

00:38:35that the

00:38:35Ukrainians

00:38:35therefore

00:38:36given the

00:38:38enormous

00:38:38cost

00:38:39to their

00:38:40already

00:38:40overstrained

00:38:44budget

00:38:45in

00:38:45proud

00:38:46by the

00:38:46way

00:38:47on

00:38:47his

00:38:47blog

00:38:48the

00:38:48peacemonger

00:38:49is the

00:38:50best

00:38:50person

00:38:50to go

00:38:51to

00:38:51for

00:38:51a

00:38:52discussion

00:38:52of

00:38:53the

00:38:53current

00:38:53economic

00:38:54situation

00:38:55in

00:38:55Ukraine

00:38:56and

00:38:57the

00:38:57fact

00:38:57that

00:38:58Ukraine

00:38:58is

00:38:58to

00:38:58all

00:38:59intents

00:38:59and

00:38:59purposes

00:38:59a

00:39:00bankrupt

00:39:01country

00:39:01anyway

00:39:02the

00:39:02Ukrainians

00:39:03probably

00:39:05cannot

00:39:05afford

00:39:05to pay

00:39:06that

00:39:06compensation

00:39:07anyway

00:39:08which

00:39:09is

00:39:09perhaps

00:39:10one

00:39:11reason

00:39:11why

00:39:12they

00:39:12systematically

00:39:13downplay

00:39:14the

00:39:14scale

00:39:14of their

00:39:15losses

00:39:15and

00:39:16apparently

00:39:17inform

00:39:18the

00:39:20families

00:39:21of

00:39:23soldiers

00:39:24who may

00:39:25have been

00:39:25killed

00:39:25in the

00:39:26war

00:39:26that

00:39:27they're

00:39:27missing

00:39:27in

00:39:28action

00:39:28rather

00:39:29than

00:39:29dead

00:39:29just

00:39:30saying

00:39:30that

00:39:31at least

00:39:31is what

00:39:32I have

00:39:32heard

00:39:32it seems

00:39:34plausible

00:39:34to me

00:39:35I cannot

00:39:36confirm

00:39:37it

00:39:37anyway

00:39:38one way

00:39:39or the

00:39:39other

00:39:39this

00:39:41offer

00:39:41from the

00:39:41Russians

00:39:42to return

00:39:426,000

00:39:43bodies

00:39:45to Ukraine

00:39:46has been

00:39:48very embarrassing

00:39:49to the

00:39:49Ukrainians

00:39:50and

00:39:52the

00:39:52Ukrainians

00:39:54have now

00:39:55walked back

00:39:56on all of it

00:39:57apparently

00:39:58they walked

00:39:58back

00:39:59on the

00:39:59prisoner

00:40:00exchange

00:40:00and

00:40:02they are

00:40:02refusing

00:40:03to accept

00:40:04the bodies

00:40:05apparently

00:40:07prisoners

00:40:07were brought

00:40:08to the

00:40:09border

00:40:09by the

00:40:10Russians

00:40:11to be

00:40:11exchanged

00:40:12for

00:40:12Ukrainian

00:40:13prisoners

00:40:13but there

00:40:14was no

00:40:14one

00:40:15on the

00:40:15Ukrainian

00:40:16side

00:40:16of the

00:40:16border

00:40:17to receive

00:40:17them

00:40:18and

00:40:19150

00:40:20trucks

00:40:21with about

00:40:211,500

00:40:22bodies

00:40:23a quarter

00:40:25in other words

00:40:25of the

00:40:266,000

00:40:26that the

00:40:27Russians

00:40:27said they

00:40:28would return

00:40:29also were

00:40:31sent

00:40:32to an

00:40:33area

00:40:33of the

00:40:34border

00:40:34but again

00:40:36the

00:40:36Ukrainians

00:40:37refused

00:40:38to

00:40:39accept

00:40:40them

00:40:40now it

00:40:42could be

00:40:42that this

00:40:43is only

00:40:43going to

00:40:44be a

00:40:44delay

00:40:44that the

00:40:45Ukrainians

00:40:45are going

00:40:46to have

00:40:46a change

00:40:46of heart

00:40:47that perhaps

00:40:48domestic

00:40:49pressure

00:40:49within

00:40:50Ukraine

00:40:51from the

00:40:52families

00:40:52of prisoners

00:40:53and from

00:40:54the families

00:40:55of dead

00:40:56or missing

00:40:57Ukrainian

00:40:58soldiers

00:40:58will cause

00:41:00a change

00:41:00of heart

00:41:01it could

00:41:02be the

00:41:02case

00:41:03that

00:41:03pressure

00:41:04from

00:41:05external

00:41:06powers

00:41:07not just

00:41:08Western

00:41:09governments

00:41:10like say

00:41:10the US

00:41:11government

00:41:11but

00:41:12agencies

00:41:14for example

00:41:14like the

00:41:16Swiss Red

00:41:16Cross

00:41:17might also

00:41:18cause

00:41:19a change

00:41:20of heart

00:41:20but for

00:41:21the moment

00:41:22I have

00:41:23to say

00:41:23it does

00:41:24look to

00:41:25me

00:41:25as if

00:41:27the

00:41:28Ukrainians

00:41:28have made

00:41:28a decision

00:41:29that they're

00:41:30not going

00:41:30to go

00:41:30along with

00:41:31any of

00:41:31this

00:41:32that they're

00:41:32not going

00:41:33to accept

00:41:33the bodies

00:41:33at all

00:41:34that they

00:41:35are

00:41:35running

00:41:36that they

00:41:37are

00:41:37delaying

00:41:38at the

00:41:38very least

00:41:39the

00:41:40completion

00:41:41of the

00:41:42prisoner

00:41:43exchange

00:41:44because

00:41:45they don't

00:41:46want it

00:41:47to appear

00:41:48that the

00:41:49Istanbul

00:41:50process

00:41:50is producing

00:41:52any results

00:41:53at all

00:41:55given that

00:41:56they've made

00:41:57it fairly

00:41:58clear

00:41:58that their

00:41:59intention

00:42:00now

00:42:00is to

00:42:01walk away

00:42:02entirely

00:42:03from it

00:42:04now

00:42:05you can

00:42:06perhaps

00:42:06understand

00:42:07some of

00:42:08the politics

00:42:09behind this

00:42:11decision

00:42:11but I still

00:42:13have to say

00:42:13I find

00:42:14the coldness

00:42:16callousness

00:42:18even

00:42:19of these

00:42:20decisions

00:42:20towards the

00:42:22families of

00:42:22the prisoners

00:42:23and of the

00:42:24dead soldiers

00:42:25really quite

00:42:26chilling

00:42:26I don't

00:42:27understand this

00:42:28at all

00:42:28I would have

00:42:30thought that

00:42:30any government

00:42:31feeling any degree

00:42:32of responsibility

00:42:33to its armed

00:42:35forces

00:42:35to the soldiers

00:42:36who serve

00:42:37in the armed

00:42:38forces

00:42:38to the families

00:42:39of the soldiers

00:42:40who serve

00:42:41in the armed

00:42:42forces

00:42:43would be

00:42:43extremely

00:42:44anxious

00:42:45to get back

00:42:47the dead

00:42:47the soldiers

00:42:49who are dead

00:42:49and to

00:42:50repatriate

00:42:51any prisoners

00:42:53but

00:42:54anyway

00:42:55that is

00:42:56the stance

00:42:57that Ukraine

00:42:58is taking

00:42:59it is very

00:43:00very much

00:43:01by the way

00:43:04consistent

00:43:05with the

00:43:06same

00:43:07uncompromising

00:43:09stance

00:43:09that Ukraine

00:43:11has taken

00:43:11ever since

00:43:13the collapse

00:43:14of the Istanbul

00:43:14talks

00:43:15in April

00:43:162022

00:43:17and ever

00:43:19since

00:43:20Zelensky

00:43:20himself

00:43:21enacted

00:43:22that decree

00:43:24in October

00:43:252022

00:43:26prohibiting

00:43:28negotiations

00:43:29with Russia

00:43:31a decree

00:43:33which

00:43:34notwithstanding

00:43:35the two

00:43:36meetings

00:43:37which have

00:43:38taken place

00:43:39in Istanbul

00:43:41at American

00:43:43insistence

00:43:44he shows

00:43:45no sign

00:43:46at all

00:43:47of being

00:43:49prepared

00:43:49to rescind

00:43:50so

00:43:52there we are

00:43:53it looks

00:43:53as if

00:43:54everything

00:43:55in effect

00:43:55has come

00:43:56to a

00:43:57complete

00:43:57stop

00:43:58now

00:43:59we're going

00:44:00to see

00:44:00we have to

00:44:01see what

00:44:01is going

00:44:02to happen

00:44:02but to

00:44:03repeat

00:44:03again

00:44:04we've had

00:44:05a comment

00:44:05from

00:44:05Donald

00:44:06Trump

00:44:07that the

00:44:09Ukrainians

00:44:10have brought

00:44:10any

00:44:11retaliation

00:44:13upon

00:44:13themselves

00:44:14by launching

00:44:16that attack

00:44:17on the

00:44:18airfields

00:44:19we've had

00:44:20strong statements

00:44:21about the

00:44:22attack on the

00:44:23airfields

00:44:24from various

00:44:24prominent people

00:44:26in the United

00:44:26States

00:44:27and one

00:44:28senses that

00:44:29this dismay

00:44:30is shared

00:44:31by some

00:44:32people

00:44:32within the

00:44:33administration

00:44:34we have

00:44:35also had

00:44:36reports

00:44:37that the

00:44:38United States

00:44:39that Donald

00:44:39Trump

00:44:40that the

00:44:40White House

00:44:41are now

00:44:42finally taking

00:44:44steps

00:44:45to kill

00:44:46or neuter

00:44:48Lindsey Graham's

00:44:50sanctions bill

00:44:51it does

00:44:53look as

00:44:55if the

00:44:55Russians

00:44:55are once

00:44:58again

00:44:58in the

00:45:00diplomatic

00:45:00driving seat

00:45:01that they

00:45:02have seen

00:45:03off

00:45:04once more

00:45:05attempts

00:45:07by some

00:45:08people in

00:45:09the United

00:45:10States

00:45:10to put

00:45:11pressure on

00:45:12them

00:45:12through

00:45:13sanctions

00:45:13careful

00:45:16footwork

00:45:17if you

00:45:18like

00:45:18has

00:45:19achieved

00:45:20that

00:45:20and

00:45:22that

00:45:24the

00:45:25Russians

00:45:26for the

00:45:27moment

00:45:27at least

00:45:28have

00:45:29freedom

00:45:30of

00:45:31maneuver

00:45:31basically

00:45:33to go

00:45:34on doing

00:45:35on the

00:45:36battlefields

00:45:37whatever

00:45:37they choose

00:45:39I've

00:45:40never

00:45:40myself

00:45:41seen

00:45:41any

00:45:42sign

00:45:42that the

00:45:43Russians

00:45:44have

00:45:44in

00:45:45any

00:45:45way

00:45:45at all

00:45:46restricted

00:45:47or

00:45:48limited

00:45:48themselves

00:45:49in

00:45:50their

00:45:50actions

00:45:51on

00:45:52the

00:45:52Ukrainian

00:45:52battlefields

00:45:54or in

00:45:54the

00:45:54various

00:45:55missile

00:45:56and

00:45:56drone

00:45:56strikes

00:45:57that

00:45:58they

00:45:58continue

00:45:58to

00:45:59conduct

00:45:59against

00:46:00Ukraine

00:46:01but

00:46:02for what

00:46:03it's

00:46:03worth

00:46:04they

00:46:04can

00:46:05now

00:46:05press

00:46:05forward

00:46:06and

00:46:07continue

00:46:07to do

00:46:07all of

00:46:08the

00:46:08things

00:46:08that

00:46:08they've

00:46:09always

00:46:09been

00:46:09doing

00:46:10without

00:46:11perhaps

00:46:12having

00:46:12to look

00:46:13back

00:46:14behind

00:46:16their

00:46:16shoulder

00:46:16and see

00:46:18what it

00:46:19is that

00:46:20the

00:46:20Americans

00:46:21are going

00:46:21to do

00:46:22in

00:46:23response

00:46:23now

00:46:25here again

00:46:26I want

00:46:27to say

00:46:27something

00:46:27about the

00:46:28nature

00:46:29of Russian

00:46:30retaliation

00:46:31I

00:46:32I have

00:46:32encountered

00:46:34some

00:46:34pushback

00:46:35from some

00:46:36people

00:46:36about

00:46:37comments

00:46:38that I

00:46:38made

00:46:39directly

00:46:39after

00:46:39the

00:46:40attacks

00:46:41on the

00:46:41air

00:46:41bases

00:46:42I said

00:46:43at the

00:46:43time

00:46:43that I

00:46:43thought

00:46:44those

00:46:44attacks

00:46:44had been

00:46:45greatly

00:46:45exaggerated

00:46:46in terms

00:46:47of their

00:46:47impact

00:46:48which is

00:46:48true

00:46:48by the

00:46:49way

00:46:50I'm

00:46:50confident

00:46:51about

00:46:51that

00:46:51and I

00:46:52said

00:46:52that the

00:46:53Russians

00:46:53would

00:46:55almost certainly

00:46:56not be

00:46:56provoked

00:46:57or panicked

00:46:58into an

00:46:58overreaction

00:46:59concerning

00:47:00the

00:47:00attacks

00:47:01on the

00:47:01air

00:47:02bases

00:47:02and that

00:47:04is indeed

00:47:04so far

00:47:05as I

00:47:05can see

00:47:06the

00:47:06general

00:47:07sentiment

00:47:07in

00:47:08Russia

00:47:08now

00:47:09I'm

00:47:09going

00:47:10to

00:47:10read

00:47:10out

00:47:10some

00:47:11comments

00:47:11about

00:47:12retaliatory

00:47:12action

00:47:13in

00:47:13relation

00:47:14to

00:47:14the

00:47:14attacks

00:47:15on

00:47:15the

00:47:15air

00:47:16bases

00:47:16made

00:47:17by

00:47:18Redovka

00:47:19now

00:47:20I've

00:47:20referred

00:47:21to

00:47:22Redovka

00:47:22many

00:47:23times

00:47:23in

00:47:24many

00:47:25programs

00:47:26it is

00:47:27a

00:47:28Russian

00:47:29newspaper

00:47:30that is

00:47:31very

00:47:32very

00:47:32much

00:47:33on

00:47:34the

00:47:34nationalist

00:47:35wing

00:47:36of the

00:47:37Russian

00:47:37media

00:47:38it

00:47:39strongly

00:47:40supports

00:47:41the

00:47:42military

00:47:43and

00:47:43the

00:47:44military

00:47:44campaign

00:47:45in

00:47:46Ukraine

00:47:46it

00:47:47is

00:47:47large

00:47:48numbers

00:47:48of

00:47:48journalists

00:47:49operating

00:47:50in

00:47:51on

00:47:52the

00:47:52battlefield

00:47:52and

00:47:53provides

00:47:54very

00:47:55interesting

00:47:56reports

00:47:57it

00:47:57is

00:47:58extremely

00:48:00patriotic

00:48:01it

00:48:02is

00:48:02in

00:48:02no

00:48:03sense

00:48:03if you

00:48:04like

00:48:05a

00:48:05liberal

00:48:06or

00:48:06soft

00:48:07journal

00:48:09in

00:48:09terms

00:48:10of

00:48:11Russian

00:48:11attitudes

00:48:12and

00:48:14this

00:48:15is what

00:48:15they have

00:48:16said

00:48:16in

00:48:17response

00:48:18to

00:48:18the

00:48:19attacks

00:48:19about

00:48:20what

00:48:22the

00:48:23Russians

00:48:23should

00:48:24do

00:48:24in

00:48:26response

00:48:27to

00:48:28the

00:48:28attacks

00:48:29on

00:48:30the

00:48:30airfields

00:48:31they

00:48:32say

00:48:33this

00:48:35they

00:48:36say

00:48:36this

00:48:38one

00:48:39more

00:48:39important

00:48:40point

00:48:40everyone

00:48:41is now

00:48:42digging

00:48:42the

00:48:42ground

00:48:42with

00:48:43their

00:48:43hooves

00:48:43and

00:48:44wanting

00:48:44to

00:48:45unleash

00:48:45a

00:48:46retaliatory

00:48:46strike

00:48:47on

00:48:47the

00:48:48enemy

00:48:48so

00:48:49that

00:48:49it

00:48:49would

00:48:49dig

00:48:50them

00:48:50into

00:48:50concrete

00:48:51up

00:48:52to

00:48:52their

00:48:53ears

00:48:53the

00:48:54reality

00:48:55is

00:48:56that

00:48:56conflicts

00:48:57are

00:48:57not

00:48:57won

00:48:58by

00:48:59sabotage

00:49:00alone

00:49:01nor

00:49:02are

00:49:02they

00:49:02won

00:49:03by

00:49:03violent

00:49:04emotional

00:49:04reactions

00:49:06strategy

00:49:07is

00:49:08important

00:49:08and

00:49:09understanding

00:49:10of how

00:49:10exactly

00:49:11we

00:49:11want

00:49:12to

00:49:12win

00:49:13not

00:49:14psychological

00:49:14pressure

00:49:15not

00:49:16a

00:49:16demonstration

00:49:17of

00:49:18this

00:49:18is

00:49:18what

00:49:19we

00:49:19can

00:49:20do

00:49:20but

00:49:21rather

00:49:22constant

00:49:23systematic

00:49:25efforts

00:49:25to

00:49:26undermine

00:49:27the

00:49:27enemy's

00:49:28defences

00:49:28and

00:49:29find

00:49:30weak

00:49:30spots

00:49:30we

00:49:31do

00:49:32not

00:49:32need

00:49:32any

00:49:33retaliatory

00:49:34strike

00:49:35we

00:49:35need

00:49:36a

00:49:36list

00:49:36of

00:49:36targets

00:49:37that

00:49:37will

00:49:37be

00:49:37hit

00:49:38because

00:49:39we

00:49:39need

00:49:40it

00:49:40and

00:49:40we

00:49:41will

00:49:41deliver

00:49:42those

00:49:43strikes

00:49:43before

00:49:44the

00:49:44enemy

00:49:44attacks

00:49:45after

00:49:46the

00:49:46attack

00:49:47even

00:49:48if

00:49:48the

00:49:49enemy

00:49:49does

00:49:50not

00:49:50attack

00:49:51at

00:49:52all

00:49:52the

00:49:53enemy

00:49:53produces

00:49:54drones

00:49:55in a

00:49:56garage

00:49:56fine

00:49:58get

00:49:58hands

00:49:59there

00:49:59does

00:50:00does

00:50:01the

00:50:01enemy

00:50:01needs

00:50:02industry

00:50:03and

00:50:03its

00:50:04industry

00:50:04needs

00:50:05electricity

00:50:06let's

00:50:07continue

00:50:08to bring

00:50:08down

00:50:09the

00:50:09energy

00:50:09system

00:50:10does

00:50:11the

00:50:11enemy

00:50:11have

00:50:12a

00:50:12brain

00:50:12center

00:50:13let's

00:50:14hit

00:50:14that

00:50:14if

00:50:15it

00:50:15brings

00:50:15us

00:50:15benefits

00:50:16the

00:50:17main

00:50:18thing

00:50:19is

00:50:20that

00:50:20this

00:50:20is

00:50:20dictated

00:50:21not

00:50:22by

00:50:23emotion

00:50:24not

00:50:25by

00:50:25a

00:50:26reaction

00:50:26to

00:50:27the

00:50:27enemy's

00:50:28actions

00:50:28but

00:50:29by

00:50:30our

00:50:30own

00:50:31will

00:50:31and

00:50:32calculation

00:50:33of

00:50:34specific

00:50:35beneficial

00:50:36effects

00:50:37we

00:50:38will

00:50:38receive

00:50:39from

00:50:39such

00:50:40a

00:50:41blow

00:50:41that

00:50:43is

00:50:43very

00:50:44much

00:50:44the

00:50:45Russian

00:50:45style

00:50:46to

00:50:46repeat

00:50:47again

00:50:47they

00:50:48do

00:50:48not

00:50:49let

00:50:50themselves

00:50:50be

00:50:50panicked

00:50:51provoked

00:50:52shocked

00:50:53dismayed

00:50:54into

00:50:55doing

00:50:55things

00:50:56that

00:50:57are

00:50:57not

00:50:57going

00:50:58to

00:50:58benefit

00:50:58them

00:50:59or

00:51:00which

00:51:00might

00:51:00indeed

00:51:01benefit

00:51:02their

00:51:02adversary

00:51:03if

00:51:04it

00:51:04seems

00:51:04that

00:51:05they

00:51:05are

00:51:05over

00:51:06reactions

00:51:06or

00:51:08mis

00:51:08reactions

00:51:09to

00:51:10what

00:51:10the

00:51:10enemy

00:51:11has

00:51:11done

00:51:11their

00:51:12approach

00:51:12to

00:51:13war

00:51:13and

00:51:14no

00:51:14country

00:51:15knows

00:51:17more

00:51:17about

00:51:17war

00:51:18than

00:51:19Russia

00:51:19and

00:51:20this

00:51:20isn't

00:51:20just

00:51:21because

00:51:21of

00:51:22the

00:51:22second

00:51:22world

00:51:22war

00:51:23the

00:51:23great

00:51:23patriotic

00:51:24war

00:51:24but

00:51:25because

00:51:26of

00:51:26Russia's

00:51:27very

00:51:28long

00:51:28history

00:51:28in

00:51:29wars

00:51:30no

00:51:31country

00:51:31knows

00:51:32more

00:51:32about

00:51:33war

00:51:33than

00:51:34Russia

00:51:34and

00:51:35the

00:51:36Russians

00:51:36know

00:51:37very

00:51:38well

00:51:38in

00:51:39fact

00:51:39they

00:51:40have

00:51:40an

00:51:40almost

00:51:40instinctive

00:51:41understanding

00:51:42that

00:51:43the

00:51:43way

00:51:43to

00:51:43win

00:51:44wars

00:51:44is

00:51:45to

00:51:46work

00:51:47constantly

00:51:48and

00:51:49single

00:51:50mindedly

00:51:51towards

00:51:51the

00:51:52only

00:51:52objective

00:51:53which

00:51:54ultimately

00:51:54matters

00:51:55which

00:51:56is

00:51:56victory

00:51:57just

00:51:58saying

00:51:59anyway

00:52:00let's

00:52:01perhaps

00:52:02now

00:52:02at this

00:52:03point

00:52:03touch

00:52:03upon

00:52:04the

00:52:04actual

00:52:05military

00:52:06situation

00:52:06again

00:52:07as this

00:52:08is a

00:52:08program

00:52:09that I'm

00:52:09doing

00:52:09under

00:52:10somewhat

00:52:10tight

00:52:11conditions

00:52:12let me

00:52:12simply

00:52:13quickly

00:52:13say

00:52:13that

00:52:14again

00:52:16I'm

00:52:16only

00:52:17going

00:52:17to

00:52:17deal

00:52:17with

00:52:17the

00:52:17situation

00:52:18rather

00:52:20quickly

00:52:20but

00:52:21briefly

00:52:22it looks

00:52:23as if

00:52:23the

00:52:23Russians

00:52:24are

00:52:24continuing

00:52:25to make

00:52:25significant

00:52:26progress

00:52:27in the

00:52:27Sumi

00:52:28area

00:52:29I said

00:52:30I think

00:52:31it was

00:52:31about

00:52:31a day

00:52:32ago

00:52:32that

00:52:32the

00:52:33village

00:52:33of

00:52:33Yablonufka

00:52:34I may be

00:52:35getting

00:52:36its name

00:52:36wrong

00:52:36has been

00:52:37captured

00:52:37by the

00:52:38Russians

00:52:38group of

00:52:39forces

00:52:39north

00:52:40immediately

00:52:41contradicted

00:52:42that

00:52:42they said

00:52:43that

00:52:43the

00:52:43claim

00:52:43that

00:52:44the

00:52:44Russians

00:52:44have

00:52:44captured

00:52:45this

00:52:46village

00:52:46is

00:52:46ahead

00:52:46of

00:52:47events

00:52:47in

00:52:47other

00:52:48words

00:52:48it

00:52:48is

00:52:48still

00:52:49being

00:52:49fought

00:52:49for

00:52:50but

00:52:50anyway

00:52:51elsewhere

00:52:52in

00:52:52that

00:52:53area

00:52:53the

00:52:53Russians

00:52:53continue

00:52:54to

00:52:54make

00:52:55very

00:52:57rapid

00:52:58progress

00:52:59the

00:53:00Ukrainians

00:53:00continue

00:53:01their

00:53:01unending

00:53:02effort

00:53:03to

00:53:03attack

00:53:04and

00:53:04capture

00:53:04the

00:53:05village

00:53:05of

00:53:05Tokino

00:53:06in

00:53:06Kosk

00:53:07region

00:53:07there

00:53:09are

00:53:09all

00:53:09sorts

00:53:09of

00:53:10I

00:53:10think

00:53:10very

00:53:11fanciful

00:53:12theories

00:53:13that

00:53:13the

00:53:13Ukrainians

00:53:14have

00:53:14some

00:53:14elaborate

00:53:16plan

00:53:17to

00:53:18march

00:53:18deep

00:53:19into

00:53:19Kosk

00:53:20region

00:53:20repeating

00:53:21the

00:53:21disaster

00:53:22presumably

00:53:22of

00:53:23last

00:53:23year

00:53:24to

00:53:25try

00:53:25to

00:53:25outflank

00:53:26the

00:53:26Russian

00:53:26forces

00:53:27in

00:53:27Sumi

00:53:28region

00:53:28or

00:53:29to

00:53:29force

00:53:29the

00:53:30Russians

00:53:31to

00:53:31divert

00:53:31forces

00:53:32from

00:53:32Sumi

00:53:32region

00:53:33to

00:53:33counter

00:53:34the

00:53:35Ukrainian

00:53:35troops

00:53:36who

00:53:36are

00:53:36going

00:53:36to

00:53:36be

00:53:36entering

00:53:37Kosk

00:53:37region

00:53:38that

00:53:39is

00:53:39an

00:53:39absurd

00:53:39idea

00:53:40by

00:53:40the

00:53:40way

00:53:41the

00:53:41Russians

00:53:42not

00:53:42only

00:53:42have

00:53:42ample

00:53:43reserves

00:53:43as

00:53:44we

00:53:44know

00:53:44to

00:53:45counter

00:53:45any

00:53:46Ukrainian

00:53:46move

00:53:47but if

00:53:48they

00:53:48don't

00:53:48want

00:53:48to

00:53:48deploy

00:53:48those

00:53:49reserves

00:53:49from

00:53:49their

00:53:49own

00:53:50army

00:53:50as

00:53:51we

00:53:51now

00:53:51know

00:53:52they

00:53:52have

00:53:52the

00:53:52alternative

00:53:53option

00:53:54which

00:53:54is

00:53:54to

00:53:54call

00:53:55on

00:53:55their

00:53:55North

00:53:55Korean

00:53:56friends

00:53:56to do

00:53:57to

00:53:59them

00:53:59has

00:54:00to

00:54:00have

00:54:01another

00:54:01meeting

00:54:02with

00:54:03the

00:54:03head

00:54:03of

00:54:03Russia's

00:54:04Secretary

00:54:05of

00:54:05Russia's

00:54:06Security

00:54:06Council

00:54:07Sergei

00:54:08Shoigu

00:54:08and

00:54:09has

00:54:09again

00:54:09told

00:54:10Shoigu

00:54:10that

00:54:11North Korea

00:54:12stands

00:54:13shoulder

00:54:13to shoulder

00:54:14with

00:54:15Russia

00:54:15and

00:54:17is

00:54:17fully

00:54:17able

00:54:18to

00:54:19help

00:54:20Russia

00:54:21or

00:54:21will

00:54:21help

00:54:22Russia

00:54:22in

00:54:23any

00:54:23situation

00:54:24where

00:54:25the

00:54:25Russians

00:54:25call

00:54:26on

00:54:27it

00:54:27to

00:54:27do

00:54:27so

00:54:28and

00:54:28feel

00:54:29the

00:54:30need

00:54:30for

00:54:31them

00:54:31to

00:54:31do

00:54:32so

00:54:32if

00:54:33the

00:54:34Ukrainian

00:54:34forces

00:54:35for

00:54:35example

00:54:36were

00:54:37to

00:54:37start

00:54:37were

00:54:38to

00:54:38capture

00:54:38Totskino

00:54:39which

00:54:39they

00:54:39haven't

00:54:40so far

00:54:40managed

00:54:41to

00:54:41do

00:54:41despite

00:54:42weeks

00:54:43of

00:54:43trying

00:54:43and

00:54:44if

00:54:45the

00:54:45Ukrainians

00:54:45were

00:54:46to

00:54:46push

00:54:47deeper

00:54:47into

00:54:48Kursk

00:54:48region

00:54:48they

00:54:49would

00:54:49very

00:54:50very

00:54:50quickly

00:54:51come

00:54:51up

00:54:51against

00:54:52powerful

00:54:54Russian

00:54:54forces

00:54:55which

00:54:56would

00:54:56drive

00:54:56them

00:54:57back

00:54:57my

00:54:58own

00:54:58personal

00:54:58view

00:54:59for

00:54:59what

00:54:59it's

00:54:59worth

00:55:00is

00:55:00that

00:55:00this

00:55:00Totskino

00:55:01operation

00:55:02which

00:55:03apparently

00:55:03involves

00:55:05relatively

00:55:05few

00:55:06forces

00:55:06I

00:55:07think

00:55:07that

00:55:07the

00:55:07daily

00:55:08telegraph

00:55:08said

00:55:09that

00:55:09only

00:55:10two

00:55:10battalions

00:55:11of

00:55:11the

00:55:11Ukrainian

00:55:11military

00:55:12were

00:55:12involved

00:55:13in

00:55:13the

00:55:13attacks

00:55:14at

00:55:14the

00:55:14moment

00:55:15anyway

00:55:15from

00:55:16what

00:55:16I

00:55:16can

00:55:16see

00:55:17these

00:55:17attacks

00:55:18on

00:55:19Totskino

00:55:19continue

00:55:20to be

00:55:21a media

00:55:21operation

00:55:22Zelensky

00:55:24continues

00:55:24to make

00:55:25claims

00:55:26that the

00:55:27Ukrainians

00:55:28still have

00:55:29a

00:55:29foothold

00:55:30in Kursk

00:55:31region

00:55:32as I said

00:55:33earlier in the

00:55:34program

00:55:34his prestige

00:55:35is very tied up

00:55:37with the claim

00:55:38that the

00:55:38Ukrainians

00:55:39have

00:55:40with the

00:55:42Kursk

00:55:42operation

00:55:43in general

00:55:43I

00:55:44think

00:55:45that

00:55:45is

00:55:45all

00:55:46that

00:55:46this

00:55:46operation

00:55:47is

00:55:48about

00:55:48so

00:55:49that

00:55:49Zelensky

00:55:50can

00:55:50go

00:55:50around

00:55:50and

00:55:51still

00:55:51say

00:55:51that

00:55:52the

00:55:52Ukrainians

00:55:52have

00:55:53a

00:55:53presence

00:55:53in

00:55:54Kursk

00:55:54region

00:55:55all

00:55:56that

00:55:56is

00:55:56happening

00:55:57is

00:55:58that

00:55:58the

00:55:58Ukrainians

00:55:58are

00:55:58bleeding

00:55:59and

00:55:59losing

00:55:59men

00:56:00and

00:56:00machines

00:56:00keeping

00:56:01up

00:56:01this

00:56:02operation

00:56:02to

00:56:03no

00:56:04end

00:56:04and

00:56:05for

00:56:05no

00:56:05useful

00:56:06purpose

00:56:06ever

00:56:07that's

00:56:08what

00:56:08I

00:56:08think

00:56:08about

00:56:09that

00:56:09the

00:56:09Russians

00:56:10continue

00:56:11to

00:56:11tighten

00:56:11their

00:56:12grip

00:56:12on

00:56:13Totkino

00:56:14now

00:56:15there have

00:56:15been

00:56:15more

00:56:16reports

00:56:16of

00:56:16more

00:56:17Russian

00:56:17advances

00:56:17in

00:56:18the

00:56:18Chasofyar

00:56:19area

00:56:19in

00:56:20the

00:56:20area

00:56:20around

00:56:20Konstantinovka

00:56:21in

00:56:22the

00:56:22area

00:56:22of

00:56:23Pakrovsk

00:56:23itself

00:56:24yesterday

00:56:25Redovka

00:56:27as it

00:56:28happens

00:56:28provided

00:56:29a fairly

00:56:30interesting

00:56:30account

00:56:31of

00:56:31the

00:56:31operations

00:56:32near

00:56:33Pakrovsk

00:56:33but

00:56:34the

00:56:35one

00:56:36event

00:56:36that

00:56:36I'm

00:56:36going

00:56:37to

00:56:37speak

00:56:37about

00:56:37today

00:56:38briefly

00:56:38is

00:56:39that

00:56:39it

00:56:40seems

00:56:40that

00:56:40the

00:56:40Russians

00:56:41have

00:56:41now

00:56:41reached

00:56:43the

00:56:44fortified

00:56:44position

00:56:46of the

00:56:46Ukrainians

00:56:47in the

00:56:47small town

00:56:48of

00:56:48Komar

00:56:49in

00:56:50western

00:56:51Donbass

00:56:52southwestern

00:56:53Donbass

00:56:54it seems

00:56:56that

00:56:56fighting

00:56:56might have

00:56:58now

00:56:58begun

00:56:59in

00:56:59Komar

00:57:00itself

00:57:01there's

00:57:02various

00:57:03people who

00:57:03say that

00:57:04Komar

00:57:04is a

00:57:05linchpin

00:57:05to

00:57:05Ukrainian

00:57:06logistics

00:57:06in this

00:57:07area

00:57:08and

00:57:09is

00:57:09the

00:57:09key

00:57:10to

00:57:10the

00:57:10Ukrainian

00:57:11fortifications

00:57:12in this

00:57:13area

00:57:13if all

00:57:14of that

00:57:14is true

00:57:15and if

00:57:16Komar

00:57:16is captured

00:57:17over the

00:57:19next couple

00:57:19of days

00:57:20as it

00:57:21seems

00:57:21it will

00:57:22be

00:57:22then

00:57:23it's

00:57:24likely

00:57:25that

00:57:25Russians

00:57:26will

00:57:26again

00:57:27have

00:57:27strengthened

00:57:27their

00:57:28positions

00:57:28immediately

00:57:30east

00:57:30well not

00:57:31immediately

00:57:31but east

00:57:32of the

00:57:32Dnieper

00:57:33and

00:57:34it seems

00:57:34that

00:57:35in

00:57:35some

00:57:35locations

00:57:36now

00:57:36the

00:57:37Russians

00:57:37are

00:57:38a couple

00:57:40of hundred

00:57:40metres

00:57:40from

00:57:41Dnieper

00:57:41region

00:57:42they've

00:57:43been

00:57:43broadening

00:57:44their

00:57:44front

00:57:44in this

00:57:45area

00:57:45steadily

00:57:46capturing

00:57:47more and

00:57:47more

00:57:47fortified

00:57:48Ukrainian

00:57:49positions

00:57:49everything

00:57:50suggests

00:57:51that sometime

00:57:52in the

00:57:53summer

00:57:53a major

00:57:54advance

00:57:55towards

00:57:56the

00:57:56Dnieper

00:57:56will

00:57:57begin

00:57:57well I'm

00:57:58going to

00:57:59finish this

00:57:59programme

00:57:59by saying

00:58:01something

00:58:01quickly

00:58:02about the

00:58:02state

00:58:03of the

00:58:03Russian

00:58:03economy

00:58:04there is

00:58:04constant

00:58:05endless

00:58:06claims

00:58:07and

00:58:07speculations

00:58:08about

00:58:09the

00:58:09Russian

00:58:10economy

00:58:10and about

00:58:11its

00:58:12condition

00:58:12people are

00:58:14talking about

00:58:15it being

00:58:16overheated

00:58:17the

00:58:18financial

00:58:18times

00:58:19has

00:58:19recently

00:58:20started

00:58:20to

00:58:20talk

00:58:21about

00:58:21the

00:58:21fact

00:58:22that

00:58:22there

00:58:22was

00:58:22a

00:58:23slowdown

00:58:23in

00:58:24the

00:58:24Russian

00:58:24economy

00:58:24this

00:58:25year

00:58:25which

00:58:25there

00:58:25was

00:58:26as I

00:58:26said

00:58:27it

00:58:27was

00:58:27deliberately

00:58:28engineered

00:58:29by the

00:58:30Russian

00:58:30authorities

00:58:30themselves

00:58:31in order

00:58:32to bring

00:58:32down

00:58:33inflation

00:58:33as the

00:58:34Russian

00:58:35finance

00:58:35minister

00:58:36Anton

00:58:37Siloanov

00:58:38has just

00:58:39pointed

00:58:40out

00:58:41inflation

00:58:42came down

00:58:43quite far

00:58:45in May

00:58:47headline

00:58:48inflation

00:58:48is still

00:58:49over 9%

00:58:50but underlying

00:58:51inflation

00:58:51has fallen

00:58:52much further

00:58:53this is

00:58:54more

00:58:55a reflection

00:58:56of statistics

00:58:57than of the

00:58:58actual growth

00:58:59of prices

00:59:00at the

00:59:01moment

00:59:01and it

00:59:02looks like

00:59:03this year's

00:59:03harvest

00:59:03in Russia

00:59:04will be

00:59:04good

00:59:05and that

00:59:06points

00:59:06to

00:59:07an

00:59:07improvement

00:59:08in the

00:59:09inflation

00:59:10picture

00:59:11overall

00:59:11because

00:59:12a

00:59:13big

00:59:14harvest

00:59:15translates

00:59:16to

00:59:17lower

00:59:17food

00:59:18prices

00:59:19an obvious

00:59:19point

00:59:20which

00:59:20perhaps

00:59:21is not

00:59:22always fully

00:59:23understood

00:59:23I mean

00:59:24obviously

00:59:25all other

00:59:25things

00:59:25being equal

00:59:26but

00:59:27what I

00:59:28would say

00:59:28about this

00:59:29is a

00:59:30few

00:59:30quick

00:59:30things

00:59:31firstly

00:59:31the

00:59:32central

00:59:33bank

00:59:33has now

00:59:35shaved

00:59:351%

00:59:37of

00:59:38the

00:59:39interest

00:59:40rates

00:59:40so

00:59:40interest

00:59:41rates

00:59:41have gone

00:59:42down

00:59:42the

00:59:43central

00:59:44bank's

00:59:45rate

00:59:47has gone

00:59:47down

00:59:48from 21%

00:59:49to 20%

00:59:50it's a

00:59:51nominal

00:59:51reduction

00:59:53I mean

00:59:54it's hardly

00:59:54a reduction

00:59:56at all

00:59:57but it

00:59:58is a

00:59:59signal

00:59:59to the

01:00:01general

01:00:01economy

01:00:01to

01:00:02players

01:00:03within

01:00:03the

01:00:04economy

01:00:04that

01:00:05interests

01:00:06have

01:00:06indeed

01:00:07peaked

01:00:07that the

01:00:08peak

01:00:08of

01:00:10this

01:00:10interest

01:00:11rate

01:00:11cycle

01:00:12has

01:00:13passed

01:00:14and that

01:00:15interest

01:00:15rates

01:00:16from this

01:00:17point on

01:00:18as

01:00:19inflation

01:00:19slackens

01:00:20will start

01:00:21to fall

01:00:22and

01:00:24Shoghin

01:00:25by the

01:00:26way

01:00:26whom I

01:00:27mentioned

01:00:27earlier

01:00:28the

01:00:28head of

01:00:29the

01:00:29industrialist

01:00:31union

01:00:31before the

01:00:32central bank

01:00:33made

01:00:34its decision

01:00:35actually

01:00:35called

01:00:36precisely

01:00:37this thing

01:00:38he called

01:00:39for a

01:00:401%

01:00:41cut

01:00:41in

01:00:42interest

01:00:42rates

01:00:43to

01:00:43give

01:00:44economic

01:00:45players

01:00:46in Russia

01:00:47that

01:00:48reassurance

01:00:48but that's

01:00:49the more

01:00:50interesting

01:00:50thing

01:00:50is that

01:00:51we've

01:00:52had

01:00:52PMI

01:00:53surveys

01:00:53for May

01:00:54coming

01:00:55through

01:00:56now

01:00:56and

01:00:57both

01:00:58the

01:00:58services

01:00:58PMI

01:00:59and

01:01:00the

01:01:00industrial

01:01:02PMI

01:01:02surveys

01:01:03came out

01:01:04over

01:01:0450

01:01:05the

01:01:07manufacturing

01:01:08PMI

01:01:09was around

01:01:1051

01:01:11the

01:01:12services

01:01:13PMI

01:01:13was 52

01:01:14now

01:01:16PMI

01:01:17surveys

01:01:17if they

01:01:18show

01:01:19if they

01:01:20provide an

01:01:21indicator

01:01:21over

01:01:2250

01:01:22point

01:01:22to

01:01:22expansion

01:01:23if it

01:01:24is below

01:01:2550

01:01:25it

01:01:26points

01:01:27to

01:01:27contraction

01:01:28previously

01:01:30in previous

01:01:31months

01:01:32they were

01:01:33showing

01:01:33signs

01:01:34that the

01:01:35economy

01:01:35was

01:01:36entering

01:01:37a

01:01:38short

01:01:39period

01:01:39of

01:01:40contraction

01:01:41but

01:01:42already

01:01:42it

01:01:43seems

01:01:43before

01:01:45the

01:01:46decision

01:01:46to

01:01:47buy

01:01:48the

01:01:48central

01:01:49bank

01:01:49to

01:01:50cut

01:01:50the

01:01:50key

01:01:51rate

01:01:51PMI

01:01:54service

01:01:55PMI

01:01:56surveys

01:01:57in

01:01:58Russia

01:01:58had

01:02:00moved

01:02:00again

01:02:00into

01:02:01expansion

01:02:02territory

01:02:03now

01:02:04that

01:02:04could

01:02:06be a

01:02:07sign

01:02:07that the

01:02:08markets

01:02:09in

01:02:09Russia

01:02:10have

01:02:11already

01:02:12prior to

01:02:13the

01:02:14central

01:02:14bank's

01:02:14decision

01:02:15noted

01:02:17the

01:02:17fall

01:02:17in

01:02:18inflation

01:02:18and

01:02:20that

01:02:20banks

01:02:21and

01:02:21other

01:02:22credit

01:02:22institutions

01:02:23have

01:02:24already

01:02:24begun

01:02:25to

01:02:26lower

01:02:26interest

01:02:27rates

01:02:28so

01:02:29that

01:02:29we

01:02:30could

01:02:31be

01:02:31at

01:02:32the

01:02:32point

01:02:33where

01:02:34as I

01:02:35said

01:02:35interest

01:02:35rates

01:02:36in

01:02:36Russia

01:02:36begin to

01:02:37come

01:02:37down

01:02:37again

01:02:38in

01:02:38which

01:02:39case

01:02:39it's

01:02:39quite

01:02:39likely

01:02:40that

01:02:40the

01:02:41rate

01:02:41of

01:02:42economic

01:02:42growth

01:02:43will

01:02:43again

01:02:43begin

01:02:44to

01:02:44pick

01:02:44up

01:02:45the

01:02:45central

01:02:46bank

01:02:46will

01:02:47however

01:02:47be

01:02:47very

01:02:48careful

01:02:48not

01:02:49to

01:02:49repeat

01:02:50the

01:02:50mistake

01:02:50that

01:02:51it

01:02:51made

01:02:51last

01:02:51year

01:02:52which

01:02:53is

01:02:53to

01:02:53reduce

01:02:53interest

01:02:54rates

01:02:55too

01:02:55quickly

01:02:55what

01:02:57resulted

01:02:58in

01:02:59the

01:02:59overheating

01:03:01that

01:03:01we

01:03:02saw

01:03:02start

01:03:03to

01:03:03take

01:03:03hold

01:03:04in

01:03:04the

01:03:05summer

01:03:05which

01:03:06led

01:03:06to

01:03:07inflation

01:03:08rising

01:03:08to

01:03:09around

01:03:1010%

01:03:10so

01:03:12it's

01:03:12quite

01:03:13likely

01:03:13that

01:03:13all

01:03:14of

01:03:14these

01:03:14predictions

01:03:15of

01:03:16overheating

01:03:18overstretch

01:03:20economic

01:03:20collapse

01:03:21all that

01:03:22kind of

01:03:22thing

01:03:23will not

01:03:24be

01:03:24fulfilled

01:03:24and as

01:03:25we see

01:03:25that

01:03:26shocking

01:03:26himself

01:03:27the

01:03:27industrialists

01:03:28union

01:03:29head

01:03:29apparently

01:03:31still

01:03:33considers

01:03:342%

01:03:34growth

01:03:35feasible

01:03:36in

01:03:37conditions

01:03:38where

01:03:38lindsey

01:03:39graham's

01:03:40bone

01:03:40crushing

01:03:41sanctions

01:03:41are

01:03:42brought

01:03:43into

01:03:44play

01:03:45and

01:03:46are

01:03:47successfully

01:03:48enforced

01:03:49just

01:03:50saying

01:03:51anyway

01:03:52i'm going

01:03:54to just

01:03:54finish

01:03:55by saying

01:03:56one last

01:03:56thing

01:03:57which is

01:03:57that

01:03:58i've

01:03:59indicated

01:04:00i've just

01:04:00read

01:04:01a passage

01:04:02from

01:04:02redovka

01:04:03which

01:04:04speaks

01:04:05of the

01:04:06russians

01:04:06not

01:04:07planning

01:04:07some

01:04:08massive

01:04:08retaliatory

01:04:09operation

01:04:10but this

01:04:11is

01:04:11specifically

01:04:12in

01:04:13relation

01:04:14to

01:04:15the

01:04:16drone

01:04:16attacks

01:04:17on the

01:04:18airfields

01:04:19redovka

01:04:20is saying

01:04:21that

01:04:23this would

01:04:24serve no

01:04:24purpose

01:04:25the

01:04:27right

01:04:27thing

01:04:27for the

01:04:27russians

01:04:28to do

01:04:28is to

01:04:29focus

01:04:29on

01:04:30winning

01:04:30the

01:04:30war

01:04:30but i

01:04:32am

01:04:32getting

01:04:32further

01:04:33reports

01:04:34from

01:04:34inside

01:04:35russia

01:04:35from

01:04:37someone

01:04:37who has

01:04:38been

01:04:39extremely

01:04:39well

01:04:39informed

01:04:40about

01:04:41russian

01:04:41decision

01:04:42making

01:04:42in

01:04:44the

01:04:44past

01:04:45that

01:04:46on

01:04:48the

01:04:49what

01:04:50the

01:04:50russians

01:04:51considered

01:04:51to be

01:04:52the

01:04:52terrorist

01:04:52attacks

01:04:53the

01:04:54attacks

01:04:54on

01:04:54the

01:04:55railways

01:04:55the

01:04:56attacks

01:04:56which

01:04:57caused

01:04:57the

01:04:58deaths

01:04:59and

01:04:59injuries

01:05:00of

01:05:01civilians

01:05:01in

01:05:03what

01:05:03the

01:05:03russians

01:05:04see

01:05:04as

01:05:05targeted

01:05:06attacks

01:05:07on

01:05:08civilians

01:05:08the

01:05:09train

01:05:09that

01:05:09was

01:05:09crossing

01:05:10the

01:05:10bridge

01:05:10in

01:05:11Bryansk

01:05:12region

01:05:12specifically

01:05:13that

01:05:14the

01:05:14russians

01:05:15are

01:05:15indeed

01:05:16determined

01:05:17to

01:05:18respond

01:05:19and

01:05:19to

01:05:19respond

01:05:20toughly

01:05:21to

01:05:21this

01:05:22and

01:05:23the

01:05:23report

01:05:24the

01:05:24information

01:05:25i've

01:05:25got

01:05:25is

01:05:26that

01:05:27apparently

01:05:27in

01:05:29fact

01:05:29i've

01:05:32discussed

01:05:33this

01:05:33in

01:05:33the

01:05:33past

01:05:34i've

01:05:34even

01:05:34written

01:05:35about

01:05:35this

01:05:35issue

01:05:36by the

01:05:36way

01:05:36apparently

01:05:38well

01:05:39in

01:05:39fact

01:05:39in

01:05:40russia

01:05:40there

01:05:41is

01:05:41a

01:05:41law

01:05:42which

01:05:44actually

01:05:44prohibits

01:05:45senior

01:05:46russian

01:05:46officials

01:05:47including

01:05:47president

01:05:48putin

01:05:48from

01:05:49ordering

01:05:50assassinations

01:05:52except

01:05:54in

01:05:56circumstances

01:05:57where

01:05:58a

01:05:59specific

01:05:59procedure

01:06:00is

01:06:02enacted

01:06:02which

01:06:04requires

01:06:05as i

01:06:05recall

01:06:06confirmation

01:06:07of the

01:06:08decision

01:06:08approval

01:06:09of the

01:06:09decision

01:06:10this is

01:06:10a secret

01:06:11approval

01:06:13of a

01:06:14secret

01:06:15request

01:06:16for

01:06:17authority

01:06:18to

01:06:18assassinate

01:06:21or

01:06:21carry out

01:06:23an extrajudicial

01:06:24execution

01:06:25of some

01:06:26individual

01:06:27the permission

01:06:28needs to be

01:06:29provided

01:06:29by a

01:06:31senior body

01:06:32in russia

01:06:33which

01:06:33from memory

01:06:35i believe

01:06:36is connected

01:06:37to the

01:06:38federation

01:06:39council

01:06:39the upper

01:06:40house of

01:06:40the russian

01:06:41parliament

01:06:41anyway i

01:06:43have now

01:06:43been informed

01:06:44that putin

01:06:46has indeed

01:06:47made

01:06:47precisely

01:06:48such a

01:06:49request

01:06:50that certain

01:06:51senior ukrainian

01:06:53officials and i'm not

01:06:54going to make

01:06:54guesses as to

01:06:56who they might

01:06:56be have been

01:06:58so designated

01:06:59and that this

01:07:01request has now

01:07:03been conveyed

01:07:04to the

01:07:05relevant

01:07:06committee

01:07:07and of course

01:07:10its approval

01:07:11almost certainly

01:07:12is a

01:07:13formality

01:07:14as to how

01:07:16the russians

01:07:18will execute

01:07:18this

01:07:19decree

01:07:21once it

01:07:22is made

01:07:23and it

01:07:24will probably

01:07:25be made

01:07:26in secret

01:07:27it will probably

01:07:28not be made

01:07:28public just

01:07:29to say

01:07:30as to how

01:07:31the russians

01:07:31will execute

01:07:32it is of

01:07:33course something

01:07:34i have no

01:07:35idea about

01:07:36i am told

01:07:38by the same

01:07:39source

01:07:39that there is

01:07:41immense

01:07:41anger

01:07:42in russia

01:07:43about the

01:07:45incident with

01:07:45the train

01:07:46the attack

01:07:48on the train

01:07:48and that

01:07:51there is

01:07:51a feeling

01:07:53that

01:07:55if

01:07:55the

01:07:57targeted

01:07:58individuals

01:07:59within the

01:08:00ukrainian

01:08:00leadership

01:08:01are

01:08:03have to be

01:08:04taken out

01:08:05and that

01:08:06this means

01:08:07that

01:08:08others

01:08:09are caught

01:08:12up

01:08:12in the

01:08:14attack

01:08:14well

01:08:16that is

01:08:17something that

01:08:18the russians

01:08:19might actually

01:08:21be prepared

01:08:21to do

01:08:22it's

01:08:23rather

01:08:23chilling

01:08:24but of

01:08:25course

01:08:25it's not

01:08:27unusual

01:08:28the united

01:08:29states for

01:08:30example

01:08:30has itself

01:08:31shown a

01:08:32certain

01:08:33willingness

01:08:33to go

01:08:34after people

01:08:35who it

01:08:36judges

01:08:36capable of

01:08:37or involved

01:08:38in terrorist

01:08:39acts

01:08:39and it's

01:08:41done so

01:08:42without perhaps

01:08:43showing a

01:08:44huge amount

01:08:45of concern

01:08:46for

01:08:47others

01:08:48who might

01:08:49be caught

01:08:49up

01:08:50in whatever

01:08:51operation

01:08:52is involved

01:08:54anyway

01:08:55i want to

01:08:56stress

01:08:57i obtained

01:08:57this information

01:08:58from somebody

01:09:00who

01:09:01is

01:09:03informed

01:09:04about

01:09:05these things

01:09:06i don't know

01:09:07for a fact

01:09:08that it is

01:09:09true

01:09:09i cannot

01:09:10possibly know

01:09:11as i said

01:09:12putin

01:09:13and his

01:09:13officials

01:09:14most certainly

01:09:15would not

01:09:16discuss

01:09:17such

01:09:18a thing

01:09:19with me

01:09:20but if

01:09:21we see

01:09:21someone

01:09:22within the

01:09:24ukrainian

01:09:25leadership

01:09:25targeted

01:09:27in this

01:09:27way by

01:09:28the

01:09:28russians

01:09:28at some

01:09:30point

01:09:30over the

01:09:31next few

01:09:31weeks

01:09:32or months

01:09:33perhaps we

01:09:35should not

01:09:36be surprised

01:09:36i'm going

01:09:38to suggest

01:09:38that even

01:09:39though

01:09:39there is a

01:09:40certain amount

01:09:41of secrecy

01:09:41behind all

01:09:42of this

01:09:42putin's

01:09:44recent

01:09:44comments

01:09:45the comments

01:09:46that he

01:09:47made

01:09:47over the

01:09:48course of

01:09:48the meeting

01:09:49when he

01:09:49spoke to

01:09:50medinsky

01:09:50and lavrov

01:09:52made it

01:09:53already i

01:09:54think

01:09:54pretty clear

01:09:56that this

01:09:57is the

01:09:58direction

01:09:58that decision

01:10:00making

01:10:00in russia

01:10:01is taking

01:10:02well this

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