Russia-Ukraine war LIVE: Zelensky eyes second summit in November, says Russia should attend | WION

Russia-Ukraine war LIVE: Zelensky eyes second summit in November, says Russia should attend | WION

uh delusional um understanding of what can be done on the world stage the diplomacy is of very poor professional quality and the understanding of history is nil you said that um that Russian U Indian ties go back several decades well that if we take it to Russian to Soviet in Indian uh relations it goes back to the in with respect to what is going on now there’s a perfect continuity from the 1950s up to present uh considering that Mr Neu uh and his followers uh were the leaders along with Yugoslavia in what was called non-aligned block and India at that time very uh very capably pursued a policy between the two military and political blocks of east and west of the Soviet Union and uh and of the Washington lead West That Remains the case the the Indians always tread a very delicate line to avoid antagonizing uh either of the parties uh and they were always going back to this period in 1950s looking to the Soviet Union and then later to Russia for military supplies and other other critical supplies for their economy uh while at the same time trying to maintain good relations with the United States this takes a very fine sense of diplomacy and walking a narrow line Dr drro in his first visit overseas after coming to power again Prime Minister Modi chose to visit Russia now initially us raised concerns with India over this but soon after I think within a day the White House Press Secretary clarified that India is a strategic partner with whom we engage in full and Frank dialogue quote unquote with whom we engage in full and Frank dialogue including their relationship with Russia and we’ve talked about this before how helpless do you feel us would be seeing that hug between Mr Mr Putin and Mr moodi insane voices in Washington I didn’t mean to leave the impression that the whole of Washington is living in a bubble there are some some people who understand uh what can be done and to try to keep American policy within the feasible and as you just mentioned uh the the day after change of TCH uh by by the by the state department uh is demonstrating they that there are people in Washington to understand that they cannot separate Russia and and India but this goes back a long way and is a deliberate policy of India that will that is unchangeable now so they decided to put a Preface on this fact and to try to extract some kind of advantage for the United States by um saying that ah yes uh we can since India has such privileged Rel Rel ations with Russia we can use India as an influence on Russia to stop the war well that that is I said putting lipstick on a pig it is not going to change uh the way the war is conducted India is not presenting itself as a point of Leverage for the United States again against Russia on the contrary I think it was outstanding that during the visit early in the visit uh Mr Modi was taken to the exhibition grounds the Vian in downtown Moscow and visited Pavilion on uh on Atomic on Atomic power and atomic energy and uh said when he heard the history of how the United States in in the 1990s tried to reduce Russia’s uh nuclear programs to nil uh and how that has been reversed and how Russia is now the leading uh supplier of of enriched uh uranium to to power stations across the world including the United States Mr Modi said very clearly and this was shown on Russian television we support you that is this present state of relations uh India is deeply understanding the travails that Russia is experiencing as it is sanctioned by the United States and Mr Modi personally has an experience of this uh before he came to power he was sanctioned by the United States who uh denounced various policies and preferences of of Mr Modi so this is not an abstract consideration for for India’s leadership they know very well what the back of the hand uh dealt by the United States can mean they felt it personally on in their own on their own skin Dr do seeing the way Russia has risen in the face of us sanctions and most of it has happened in the last two years and no one expected Russia to come up the way it did in spite of all the sanctions that were imposed against it India of course defied us at every step as well to go ahead for it own personal interests when it came to Russian oil do you feel the way Russia has come up and the way India has defied it the two Nations have broken usy it takes more than two Nations to break that Emy and I think India is aware not only of the the the specific advantages it has from buying Uh Russian oil at very advantageous prices but this is not transactional this is a deep commitment to uh maintaining Russia as a counterforce to the United States and thereby thereby breaking heemy but I think there’s something additional to mention here and that is that within the the relations with Russia uh Russia’s with Iran is particularly useful to India uh um Iran is a potentially a major Transit country for hydrocarbons to India uh a safe delivery to India and advantageous prices and conditions so in this respect it is not just Russia but Russia’s Allied countries that are bringing and will bring uh considerable economic as well as political benefit to India in its own region I don’t know very well him you know I I don’t know I I had meetings with him now zilinsky of course the Ukrainian president has been extremely jittery over the upcoming US elections and of course that is going to be having a major in on him because there is a major chance that Donald Trump comes to power again if that happens what will that mean for zilinsky and the ongoing Russia Ukraine war it’s just we’re just months away from it now the problem with the ongoing uh Ukraine Russia war is that is already turned into a Russia NATO war in which Ukraine just happens to be the battlefield uh the possibility of this escalating further in a very dangerous way uh is now being discussed uh by the NATO allies in their meeting in in Washington we have heard conflicting reports about us intentions of stationing its um Tomahawk medium range missiles in Europe the Russians are saying on their television that the intention is to give these to Ukraine if so we are just moments away from World War III so this situation is difficult the situation is is fraught with dangers all around uh India’s attempts to maintain a balanced foreign policy and to assist Russia as within its possibilities to maintain its balance and to offset American hegemony is a major contributing factor to uh to stability and to our not slipping into a fatal War all right Dr gber Dr thank you so much for joining in and sharing all your insights with me right here on game plan that was Dr Gilbert rro International Affairs analyst and historian joining us from Brussels always a pleasure speaking with [Music] you Russian attacks have killed at least six people and injured 13 in Ukraine’s Eastern Frontline dunesque region this comes after a Russian missile landed near an administrative building and a bus stop in a town Northwest of the Russian held city of denk the missile killed four people and injured 10 the governor of the denk region posted images from the impact sites showing badly damaged buildings and a bus with shattered Windows a separate attack on an unnamed Enterprise in the town of costantina northwest of bakou killed two civilians and injured three another attack on the town of Leeman further north injured seven people furthermore Russia said it’s for forces had launched attacks on the Ukrainian military Enterprises the Russian defense Ministry said that over the past week the forces have targeted Ukrainian military Industrial Enterprises energy facilities military airports and the Haas missile systems now on the same day the general staff of the Ukrainian Armed Forces reported that the Ukrainian forces had engaged the Russian army nearly a 100 times in multiple directions and the Frontline situation remains tense now the Ukrainian military exerted all efforts to prevent Russian advances and had conducted strikes against Russian personnel and Equipment meanwhile an oil Depot was on fire in Russia’s rostov region after a Ukrainian drone attack the area is hundreds of kilometers from the front line Russia’s defense Ministry meanwhile announced that its forces had downed four Ukrainian drones two in rostov and one in belgaro region adjoining Ukraine and another in Kursk which is further up north now in the face of intense fighting Ukraine is losing its soldiers and it’s not just in war many Ukrainian soldiers are losing their lives not on battlefields but while trying to escape it a new Wall Street Journal report says that a large number of Ukrainian men are dying by drowning in the river while trying to escape to neighboring countries many of them are fugitives from a military draft aimed at sustaining Ukraine’s war effort the bodies in the river show the biggest issue that Ukraine faces as the war enters its third summer without a clear path to [Music] Victory on Friday Russia said that its forces have launched attacks on the Ukrainian military Enterprises Ukraine responded by saying that it actually reeled many of the Russian attacks in a new wave of warnings the Kremlin has announced the deployment of us missiles in Germany could make European capitals a clear and a legitimate Target for Russian missiles in a repeat of a cold war style confrontation moscow’s warning has come after the White House announced on Wednesday during a NATO Summit that it would periodically station long range weapons including Tomahawk cruise missiles in Germany from the year 2026 the Kremlin has criticized this move accusing Washington of taking a step towards a new Cold War and of directly participating in the conflict in Ukraine the Russian attacks have killed at least about six people and enjoed 13 others in Ukraine’s Eastern Frontline donit region the governor of the donit region posted images from the impact sites showing a badly damaged building and also a bus with shattered windows on the same day the general staff of the Ukrainian Armed Forces reported that Ukrainian forces had engaged the Russian army nearly 100 times in multiple directions and the Frontline situation remains very tense the Ukrainian military exerted all efforts to prevent Russian advances and it conducted strikes against Russian personnel and equipment meanwhile an oil Depot was on fire in Russia’s rostov region after a Ukrainian drone attack the area is hundreds of kilometers from the front line and Russia’s defense Ministry announced that its forces had downed four Ukrainian drones two in rostov and one in belgrad region ad joining Ukraine and another one in kurks which is further up north in the face of the intense farting Ukraine is losing its soldiers and it’s not just in war many Ukrainian soldiers are reportedly losing their lives not on the battlefield but while they’re trying to escape from the battlefield according to reports in the Wall Street Journal it’s being said that a large number of Ukrainian men are dying but drowning in rivers while they’re trying to escape to neighboring Nations many of them are set to be fugitives from a military draft that was aimed at sustaining Ukraine’s war effort the bodies in the river show the biggest issue that Ukraine faces is not that of lack of ammunition but the lack of trained Personnel to take on the R Onslaught in the [Music] battlefield on the other hand Russia has said that it is not planning to attack NATO as it was the alliance that was aggravating tensions foreign Ministry spokeswoman Maria zacharova was referring to a NATO Summit declaration that said Russia Remains The most significant and direct threat to the allly security this is what she said listen in the second point that I would like to draw your attention to is that the final declaration that was adopted at the NATO Summit in Washington which was held from July 9th to 11th Russia was once again called a threat to the group a direct quote in all operating environments for long-term prospective this is not so Russia is not preparing to attack NATO the North Atlantic Alliance is following the path of escalating tensions constantly they’re pushing they’re endlessly mentioning Russia and its capacity from document to document of the nestan leaders have repeatedly said that Russian President Vladimir Putin will order his military to go further and attack NATO countries in Central and Eastern Europe if he is not stopped in Ukraine mean Val Putin met with the Moscow installed governor of the zapia region in Kremlin during the meeting he told the governor that the main focus in zapia was the security of the nuclear power plant Putin accused Ukraine of conducting strikes against the nuclear plant he adds that a lack of attention from this to this in fact from the forces that support Ukraine is a big mistake on their part the key factor is the maintaining of security of the entire region and people we will do this we will manage it without a doubt I see the things that need to be addressed that are connected to the security first of all this is the security of the zafur ridia nuclear power plant the fact that the enemy is conducting direct strikes on the plant requires special attention from our side and unfortunately does not draw attention from those forces that support the keev regime today this is their big mistake and we will remember this and talk about this many [Music] times now the attack took place earlier this month when and this is according to Russian officials a Ukrainian drone attack injured eight workers from the Russian controls aaria nuclear power plant and left a nearby Town largely without power and water earlier the UN General Assembly adopted a resolution that demanded that Russia to immediately seize its aggression against Ukraine and urgently withdraw its military and other unauthorized Personnel from the zapia nuclear power plant the 193 member UN General Assembly adopted the resolution with 99 votes in favor nine against and 60 abstentions meanwhile the Pentagon said that amid tensions over the war in Ukraine us defense secretary Lloyd Austin and Russian defense minister Andre belov spoke for a second time in just over two weeks separately this morning secretary Austin also spoke by phone with Russian Minister of Defense Andre beloof during the call the secretary emphasized the importance of maintaining lines of communication amid Russia’s ongoing war against Ukraine the last time Secretary Austin spoke with his Russian counterpart was on June 25th 20124 and later today a brief readout of the call will be posted to defense.gov now the Russian defense Ministry said that the two held a phone call where they discussed lowering the risk of possible escalation now the call which was initiated by Moscow comes as tensions between the two sides flare over Washington’s plans to deploy long range missiles in Germany a decision the Kremlin warned could spell a return to Cold War style confrontation tensions are escalating between Australia austa and Russia in the latest war of wordss Australian prime minister Anthony albanes told Russia to back off after Moscow accused canbera of inciting anti-russian paranoia this development comes after Australia charged a Russian born couple with Espionage while speaking to reporters on Saturday the Australian prime minister said Russia needed to stop interfering in domestic affairs of other Sovereign Nations Russia can get the message back off uh Russia engages in Espionage here and around the world uh Russia has no credibility and uh the message to Russia is how about you get out of Ukraine and stop the illegal and immoral war that you’re engaged in and how about you try to stop interfering in domestic affairs of other Sovereign Nations this is a country that has no respect for international aor and they should be regarded with contempt which is what I have for them the married couple who currently holds Australian citizenship were arrested on charges of working to access material related to Australia’s national security Russian Embassy in canara said there is widespread misinformation about the arrest of the spouses Kira and Igor corv in br Bain furthermore the embassy claimed Anthony Alban’s new wave of campaign is based on spreading anti-russian paranoia at present the embassy has requested written information from the Australian authorities on the couple’s situation days after NATO leaders called China a Ukraine war enabler the country along with Russia officially kickstarted The Joint C 2024 military exercise and it is taking place at a port in China’s Shang Jiang City Anchorage defense join reconnaissance and early warning search and rescue are few of the exercises that the Chinese and Russian naval fleets plan to conduct in the sea and air space take a look [Music] [Music] [Music] [Music] an orchestra of Ukrainian musicians played a reim in memory and honor of those whove been killed and wounded in the deadly Russian missile attack on the okad Children’s Hospital the center treated the children with serious conditions such as cancer and kidney disease the hospital had about 670 child patients and over a th000 staff members at the time of the attack we’ll leave you with these images thanks for watching [Music] back wish [Music] Russian attacks have killed at least about six people and injured 13 others in Ukraine’s Eastern Front Line this comes after a Russian missile landed near an administrative building and a bus stop in the town Northwest of the Russian H city of donit the missile resulted in death of about four people and injured 10 others the governor of donet region posted images from the impact site showing a badly damaged building and a bus with shattered Windows a separate attack on an unnamed Enterprise in the town of costan nka northwest of bakou resulted in deaths of two civilians and injured three others another attack on the town of Lyman further north resulted in injuries to seven people furthermore Russia said that its forces had launched attacks on the Ukrainian military Enterprises the Russian defense Ministry further said that over the past week the forces have targeted Ukrainian military Industrial Enterprises energy facilities military airports and the Haas missile systems on the same day the general staff of the Ukrainian Armed Forces reported that the Ukrainian forces had engaged the Russian army nearly 100 times in multiple directions and the Frontline situation remains very tense the Ukrainian military exerted all efforts to prevent Russian advances and had conducted strikes against Russian personnel and Equipment meanwhile an oil Depot was on fire in Russia’s rostov region after a Ukrainian drone attack the area is hundreds of kilometers from the front lines Russia’s defense Ministry announced that its forces had downed over four Ukrainian drones two in rostov and one in the belrad region are joining Ukraine and another one in kurks which is further off North in the face of intense fighting Ukraine is losing its soldiers and it is not just losing the soldiers but also the military personnel and many youngsters many Ukrainian soldiers are losing their lives not in the battlefields but while trying to escape from the battlefield a new Wall Street Journal report says that a large number of Ukrainian men are dying but drowning in the river while trying to escape to neighboring Nations many of them are said to be fugitives from a military draft that was aimed at sustaining Ukraine’s war effort the bodies in the river show the biggest issues that the ukrainians faces as the war enter enters into its third summer without a clear path towards victory [Music] if so we are just moments away from World War II and uh they’re delusional the diplomacy is a very poor professional quality and the understanding of history is nil has us failed to break India Russia’s friendship and India at that time very uh very capably pursued a policy between the two how helpless do you feel us would be seeing that hug between Mr Mr Putin and Mr moodi it is not going to to change uh the way the war is conducted India is not presenting itself as a point of Leverage for the United States again against Russia on the contrary has already turned into a Russia NATO War putting lipstick on a pig Indian Prime Minister Modi visited Russia recently and visuals of Putin and Modi sharing a warm hug was seen across the world especially in the US the US immediately raised concerns with India over its Russia ties but India Russia tries go back several decades and they actually started at a time when us refused to even interact with India Russia was always there still both Nations have faced mounting pressure from the US Russia faced sanctions while India received repeated warnings against buying Russian oil have Russia India ties broken American hegemony I’m Shan cha welcome to this special episode of Game Plan as I’ll be discussing this with Dr Gilbert drro an international Affairs analyst author and his joining us from Brussels Dr drro thank you so much for joining in right here on game plan a pleasure has us failed to break India Russia’s friendship and has Washington been attempting this all this well do you feel so I think that uh the Washington policy towards Mr Modi and towards this visit to Moscow is illustrative of a much broader issue in Washington and that is the bubble in which the policy makers live their immunity to the real world outside and uh their delusional uh delusional um uh understanding of what can be done on the world stage the diplomacy is of very poor professional quality and the understanding of history is nil you said that um that Russian U Indian ties go back in several decades well if we take it to Russian to Soviet in Indian uh relations it goes back to the in with respect to what is going on now there’s a perfect continuity from the 1950s up to present uh considering that Mr Neu uh and his followers uh were the leaders along with Yugoslavia in what was called non-aligned block and India that time very uh very capably pursued a policy between the two military and political blocks of east and west of the Soviet Union and uh and of the Washington Le West That Remains the case the the Indians always tread a very delicate line to avoid antagonizing uh either of the parties uh and they were always going back to this period in 1950s looking to the Soviet Union and then later to Russia for military supplies and other another critical supplies for their economy while at the same time trying to maintain good relations with the United States that takes a very fine sense of diplomacy and walking a narrow line Dr rro in his first visit overseas after coming to power again Prime Minister Modi chose to visit Russia now initially us raised concerns with India over this but soon after I think within a day the White House Press Secretary clarified that India is a strategic partner with whom we engage in full and Frank dialogue quote unquote with whom we engage in full and Frank dialogue including their relationship with Russia and we’ve talked about this before how helpless do you feel us would be seeing that hug between Mr Mr Putin and Mr moodi insane voices in Washington I didn’t mean to leave the impression that the whole of Washington is living in a bubble there are some some people who understand uh what can be done and to try to keep American policy within the feasible and as you just mentioned mention the the day after change of TAC by the by the state department uh is demonstrating they that there are people in Washington to understand that they cannot separate Russia and and India but this goes back a long way and is a deliberate policy of India that will that is unchangeable now so they decided to put a Preface on this fact and to try to extract some kind of advantage for the United States by um saying that ah yes we can since India has such privileged relations with Russia we can use India as an influence on Russia to stop the war well that that is I said putting lipstick on a pig it is not going to change uh the way the war is conducted India is not presenting itself as a point of Leverage for the United States again against Russia on the contrary I think it was outstanding that during the visit early in the visit uh Mr was taken to the exhibition grounds the Vian in downtown Moscow and visited the Pavilion on uh on Atomic Atomic power and atomic energy and uh said when he heard the history of how the United States in in the 1990s tried to reduce Russia’s uh nuclear programs to nil uh and how that has been reversed and how Russia is now the leading uh supplier of of enrich uh uranium to to power stations across the world including the United States Mr Modi said very clearly and this was shown on Russian television we support you that is the present state of relations uh India is deeply understanding the travails that Russia is experiencing as it is sanctioned by the United States and Mr Modi personally as an experience of this uh before he came to power he was sanctioned by the United States who denounced various policies and preferences of Mr Modi so this is not an abstract consideration for for India’s leadership they know very well what the back of the hand uh dealt by the United States can mean they felt it personally on in their own on their own skin Dr do seeing the way Russia has risen in the face of us sanctions and most of it has happened in the last two years and no one expected Russia to come up the way it did in spite of all the sanctions that were opposed against it India of course defied us at every step as well to go ahead for its own personal interests when it came to Russian oil do you feel the way Russia has come up and the way India has defied it the two Nations have broken us Agony it takes more than two Nations to break that gmany and I think India is aware not only of the the the specific advantages it has from buying Uh Russian oil at very advantageous prices but this is not transactional this is a deep commitment to uh maintaining Russia as a counterforce to the United States and thereby thereby breaking her Germany but I think there’s something additional to mention here and that is that within the the relations with Russia uh Russia’s arap with Iran is particularly useful to India uh um Iran is a potentially a major Transit country for hydrocarbons to India uh a safe delivery to India and at advantageous prices and conditions so in this respect it is not just Russia but Russia’s Allied countries that are bringing and will bring poent uh considerable economic as well as political benefit to India in its own region I don’t know very well him you know I I don’t know I I had meetings with him now zilinsky of course the Ukrainian president has been extremely jittery over the upcoming US elections and of course that is going to be having a major bearing on him because there is a major chance that Donald Trump comes to power again if that happens what will that mean for zilinsky and the ongoing Russia Ukraine war it’s just we’re just months away from it now the problem with the ongoing uh Ukraine Russia war is that has already turned into a Russia NATO war in which Ukraine just happens to be the battlefield uh the possibility of this escalating further in a very dangerous way uh is now being discussed by the NATO allies in their meeting in in Washington we have heard conflicting reports about us intentions of stationing its um Tomahawk uh medium range missiles in Europe the Russians are saying on their television that the intention is to give these to Ukraine if so we are just moments away from World War II so this situation is difficult the situation is is fraught with dangers all around uh India’s attempts to maintain and balanced foreign policy and to assist Russia as it within its possibilities to maintain its balance and to offset American hegemony is a major contributing factor to uh to stability and to our not slipping into a fatal War all right Dr gber Dr thank you so much for joining in and sharing all your insights with me right here on game plan that was Dr Gilbert rro International Affairs analyst author and historian joining us from Brussels always a pleasure speaking with [Music] you Russian attacks have killed at least six people and injured 13 in Ukraine’s Eastern Frontline dunesque region this comes after a Russian missile landed near an administrative building and a bus stop in a town Northwest of the Russian held city of the nesk the missile killed four people and injured 10 the governor of the denk region posted images from the impact sites showing badly damaged buildings and a bus with shattered Windows a separate attack on an unnamed Enterprise in the town of costantina northwest of bakou killed two civilians and injured three another attack on the town of Leeman further north injured seven people furthermore Russia said its forces had launched attacks on the Ukrainian military Enterprises R the Russian defense Ministry said that over the past week the forces have targeted Ukrainian military Industrial Enterprises energy facilities military airports and the Haas missile systems on the same day the general staff of the Ukrainian Armed Forces reported that the Ukrainian forces had engaged the Russian army nearly 100 times in multiple directions and the Frontline situation remains tense now the Ukrainian military exerted all efforts to prevent Russian advances and had conducted strikes against Russian personnel and Equipment meanwhile an oil Depot was on fire in Russia’s rostov region after a Ukrainian drone attack the area is hundreds of kilometers from the front line Russia’s defense Ministry meanwhile announced that its forces had downed four Ukrainian drones to en rosov and one in belgaro region adjoining Ukraine and another in Kursk which is further up north now in the face of intense fighting you Ukraine is losing its soldiers and it’s not just in war many Ukrainian soldiers are losing their lives not on battlefields but while trying to escape it a new Wall Street Journal report says that a large number of Ukrainian men are dying by drowning in the river while trying to escape to neighboring countries many of them are fugitives from a military draft aimed at sustaining Ukraine war effort the bodies in the river show the biggest issue that Ukraine faces as the war enters its third summer without a clear path to [Music] Victory on Friday Russia said that its forces have launched attacks on the Ukrainian military Enterprises Ukraine responded by saying that it actually repelled many of the Russian attacks in a new wave of warnings the Kremlin has announced the deployment of us missiles in Germany could make European capitals a clear and legitimate Target for Russian missiles in a repeat of a cold war style confrontation moscow’s warning has come after the White House announced on Wednesday during a NATO Summit that it would periodically station long range of weapons including Tomahawk cruise missiles in Germany from the year 2026 the Kremlin has criticized this move accusing Washington of taking a step towards a new Cold War and of directly participating in the conflict in Ukraine the Russian attacks have killed at least about six people and injured 13 others in Ukraine’s Eastern Frontline donit region the governor of the Donk region posted images from the impact sites showing a badly damaged building and also a bus with shattered windows on the same day the general staff of the Ukrainian Armed Forces reported that Ukrainian forces had engaged the Russian army nearly 100 times in multiple directions and the Frontline situation remains very tense the Ukrainian military exerted all efforts to prevent Russian advances and it conducted strikes against Russian personnel and Equipment meanwhile an oil Depot was on fire in Russia’s rostov region after a Ukrainian drone attack the area is hundreds of kilometers from the front line and Russia’s defense Ministry announced that its forces had down four Ukrainian drones two in rostov and one in belgrad region at joining Ukraine and another one in kurs which is further up north in the face of the intense farting Ukraine is losing its soldiers and it’s not just in war many Ukrainian soldiers are reportedly losing their lives not on the battlefield but while they’re trying to escape from the battlefield according to reports in the Wall Street Journal it’s being said that a large number of Ukrainian men are dying but drowning in rivers while they’re trying to escape to neighboring Nations many of them are said to be fugitives from a military draft that was aimed at sustaining Ukraine’s war effort the bodies in the river show the biggest issue that Ukraine faces is not that of lack of ammunition but the lack of trained Personnel to take on the Russian Onslaught in the [Music] battlefield on the other hand Russia has said that it is not planning to attack NATO as it was the AL iance that was aggravating tensions foreign Ministry spokeswoman Maria zacharova was referring to a NATO Summit declaration that said Russia Remains The most significant and direct threat to the Allies security this is what she said listen in the second point that I would like to draw your attention to is that the final declaration that was adopted at the NATO Summit in Washington which was held from July 9th to 11th Russia was once again called a threat to the group a direct quote in all operating environments for long-term prospective this is not so Russia is not preparing to attack NATO the North Atlantic Alliance is following the path of escalating tensions constantly they’re pushing their endlessly mentioning Russia and its capacity from document to document of the now Western leaders have repeatedly said that Russian President Vladimir Putin will order his military to go further and attack NATO two countries in Central and Eastern Europe if he is not stopped in Ukraine meanwhile Putin met with the Moscow installed governor of the zapia region in Kremlin during the meeting he told the governor that the main focus in zapia was the security of the nuclear power plant Putin accused Ukraine of conducting strikes against the nuclear plant he adds that a lack of attention from this to this in fact from the forces that support Ukraine is a big mistake on their part the key factor is the maintaining of security of the entire region and people we will do this we will manage it without a doubt I see the things that need to be addressed that are connected to the security first of all this is the security of the zafur ridia nuclear power plant the fact that the enemy is conducting direct strikes on the plant requires special attention from our side and unfortunately does not draw attention from those forces that support the keev regime today this is their big mistake and we will remember this and talk about this many [Music] times now the attack took place earlier this month when and this is according to Russian officials a Ukrainian drone attack injured eight workers from the Russian controls Zaria nuclear power plant and left a nearby Town largely without power and water earlier the UN General Assembly adopted a res resolution that demanded that Russia to immediately seize its aggression against Ukraine and urgently withdraw its military and other unauthorized Personnel from the zapia nuclear power plant the 193 member UN General Assembly adopted the resolution with 99 votes in favor nine against and 60 abstentions meanwhile the Pentagon said that amid tensions over the war in Ukraine us defense secretary Lloyd also and Russian defense minister Andre belov spoke for a second time in just over two weeks separately this morning secretary Austin also spoke by phone with Russian Minister of Defense Andre beloof during the call the secretary emphasized the importance of maintaining lines of communication amid Russia’s ongoing war against Ukraine the last time Secretary Austin spoke with his Russian counterpart was on June 25th 2024 and later today a brief readout of the call will be posted to defense.gov now the Russian defense Ministry said that the two held a phone call where they discussed lowering the risk of possible escalation now the call which was initiated by Moscow comes as tensions between the two sides flare over Washington’s plans to deploy long range missiles in Germany a decision the Kremlin warned could spell a return to Cold War style confrontation tensions are escalating between Australia and Russia in the latest war of birs Australian prime minister Anthony albanes told Russia to back off after Moscow accused canbera of inciting anti-russian paranoia this development comes after Australia charged a Russian born couple with Espionage while speaking to reporters on Saturday the Australian prime minister said when Russia needed to stop interfering in domestic affairs of other Sovereign Nations Russia can get the message back off uh Russia engages in Espionage here and around the world uh Russia has no credibility and uh the message to Russia is how about you get out of Ukraine and stop the illegal and immoral war that you’re engaged in and how about you try to stop interfering in domestic affairs of other Sovereign Nations this is a country that has no respect for international aor and they should be regarded with contempt which is what I have for them the married couple who currently holds Australian citizenship were arrested on charges of working to access material related to Australia’s national security Russian Embassy in canara said there is widespread misinformation about the arrest of the spouses Kira and Igor corv in brisban furthermore the embassy claimed Anthony Alban’s new wave of campaign is based on spreading anti-russian paranoia at present the embassy has requested written information from the Australian authorities on the couple’s situation days after NATO leaders called China a Ukraine war enabler the country along with Russia officially kickstarted The Joint C 2024 military exercise and it is taking place at a port in China’s Shang Jiang City Anchorage defense joined reconnaissance and early warning search and rescue are few of the exercises that the Chinese and Russian naval fleets plan to conduct in the sea and air space take a look [Music] [Music] [Music] [Music] an orchestra of Ukrainian musicians played reim in memory and honor of those whove been killed and wounded in the deadly Russian missile attack on the okad M’s Children’s Hospital the center treated the children with serious conditions such as cancer and kidney disease the hospital had about 670 child patients and over a, staff members at the time of the attack we’ll leave you with these images thanks for watching [Music] I that wish [Music] Russian attacks have killed at least about six people and injured 13 others in Ukraine’s Eastern Front Line this comes after a Russian missile landed near an administrative building and a bus stop in the town Northwest of the Russian H city of donit the missile resulted in deaths of about four people and injured 10 others the governor of donat’s region posted images from the impact site showing a badly damaged building and a bus with shattered Windows a separate attack on an unnamed Enterprise in the town of costan nka northwest of bakou resulted in deaths of two civilians and injured three others another attack on the town of lman further north resulted in injuries to seven people furthermore Russia said that its forces had launched attacks on the Ukrainian military Enterprises the Russian defense Ministry further said that over the past week the forces have targeted Ukrainian military Industrial Enterprises energy facilities military airports and the Haas missile systems on the same day the general staff of the Ukrainian Armed Forces reported that the Ukrainian forces had engaged the Russian army near Le 100 times in multiple directions and the Frontline situation remains very tense the Ukrainian military exerted all efforts to prevent Russian advances and had conducted strikes against Russian personnel and Equipment meanwhile an oil Depot was on fire in Russia’s rostov region after a Ukrainian drone attack the area is hundreds of kilometers from the front lines Russia’s defense Ministry announced that its forces had downed over four Ukrainian drones two in rosov and one in the belr region are joining Ukraine and another one in kurs which is further up north in the face of intense fighting Ukraine is losing its soldiers and it is not just losing the soldiers but also the military personnel and many youngsters many Ukrainian soldiers are losing their lives not in the battlefields but while trying to escape from the battlefield a new Wall Street Journal report says that large number of Ukrainian men are dying but drowning in the river while trying to escape to n in Nations many of them are said to be fugitives from a military draft that was aimed at sustaining Ukraine’s war effort the bodies in the river show the biggest issues that the ukrainians faces as the war enter enters into its third summer without a clear path towards victory [Music] if so we are just moments away from World War I and uh they’re delusional the diplomacy is of very poor professional quality and the understanding of history is nil has us failed to break India Russia’s friendship and India at that time very uh very capably pursued a policy between the two how helpless do you feel us would be seeing that hug between Mr Mr Putin and Mr moodi it is not going to change uh the way the war is conducted India is not presenting itself as a point of Leverage for the United States again against Russia on the contrary has already turned into a Russia NATO War putting lipstick on a pig Indian Prime Minister Modi visited Russia recently and visuals of Putin and Modi sharing a warm hug was seen a across the world especially in the US the US immediately raised concerns with India over its Russia ties but India Russia ties go back several decades and they actually started at a time when us refused to even interact with India Russia was always there still both Nations have faced mounting pressure from the US Russia faced sanctions while India received repeated warnings against buying Russian oil have Russia India ties broken American hegemony I’m Shivan Chana welcome to this special episode of Game Plan as I’ll be discussing this with Dr Gilbert drro an international Affairs analyst author and historian joining us from Brussels Dr drro thank you so much for joining in right here on game plan a pleasure has us failed to break India Russia’s friendship and has Washington been attempting this all this well do you feel so I think that the Washington policy towards Mr Modi and towards this visit to Moscow is illustrative of a much broader issue in Washington and that is the bubble in which the uh policy makers live their immunity to the real world outside and uh their delusional uh delusional um uh understanding of what can be done on the world stage the diplomacy is a very poor professional quality and the understanding of history is nil you said that um that Russian uh Indian tires go back several decades well if we take it to Russian to Soviet in Indian uh relations it goes back to the in with respect to what is going on now there’s a perfect continuity from the 1950s up to present uh considering that Mr Neu uh and his followers uh were the leaders along with Yugoslavia in what was called non-aligned block and India at that time very uh very capably pursued a policy between the two military and political blocks of east and west of the Soviet Union and uh and of the Washington Le West That Remains the case the the Indians always tread a very delicate line to avoid antagonizing uh either of the parties uh and they were always going back to this period in 1950s looking to the Soviet Union then later to Russia for military supplies and other and other critical supplies for their economy uh while at the same time trying to maintain good relations with the United States that takes a very fine sense of diplomacy and walking a narrow line Dr drro in his first visit overseas after coming to power again Prime Minister Modi chose to visit Russia now initially us raised concerns with India over this but soon after I think within a day the White House secretary clarified that India is a strategic partner with whom we engage in full and Frank dialogue quote unquote with whom we engage in full and Frank dialogue including their relationship with Russia and we’ve talked about this before how helpless do you feel us would be seeing that hug between Mr Mr Putin and Mr Mii insane voices in Washington I didn’t mean to leave the impression that the whole of Washington is living in a bubble there are some some people who understand uh what can be done and to try to keep American policy within the feasible and as you just mentioned uh the the day after change of tech uh by the by the state department uh is demonstrating they that there are people in Washington to understand that they cannot separate Russia and and India but this goes back a long way and is a deliberate policy of India that will that is unchangeable now so they’ decided to put a pre Bas on this fact and to try to extract some kind of advantage for the United States by um saying that ah yes uh we can since India has such privileged relations with Russia we can use India as an influence on Russia to stop the war well that that is I said putting lipstick on a pig it is not going to change uh the way the war is conducted India is not presenting itself as a point of Leverage for the United States again against Russia on the I think it was outstanding that during the visit early in the visit uh Mr Modi was taken to the exhibition grounds the vena in downtown Moscow and visited the Pavilion on uh on Atomic Atomic power and atomic energy and uh said when he heard the history of how the United States in in the 1990s tried to reduce Russia’s uh nuclear programs to nil uh and how that has been reversed and how Russia is now the leading uh supplier of of enriched uh uranium to to power stations across the world including the United States Mr Modi said very clearly and this was shown on Russian television we support you that is this present state of relations uh India is deeply understanding the travails that Russia is experiencing as it is sanctioned by the United States and Mr Modi personally has an experience of this uh before he came to power he was sanctioned by the United States who uh denounced various policies and preferences of Mr Modi so this is not an abstract consideration for for India’s leadership they know very well what the back of the hand uh dealt by the United States can mean they felt it personally on in their own on their own skin Dr do seeing the way Russia has risen in the face of us sanctions and most of it has happened in the last two years and no one expected Russia to come up the way it did in spite of all the sanctions that were imposed against it India of course defied us at every step as well to go ahead for its own personal interests when it came to Russian oil do you feel the way Russia has come up and the way India has defied it the two Nations have a broken us emony it takes more than two Nations to break that emany and I think India is aware not only of the the the specific advantages it has from buying Uh Russian oil at very advantageous prices but this is not transactional this is a deep commitment to uh maintaining Russia as a counterforce to the United States and thereby thereby breaking to gmany but I think there’s something additional to mention here and that is that within the the relations with Russia uh Russia’s arapo with Iran is particularly useful to India uh um Iran is a a potentially a major Transit country for hydrocarbons to India uh a safe delivery to India and at advantageous prices and conditions so in this respect it is not just Russia but Russia’s Allied countries that are bringing and will bring po uh considerable economic as well as political benefit to India in its own region I don’t know very well him you know I I know I I had meetings with him now zilinski of course the Ukrainian president has been extremely jittery over the upcoming US elections and of course that is going to be having a major bearing on him because there is a major chance that Donald Trump comes to power again if that happens what will that mean for zilinski and the ongoing Russia Ukraine war it’s just we’re just months away from it now the problem with the ongoing uh Ukraine Russia war is that has already turned into a Russia NATO war and which Ukraine just happens to be the battlefield uh the possibility of this escalating further in a very dangerous way uh is now being discussed uh by the NATO allies in their meeting in in Washington we have heard conflicting reports about us intentions of stationing its um Tomahawk medium range missiles in Europe the Russians are saying on their television that the intention is to give these to Ukraine if so we are are just moments away from World War I so this situation is difficult the situation is is Frau with dangers all around uh India’s attempts to maintain a balanced foreign policy and to assist Russia as within its possibilities to maintain its balance and to offset American hegemony is a major contributing factor to uh to stability and to our not slipping into a fatal War all right Dr Gilbert Dr thank you so much for joining in and sharing all your insights with me right here on game plan that was Dr Gilbert rro International Affairs analyst author and historian joining us from Brussels always a pleasure speaking with [Music] you Russian attacks have killed at least six people and injured 13 in Ukraine’s Eastern Frontline dunesque region this comes after a Russian missile landed near an administrative building and a bus stop in a town Northwest of the Russian held city of thees the missile killed four people and injured 10 the governor of the denet region posted images from the impact sites showing badly damaged buildings and a bus Which shattered Windows a separate attack on an unnamed Enterprise in the town of costantina northwest of bakou killed to civilians and injured three another attack on the town of Leeman further north injured seven people furthermore Russia said its forces had launched attacks on the Ukrainian military Enterprises the Russian defense Ministry said that over the past week the forces have targeted Ukrainian military Industrial Enterprises energy facilities military airports and the Haas missile systems on the same day the general staff of the Ukrainian Armed Forces reported that the Ukrainian forces had engaged the Russian army nearly a 100 times in multiple directions and the Frontline situation remains tense now the Ukrainian military exerted all efforts to prevent Russian advances and had conducted strikes against Russian personnel and equipment meanwhile an oil Depot was on fire in Russia’s rostov region after a Ukrainian drone attack the area is hundreds of kilometers from the front line Russia’s defense Ministry meanwhile announced that its forces had downed four Ukrainian drones two in rosov and one in belgaro region adjoining Ukraine and another in Kursk which is further up north now in the face of intense fighting Ukraine is losing its soldiers and it’s not just in war many Ukrainian soldiers are losing their lives not on battlefields but while trying to escape it a new Wall Street Journal report says that a large number of Ukrainian men are dying by drowning in the river while trying to escape to neighboring countries many of them are fugitives from a military draft aimed at sustaining Ukraine’s war effort the bodies in the river show the biggest issue that Ukraine faces as the war enters its third summer without a clear path to [Music] Victory on Friday Russia said that its forces have launched attacks on the Ukrainian military Enterprises Ukraine wanted by saying that it actually repelled many of the Russian attacks in a new wave of warnings the Kremlin has announced the deployment of us missiles in Germany could make European capitals a clear and legitimate Target for Russian missiles in a repeat of a cold war style confrontation moscow’s warning has come after the White House announced on Wednesday during a NATO Summit that it would periodically station long range weapons including Tomahawk cruise missiles in Germany from the year 2026 the Kremlin has criticized this move accusing Washington of taking a step towards a new Cold War and of directly participating in the conflict in Ukraine the Russian attacks have killed at least about six people and injured 13 others in Ukraine’s Eastern Frontline donit region the governor of the donit region posted images from the impact sites showing a badly damaged building and also a bus with shattered windows on the same day the general staff of the Ukrainian Armed Forces reported that Ukrainian forces had engaged the Russian army nearly 100 times in multiple directions and the front line ation remains very tense the Ukrainian military exerted all efforts to prevent Russian advances and it conducted strikes against Russian personnel and Equipment meanwhile an oil Depot was on fire in Russia’s rostov region after Ukrainian drone attack the area is hundreds of kilometers from the front line and Russia’s defense Ministry announced that its forces had downed four Ukrainian drones two and R of and one in belgrad region joining Ukraine and another one in kurks which is further up north in the face of the intense farting Ukraine is losing its soldiers and it’s not just in war many Ukrainian soldiers are reportedly losing their lives not on the battlefield but while they’re trying to escape from the battlefield according to reports in the Wall Street Journal it’s being said that a large number of Ukrainian men are dying but drowning in rivers while they’re trying to escape to neighboring Nations many of them are said to be fugitives from a military draft that was aimed at sustaining Ukraine’s war effort the bodies in the river show the biggest issue that Ukraine faces is not that of lack of ammunition but the lack of trained Personnel to take on the Russian Onslaught in the [Music] battlefield on the other hand Russia has said that it is not planning to attack NATO as it was the alliance that was aggravating tensions foreign Ministry spokeswoman Maria zacharova was referring to a NATO Summit declaration that said Russia Remains The most significant and direct threat to the allly security this is what she said listen in the second point that I would like to draw your attention to is that the final declaration that was adopted at the NATO Summit in Washington which was held from July 9th to 11th Russia was once again called a threat to the group a direct quote in all operating environments for long-term prospective this is not so Russia is not preparing to attack NATO the North Atlantic Alliance is following the path of escalating tensions constantly they’re pushing they’re endlessly mentioning Russia and its capacity from document to document of the now Western leaders have repeatedly said that Russian President Vladimir Putin will order his military to go further and attack NATO countries in Central and Eastern Europe if he is not stopped in Ukraine meanwhile Putin met with the Moscow installed governor of the zapia region in Kremlin during the meeting he told the governor that the main focus in zapia was the security of the nuclear power plant Putin accused Ukraine of conducting strikes against the nuclear plant he adds that a lack of attention from this to this in fact from the forces that support Ukraine is a big mistake on their part the key factor is the maintaining of security of the entire region and people we will do this we will manage it without it out I see the things that need to be addressed that are connected to the security first of all this is the security of the zafia nuclear power plant the fact that the enemy is conducting direct strikes on the plant requires special attention from our side and unfortunately does not draw attention from those forces that support the keev regime today this is their big mistake and we will remember this and talk about this many [Music] times now the attack took place earlier this month when and this is according to Russian officials a Ukrainian drone attack injured eight workers from the Russian controls of Aria nuclear power plant and left a nearby town largely without power and water earlier the UN General Assembly adopted a resolution that demanded that Russia to immediately seize its aggression against Ukraine and urgently withdraw its military and other unauthorized Personnel from the zapia nuclear power plant the 193 member UN General Assembly adopted the resolution with 99 votes in favor nine against and 60 abstentions meanwhile the Pentagon said that amid tensions over the war in Ukraine us defense secretary Lloyd Austin and Russian defense minister Andre belov spoke for a second time in just over two weeks separately this morning secretary Austin also spoke by phone with Russian Minister of Defense Andre beloof during the call the secretary emphasized the importance of maintaining lines of communication amid Russia’s ongoing war against Ukraine the last time Secretary Austin spoke with his Russian counterpart was on June 25th 2024 and later today a brief readout of the call will be posted to defense St G now the Russian defense Ministry said that the two held a phone call where they discussed lowering the risk of possible escalation the call which was initiated by Moscow comes as tensions between the two sides flare over Washington’s plans to deploy long range missiles in Germany a decision the Kremlin warned could spell a return to cold Wars hle confrontation tensions are escalating between Australia and Russia in the latest war of wordss Australian prime minister Anthony albanes told Russia to back off after Moscow accused canbera of inciting anti-russian paranoia this development comes after Australia charged a Russian born couple with Espionage well speaking to reporters on Saturday the Australian prime minister said Russia needed to stop interfering in domestic affairs of other Sovereign Nations Russia can get the message back off uh Russia engages in Espionage here and around the world uh Russia has no credibility and uh the message to Russia is how about you get out of Ukraine and and stop the illegal and immoral war that you’re engaged in and how about you try to stop interfering in domestic affairs of other Sovereign Nations this is a country that has no respect for international aor and they should be regarded with content which is what I have for them the married couple who currently holds Australian citizenship were arrested on charges of working to access material related to Australia’s national security Russian Embassy in canara said there is widespread misinformation about the arrest of the spouses Kira and Igor corev in Brisbane furthermore the embassy claimed Anthony Alban’s new wave of campaign is based on spreading anti-russian paranoia at present the embassy has requested written information from the Australian authorities on the couple’s situation days after NATO leaders called China a Ukraine war enabler the country along with Russia officially kickstarted The Joint C 2024 military exercise and it is taking place at a port in China’s Shang Jiang City Anchorage defense joined reconnaissance and early warning search and rescue are few of the exercises that the Chinese and Russian naval fleets plan to conduct in the SE and airspace take a look [Music] [Music] [Music] an orchestra of Ukrainian musicians played a reim in memory and honor of those who been killed and wounded in the deadly Russian missile attack on the okad maet Children’s Hospital the center treated the children with serious conditions such as cancer and kidney disease the hospital had about 670 child patients and over a th000 staff members at the time of the attack we’ll leave you with these images thanks for watching [Music] [Music] Russian STS have killed at least about six people and injured 13 others in Ukraine’s Eastern Front Line this comes after Russian missile landed near an administrative building and a bus stop in the town Northwest of the Russian H city of donit the missile resulted in death of about four people and injured 10 others the governor of donat’s region posted images from the impact site showing a badly damaged building and a bus with shattered Windows a separate attack on an unnamed Enterprise in the town of costan Northwest of bakou resulted in deaths of two civilians and injured three others another attack on the town of liman further north resulted in injuries to seven people furthermore Russia has said that its forces had launched attacks on the Ukrainian military Enterprises the Russian defense Ministry further said that over the past week the forces have targeted Ukrainian military Industrial Enterprises energy facilities military airports and the highas missile systems on the same day the general staff of the Ukraine Ian Armed Forces reported that the Ukrainian forces had engaged the Russian army nearly 100 times in multiple directions and the Frontline situation remains very tense the Ukrainian military exerted all efforts to prevent Russian advances and had conducted strikes against Russian personnel and Equipment meanwhile an oil Depot was on fire in Russia’s rostov region after a Ukrainian drone attack the area is hundreds of kilometers from the front lines Russia’s defense Ministry announced that forces had downed or four Ukrainian drones two in rosov and one in the belrad region at joining Ukraine and another one in kurks which is further up north in the face of intense fighting Ukraine is losing its soldiers and it is not just losing the soldiers but also the military personnel and many youngsters many Ukrainian soldiers are losing their lives not in the battlefields but while trying to escape from the battlefield a new Wall Street Journal report says that large number of Ukrainian men are dying but drowning in the river while trying to escape to neighboring Nations many of them are said to be fugitives from a military draft that was aimed at sustaining Ukraine’s war effort the bodies in the river show the biggest issues that the ukrainians faces as the war enter enters into its third summer without a clear path towards victory [Music] if so we are just moments away from World War II and uh they’re delusional the diplomacy is of very poor professional quality and the understanding of history is nil has us failed to break India Russia’s friendship and India at that time very uh very capably pursued a policy between the two how helpless do you feel us would be seeing that hug between Mr Mr Putin and Mr Woody it is not going to change uh the way the war is conducted India is not presenting itself as a point of Leverage for the United States again against Russia on the contrary has already turned into a Russia NATO War putting lipstick on a pig Indian Prime Minister Modi visited Russia recently and visuals of Putin and Modi sharing a warm hug was seen across the world especially in the US the US immediately raised concerns with India over its Russia ties but India Russia ties go back several decades and they actually started at a time when us refused to even interact with India Russia was always there still both Nations have faced mounting pressure from the US Russia faced sanctions while India received repeated warnings against buying Russian oil have Russia India ties broken American G I’m Shivan chna welcome to this special episode of Game Plan as I’ll be discussing this with Dr Gilbert drro and international Affairs analyst author and historian joining us from Brussels Dr drro thank you so much for joining in right here on game plan a pleasure has us failed to break India Russia’s friendship and has Washington been attempting this all this well do you feel so I think that the Washington policy towards Mr Modi and toward this visit to Moscow is illustrative of a much broader issue in Washington and that is the bubble in which the policy makers live their immunity to the real world outside and uh their delusional uh delusional um understanding of what can be done on the world stage the diplomacy is of very poor professional quality and the understanding of history is nil you said that um that Russian U Indian ties go back several decades well if we take it to Russian to Soviet in Indian uh relations it goes back to the in with respect to what is going on now there’s a perfect continuity from the 1950s up to present uh considering that Mr Neu uh and his followers uh were the leaders along with us Avia and what was called non-aligned block and India at that time very uh very capably pursued a policy between the two military and political blocks of east and west of the Soviet Union and uh and of the Washington Le West That Remains the case the the Indians always tread a very delicate line to avoid antagonizing uh either of the parties uh and they were always going back to this period in 1950s looking to the Soviet Union and then later to Russia for military supplies and other other critical supplies for their economy uh while at the same time trying to maintain good relations with the United States that takes a very fine sense of diplomacy and walking a narrow line Dr doo in his first visit overseas after coming to power again Prime Minister Modi chose to visit Russia now any ially us raised concerns with India over this but soon after I think within a day the White House Press Secretary clarified that India is a strategic partner with whom we engage in full and Frank dialogue quote unquote with whom we engage in full and Frank dialogue including their relationship with Russia and we’ve talked about this before how helpless do you feel us would be seeing that hug between Mr Mr Putin and Mr Modi insane voices in Washington I didn’t mean to leave the impression that the whole of Washington is living in a there are some some people who understand uh what can be done and to try to keep American policy within the feasible and as you just mentioned uh the the day after change of TAC uh by the by the state department uh is demonstrating they that there are people in Washington to understand that they cannot separate Russia and and India but this goes back a long way and is a deliberate policy of India that will that is unchangeable now so they decided to put a Preface on this fact and to try to extract some kind of advantage for the United States by um saying that ah yes uh we can since India has such privileged relations with Russia we can use India as an influence on Russia to stop the war well that that is I said putting lipstick on a pig it is not going to change uh the way the war is conducted India is not presenting it self as a point of Leverage for the United States again against Russia on the contrary I think it was outstanding that during the visit early in the visit uh Mr Modi was taken to the exhibition grounds the ven in downtown Moscow and visited the Pavilion on uh on Atomic on Atomic power and atomic energy and uh said when he heard the history of how the United States in the 1990s tried to reduce Russia’s uh nuclear programs to nil uh and how that has been reversed and how Russia is now the leading uh supplier of of enrich in uh uranium to to power stations across the world including the United States Mr Modi said very clearly and this was shown on Russian television we support you that is the present state of relations uh India is deeply understanding the travails that Russia is experiencing as it is sanctioned by the United States and Mr Modi personally has an experience of this uh before he came to power he was sanctioned by the United States who uh denounced various policies and preferences of of Mr Modi so this is not an abstract consideration for for India’s leadership they know very well what the back of the hand uh Deed by the United States can mean they felt it personally on in their own on their own skin Dr do seeing the way Russia has in the face of us sanctions and most of it has happened in the last 2 years and no one expected Russia to come up the way it did in spite of all the sanctions that were imposed against it India of course defied us at every step as well to go ahead for its own personal interests when it came to Russian oil do you feel the way Russia has come up and the way India has defied it the two Nations have broken us eony it takes more than two Nations to break that to Germany and I think India is aware not only of the the the specific advantages it has from buying Uh Russian oil at very advantageous prices but this is not transactional this is a deep commitment to uh maintaining Russia as a counterforce to the United States and thereby thereby breaking hemony but I think there’s something additional to mention here and that is that within the the relations with Russia uh Russia’s with Iran is particularly useful to India uh um Iran is a potentially a major Transit country for hydrocarbons to India uh a safe delivery to India and an advantageous prices and conditions so in this respect it is not just Russia but Russia’s Allied countries that are bringing and will bring po uh considerable economic as well as political benefit to to India in its own region I don’t know very well him you know I I don’t know I I had meetings with him now zeleny of course the Ukrainian president has been extremely jittery over the upcoming US elections and of course that is going to be having a major bearing on him because there is a major chance that Donald Trump comes to power again if that happens what will that mean for zilinsky and the ongoing Russia Ukraine war it’s just we’re just months away from it now the problem with the ongoing uh Ukraine Russia War is that has already turned into a Russia NATO war in which Ukraine just happens to be the battlefield uh the possibility of this escalating further in a very dangerous way uh is now being discussed uh by the NATO allies in their meeting in in Washington we have heard conflicting reports about us intentions of stationing its um Tomahawk medium range missiles in Europe the Russians are saying on their television that the intention is to give these to Ukraine if so we are just moments away from World War II so this situation is difficult the situation is is fraught with dangers all around uh India’s attempts to maintain a balanced foreign policy and to assist Russia as within its possibilities to maintain its balance and to offset American hegemony is a major contributing fact factor to uh to stability and to our not slipping into a fatal War all right Dr gilber drro thank you so much for joining in and sharing all your insights with me right here on game plan that was Dr Gilbert drro International Affairs analyst author and historian joining us from Brussels always a pleasure speaking with [Music] you Russian attacks have killed at least six people and injured 13 in Ukraine’s Eastern Frontline d region this comes after a Russian missile landed near an administrative building and a bus stop in a town Northwest of the Russian held city of denes the missile killed four people and injured 10 the governor of the denes region posted images from the impact sites showing badly damaged buildings and a bus with shattered Windows a separate attack on an unnamed Enterprise in the town of costantina northwest of bakou killed two civilians and injured three another attack on the town of Leeman further north has received an informal invite for the second Ukraine peace Summit Ukrainian President Vladimir zalinski has said that Russia should be represented at the second Summit but the Kremlin has responded saying that Russia needs to understand what zalinski means by a peace Summit Russia has maintained firm conditions and requires them to be fulfilled to hold any peace talks just last week a Russian Deputy foreign minister has said that Moscow would not attend a follow-up Summit in over two years of war both sides have shunned direct peace talks zinsky now aims to secure lasting peace with the Kremlin he’s also said that he has a goal to have all the elements of a peace plan ready so that he can hold a follow-up session Summit in November I believe that for this we’re ready to hold the second Ukraine peace Summit sooner rather than later and I believe that representatives of Russia should be present at the second Summit I set a goal that in November we would have a fully ready plan thus the summit probably well the plan and everything else for the second Summit will be ready at the first summit in Switzerland last month Ukraine hosted delegations from 92 countries to advance its blueprint for peace Russia was not inv invited and the Kremlin also dismissed the summit as a non-starter now zelinsky’s remarks come after his visit to Washington for a NATO Summit AT a press conference after the visit the president had opened the door to direct talks with Moscow in fact almost half of ukrainians also believe it’s time to start official peace talks with Russia that’s according to a new poll a survey published by the zn.ua media outlet has found that 44% of ukrainians think it’s time for peace negotiations with Russia now while Ukraine has been preparing for the second peace Gathering Hungarian prime minister vikor Orban was also on what he calls a peacemaking mission Hungary has sought The Prestige of a mediator after taking over the European Union’s presidency on July the 1st since then Oran has been on a world tour without a plan of his own he visited Ukraine Russia aaban China and the United States Orban says the peace mission is aimed at brokering an end to Russia’s war in Ukraine hungary’s claim is that it’s close to becoming the only country in Europe that can talk to both Waring sides but when Orban embarked on his trip the Kremlin dismissed it as inconsequential orban’s trip has however led to one key consequence it has angered his European Partners top officials of the European Union will boycott meetings in Budapest hosted by Hungary they say they had not been informed in advance about the Rogue meetings with Vladimir Putin and Xi Jinping and that Orban had not been acting on behalf of the block as Russia continues to make significant gains on the battlefield two years into the war in Ukraine Ukrainian President vadir zilinski says that Russia should be represented at the second Summit hoping to secure a peace deal the Russian Ministry of Defense say its forces have taken control over the uro Zan Village a settlement in dones in addition Russian air defense systems have shot down 33 unmaned Aero vehicles and 10 Rockets fired by the US made multiple La launch rocket system HR according to the general staff of the Ukrainian Armed Forces at least 66 the Ukrainian forces claim to have repulsed at least three attacks in har Ukrainian president zenski is feeling the heat amid Russia’s mounting offensive he’s planning to hold a follow-up Summit to the two-day June 15th Summit in Switzerland which saw countries like China India Saudi Arabia among others skipping the event as Russia was not invited speaking at a press conference zensi has now advocated for Russia to be represented at the follow-up Summit he said that separate meetings on key issues including energy Security will be held in Qatar and on food Security in tur on our part and on the part of our partners I believe that everything will be done I believe that for this purpose we will be ready to bring the second Summit as close as possible and I believe that Russian Representatives should be at the second Summit Ukrainian President vadir ziny also said he was not concerned at the prospects of another Donald Trump presidency in the US stating that many republican lawmakers have great respect for Ukraine I think that if Mr Donald Trump becomes president we will work I’m not afraid of this Ukraine is at War we are emotional and when there is uncertainty and the Republican party is different there are hawks whose messages are more rightwing or more radical probably but I want to tell you that the majority of the Republican Party supports Ukraine and the people of Ukraine on Friday Russia said that its forces of launched attacks on the Ukrainian military Enterprises Ukraine responded by saying that it actually repelled many of the Russian attacks in a new wave of warnings the Kremlin has announced the deployment of us missiles in Germany could make European capitals a clear and legitimate Target for Russian missiles in a repeat of a cold war style confrontation moscow’s warning has come after the White House announced on Wednesday during a NATO Summit that it would periodically station long range of weapons including Tomahawk cruise missiles in Germany from the year 2026 the Kremlin has criticized this move accusing Washington of taking a step towards a new Cold War and of directly participating in the conflict in Ukraine the Russian attacks have killed at least about six people and injured 13 others in Ukraine’s Eastern Frontline donet region the governor of the donit region posted images from the impact sites showing a badly damaged building and also a bus with shattered windows on the same day the general staff of the Ukrainian Armed Forces reported that Ukrainian forces that engaged the Russian army nearly 100 times in multiple directions and the Frontline situation remains very tense the Ukrainian military exerted all efforts to prevent Russian advances and it conducted strikes against Russian personnel and Equipment meanwhile an oil Depot was on fire in Russia’s rostov region after Ukrainian drone attack the area is hundreds of kilometers from the front line and Russia’s defense Ministry announced that its forces had downed four Ukrainian drones two in rostov and one in belr region are joining Ukraine and another one in kurks which is further up north in the face of the intense farting Ukraine is losing its soldiers and it’s not just in war many Ukrainian soldiers are reportedly losing their lives not on the battlefield but while they’re trying to escape from the battlefield according to reports in the Wall Street Journal it’s being said that a large number of Ukrainian men are dying but drowning in rivers while they’re trying to escape to neighboring Nations many of them are said to be fugitives from a military draft that was aimed at sustaining Ukraine’s war effort the bodies in the river show the biggest issue that Ukraine faces is not that of lack of ammunition but the lack of trained Personnel to take on the Russian Onslaught in the battlefield [Music] on the other hand Russia has said that it is not planning to attack NATO as it was the alliance that was aggravating tensions foreign Ministry spokeswoman Maria zacharova was referring to a NATO Summit declaration that said Russia Remains The most significant and direct threat to the allly security this is what she said listen in the second point that I would like to draw your attention to is that the final declaration that was adopted at the NATO Summit in Washington which was held from July 9th to 11th Russia was once again called a threat to the group a direct quote in all operating environments for long-term prospective this is not so Russia is not preparing to attack NATO the North Atlantic Alliance is following the path of escalating tensions constantly they’re pushing their endlessly mentioning Russia and its capacity from document to document of the now Western leaders have repeatedly said that Russian President Vladimir Putin will order his military to go further and attack NATO countries in Central and Eastern Europe if he is not stopped in Ukraine meanwhile Putin met with the Moscow installed governor of the zapia region in Kremlin during the meeting he told the governor that the main focus in zapia was the security of the nuclear power plant Putin accused Ukraine of conducting strikes against the nuclear plant he adds that a lack of atten ention from this to this in fact from the forces that support Ukraine is a big mistake on their part the key factor is the maintaining of security of the entire region and people we will do this we will manage it without a doubt I see the things that need to be addressed that are connected to the security first of all this is the security of the zafur ridia nuclear power plant the fact that the enemy is conducting direct strikes on the plant requires special attention from our side and unfortunately does not draw attention from those forces that support the keev regime today this is their big mistake and we will remember this and talk about this many [Music] times now the attack took place earlier this month when and this is according to Russian officials a Ukrainian drone attack injured eight workers from the Russian controls Zer Reg IIA nuclear power plant and left a nearby Town largely without power and water earlier the UN General Assembly adopted a resolution that demanded that Russia to immediately seize its aggression against Ukraine and urgently withdraw its military and other unauthorized Personnel from the zapia nuclear power plant the 193 member UN General Assembly Atop The Resolution with 99 votes in favor nine against and 60 abstentions meanwhile the Pentagon said that amid tensions over the war in Ukraine us defense secretary Lloyd Austin and Russian defense minister Andre belov spoke for a second time in just over two weeks separately this morning secretary Austin also spoke by phone with Russian Minister of Defense Andre beloof during the call the secretary emphasized the importance of maintaining lines of communication amid Russia’s ongoing war against Ukraine the last time Secretary Austin spoke with his Russian counterpart was on June 25th 2024 and later today a brief readout of the call will be posted to defense.gov now the Russian defense Ministry said that the two held a phone call where they discussed lowering the risk of possible escalation the call which was initiated by Moscow comes as tensions between the two sides flare over Washington’s plans to deploy long range missiles in Germany a decision the Kremlin warned could spell a return to Cold War style confrontation now over two years of exhaustive war seems to have eroded enthusiasm in ukrainians to pick up arms against the Russian invasion attracting new Fighters is posing a challenge to Ukraine as cues of young men joining army are getting shorter strengthened by long delayed Western Aid Ukraine’s forces have struggled for months now to hold the line against Russian troops more details in our next report we don’t use Force we don’t twist anyone’s arm or force them into minivans we’re against these methods I’m against them this combat veteran who goes by the call sign phantomas is waging a different kind of battle on the streets of KV to replenish troop numbers he says men are less eager to fight than before 28 months after Russia’s Invasion there’s a queue outside the local draft office but men under 60 now have to register or renew their personal data at draft offices or online by July 16th and draft officials say they’ve struggled with a sudden influx people used to wait for weeks to get the chance to join the Army now as far as I know most of the cues are people who want to obtain some sort of exemption rors accompanied the draft officer on a recent Patrol as he handed out callup papers one man slipped into a nearby store and another refused to stop others quietly obliged President Vladimir zinsky lowered the draft age to 25 from 27 in April and overhauled the mobilization process and there are signs the drive is working recruitment numbers are shrouded in Wartime secrecy but the Ukrainian military told Reuters in a statement conscription more than doubled in May and June compared to the previous two months without providing figures many weary troops are desperate to be replaced after more than 2 years of almost non-stop service you’re needed replace us there are those who react positively I’d say up to 70% of the time I don’t even have to explain anything to them they understand that nobody else will do this except for themselves nobody else in an April survey commissioned by a state broadcaster about half of ukrainians thought mobilization was going poorly and 60% had a negative view of draft offices those strengthened by long delayed Western Aid Ukraine’s forces have struggled for months to hold the line against Russian troops who are inching forward in the East while the ongoing Ukraine Russia War has led to shortage of Manpower and arm Supply in the battlefield both sides have been replying on smart and lowcost Alternatives such as artillery shells instead of priceing missiles and drones and instead of fighter aircraft in the latest Ukraine has been hedging its bets on Grand drones the car-sized drones which can be controlled remotely is designed to act as a rescue and Supply vehicle it can also be modified to carry a remotely operated heavy machine gun or fire mine clearing charges the 1,750 prototype developed by a ukraine-based startup is one of the dozen’s equipment awaiting military assessment interestingly the grand drone costs nearly $35,000 which is 10% of what an equipment model imported from abroad will cost this is the biggest drone in Ukraine in a caterpillar that exist in nowaday in using uh in a military and also we are 10 times cheaper than uh the similar product from Europe our main uh subject it was evation it was a logistic and it was a batttle turet but you can use it uh whatever you want what imagination can create to use Ukraine has been facing Manpower shortages and uneven International assistance the country is struggling to Halt Russia’s pounding advance in the East and is counting heavily on Innovation at home several startups have been developing military equipment locally to help Frontline soldiers before this we designed various buggies for rental prior to the full scale Innovation it was nothing more than a hobby when the time came started designing these kinds of things to help the military Ukraine has semi-autonomous attack drones and counter drone weapons endowed with artificial intelligence the combination of lowcost weapons and artificial intelligence tools is Waring many experts who say lowcost drones will enable their plation technology leaders to the United Nations and the Vatican worry that the use of drones and AI in weapons can reduce the barrier to kill and dramatically escalate conflicts Russia has received an informal invite for the second Ukraine peace Summit Ukrainian President Vladimir zinski has said that Russia should be represented at the second Summit in over two years of war both sides of Shan direct peace talks zilinski now aims to secure lasting peace with the Kremlin he has also said that he has a goal to have all of the elements of a peace plan ready so that he can hold up a followup Summit in November I believe that for this we’re ready to hold the second Ukraine peace Summit sooner rather than later and I believe that representatives of Russia should be present at the second Summit I set a goal that in November we would have a fully ready plan thus the summit probably well the plan and everything else for the second Summit will be ready at the first summit in Switzerland last month Ukraine hosted delegations from 92 countries to advance its blueprint for peace Russia was not invited the cremin also dismissed the summit as a non-starter now zelinsky’s remarks come after his visit to Washington for a NATO Summit AT a press conference after the visit the president had opened the doors to direct talks with Moscow but just last week a Russian Deputy foreign minister said that Moscow would not attend a follow-up Summit in fact 2third of ukrainians oppose negotiations with Russia as well and according to a new poll the poll conducted by razumov it has found that 64% of ukrainians oppose direct talks with Russia before the war ends but while Ukraine has been preparing for the second peace Gathering Hungarian prime minister Victor Orban was also on what he calls a peacemaking mission Hungary has sought The Prestige of a mediator after taking over European Union’s presidency on the 1st of July and since then Orban has been on a world tour without a plan of his own he has visited Ukraine Russia aeran China the United States Orban says the peace mission is aimed at brokering an end to Russia’s war in Ukraine hungary’s claim is that it is close to becoming the only country in Europe that can talk to both the Waring sides but when Orban embarked on his trip the Kremlin dismissed it as an inconsequential one orban’s trip has however led to one key consequence it has angered his European Partners top officials of the European Union will boycott meetings in Budapest hosted by Hungary they say they had not been informed in advance about the Rogue meetings with Vladmir Putin and Xi Jinping and that Orban has not been acting on behalf of the block China’s joint military exercises with Russia and Belarus coming just days after NATO’s strongest denunciation of Beijing is making the West jittery these drills seen as a direct response to the growing US military presence in the region underscores China’s deepening strategic ties with Russia and its Defiance of Western influence here’s a report China has launched joint Naval exercises with Russia at a military port in southern China M days after NATO allies branded Beijing of backing Russia in the Ukrainian [Music] conflict featuring air defense and anti-submarine drills the move is another display of the growing sinor Russian Alliance these drills are a calculated demonstration of Beijing and moscow’s deepening strategic partnership a union forged in opposition to Western interests and values [Music] [Music] Chinese forces have simultaneously engaged in an 11 day joint training exercise with bellus near the Polish border this Eagle assault anti-terrorist program occurring just 5 km from NATO territory is a thinly veiled attempt to send a signal to Europe and showcase China’s expanding military reach these exercises come amidst growing anes in Europe over the solidification of a potential Eurasian axis a powerful military and economic Alliance stretching from Europe’s Eastern borders to the Pacific China has also recently held drills with LA and Cambodia the ch in of these exercises coming immediately after NATO’s unprecedented rebuke of China is no coincidence the alliance’s accusation that Beijing has become a decisive enabler of Russia’s war effort through its No Limits partnership and support for Russia’s defense industry has clearly struck a nerve Beijing has accused the alliance of seeking security at the expense of others and warned against bringing chaos to Asia clearly the tensions continue to rise for years the European Union has carefully navigated its relationship with China balancing economic interdependence with concerns about human rights and geopolitical Ambitions however beijing’s unwavering support for Russia’s aggression in Ukraine may be a Tipping Point the EU may be forced to reevaluate its economic ties with China a decision with potentially far-reaching consequences for both sides bu report weon world is one as the Ukraine Russia War continues to rage on the front lines heat fave is making its way into the two countries as summer deepens in the northern hemisphere exceptionally hot weather has made its way to Russian Siberia with temperatures Rising about 30 Dees cus in the north of noas noo cisk fountains beaches and R ranks are becoming popular places for people to cool down furthermore Rescuers were on high l in the city as 48 people have already drowned including 16 children since the beginning of the swimming season Rescuers were dispatched to waterfronts to Guide local residents through the heat wave meanwhile hot weather in Ukraine is leaving locals sweating in the high temperatures and with power blackouts caused by war with Russia they can even turn to air conditioning to cool down temperatures have hit over 30 degrees CS recently some residents are trying to seek relief under the shade of trees while doctors recommending are recommending residents to stay indoors during extreme heat now this comes as Russian missile attacks have destroyed much of the country’s electricity generation capacity preventing the use of air conditions people are flocking to the City swimming pools it might look like a peasant Way Pleasant way paron to spend the day but the Searing Heat and the war have raised concerns of serious health problems the weather conditions combined with power outages have forced people to adapt to a new reality at home many rely more on gas heaters to cook food it’s a more reliable way of getting food on the table than trying to prepare meals around power blackouts however cafes and larger Enterprises face bigger problems it is almost unbearable to stay inside kitchens during the heat which is only cooled by small fats however the weather forecast shows temperatures dropping in the coming days Russian attacks have killed at least about six people and injured 13 others in Ukraine’s Eastern Front Line this comes after a Russian missile landed near an administrative building and a bus stop in the town Northwest of the Russian H city of donit the missile resulted in deaths of about four people and injured 10 others the governor of donit region posted images from the impact site showing a badly damaged building and a bus with shattered Windows a separate attack on an unnamed Enterprise in the town of costan nka northwest of bakou resulted in deaths of two civilians and injured three others another attack on the town of Lyman further north resulted in injuries to seven people furthermore Russia said that its forces had launched attacks on the Ukrainian military Enterprises the Russian defense Ministry further said that over the past week the forces have targeted Ukrainian military Industrial Enterprises energy facilities military airports and the Haas missile systems on the same day the general staff of the Ukrainian Armed Forces reported that the Ukrainian forces had engaged the Russian army near Lee 100 times in multiple directions and the Frontline situation remains very tense the Ukrainian military exerted all efforts to prevent Russian advances and had conducted strikes against Russian personnel and Equipment meanwhile an oil Depo was on fire in Russia’s rostov region after a Ukrainian drone attack the area is hundreds of kilometers from the front lines Russia’s defense Ministry announced that its forces had downed or four Ukrainian drones two in Rost off and one in the belgrad region at joining Ukraine and another one in kurks which is further up north in the face of intense fighting Ukraine is losing its soldiers and it is not just losing the soldiers but also the military personnel and many youngsters many Ukrainian soldiers are losing their lives not in the battlefields but while trying to escape from the battle field a new Wall Street Journal report says that large number of Ukrainian men are dying but drowning in the river while trying to escape to neighboring Nations many of them are said to be fugitives from a military draft that was aimed at sustaining Ukraine’s war effort the bodies in the river show the biggest issues that the ukrainians faces as the war enter enters into its third summer without a clear path towards victory has received an informal invite for the second Ukraine peace Summit Ukrainian President Vladimir zalinski has said that Russia should be represented at the second Summit but the Kremlin has responded saying that Russia needs to understand what zalinski means by a peace Summit Russia has maintained firm conditions and requires them to be fulfilled to hold any peace talks just last week a Russian Deputy foreign minister has said that Moscow would not attend a follow-up Summit in over two years of war both sides have shunned direct peace talks seninsky now aims to secure lasting peace with the Kremlin he’s also said that he has a goal to have all the elements of a peace plan ready so that he can hold a follow-up session Summit in November I believe that for this we’re ready to hold the second Ukraine peace Summit sooner rather than later and I believe that representatives of Russia should be present at the second Summit I set a goal that in November we would have a a fully ready plan thus the summit probably well the plan and everything else for the second Summit will be ready at the first summit in Switzerland last month Ukraine hosted delegations from 92 countries to advance its blueprint for peace Russia was not invited and the Kremlin also dismissed the summit as a non-starter now zelinsky’s remarks come after his visit to Washington for a NATO Summit AT a press conference after the visit the president had opened the door to direct talks with Moscow in fact almost half of ukrainians also believe it’s time to start official peace talks with Russia that’s according to a new poll a survey published by the zn.ua media outlet has found that 44% of ukrainians think it’s time for peace negotiations with Russia now while Ukraine has been preparing for the second peace Gathering Hungarian prime minister Victor Orban was also on what he calls a peacemaking mission Hungary has sought The Prestige of a mediator after taking over the European Union’s presidency on July the 1st since then Oran has been on a world tour without a plan of his own he visited Ukraine Russia aaban China and the United States Orban says the peace mission is aimed at brokering an end to Russia’s war in Ukraine hungary’s claim is that it’s close to becoming the only country in Europe that can talk to both Waring sides but when Oran embarked on his trip the Kremlin dismissed it as inconsequential orban’s trip has however led to one key consequence it has angered his European Partners top officials of the European Union will boycott meetings in Budapest hosted by Hungary they say they had not been informed in advance about the Rogue meetings with Vladimir Putin and Xi Jinping and that Orban had not been acting on behalf of the block as Russia continues to make significant gains on the battlefield two years into the war in Ukraine Ukrainian President vadir zilinski says that Russia should be represented at the second Summit hoping to secure a peace deal the Russian M Ministry of Defense says its forces have taken control over the uro Zan Village a settlement in dones in addition Russian air defense systems have shot down 33 unmaned AA vehicles and 10 Rockets fired by the US made multiple launch rocket system himr according to the general staff of the Ukrainian Armed Forces at least 66 clashes have been reported along the front lines with over a third of combat clashes having occurred in the bov area of dones region the Ukrainian forces claim to have repulsed at least three attacks in har Ukrainian president zilinski is feeling the heat amid Russia’s mounting offensive he’s planning to hold a follow-up Summit to the 2-day June 15th Summit in Switzerland it saw countries like China India Saudi Arabia among others skipping the event as Russia was not invited speaking at a press conference zalinski has now advocated for Russia to be represented at the follow-up Summit he said that separate meetings on key issues including energy Security will be held in Qatar and on food Security in tury H part and on the part of our partners I believe that everything will be done I believe that for this purpose we will be ready to bring the second Summit as close as possible and I believe that Russian Representatives should be at the second Summit Ukrainian President vadir zinski also said he was not concerned at the prospects of another Donald Trump presidency in the US stating that many republican lawmakers have great respect for Ukraine I think that if Mr Donald Trump becomes president we will work I’m not afraid of this Ukraine is at War we are emotional and when there is uncertainty and the Republican party is different there are hawks whose messages are more right-wing or more radical probably but I want to tell you that the majority of the Republican Party supports Ukraine and the people of Ukraine on Friday Russia said that its forces have launched attacks on the Ukrainian military ENT prises Ukraine responded by saying that it actually reeled many of the Russian attacks in a new wave of warnings the Kremlin has announced the deployment of us missiles in Germany could make European capitals a clear and legitimate Target for Russian missiles in a repeat of a cold war style confrontation moscow’s warning has come after the White House announced on Wednesday during a NATO Summit that it would periodically station long range of weapons including Tomahawk cruise missiles in Germany from the year 2026 the Kremlin has criticized this move accusing Washington of taking a step towards a new Cold War and of directly participating in the conflict in Ukraine the Russian attacks have killed at least about six people and injured 13 others in Ukraine’s Eastern Frontline donit region the governor of the donit region posted images from the impact sites showing a badly damaged building and also a bus with shattered windows on the same day the general staff of the Ukrainian Armed Forces reported that Ukrainian forces had engaged the Russian army nearly 100 times in multiple directions and the Frontline situation remains very tense the Ukrainian military exerted all efforts to prevent Russian advances and it conducted strikes against Russian personnel and Equipment meanwhile an oil Depot was on fire in Russia’s rostov region after Ukrainian drone attack the area is hundreds of kilometers from the front line and Russia’s defense Ministry announced that its forces had downed four Ukrainian drones two in rostov and one in belgrad region joining Ukraine and another one in kurks with which is further up north in the face of the intense farting Ukraine is losing its soldiers and it’s not just in war many Ukrainian soldiers are reportedly losing their lives not on the battlefield but while they’re trying to escape from the battlefield according to reports in the Wall Street Journal it’s being said that a large number of Ukrainian men are dying but drowning in rivers while they’re trying to escape to neighboring Nations many of them are said to be fugitives from a military draft that was aimed at staining Ukraine’s war effort the bodies in the river show the biggest issue that Ukraine faces is not that of lack of ammunition but the lack of trained Personnel to take on the Russian Onslaught in the battlefield [Music] on the other hand Russia has said that it is not planning to attack NATO as it was the alliance that was aggravating tensions foreign Ministry spokeswoman Maria zacharova was referring to a NATO Summit declaration that said Russia Remains The most significant and direct threat to the Allies security this is what she said listen in the second point that I would like to draw your attention to is that the final declaration that was adopted at the NATO Summit in Washington which was held from July 9th to 11th Russia was once again called a threat to the group a direct quote in all operating environments for long-term prospective this is not so Russia is not preparing to attack NATO the North Atlantic Alliance is following the path of escalating tensions constantly they’re pushing they’re endlessly mentioning Russia and its capacity from document to document of the now Western leaders have repeated said that Russian President Vladimir Putin will order his military to go further and attack NATO countries in Central and Eastern Europe if he’s not stopped in Ukraine meanwhile Putin met with the Moscow installed governor of the zapia region in Kremlin during the meeting he told the governor that the main focus in zapia was the security of the nuclear power plant Putin accused Ukraine of conducting strikes against the nuclear plant he adds that a lack of attention from this to this in fact from the forces that support Ukraine is a big mistake on their part the key factor is the maintaining of security of the entire region and people we will do this we will manage it without a doubt I see the things that need to be addressed that are connected to the security first of all this is the security of the zafur ridia nuclear power plant the fact that the enemy is conducting direct strikes on the plant requires special attention from our side and unfortunately does not draw attention from those forces that support the KE regime today this is their big mistake and we will remember this and talk about this many times about isia now the attack took place earlier this month when and this is according to Russian officials a Ukrainian drone attack injured eight workers from the Russian controls Zaria nuclear power plant and left a nearby Town largely without power and water earlier the UN General Assembly adopted a resolution that demanded that Russia to immediately seize its aggression against Ukraine and urgently withdraw its military and other unauthorized Personnel from the zapia nuclear power plant the 193 member UN General Assembly adopted the resolution with 99 votes in favor nine against and 60 abstentions meanwhile the Pentagon said that amid tensions over the war in Ukraine us defense secretary Lloyd Austin and Russian defense minister Andre beluso spoke for a second time in just over two weeks separately this morning secretary Austin also spoke by phone with Russian Minister of Defense Andre beloof during the call the secretary emphasized the importance of maintaining lines of communication amid Russia’s ongoing war against Ukraine the last time Secretary Austin spoke with his Russian counterpart was on June 25th 2024 and later today a brief readout of the call will be posted to defense.gov now the Russian defense Ministry said that the two held a phone call where they discussed lowering the risk of possible escalation the call which was initiated by Moscow comes as tensions between the two sides flare over Washington’s plans to deploy long range missiles in Germany a decision the Kremlin warned could spell a return to Cold War style confrontation now over 2 years of exhaustive war seems to have eroded enthusiasm in ukrainians to pick up arms against the Russian invasion attracting new Fighters is posing a challenge to Ukraine as cues of young men joining army are getting shorter strengthened by long delayed Western Aid Ukraine’s forces have struggled for months now to hold the line against Russian troops more details in our next report we don’t use Force we don’t twist anyone’s arm or force them into minivans we’re against these methods I’m against them this combat veteran who goes by the call sign phantomas is waging a different kind of battle on the streets of Kiev to replenish troop numbers he says men are less eager to fight than before 28 months after Russia’s Invasion there’s a queue outside the local draft office but men under 60 now have to register or renew their personal data at draft offices or online by July 16th and draft officials say they’ve struggled with a sudden influx people used to wait for weeks to get the chance to join the Army now as far as I know most of the cues are people who want to obtain some sort of exemption Reuters accompanied the draft officer on a recent Patrol as he handed out callup papers one man slipped into a nearby store and another refused to stop others quietly obliged President Vladimir zinski lowered the draft age to 25 from 27 in April and overhauled the mobilization process and there are signs the drive is working recruitment numbers are shrouded in Wartime secrecy but the Ukrainian military told roers in a statement conscription more than doubled in May and June compared to the previous two months without providing figures many weary troops are desperate to be replaced after more than two years of almost non-stop service you’re needed replace us there are those who react positively I’d say up to 70% of the time I don’t even have to explain anything to them they understand that nobody else will do this except for themselves nobody else in an April survey commissioned by a state broadcaster about half of ukrainians thought mobilization was going poorly and 60% had a negative view of draft offices though strengthened by long delayed Western Aid Ukraine’s forces have struggled for months to hold the line against Russian troops who are inching forward in the East while the ongoing Ukraine Russia War has led to shortage of Manpower and armed Supply in the battlefield both sides have been replying on smart and lowcost Alternatives such as artillery shells instead of priceing missiles and drones and instead of fighter aircraft in the latest Ukraine has been hedging its bets on ground drones the car siiz drones which can be controlled remotely is designed to act as a rescue and Supply vehicle it can also be modified to carry a remotely operated heavy machine gun or fire mine clearing charges the 1,750 prototype developed by a Ukraine based stup is one of the dozen’s equipment awaiting military assessment interestingly the grand drone costs nearly $35,000 which is 10% of what an equipment model imported from abroad will cost this is the biggest drone in Ukraine in a caterpillar that exist in nowaday in using uh in a military and also we are 10 times cheaper than uh the similar product from Europe our main uh subject it was evacuation it was logistic and it was a battle turret but you can use it uh whatever you want what imagination can create to use Ukraine has been facing Manpower shortages and uneven International assistance the country is struggling to Halt Russia’s pounding advance in the East and is counting heavily on Innovation at home several startups have been developing military equipment locally to help Frontline soldiers before this we designed various buggies for rental prior to the full scale Innovation it was nothing more than a hobby when the time came we started designing these kinds of things help the military Ukraine has semi-autonomous attack drones and counter drone weapons endowed with artificial intelligence the combination of lowcost weapons and artificial intelligence tools is Waring many experts who say lowcost drones will enable their glorification technology leaders to the United Nations and the Vatican worry that the use of drones and AI in weapons can reduce the barrier to killing and dramatically escalate conflicts Russia has received an informal invite for the second Ukraine peace Summit Ukrainian President Vladimir zinski said that Russia should be represented at the second Summit in over two years of war both sides of Shan direct peace talks zilinski now aims to secure lasting peace with the kremin he has also said that he has a goal to have all of the elements of a peace plan ready so that whether he can hold up a followup Summit in November I believe that for this we’re ready to hold the second Ukraine peace Summit sooner rather than later and I believe that representatives of Russia should be present at the second Summit I set a goal that in November we would have a fully ready plan thus the summit probably well the plan and everything else for the second Summit will be ready at the first summit in Switzerland last month Ukraine hosted delegations from 92 countries to advance its blueprint for peace Russia was not invited the Kremlin also dismissed the summit as a nonstarter now zelinsky’s remarks come after his visit to Washington for a NATO Summit AT a press conference after the visit the president had opened the doors to direct talks with Moscow but just last week a Russian Deputy foreign minister said that Moscow would not attend a follow-up Summit in fact 2third of ukrainians oppose negociation with Russia as well and according to a new poll the poll conducted by razumov it has found that 64% of ukrainians oppose direct talks with Russia before the war ends but while Ukraine has been preparing for the second peace Gathering Hungarian prime minister Victor Orban was also on what he calls a peacemaking mission Hungary has sought The Prestige of a mediator after taking over European Union’s presidency on the 1st of July and since then Orban has been on a world tour without a plan of his own he has visited Ukraine Russia

President Volodymyr Zelensky said on Monday he aimed to have a plan ready in November to enable Kyiv to hold a second international summit on his vision of peace in Ukraine, and he said representatives of Russia should attend.
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