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[00:00:20] Hello and welcome to TRT World, this is the news hour live with me, Reagan
[00:00:24] Devine and we're coming to you from Istanbul, coming up in the next 60 minutes,
[00:00:28] Iran and Oman have reach an understanding over the
[00:00:31] of straight of Ormose now reportedly agreeing on coordinates for
[00:00:34] route. US
[00:00:36] of President Donald Trump is also optimistic saying he
[00:00:38] of prefers diplomacy over war. an agreement
[00:00:41] of is expected soon that could ease traffic flow through the waterway
[00:00:45] critical to global supply chains. Israel ramps up
[00:00:49] attacks on southern Lebanon despite a cease fire. both sides are
[00:00:52] of also holding talks and room about an end to Israeli occupation in parts
[00:00:56] of Lebanon and creating pilot zones for the country
[00:00:59] to take. over after Israel's withdrawal. Tel Aviv blames Hezbulah
[00:01:03] for the recent flaare up after two soldiers
[00:01:06] of were of killed in an explosion on Wednesday. Russia says
[00:01:09] that intercepted hundreds of Ukrainian drones overnight and as
[00:01:13] fired at Ukraine killing at least three people. Ukraine on
[00:01:17] the other hand is urging its allies to provide more weapons saying its arsenal
[00:01:21] is fast depleting and could turn the war in
[00:01:24] of Moscow's favor. Myanmar's leader and former
[00:01:28] of army chief Mino Halang is. in Thailand on an image building
[00:01:31] mission, this is the fourth country he's visited in recent days and comes amit a
[00:01:35] push by Bangkok to reengage him with the regional block
[00:01:39] Asian which had banned him after he staged the coup in
[00:01:43] 2021 and are then ousted the elected
[00:01:46] government.
[00:01:52] of of
[00:02:00] of
[00:02:01] The first up, Iran and Oman appear to be closing in a
[00:02:05] proposed agreement to regulate commercial shipping through the straight of
[00:02:09] almos. Officials have reached an understanding on the geographic
[00:02:13] coordinates that would define shipping routes through the
[00:02:16] strategic waterway. However, Toron has made it clear that the agreement
[00:02:20] alone will not guarantee safe navigation. That uncertainty
[00:02:24] comes as the US central command maintains a military presence in
[00:02:28] and around the straight. This is... to counter what it says are fast attack
[00:02:32] craft, missile batteries and shipping blockads. we
[00:02:36] as president Donald Trump has expressed optimism about reaching a broad agreement.
[00:02:40] Iran though continues to deny any direct negotiations with
[00:02:43] Washington blaming the US blockade for the diplomatic
[00:02:47] of impass. Craig Boswell, reports from
[00:02:50] of Washington. US President Donald Trump made only a
[00:02:54] passing reference ending the Iran war during a campaign speech in Las
[00:02:58] Vegas on Wednesday. were all set for the biggest attack since
[00:03:02] in World War II
[00:03:03] and they called me and they said please don't do it let's talk
[00:03:06] of and then they don't they said we never said that but we are talking let's see
[00:03:10] what happens. Terran says they are
[00:03:14] of not talking, but a framework agreement for
[00:03:16] a
[00:03:16] a commercial shipping through
[00:03:21] in the straight of homuz is being hammered out between Iran and Oman. The map, the transit roots, the
[00:03:24] entering and exiting
[00:03:25] in of maritime traffic and those by
[00:03:28] of literal site agreements with Oman. because it's not just map,
[00:03:32] these fundamental agreements with Oman have been mostly completed,
[00:03:36] meaning we have made significant progress in our
[00:03:39] of discussions of with a Oman, of and this progress is on the
[00:03:42] of verge of being
[00:03:43] of finalized. Iran says it will not automatically reopen the
[00:03:46] crucial waterway. Late Tuesday, Trump placed a time
[00:03:50] frame on the
[00:03:51] of deal.
[00:03:53] in We'll find out, well in 48
[00:03:56] hours. The US president made that statement after saying all
[00:04:00] negotiations with Iran were positive, he immediately followed that up with a
[00:04:04] threat to resume military operations. It remains unclear
[00:04:08] from the Trump administration standpoint exactly who is talking, but
[00:04:12] the Americans have been clear that fees to
[00:04:14] of transit the straight are not an option. As you know, the
[00:04:18] mediators, Qatar, Pakistan, and now Oman are all working together
[00:04:21] on on that issue, we are coordinating very closely with the Omanies to facilitate
[00:04:25] the talks between both sides and exchanging ideas. Marine traffic
[00:04:29] data. on Wednesday shows about 10 commercial ships passed through the straight of
[00:04:33] Rom in about 25 hours, as the standoff over the straight
[00:04:37] continues, so do the rising costs for American
[00:04:40] of consumers and the global economy.
[00:04:43] of Craig Boswell, TRT World, Washington. All
[00:04:46] right, we've got correspondents on this story, rezer Hatomy in Tehran, and our North
[00:04:50] America correspondent John Bren in Washington, um, good to see you both
[00:04:54] gentlemen, John, allow me to speak with Razer first, Razza, Iran
[00:04:58] is seeing its close. to an agreement with the moun yet insis
[00:05:02] that that doesn't guarantee safe navigation. It's a very
[00:05:06] interesting comment to make, what conditions is
[00:05:10] Tran really trying to, I guess... secure before opening
[00:05:13] the straight?
[00:05:20] alreagan, iran says that deal with oman about the roots
[00:05:24] in the state of formood is necessary condition for reopening the
[00:05:28] straight of formus, but it's not a sufficient
[00:05:32] condition and other conditions have to be met before
[00:05:35] Tehran reopens the straight of almost, probably
[00:05:39] the most important stumbling block in reopening the... from
[00:05:43] Iran's point of view is US's naval blockade on
[00:05:46] Iranian ports and coastline. Iran has long said that
[00:05:50] the United States should end this blockade. Also Iranians are
[00:05:54] angry over the threats of military action by the United
[00:05:58] States. Basically, Iran wants the United States to
[00:06:02] return to the Islamabad memorandum of
[00:06:04] understanding. That would be that the United States
[00:06:08] would say that war on Iran has ended and stop making
[00:06:12] threats. against Iran, that would also include the United
[00:06:15] States granting wavers to Iran's sanctioned oil and
[00:06:19] oil and petrol chemical products, it also includes release
[00:06:23] of Iranian frozen assets and also included
[00:06:27] is Israel stopping its attacks on Lebanon, so there are
[00:06:31] plenty of conditions for Iran in order for it to
[00:06:35] reopen the straight of our moves, what Iranians want at this moment, and this is
[00:06:39] something that President has said, Iran should... force the
[00:06:43] United States to return to the Islamabad memorandum of
[00:06:46] understanding oman seems to
[00:06:49] have you sufis as the key intermediary once
[00:06:52] more. um is it safe to say that uh Iran
[00:06:56] trusts oman in ways it clearly does not trust trust
[00:07:00] Washington.
[00:07:07] Yes, obviously Iran does not trust the
[00:07:11] United States. and especially the Donald Trump
[00:07:14] administration, Iranian officials have said that the United
[00:07:18] States betrayed diplomacy three times
[00:07:20] and obviously the United States and Israel
[00:07:24] attacked Iran twice, I mean they launched them all
[00:07:28] out massive war on Iran twice as Iran and the United States
[00:07:32] were in the middle of negotiations, but also what Iran argues
[00:07:36] is that according to international maritime law, the
[00:07:40] coastal states of waterway have... the right to
[00:07:43] discuss the administration of it, and those coastal states
[00:07:47] are Iran and Oman, basically Tehran says that the United
[00:07:51] States as a country that is not in the region has no
[00:07:54] right to be included in the talks
[00:07:58] about the administration the state of
[00:08:01] formers. Thank you Razer, let's bring in John
[00:08:05] Brain, he's been standing by in Washington, John, can you just walk
[00:08:09] us through President Trump's optimism? that a broad, a broad
[00:08:13] deal is
[00:08:14] possible?
[00:08:19] well, he certainly projecting optimism, whether he really feels
[00:08:23] it is another matter of course, because this clearly is not going his
[00:08:27] way, but he had to give reason for calling off what he
[00:08:31] described as plans for the biggest attack since World War
[00:08:35] II, few days ago, and so he said that
[00:08:39] that's because
[00:08:40] that the talks are proceeding between the American... and the Iranians and it's
[00:08:44] all going very well and the deal is imminent
[00:08:48] uh, but he he knows it's not going well uh
[00:08:51] the Iranians of course are denying they're even talking to the US so we don't know
[00:08:54] which these narratives is true, but you can
[00:08:58] sense trump's increasing frustration, mean for example he's
[00:09:02] posted on true social this morning uh
[00:09:05] about the weapons that vital weapons being
[00:09:09] uh low in stock, you have been many... claims
[00:09:13] that the U.S. is running out of some of its more
[00:09:16] important missiles, Trump has rubbished that in the true social
[00:09:20] post, and described those sorts of comments as treason,
[00:09:24] saying that uh long jail sentences will be
[00:09:28] sort for those making those claims, it's all sort of language you hear
[00:09:32] in dictatorships, but it shows just how
[00:09:35] sensitive all this is to Donald Trump at the
[00:09:38] moment, uh, he's vered, as we know from these...
[00:09:43] threats to attack Iran right through saying the
[00:09:46] negotiations are going very well, it's this continuing cycle which has been
[00:09:50] going on really for months now uh so he's
[00:09:54] got he has to have great hope for these latest negotiations because
[00:09:58] he's really running out of options okay John appreciate the
[00:10:02] reporting thank you John Breenan Washington DC
[00:10:05] okay for more analysis on this let's bring in Alive Vayez who is in
[00:10:09] Geneva he is the director of Iran project. and senior
[00:10:13] advisor at the international crisis group. Ali, thank you
[00:10:16] for appearing on the program. When you hit optimism
[00:10:20] from Washington, but much more caution from
[00:10:23] Terran. Does this say anything to you about the
[00:10:27] prospects the
[00:10:28] escalation?
[00:10:35] Well, look, I think a deal between Iran and Oman is
[00:10:39] imminent, and that's a step forward and would
[00:10:43] open the door to the possibility of reopening the
[00:10:46] straight, but it is not tantamon to opening
[00:10:50] the straight, because as your correspondent in Tehran said, the Iranians
[00:10:54] do... that the US would meet other
[00:10:57] commitments as outlined under article 13 the
[00:11:01] mou, which would require the lifting the US blockade and
[00:11:04] sanctions relief for Iran as well as the end of
[00:11:07] hostilities in Lebanon for Iran to then comply
[00:11:11] with its own obligation under the mou and
[00:11:14] reopen traffic through the straight, so the iran oman
[00:11:18] agreement is important because it puts in place
[00:11:21] mechanism that is acceptable to all the key stakeholders. for managing
[00:11:25] traffic, but it's insufficient to make that happen. I
[00:11:29] on Iran's agreement with Oman, do you think Taran can
[00:11:32] realistically separate a commercial shipping
[00:11:35] agreement from the continued US military
[00:11:39] presence in the
[00:11:40] Gulf?
[00:11:48] Well, yes, because by controlling the inbound
[00:11:52] traffic through its own territory.
[00:11:56] Iran would be able to ban and
[00:11:59] bar US warships from coming back into the Persian
[00:12:03] Golf, and once you control what
[00:12:06] comes in, you basically control what goes out, and this is
[00:12:10] why controlling the states from security
[00:12:13] perspective is so important to the Iranians, is not really the
[00:12:17] monetizing dimension here, that is the number one
[00:12:20] priority, is the security dimension, and from that
[00:12:24] perspective I the Iranians would meet their objective. now, of course, that's
[00:12:27] not the same as the US withdrawing all of its
[00:12:31] offensive capabilities from Iran's near
[00:12:34] abroad, but that could happen if the two
[00:12:38] sides return to the negotiations and move
[00:12:41] diplomatically towards a final agreement. before I let you
[00:12:45] go, I'm hoping you give us better understanding of
[00:12:49] what's what people in Iran are thinking and saying, and of
[00:12:53] course of Iran's internal politics. between those who want
[00:12:56] economic relief and those who believe confrontation
[00:13:00] still serves Iran's uh best interest. Which do you think is the
[00:13:04] more compelling argument for
[00:13:06] Iranians?
[00:13:13] Look, it's very hard to generalize sentiments within a
[00:13:17] nation of 90 million, there are differences of opinion
[00:13:21] across the board, but what I think is important to take into
[00:13:25] account is that this is a country that has been a constant state of
[00:13:28] crisis now for about year and a half, and
[00:13:32] it's economic situation is just terrible, and that's
[00:13:36] why people would, I think broadly welcome
[00:13:39] some sort of economic reprieve and return to a degree of
[00:13:43] normalcy, but there are also hardliners who
[00:13:46] are ideologically opposed to any kind of agreement with
[00:13:50] the United States and are going to continue to be quite vocal
[00:13:54] about it, unlike in the United States where the
[00:13:57] hardliners are actually in the Trump administration
[00:14:01] and are powerful, the hardliners in Iran are mostly vocal but
[00:14:05] not very powerful, the group the small group of people
[00:14:09] who are calling the shots today, they're more or less on the same page, and if they
[00:14:12] make a decision,
[00:14:14] it is probably a pragmatic decision that serves their interest. interesting,
[00:14:18] all right, oliv is at Iran project and of course at the international crisis
[00:14:22] group, thank you, Ali.
[00:14:25] Yemen's Iran aligned Hothies have confirmed a missile attack on yet
[00:14:29] another Saudi linked oil tanker. The group says the vessel was targeted in
[00:14:33] the Gulf of Eden. On Wednesday they also claimed responsibility for the
[00:14:37] attack a Saudi tanker off the coast the Red Sea port of
[00:14:40] Yanbu. These latest attacks come as the Houthies step up pressure on
[00:14:44] Saudi Arabia after imposing naval blockade in the Red Sea last
[00:14:48] month over what they call a Saudi siege of Yemen. The
[00:14:52] Israeli, the Israeli. military says two of
[00:14:56] its soldiers have been killed and eight wounded during combat in
[00:15:00] southern Lebanon. The strikes on Wednesday were in retaliation to what Israel
[00:15:03] described as Hezballah violations the seasfire. It also edged
[00:15:07] residents the village of Monsuri to evacuate claiming it was
[00:15:11] targeting and destroying Hezbulah infrastructure
[00:15:14] there. Our correspondent Priyanka Davani is
[00:15:18] in Beirout with the latest. The
[00:15:21] Israeli presence in southern Lebanon is certainly being felt.
[00:15:25] by the residents of Southern Lebanon, many of whom have just made
[00:15:29] their way back to Southern Lebanon in the last couple
[00:15:33] of weeks or months following the end of this full-blown
[00:15:37] war. As we have said time and time again, there is nothing
[00:15:41] more that residents of Lebanon, particularly southern Lebanon
[00:15:44] want than simply to be back in their homes. It
[00:15:48] has been a long time since they have permanently been
[00:15:52] able to be back in their homes, whether we're talking about the rise of
[00:15:56] violence since 2023, sort of that slow simmering
[00:15:59] war, the full-blown war in 2024, the fall of
[00:16:03] 2024, and then again in the spring of
[00:16:06] 200. 26, so many these residents desperate
[00:16:10] to be home, but then once again we saw intense Israeli
[00:16:14] air strikes on the area of Burjas Shameli. now people may not
[00:16:18] know Burge Shameli, but they definitely know the city of Tyre.
[00:16:22] this is very famous ancient phinician
[00:16:25] city, it's home to some of Lebanon's best beaches. we were
[00:16:29] just there the other day speaking to the Lebanese, the hundreds of
[00:16:33] people that had populated the newly reopened public
[00:16:37] beach. entire, but once again, people having to flee
[00:16:40] that area because the intensity the
[00:16:44] Israeli strikes there, and Lebanese diplomatic
[00:16:47] sources are saying this is in fact the Israeli
[00:16:50] response to the Lebanese demands being made in Rome,
[00:16:54] of those demands, of course, a complete cessation
[00:16:58] of hostilities, and also the expansion these
[00:17:02] pilot zones, these pilot zones being part the US,
[00:17:06] Israeli, Lebanese. this framework that was brokered ultimately at the end
[00:17:10] of June that calls for there to be certain essentially test
[00:17:14] areas that the Lebanese army goes into and takes
[00:17:18] over and then the the Israeli army ultimately
[00:17:22] withdraws from and this
[00:17:25] uptake that pr just talked about is violence playing out against the backdrop
[00:17:29] the final day of peace talks in Rome between Israel and Lebanon on the
[00:17:33] agenda outstanding issues relating to the next phase of a
[00:17:36] gradual israel withdrawal from southern Lebanon under a US
[00:17:40] broker framework deal. Diplomats are also looking into working a
[00:17:44] comprehensive peace and security agreement. Well from on this,
[00:17:48] I'm joined by Alina Trabatoni in Rome Rome. Hi there Alina,
[00:17:52] it's good seeing you. So just remind us please, our audience, what was agreed in
[00:17:56] the June framework and what's on the
[00:17:58] agenda? Well,
[00:18:02] on the June Agreement, which was signed on June 26th in the
[00:18:06] United States. Uh, there were several lines of agreement,
[00:18:10] one, first and foremost was uh, push towards
[00:18:14] the end of hostilities. Uh, secondly, the
[00:18:17] idea of rolling out some pilot zones, obviously,
[00:18:21] creating some safe spaces and adding more and more
[00:18:24] territory as the safety and tranquility the zones
[00:18:28] is guaranteed and secured, uh, and obviously that
[00:18:32] involves lot also the interaction between the north and the
[00:18:36] south and - Obviously the disarmoment
[00:18:39] of any armed groups in the area and the
[00:18:43] release the southern Lebanon area by uh the
[00:18:46] Israeli army, the Israeli troops.
[00:18:50] Ana, as far as
[00:18:51] I understand, has not been present at these talks, why and how much does
[00:18:55] their absence
[00:18:56] matter? Ah,
[00:19:00] well, they had set some conditions to participate
[00:19:03] any talks and obviously their absence is...
[00:19:07] very uh important and determining factor
[00:19:11] uh surely in what the outcome these talks will be,
[00:19:14] because they are one the military parties
[00:19:18] involved on the ground uh with everything that's going on,
[00:19:22] so uh, you know, it's it's almost, it seems almost
[00:19:26] complicated to reach an agreement without one the parties
[00:19:29] there. uh, addition, hasbul uh also uh
[00:19:33] has uh wide support and also has uh
[00:19:37] political movement uh that is uh very
[00:19:41] operational in Lebanon, so uh, lot
[00:19:45] hinches
[00:19:45] on uh,
[00:19:45] you know, what the outcome is, and you know, having
[00:19:49] Heizballah signing off on it uh, as well as the,
[00:19:53] you know, uh, political arm of Hezballah as well uh, to
[00:19:57] ensure that it all plays out and works on the
[00:19:59] ground. Elena, Flatonian room, thank you,
[00:20:03] Elena. Well, let's speak now to our
[00:20:06] correspondent. kassim who is an occupied east Jerusalem, it's
[00:20:10] always good to seeing you, my friend. the turkish foreign minister, hakan
[00:20:13] fidan just yesterday met with Jordan's foreign minister
[00:20:16] today's, he's been courting so to speak Muslim countries
[00:20:20] in the region all discussing how Israel has been
[00:20:24] breaking cease fire after cease fire. do you think Israel
[00:20:28] is concerned or worried at all about these
[00:20:30] talks?
[00:20:34] absolutely Reagan, Israel never is in favor. of
[00:20:38] any regional uh country in the size of Turkia
[00:20:42] or anyone who um tries to expose
[00:20:45] its violations of international law of human
[00:20:49] rights and also exposes its genocidal war in Gaza,
[00:20:53] its occupation in the occupied West bank and occupied East
[00:20:56] Jerusalem and also working to unify in
[00:21:00] Arab and Muslim majority countries and also speak
[00:21:03] in one in one voice. That is something that Israel does
[00:21:07] not like and this is why Israel has been critical of
[00:21:11] Turkey because Turkey works together with the
[00:21:14] regional countries to try to bring about a
[00:21:18] united front in export. using Israel and ending the occupation,
[00:21:22] so this is something that that does
[00:21:24] not sit well with Israel, specifically with
[00:21:28] the continued storming and violations
[00:21:31] the Islamic and Christian holy sites
[00:21:35] in occupied is Jerusalem, and also the statement that Turkey
[00:21:38] stands united behind the Jordan who is the custodian
[00:21:42] the holy sites in the occupied city, again this is
[00:21:46] something that does not set well with Israel and Israel uh... like to
[00:21:50] see a united front coming in from arab and muslim countries criticizing,
[00:21:54] exposing its occupation and violations. Reagan. I guess
[00:21:58] you kind of answer my second question to you, as you know uh, Israel
[00:22:02] has been holding talks with the Jordanian government in Rome, since
[00:22:06] Israel does not like a United Front, I guess it does not bother
[00:22:09] Israel that Hezbollah has not not been at those
[00:22:12] talks.
[00:22:16] Well, uh, neither s, neither party wants to see.
[00:22:20] Hizballah on the negotiating table, not
[00:22:24] Israel, as it doesn't even consider Hizballah a
[00:22:27] party that it will speak to giving the fact that it considers Hispallah a
[00:22:31] terrorist group, but also Hizballah is not going to sit well with or
[00:22:35] sit on the same negotiating table
[00:22:38] as with Israel, and he Hisball has been critical
[00:22:42] the Lebanese government and its negotiations,
[00:22:46] direct negotiations with Israel, but Israel wants several things.
[00:22:50] out these negotiations, first it wants the Israeli
[00:22:54] army to assert its control um in in in southern
[00:22:58] Lebanon and disarm Hizballah, this is the main goal, disarming
[00:23:01] hizballah is something that Israel will not give up
[00:23:05] at this point, but also Israel wants something that is
[00:23:09] way beyond these talks, which is normalization deal
[00:23:13] with Lebanon, something that Netanyahu the prime minister has been uh
[00:23:17] speaking about as well as other uh members of his uh
[00:23:21] far right coalition, if they can get normalization deal or
[00:23:25] some sort of political, diplomatic ties with libanon out of it, this will be
[00:23:29] huge win, especially uh before the elections on
[00:23:33] October the 27th, but also they want to secure the northern borders,
[00:23:36] something that brought Netanyahu great deal of headaches from the tens of thousands
[00:23:40] of Israeli residents there who have been
[00:23:44] stable historic supporters of his likut party and the right in
[00:23:48] Israel, but that the... frustrated and angry with how
[00:23:52] things are going given that since yesterday in the last 24
[00:23:55] hours um Israel has renewed its assault a
[00:23:59] couple of positions in southern Lebanon, among them el
[00:24:02] Mansouri near tire in in southern
[00:24:06] Lebanon um and going after Hizballah
[00:24:10] which means that the uh the borders aren't going to
[00:24:13] be quiet as Israeli prime minister has promised
[00:24:17] and pleged to his constituencies. so Israel, if it
[00:24:21] can get a disarm, disarming of Hizballah and some sort of
[00:24:25] diplomatic deal out these negotiations, that would be
[00:24:28] huge win uh for Netanyahu if it can be done before the
[00:24:32] elections, which is highly unlikely at this point. occupied
[00:24:36] easter tourism. thank you for the reporting.
[00:24:40] israely forces continue to storm the kalendia refugee camp in the
[00:24:44] occupied west bank, at least 16 palestinians have been injured,
[00:24:47] 60 people have also been arrested amid. raids, they come day after
[00:24:51] the Palestinian red cressent said that eight people were injured when Israely forces
[00:24:55] sent reinforcements into the refugee camp. local
[00:24:59] media reported the Israeli army distributing leaflets saying a
[00:25:03] large scale raid was being carried out at the
[00:27:24] Welcome back to the news hour, his reminder for top stories: Iran says
[00:27:27] it's reached an understanding with Oman a route for ships
[00:27:31] transiting the... mediator Pakistan on
[00:27:35] the US Iran talk says it hopes the Ormus agreement will lead to
[00:27:39] the resumption of discussions. Israel's
[00:27:42] continued shelling in southern Lebanon has wounded at least eight people in overnight
[00:27:46] strikes
[00:27:46] it took place as delegates from both countries are in room discussing the next phase
[00:27:50] of a gradual israely withdrawal from southern
[00:27:53] Lebanon. the three
[00:27:57] people have been killed in overnight strikes by Russia on Ukraine's eastern city
[00:28:01] of Balaclear.
[00:28:03] in the Karakiv region. rescue operations are underway as teams are
[00:28:06] struggling to clean out the debris from the attack. it comes after at least
[00:28:10] 17 people were killed and dozens injured by a barrage of Russian
[00:28:14] missiles and drones launched at Kiev and the surrounding region early on
[00:28:18] Wednesday. soon after the attacks
[00:28:21] Ukraine's president spoke with NATO calling for more support. vodimir
[00:28:25] Zelinski has also been hosting the UK's defense secretary in Kiev telling him that
[00:28:29] Moscow wants to further escalate the conflict.
[00:28:33] "We think that we need the unanimity and we need strong support
[00:28:37] from from your country and from all other European France
[00:28:41] that it this is a signal also that Russia gives us
[00:28:44] and to the wall that they don't want to stop and I
[00:28:48] think that they want to continue and i mean increase
[00:28:52] escalation yes using the ballistic missiles
[00:28:56] and we have our estimation I want to share with you we
[00:29:00] have estimation that they will have they will increase." the production of such
[00:29:04] ballistic missiles.
[00:29:07] Toyota all
[00:29:08] the latest from Kieve. We overnight saw
[00:29:12] few casualties in places, including in the the eastern part
[00:29:16] the the front line, but also in the north and Sumi as well, Russian glide bombs there hitting
[00:29:20] Sumi City, injuring number of people and also resulting a
[00:29:24] couple of deaths.
[00:29:25] It is normal evening, normal night for Ukraine, but one that is
[00:29:28] increasingly concerning of course in the context the ballistic missiles and the... of
[00:29:32] our defenses that Ukraine currently has: Vladimir Zelinski there talking
[00:29:36] to uh the UK defense minister where's streating, we know that he has been having conversations
[00:29:40] yesterday too with Mark Rootter about how Ukraine
[00:29:44] can accelerate access to European partnersuh
[00:29:48] intercepts things that are actually able to shoot down these ballistic missiles bause
[00:29:51] currently Ukraine basically has nothing. The key element of
[00:29:55] this is the US Patriot system that there are conversations between Kiev
[00:29:59] and Washington DC over both access. two patriot
[00:30:03] systems, to patriot intercepted missiles themselves, but also about Ukraine's
[00:30:07] ability to manufacture patriots in the future. the key
[00:30:10] fact in all of this is the lead time that it would take to to do
[00:30:14] so, even with patriot systems getting green lit today, we would still be looking at the middle of
[00:30:18] next year before those will be able to come on-stream and possibly even later before they're actually
[00:30:22] able to be integrated into Ukrainian
[00:30:25] air defense. in the meantime, Ukraine is working incredibly hard
[00:30:29] to try and boost its own defensive um... domestic
[00:30:32] manufacturing capabilities, defense firms here that we've been talking to over the last couple of days
[00:30:36] and that we are talking to in
[00:30:39] the the coming days as well, are really trying to move forward quickly
[00:30:42] tandem with their European partners, but there are significant road
[00:30:46] blocks, chief among them is how they pay for it, and those are
[00:30:50] conversations too that both NATO and Vladimir Zelinski will trying to
[00:30:54] have in European
[00:30:54] capitals
[00:30:58] and two people have been killed and five others wounded in the Ukrainian drone attack
[00:31:02] on R Briansk region, this comes after the Russian Army.