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Russia accuses US of escalating Ukraine war with missile decision

Newshour

BBC

News, Daily News

4.21.1K Ratings

🗓️ 18 November 2024

⏱️ 47 minutes

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Summary

Russia has vowed to respond if Ukraine uses US long-range ATACMS missiles to hit its territory. We'll hear views from Ukraine, Russia and Germany. Also in the programme: armed looters hijacked almost 100 trucks carrying aid supplies into Gaza; and French singer-songwriter Charles Dumont, who composed Edith Piaf's "Non, Je Ne Regrette Rien", has died.

(Photo: A resident carries outs items from his house heavily damaged by a Russian missile strike on Odesa, Ukraine. Credit: REUTERS/Nina Liashonok)

Transcript

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0:00.0

Hello and welcome to NewsHour from the BBC World Service. I'm Celia Hatton coming to you live from our studio in London.

0:11.9

Europe has endured nearly 1,000 days of war since Russia's large-scale invasion of Ukraine, and now a glimmer of light for Kiev. After months of pressure

0:23.1

from Volodymyr Zelensky's government, the U.S. has given Ukraine a possible lifeline. Ukraine can

0:29.5

now use some of America's most sophisticated long-range missiles on targets that lie deep inside

0:35.2

Russian territory. Moscow said before that the use of the U.S.

0:39.4

made Atacom's missiles on its territory would cross a red line. In the last few minutes,

0:45.6

Ukraine's foreign minister has said the missiles would be a game changer. President Biden hasn't

0:51.1

made a formal announcement about the attack him's missiles.

0:59.6

But speaking at the G20 summit in Brazil, he urged other nations to support Ukraine.

1:06.6

We all have to work to end the conflicts and crises that are eroding progress to include security around the world.

1:12.2

Ukraine, the United States strongly supports Ukraine's sovereignty and territorial integrity.

1:15.4

Everyone around this table will might be as well.

1:21.9

Over this edition of News Hour, we'll hear responses to the missile news from Russia and Germany and those covering developments on the front lines of the conflict.

1:26.3

But first, today, the governor of Ukraine's

1:28.8

Black Sea port city of Odessa says a Russian missile attack has killed at least 10 people.

1:35.4

The Ukrainian member of parliament, Olexei Goncianko, was nearby when the missile hit.

1:41.7

It was awful. I lived just 200 meters from there.

1:46.5

So I heard the explosion.

1:47.9

I ran there and I saw horrific picture of people in blood screaming awful.

1:56.6

And that is absolutely civilian area.

1:59.7

Middle of the day of Monday. People were coming to cafes.

2:03.8

There is a flower market there, just usual life medical center. And people just were killed by

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