Zelesnky tells Russia to stop attacking Ukraine
Newshour
BBC
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🗓️ 3 March 2025
⏱️ 47 minutes
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Summary
Russia says Western governments are fragmenting over the war in Ukraine. President Putin's spokesman said no coordinated peace plan was on the agenda yet. His remarks reflect recent divisions between President Trump and Ukraine and its supporters in Europe.
Also in the programme: Arab states and UN condemn Gaza aid blockade by Israel; Anora sweeps the board at the Oscars; and we speak to Nigerian author Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie.
(Photo: France, the UK and other European leaders met on Sunday to discuss Ukraine's security. Credit: EPA)
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| 0:00.0 | Hello and welcome to NewsHour from the BBC World Service. |
| 0:06.8 | Coming to you live from London, I'm Regini Vaidyanathan. |
| 0:10.9 | As feverish diplomacy continues to try and end the war in Ukraine, a reminder the conflict goes on. |
| 0:18.8 | As he headed back to the country after a tumultuous few days of meetings in the US and the UK, President Zelensky said that Russia had launched more than a thousand attack drones, almost 1,300 bombs and more than 20 missiles into his country over the last week. |
| 0:36.5 | President Zelensky said the world needed to be more united and stronger to make Russia stop the strikes. |
| 0:43.8 | You're gambling with World War III, and what you're doing is very disrespectful to the country. |
| 0:50.5 | There are major cracks in that unity after that very public row between President Trump |
| 0:55.9 | and Vice President Vance and Mr Zelensky on Friday. |
| 1:04.3 | What's your message to US President? |
| 1:07.6 | On Sunday, Mr Zelensky got a warmer reception here in London as he attended a conference convened by the British Prime Minister to try and find a path to peace. |
| 1:18.9 | Kirstehr Stama said that European leaders had agreed to boost military aid to Kiev so that it could negotiate any settlement from a position of strength. |
| 1:28.2 | First, we will keep the military aid flowing and keep increasing the economic pressure on Russia |
| 1:34.5 | to strengthen Ukraine now. |
| 1:38.5 | Second, we agreed that any lasting peace must ensure Ukraine's sovereignty and security, and Ukraine must be at |
| 1:47.8 | the table. Third, in the event of a peace deal, we will keep boosting Ukraine's own |
| 1:55.7 | defensive capabilities to deter any future invasion. Fourth, we will go further to develop a coalition of the |
| 2:05.5 | willing to defend a deal in Ukraine and to guarantee the peace. But how do leaders get to a guarantee |
| 2:13.6 | of peace? Well, French President Emmanuel Macron has suggested a partial one-month ceasefire in Ukraine. |
| 2:21.2 | Speaking to LaFiguero newspaper, he suggested a truce in the air, on the seas and on energy infrastructure. |
| 2:29.0 | Reports suggest it's a deal backed by Britain too, but the UK Armed Forces Minister told the BBC that there are a number of options, but none have been agreed. |
| 2:39.6 | Well, Enanour Calois is the deputy of the French National Assembly from Mr Macron's Renaissance Party. |
| 2:46.0 | So what does Europe do next? |
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