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Europe Today: EU-Minister beraten Ukraine-Hilfe, Trump lehnt Irans Hormus-Deal ab
EU-Verteidigungsminister beraten in Brüssel über Ukraine-Hilfe und Russlands Sanktionsflotte, Moskau verstärkt Raketen- und Drohnenangriffe. Trump weist Irans Hormus-Angebot zurück, spricht von „gewaltigen Siegen“. Papst Leo XIV reist zum Abschluss seines Frankreichbesuchs nach Metz.
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EU-Verteidigungsminister beraten in Brüssel über Ukraine-Hilfe und Russlands Sanktionsflotte, Moskau verstärkt Raketen- und Drohnenangriffe. Trump weist Irans Hormus-Angebot zurück, spricht von „gewaltigen Siegen“. Papst Leo XIV reist zum Abschluss seines Frankreichbesuchs nach Metz.
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00:14Good morning, it's Monday, September 28th.
00:18You're watching Euronews and this is Europe Today.
00:22Coming up, EU Defence Ministers will come together in Brussels today
00:26to discuss military aid for Ukraine and measures against Russia's shadow fleet,
00:31which is used to evade oil sanctions.
00:34Ukraine's counterpart will join the exchange by video conference.
00:38The meeting comes as Russia has increased ballistic missile strikes
00:41and attacks by jet-powered drones.
00:44We'll go live to the council building.
00:46The perspectives for a negotiated peace in the U.S.-Iran war remain murky.
00:52Donald Trump has publicly rejected the Iranian proposal to reopen the Strait of Hormuz
00:57and end fighting, claiming the U.S. was winning tremendously.
01:02However, Iranian officials have responded by insisting diplomacy is the only solution.
01:08Amid reports Trump is planning on resuming hostilities after the midterm elections in November.
01:13And, Pope Leo has called on French bishops to root out the scourge of sexual abuse in the Roman Catholic
01:21Church,
01:21telling them to maintain the greatest vigilance ahead of a meeting with abuse survivors.
01:27The Pope delivered the message to bishops during a private meeting at the Sanctuary of Our Holy Lady of Lourdes,
01:33a holy site in southern France, on the third day of his four-day official visit to that country.
01:39Today, the Pope travels to Metz.
01:42Welcome to the program. I'm Stefan Grober.
01:46As aerial threats continue to breach Europe's skies and Russia continues its full-scale invasion of Ukraine,
01:54Europe is scrambling for solutions.
01:56Foreign Affairs and Defense Ministers are meeting in the Belgian capital today to talk about options.
02:01To learn more, we are joined live now by our defense correspondent Angela Scugins from the council building,
02:08where those ministers are trickling in.
02:10Good morning, Angela. Good to see you.
02:13So, what's at stake today?
02:16Good morning, Stefan.
02:18So, yes, quite a bit, not just for Europe, but also its ally in the East Ukraine.
02:23In the run-up to these defense talks, an EU insider told journalists such as myself,
02:28as well as others on condition of anonymity, that the latest worrying development on the battlefield
02:34is the scale in which Russia is using jet-powered drones and ballistic missiles.
02:40What makes these drones so lethal in particular is their speed.
02:43They can travel at 500 kilometers per hour, making them almost impossible to intercept.
02:48And Russia is producing them at an eye-watering pace.
02:52Now, Russia's full-scale invasion of Ukraine, of course, continues to bleed across Europe's borders.
02:58We saw this on Friday, with a Russian aircraft breaching the skies over Finland.
03:03And we also saw El Mundo, the Spanish daily newspaper, reporting, citing CIA intelligence,
03:09that Russia could be ready to launch some kind of aggression against Europe's southern nations,
03:14such as Spain and France, sometime very soon.
03:18So, clearly, a lot at stake for Europe and Ukraine, Stefan.
03:22And what are the solutions on the table, I mean, for Ukraine and for Europe?
03:29Yes, so we're expecting to get an update from Ukraine's defense minister,
03:33Avengi Hamra, who will be joining via video link, where he will lay bare what that country needs.
03:39We very much expect this to predominantly be patriot interceptor missiles.
03:44Spain and Greece have been holding tight to theirs.
03:47Lobbying could occur in the corridors of power here today for them to hand over their arsenal.
03:53The Ukrainian president, Volodymyr Zelenskyy, has also stated that there's a 23.5 billion euro funding shortfall.
03:59He needs that cash to pay for his soldiers so that they continue their fight, as well as the acquisition
04:05of weapons.
04:06We also expect ministers to put meat on the bone to European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen's pitch
04:12to develop an anti-hybrid warfare playbook.
04:15So those conversations should expect to occur today.
04:20And what is clear from the battlefield in Ukraine, as well as these hybrid threats in Europe,
04:24is that warfare is evolving and Europe needs to come to Ukraine's defenses, Shefan.
04:30All right, Angela Skujins from the European Council in Brussels.
04:33Thank you very much for this update.
04:36Ukraine is facing an intensifying wave of Russian aerial attacks,
04:40combining large numbers of drones with new, faster jet-powered models, as well as missiles.
04:46In Kyiv, repeated attacks and air raid alerts are stretching through the day and night,
04:51putting growing pressure on Ukraine's air defenses and on millions of civilians
04:56trying to continue their daily lives under almost constant threats from the sky.
05:02Our correspondent Sasha Vakulina is in Kyiv.
05:04Sasha, you've been speaking both to residents living through these attacks
05:09and to the servicemen trying to defend the capital.
05:12What are they telling you about how the situation is now and how it has changed?
05:22In Kyiv right now, drone attacks and air raid alerts are literally nonstop.
05:28On Sunday, only Russia hit two kindergartens, two schools, a residential building, car repair shop and communication facilities.
05:37And this pace, this relentless pace of the attacks is exhausting not only Ukraine's air defense,
05:42but also the people who live here.
05:44They still have to go to work.
05:46Children still have to go to school and the families still have to carry on.
05:50That means leaving the people with impossible calculation when to seek shelter or when to simply carry on.
05:59Some Kyiv residents I talked to here said that when the most immediate danger comes,
06:04they practically have no time to seek shelter.
06:09I always turn up the volume on my phone so I can tell exactly what sort of alarm is going
06:14on.
06:15If I see its missiles, then we have two seconds to get out in the corridor.
06:18We can't make it down to the shelter. We don't have that time.
06:21Because within two seconds, we are out in the corridor or the bathroom.
06:25And the loud, powerful explosions have already started.
06:27So there is not even a chance or any sense that you will survive.
06:31You just hope that you will actually make it today alive.
06:33I just hope that you will actually make it today alive.
06:50Some people can't go to work. Some people can't even get their children to school.
06:57You are sitting at work, the air raid siren goes off and your child is still there.
07:01My child says to me,
07:02Mom, it feels like I have been living through war my whole life.
07:05That's what he says.
07:06He was born in Lugansk.
07:08And to this day, that's how he lives.
07:14There is very little expectation that this pressure will ease the air defense servicemen I talked to here in Kyiv
07:22called the situation, quote, catastrophic.
07:24And they say it is going to get only worse in October and November.
07:30Russia is increasing the pace and the complexity of its missile and drone attacks, including these jet powered drones.
07:38While Ukraine remains critically short of air defense to be able to stop these attacks.
07:44Sasha Vakulina, they are reporting from Kyiv. Thank you very much.
07:48One of Ukraine's strongest backers among EU personalities was and is the former Lithuanian foreign minister Gabrielius Landsbergis.
07:57Angela Skujins caught up with him to get his take on the current situation.
08:02Lithuania is part of NATO.
08:04So, you know, the reason why we are in the alliance is that we expect these sort of situations that
08:11we're currently seeing so-called hybrid events and, you know, the potential escalation to be mitigated by the allies.
08:19There is only so much that we can do.
08:21And Lithuania is, you know, is doing our part by increasing the financing.
08:26And the debate is ongoing whether, you know, Lithuania should return to universal conscription, kind of, you know, boosting our
08:32own ability to defend the country.
08:35But when it comes to, you know, when it comes to Russian escalation, we really, really need, you know, NATO's
08:41response.
08:41And let's just talk about the Foreign Affairs Council meeting on Monday in the Belgian capital.
08:46We're expecting to get an update from Ukraine's minister for defence.
08:49We're expecting him to call on allies to step up when it comes to air defence support in particular.
08:55We also know that the EU foreign high representative, Kaya Callis, she's really been pressing Greece and Spain to hand
09:04over their Patriot interceptor missiles.
09:07Why do you think that that lobbying hasn't been successful?
09:10Well, there are very deep and diverging points of view as to what is the main security issue for the,
09:20you know, northern part of Europe and southern part of Europe, with exceptions, clearly.
09:24But I mean, you know, for example, for, you know, we know how Greece operates and how they see their
09:30threats and what they are defending their islands from.
09:33It's not Russia. It's, you know, it's basically their neighbour.
09:37Spain has, you know, an entirely different mentality as well as to how they see their threats.
09:43And it's something in some cases very difficult for, you know, northern and eastern part of Europe to understand that,
09:49right?
09:49Well, we are facing what we think is an existential threat, right?
09:53We have drones flying over our heads, you know, and people preparing for that, you know, who knows, invasion or,
10:01you know, increased escalating hybrid attacks.
10:05And, you know, and how do you convince them if this is not enough?
10:08We've also seen reporting coming out recently regarding a potential Russian threat regarding those Mediterranean countries.
10:16The source here is allegedly from Lithuania, someone close to the government.
10:21From my point of view, it is not too surprising.
10:24Russia has been known to use a shadow fleet against, to launch drones against, against Germany, against the United Kingdom.
10:33So, theoretically, why wouldn't they be able to do the same thing with southern European countries, right?
10:39We also know that Ukraine, the Ukrainian president, Volodymyr Zelenskyy, has stated publicly that there is a 20 billion euro
10:49shortfall currently.
10:50He's asking allies to step in and fill the gap.
10:53But we also know the European Commission has been exerting quite a bit of pressure on the radar to implement
10:58reforms to access more cash.
11:01What do you make of this saga?
11:03Both points of view are right.
11:05So, on one hand, clearly, Ukrainian radar has to do their homework.
11:09There is no way around it.
11:11They made the promise and they didn't deliver on it.
11:13But on the other hand, what President Zelenskyy is saying is also true.
11:18So, they have this military budget that has been constrained in a way because they are very actively operating in
11:26Russian airspace by attacking logistics centers, oil refiners and stuff like that.
11:31And it's very expensive, you know, to perform these operations and they might be lacking funds even by the end
11:38of this year.
11:39So, the question to the European Union might fall to, you know, that might become a strategic question.
11:45We can argue that they need to do reforms and they will do that maybe slowly, slower than we would
11:51like to.
11:51But then the question is, so do we allow Ukraine to just stop defending themselves if they lack the money?
11:59And I believe that that will be the most important question of the next year even.
12:07Former Lithuanian Foreign Minister Gabrielius Landsbergis.
12:11In the U.S.-Iran war, military operations seem to have paused for now, but not the war of words.
12:18The U.S. military said it maintains control of all of its drone assets, calling Iran's claim that it captured
12:25an advanced U.S. underwater vehicle in the Strait of Hormuz clearly desperate.
12:29Meanwhile, a top Iranian general warned Gulf neighbors that the Strait of Hormuz will remain closed until U.S. economic
12:37warfare ends.
12:39So, where does that leave the world with its quest for peace?
12:43Joining me now from Doha is our correspondent, Adel Halim, who has been following this conflict like nobody else.
12:49Good morning, Adel.
12:52Good morning, Stefan.
12:53So, there has been a lot of diplomatic activity around Iran over the past few days.
13:00Where do things stand now?
13:04Well, diplomacy isn't dead, but the two sides are still very far apart.
13:08U.S. President Donald Trump has rejected Iran's proposal to reopen the Strait of Hormuz, and the market reacted immediately.
13:15Oil prices this morning jumped to $106 a barrel of rent crude, and Iran wanted the U.S. naval blockade
13:23lifted, sanctions removed, and frozen assets released.
13:26It also wanted to include Lebanon as part of the ceasefire deal.
13:29Trump says that's not a deal he's prepared to make.
13:32Iran says it won't back down from those conditions either, but importantly, neither side is walking away from talks altogether.
13:37Trump says he expects negotiations to continue this week, and Iran says it's still waiting for Washington's formal response through
13:43mediators, which include Qatar.
13:45So, the deal has been rejected, but the diplomatic track is still open.
13:49Stefan?
13:50So, again, does diplomacy still have a chance here, or are we heading back towards escalation?
13:59Well, both options are still possible right now.
14:02Iran's foreign minister says the country is prepared for war, but he also said Iran is ready for diplomacy.
14:07But the problem is the tensions are growing well beyond Iran.
14:12Saudi Arabia is now facing near-daily attacks from the Houthis.
14:15There's fierce fighting that we're seeing in Yemen, where the Houthis now control the country's strategic Red Sea coast.
14:20And we're seeing security concerns further afield as well.
14:24In Britain, five men were arrested on suspicion of preparing a terrorist act on RAF Fairford.
14:29That's a British base where U.S. bombers were taking off in the war against Iran.
14:37Authorities are investing a possible Iran connection, but so far nothing has been established.
14:41So, there is still a diplomatic track, but this conflict is already spreading well beyond the Hormuz.
14:47And the longer it continues, the bigger the risk for further escalation. Stefan?
14:52All right, Adel Halim from Doha for us. Thank you very much.
14:56And now, let's go back to the EU Council building, where Angela Skudgens is still on standby for us.
15:02And she has a guest. Angela, over to you.
15:06Yes, good morning, Stefan. I'm back here in the European Council building with Poland's Deputy Minister for Defence, Paweł Zalewski.
15:14Now, Minister, thank you so much for joining us on the show.
15:17My pleasure.
15:18On the sidelines of the United Nations General Assembly last week, Poland's President Karol Nowrowski met with the CEO of
15:26Palantir.
15:27What do you make of this? Should Poland get into bed with such a controversial tech company?
15:32I'm not surprised with that. Palantir supplies NATO, NATO's countries with very important IT products. So, I'm interested in the
15:44products, not in the ideology.
15:47What don't you like about the ideology?
15:49Sorry?
15:49What don't you like about the ideology?
15:52I'm not interested in the ideology because, you know, we have very concrete problems to solve. And Palantir supports first
16:04NATO, then our allies with the products.
16:08I wouldn't like to say that we have decided to choose concrete elements. But, as I mentioned, when we are
16:22talking about technology firms, what we are interested in is what they can offer to us to defend our country,
16:30not in ideology standing behind the leaders of these firms.
16:36Absolutely. And on to another tech topic with defense. Ukraine's former defense minister, Mikhail Fedorov, posted a video on X
16:44in which he showed the future of warfare in Ukraine, one in which is littered with robots. Is this a
16:50future that you see for Poland as well?
16:52Definitely. The future of warfare is in autonomous systems and AI as a command support. So, definitely this robot solutions
17:10are important. We are cooperating with Ukrainians. They have a lot of very interesting technologies, not only drone technologies.
17:21So, I believe that they have a lot to offer to their partners.
17:27Absolutely. And I expect that this conversation to develop today. Thank you so much for joining us, Minister.
17:32Thank you very much.
17:33Thank you.
17:33All right, Angela Scugins, our correspondent at the European Council Building. Thank you for covering today's minister's meeting for us.
17:40And now to the story about the American in Paris. Yet it wasn't only the French capital that gave Pope
17:47Leo a welcome fit for a rock star. From the Champs-Élysées to packed gatherings of the faithful along the
17:54way, extraordinary crowds turned out to see the American pontiff with French roots, cheering, chanting, and reaching out for a
18:03glimpse of him.
18:04For Pope Leo, this was a powerful display of the enthusiasm and expectations surrounding a new era for the Catholic
18:11Church. And in France, he found a country where faith, tradition, and secularism continue to collide, but where thousands were
18:19eager to listen to his message.
18:21One who heard the Pope was our correspondent Estelle Nielsen-Julien, who is on her way to Metz for Leo's
18:28final appearance in France. And before, she sent us this.
18:31Well, the Pope's visit to France has certainly been absolutely historic. And we witnessed many stunning scenes which will undoubtedly
18:40enter the archives of the country this weekend.
18:43In particular, the Pope's open-air mass, which was attended by 800,000 people, which he delivered on the Place
18:49de la Concorde.
18:50We saw some striking images of him blessing babies and children, with one image in particular of him blessing a
18:58young, disabled girl named Marie Larrance emerging as she was lifted up by the crowds to him.
19:05On the streets of Paris, I spoke to many faithfuls, some of whom were moved to tears as they told
19:10me what it meant to them to see the Pope on French soil.
19:14I also met with families, and parents told me that for them it was very important to live this moment
19:20with their children.
19:21Overall, there has been a sense of unity in France, which of course is a secular country, but has deep
19:27Catholic roots.
19:29On Sunday, the Pope was in the world-renowned Catholic pilgrimage site of Lourdes, where he delivered a Sunday mass
19:35attended by 200,000 people.
19:38And he also met with survivors of sexual abuse within the church.
19:42As for Monday, he is set to address European leaders and deliver a speech focused on the importance of European
19:51peace in a northeastern French town of Metz.
19:56And that's it for today. See you tomorrow.
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