Gavin Grey: UK Correspondent says things are getting worse for Ukraine despite support

France has sentenced a doctor to death after he poisoned 30 patients, killing 12.

The EU has agreed to provide Ukraine more money after Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy urged leaders to use frozen Russian assets to fund Kyiv.

But, the money may not be enough.

"Bit by bit it's getting worse and worse for Ukraine, no matter what support they've got," Gavin Grey told Andrew Dickens.

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Episode Transcript

Speaker 1 (00:00):
Kevin Gray from the UK. Good afternoon, either, Andrew. So
the EU agrees on more money for Ukraine.

Speaker 2 (00:10):
Yes, a big lump of money, but not as much
as Ukraine was hoping, and not via the sources of
finance that indeed many had thought they were finally going
to stand up to. So I think some will see
this deal as yeah, I suppose good for Ukraine, but
a bit of a damp square as to what many
people were demanding that the EU actually do something for

(00:30):
once instead of all the meetings. So the European Union
leaders have agreed to strike a deal giving roughly one
hundred and seventy five billion New Zealand dollars to Ukraine,
and it's alone, having failed to agree on using frozen
Russian assets. Now currently the Russian assets are some two

(00:50):
hundred billion euros, so more than double what they've just given.
And certainly Ukrainian President lot Of Mitzelenski said, look, you've
got two hundred million of Russian assets which are frozen.
You should be using these to help us, and most
European leader said, yeah, we should and we will. And
indeed Germany had really been pushing for this as a

(01:11):
way of spending that money. Russia had threatened court cases,
and of course, excuse me, the money's largely kept in Belgium.
Belgium was worried that they would be sued by Russia,
so they put up quite a few opponenting proposing ideas
about that. Andrew, But Ukraine's running out of cash. They say,
without the more cash, they won't be able to produce

(01:32):
so many drones, and so this extra money the European
Union hailing as a victory. But I think many will
see through that as a bit of a disappointment.

Speaker 1 (01:40):
Yeah, by bet, it's getting worse and worse for Ukraine
no matter what support they've got. Now from our very
rich file of crazy crimes out of France, we've got
the sentencing of a doctor who killed people using his syringe.

Speaker 2 (01:54):
Yes, this is a truly amazing case and indeed one
of France's biggest ever medical practic medical malpractice cases, even
a former anesthetis has been jailed for life for intentionally
poisoning thirty patients, twelve of them fatally. The fifty three
year old has been convicted after a four month trial
that has absolutely shocked France. He was found to have

(02:16):
introduced chemicals like potassium chloride or even adrenaline into the
infusion bags of patients. His youngest victim was just four,
his oldest was eighty nine. His prosecutors said he was
doctor Death, and they said that the chemicals that he
added into these infusion bags triggered cardiac arrest or hemorrhaging
in patients, which required emergency intervention in the operating theater. Now,

(02:41):
what was the motive, Well, the prosecutor said, the motive
that he had was quite simply that he would then
be able to try and get the patient better again
and then be lauded with praise and be thanked. But obviously,
in some of these cases twelve cases where there were fatalities,
he was unable to intervene or it was too late
and the patient died. The prosecution said he had acted

(03:04):
in order to discredit fellow anesthetist against whom he bore
a grudge. A truly horrific case. And indeed that four
year old who did survive well, they actually managed to
survive two cardiac arrests, having gone in for a routine
tonsil surgery.

Speaker 1 (03:20):
I don't know what it is about France, but they
produced the most incredible sociopathic massissists who do who do
the worst things. Hey, Gavin Gray, I don't know whether,
I don't know if I'm going to be talking to
you before Christmas. I'm doing this summer break for show
Over Summer, in which case I made very well Monday, Tuesday,
Wednesday of this coming week.

Speaker 2 (03:43):
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