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and to weaken the line and attain a breakthrough. the ukrainians still believe that s quite possible, but they will need a change of fortunes to do it. well, to discuss those tactics and how the counteroffensive might develop from here we re joined now byjustin crump, a defence and intelligence analyst who served for 27 years in the british army, and from kyiv by 0leksandr merezhko, an mp and chair of the ukrainian parliament s foreign affairs committee. welcome to you both. if i could start with you, 0leksandr merezhko. this use of aviation by the russians to mount these attacks, has that been a nasty surprise for you and for the soldiers at the front or did you fear that something like this might happen? find you fear that something like this might happen? you fear that something like this miahthauen? , :, :, might happen? and by the way, one of our military goals might happen? and by the way, one of our military goals is might happen? and by the way, one of our military go
translation: today, we are opening a new page in our history. it s the first day. of the referendum, and we vote tojoin i the russian federation. here in kyiv, officials say the vote is illegal and that nothing will change. they also claimed the russians had committed torture and sexual violence. here in kyiv, officials say the vote is illegal and that nothing will change. they see it as russia s reaction to its recent defeats on the battlefield. but this could lead to an escalation in the war. russia could argue that attacks on those areas are attacks on russian territory. president putin s forces are losing ground as ukraine advances. with this vote, russia hopes to be able to change the course of the war. hugo bachega, bbc news, kyiv. i m joined now from kyiv by 0leksandr merezhko, an ukrainian mp and head of the parliament s
question is right now does he have the capability to do so? 0leksandr merezhko is a ukrainian mp and chairs their foreign affairs committee. hejoins me now from kyiv. i want to ask you what you think president putin s plan is right now? right now russia is amassing its troops and bracing itself for a new attack on ukraine in the eastern part of ukraine. putin pulls my goal is to enlarge the occupied territory and to take out of control two regions of ukraine, donetsk and luhansk. another goal is to take the full control of mariupol. he wants to make a bridge from crimea to russia, it is obvious. we will see what will be going on next because his final goal is to occupy the