formerly head of the british army, the ukrainian mp oleksiy goncharenko, and michael koffman, director of russia studies at the centre for naval analyses. good evening. welcome to the programme. a special edition tonight as we look towards the one year anniversary tomorrow of the war in ukraine. on this night a year ago, we were still largely guessing at what president putin had in mind. the russian troops had been massing for weeks along the ukraine border, though most ukrainians still doubted the intelligence that was coming from washington. but then just a few hours after the programme came off air, this. the first bombs had begun to fall. the air raid sirens wailed across kyiv for the first time, as russian tanks rolled towards the capital. and at that point, most people expected a quick russian victory. it hasn t turned out that way. the war waged by vladimir putin has been a disaster for his country. the resistance much stronger than he d anticipated. for ukraine it has
up stopped if uncle sam had not woken up to this stopped if uncle sam had not woken up to this. yes boris johnson and the uk up to this. yes boris johnson and the uk has up to this. yes boris johnson and the uk has done well. 0ther up to this. yes boris johnson and the uk has done well. other european countries the uk has done well. other european countries have as well. but we ve absolutely countries have as well. but we ve absolutely got to realise that this is a major absolutely got to realise that this is a major war, absolutely got to realise that this is a majorwar, requires absolutely got to realise that this is a major war, requires major commitment to resources, and particularly, industry to fire up to provide particularly, industry to fire up to provide the arms and ammunition the ukrainians provide the arms and ammunition the ukrainians need. provide the arms and ammunition the ukrainians need. ukrainians need. michael do you think art ukrainians need. michael