plus, they re getting a lot of help from nato, including precision weapons like the high mars artillery system. but and there is a but here, the more success that ukraine has on the battlefield, the more president putin reminds the world he s got a lot of nuclear weapons. he wants the west to abandon ukraine. and he keeps hinting at retaliation if it doesn t. this is still really classic nuclear deterrence signalling as it is operated between the west and russia and former soviet union since the 19505. so it s correct to take it seriously, as western governments have done, because not to do so would invite further escalation from president putin to get our attention. but it is equally important not to overreact.
the russian artillery system. the ukrainians in the last month have proved to be very successful in that. now, but how do you see this going forward? many talk about, it could be a conflict that continues for many more years, particularly in the east. i m curious, just briefly, how you see it. sadly, i think it s going to continue that way. i think what we basically see right now is what was going on during world war i on the western front. it s trench warfare, it s artillery bombardment it s awful. casualties on both sides and, certainly on the ukrainian side, tremendous civilian casualties in the regions that are being contested. so, i think this is going to go on for months, if not years, and we can only hope there s a break on the part of the ukrainians or the russian
lands there. the u.s. is sending help on the way, the artillery system, himars rocket system that ukrainian president zelenskyy said it s exactly what their country needs. it s precise and allows them to go further into the russian territory and disrupt the supply lines and hamper their moving toward the west. jessica? thanks so much. the body of slain former japanese prime minister shinzo abe is back in tokyo. abe s body arrived today in his hometown accompanied by his wife following his assassination in the western city of nara while he was making a campaign speech. hundreds of people lined the streets. funeral services will take place monday and tuesday. meantime police investigating the killing stormed the home of the suspected gunman who they
drones, missiles, everything we needed in the air. because we have a great armed forces and i am proud that since 2014, me as the supreme commander in chief of ukrainian armed forces created this army together with your assistance, based on nato standard, with the training of nato instructors. now, we demonstrate the second biggest army in the world. we stop them from kyiv. today, we have a very severe fight on the eastern. now, war is different. now, war is the war of artillery, war of drones, war of missiles, war of modern rocket launch system. with that situation, definitely. russia has 10, 15, some parts of the front 20 full-tim times big we are. only the professionalism and strong motivation of ukraine can help us defend, help us to win.