thanks forjoining us. it s been an eventful weekend at the g7 summit injapan. ukraine s president volodymyr zelensky returns home after securing a pledge of unwavering support as well as more military equipment from his allies. at the summit, dominated by talks of russia s invasion, us presidentjoe biden confirmed that the us and its allies will help train ukrainian pilots to fly western fighterjets, like the f 16, which zelensky had long asked for. biden also promised to support ukraine with more ammunition and armoured vehicles, partly as a demonstration of western resolve. we will not waver. putin will not break our resolve as he thought he could two years ago, almost three years ago. we re going to continue to provide economic, humanitarian and security assistance to ukraine so it can stand strong as long as it needs it. meanwhile, president zelensky thanked world leaders for their enduring support at the end of the summit and said russia s defeat would result in la
thanks forjoining us. it s been an eventful weekend at the g7 summit injapan. ukraine s president volodymyr zelensky returns home after securing a pledge of unwavering support , as well as more military equipment from his allies. at the summit, dominated by talks of russia s invasion, us presidentjoe biden confirmed that the us and its allies will help train ukrainian pilots to fly western fighterjets like the f 16, which zelensky had long asked for. biden also promised to support ukraine with more ammunition and armored vehicles, partly as a demonstration of western resolve. we will not waver. putin will not break our resolve as he thought he could two years ago, almost three years ago. we are going to continue to provide economic and humanitarian and security assistance to ukraine so it can stand strong as long as it needs to. meanwhile, president zelensky thanked world leaders for their enduring support at the end of the summit and said that russia s defeat would result
hello, i m carl nasman, thanks forjoining us. we start injapan, where a weekend of diplomacy and solidarity among some of the world s most powerful political leaders has come to a close. ukraine s president volodymyr zelensky departed the g7 summit injapan with a pledge of unwavering support as well as more military equipment from his allies. on sunday, president zelensky and japanese prime minister fumio kishida each laid a wreath at the hiroshima peace memorial park. it was a moment of deep symbolism two leaders of countries that both know the very real and very painful scars of war. russia s invasion of ukraine dominated talks at the g7 summit. us presidentjoe biden confirmed that the us and its allies will help train ukrainian pilots to fly western fighterjets like the f 16, which president zelensky had long called for. biden also promised to support ukraine with more ammunition and armoured vehicles, partly as a demonstration of western resolve. we will not waver
at the end of the day, this is a city completely destroyed by the russians, many are making the russians, many are making the comparison of bakhmut to aleppo, scorched earth russian tacticts what used to be arguably one of the most beautiful cities in that part of ukraine. so, in the past more than a year, the russians have been bombing museums, libraries, churches, and they have now. libraries, churches, and they have now. . . have now. why was russia willin: have now. why was russia willing to have now. why was russia willing to lose have now. why was russia willing to lose so have now. why was russia willing to lose so much, - have now. why was russia l willing to lose so much, terms supplies and human lives in this battle? is it that strategic or is it about messaging? strategic or is it about messaging? strategic or is it about messauuin? . ., , messaging? there are a couple of reasons. messaging? there are a couple of reasons, one messaging? there are a couple of reas
at the end of the day this is a city completely destroyed by the russians. many are making the comparison of bakhmut to aleppo. scorched earth russian tactics have levelled what used to be arguably one of the most beautiful cities in that part of ukraine. so it s like in the past more than a year, the russians have been bombing museums, libraries, churches. they ve now bombed the heck out of bakhmut. does that represent a battlefield victory, all of that? i don t think so. why was russia willing to lose so much in terms of supplies in terms of human lives in this battle? is it that strategic or is this about messaging? well, there are a couple of reasons there. one is russia from the start has been deploying basically a meat grinder approach to this war, sending wave upon wave of human beings to fight, many of them unprepared, many of them unequipped. and then secondly, mr putin and his circle of elites needed some kind of win to show to the russian public.