are you concerned about the influence of andrew tait on boys or young men? get in touch with me on twitter. laterthis young men? get in touch with me on twitter. later this hour, the number of stars people can see with the naked eye has reduced dramatically over the last decade. welcome to bbc news. ukraine s president, volodymr zelensky, has made a direct appeal to germany to provide tanks ahead of crunch talks involving western allies in germany. ahead of crucial talks. the us and european nations have already promised more equipment to fight russia s invasion, but kyiv wants them to go further amid fears moscow will order a new offensive in the spring. ukraine wants nato countries to supply it with germany s highly regarded leopard 2 tanks. but european coutries are not supposed to export them without berlin s permission. and germany is reluctant to allow that unless the us also sends its own tanks. meanwhile, the uk has already promised to send 1a of its challenger 2 t
achieve, but as warsaw has been saying, the deputy foreign minister has said, if there was not to be that authorisation then poland might act on its own anyway. act on its own anyway. hopefully by makin: act on its own anyway. hopefully by making that act on its own anyway. hopefully by making that statement act on its own anyway. hopefully by making that statement to act on its own anyway. hopefully by making that statement to add - act on its own anyway. hopefully by making that statement to add to i act on its own anyway. hopefully by| making that statement to add to the build up of pressure on the german chancellor to say something, especially because of the ramstein conference happening where he will come under pressure from a number of directions? ., , come under pressure from a number of directions? . , ., , , ., directions? that s right, as you mentioned directions? that s right, as you mentioned the directions? that s right, as you mentioned the meeting - direct
ramstein. that is the us airbase in germany where this crucial conference is taking place. lloyd austin is expected to begin opening remarks immediately, president zelensky making it clear he believes what happens here will be crucial to ukraine s ability to defend itself against russia in the ongoing war. let s listen in. let s listen in. this historic ei . hth let s listen in. this historic eighth meeting let s listen in. this historic eighth meeting of - let s listen in. this historic eighth meeting of the - let s listen in. this historic. eighth meeting of the ukraine defence contact group and our first in 2023. i m the assistant secretary of defence for international security affairs and tribal to facilitator for today s contact group. please allow me to introduce the secretary of defence lloyd austin to open today s meeting. mr secretary? tt
re export while not exporting itself, that is a potential compromise line that they might find over the course of the day. if it compromise line that they might find over the course of the day. over the course of the day. if it is a compromise over the course of the day. if it is a compromise rather over the course of the day. if it is a compromise rather than - over the course of the day. if it is a compromise rather than a - a compromise rather than a consensus, will russia see that as a sign of weakness? sign of weakness? anything that is uni , sign of weakness? anything that is unity. russia sign of weakness? anything that is unity, russia will sign of weakness? anything that is unity, russia will see sign of weakness? anything that is unity, russia will see as sign of weakness? anything that is unity, russia will see as a - unity, russia will see as a weakness, and if that were the outcome that the pressure would be on germany from tomorrow morning onwards to become p
looking further ahead, but it s all about what you can do to make that experience better. experience better. thank you for our experience better. thank you for your thoughts- experience better. thank you for your thoughts. we experience better. thank you for your thoughts. we are experience better. thank you for your thoughts. we are going - experience better. thank you for your thoughts. we are going to l your thoughts. we are going to return to germany with the meeting, that crucial meeting is taking place at the usa basin ramstein. president zelensky was addressing the meeting a short while ago and he said it would make a huge difference potentially to the outcome of ukraine s fight against russia, we can cross to ramstein now and speak to a diet correspondentjessica pastor. those remarks by lloyd austin, the us defence secretary and president zelensky, give us a sense of what was said. president zelensky, give us a sense of what was said. president zelensky cominu on of wha