And other formats of interaction with both the military and society as a whole. Meanwhile, ukraines generals are reporting significant progress in the counteroffensive against russias invasion. They say their troops have breached the first line of russian defences in the south near zaporizhzhia. The generals said extensive minefields had blocked troops for several weeks, leaving them vulnerable to russian shelling and drone attacks. But they say that painstaking Mine Clearance has now allowed the forces to advance, and they expect to face far weaker russian defences ahead. Ukraine says its forces are making gains in the south of the country, and has, in recent weeks, expanded its units towards the strategic town of tokmak, a Logistical Centre for russian forces. Live now to yuriy sak, an advisor to ukraines defence minister. He joins us from kyiv. Good to talk to you again. Let us first of all talk about the change of the defence minister, Oleksii Reznikov is going. Is it time for new
Yeah, its great. Nice to see you. Some Breaking News for you, official figures released in the last hour show the uk economy is no longer in recession. The economy grew by 0. 6 in the first three months of this year. The uk entered recession after output fell during two consecutive quarters at the end of last year. Most economists had predicted growth of 0. 4 . This is the fastest growth rate for more than two years. Well, i think its encouraging that we, in the last quarter, have grown faster notjust in france and germany, but also the United States. But i think more significant is the longer term data that is coming out now about the uk economy. We can see that since 2010 we have created morejobs in the uk than anywhere else in europe. Weve attracted more greenfield foreign direct investment, notjust done anywhere in europe, but anywhere in the world outside of the United States and china. In terms of the most rapidly growing industries, we have by far the largest Tech Industry in eu
is it indeed overwhelmed? i think the political rhetoric isn t - the political rhetoric isn t being. because there is an election and there is a conservative government looking at a woke agenda to win votes. a small boat arrival is what we are having commit illegal migration act which came into force on the a couple of weeks ago, it is not just about the small boats. on the a couple of weeks ago, it is notjust about the small boats. it is to ensure that the uk becomes a hostile environment that we don t comply with our international treaty obligations to ensure that those who come to the uk to claim asylum have their asylum claims determined. whilst we were a weekend in the international community in relation to protecting international human rights, we are now coming into the status, they predicted that the illegal immigration act will prove contravention of international law. asylum, contrary to what the immigration minister said earlier is it is not a privilege commits a fundamental
ukraine. china is now assisting russia. you have china continuing to act aggressively toward taiwan. and act illegally in the south china sea seizing and militarizing islands in contravention of international law. you now have iran working to destabilize the middle east through proxies attacking israel. so, really, i wouldn t be surprised to see if russia, china, and iran were working in concert to try and create issues that spread the united states and our allies thin both in the intelligence world, the military world, and diplomatically in trying to figure out who is doing what, where and when. and that s what is causings a lot of the destablization. steve: so that point, commander, do we have enough stuff to do that because we are hearing how we are running out of bullets. it s going to take years to resupply. that s a good steve, you hit the nail on the head. because, in reality, what we have witnessed is a united
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