the us secretary of state, antony blinken, has denied the white house has a policy of regime change in russia. it follows president biden s speech yesterday in which he said of president putin for god s sake, this man cannot remain in power. mr blinken said today that it s for the russian people to decide. meanwhile, ukraine s president volodymyr zelensky has repeated his call for more weapons and military support from the west. our correspondentjonah fisher is in lviv, and he s been to meet three brits who, along with hundreds from the uk, havejoined the international foreign legion and traveled to ukraine to fight against the russian forces. c] is a dog handlerfrom norwich. elliott works on building sites in colchester. kieran is a brighton plumber. i can t sit at home and watch what s going on and just carry on as usual. between them, the men have 19 years of experience with the british army
lever. things like, she says, the conditions for lifting them could only, she says, come off with a full ceasefire and withdrawal, but also commitments there there would be no further aggression. commitments there there would be no furtheraggression. she commitments there there would be no further aggression. she also wants the opportunity to have what she calls snaps back sanctions, which are as they sound. the idea of imposing restrictions if russia falls out of loud. she says that is a real leader she thinks can be used. the other thing she thinks will be important is that the g7 countries move together on this. thank you very much, helen. our correspondentjonah fisher joins us now from lviv. jonah, what s the situation there this morning? we are hearing from the ukrainian government this morning, russia is bringing more trips into the country? what we know about that? == country? what we know about that? 2» troops. yes, country? what we know about that? »» troops. yes, ukrainian
welcome to the programme. president zelensky s top aide says the ukrainian army has been engaged in small tactical counter offensives around kharkiv and sumy in the east. oleksiy arestovych said they were also pressing on with counter offensives outside kyiv, and around kherson in the south. he predicted ukrainian losses in the east and south, because of a change in moscow s strategy, but gains in other parts. our correspondentjonah fisher, who s also in lviv been to meet three brits who along with hundreds from the uk, havejoined the international foreign legion and travelled to ukraine to fight against the russian forces. cj is a dog handlerfrom norwich. elliott works on building sites in colchester. kieran is a brighton plumber. i can t sit at home and watch what s
hundreds of britons are among the intenational foreign legion who have traveled to ukraine to fight aganst the russian invaders. our correspondentjonah fisher has followed three brits as they arrive and prepare to travel to the front line. cj is a dog handlerfrom norwich. elliot works on building sites in colchester. kieran is a brighton plumber. i can t say home and watch what s going on and just carry on as usual. the men have 19 years of experience with the british army and have all served in afghanistan. we catch up with them just after they cross the border from poland into ukraine. we met in the airport and it s all been like we ve known each other for a lot longer than 24 hours. having taken a £20 flight to poland, they d slept overnight outside a railway station.
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