yes, it s been more than a year that many ukrainian pilots and journalists, and in general ukrainian leadership started this campaign to persuade the west to provide ukraine with f 16s. and it happened, andii lived to see the west finally taking that decision. but unfortunately, he will never see his dream come true, in terms of being one of the f 16 pilots. he was really dreaming about this, and in many ways, what s happened the other day with the f 16 decision was one part of his legacy, because like i said, he was the top guy in terms of pushing for this idea. that s why he had a lot of interviews in the west, he made trips overseas. so yes, one of the legacies of his life and this war
this, and in many ways, what happened the other day with the f 16 decision was part of his legacy, because he was the top guy in terms of pushing for this idea. that s why he had a lot of interviews in the west, he made trips overseas. so yes, one of the legacies of his life and this war is this decision of f-igs, and this war is this decision of f igs, and one of the latest things that comes from the air force community, from insiders is that many people in the community suggest that one of the first f 16 machines coming to ukraine be named after juice to honour his legacy.- juice to honour his legacy. thank ou ve juice to honour his legacy. thank you very much juice to honour his legacy. thank you very much for juice to honour his legacy. thank you very much forjoining - juice to honour his legacy. thank you very much forjoining us. - two people have died and nearly 60 have been injured after two explosions at an unlicensed liquefied petroleum gas station in romania. take a look
we were little worried about that, but i think we were beyond that. i think we have gone past that concern. you mentioned the f-16 decision, that s just the latest in the decisions to provide the ukrainians with what they need to win this war, and let s talk about the nuclear has gone way down in saliency and concern. you can t dismiss it totally, of course. however, this is not the concern. ukrainians are ready to fight no matter what. what s your sense of it? you have just come back from there. what is your sense of how this goes on and how it possibly ends? possibly ends, if this counteroffensive, which the ukrainians are careful not to overhype, i mean, they recognize that this is, i mean you can t tell what s gonna happen in war in they understand that. but they are preparing now to break through russian lines. they are preparing these new units with new weapons, new
maybe make that payment for bond holders to be a downgrade. so that is a pretty high mark. we would have to get it over for there to be a downgrade of the aaa credit rating, providing movies rating agency. so as we have heard tonight, the treasury secretary said that would not likely happen for june 5th. there have been some people who have suggested that, okay, when it happens, when we don t have enough money for all our debt payments, we re not going to miss them all. there are lots of people who get payments from the u.s. treasury. bond holders give their interest payment, and then there are things that the treasury uses the money for for other reasons. the argument has been made that you can pay summer not others. tell me how the debt rating agencies evaluate that. you miss some payments, but you make others? for a downgrade the treasury would have to decide. and actually the end of the day would be the president, probably, decision. bond holders would not be
term capability. now they re moving it up even faster. what drove that and the f-16 decision is allies, where republicans and democrats on capitol hill are and what ukrainians are asking for. the president s advisors don t believe the f-16s will be on the battlefield very soon. phil mattingly traveling with the president in hiroshima, japan, thank you so much. so while president zelenskyy is front and center at the summit, russia is continuing its attacks on ukraine. the kremlin struck the city of kyiv early this morning, marking the 11th time the capital has been targeted this month alone. nic robertson is in eastern ukraine. what s at stake as zelenskyy is abroad at the g7? reporter: defense officials in kyiv are saying what the russians are trying to do is