andrii s story is extraordinary, because he became the world global campaigner for f 16 fighterjets, modernised fighterjets for ukraine, which are supposed to replace old fashioned soviet fighterjets, which are flown by ukrainian pilots now. he also campaigned for the trainings for the pilots, and he managed to persuade decision makers in the us, in great britain, in the eu countries, why ukraine needs, as soon as possible, these kind of weapons. he was very, very clear that it s not possible to carry out effective large scale counter offensive and retake over lands without these kind of modernised fighterjets. he also used to repeat this message in his interviews, in the interview that we ve done with him one year ago, that ukraine needs to have f i6 also
with regard to extradition as well, so it cannot answer every single one of turkey s demands so i think really what nato members will have to do now is exercise a combination of really reminding turkey that sweden has done quite a lot of heavy lifting already but also what sweden can bring to the alliance and its military capacity and capability. the turks themselves are very good at participating in the military operations of the alliance so they understand what sweden can bring in terms of its military capacity. i want to ask you about one turkish demand. president biden was asked about turkey s opposition upheld a phone call with president erdogan in may. he said he still wants to work on something on the f 16s. i wanted you would sweden so let s get it done. is about turkey wanting to overhaul and expand its fleet of f 16 fighterjets. will sweden s accession be contingent on
hakim, in ukraine, who is there for us once again. hakim, in ukraine, who is there for us once again- us once again. you ll do come over to ou? us once again. you ll do come over to you? thank us once again. you ll do come over to you? thank you, us once again. you ll do come over to you? thank you, matthew. - us once again. you ll do come over to you? thank you, matthew. as i us once again. you ll do come over. to you? thank you, matthew. as you say, major discussions taking place at that nato defence conference on summit in brussels, but you can probably see i am underground and the reality in this country is that air raid sirens go off, another reminder that this country is at war because of the russian invasion, of course, and the ongoing rare strikes that we continue to experience here. and you talked then about the fighterjets, the pledge and promise from nato defence ministers train ukrainian forces, as well as a better understanding of the f 16 fighterjets, some of the big
hello, i m sally bundock, welcome to the programme. ukraine s president zelensky is returning home from a meeting of g7 leaders injapan. he left the summit having secured further promises of financial and military support, including american made f 16 fighterjets. the commander of ukraine s ground forces says they re close to surrounding the eastern city of bakhmut. ukraine has disputed the russian claims to have taken full control of the city. russia has lost thousands of men in the assault on bakhmut many from the wagner mercenary group. our diplomtaic correspondent james landale reports from kyiv. for more than eight months, in what s now the longest battle of this war, ukrainian forces have defended bakhmut.
parties are saying if you don t do this properly and launch an inquiry, you re going to be seen as being too weak to stand up to some members of your own government and your own commitment to transparency and accountability in downing street will be undermined. russia claims transfer of f 16 fighterjets russia claims transfer of f 16 fighter jets would russia claims transfer of f 16 fighterjets would raise questions. president biden said he would support the delivery by allowing western partners to supply them. this comes among conflicting news about who controls bakhmut. in a