think gives him the right to declare new so called countries on territories that belong to his neighbours? this is a flagrant violation of international law and it demands a firm response from the international community. president biden announced moves to block trade involving two large russian banks and cut parts of the russian economy off from international financial systems. he also said he would move additional us forces to the baltic states, which are nato members. and in the last hour the pentagon has provided more details saying that a number of f 35jets and apache helicopters will be moved to strategic positions along nato s eastern flank. the announcement of sanctions is in lock step with america s allies. the european union announced its putting sanctions on a number of russian individuals, banks and institutions. here s the president of the european commission, ursula von der leyen. we will make it as difficult as
has been sailing the high seas. a giant launchpad for the latest f 35jets. notjust british, but american ones too, both flexing their military muscle. right now our18s and 35s are still the most lethal fifth generation aircraft carrier out there. you know, if you want to make a statement, make a bold statement. i think this is a very bold statement. and, you know, when you do it with partners that s even a bolder statement. here in the operations room they ve monitored both russian and chinese jets, warships and submarines, taking an interest as they sailed east. a contest rather than a confrontation, testing out each other s defences. the best thing for me personally was the air interactions where we had looked to scramble ourjets, action, our f 35s to go up and form that ring of steel around the aircraft carrier and the strike group from the russian interaction that we had. so, a full spectrum of warfare
which, for me as a warfare officer, is really good. and on here, they believe they ve had the upper hand. with these stealth jets harder to detect on most radar. this aircraft carrier has already travelled halfway around the world, more than 40,000 miles. the f 35jets have taken off and landed nearly 2,000 times. but the question is, for what purpose? at the hard end, we re able to demonstrate to russia in the eastern mediterranean, china in the south china sea, exactly what we re about, and what a fifth generation aircraft carrier does. and at the softer end, our frigates and destroyers have dealt with and engaged with nations around the world in lower level security and defence, but also supporting trade and prosperity. so, incredible value for money. i probably walk about ten miles a day, to be honest. look at the size of this thing. most of the 1600 crew, like william augustine who s from the caribbean island