mr president, are you feeling the pressure from your partners, that they expect results and results quickly? translation: some wanted and expected very much. - some want some sort of a hollywood movie, but things don t really happen that way. the americans say that they will stay with ukraine till the very end. do you believe them? translation: is there any other option? - we believe them because, on the one hand, they are our partners. 0n the other hand, we need to understand that we have to count on ourselves. well, let s just look at some of the things you need. the f i6s, for example the us officials are now saying it could take months for ukraine to get those f i6s. translation: there are certain bureaucratic things that i, - unfortunately, can t and am not willing to understand because we are at war and we need to get things done quickly.
than 175,000 people were moved to safety before the arrival of the cyclone. storm has been weakening as it moves north on friday. us defence secretary lloyd austin has announced new funding and support for ukraine from nato countries during a two day meeting of defences ministers in brussels. they are also expected to agree a timetable to train ukrainian pilots to fly western jets, including f i6s. but there are still no decisions on whether ukraine will actually be provided with the jets. the un secretary general antonio guterres has warned that the world is racing toward a climate change disaster, and dismisses the global response as woefully inadequate . he says current climate policies will lead to average temperatures 2.8 degrees celsius above pre industrial times by the end of the century nearly twice the un goal of a 1.5 degree rise.
ukraine s defence minister arrived in brussels at this meeting, welcoming allies, commitment to train ukrainian pilots to fly western, modern western jets, pilots to fly western, modern westernjets, including the us made f i6. that programme, that plan is being led by both the netherlands and denmark. and it is being joined by other countries and supported by the us. what s missing at the moment of course is a specific timeline, a pledge to actually supply the jets themselves and that would have to be facilitated, in the case of f-i6s facilitated, in the case of f i6s which are made in america, by the us itself. we heard from the us defence secretary lloyd austin who made very clear that he is what he called laser focus at the moment is on ukraine s offensive and providing ukraine with the ammunition it needs and what we ve heard from western allies at this meeting is more offers of support of donations of both artillery shells and, specifically, air defence systems to counter the
since mr putin ordered the the full scale invasion of ukraine last year. he said that ukraine was running out of its own military equipment and was fully reliant on arms from abroad, and said he claimed that you couldn t go on fighting like that for very long. we ve heard what he said about the f i6s. so, you know, despite all the reports we ve been hearing, all the problems russia s been facing you remember this operation was only supposed to last a few days when he launched it last year, it s gone on nearly 16 months despite all of that, the public image he is putting across is keep calm, carry on, and russia is going to win this. that was steve rosenberg, let s bring in our panel, caroline flynt and ron christie. caroline, just
for more stories across the uk, had to the news website. you re watching the daily global on bbc news back in london in the studio here in ukrainian capital kyiv. he been bringing you up to date on the counteroffensive here in ukraine and the epicentre of thatis here in ukraine and the epicentre of that is in the instance of the country but also attention is been on brussels were defence ministers have been discussing the counteroffensive and also what ukraine needs most. attending that meeting is the us defence secretary and we can share these images in the country are expected to agree to a timetable to train ukrainian pilots to fly western jets, including the f-16s. it to fly western jets, including the f i6s. it is due to happen in europe but no decisions on whether or not