attack drones, more air defence, a new uk flying school for pilots. the europeans are keen to support ukraine s expected counteroffensive, but can they provide president zelensky with the kit he needs? we will get the view from kyiv and london. at home, rishi sunak is marshalling his troops. a downing street reception tonight, to officially celebrate the coronation of king charles iii. but is it also a much needed charm offensive, amid more splits in tory ranks over brexit and immigration? speaking of which, who s going to pick the spring cabbage and the rhubarb? the farmers said today they need more labour and higher prices to solve the food crisis in britain. and we will take a look tonight at those election results from turkey no victor in round one but early advantage president erdogan. but we start tonight with president zelensky s visit to the uk. ukraine he says, can defeat russia by the end of this year, with the right kind of western help. the latest tranche of sup
ukraine has what it needs today to begin the counteroffensive? figs ukraine has what it needs today to begin the counteroffensive? as we “oke here begin the counteroffensive? as we joke here in begin the counteroffensive? as we joke here in ukraine, begin the counteroffensive? as we joke here in ukraine, the - begin the counteroffensive? as we joke here in ukraine, the first - begin the counteroffensive? as we joke here in ukraine, the first role| joke here in ukraine, the first role of the counteroffensive is we don t talk about the counteroffensive. we have to be cautious about political pressure because such a sensitive military decision needs to be taken by those who have all of the information available, who understand all of the strategy, who know what we have and how much resources we have for the counteroffensive. that is why there is no big political pressure inside the country for the counteroffensive because we know it has to happen when it will happen with the best r
second largest city kharkiv, the country s foreign minister says people are fighting back. i country s foreign minister says people are fighting back. i want to stress that in people are fighting back. i want to stress that in the people are fighting back. i want to stress that in the first people are fighting back. i want to stress that in the first four - people are fighting back. i want to stress that in the first four days i stress that in the first four days of russia s invasion, russia has not achieved a single strategic goal. meanwhile in germany, huge protests over the conflict have taken place as berlin pledges a massive hike in defence spending. also, thousands of people are continuing to flee ukraine, hoping to find safety in countries to the west. figs ukraine, hoping to find safety in countries to the west. ukraine, hoping to find safety in countries to the west. as you can see, countries to the west. as you can see. poland countries to the west. as you can see.
you want to risk being played out inside ukraine? escalating the risk across the globe, inside ukraine? escalating the risk across the globe, he inside ukraine? escalating the risk across the globe, he has inside ukraine? escalating the risk across the globe, he has made i inside ukraine? escalating the risk| across the globe, he has made that clear in his erratic, irrational statements he has been making, and i think what we need to do is keep him from taking ukraine as we have seen him take these patterns before when he has taken territory and used it as an opportunity to expand. ukrainians have been fighting this warfor over ukrainians have been fighting this war for over eight ukrainians have been fighting this warfor over eight years ukrainians have been fighting this war for over eight years and this is the strategy putin has taken. he aggressively takes, sees what push he gets, and then stops in his tracks. ukrainians need this, they have been asking for, people are being
willing to talk to russia. what form might this take? they are willing to listen is what might this take? they are willing to listen is what the might this take? they are willing to listen is what the foreign might this take? they are willing to listen is what the foreign minister i listen is what the foreign minister said in a press conference on facebook, as happens these days. then we received reports that the delegates were arriving at that position close to the belarusian border. after that came reports that missiles were being fired from belarusian territory into ukraine, which raised the question, well, are the talks going to be off? the belarusian president had vowed to make sure there were no attacks or movement of russian troops or russian armoured vehicles, russian air attacks, and it does not seem to have stopped them. we are now hearing reports that they may start tomorrow. so belarus, neighbouring ukraine but are very close ally of president putin, is now trying to