of a large number of explosions. air raid sirens have sounded across the country. video footage on circulating on social media which have not been verified by the bbc show air defence systems shooting down missiles. government messages have warned people to keep away from windows as debris from intercepted missiles is falling from the sky. the mayor of kyiv, vitali klitschko, says some of the debris has fallen on the city s zoo. that comes as on monday, ukrainian president volodymyr zelensky made made a surprise visit to the united kingdom to secure fresh promises of military aid to fight russia s invasion. uk prime minister rishi sunak welcomed the ukrainian leader at chequers, the prime minister s country house. they held bilateral talks lasting around two hours. president zelensky said they discussed western nations providing kyiv with fighter jets, with the aim of creating what he called a jets coalition . prime minister sunak promised to send hundreds of air defence mis
in this together. fight is our fight and we are in this together. fight is our fight and we are in this together. you re indeed had of the in this together. you re indeed had of the armies in this together. you re indeed had of the armies and - in this together. you re indeed had of the armies and want - in this together. you re indeed had of the armies and want to | had of the armies and want to ask a question about the situation from russia s perspective. the washington post reported that the wilder group she offered to intelligence to ukraine last week, threatening to pull his troops from bakhmut if he didn t receive my munition from russia. what you think is public infighting between the wagner group and the kremlin means for vladimir putin? this is the problem means for vladimir putin? this is the problem when means for vladimir putin? ti 3 is the problem when you ve got a mercenary group fighting as part of your overall armed forces. yes, maybe work in a group motivation
counteroffensive we expect to see from ukraine. think the state of play between russia and ukraine is about to change? yes, that has to be the great hope. we ve seen a difficult winter for both countries in this conflict. i think it s been particularly difficult for the russian soldiers, many of whom were pretty much conscripted off the streets, poorly trained, poorly equipped, and had a miserable winter. whereas the ukrainians who have got the moral right on their side and a fifth determination to win have been increasingly equipped by improved western equipment, much western training of ukrainian soldiers, 15,000 ukrainians have been trained in the united kingdom over the last 12 months, much military advice being made available to them, so what we will see in them, so what we will see in the coming few days, weeks, months, but we ve more like
time, you will hear some very important decisions, but we have to work a little bit more on it. zelensky s stop in the uk marks his fifth european country visited in three days. the bbc s hugo bachega has more. the uk was the latest stop in president zelensky s tour of european countries. he was in italy, in germany and in france and he heard that more help is on the way. but there s one thing that ukraine says it needs and western nations have been reluctant to provide fighter jets. president zelensky said he discussed this issue with prime minister rishi sunak and said more work needed to be done. rishi sunak said this wasn t going to be a straightforward decision. it s more than just sending jets. it s about training and logistics. now here in kyiv, the authorities are grateful for the help they have received. but i think there s also some level of frustration with how western countries have responded. there was a long debate before a decision was made about sending battle tanks
largest military supporters of ukraine after the us. i.e. hgppy ukraine after the us. i.e. happy with what the uk has delivered to ukraine so far? yes, i am. delivered to ukraine so far? yes, iam. will magnay delivered to ukraine so far? yes, i am. will magnay is that the united states has been the biggest contributor and editor of equipment and all the rest of equipment and all the rest of it ukraine, but amongst european allies and nato members, the uk has been the lead and not that there is any kind of race in this, but boris johnson was out there right at the front in support of ukraine and president zelensky and rishi sunak has continued that. the additional package that was promised today maintains the incredible support that the uk is quite properly giving to ukraine in its fight against be totally outrageous and illegal incursion into ukraine by russia. ~ . russia. we heard during the meetin: russia. we heard during the meeting to russia. we heard during the meeting to the