counteroffensive. the crucial vote in the counteroffensive. the crucial vote in the house counteroffensive. the crucial vote in the house of- vote in the house of representatives expected on saturday, melinda haring, senior advisor at razom to ukraine, thank you very much for your time today. ukraine, thank you very much for your time today. for more on the situation in ukraine i spoke to michael bociurkiw, a senior fellow at the atlantic council s eurasia centre. you were recently in ukraine, where you are based in odesa. we have seen this wave of russian attacks, ukraine losing its positions on the front lines in terms of the battlefield, what is the feeling right now on the ground in ukraine. feeling right now on the ground in ukraine- in ukraine. good to be with ou, in ukraine. good to be with you. not in ukraine. good to be with you. not very in ukraine. good to be with you, not very good - in ukraine. good to be with you, not very good at - in ukraine. good to be with yo
an absolute minimum ukraine needs about seven patriot batteries to defend key ukrainian cities along with ammunition and other things. even where i am here in canada, justin trudeau, warm fuzzy language about defending ukraine, but at the end of the day words don t stop russian missiles the same way patriots do. so i hope western leaders think about that. find do. so i hope western leaders think about that. think about that. and ust south of i think about that. and ust south of the i think about that. and ust south of the border h think about that. and just south of the border we i think about that. and just | south of the border we will think about that. and just i south of the border we will be seeing a vote in the us house of representatives on the ukraine aid bill, what kind of impact do you think that might have,is impact do you think that might have, is this something that would be able to stave off these russian advancements we have been seeing? mt; these russian advancemen
scared him. but politics were involved as well, like you said this has been a long process, a two month delay that could have been resolved much sooner, he has a very complicated legislative piece he had to satisfy maga republicans, he had to work with democrats to make that happen. this has not been easy, mikejohnson is new to this role as well so it is a miracle we are where we are, but we expect the ukraine aid bill to go through tomorrow. the vote is expected to happen on capitol hill tomorrow, we do think it will pass, we will have to wait and see what happens. i want to talk about the details within these foreign aid bills. some of this aid for ukraine could be in the form of loans, and there is also language that would seize russian assets to help finance the war. what do you make of some of these details? i what do you make of some of these details? these details? i think there is much ado these details? i think there is much ado about these details? i think there is much