and former chancellor, nadhim zahawi. does the prime minister agree that any politician who seeks to avoid the taxes they owe in this country is not fit to be in charge of taxpayer money? since i commented on this matter last week, more i information has come forward. and that is why i have asked the independent adviser- to look into the matter. we will take you to washington and listen to presidentjoe biden talking about ukraine. listen to president joe biden talkin: about ukraine. , . , . talking about ukraine. democrats and reublicans talking about ukraine. democrats and republicans in talking about ukraine. democrats and republicans in congress talking about ukraine. democrats and republicans in congress have - talking about ukraine. democrats and republicans in congress have stood . republicans in congress have stood together. the us has worked in lockstep with our allies and partners around the world to make sure the ukrainian people are in the strongest possible po
said. they don t pose a threat to russia. if russia gets its troops out of ukraine, then they won t be threatened at all. threatened at all. yes, and i think that s interesting threatened at all. yes, and i think that s interesting if you re - threatened at all. yes, and i think that s interesting if you re on - threatened at all. yes, and i think that s interesting if you re on the l that s interesting if you re on the other end of one of those tank guns. i don t defensive in nature. they are designed to help you move about in open territory. the tanks are often and regularly use to take back territory. so they are notjust offensive weapons by any means. i suspect what the president is sort of pushing here that is the idea that this is not about ukrainian and expansion in anything like that. these tanks will be used within ukraine s board he is obviously. if russia moved out then there will be no need for them whatsoever. that seems sort of this message all the way through. but he
russians have articulated some concern about provocation. i m not sure i stay that way. the fact is that nato with the us, uk and poland have completely supported president zelensky from the outset of the war. they provide some very serious weapon systems. rocket systems etc. air defence systems, patriot systems. the provision of tanks is an extension of god. in and of itself i don t think it will have an x dilatory of fact. what might have an effect if the counter offence in the spring is extremely successful, the spring is extremely successful, the ukrainians are able to repeat the ukrainians are able to repeat the success of september and push through towards crimea, for instance or towards lujan city i think at that point the putin government, the russian armed forces, i think at that point we will be a quite
plate. if we re going to do it, then you need to do it as well. it is a significant escalation, ben. these are effectively, with these tanks from here in the tanks from europe and the other forms of tanks that are being supplied, 270 choose, you re looking at three battalions of tanks plus hundreds of armoured personnel carriers and fighting vehicles being injected straight into the ukrainian arsenal. that will allow them to fight much more effectively in open territory and of course with that much expected offensive from the russians they want to get their hands on some of these vehicles as soon as possible. nato becoming ever more deeply embroiled in this war. and joe biden was at pains to stress, because moscow has said all of this is a provider patient, joe biden very keenly stressed to the user weapons to defend and protect ukraine he
and former chancellor, nadhim zahawi. does the prime minister agree that any politician who seeks to avoid the taxes they owe in this country is not fit to be in charge of taxpayer money? since i commented on this matter last week, more i information has come forward. and that is why i have asked the independent adviser- to look into the matter. we will take you to washington and listen to presidentjoe biden talking about ukraine. listen to president joe biden talkin: about ukraine. , . , . talking about ukraine. democrats and reublicans talking about ukraine. democrats and republicans in talking about ukraine. democrats and republicans in congress talking about ukraine. democrats and republicans in congress have - talking about ukraine. democrats and republicans in congress have stood . republicans in congress have stood together. the us has worked in lockstep with our allies and partners around the world to make sure the ukrainian people are in the strongest possible position to