initiative. so i don t have a prediction. i think it will happen probably within weeks, if not the next couple of months. but they will choose a time and place that puts their forces at the best advantage. and i am confident, based on their performance over the last year, that they will do so wisely. year, that they will do so wisel . year, that they will do so wisel. . year, that they will do so wisel . . . year, that they will do so wisel. ., , wisely. do you have a sense that ukrainian wisely. do you have a sense that ukrainian forces - wisely. do you have a sense that ukrainian forces are - wisely. do you have a sense i that ukrainian forces are ready for this counteroffensive with the forces and weapons they have at their disposal? if the forces and weapons they have at their disposal? if you look at the have at their disposal? if you look at the last have at their disposal? if you look at the last four - have at their disposal? if you look at the last four to - have at thei
the next couple of months. but they will choose a time and place that puts their forces at the best advantage. and i am confident, based on their performance over the last year, that they will do so wisely. do you have a sense that ukrainian forces are ready for this counteroffensive with the forces and weapons they have at their disposal? if you look at the last four to six months, based on the support from the 15 nation coalition, supporting them with military assistance, ukraine has been able to assemble about nine new combat brigades. a brigade is about 5000 troops. these troops have been organised, trained and equipped with largely western equipment. and they have not yet seen action. so i think the ukrainians have amassed the capacity to launch a very significant counteroffensive, and that s what we should be anticipating in the coming weeks. i want to ask you about what we might anticipate as a response from russia. the russian ambassador to the uk spoke to the bbc at the weeken
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isis, not to get involved in the syrian civil war. we call on all nations. i think the demonstration of our allies, france and the uk helping us dmemonstrates we are serious about the fact that chemical weapons use is intolerable, it s inexcusable. we will remain committed to the 70 nation coalition to defeat isis. how do you defend the use of chemical weapons affect the outcome of the syrian civil war? it affects it by, again, demonstrating to the world, this is a heinous regime. this is a regime that murders its own people daily. we, yesterday, with the help of our allies, addressed the fact that they continue to use chemical weapons against their own people.