de - u counteroffensive actions. your deputy defence counteroffensive actions. your deputy defence minister- counteroffensive actions. your deputy defence minister has l counteroffensive actions. your deputy defence minister has admitted that it will be difficult to win back land in this counteroffensive. translation: lilo back land in this counteroffensive. translation: no counteroffensive o eration translation: no counteroffensive operation can translation: no counteroffensive operation can be translation: no counteroffensive operation can be easy. translation: no counteroffensive operation can be easy. it translation: no counteroffensive operation can be easy. it is - translation: no counteroffensive operation can be easy. it is not i operation can be easy. it is not easy. first of all, for those currently on the front line first and last autumn, we took counteroffensive actions as well and it seems like the process was too slow. but then the moment came when everybody saw
the americans have made clear how they measure the success of this. they want you to make as many games on the battlefield so that you are in a stronger position when you get to the negotiating table. translation: to the negotiating table. translation: ., , , , translation: for us, it is very important translation: for us, it is very important to translation: for us, it is very important to move translation: for us, it is very important to move forward i translation: for us, it is very - important to move forward because we have to motivate not only our army but also our western allies. aid can be slowed down or stepped up. to be honest, aid depends on us moving forward. a lot of things depend on that. but for me, the most important success of our offensive lies in motivating people. mr president, are you feeling the pressure from your partners, that they expect results and results quickly? translation:- they expect results and results quickly? translation: some want it and exec
do you believe them? translation: is there any other option? we believe them because on the one hand, they are our partners. on the other hand, we need to understand that we have to count on ourselves. let s just look at some of the things you need. the f 16s for example. the us officials are now saying it could take months for ukraine to get those f 16s. translation: ukraine to get those f-16s. translation: ukraine to get those f-16s. translation: ., . ., translation: there are certain bureaucratic translation: there are certain bureaucratic things translation: there are certain bureaucratic things that - translation: there are certain bureaucratic things that i - bureaucratic things that i unfortunately can t and i m not willing to understand because we are at war and we need to get things done quickly. the price is time, time means lives. i believe that we will start the training period this summer as well. we will certainly continue to put pressure to bring the dates forward b
of rebuilding ukraine during and after it of rebuilding ukraine during and afte ., of rebuilding ukraine during and afte . ,, ., of rebuilding ukraine during and afte . , , . , . , after it war with russia. estimates ofthe after it war with russia. estimates of the cast already after it war with russia. estimates of the cast already exceed - after it war with russia. estimates of the cast already exceed more . after it war with russia. estimates i of the cast already exceed more than $380 billion. that is £300 billion, and they are rising still. ukraine s president has been speaking to the bbc about the state of the war in his country. he admitted it was difficult to measure the success of the current counteroffensive against russia. president zelensky, thank you so much for your time. i would like to begin by asking you about the counteroffensive, how is it going? translation: iiklol counteroffensive, how is it going? translation: counteroffensive, how is it going? translation: .,
conference in the uk. just your message to that conference? translation: message to that conference? translation: ., a ., translation: huge thanks to the prime minister, translation: huge thanks to the prime minister, to translation: huge thanks to the prime minister, to the translation: huge thanks to the | prime minister, to the government, to the businesses of the uk and all of the people for their support. part of such support, notjust recovery but transformation of ukraine and therefore anti corruption reform, which is very important, to work on judiciary reform, to work with our partners, to make ukraine attractive for investment after the war, that is what we need. ukraine will be different, transformed. the only thing that will not change is the strength of our people. that was volodymyr zelensky speaking to the bbc here on bbc news. we are looking at live pictures from london now. this is where he was from around the world leave us for the next few minutes. antony blink