andrii s story is extraordinary, because he became the world global campaigner for f 16 fighterjets, modernised fighterjets for ukraine, which are supposed to replace old fashioned soviet fighterjets, which are flown by ukrainian pilots now. he also campaigned for the trainings for the pilots, and he managed to persuade decision makers in the us, in great britain, in the eu countries, why ukraine needs, as soon as possible, these kind of weapons. he was very, very clear that it s not possible to carry out effective large scale counter offensive and retake over lands without these kind of modernised fighterjets. he also used to repeat this message in his interviews, in the interview that we ve done with him one year ago, that ukraine needs to have f i6 also
to protect civilian population from russian missiles and drones. they fly in the sky literally almost every day and every night. and also, he stressed in the name of all ukrainian pilots that to have modern fighterjets in the fight with such an army as russia that is armed with and has the modern fighterjets to fight with this army that the lives of pilots, they also matter a lot, and they depend again whether ukrainian army has or not such fighterjets as the f i6. so this was his message. also in the interview that we ve done with him, he said some things that i remember now very well. they impacted, i think,
lionesses, you can do this.- lionesses, you can do this. thank ou so lionesses, you can do this. thank you so much lionesses, you can do this. thank you so much for lionesses, you can do this. thank you so much for that. lionesses, you can do this. thank you so much for that. we - lionesses, you can do this. thank you so much for that. we will- lionesses, you can do this. thank you so much for that. we will be i you so much for that. we will be back with the football and the world cup in just a back with the football and the world cup injust a moment. ukrainian president volodymyr zelensky has landed at a dutch air force base to meet with outgoing prime minister mark rutte at eindhoven air base just days after the united states agreed to allow the transfer of f i6 fighterjets to kyiv. the us gave the green light for the netherlands and denmark to send the us made aircraft to ukraine a long standing request from president zelensky. details of the delivery are yet to be unveiled
to the moon ends in failure. and in the hot seat, president zelensky gets a closer view of the f-16 zelensky gets a closer view of the f 16 fighterjets zelensky gets a closer view of the f 16 fighter jets that will soon be f i6 fighter jets that will soon be heading to ukraine. hello. thank you forjoining us. we start in australia, where the spanish women s football team are celebrating, following their 1 0 victory over england in a gripping world cup final. there was jubilation among the spanish players as they lifted the trophy in sydney, crowned champions for the first time. they were joined by spain plus mcqueen, who was there with her teenage daughter. spain s queen. in spain itself, this was the reaction at the fanzone in madrid as the whistle was blown at full time. let s hear the thoughts of some of the spanish fans watching: translation: this is for women s football, for women s history. -
with an unpredecented outbreak of dengue fever, with hospitals struggling to make space for patients, as the disease spreads quickly in the densely populated country. official figures show nearly 300 people have died so far this year, and more than 61,000 have been infected. let s turn to the women s world cup now where, for the first time, three african countries have made it to the group of i6. morocco, nigeria and south africa have all qualified. this hasn t happened before in a men s or women s world cup. some fans told bbc africa what this milestone means to them. this is only the beginning.