Have been killed, including a mother and her ten year old daughter. Almost 70 have been injured and around a dozen are trapped under rubble. It is a familiar yet still horrifying sight where you have a residential block with a chunk missing smoldering debris and rescue teams frantically trying to save who they can. And when you have wave after wave of missile strikes, there is always a place in ukraine that is the most acute, acutely hit, and it is the turn of kiev. But alongside this, ukraine is desperately trying to seize the initiative in its counteroffensive, which is coming up to two months old. The gains it has made have been modest and they have been intensely contested. We are seeing an increase in fighting. It is true to say that they are concentrating men and machinery, notably in the southeastern and eastern parts of the front line. But we are getting comments from the kremlin alleging that the counteroffensive is not going according to plan, in their words, saying that all
We know six people have been killed, including a mother and her ten year old daughter. Almost 70 have been injured and around a dozen are trapped under rubble. It is a familiar yet still horrifying sight where you have a residential block with a chunk missing smoldering debris and rescue teams frantically trying to save who they can. And when you have wave after wave of missile strikes, there is always a place in ukraine that is the most acute, acutely hit, and it is the turn of kiev. But alongside this, ukraine is desperately trying to seize the initiative in its counteroffensive, which is coming up to two months old. The gains it has made have been modest and they have been intensely contested. We are seeing an increase in fighting. It is true to say that they are concentrating men and machinery, notably in the southeastern and eastern parts of the front line. But we are getting comments from the kremlin alleging that the counteroffensive is not going according to plan, in their word
within a matter of months isis k would have the capability to strike us interests in the region or abroad. now, he didn t say that it was going to be in a position to carry out a 9/11 style attack on the us homeland. but this is definitely a group that has the capability and is rapidly developing more capability to be a significant threat, notjust in afghanistan, notjust in pakistan, but across the region. and that s why i think it s so important for the united states, for pakistan, for other interested countries to figure out how to degrade this group, because the current approach of outsourcing security to the taliban is just not cutting it. a top state department official said in february when asked about this rise of terror attacks in pakistan that you ve been talking about, he said that the us is trying to quote, wrap its head around the evolving terrorism situation in pakistan. what do you make of that and what should washington and its allies be doing
the taliban over many years. how big of a threat is isis k in not only this region in pakistan, but across the country? i think it s a very significant threat. and, you know, don t take my word for it. a couple of months ago, the commanding general of us central command assessed that within a matter of months isis k would have the capability to strike us interests in the region or abroad. now, he didn t say that it was going to be in a position to carry out a 9/11 style attack on the us homeland. but this is definitely a group that has the capability and is rapidly developing more capability to be a significant threat, notjust in afghanistan, notjust in pakistan, but across the region. and that s why i think it s so important for the united states, for pakistan, for other interested countries to figure out how to degrade this group, because the current approach of outsourcing security to the taliban is just not cutting it.
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