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ukraine will be provided with western jets or not. to discuss this further, joining me now isjustin, senior research fellow for technology think tank and thank you so much forjoining us on the programme. reporting on the ongoing counteroffensive which began more or less about a week ago but also focusing on what defence ministers of been saying in brussels and as always, talking about the training of ukrainian pilots, just give us your assessment of what your thoughts are on this so far. would be announcements thoughts are on this so far. would be announcements of thoughts are on this so far. would be announcements of training - be announcements of training programmes and collaborative training programmes, it s a very strong signal that ukraine will be provided with f i6s and there will be a multinational european supply effort and the bulk of the spirits and logistics for that because the countries that have this do not have
differences keeps fighting, some of the west will run out of fuel in ukraine will lose. it s the signalling aspect. and this also means that a handful of chests taking jets can come out in battlefield terms. pin taking jets can come out in battlefield terms. pin thank you for oinin: battlefield terms. pin thank you forjoining us battlefield terms. pin thank you forjoining us here battlefield terms. pin thank you forjoining us here in battlefield terms. pin thank you forjoining us here in the forjoining us here in the programme. this need for the ukrainians air support and f 16s they ve been asking for since the beginning of the conflict, one other thing while i ve been here is a cough for desperation and these images of me earlier today and determine display, ukrainian saying that they need in terms of missiles and hardware and tanks in the air support for the strengths and so, a
a timeline, what are you talking about here? a timeline, what are you talking about here? ~ ., about here? like the timeframe in terms of scale about here? like the timeframe in terms of scale of about here? like the timeframe in terms of scale of what about here? like the timeframe in terms of scale of what is - about here? like the timeframe in| terms of scale of what is happening at the moment, from when the ukrainian pilots already qualified on ukrainian types, from the time they are training this month and they are training this month and they will probably be ready to undertake mission types as pilots and two to three months time, of a lot of corners are cut in the peacetime training programme, the question is how quickly that means a logistics chain can be set up, whether it can be defended or whether it can be defended or whether it can be defended or whether it can be maintained and dispersed, part of the question that will determine the timeframe on that is how much p
today, the final page turns on the former prime minister, covid rule breaking and the truth. the big question is whether the book is now closed for good on boris johnson. chris mason, bbc news, at westminster. former chair of the committee and standards in public life. thank you so much for coming on the programme. so, how do you try and sum up the day like today in westminster?- you try and sum up the day like today in westminster? well, it s art today in westminster? well, it s part historic today in westminster? well, it s part historic and today in westminster? well, it s part historic and depressing, - today in westminster? well, it s part historic and depressing, it | today in westminster? well, it s| part historic and depressing, it is historic in the sense that previous prime ministers have been found by his peers to have misled parliament and if he had not stood down immediately as a member of parliament, he would ve been there saying a 90 day suspension which is an incred