welcome to bbc news. you stood with us shoulder to shoulder the words of ukraine s president, volodymr zelensky on his first official visit to neighbouring poland. the nato country has been one of kyiv s strongest backers during the conflict with russia taking in millions of refugees and supplying arms. and that loyalty has been on show in warsaw president zelensky welcomed here with full military honours. from his polish counterpart renewed backing for ukraine s bid to join the western military alliance. speaking at a press conference with president zelensky, the president of poland and zhey duda said more polish fighterjets will make way to ukraine soon. translation: four fighterjets, translation: four fighter “ets, hundreds of i translation: four fighter “ets, hundreds of an i translation: four fighter “ets, hundreds of an error, translation: four fighterjets, hundreds of an error, brings - translation: four fighterjets, hundreds of an error, brings the | hundred
welcome to bbc news. you stood with us shoulder to shoulder the words of ukraine s president, volodymr zelensky on his first official visit to neighbouring poland. the nato country has been one of kyiv s strongest backers during the conflict with russia taking in millions of refugees and supplying arms. and that loyalty has been on show in warsaw president zelensky welcomed here with full military honours. from his polish counterpart renewed backing for ukraine s bid to join the western military alliance. speaking at a press conference with president zelensky, the president of poland and zhey duda said more polish fighterjets will make way to ukraine soon. translation: four fighterjets, translation: four fighter “ets, hundreds of i translation: four fighter “ets, hundreds of an i translation: four fighter “ets, hundreds of an error, translation: four fighterjets, hundreds of an error, brings -
difficult question, then. should we have nato police no fly zones that would involve nato shooting down russian planes? again, you re asking me tojump into an operational decision, and i m saying first ask ourselves what do we agree should be our policy to stand up to russia, for which a no fly zone might be part of that aspect. it could be that we do rule it out. what i m saying is every time you re asked a difficult question, don t stand up and say to russia, we re not going to do a no fly zone. we re not going to send in a force prior to the invasion to actually protect ukraine, even though they requested this. we re actually explaining to russia what our red lines are. no general on the battlefield ever declares what they won t do. so even if we were not going to do it, you still keep the other side guessing. so, all right, let me give you a quote from john kirby, the us pentagon spokesman who is talking about why the proposal to transfer polish fighterjets from a us base in ge
will also have blood on their hands, he said, and he has pushed for that over and over again. he said, and he has pushed for that overand overagain. he he said, and he has pushed for that over and over again. he also asked for the polish fighter jets, over and over again. he also asked for the polish fighterjets, you will remember, last week, and there was the moment where the polish gave, they offered those planes to the americans but the americans denied the offer, so i imagine they will make more of those calls, or he will make more of those calls, or he will when he addresses members of congress. will when he addresses members of concress. . ., ., , 2.8 million people have now fled ukraine, most of them women and children. poland is where most of the refugees have gone, and the population of the capital warsaw has increased by 15% since russia invaded ukraine. 0ur europe editor katya adler reports on how life in warsaw has changed. this is europe s biggest refugee crisis since worl
start world war three. well, ou start world war three. well, you answer start world war three. well, you answer that start world war three. well, you answer that difficult - you answer that difficult question, then. should we have nato police no fly zones that would involve nato shooting down russian planes? again, you are askin: down russian planes? again, you are asking me down russian planes? again, you are asking me to down russian planes? again, you are asking me to jump down russian planes? again, you are asking me to jump into - down russian planes? again, you are asking me to jump into an - are asking me tojump into an operational decision and i am saying first, ask ourselves what do we agree should be our policy to stand up to russia, for which a no fly zone might be part of that aspect. it could be that we do rule it out. what i m saying is every time you asked a difficult question, don t stand up and say to russia we are not going to do a no fly zone, we are not go