Back in december, the optimism of the Ukrainian Forces was fading. There were fears it would be a bad winter and the russians were targeting Generating Stations and heating plants. But ukrainian engineers worked like crazy to restore power. And anyway, the winter wasnt that bad. Now some Military Experts in the west are even daring to suggest that the russian army might simply collapse over the next few months. Who knows . President xi jinping of china has presented himself as a deal maker in the war, but his proposals have so far been pretty vague and, perhaps not surprisingly, much more favourable to his friend Vladimir Putin than to ukraine. Theres less noise about a chinese invasion of taiwan, but many taiwanese leaders think itll happen by 2029. In the us, since december, ex President Trump has been accused of various crimes and been sued successfully for one of them. Yet his popularity with the Republican Party has soared, while his main rival, ron desantis, has faded. Now trump
and surprise, as welsh rugby s alun wynjones the most capped player in the world announces he s retiring from the international game, just four months before the world cup. coming up on bbc news, to shock welsh rugby pep guardiola says he will be watching the match saying without playing instead focusing on doing the job themselves against chelsea on sunday. good evening and welcome to the bbc news at six. ourfirst story tonight is about a man from london who has been jailed for helping to con people out of more than £100 million. police say it was the uk s largest everfraud investigation. tejay fletcher was the mastermind behind a website which was essentially an online fraud shop a place where criminals could buy technology that allowed them to dupe people into parting with their cash often by handing over their bank details. police say more than 160 people have so far been arrested in connection with the scam. 0ur correspondent sean dilley reports. this was the
up by discussions on ukraine with president biden saying washington was prepared to give the go ahead to train ukrainian pilots on f16 fighterjets. the go ahead to train ukrainian pilots on f 16 fighterjets. the news was welcomed by ukraine s president, volodymyr zelensky, who called it historic . he said the jets would greatly enhance ukraine s air force and that he counted on discussing the plan with mr biden at the summit on sunday. the us national security advisorjake sullivan has been speaking about the us f 16jets plan. just yesterday, as you all know, president biden informed his g7 counterparts that the united states will support ukrainian pilots on fourth generation fighter aircraft, including f 16s. over the past few months, we and our allies have focused on providing ukraine with the systems, weapon and training that it needs to be able to conduct effective offensive operations this spring and summer. we have delivered what we promised. we have given ukraine wh
back in december, the optimism of the ukrainian forces was fading. there were fears it would be a bad winter and the russians were targeting generating stations and heating plants. but ukrainian engineers worked like crazy to restore power. and anyway, the winter wasn t that bad. now some military experts in the west are even daring to suggest that the russian army might simply collapse over the next few months. who knows? president xi jinping of china has presented himself as a deal maker in the war, but his proposals have so far been pretty vague and, perhaps not surprisingly, much more favourable to his friend vladimir putin than to ukraine. there s less noise about a chinese invasion of taiwan, but many taiwanese leaders think it ll happen by 2029. in the us, since december, ex president trump has been accused of various crimes and been sued successfully for one of them. yet his popularity with the republican party has soared, while his main rival, ron desantis, has faded