there is clearly a strong appetite here at westminster and in other european capitals to give ukraine more military kit, to support an insurgency against russian forces. but ministers are absolutely clear there will be no uk troops on the ground, nor a no fly zone enforced by nato warplanes. and here is why. ukraine might have held a parade for nato forces last summer, but it is not yet a member. it wants to join, but that will not happen while there is a risk of importing conflict into the alliance and that could take years to resolve. but look at how far and wide nato reaches, and the fear is that if nato forces joined the fight in ukraine, then war could spread across the whole continent. the president has been clear that we will defend every inch of nato territory. i think that is the most powerful deterrent against president putin going beyond ukraine. but that may be of little solace
hello. the us is more than 200 missile launchers, cruise and ballistic, have so far been observed in the battle for ukraine but that raso hasn t yet captured any highly populated areas. jonathan beale assesses russell s military capability and what might come you next. russell s armoured columns are still rolling, they taking casualties. this is day two of their unprovoked invasion of ukraine, a sovereign democratic country. russian units have moved in from multiple directions from the north, east, and south, the most significant advance so far has been from belarus to the capital, kyiv. russia says it has captured an airport 20 miles to the north of the city,
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ukraine s resistance outside its second largest city and 30 miles from the russian border. translation: tt miles from the russian border. translation: miles from the russian border. translation: if president putin reall want translation: if president putin really want to translation: if president putin really want to conquer translation: if president putin really want to conquer the - really want to conquer the entire country, he has tried to bite off more than he can chew. nato leaders have called russell s invasion of ukraine a terrible strategic mistake for which it will pay a severe economic costs for years to come. nato has been holding an extraordinary summit that included finland, sweden, and the eu to discuss the latest developments. turkey told the meeting that the alliance should have responded more decisivelyjames should have responded more decisively james landale reports on the global response to the crisis here. this is what the defence of kyiv looks like. soldiers w
will step in. uefa called this a time of unparalleled crisis and said, together with the french government, uefa will fully support multi stakeholder fully support multi sta keholder efforts fully support multi stakeholder efforts to ensure the provision of rescue for football players and their families of rescue for football players and theirfamilies in ukraine who face dire human suffering, destruction and displacement. russian and ukrainian clubs and the national teams will now play at uefa home matches at neutral venues until notice. manchester united has severed tied with its long standing travel partner after the russian state carrier was banned from uk airspace. other sports have followed suit. formula 1 has confirmed the russian grand prix, due to be had in september, is off. calling it impossible, in the current circumstances. the decision came after some driver said they would not drive on russia after such an act of aggression. now the focus turns to fifa. poland, sweden and