Been preparing for what might be over the horizon. The arrival of the aid potentially allows ukrainian forces to suppress those advancing troops. The Air Defence systems may help them defend cities from missile attacks, cities like eve and also to challenge Russias Air Superiority in that area as well. So it is a big deal and it allows ukraine to do more thanjust Hold Deal and it allows ukraine to do more than just hold on, it may allow them to hold the line and prevent more cities from falling. What it does not do is give it an instant means to start liberating territory and start forcing russia out completely. That is still a very, very distant dream at this point in time for ukraine but it extends the window in which you can find and keep Negotiating Tables at bay. But with an upcoming us president ial election, longerterm with an upcoming us president ial election, longer term us support is farfrom assured so election, longer term us support is far from assured so the challenge for
And it is a war of attrition. And so what ukraine will be hoping to do now is once more frustrate russian supply lines, which it did to great effect in 2022, as well as trying to suppress russias air superiority. Because over the last six months, make no mistake, because of the political delay in washington, russia has become all the more dominant and ukrainian territory has continued to be eroded. Earlier, i spoke to marina miron, an expert on the Russian Military at the war Studies Department in Kings College london. I asked her what impact this bill will have. The first short Term Effect that it could produce is a boost in morale of the troops, which is very important given the fact that those on the front lines on the ukrainian Side Havent been rotated since the very beginning of the War End of february 2022. So that is one potential outcome. However, we have to keep in mind is when is this aid going to come through . So we have heard that the Ukrainian Armed Forces might be gettin