graduated steps towards some kind of retaliation, possibly initially legal action on freezing some of the legal action on freezing some of the legal action on freezing some of the legal action that they announced backin legal action that they announced back in 2021 and perhaps adding more infringement proceedings on the basis of what they would see as breaches of the protocol already by the uk. but all of that is a scenario that nobody really wants to get into, but if the uk goes ahead and overturns a mutually agreed treaty, then that would be seen as a very serious situation. very serious situation. tony, good to talk to you very serious situation. tony, good to talk to you again. very serious situation. tony, good to talk to you again. thank- very serious situation. tony, good to talk to you again. thank you i very serious situation. tony, good i to talk to you again. thank you very much for your time. and tony mentioned that there is a link that some in brussels and dublin are
paying attention to. we ll keep a close watch, but now we switch focus to the other headlines. ukraine s second city of kharkiv has come under renewed attack with a number of russian missile strikes over the past 2a hours. although russia s main focus remains the donbas region further south, kharkiv is just 20 miles from the border, and the strikes have raised concerns that it could again become a target for intensive russian artillery fire. wyre davies has this report from the city. after a relatively benign few weeks, kharkiv has again become the focus of russian attacks. a late night missile strike on this shopping centre in the eastern suburbs caused considerable damage but no casualties. elsewhere in the city, a man was reportedly killed and several others injured in another bombing.
equipment, more than heavy equipment to deter russian forces as expeditious as possible. uk. to deter russian forces as expeditious as possible. ok, you need more expeditious as possible. ok, you need more western expeditious as possible. ok, you need more western weapons - expeditious as possible. ok, you need more western weapons as | expeditious as possible. ok, you - need more western weapons as soon as possible. we got the message. thank you very much indeed. ukrainian military reporter with ukrainian tv here. just summing up the situation on the battlefield, it is very finely poised as he was just explaining. ukrainian troops are having some success around the second city of kharkiv in the east, but as he was saying around izium, not too far from here, russian forces really gathering in its he is very worried about a new offensive by the russians that could end up encircling and ukrainian troops. that is the latest from here in kyiv. i will hand it back to you rebecca. thanks
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