but it has been invaded by a massively larger military force, deeper magazines, more equipment available to it, why shouldn t the west in the united states support ukraine s effort? that is the best message we could see. let s get away from just munitions support. think this provision of tanks by the czech republic the mig 29 set up and offered by poland and other heavy weaponry should absolute be flowing for other european countries into the ukrainian military so they can actually defeat russia s attempt to take over ukraine. the polish ambassador to the united nations, says is essentially putin only respects force and military equipment is needed now, listen. it is a security vacuum. russia attacked ukraine because there is a security vacuum in
translator: we are proud of the rockets, and as it turns out, these projects rockets have significantly supported and developing the defense capabilities of the ukraine troops which bravely fight against the russian troops attacking ukraine. reporter: the polish military say they want these exercises there for the world to see, for moscow to see that nato stands united. once again, very heavily focused, neil, on those javelin anti-tank missiles and some of the other new missiles and heavy artillery they were practicing with to show the world they re prepared. neil? neil: alexis mcadams, thank you very much. now to the polish ambassador to the united nations, kind enough to join us. ambassador, very good to have you. the russian media, the state media, is calling this a provocative the act, this joint with military exercise. what do you make of this? you know, in geopolitics, it s a security vacuum.
ukraine. we cannot create another security vacuum on the eastern side of nato. we tried to prevent it did not work. now we have to exercise defense just to show no way. he says defend that eastern flank. no thoughts are? i think it might ve been stalin who is talking about bayonet diplomacy bird you probe with the bayonet. or you meet resistance you pull back. why are you find softness you push forward breed that is russia is doing. it is history it s a bully that uses military power to coerce and intimidate. it s going to continue to push on ukraine until somebody or something stops them. if the u.s. does not support ukraine, ukraine will be on its own it only has so many resources to use this is going to be a login bloodied war months if not years. we need to get used to the idea
lost all of its territory. is that so its goal? lost all of its territory. is that so it s goal? it is still its goal. you know so it s goal? it is still its goal. you know they so it s goal? it is still its goal. you know they are so it s goal? it is still its goal. you know they are still- so it s goal? it is still its goal. | you know they are still around. so it s goal? it is still its goal. - you know they are still around. this is perhaps in northeast syria certainly the highest profile incident that they ve managed to orchestrate in quite a while. they are also very active in the disputed part of iraq, the parts dispute between iraq and kurdistan. you really get a bit of security vacuum they are because there are two separate sets of forces with up the day before this prison attack in northeast syria there was an attack in iraq where 11 members of an army unit were killed in an islamic state attack. they are still there, still doing, as you say nothing on the scale we saw
we understand that one of the signatories is russia, who as secretary blinken rightly that, violated all possible international documents and agreements. but this does not waive other countries of their responsibilities to do their best in order to help ukraine. ukraine is a country that exists in a security vacuum. this is true. our security guarantees, our ukrainian army and diplomacy. but we realize that but we do believe that the decisions taken in 1994 when the memorandum was budapest memorandum was concluded, they should be res respected because we sacrificed a lot to to make a long story short, we did a lot to strengthen global security by