Weve heard repeatedly from president zelensky about the need for more ammunition and the need for more weapons. Can you tell us what the situation is this time . The situation is this time . Well, he has Alwa S The Situation is this time . Well, he has always plonked the situation is this time . Well, he has always plonked air the situation is this time . Well, he has always plonked air defences i the situation is this time . Well, he has always plonked air defences at | has always plonked air defences at the top of his wish list. Thats been the case for the last year or so because of two things, really, russia has continued to launch Missile Attacks on cities across ukraine but also russia has become far more superior, more dominant in the air right across the front line. So you have exhausted, thinly stretched ukrainian troops trying to defend cities and russian fighter jets flying in and dropping missiles and glide bombs and as for the situation in the north east where the incursion
In his tv interview, mr zelensky also said ukraine has just a quarter of the air defences it needs to hold the front line against russia. The situation on the frontline is tough. The Regional Governor of ukraines northeastern Kharkiv Region said that nearly 10,000 people have been forced to leave their homes, since russias Ground Attack there last week. Lets hearfrom president zelensky about those troop shortages. Translation we need to staff the reserve. There are a serious number of brigades which a large number of them are empty. We need to do this so that guys can have a normal rotation, then their morale will be improved. Earlier, our correspondent in kyiv James Waterhouse told me how ukraine is now in a different chapter of the war with morale very low. You have Ukrainian Forces which are thought to make up around half a million personnel, either fighting on the front line or in operations around it. You now have a large proportion of those who are exhausted, who have been fighti
The front line against russia. Heres a clip of the ukrainian president talking about the new law on military recruitment. Translation we need to staff the reserve. There are a serious number of brigrades which a large number of them are empty. We need to do this so that guys can have a normal rotation, then their morale will be improved. Earlier, our correspondent in kyiv James Waterhouse told me how ukraine is now in a different chapter of the war with morale very low. You have Ukrainian Forces which are thought to make up around half a million personnel, either fighting on the front line or in operations around it. You now have a large portion of those who are exhausted, who have been fighting for the best part of two years with little to no rest, and then you have men avoiding or fearful of the draft, being legally compelled to fight and join the countrys cause, so it is incredibly difficult for ukraine, at a time when we are seeing fighting in the north east, in towns and settlemen
Sometime this Yearfrom European donor countries and ukrainian pilots are currently being trained. Mr zelensky also said the military was still short of manpower and russia could increase its attacks in ukraines north east following its recent gains near the city of kharkiv. Translation we need to staff the reserve. There are a serious number of brigrades which a large number of them are empty. We need to do this so the guys can have a normal rotation, then their morale will be improved. Our ukraine correspondent James Waterhouse outlined how desperate this need is for air defences. Well, he always plonks air defences at the top of his wish list, thats been the case for the last year or so, because of two things russia has continued to launch Missile Attacks on cities across ukraine, but russia has become more dominant in the air, right across the front line. So that means that when you have exhausted, thinly stretched ukrainian troops trying to defend cities, you have russian fighter j