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United-statesDecisionSupply-kyivBbc-newsHeadlinesHe said absolutely, he had assurances from western allies that they would continue to supply kyiv with what they needed. the other big story line is the counter offensive we keep talking about. we keep hearing we are on the brink of the counter offensive. we asked and he was very clear. he said it has already started. we are in a new phase of the war, a preparation phase. they re readying the battlefield, not only striking rear russia targets across enemy lines, making sure the advanced weapons are with the best trained troops off the front line. it was very clear, there was not going to be one day where they say suddenly today is the counter offensive. we ll be watching all of that very closely this week, katy. molly hunter, thank you very much. and with me now is msnbc military analyst, and retired four star general, barry mccaffrey. we have been hearing for so long that there is a soon to come counter offensive by the ukrainian military, the officials were talking about it
OffensiveBrinkAlliesStory-lineAssurancesSupply-kyivIraq-warBattlefieldRussiaTargetsEnemy-linesPhaseThe situation in bakhmut. what can you tell us about what s happening there right now? according to our official position, we re still keeping part of bakhmut under control of ukrainian army, but severe fights are going in the city and around the city. russia has the only victory to present to russians and to some asian countries that they captured bakhmut but first of all, it s not the fact, and secondly you have to compare with real goals declared by putin to capture kyiv in three days and then to strike warsaw and london, it looks miserable. that was a former minister of infrastructure in ukraine. as the fighting continues, the european union has renewed its commitment supply kyiv with munitions. since march, eu countries have sent to 20,000 artillery shells and around
PartCityFightsControlSituationPositionBakhmutUkrainian-armyRussiansCountriesWallRussiaIt s part of another package of military support worth some $2.2 billion. in addition to the ground launched rockets, the package will include more air defence systems, anti tank missiles and armoured infantry vehicles. it comes as france and italy also announced further military aid afterfinalising plans to supply kyiv with a mobile air defence system. our north america correspondent nomia iqbal has more. this is a bit of a turnaround for the us in that ukraine really wanted this longer range missile. it s effectively twice the range of ukraine s r . weapon y it s normally launched from the air. this one is launched from the ground, but it doesn t actually exist in the us military stockpile. so it has to be made by the weapons industry. it is thought it could take some time for ukraine to therefore get it, probably around about nine months. ukraine actually wanted missiles that cover a much longer distance, but the us is still uncomfortable about that. there s concerns that it could b
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