potentially, and brings more targets into play on russian sites. yes. potentially, and brings more targets into play on russian sites. into play on russian sites. yes, of course. into play on russian sites. yes, of course- as into play on russian sites. yes, of course- as you into play on russian sites. yes, of course. as you just into play on russian sites. yes, of course. as you just said, - course. as you just said, previously, ukrainians were far more restricted as to where they could strike. something like storm shadow will allow them to attack targets much further away from the front lines. the point you just mentioned, its stand off capability would put the ukrainians, especially the launch platforms, at less risk, although that very much depends on how the weapon is operated. i see. and what about how the weapon is operated. i see. and what about the how the weapon is operated. i see. and what about the russian - how the weapon is operated. i see. and what about the
used actually to shoot the balloon down. there are surface to air missile systems, but those are fixed. we really don t have any of those operationally deployed in the continental united states. so the options are limited to fugter aircraft. do you know it s necessarily going to fall over a particular area? meaning, if you use the weapon systems that you just identified and you re successful in hitting it, how long is it going to take for it to come down and do you know where it will land? that s a great question. the short answer is no, you don t know with any degree of accuracy because it depends upon just how large the whole or the damage done to the balloon, which will determine how fast it will come down, and then what you hit. you hit the balloon and you can penetrate it and it can come
in davos. and talking about military aid to ukraine and the pentagon released the list of the second package to ukraine and this package, it s huge. for the first time it includes 90 striker armor personnel carriers which are fast and lethal. they will allow ukraine to bring the fight more quickly to the front lines. the package contains surface to air missile systems, armored vehicles and armory for the air defenses. the war escalating even more. as putin s insiders are threatening nuclear war in the context of a loss, there are some brave russians who are tonight putting their own lives on the line to speak out against putin. dozens of former officials are calling on opposition leader alexey navalny to be released. one courageous official from st. petersburg tells me he could no longer be silent about navalny
the defence and security think tank, rusi, is warning that ukraine is in danger of running out of air defence weapons. it says russia could repeat its devastating bombing techniques that reduced large parts of syrian cities to rubble, unless western nations resupply ukraine s defences as a matter of urgency. justin bronk is one of the report authors he is a senior research fellow for airpower and military technology at rusi. thank you forjoining us on bbc news. i wonder if he could give us more detail about your findings? thank you, essentially ukraine has only been able to keep the russian air force mostly behind the front lines on the russian side and therefore relatively ineffective throughout the war, thanks to very good use of its mobile short and medium range surface to air missile systems. but those are almost
every decision that president putin makes is a mistake. reporter: as jets patrol the sky over ukraine s capitol, russia continued its blitz of missile attacks on the city. hitting zaporizhzhia and targeting critical infrastructure, especially power plants. the adviser telling me ukraine is working hard to a repair the damage and appreciates support from the u.s. and its allies. translator: our partners all reacted very quickly to what happened on monday, the 10th. all our official partners, including the you states, announced that the types of strikes were inhumane because they consciously targeted civilian infrastructure. reporter: ukraine s military says it s able to shoot down many of the missiles and drones that russia fires but only has old soviet era surface to air missile systems and not enough of them. at a meeting in brussels nato made clear providing ukraine