next phase of the war is about to begin in the donbas in ukraine s east. as we speak, the battle for donbas is under way. it has not reached its maximum scale, but every day, fighting takes place in that part of ukraine, and more is to come, unfortunately. the battle for donbas will remind you, and i regret to say, but this is true, the battle for donbas will remind you of the second world war, with large operations, maneuvers, involvement of thousands of tanks, armored vehicles, planes, artillery. either you help us now, and i m speaking about days, not weeks, or your help will come too late. later, in ukraine s east,
mess of potential legal troubles facing donald trump, including the new attorney general moving to have the former president be held in contempt for failing to comply with their investigation. so, there s a lot of moving parts to keep up with tonight. but we begin in brussels, where ukraine s foreign minister met with the united states secretary of state another top diplomats from native countries. when he arrived, he did not mince words. i came to brussels to participate in the nato ministerial and to hold bilateral meetings. my job is simple. it had three items. weapons, weapons, weapons. ukraine s foreign minister told nato allies today that his country needs more weapons now because even as russian forces have withdrawn from the area around the capital, kyiv, the next phase of the war is about to begin in the donbas, in ukraine s east. as we speak, the battle for the donbas is underway.
not so sure that russians are not come back to the capital. well we know russians want to destroy us. and we also know that we re very effective in defending our country. and we know that together with our friends and allies, especially with getting all of the necessary tools, with all of the fire power, now as we re entering this very important phase of the war, the battle for donbas and russia is preparing for it, it is very important that we re capable of defending and we value everyone with us these days and the united states has been true leader and true partner and friend in this. and of course we would welcome when the decision will be taken to for the u.s. diplomats to return to the country. president zelenskyy called the latest u.s. sanctions which include sanctions against putin s daughters flashy. but not enough. you have on social media through other interviews, the foreign minister and the president said that the weapons support from
bbc news, chernihiv. meanwhile, earlier today, the un general assembly voted to suspend russia from the human rights council following reports of gross and systematic violations of human rights by russian troops in ukraine. the resolution garnered 93 votes in favour, with 2a voting against. a two thirds majority of the votes cast was needed to suspend russia from the geneva based council. ukraine s foreign minister told nato today the battle for donbas in the east of his country will remind people of world war ii, involving thousands of tanks, planes and artillery. this comes as vladimir putin s spokesman has admitted to significant russian troop losses. russian forces have withdrawn from around the capital kyiv for now as moscow focuses attention on eastern ukraine, specifically the donbas region. the bbc has witnessed hundreds of thousands of civilians fleeing that area, where separatists have been fighting for eight years.