diplomacy for ukraine there. thank you. now kim dozer, cnn global affairsage list and senior managing editor at the military ti times. kim, i understand you told one our producers that the indian element, the prime minister there, his involvement, his approach to this russian invasion, that was what you were focusing on. explain why. well, india had a good relationship with ukraine before the 2021 russian invasion. they had a number of indian students studying in medical schools in ukraine. they also had business deals, contracts for ukrainian manufacturer of spare parts for these soviet era weapons. each company was using those kinds of weapons. this was a chance to revive that relationship. also, for modi to explain to zelenskyy behind closed doors why he is keeping the doors open
resolve somewhat ebbs after this, european resolve will not and you saw that in that photo. also, the push among european nations to despite the threat of nuclear war by russia, give the ukrainians f-16s means that they are sealing this in terms of we need to help ukraine win as soon as possible and we also need to help ukraine supplant or prevent any future russian invasion that could threaten kyiv again. and sophisticated technology like those jets does that, even though it s going to take a minimum of roughly four to five months to train the ukrainian pilots. and you also have to build the whole technical tail on the ground, the support system, the contractors, the trained technicians that know how to maintenance those f-16 ds to keep them in the air. kim dozer and sam kiley, we will leave it there. thank you both. still ahead, it is a view of
which a dozen times is bigger than we are cannot occupy us, cannot win in this war and we understand that a bit more and then we will be prevailing. and that is why we are acting how we are acting, valuing the lives of the people. the hardest is if bakhmut had some military technic mistake, experience, and people could be surrounded. then all the military know what could happen. how we could create the situation for people not to be captured. now our people are accomplishing a very important mission. they are now in bakhmut. i will not share where exactly, but bakhmut is not occupied by russian federation as of today. there are no two or three interpretations of those words. sam kiley and kim dozer are back with us now. sam, let me start with you. wagner claimed to have control of bakhmut before.
commanders we speak to is that this is not a fast one and done in a couple of days. this is going to be a hard fight. they hope to be at be able to punch through, take a lot of territory. but no one thinks this is going to be over fast. those f-16s when they come are still going to be hugely important in the fight here. paula. nic robertson, thank you. let s continue this conversation now with cnn global affairs analyst kim dozer, a senior manag managing editor the military times. of course, they depend on the support and weapons from g7 leaders. today they released a statement saying, quote, we reaffirm our unwavering support for ukraine for as long as it takes. how important was president zelenskyy s visit to this gathering? hugely important and also the trip ahead of time where he got aid promised from germany, from britain, and the netherlands was
countries like india that need russia still adds an ally for oil supplies and weapons supplies. but russia is getting weaker and weaker as time goes on in terms of those sanctions and china being one of its only suppliers for many things it can t now get from elsewhere. but it s a reminder to china that if it gives any sort of aid to russia like lethal aid, that there is this economic might against them that could be really damaging to beijing. kim dozer, thank you. thank you. and another topic at the g7 summit is the u.s. debt crisis. and the possible default that could hurt economies around the world. during a meeting with australia s prime minister president biden was asked about the stalled negotiations, but he said he is not concerned at all. phil mattingly is now back with us from hiroshima, japan. phil, a default could happen as soon as 12 days from now.