against russian forces. in a rare interview, oleksiy danilov told the bbc the planned assault was an historic opportunity but the government had no right to make a mistake when making such an important decision. mr danilov has been speaking to our diplomatic correspondent, james landale. we have been talking about this counteroffensive for months, and during that time ukraine has been building up stockpiles of ammunition, it s been taking receipt of tanks and armoured vehicles from the west. it s been training its troops as much as it can. so when we sat down with oleksiy danilov, the man who is at the heart of what is effectively ukraine s war cabinet, it was inevitable that we were going to talk about the circumstances around which this counteroffensive may at some stage begin and this is what he told me. translation: we will figure out | when that will start so we can have that best result at that point of war. it could happen tomorrow, the day after tomorrow or in a
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turkey s longest leaders in power. he is promising to develop the industrial military complex and make turkey a key player in the region. and on the economy he is prioritising growth over other issues and keeping refugees in turkey. the opposition supporters want to get rid of the presidential system which has been in turkey forfive years, they want to go back to a parliamentary system. their candidate, mr kemal kilicdaroglu said the system gave too much power to the president and they are promising to implement rule of law, accept the decisions of the european court of human rights and reboot the membership negotiations with the eu. they are prioritising lowering the inflation rate and getting foreign investment in the economy. and he wants to find a solution to the increasing number of refugees after turkey became the country with the highest number of refugees in the world.