information space has suffered as a result. now if it was anyone else, the idea that a senior kremlin official would be defending a united states tv anchor at the united nations no less would be unbelievable it would be unheard of but because it s tuck ems it s not surprising it is no secret that his show was the kremlin s favorite russian state tv its favorite russian state tv would frequently air clips of tucker defending him, defending putin specially after the invasion of ukraine. and almostucker was even receiving job offers from russian state tv but it wasn t just russia. tucker also wielded tremendous influence over the republican party. it was often tucker who took some of the most fringe and most dangerous conspiracies that you would find in the darkest corners of the interwebs and inject them into mainstream republican politics. he was essentially the capitol
the ukrainians can resist russian forces. so now the question of the west is, does it provide ukraine with the weapons that can push those russian forces back? we are into an area now where people are talking about the war aims will stop if the ukrainians want to push the russians back, how far could they push them back? where do we want them to push them back to? mr austin said something really interesting on this in the press conference that followed this visit. he says, we want see russia to weakened to the degree that it can t do the kinds of things that it has done in invading ukraine. that s the first time i ve ever heard a us official, or anybody in the west, saying it is now a war aim to weaken russia, notjust support ukraine. aim to weaken russia, not ust support ukrainei aim to weaken russia, not ust support ukraine. thank you very much, support ukraine. thank you very much. james- support ukraine. thank you very much, james. james support ukraine. thank you very much,
was notjust standing shoulder to shoulder, they were giving each other big hugs, there were friendly handshakes. i think it s probably fair to say some people didn t expect this meeting will ever have been possible again at the start of the war, when it looked like, or people assumed, the russians would sweep in quickly. the fact the ukrainians had held off for so long and so heroically, means there was a realjoy in the meeting yesterday and they have also been giving statements in the last hour or so, the secretary of state and secretary of defence, they say that ukraine has already won this war. of course, they haven t militarily, but in diplomatic and moral terms he thinks the victory is already theirs. in the victory is already theirs. in order to win militarily they need more weapons. president zelensky tells the world that every single day. at this point carmarthen west going to give ukraine enough weapons to actually repel the russians in the east? i to actually repel the russia
invasion. as a show of support it matters. antony blinken said us diplomats would start coming back to ukraine shortly in the coming days. there is a big sort of symbolic show. but then also in terms of the nitty gritty they were discussing very specifically what more military support the us can give to ukraine in coming weeks, particularly for the fighting in donbas. officials say they have promised another 700 million us dollars. and certainly the defence secretary talked about the defence secretary talked about the need for more longer range weapons, artillery, howitzers, tanks and so on. , ., ., and so on. they have to give them either enough and so on. they have to give them either enough weapons, and so on. they have to give them either enough weapons, or- and so on. they have to give them either enough weapons, or the - either enough weapons, or the weapons have to be sophisticated enough to try and repel the russian troops. is that a possibility or not? ., , troops. is th
the links. and from paris now, back to you, samantha, in london. anyway. samantha is on bbc world later i think. let s get the latest from ukraine. the head of ukrainian railways says five stations have come under fire in western and central ukraine, they re saying there are casualities reported. meanwhile russia is claiming it has shot down two ukrainian drones that were flying over russian territory near the border. and this comes after us secretary of state antony blinken and us defence secretary lloyd austin met president zelensky in kyiv on sunday. mr blinken, said it was an important moment to be in ukraine and to show support for the country. he said while in the capital kyiv, he saw people walking around and it was a sign that russia had already failed its mission. we certainly saw people on the streets in kyiv. evidence of the fact that the battle for kyiv was won and there is, what looks from the surface at least, to be a normal life