we are going to hold the line in nato. we ve always supported ukraine s application to nato over the last 15 years. not every country has wanted them to join. we ve done the next best thing, which is train over 20,000 ukrainians, provided them with lethal capabilities, which they are using right now, and, you know. but i m not putting british troops directly to fight russian troops. that would trigger a european war, because we are a nato country and russia would therefore be attacking nato. the prime minister has also unveiled fresh economic sanctions on russia, calling it the largest and most severe package it has ever faced. these include. freezing the assets of all major russian banks and excluding them from the uk financial system. 100 companies and individuals will face financial sanctions, including several oligarchs and russia s biggest defence company.
stop my question is, if we step back, if we hesitate, if we are timid now, is that simply going to delay a bigger battle in the future? why can t i just want to be delay a bigger battle in the future? why can t ijust want to be clear, are you talking about nato troops? so, troops from the uk, the usa, france, germany, poland etc, in ukraine or not? i am suggesting that this is a conversation that we need to seriously have as to how we utilise military capabilities. is a notential utilise military capabilities. is a potential yes? utilise military capabilities. is a potential yes? it utilise military capabilities. is a potential yes? it may utilise military capabilities. is a potential yes? it may include i potential yes? it may include consideration potential yes? it may include consideration of potential yes? it may include consideration of a potential yes? it may include consideration of a partial- potential yes? it may include consideration of a partial or | potential ye
up that as ukrainians have been signing up tojoin the that as ukrainians have been signing up to join the reservists, the gun shops are doing brisk business, they have liberalised some of the laws around owning and using guns. in the last 2a hours, we have heard almost every hour a message from the minister of defence. if you have any battlefield experience, come. bring molotov cocktails, that was one of the messages. donate blood, president zelensky said to the people of ukraine, 2a hours ago. this is what the ukrainians feel. we have been hearing on this programme that even though there have been weapons and ammunition sent from. even though western militaries have helped to train. ukrainians feel alone. i helped to train. ukrainians feel alone. . ., , ., alone. i am getting e-mails from ukrainians alone. i am getting e-mails from ukrainians saying alone. i am getting e-mails from ukrainians saying exactly - alone. i am getting e-mails from ukrainians saying exactly that, i alone
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an airstrip just outside the capital was captured by russians arriving by helicopter, then taken back in fighting by ukrainians later in the day. having long believed this was unthinkable, the streets heading west out of kyiv quickly filled as people desperately tried to leave. they may soon be crossing into the european union. spurned by nato and under attack from the north, south and east, how long can ukraine hold out? jonah fisher, bbc news. iam going i am going to show you these live pictures now, i am told that this is a neighbourhood of kyiv, which is the capital, and i mean, when you look at them, it looks like there are parts of some kind ofjet on the