weapon supplies and artillery and missiles and other systems, weapons supplies that we should be using in taiwan to prevent the chinese from invading taiwan. and so now they see the writing on the wall that the ukrainian fighting forces, they ve told us for a year are just on the cusp of victory, are nowhere closer to victory today than they were a year ago. so there s already this parlor game in washington where people are trying to avoid the obvious conclusion that our strategy isn t working and they re already preemptively lying to the american people. and trying to figure out how they re going to make excuses for another general of foreign policy experts making bad, predictably terrible decisions and not suffering any consequences for it. well, the white house is also opening the door to ukraine, joining nato , which a lot of people are very, very concerned about as far
signed this unlimited partnership agreement with russia. yes, it is an open question if china is supporting with weapon supplies. if it did, it would be potentially very big because china has a massive amount of capacity to make the sort of weapons and provide russia with the technology that it is struggling to find. let s face it, it has been turning to iran to provide it with drones. russia is having some equipment supply issues. so this would be big. but no evidence. but i was very struck by that, that china in this i think it goes to the heart of wang yi, the top foreign policy adviser to president xi said at the munich security conference last weekend, that europe needs to listen clearly, that legitimate security concerns must be addressed. i think for all the eu and nato representatives who were there in munich, that was understood.
and tonight, revelations about the fierce tactics within that mercenary group. a former wagner commander, who fought in ukraine and fled, now speaking out. telling our patrick revelle, men who refused to fight were executed in front of other recruits. adding that wagner has no regard for the lives of its recruits, saying they are thrown into battle as meat. nato allies gathering tuesday for another key meeting on weapon supplies for ukraine. two key issues, long range missiles and western made fighter jets. whit. tom soufi burridge in ukraine, our thanks to you. a health warning tonight. a highly contagious norovirus cases are sweeping across parts of the country. an outbreak shutting down a school in michigan and an elementary school in las vegas closed after dozens of people got sick. most common symptoms are nausea, vomiting, and stomach pain. experts urge people to wash
leopard 2 tanks, which could be available if germany approves their export. elsewhere in ukraine, it s been confirmed two british aid workers, who went missing earlier this month, have been killed. chris parry and andrew bagshaw died while attempting to evacuate people from the eastern city of soledar. we ll have more on that shortly, but first this report on weapon supplies from claudia redmond. he s been hesitant for days. but now, after mounting pressure, german chancellor olaf scholz appears to have finally given the green light. according to german media, he ll send at least 1a leopard 2 tanks to kyiv. these are world class weapons, produced in germany. they re widely seen as the best fit for ukraine. at least 16 european and nato countries have them but, until now, they weren t allowed to export them because germany had to give permission something that
provided by germany, following months of debate. the united states reportedly plans to supply at least 30 tanks. it s claimed german officials privately insisted they would only send tanks if the us did too. the uk has already committed to providing 1a of its tanks. poland wants to send 1a of its german made tanks, but needs permission from berlin. ukrainian officials say they urgently need heavier weapons, but need 300 tanks to make a difference. elsewhere in ukraine, it s been confirmed two british aid workers, who went missing earlier this month, have been killed. chris parry and andrew bagshaw died while attempting to evacuate people from the eastern city of soledar. we ll have more on that shortly, but first this report on weapon supplies from sofia bettiza.