james waterhouse. thank you forjoining us. what do you make what the ukrainian president said there?- you make what the ukrainian president said there? well, it s clear that bakhmut, president said there? well, it s clear that bakhmut, this - president said there? well, it s. clear that bakhmut, this eastern city, has once again become a distraction as president zelensky continues to engage in this never ending diplomatic treadmill, he is on an extraordinary overseas trip where he has addressed the arab league summit, spoke of the nations that have previously sat on the fence when it comes to russia s invasion of ukraine, he is now meeting the g7 economies injapan where his priority in his mind is to secure the long term further military and financial help, he does seem to be doing that, not least with america giving the green light for f i6 fighterjets to be provided potentially by other allies, but the questioning this morning has mostly been about this eastern city of ba
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And ukrainian pilots are currently being trained. Mr zelensky also said the military was still short of manpower and russia could increase its attacks in ukraines north east following its recent gains near the city of kharkiv. Translation we need to staff the reserve. There are a serious number of brigrades which a large number of them are empty. We need to do this so the guys can have a normal rotation, then their morale will be improved. Our ukraine correspondent James Waterhouse outlined how desperate this need is for air defences. Well, he always plonks air defences at the top of his wish list, thats been the case for the last year or so, because of two things russia has continued to launch Missile Attacks on cities across ukraine, but russia has become more dominant in the air, right across the front line. So that means that when you have exhausted, thinly stretched ukrainian troops trying to defend cities, you have russian fighterjets flying in and dropping missiles and glide bom
lose control, but ukraine would then launch a counter offensive elsewhere. but it s clear that if ukraine is to have any chance of retaking significant amounts of territory, and there a big question marks over that, then it has to use this western military aid as well as its own troops in a concentrated, very strategic way, so that involves using longer range missiles, stockpiles are running low on russian supply lines and ammunition dumps, for example, involves using those supply tanks and a way to break through what i heavily fortified russian front lines, and potentially the long term we could well see western f i6 fighterjets which would be far superior to the russian models. so you can see the background strategy game going on here. president zelensky, when he