Line the meat grinder a savage artillery war that has raged for months with precious little progress on either side. but the ukrainians here insist that s about to change if, that is, they get western tanks here soon. if you re going to counterattack, if you re going to seize more territory, then you need tanks, you need mobile artillery? sure. it s very useful for counterattacking, because infantry covered by tanks, for sure, win. without that, these front lines are going to be stuck like they are? yeah. for now, it grinds on, a cold and lethal winter stalemate. andrew harding, bbc news, in ukraine s donbas. nearly one year after the conflict in ukraine began, the country s
You need mobile artillery? sure. it s very useful for counterattacking, because infantry covered by tanks, for sure, win. without that, these front lines are going to be stuck like they are? yeah. for now, it grinds on, a cold and lethal winter stalemate. andrew harding, bbc news, in ukraine s donbas. so a clear demand for tanks in ukraine. let s look at how close the west is to supplying them. on monday uk defence minister ben wallace confirmed that the uk would send 14 of these challenger two tanks to ukraine. the ukrainian president tweeted tanks, armoured personnel carriers and artillery are exactly what ukraine needs to restore its territorial integrity. thank you @rishisunak, thank you @bwallacemp. the us and france have pledged to send armoured
They call this section of the front line the meat grinder a savage artillery war that has raged for months with precious little progress on either side. but the ukrainians here insist that s about to change if, that is, they get western tanks here soon. if you re going to counterattack, if you re going to seize more territory, then you need tanks, you need mobile artillery? sure. it s very useful for counterattacking, because infantry covered by tanks, for sure, win. without that, these front lines are going to be stuck like they are? yeah. for now, it grinds on, the cold and lethal winter stalemate. andrew harding, bbc news, in ukraine s donbas. dozens of people were injured early this morning after a double decker bus carrying 70 workers to hinkley point c power