of what we can, fight him back, win and then defend our borders. so, is there a degree of fear in kyiv right now, fear of ukraine fatigue setting in in europe and maybe in the us as well? we live side by side with this fear is probably since the second week of the full scale invasion. so this is why are working on all the international fronts, this is why president zelensky is doing his international visits, showing the gratitude, but also saying, we are still fighting, we are still here, please don t forget about us. please stand with us, please win with us. talking of fear, i do sense a different tone in recent weeks coming from your government about the scale of the immediate threat posed by russian forces on the front lines.
disappointed and upset and, you name it, the feelings. however, when we are talking about the disappointment, we are also looking back and saying, but look how far we come and how much better we are, better shape with better equipment than we were a year ago. so there were so many impossible things that you and me would never think that would happen actually did starting with the heavy weapons, right now the promises of the tanks is much better than no promises because we know that at some point we will have them. sure in the short run they can t fight with promises, never mind the tanks issue where at least you have a commitment to tanks coming, when it comes to war planes, combat aircraft, president zelensky in london again made a passionate plea for these warplanes, he called them the wings for freedom.
on international fronts this is why president zelensky is doing his international visits, showing gratitude, but also saying we are still fighting, we are still here, please don t forget about us. please stand with us, please win with us. talking of fear, i do sense a different tone in recent weeks coming from your government about the scale of the immediate threat posed by russian forces on the front lines. after all of the optimism in the autumn when ukrainian forces pushed them back from swathes of occupied territory what we have heard in recent days is ukrainian intelligence and military chiefs talking about 300,000-500,000 newly mobilised russian troops being sent to the front line. we have had predictions that there is going to be an imminent and massive russian push on various fronts, particularly in the east.