this is what we are fighting for, not for having somebody fired, but to make sure that every single day we are becoming better in those processes and those matters. we understand that the war can be long run for us. this is why we need to prepare on a larger scale, not on the scale of one or two or three people fired. what does an opposition leader do at a time like this? when all of the talk of need for national unity, have you buttoned up your lips to a certain extent when it comes to critiquing the government and president zelensky in particular? yes, we are doing it behind the scenes. i am working as team ukraine, not as in oppositional leader. there is no opposition in times of war. but hang on. that is very interesting. you say you have signed up to team ukraine. there are questions about how
days ago to be removed. it was felt that zelensky wanted a new approach in the defence ministry. reznikov made it plain that he was not prepared to budge, and now there is a great deal of uncertainty about exactly what is happening. this is not good for that projection of unity, is it? ah, of course, and this is why we are working to make sure that media announcements are not being made before the decisions are made, because they hurt everybody. it s not a good time to change a minister of defence when you are on track to getting the weapons that you need and that when you are preparing for a massive attack from your enemy. however, the reasons why the minister of defence was supposed to be removed were the recent claims of the corruption that we are fighting,
my guest is ukrainian mp kira rudik. can ukraine win a long war? kira rudik in kyiv, welcome. hello. thank you so much for having me, stephen. a pleasure to have you on the show. i would like you to reflect on president zelensky s message here in europe. do you think the focus from the ukrainian government is more on the gratitude for what european partners have already delivered or more on the urgency to give more now? i think it is 50 50.
nicaragua has freed more than 200 opposition political prisoners and deported them to the united states. they were greeted at the airport by a crowd waving flags. now on bbc news, it s hardtalk. welcome to hardtalk. i m stephen sackur. the first anniversary of russia s all out invasion of ukraine is fast approaching. there s both a feeling in both kyiv and moscow would herald a new phase in the war. president zelensky is visiting european allies with his focus firmly on the challenges to come. a new russian offensive is seemingly imminent. the west is arming ukraine, but still not at the speed and scale kyiv would wish.
that at some point everybody will move on. this is what he has done in georgia and this is what he has done to us in 2014, this is his plan moving on. and we need to contradict it with something. and our plan is to get the most 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,