ukraine, what is the thinking? if you remember, year ago, ukraine, what is the thinking? if you remember, yearago, there was a you remember, year ago, there was a suggestion that poland could send its older soviet era mig jets to ukraine and the polish said they would send them to ramstein air base in germany, and then a us donation to ukraine with f 16jets, but that was not acceptable to the us and the deal fell apart but what we have seenin deal fell apart but what we have seen in the last year is that countries willing to send western tanks, the appeals from ukraine for modern fighterjets, well, they have not got modern fighterjets, but at the moment we are hearing it will be four polish mig 29s that they will give and there will be more to come but it crosses a threshold although it does not mean you will see a flood of western countries like the
asylum denial of people to be able to claim asylum and then being told that they won t asylum and then being told that they won t be asylum and then being told that they won t be able to return to the uk, we ve won t be able to return to the uk, we ve got won t be able to return to the uk, we ve got to have a hard line on this we ve got to have a hard line on this. .,. we ve got to have a hard line on this. .,, ., ., , this. those were on the other bill, the nationality this. those were on the other bill, the nationality and this. those were on the other bill, the nationality and borders - this. those were on the other bill, the nationality and borders bill- this. those were on the other bill, the nationality and borders bill a l the nationality and borders bill a year ago. the nationality and borders bill a yearago. it the nationality and borders bill a year ago. it was exactly the same wording. it is slightly tougher this time and there has been very little success. it
now also blocked. so you are going to see a gradual degradation of the economy, certainly on the technology side in terms of modernisation. so not a collapse, but a negative. inaudible. in terms of the economic impact. surviving butjust impact. surviving but just about. impact. surviving but ust about. , ., about. our correspondent paul adams was about. our correspondent paul adams was in about. our correspondent paul adams was in kyiv about. our correspondent paul adams was in kyiv at - about. our correspondent paul adams was in kyiv at the - about. our correspondent paul adams was in kyiv at the start| adams was in kyiv at the start of the war and he was talking about the fact that many people at the start of this war, a year ago, at the start of this war, a yearago, believed at the start of this war, a year ago, believed that russia would win quickly. how devastating has it been for russia that this is a prolonged battle, something that does not look like it s going to resolv
russia invaded ukraine. thank you, steve rosenberg, our russia editor. our chief international correspondent, lyse doucet, is here with me. a year ayearago, a year ago, the tanks rolled over the border and paratroopers landed at the airport over there, not far away. the americans offered president zelensky the chance to get out but he responded, i need guns, not a right, and that attitude, that mindset, how has that affected the last year? mindset, how has that affected the last ear? ~ . . mindset, how has that affected the last ear? ~ . , , last year? what is the phrase, cometh the last year? what is the phrase, cometh the hour, last year? what is the phrase, cometh the hour, cometh - last year? what is the phrase, - cometh the hour, cometh the man. i remember injanuary, as tensions mounted, some of the present s advisors will take us aside and say, he doesn t understand all the stuff, and then ukraine was attacked and he seized the moment, notjust president biden but so many worl
the second military in the world after the americans, taking on a much smaller, less prepared armed force passed and they made a mess of it, for all sorts of reasons, and then gradually got into trouble, they had to withdraw, and we had a period of stalemate, was broken. i think while we are focusing on a year ago, think while we are focusing on a yearago, in think while we are focusing on a year ago, in some ways, some of the most critical decisions were taken in september, when putin decided not to cut his losses but instead in a sense go for broke, tried to annex four provinces of ukraine, start these attacks on critical infrastructure, which hasjust been mentioned, and mobilised the country, going in a sense to a total warfooting. and country, going in a sense to a total war footing. and that is the reason why people are concerned that this might be a much longer conflict than we might have hoped six months ago. i will come back to that point in a