Of our bravest. and this is a great joy, but it s also a big sign that ukraine never leaves anyone behind. and we will continue fighting, we will continue defending our land. and i hope, you know, that president zelenskyy s peace formula, when it s fully implemented, it also means we will get our people back. griff: let s talk about peace. there s a big meeting of nato. do you expect to receive a commitment for nato membership at the meeting this week? well, nato is, as we say in our hearts and our constitution, the majority of ukrainians see ukraine in the future in european bruin onand in nato. union and in nato. we are defending not only our freedom, but the freedom of all countries who share the same values. so it s only natural for us to want to be members of nato. we re working very act actively with all friends and allies, and
Suspects or somebody formally charged, that remains to be seen. and one more thing about those clust orer bombs, the reason why the ukrainians so urgently want those cluster bombs is they re needed for the anti-personnel capability because these russian forces have dug over 600 miles of temperature trenches along the trenches in eastern ukraine, and their 155 rounds are running short. they want these cluster bombs to disperse millions of little bomblets, needed to take out the russian fors and get this counteroffensive moving. right now u.s. officials say the war in ukraine has ground to a stalemate. griff? griff: great insight. we ll ask the ambassador about that in moments. lucas tomlinson live9 from the north lawn, thank you very much. aishah: for more on all of this, let s bring in our political panel, matt hewland and jonathan cox, former communications director for senator joe manchin and a partner at capital council
Surveillance video that captured a single gunshot and four young males running from nasrat s vehicle, and you can even hear what they had to say. reporter: that him they were talking about was a legend, according to army friends he was raised near bagram airfield, at 10 years old he assisted u.s. troops and later officially worked as an interpreter for the u.s. military. special forces veteran matthew butler served two tours with nasrat. he essentially, in his short life 31 years when he passed he gave us 18 years in service of this country, not his. reporter: a gofundme for the family has so far raised over $338,000, it was just set up two two days ago. so far no arrests in the case, griff. griff: heartbreaking story,
To hold a general election later this year, and that issue of migration is, of course, likely to dominate the campaign. opposition parties on the left also want to address the issue of climate change and housing, but it s interesting to note that mark rudd, despite this crisis, is known to be a political survivor, and he says he has not ruled9 out carrying on as leader of his party. but, of course, it s really important to note, aishah, that migration is controversial across europe. here in the u.k. we have record numbers of migrants arriving illegal wily in the country yesterday, on friday, up to 700 people came here across the english channel. back to you. aishah: kit logan, thank you so much for that kitty logan, thank you so much for that report. griff: elon musk now suing to i sue meta over its new social media app, threads. it s attracted millions of users since its launch on thursday after zucker bigger pitched
Zelenskyy, commanders on the battlefield, they all have asked for this munition. our great defenders are more brave, but there are still so many more of them. so we need still air defense, we need flight support, we need jets, you know? everything. but we also need these cluster munitions, and it s great news. griff: you mentioned ukrainian brave fighters. i want to show that there s we have a picture and, i believe, video of five azoff fight ors. i was in ukraine during the time when mariupol was under siege, and now president zelenskyy is going to personally bring the five azoff fighters back with. your thoughts on that. that news just everywhere in ukraine, that our president after such very difficult tour, he went to a number of countries, conducted a lot of negotiations, but are from turkey he s not only coming back with good news and good signal, but he s coming back with five