And they expect to face far weaker Russian Defences ahead. Ukraine says its forces are making gains in the south of the country, and has recently expanded its units towards the strategic town of tokmak which is a Logistical Centre for russian forces. Last week, ukraines military said it had captured the village of robotyne in the zaporizhzhia region, amid a counteroffensive that is yielding incremental gains. Sources in the Ukrainian Army have confirmed the breakthrough to the bbc. An adviser to president zelensky, aleksander rudnyansky, explained the significance for kyiv s forces. Weve been waiting for this moment for quite some time. Weve been hoping that we would pierce through the Russian Defence line, the first defence line, which was the hardest to pierce through, if you believe Military Experts when they talk about it. So hopefully now, when we reach the second and the third lines of defence that the russians have established, those will be easier to essentially overcome. And p
Russian defences ahead. Ukraine says its forces are making gains in the south of the country and has recently expanded its units towards the strategic town of tokmak, which is a Logistical Centre for russian forces. Last week, ukraines military said it had captured the village of robotyne in the zaporizhzhia region amid a counteroffensive that is yielding incremental gains. Sources in the Ukrainian Army have confirmed the breakthrough to the bbc. An adviser to president zelensky, alexander rodnyansky, explained the significance for kyiv s forces. Weve been waiting for this moment for quite some time. Weve been hoping that we would pierce through the Russian Defence line, the first defence line, which was the hardest to pierce through, if you believe Military Experts when they talk about it. So hopefully now, when we reach the second and the third lines of defence that the russians have established, those will be easier to essentially overcome. And perhaps hopefully this is the spot, th
Good morning, sir. Good morning. It was the chancellor who took to the airwaves to try and reassure the public that the government had matters under control. Welcome back to the studio, chancellor. Appearing on the Laura Kuenssberg programme, mr hunt said ministers would do whatever was necessary to keep schoolchildren safe. We will spend what it takes to sort out this problem as quickly as possible. So do you commit to covering whatever costs are required to remove all of this dangerous concrete from schools around the country . We will spend what it takes to make sure that children can go to school safely, yes. The chancellor has insisted the government acted fast when the dangers of School Ceilings unexpectedly falling on children came to light, but did they . Injuly 2018, a Staff Room Ceiling suddenly collapsed at a Primary School in kent, and crumbling raac beams were blamed. In december of that year, the government warned every School Authority to beware the dangers. In may 2019,
Aleksander rodnyansky, explained the significance for kyiv s forces. Weve been waiting for this moment for quite some time. Weve been hoping that we would pierce through the Russian Defence line, the first defence line, which was the hardest to pierce through, if you believe Military Experts when they talk about it. So hopefully now, when we reach the second and the third lines of defence that the russians have established, those will be easier to essentially overcome. And perhaps hopefully this is the spot, this is the place where we can now actually put all the modern nato technology, the tanks that weve been getting and the training that weve been receiving, put all of that to use, to our advantage. Hopefully, its the key moment. Again, well see what happens. Its hard to predict at any point, including at this point. But you know what the objectives are. We have a Common Objective of liberating ukraine, notjust for ukraine, but for the whole western developed democratic world, becau
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