the weapons promised. explain to people what difference that could make to the counteroffensive? it will make a huge difference. the storm shadow missiles that are being provided at the moment means russians command and control and logistics hubs anywhere inside occupied ukraine can be targeted and the ukrainians are proving that they are targeting, the russians thought they were safe and we have seen panic or they have been indications of panic in russian air systems for they shot down a couple of their own aircraft some days ago and now the announcement of long range drones that could go out 200 kilometres. the storm shadow is 250 plus kilometres, this is all part of the shaping operation and means that whatever the russians have logistics hubs, whatever they are collecting trips and trying to bring together additional capability to defend against ukrainian counter attacks, they can be had and that will have a
spent 5% of the defence budget destroying 50% of the russian army, a win for them as well. in terms of the wider security this is about not only values, democracy, international order but also about bolstering ground defences and inflicting losses on the russians as a cost of their invasion. that is the wider picture. then you have the message, what does this send to taiwan that ukrainian resistance? what does it send to china around abuses of the invading another country? there is a lot of messages going backwards and forwards at strategic levels. going backwards and forwards at strategic levels. earlier we heard from our correspondent - strategic levels. earlier we heard from our correspondent hugo - strategic levels. earlier we heard from our correspondent hugo in | strategic levels. earlier we heard - from our correspondent hugo in kyiv who said there is perhaps a sense of uncertainty perhaps not anxiety
under bombardment are not really willing to fight and stick with it, the ukrainians are fighting for their homeland and still highly motivated, that may prove decisive. patrick, as always, thank you for sharing your thoughts. let s pick up on that last point that patrick made about the importance of this for morale. philip ingram, a former british military intelligence officer, thank you forjoining us. what role does this play in this counteroffensive in the progress of the war? it’s counteroffensive in the progress of the war? , , counteroffensive in the progress of the war? 3 , ., the war? it s extremely important and probably the war? it s extremely important and probably the the war? it s extremely important and probably the most the war? it s extremely important and probably the most importantl and probably the most important factor of the conflict. ukrainians are fighting for the protection and the safety of their homeland, families and their very existence and that giv
messaging play? the messaging is critical and it has messaging play? the messaging is critical and it has been messaging play? the messaging is critical and it has been a messaging play? the messaging is critical and it has been a really - critical and it has been a really important part of the whole conflict. sending a very clear message to vladimir putin or whoever takes overfrom him if his message to vladimir putin or whoever takes over from him if his days are numbered that the west is completely behind president zelensky and will remain so until russia is pushed out, that messaging is happening at a strategic level and the announcement of the weapons going on is bringing messaging in at operational and tactical levels. we must remember only a few weeks ago when us top secret documents were released at were seeing the ukrainians would run out of air defence missiles quickly. look at the announcements coming from germany and from rishi sunak yesterday and today a lot of it is
major gains in the battlefield. i think there is perhaps the fear here that any result that is seen as disappointing could result in pressure on the government here in kyiv to enter negotiations with the russians. ., ., ~ , ., ., russians. hugo, thank you, we are “ust russians. hugo, thank you, we are just showing russians. hugo, thank you, we are just showing an russians. hugo, thank you, we are just showing an image russians. hugo, thank you, we are just showing an image of russians. hugo, thank you, we are just showing an image of a - russians. hugo, thank you, we are just showing an image of a tweet i just showing an image of a tweet that the prime minister rishi sunak is sent from his account in the past couple of minutes, an image of the two men embracing and you can see the helicopter behind. the british prime minister rishi sunak hugging the ukrainian president volodymyr zelensky with rishi sunak tweeting welcome back to his account, a reference to the fact president