and counterclaim from both sides. both sides are reporting heavy losses. and as we have been hearing, this counteroffensive is going to take many months, really the focus has been on the spring and now very much the summer offensive, which will last until about october or november before the rainy season begins. and as we have also reported, it is quite difficult to fight when the weather becomes colder. it becomes difficult for the tanks that go off road to be operating on wetland. so, they had this window where they need to try and make as many gains as possible. joining me live from fife in scotland, kezia dugdale, former leader of the scottish labour party, and from washington, bryan lanza, republican strategist and former director of communications in donald trump s transition team. looking at these developments in ukraine, this counteroffensive is something that has been anticipated for a while now. keep has been quick to talk about successes, but brian, these are small
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is now, back in 1985. goodnight. music: how soon is now by the smiths. this is bbc news, here he was at westminster in february giving the speaker a pilot s helmet. on the helmet reads, we have freedom, give us wings to protect it. this is what he wants. f 16 fighter jets like these flown by the polish air force. modern warplanes that could give ukraine greater control of the skies. some european countries are ready to give some of theirs to ukraine but they are all made by the us and that means that president biden, who is at the g7 summit injapan, needs to give his permission first. he has been reluctant, fearing it could escalate the war, but now his officials say the us will help train ukrainian pilots and will not stop european countries donating some f 16s. this comes after concerted pressure from european leaders, including rishi sunak, who earlier this week promised president zelensky to gather international support for getting ukraine the air power it needed. but tra
welcome to bbc news. we start in moscow, were a court has as i expected rejected the appeal of the us match one. evan gershkovich. evan gershkovich. have a look at these images of evan gershkovich appearing in court. the russian authorities accuse him of spying, charges which he and his employer, the wall streetjournal, strongly deny. he appeared at the same court where yesterday an opponent of president putin was convicted of treason and sentenced to 25 years in prison. here s our russia editor, steve rosenberg. this was the first time evan gershkovich had been seen in public since being arrested. the wall streetjournal reporter was appealing his detention. the appeal was rejected. he s the first western journalist here to be charged with spying since the cold war, a charge that he, his newspaper and his government categorically reject. the charges against evan are baseless, and we call on the russian federation to immediately release him. a rare glimpse inside the prison wh