back in december, the optimism of the ukrainian forces was fading. there were fears it would be a bad winter and the russians were targeting generating stations and heating plants. but ukrainian engineers worked like crazy to restore power. and anyway, the winter wasn t that bad. now some military experts in the west are even daring to suggest that the russian army might simply collapse over the next few months. who knows? president xi jinping of china has presented himself as a deal maker in the war, but his proposals have so far been pretty vague and, perhaps not surprisingly, much more favourable to his friend vladimir putin than to ukraine. there s less noise about a chinese invasion of taiwan, but many taiwanese leaders think it ll happen by 2029. in the us, since december, ex president trump has been accused of various crimes and been sued successfully for one of them. yet his popularity with the republican party has soared, while his main rival, ron desantis, has faded
thanks forjoining us. it s been an eventful weekend at the g7 summit injapan. ukraine s president volodymyr zelensky returns home after securing a pledge of unwavering support as well as more military equipment from his allies. at the summit, dominated by talks of russia s invasion, us presidentjoe biden confirmed that the us and its allies will help train ukrainian pilots to fly western fighterjets, like the f 16, which zelensky had long asked for. biden also promised to support ukraine with more ammunition and armoured vehicles, partly as a demonstration of western resolve. we will not waver. putin will not break our resolve as he thought he could two years ago, almost three years ago. we re going to continue to provide economic, humanitarian and security assistance to ukraine so it can stand strong as long as it needs it. meanwhile, president zelensky thanked world leaders for their enduring support at the end of the summit and said russia s defeat would result in la
back in december, the optimism of the ukrainian forces was fading. there were fears it would be a bad winter and the russians were targeting generating stations and heating plants. but ukrainian engineers worked like crazy to restore power. and anyway, the winter wasn t that bad. now some military experts in the west are even daring to suggest that the russian army might simply collapse over the next few months. who knows? president xi jinping of china has presented himself as a deal maker in the war, but his proposals have so far been pretty vague and, perhaps not surprisingly, much more favourable to his friend vladimir putin than to ukraine. there s less noise about a chinese invasion of taiwan, but many taiwanese leaders think it ll happen by 2029. in the us, since december, ex president trump has been accused of various crimes and been sued successfully for one of them. yet his popularity with the republican party has soared, while his main rival, ron desantis, has faded
we start injapan, where leaders of some of the world s most powerful democracies are gathered at the g7 summit. on saturday, the focus has primarily been on one man: volodymyr zelensky. the ukrainian president is in hiroshima, in person. you can seem sitting next to the indian prime minister and other partner countries, and also presidentjoe biden awaiting his meeting with president zelensky and also justin trudeau. many others as part of the g7, including rishi sunak. we will continue covering that summit. you see him here taking part in a so called family photo. it s part of a multi day diplomatic tour to solidify support for an expected spring counter offensive against russia. later, mr zelensky will address the leaders and is expected to meet directly with presidentjoe biden. earlier, french president emmanuel macron said zelensky s presence at the g7 is a way to build peace and emphasized the need for a solution to the conflict based on international law. and new comme
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