let's talk more now with our international editor, jeremy bowen, who's in the capital, kyiv. is war started, why this conflict is going on for president putin and president biden. from your perspective, and you have covered this war right through the last year, how would you sum up how it is going now and where it could be going now and where it could be going in the next few weeks and months? ~ ., months? well, thanks, clive. if you look at it from _ months? well, thanks, clive. if you look at it from the _ months? well, thanks, clive. if you look at it from the perspective - months? well, thanks, clive. if you look at it from the perspective of i look at it from the perspective of sitting in britain, a lot of the emphasis has been on things like energy bills, food prices, that kind of an effect. but it is a lot more than that. what looks like the strategic relative safety uncertainty in europe has been upendedin uncertainty in europe has been upended in the last year. and if as the americans say as possible the chinese start shipping arms to the russians, then the conflict g

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jeremy bowen was in ukraine at the time.s kept in touch with a lot of the people that he spoke with along the way and he has met back up with them to reflect on 12 months of war. >> the russians expecte a quick ward taking back what president put in there. one year later, the war is not close to over. ukrainians are fighting back in a war they too believe is vital to global security. this volunteerniper kept a video of his first firefight. >> i was crying, because i was thinking i did things which i've never done before. i was thinking about these dead guys, they had families, maybe they had children. >> any sympathy you had at the beginning, poor russian soldiers, is gone. >> they should suffer. they shouldot just be killed, they should suffer for what they've done. there families should not even get to see their dead bodies. >> millions of ukrainian civilians have been forced from their home. it looked like a throwback to europe's dark 20th century. in fact, the war has initiated a new danger. the threat for people a long

jeremy bowen, bbc news, kyiv. jeremy bowen, bbc news, kyiv.ssia's invasion approaches this friday, fierce fighting is continuing in the east of the country. russian forces are stepping up their assault on the city of bakhmut, which they've been trying to capture for more than six months. vladimir putin appears to be pushing for a victory before this week's anniversary. this map shows the latest russian positions in red, and their troops advance towards bakhmut. president zelensky says the defence of the city would continue, but not at any price. our senior international correspondent, orla guerin, has sent us this report from the outskirts of bakhmut. gunfire. battlings raging on outskirt of bakhmut. ukraine yap troops still defending every inch. still fighting for every street. but the enemy is closing in. near enough now for hand grenades. and for many casualties. he is asked if he can feel his left leg. it is ok, he replies. then, a desperate struggle to drag him away from the front line. help us, he says. ukraine may have to give up the fi

jeremy bowen, bbc news, kyiv.nference in kyiv, ukraine's president volodymyr zelensky urged the west to step up its delivery of weapons to ukraine. translation: if all of us will perform our tasks, i then we will have victory. victory awaits us, i'm convinced. it's not something i think or i wish. we have everything for it this year. we have the motivation, the friends, the diplomats. we have you. we have united all the forces against that invasion. i think not a single country in the world would be able to independently withstand such aggressive war. the us secretary of state antony blinken also addressed the un — here's what he had to say. members of this council should not fall into the false equivalency of calling on both sides to stop fighting or calling on other nations to stop supporting ukraine in the name of peace. no member of this council should call for peace while supporting russia's war on ukraine and on the un charter. in this war, there is an aggressor and there is a victim. russia fights for conqu

that was jeremy bowen the commitment that they are after. ternational editor reporting on that story for us. the east coast of madagascar is being lashed by high winds and heavy rain as cyclone freddy makes landfall. it's the second cyclone to hit the island this year, afterjanuary�*s devastating cyclone cheneso which killed 33 people, and left 30,000 homeless. freddy has been developing across 6,500km of the indian ocean, for weeks now, taking its time. but now it's here, bringing with it winds of more than 150 kilometres per hour. as it travels across the madagascar landmass it will weaken, but not for long, strengthening once again, across the waters to mozambique by friday. the bbc�*s dorcas wangira is in the capital antananarivo and sent this update. it might look calm here in the capital antananarivo but it is another story on the east coast where cyclone freddy has started to make land. be the authorities in madagascar say that at least 2 million people will be affected and schools have been closed and movement restrict that in the mos

jeremy bowen, bbc news.he world have responded to monday's devastating earthquake in turkey and syria with pledges of support. among the nations contributing to the global relief effort, australia has promised $10 million to the aid operation, while new zealand's prime minister chris hipkins has committed $1.5 million to assist in the humanitarian response. the announcements came in the wake of an appeal from the un secretary general antonio guterres, who called for an international response to the disaster. i'm joined now by viv euini, director of international operations, at the new zealand red cross. thank cross. you forjoining us. we've heard thank you forjoining us. we've heard about the pledges that are coming in from all over the world, including countries like australia and new zealand how are they contributing to these relief efforts? �* , . contributing to these relief efforts? �*, . . ,, contributing to these relief efforts? �* , . . , , ., efforts? it's a massive event, a significant _ efforts? i

jeremy bowen, bbc news, kyiv. our russia editor, steve rosenberg, is in moscow.handful of people knew he was going to invade. what's the thinking in the kremlin now? if vladimir putin has a dictionary on his desk, i suspect these words will not be in it, de—escalation, off ramp, defeat. from all he has been saying in the last few weeks, it's clear putin is determined to push on in ukraine, either because he truly believes he can secure a military victory at some point or because he thinks he is in this so deep now that he can't see a way back. eitherway, idon�*t deep now that he can't see a way back. either way, i don't see this war ending any time soon. that basically is put in was not a message to the russian people at the used to this situation. this is your new normal, a russia on a war footing, and so that russians rally around the flag and their president, the state media here is now telling russians that the west is trying to destroy russia, just like napoleon tried to destroy russia and hitler, and the propaganda is very powerful and the propaganda is ver

our international editor jeremy bowen reports.lace without much good news. a family of six was rescued alive from the rubble in idlib, the last part of syria still controlled by rebels. the rescuers, a group called the white helmets that the uk helps to fund, are experts. they've been digging out survivors of the assad regime's air strikes for much of syria's long war. the geological faults that brought down these buildings cut right across the front lines and zones of influence that have devastated syria since 2011. this is aleppo, syria's biggest city, back in regime hands since the rebels here were defeated in 2016. now syria has a huge natural disaster on the back of the man—made catastrophe that broke the country. in aleppo hospital, every bed has its own tragedy. only three members of this man's family survived when their home collapsed. 13 of them were killed. they were, he says my father, my mother, my brother, his wife, and their four children. and the wife and two kids of the brother who was rescued with me also died. fa

jeremy bowen, bbc news.k about how rescuers go about searching for survivors in collapsed buildings. sinead imbaro is a canine search specialist and trainer with florida task force six. she worked on trying to find survivors at the surfside tower collapse in florida in 2021. shejoins us now from miami, along with this very good boy, her search dog magnus ares. delighted to have you both on the programme, sorry it such sad circumstances. at first of all, tell us about magnus? magnus is a canine search dog, he searches for live human victims. he also is a trailing dog so he's not only sent specific but his air sending as well so he goes both disciplines which is a very special. disciplines which is a very secial. ~ . ., ., special. we will come in a moment _ special. we will come in a moment to _ special. we will come in a moment to how _ special. we will come in a moment to how you - special. we will come in a moment to how you get l special. we will come in a - moment to how you get around training a dog lik

jeremy bowen, bbc news, kyiv.versary of russia's invasion approaches this friday, fierce fighting is continuing in the east of the country. russian forces are stepping up their assault on the city of bakhmut, which they've been trying to capture for more than six months. vladimir putin appears to be pushing for a victory before this week's anniversary. this map shows the latest russian positions in red, and their troops�* advance towards bakhmut. president zelensky says the defence of the city would continue, but not at any price. 0ur senior international correspondent 0rla guerin has sent us this report from the outskirts of bakhmut. gunfire. battles raging on the outskirts of bakhmut. ukrainian troops still defending every inch. still fighting for every street. screaming. but the enemy is closing in. gunfire. near enough now for hand grenades. shouts. and for many casualties. he's asked if he can feel his left leg. "it's ok," he replies. then, a desperate struggle to drag him away from the front line. "help us,"

jeremy bowen, bbc news, kyiv.k to daniel treisman who's a professor of political science at the university of california and expert on russia and vladimir putin. thank you forjoining us. president biden renewed support for ukraine on monday. how do you think that will be perceived by the kremlin? president biden was first of all sending a very strong signal of support to the ukrainians, to zelenskyy and the west, that his personal commitment remains extremely strong but he was also sending a message to putin in the kremlin that there is not going to be any differences, significant differences in the western side, that the us is still leading, and that putin won't be able to, as biden said, outlast the west and its support ukraine.— support ukraine. biden says putin's war _ support ukraine. biden says putin's war of _ support ukraine. biden says putin's war of conquest - support ukraine. biden says putin's war of conquest is i putin's war of conquest is failing. do you think president putin thought they would be in

jeremy bowen, bbc news, kyiv.nference in kyiv, ukraine's president volodymyr zelensky urged the west to step up its delivery of weapons to ukraine. translation: if all of us will perform our tasks, i then we will have victory. victory awaits us, i'm convinced. it's not something i think or i wish. we have everything for it this year. we have the motivation, the friends, the diplomats. we have you. we have united all the forces against that invasion. i think not a single country in the world would be able to independently withstand such aggressive war. the united nations security council has been meeting today in new york. let's hear now from un secretary—general, antonio guterres, who spoke earlier about the suffering of the ukrainian people. the russian invasion of ukraine is a blatant violation of united nations charter and international law. it has unleashed widespread deaths, destruction and displacement. attacks on civilian and civilian infrastructure have caused many casualties and terrible suffering. the of

our international editor jeremy bowen has reported on the conflict from the very beginning.e's kept in touch with many of the ukrainians he's spoken to along the way and he's been back to meet some of them to get their reflections on 12 months of war. the russians expected a quick victory, taking back what president putin believes is theirs. a year later the war is not close to over. ukrainians are fighting back in a war nato believes is vital to global security. this volunteer sniper kept the video of his first firefight. i was crying because i was thinking that i did things which i've never done before. i was thinking about these dead guys, like, hey, they have families, some of them maybe have children. any sympathy you had at the beginning forjust poor russian soldiers has gone? they should suffer. they should not like just be killed, they should suffer about things which they've done. their families should never see them, even dead bodies. millions of ukrainian civilians have been forced from their homes. these were escaping from the suburb of irpin into kyiv last winte

jeremy bowen, bbc news, kyiv. you can read much more of the war on ukraine on our website.has been marked in both and russia. —— ukraine. stay with us on bbc news. still to come: a dispute about editing roald dahl�*s multimillion selling children's books for modern audiences. prince charles has chosen his bride. the prince proposed to lady diana spencer three weeks ago. she accepted, she says, without hesitation. as revolutions go, this had its fair share of bullets. a climax in the night outside the gates of mr marcos's sanctuary, malacanang, the name itself symbolising one of the cruellest regimes of modern asia. the world's first clone has been produced i of an adult mammal. scientists in scotland have i produced a sheep called dolly using a cell- from another sheep. warren beatty and faye dunaway announced to the world that the winner of best film was la la land. the only trouble was it wasn't. the mistake was only put right in the middle of gushing speeches by the team behind the modern musical. not for 20 years have locusts been seen in such numbers in this part of af

jeremy bowen, bbc news. anna a n na foster anna foster is in southern turkey.he rescuers still managing to get many people out alive now? , . . . , alive now? they are certainly t inc. alive now? they are certainly trying- if _ alive now? they are certainly trying- if they _ alive now? they are certainly trying. if they think - alive now? they are certainly trying. if they think there - alive now? they are certainly trying. if they think there is l alive now? they are certainly i trying. if they think there is any shred of hope, then they are doing everything they possibly can. i was a few hours ago at a site less than ten minutes from here where israeli rescuers said they heard the voices of two women. and that particular building was different to this one which collapsed down into its foundations. that one had fallen to the sides of the big gaps and voids that they thought people were in, and they said it would continue. they said last time it took them six hours to get somebody out of the building. but, really, the hope of finding someone is what drives the

jeremy bowen, bbc news. david lillie is executive director of the syrian american medical society.ical relief organisation that does a lot of work in syria and it also has teams affected by the quake in turkey. hejoins me now from washington. thank you forjoining us. tell us what your teams are doing on the ground. us what your teams are doing on the ground-— us what your teams are doing on the ground. thank you. my teams have been — the ground. thank you. my teams have been working _ the ground. thank you. my teams have been working now— the ground. thank you. my teams have been working now for- have been working now for nearly 72 hours since the quake struck at four o'clock in the morning on monday. italy truly around—the—clock trying to save those who are injured and still coming into ourfacilities. we treated over 2000 and injured people at our new facility than we have already confirmed 200 dead. of the seven hospitals that we run in northern syria, four have been damaged, to so badly damaged that they had to close, one was a maternity facility and so literally we had to carry

jeremy bowen, bbc news, kyiv.rowing concerns in the west about china's role in the war in ukraine and whether it might supply weapons to russia. speaking during a visit to turkey, the us secretary of state antony blinken reiterated that he'd told china's top foreign policy official what's at risk if it provides weapons for russia's war effort in ukraine. mr blinken said it would cause a real problem for china in its relations with other countries. we are concerned that china is considering supporting russia's war effort in ukraine with lethal assistance, something that we're watching very, very closely. as i also said, and as president biden said going back many months when the aggression first took place and he spoke to president xijinping, he told him at that point that there would be real consequences in our own relationship were china to provide lethal assistance to russia in this aggression against ukraine or in a systematic way aiding the evasion of sanctions. well, earlier, the chinese foreign ministry said

jeremy bowen, bbc news. looked at how rescuers go about searching for survivors in collapsed buildings, and i spoke sinead imbaro, a canine search specialist and trainer with florida task force six. she worked on trying to find survivors at the surfside tower collapse in florida in 2021. i asked her to tell us about her search dog, magnus ares. magnus is a canine search dog, he searches for live human victims. he also is a trailing dog so he's not only scent specific but he's air scenting as well so he goes both disciplines which is a very special. we will come in a moment to how you get around training a dog like magnus but you've got lots of experience on the ground in situations like we are seeing in turkey and as i've mentioned the surfside building collapse. talk us through what it is like when you first land on the ground and how practically go around organising your search operation. since it was in our hometown miami, it was pretty... i shouldn't say easy but it was pretty well organised as far as ou

jeremy bowen, bbc news, kyiv. reflections in 12 months of war there. rosenberg is in moscow. president putin shocked the world a year ago. what's the thinking in the kremlin now? well, put it like this, clive. vladimir putin has a dictionary on his desk, i suspect that these words are not in it. de—escalation, off ramp, defeat. from everything he has been saying in recent weeks, it is pretty clear that putin is determined to push on in ukraine, either because he truly believes he can secure victory there, or because he thinks that he's in it so deep that he can't see a way back for himself. eitherway, ican�*t that he can't see a way back for himself. either way, i can't see an end to this war anytime soon, and actually, that is the message from putin to the people now. get used to this. this is the new normal. russia, mobilised, and on war footing. and to get russians to rally around the flag and the president, the state media here is telling people that the west is trying to destroy russia, like napoleon tried, and hitler tried, and that is very power

jeremy bowen, bbc news, kyiv.tojeffrey stacey— a us national security advisor, and also a former state department official in the obama administration. this is how significant he thought biden�*s trip was. extraordinarily significant, for multiple reasons. first of all it was a surprise to everyone. i mean, the entire world, with a few exceptions of ukrainian and american officials. number two, this was done with immense danger afoot. no us troops on the ground, that has never happened with a us president before but the strategic value is probably second to the symbolic that value for ukrainians, from the president all the way down to average ukrainians, across the country and many abroad, that this is probably their second finest hour. the finest hour would be at the end of the war and this very much is the beginning of that end. we can now speak to republican strategist rob stutzman. he joins us from sacramento. what has the reaction been from americans to president biden�*s to ukraine. in americans to president

jeremy bowen, bbc news.itarian charities will launch an appeal later today to raise funds for people affected by the earthquakes. the disasters emergency committee is co—ordinating a joint response by 1a charities. the government says it will match the first £5 million from the public. doctor mohammed al abrash is working at the central hospital in idlib, syria which is sponsored by the syrian american medical society. he's in idlib now. tell us what the situation is like in your hospital. what is your experience since the earthquakes?— what is your experience since the earthquakes? thank you for talkin: to the earthquakes? thank you for talking to us — the earthquakes? thank you for talking to us about _ the earthquakes? thank you for talking to us about this - talking to us about this earthquake. actually, this earthquake, it was terrible for us, and our equipment and our medical staff cannot cope with the huge number of injured people. actually, the first day, all the medical staff working in the north—we

jeremy bowen, bbc news.and syria on bbc news 0nline — that's bbc.co.uk/news, or you can use the bbc news app. the time is 6.13 — our top story this evening — more than 11,000 people are now confirmed dead, following the devastating earthquake in turkey and syria. rescue attempts continue despite the freezing temperatures. and still to come — lebronjames has become the nba's all—time leading scorer. also coming up before 7.00 — the family of nathan cole — who vanished nearly three weeks ago say they're distraught at him still being missing. and we visit the exhibition using virtual reality to give out a new dimension. —— art. president zelensky of ukraine has been visiting the uk for the first time since his country was invaded by russia. he addressed both houses of parliament at westminster, thanking britain for being so ready to support ukraine, but then appealed for more military help, including fighterjets, to push back the russian forces. this afternoon, the president has met the king at buckingham palac

jeremy bowen, thanks for joining us. head there if you want more analysis context, and there's a special edition of ukrainecast on bbc sounds. but for now, from here in kharkiv, it's back to reeta in the studio. the royal college of nursing has called off next week's strike action in england while it engages in what it calls "intensive talks" with the government on pay, terms and conditions. the union's members had planned a 48—hour walk—out, starting on the ist of march. the government said both sides are committed to finding a fair settlement. here's our health editor hugh pym. what do we want? fair pay! when do we want it? now! it was the first strike action of its kind in the history of the royal college of nursing. members joining picket lines at hospitals at different times in england, wales and northern ireland. the sticking point in england has been pay for the current financial year, with ministers at westminster insisting a wage award of around 4% could not be increased. the rcn response was to carry on with st

laura: that was our middle east editor, jeremy bowen, reporting there.e u.k., 14 charities are launching a joint appeal to raise funds for those affected by those earthquakes in turkiye and syria. the u.k. government will match any donations made by the public. with temperatures in the region around freezing and many people without shelter, the suffering is acute. reporter: they have struggled to get help. even turkish eight has been slow to arrive here. international rescuers, nowhere to be seen. they have been calling for help for days, and finally it has arrived, enforce. most of this aid is local, it is turkish aid. we partly seen indie -- any international aid -- we have hardly seen any international aid. these are international search and firefighter rescues. they are the first international rescue team to make it here. they are meant to only be assessing damaged buildings at the moment, but already that have found someone. he runs a fire station in wales. >> we have located a 60-year-old woman who is alive and talking to us and entrapped. we are m

jeremy bowen, bbc news, kyiv. david: our chief international correspondent is ao in kyiv. other u.s. presidents have made visits to war zones. george w. bush to iraq, barack obama to afghanistan. those worth arkham stances where there were u.s. troops on the ground and some control of the environment and logistics. planning this visit must have been extremely complex. >> many have commented on how relaxed president biden looked as he strolled outf the golden domed cathedral you can see behind me wearing his signature aviator glasses and the long dark wool coat he wears in washington, as if he was getting off an amtrak train in the erican capital, b here he was in kyiv, the air raid siren sounding. a blue and yellow tie, the colors of the ukrainian flag. so much preparation went behind this trip. we understand that right up until the last minute they were understanding -- discussing whether it was safe to go. they had a meeting on friday. there was discussion perhaps he should go to the city in the west of ukraine closer to the polish border, a safer place. gf of course is

i'm joined now from kyiv by our international editor, jeremy bowen. hello, jeremy.er the past year? indeed, i have spent a lot _ events over the past year? indeed, i have spent a lot of _ events over the past year? indeed, i have spent a lot of time _ events over the past year? indeed, i have spent a lot of time here i events over the past year? indeed, i have spent a lot of time here and i events over the past year? indeed, i have spent a lot of time here and a i have spent a lot of time here and a big reflection for me is i have been catching up with quite a few people i have stayed in touch with since the beginning of the war here, among them two young recruits who when i met them one year ago they were 18 and 19, not long out of school, they were university students, one that economics, one driven biology. i was there the day theyjoined up, i met maxim in the east, in the battlefields of donbas where he spent a lot of time on active service. both of them 48 in the battle around kyiv. i caught up with them again, when they signed up they were young guys trying to

jeremy bowen, bbc news, kyiv.ce in kyiv, ukraine's president, volodymyr zelensky, urged the west to step up its delivery of weapons to ukraine. translation: if all of us will perform our tasks, i then we will have victory. victory awaits us, i'm convinced. it's not something i think or i wish. we have everything for it this year. we have the motivation, the friends, the diplomats. we have you. we have united all the forces against that invasion. i think not a single country in the world would be able to independently withstand such aggressive war. on the first anniversary of russia's invasion of ukraine, fierce fighting is continuing in the east of the country, with heavy losses of troops on both sides. at least 8000 civilians have been killed according to the un, which says the true number is likely to be much higher. and i4 million ukrainians have been forced to flee. one of russia's key targets is the strategic town of vuhledar in the donbas region. the latest russian attempt to take the town earlier this month

jeremy bowen, bbc news, kyiv.er earthquakes flattened much of the region, and killed more than 16,000 people, southern turkey has been hit by another earthquake. the country's disaster and emergency agency said a 6.3 magnitude tremor struck close to the city of antakya at eight o'clock in the evening, local time. it was followed by three aftershocks, the strongest of which was a 5.8, near the town of samandag. 0ur correspondent laura bicker is in antakya, in southern turkey. everyone here is taking a collective intake of breath after a few hours of fear, panic, and a large number of aftershocks that felt like theyjust kept coming. we have heard from the hatay mayor that a number of people have been trapped inside the rubble. there are three rescues ongoing. three people have sadly died, and more than 200 people have been taken to hospital, and that is according to the interior ministry here in turkey. over in syria, we are hearing that over 100 people have been injured in the latest earthquake. what's happened is,

jeremy bowen, bbc news, kyiv.itor steve rosenberg, explained how moscow was marking the anniversary. the one—year anniversary is not headline news year. the tv news bulletins in russia sort of gloss over the fact that the so—called special military operation did not achieve its original goal, which was a swift victory for the kremlin. as you say, things did not go according to plan at all. we saw very heavy russian military casualties. a tv anchor a few days ago talked about a huge number of dead. and president putin had to mobilize, draught hundreds of thousands of russians into the army. but you know what? listen to what he says. listen to his speeches. there is no hint of regret. vladimir putin remains apparently confident and determined to push on in ukraine to raise the stakes if necessary, to escalate if necessary. he seems to believe that he can secure some kind of military victory over ukraine and over the west. as we've been reporting — nato's support for ukraine has been vital. the nato secretary general

second year of the war is to control the pace of escalation and contain the killings in ukraine jeremy bowen about the year wars and that's all for today, look for more stories on our website bbc.ua and on our pages in social networks, she wants the program to be turned on tomorrow at 21:00 take care i feel chained to a chair, everything it starts to get annoying, there is no convenient moment for pain, but there is a yellow dolgit cream , dolgit cream helps to eliminate pain and has an anti-inflammatory effect, dolgits is the only yellow cream for joint pain, and for muscle spasms, dolgit anti-spasm tablets to relax the muscles of the legs spotlight ukraine, a new project of the channel espresso project about the war and ukraine spotlights ukraine products that create better journalists and experts inform analyze forecast spotlight ukraine exclusive interviews with foreign guests politicians diplomats economists and the military will make ukraine the key to how we will live in the next few years. they will make ukraine with ostapchuk every sunday at 21:30 at espresso

jeremy bowen, bbc news. let's pick up on some of what we saw injeremy�*s reports.the ground in syria. of course, southern turkey was the hub of the aid, the kind of infrastructure where work was being sent and aid was being sent to get to syria itself. ijust wonder, it must be a desperate situation now in terms of your team and your staff on the ground. your team and your staff on the round. ~ , your team and your staff on the round. , ,, ., ground. absolutely desperate, caccia, and _ ground. absolutely desperate, caccia, and as _ ground. absolutely desperate, caccia, and as he _ ground. absolutely desperate, caccia, and as he say, - ground. absolutely desperate, caccia, and as he say, that - ground. absolutely desperate, i caccia, and as he say, that when route was already damaged and allowed by sanctions, it is now a damaged route, it is clearly not enough supply lines to get the sort of supplies, life—saving things these people need. remember, as a correspondent said, this is an economic crisis, it has been 11 years of war. infrastructure destroyed, schools dest

for the war�*s second year — controlling the pace of escalation, keeping the killing in ukraine. jeremy bowen a photo posted by the ukrainian prime minister, a photo of him shaking hands with his polish counterpart in front of the first leopard two tanks they're delivered to the ukrainian capital. his caption says he is pleased with the decisive steps taken to ensure their victory in is waiting for the western first tanks promised from the coalition. and there are a lot of request for an awful lot more military help from western countries, but that key photo that shows the ukrainian prime ministerfor very photo that shows the ukrainian prime minister for very obvious reasons keen to put on his twitter feed in the last couple of hours. as i say, let's speak to one ukrainian mp who i'm very pleased to sayjoined me on the line—out. let's speak now to oleksiy goncharenko, ukrainian mp for odesa. i'm interested in your thoughts that the your header has been a fight for a full 12 months now and i am interested in your reflections. i interested in your reflections. i would like to be thinking now ab

let's speak now to our international editor, jeremy bowen who is in kyiv. there were sophisticated military is from the west coming in on a much less sophisticated enemy and that was reflected in casualty figures as well. and in the speed of a result. it is much more even here, and that is why it is so difficult and dangerous and long lasting and also there is another factor. dangerous and long lasting and also there is anotherfactor. because dangerous and long lasting and also there is another factor. because the world's big military powers are involved, nucleararmed world's big military powers are involved, nuclear armed powers, world's big military powers are involved, nucleararmed powers, it has notjust european implications, but potentially global applications as well. and there is that fact that president putin has rattled the nuclear sabre, and while you might say that is more theatrical political than anything, he has got those weapons, and even discussing them has in the past been quite a tibial. , , ., ., them has in the past been quite a tibial.

. _ let's now get the view from our international editor, jeremy bowen, from kyiv.ke, what looks strategic relative safety and certainty has been upended in the last year and if, as the americans say, is possible, the chinese start shipping arms to the russians, then the conflict gets much more global implications. and that of course, is now very worrying indeed. as you said, there are very different views on display. quite ideologicalfrom both sides, freedom for the americans, self—preservation and fighting the aggressive west from the russian point of view. i think that if you look at the way the war is right now, first of all do not expect it to end anytime soon. i would be very surprised if we were not here in some way talking about it maybe even a year from now. there is no room for negotiations. both sides believe that the only way ahead on this the only way that they can prevail, the only way even they might be able to survive is by beating their enemy. so that means on the battlefields, it means more killing, it means as well an immense commitment from both