thank you. ukraine's president, the leukemia zalinski says he believes russia's war is approaching a decisive moment. it is nightly video address. he said moscow was on the verge of failure in ukraine, thanks to western weapons deliveries. and it's those deliveries including german made leopard tanks that many are pinning their hopes on in the east, particularly buck route. that city has been a key battle ground in the war so far, and it's in the region we're key of has signaled it's gearing up to launch a counter offensive against russia. so 10 ukraine break the stalemate. russian artillery fires on past moot after months of attempts to take the city. ukraine has forced its enemy to commit major resources and take tens of thousands of casualties. the ukrainian military says it's buying time for a spring counter offensive. part of the preparations for the counter offensive are happening far from the front lines in spain. ukrainian troops are finishing their training on advanced western tanks. they hope the leopards will be a game changer on the battlefield until now ukraine has been