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that was mark kimmitt speaking to us a little earlier.atinum jubilee. a host of events are planned nationwide, with many communities throwing their own jubilee parties to mark the queen's 70 years on the throne. here's our royal correspondent nicholas witchell. the final preparations are almost complete for a celebration that's been 70 years in the making. in the pre—dawn gloom of a rather damp capital city, the horse guards and others have been tracing the route to be taken by sunday's pageant. on horse guards parade, the footguards have been preparing for the event that will launch thejubilee, the first full—scale trooping the colour for three years. and outside buckingham palace, a huge stage has been under construction for saturday's bbc party at the palace. it is the platinum jubilee, an opportunity to step back briefly from everyday pressures to show appreciation to a long—reigning monarch. it's the story of all our lives, as well as the story of her life, that we're celebrating. and i think particularly at the moment, with the way

earlier i spoke to mark kimmitt, former us assistant secretary of state for political—military affairst to ukraine could have on the battlefield. they certainly won't change the game that we are now sitting on the part of the russians. these weapons will be able to get into the rear lines of the russians where they are most vulnerable, and where they will need to continue their logistics and their artillery if they want to continue this assault, so hopefully these weapons will allow the ukrainians to fire deep into these echelons and slow and possibly reversed the russian assault. mark, does that mean you are seeing a faster and to this conflict, a way out? no, no, not at all, this is not going to be a strategic turning point. this is simply a technical capability that was given to the ukrainians that can go a little bit deeper into the russian lines, but this is no magic weapon, no magic wand, and in fact that as part of the criticism that we hear over here in the united states — that we are giving the ukrainians enough to fight but not enough to win. but, why now? why has the us deci