of- europe in nato, we have a particular responsibility — europe in nato, we have a particular responsibilityn _ responsibility. we should be leading by example within nato _ responsibility. we should be leading by example within nato europe, - responsibility. we should be leading by example within nato europe, and that means — by example within nato europe, and that means committing _ by example within nato europe, and that means committing to _ by example within nato europe, and that means committing to 2.5%, - by example within nato europe, and that means committing to 2.5%, not at some _ that means committing to 2.5%, not at some indeterminate _ that means committing to 2.5%, not at some indeterminate point- that means committing to 2.5%, not at some indeterminate point in- that means committing to 2.5%, not at some indeterminate point in the i at some indeterminate point in the medium _ at some indeterminate point in the medium future _ at some indeterminate point in the medium future when _ at some indeterminate point in the medium future when the _ at some indeterminate point in the me

you have said - before that nato and europe needs to before that nato and europe needs to be ready forario?— what is that scenario? well, the worst-case _ what is that scenario? well, the worst-case scenario _ what is that scenario? well, the worst-case scenario is - what is that scenario? well, the worst-case scenario is a - what is that scenario? well, the worst-case scenario is a war - what is that scenario? well, the - worst-case scenario is a war between worst—case scenario is a war between nato and russia. which nato needs to do everything it can to avoid that, and the way to avoid that is to deter it and the way to deter russia, and the only way that russia is going to be deterred, is if nato mobilises its capability across the board. mobilising its military industrial base to provide ukraine with the weapons, the ammunition, the aircraft, the capabilities it needs, as well as nato member states looking to their own armed forces and building them up so that they are prepared for that worst—case. i'm afraid we're a very, very long way away from that at the moment. what about the

nato is good for europe, but a strong nato is also good for the united states.lections in the us later this year, the us will remain a staunch and loyal ally, at least for three reasons. it is the security interest of the united states to have nato and to have more than 30 friends and allies. the that makes also the united states stronger and safer. let's speak to former british army colonel, hamish de bretton gordon thank you for coming out to the programme. what do you make of that announcement by the prime minister, 2.5% of the gdp will now be spent on defence by 2030.— 2.596 of the gdp will now be spent on defence by 2030. welcome i think on the face of it — defence by 2030. welcome i think on the face of it is _ defence by 2030. welcome i think on the face of it is a _ defence by 2030. welcome i think on the face of it is a really _ defence by 2030. welcome i think on the face of it is a really positive - the face of it is a really positive announcement, and it is clear that our conventional defence is not really doing thejob our conventional defence is not

trump has always said: europe must. take care of yourself more, europe should give more money to nato, europeould do that, europe should do that. emmanuel macron says: yes, we must, and we will. they are for peace in the whole world, on the whole earth, but it seems not in space. tonight, kyiv time, russia and china used their right of veto in the security council of the united nations, and blocked the adoption resolutions on the non-provision of nuclear weapons in outer space. the project was submitted by the united states of america and japan, it was supported by 13 countries out of 15. china abstained, russia, of course, against. the text of the resolution consists of eight points, one of which contains a ban on the development of nuclear weapons designed to be launched into orbit, installation of such weapons on celestial bodies and placement in outer space in any way. well, they criticized russia's decision very much. well, it 's the same for china, but vasiliy nebendzia is permanent the representative of the terrorist country in the un security council, explaining why he voted that way,

mata need to be supported in europe. nato is wrestlin: need to be supported in europe. nato is wrestling with _ need to be supported in europe. iiié�*iifr is wrestling with three or four difficult issues and one is the us is going to do less, so going to have to find more money. the second is it is in a confrontation with russia, which means going back to deterrence by denial, which will require more spending money to be spent better. nato is approaching this with the armed forces that pretty much it has ended up with as a result of the decline through the post cold war. which is explicable, but no longer acceptable. and finally, technology is changing how war is fought, so we're not talking about recreating the old nato, but developing a new digital age of nato that will take time and money. time and money- — that will take time and money. time and money- do _ that will take time and money. time and money. do you _ that will take time and money. time and money. do you have _ that will take time and money. time and money. do you have the expertise at your fingers to do t

given that nato was set up to contest soviet power and stop the soviets taking over more of europe, ild submit that's good value for money for nato. they have destroyed 18% of the black sea fleet battles. but the nature of the war changes on the ground as those of you who are in the military know better than me. because of that change, we need to adapt the help we give them. we need to supply ukraine with ammunition. we are trying, if i say, working with the czechs to have 8 hufrpbtd,000 -- 800,000 ammunition shells. so we appeal to our friends on the hill when they return from the recess to pass the supplemental for ukraine. this is in all our interest. so much invs.ment -- investment, including american investment, has gone to a europe whole and free. this is not now the time to turn away. this is the time to press forward so that we can see ukraine begin to make decisive and sustainable gains on the battlefield. and ukraine is a stark reminder in the 75th anniversary year of nato as to why these things are so important. why freedom is so important. freedom is what binds the u.k. an

a signal to washington, whether it's the trump administration or the biden administration, that nato europeous about supporting ukraine and is undeniably ready to secede.' i think that is very disappointing ukraine, aid is coming from europe, but very slowly, and other funding. remains blocked in the us, what is president volodymyr zelenskyy thinking now? one way or another, president zelenskyi's position remains in the spotlight. he brilliantly formulated his position, which consists in the absolute further support of ukraine from the west. his role is to promote and represent ukrainian interests in western capitals, and he does it brilliantly. so, i mean his actual strategic position. remains unchanged, the problem is that now the operational conditions have changed, frankly, for almost two years, the armed forces of ukraine were on the offensive, that is, in a favorable position, when the operational conditions looked optimistic, now, everything is exactly the opposite, so convince the western states to continue to provide support in an unfavorable situation, when the prospects for suppo

nato countries had. more military equipment than agreed. ground forces with the united states launched the largest military exercise in europe, defender 24. e maneuvers will continue until the end. may , more than 40 thousand military personnel from more than 20 nato countries and alliance partners will take part. american warships have been sent to the region. the stated goal is to assess the ability of bloc members to quickly deploy forces from north america to strengthening the defense of europe. and the swedish military is conducting exercises on the island of gotland in the baltic sea. they practice firing machine guns and test armored vehicles. after the country joined nato, this territory became a strategic object. separates approximately 330 km, there are plans to create a nato base on the island and station a foreign contingent there, the russian foreign ministry has already responded to this, calling such actions provocative. combat coordination in the brest region at the training ground of the air force and air defense forces, classes are being held with units 120 anti-aircraft missile brigade, military personnel are firing at e

of christopher kawole has already been heard here, and the head of the joint armed forces of nato in europelways not an american, then the commander of nat's armed forces in europe is always an american general, it was, it will be, this american general, in fact , probably became the biggest, well, the biggest irritant, as it were... not to say obscenities, that is, for the entire ukrainian community, because he came to a meeting of the house of representatives of the us congress and simply slashed the truth into the womb, well, you can’t say it more rudely, he said the following, that in the very near future ukraine will completely run out of artillery ammunition and missiles for air defense systems, that is, yes , indeed, he, in principle, somewhere said those texts that zelensky says, but zelensky at the same time. this tells us that a large counter-offensive is beginning, he talks with sirsky about the fact that some square kilometers of russian territory are being recaptured, and that the ukrainian armed forces are having real military successes on the front line, and at the same time,

skies above eastern europe, and just look at the investments we have made in the last decade, £40 billion in the british army who proudly provide one of the strategic reserves for natodeployed to europe this year. the royal air force equipped with new typhoons and chinnocks with the programme delivering new fighter jets with japan and italy and the royal navy is a carrier neighbour once again with 22 new ships and submarines on the way —— carrier navy. including the most advanced nuclear powered subs the world has ever known and we have launched a new national endeavour to invigorate and invest more in our nuclear deterrent and all of this is combined with our outstanding diplomatic network, development expertise and law enforcement and intelligence agencies which can support our allies and above all the £12 billion we have provided to ukraine. i'm proud of our record on defence and confident in our ability to deter our adversaries and make sure the security of the uk. but in a world that is the most dangerous it has been since the end of the cold war, we cannot and must not be complacent. as winston churchill said in 1934, to urge the preparation of defence is not

mata need to be supported in europe. nato is wrestlin: need to be supported in europe. nally, technology is changing how war is fought, so we�*re not talking about recreating the old nato, but developing a new digital age of nato that will take time and money. time and money- — that will take time and money. time and money- do _ that will take time and money. time and money. do you _ that will take time and money. time and money. do you have _ that will take time and money. time and money. do you have the expertise at your fingers to do that and do it swiftly? 50 at your fingers to do that and do it swiftl ? ,, ., at your fingers to do that and do it swiftl ? . .., at your fingers to do that and do it swiftl ? . , , swiftly? so the technical expertise exist in the _ swiftly? so the technical expertise exist in the west, _ swiftly? so the technical expertise exist in the west, for _ swiftly? so the technical expertise exist in the west, for sure. - swiftly? so the technical expertise exist in the west, for sure. the i exist in the west, for sure. the military leadership e

in principle, even before the start of the war , the majority had a positive attitude towards europe and naton after the 14th year, but there was still regional differentiation, and in the east, for example , the majority... was against nato. therefore, the situation did not look irreversible, but after february 24, it was regional the difference practically disappeared and the attitude towards nato became positive in all regions. yes, identification, it is very important, identification, when we ask who you are, you are a citizen of ukraine. it has increased and continues to be the main identification of ukrainians, that is, these indicators have not changed, the belief in victory has not changed either, but there are gradations, i fully believe, i rather believe than not , some changes have taken place here, i.e. distrust of the president, the government, and the verkhovna rada has started to grow. well, to the courts and to of prosecutors was still low, despite the request for injustice, the only thing that did not improve after the war was the attitude towards judges and prosecutors, it i

tyrskyi held a telephone conversation with the supreme commander of the joint nato armed forces in europe, as he writes on his facebook page, the head of the armed forces of ukraine, informed about the development of events at the front and urgent needs of ukraine, in particular in modern means of air defense, artillery and ammunition, as well as heavy armored vehicles, discussed the strengthening of military-technical cooperation by the us and other allies with... strengthening of ukrainian air defense means, replenishment of ammunition, exchanged views on the tactical situation on the battlefield , well , he says with his head that he also thanked the united states. america and nato partners for supporting ukraine, especially in areas that today have the greatest impact on strengthening ukraine's defense capabilities. mr. colonel, how do you assess the current situation in which we are now, i.e. are these thanks given by syrsky, are they some kind of advance, including now to the united states of america and nato countries, well, since we do not have enough weapons, not enough opportuni

and people continue to come, and this is very important, general, deputy commander of the navy, nato, in europee statement in guardians, in my opinion, accusing russia and china of developing underwater technologies, and that a large underwater war is coming, that is, it is now looming in the future, between a united russia and china. against the entire collective west, the admiral reminds his colleagues that russia and china have technologies, from underwater boats, there are uncontrolled deep-sea vehicles, there are even means of actually strategically defeating the enemy, and also the same poseidon, which everyone is really afraid, because there is no way to defend against this product at all, and yet these people themselves were the first to provoke the very submarine war that we are talking about... these are the most in demand, although it is difficult in the zone of a special military operation identify the most in-demand required branch of the military, but still it is our radio-electronic specialists in electronic warfare, our senitics, who do the work that the head of state speaks abo

prophetic words he uttered, back in 2006, just addressing the ukrainian . and i don’t care about your nato and europe, no one is our competitor, no rival, no one. we have 10, 15, 20 million personnel, and a huge number of nuclear weapons, no one will ever tell us anything, thank you for the great chinese people, otherwise we would be in russia they would have untied him long ago, they would always thank him, they would be on their knees before the great china, but he became. because there was russia, because stalin gave them nuclear weapons, this is the only reason i respect stalin, this is what nato is afraid of, this is why they are moving closer, closer to russia, to surround them everywhere, are they afraid of this? and they will never bomb russia, never, because they understand that brussels will fight with china, there is such an anecdote, so to speak, it means what the weather is like on the finnish-chinese border, this the west is afraid, so we are calm, you ukrainians must understand us, we are truly a great country, without us there would be no china, and today without china there would be

europe. it is ukraine that fights, it is ukraine that sends its best sons and daughters to the front line. so that all of natoall of europe, does not have to pay such a price, so that the united states does not have to pay such a price. yes, so when we send hundreds of billions of dollars to ukraine, we are funding freedom and democracy. well if if democracy were so important to us, we would ask the american people, what do they think? and if the majority were against this, we would not give money. this is the fundamental principle of democracy. you serve the people you rule, since it is their country they are the power, but the complete opposite happens, which again raises this question: if we defend democracy in ukraine, then is ukraine a democracy? a country that abolished presidential elections? let's take a look, for now, right now at in ukraine, christians are persecuted by the government we paid for because they profess the wrong religion, priests are put in prison, the state is closed. and thanks to mike johnson, this is all paid for by your taxes, it is very difficult to find out what is really going

one might argue some are more committed to nato than is the u.s., some not so much, so credit to them. maybe let's call out the laggards rather than europet. but one of the basic challenges for nato is a positive one, an exclamation of its own success. people wanted to be lots of things it didn't intend to be 75 years ago to this day when it set out to defend the territory of those original member states. that was it. there was nothing about hybrid warfare, nothing about the indo-pacific or any of that. and now, understandably, people looking at nato seeing a successful alliance want it to be and to do more. that also, i think, is linked to deterrence so how do we create deterrence when we want nato to do more things than it was originally set out to do? this is where the burden sharing actually looks quite a bit better than it does if you look at defense spending. a number of european countries had excellent solutions when it comes to societal resilience. resilience is one part of deterrence. the u.s. is not good for reasons having to do with geography and maybe culture. but the advantage of having all these different allies in nato's y

nato needs to set. in my view, that vision should be a europe whole, free, with ukraine as a nato member.ing to remain safe from the threat of a resurgent russia. for that to happen, that needs clarity, leadership and the buy—in of all 32 member states. but most important, most intersting here, most interesting here, it's effectively nato taking the lead for the provision of lethal aid to ukraine, which has not yet happened. it has very much been in the american lead up to now, this is, i think, nato recognising the real threat of a trump presidency to nato and taking the necessary steps to ensure that ukraine gets what it needs, because it's not getting what it needs right now. more specifically, could that involve moving the ukraine defence contact group, set up by the americans, to be under the umbrella of nato? i think it does. exactly that. as i say, this is nato taking the lead with a strategy to bring nato... to ensure that europe is safe, that ukraine is part of nato and that ukraine gets the means it needs in order to achieve the conditions for ukrainian membership, which ultimat

built and led the nato alliance to defend europe and its allies, to keep the peace. was a defensive organization to keep the peace. and the only time that nato has actually been used to defend one of the member nations was in afghanistan. our nato allies went with us to afghanistan and fought with us in afghanistan. lots of their soldiers actually died in afghanistan defending our mission. so it's kind of crazy that we should back out or drop out or decrease when we are the ones who have actually benefited the most from it. but like i said, to go back to the first point, we are not paying into a community fund or anything. we are paying for our own military. their own military is what, actually, we bring to nato. that's how it's set up. all these other countries are paying for their own military. but i think right now, if we are looking at the incidence in ukraine, it's kind of separate from ukraine funding. i think we should definitely fund ukraine. another caller said that they invaded because it was an expansion of nato. well, i remember, before the invasion, most

there , and europe, which in general must pay its own way, because it has cleverly arranged itself, nato europe not only from political considerations, here, in my opinion , very serious military aspects were taken into account, france is a nuclear power, and france has a decent army, it’s a completely closed military-industrial complex, france has a fairly serious military budget, so why not send this horse to ukraine, given the whole... aspect, and now here’s a strawberry on top of the cake, recently secret documents appeared in the french press, in which the deployment of french units on a certain section of the front has already been determined on a map of ukraine, and this it’s no joke to you, and of course you can’t pay attention to why he suddenly grabbed odessa with his teeth, you were interested in this, yes, but there’s an inglorious one. we’ll see, now there’s a special guest on our program, inclusion, live broadcast from france, a person who knows how it is there, really relates to macron, and seems to be waiting for the french, well, what will happen, the most important thing is wh

build the ukrainian economy and train the ukrainian military together with nato, to create the best armed forces in eastern europeg to nato standards. participation in the war in ukraine is presented by western society as protection. western values, but what these values ​​have become scares many europeans, as the results show elections in different countries, what russia talked about years ago, these statements were often perceived as an exaggeration, has now finally become a reality of western life. in some countries of the world, by the way, the question of legalizing pedophilia is already being raised. yes, yes, yes, well, why should we follow them like bops, towards the unknown. consequences, we have our own traditions, our own culture, we agree with you that same-sex marriages of children do not produce light, in some countries, well, for example, in european ones, here in finland they believe that there is no need to limit children from this, do not limit them, we are not going to interfere in your issues, but we will limit them as the deputies of the state duma decided, we ask you not to interfere with ou

europe fulfills its part of obligations to help ukraine. now is the time for the united states to step up its efforts, says james stavridis, a former commander of the united armed forces of natosizes that if american aid continues to be delayed, it will significantly undermine washington's credibility on the world stage. he stated this on the air of the washington post. here in the united states, the sense of urgency and the question of trust are muted at a time when the us and washington are unable to step up and send military aid to ukraine. of course, ukraine is not a member of nato, but the alliance has pledged to help ukraine, so we have real obligations. europeans already provided more than 60 billion dollars in aid.

nato is taking the initiative to form a strategy aimed at securing europe with ukraine as part of nato, and for ukraine to receive the necessary means to achieve membership conditions. that in will ultimately mean the defeat of russia. but we are still very far from that. and the worst scenario of the development of events is a war between nato and russia. nato must do everything possible to prevent this from happening. the only way to avoid this is to restrain russia. nato must mobilize all its capabilities, mobilize its military-industrial base, in order to provide ukraine with the weapons, ammunition, aircraft, means it needs, as well as the nato member countries. should pay attention to their own armed forces and prepare them for this worst-case scenario, but i fear that we are very, very far from that at the moment. and that's all we have time to talk about today. follow the updates on our website bbc.ua. our colleagues monitor the situation and help understand what is happening in ukraine and the world. and we'll be on the air tomorrow, as always, at 9 p.m. all the best. greeting

important to prove this to europe, because otherwise they themselves will have to... use these systems to fight against hostile russia when it attacks and attacks european natoes, and of course, and of course for... the purchase of patriot systems outside the european union, outside europe, it can also be, and again yesterday, yesterday's speech by the prime minister of japan, mr. kishida , in the congress of the united states of america, where he called not to give up the leadership of the united states, and obviously he hinted at something that the united states could also sell. for the europeans, let's say, there are 5-10 batteries out of their 60 patriot batteries, but it is indicative that this is a very brave performance by the japanese, who are now, well, very strongly, so to speak, pressing for ukraine, yes, i understand that theirs are there, how many 24 petrio batteries they have, they are unlikely to share theirs because of the very powerful danger from china, which has now increased. at times, but to influence partners, but now in the world there is such a regrouping of forces, and really, which side will regroup faster, that side will have the a

nato alliance. they are some of the most capable military and all of europe. adding them to nato not only allows for a more secure baltic sea region, but also brings a tremendous amount of arctic know to the nato alliance as a whole. talking about specific examples, sweden has an incredible fleet of submarine capabilities in the baltic sea. the baltic sea is very shallow, very sallow needed. current -- salinated. it's a tremendous addition to the alliance. it is also reflective of how these countries view the security environment in europe. ever since russia invaded ukraine, there's been a lot of talk about where is russia going next? a lot of attention is being paid to moldova in particular. this is where both finland and sweden have sweden have these debates at home whether eu security, article 40 27, whether that would be enough or whether nato, article five commitment for security would be the way to go. they opted for that. >> happily jump in as a latvian american. how happy we are to have our neighbors to the north join the alliance. there have been alarm

it is also important that we, nato countries, do not ended up in a war with russia. we stand here together as europe'sdfast nato allies, ukraine's two greatest supporters in europe. and together we will continue to support ukraine as long as necessary. one of these days in london. yes, that’s right, the enemy will need to make an effort to find out what it is and where the sound is coming from. this will give our own forces time to surround the enemy or attack from the other flank. but at the same time , they are beginning to worry about the growing ability of the russian army to put the enemy is in a difficult situation, the commander of the norwegian army unexpectedly opened up, not to the detriment of his own self-esteem, of course, although little is known about the combat capability of the formations entrusted to him. general christofferson said that the improvement of russia's armed forces has exceeded his expectations. this is now actually a nato-style army. modernized or rebuilt russian armed forces are now... putin's victory will change not only the fate of ukraine, but also the fate of all o

in fact, these will be the same people, this is the commander-in-chief of nato's combined armed forces in europe, general cavoli, an american general, but at the same time the commander of nato. the americans will coordinate everything. only their troops on the territory, the plane broke down in paris, the whole the delegation had to travel 3 hours to the belgian capital by car. there will not be a single american soldier on ukrainian soil. but some kind of nato training mission may appear there in order to share experience with the armed forces of ukraine. the possibility of deciding to create a nato mission, not military, but to support ukraine, will also be discussed. this would make it possible to use the potential of the alliance to train the ukrainian military and to use ours. in any case, americans do not welcome amateur activities. macron throughout for several months he convinced berlin and washington to make a strategic shift, to scare the russians by sending nato troops, but he was publicly rebuffed. biden didn't like the idea. details of this behind-the-scenes dispute are published t

nato alliance. they are some of the most capable military and all of europe. adding them to nato not only allows for a more secure baltic sea region, but also brings a tremendous amount of arctic know to the nato alliance as a whole. talking about specific examples, sweden has an incredible fleet of submarine capabilities in the baltic sea. the baltic sea is very shallow, very sallow needed. current -- salinated. it's a tremendous addition to the alliance. it is also reflective of how these countries view the security environment in europe. ever since russia invaded ukraine, there's been a lot of talk about where is russia going next? a lot of attention is being paid to moldova in particular. this is where both finland and sweden have sweden have these debates at home whether eu security, article 40 27, whether that would be enough or whether nato, article five commitment for security would be the way to go. they opted for that. >> happily jump in as a latvian american. how happy we are to have our neighbors to the north join the alliance. there have been alarm

hundreds of greek people protested against the military and political support of america, nato and europe to the zionist regime by marching towards the ministry of defense of this country. supporters of palestine. in tunisia , they demanded to stop the crimes committed by the zionist regime in gaza and crimes against palestinian prisoners . the distribution of thousands of units the distribution of thousands of units the students of several american universities, including harvard and bandsh , also called for an immediate stop to the attacks of the zionist regime and the military aid of the united states to this regime. american soldiers are also expelled from chad. in a letter, chad's ministry of armed forces ordered the us army to completely evacuate the air base near the capital of this country . this base is the only us military presence in chad. cnn news channel said two days ago, quoting its information sources. it was reported that chad has threatened a military agreement with the united states in this country cancels two days ago, the us announced that it will withdraw 1,000 troop

decision to increase olaf, i want to congratulate you on your leadership defence spenders in europe, unshakeable natowill continue to provide unwavering support for our ukrainian friends, as you said, for as long as it takes. to learn more about where the two leaders stand on defence spending and what we learned from today�*s talks, i spoke to our berlin correspondent, jessica parker. yes, i mean, look, broadbrush, in terms of the war in ukraine for example, the uk and germany are essentially on the same page, they are both sending weapons, lots of them, the biggest donors in europe, to kyiv to try and help them with that effort after the russian full scale invasion but there are differences. first of all these men are actually from pretty different political backgrounds. olaf scholz is a social democrat, rishi sunak a conservative. but they do have a bit of a rapport and they do go back some way because they did know each other when they were both finance ministers. on this issue of defence, there are stations bubbling underneath the surface. one of them for example that came up in the frustrations.

secretary general wants to create a nato-ukraine mission. europe'srs are already involved in the war. i talk to them. i can hear them. they perceive the war as their own. calls it his own war. this is a military whirlwind that can drag europe into the abyss. brussels is playing with fire, he is tempting god himself. we remember this well. they have personal experience, we have learned this well. world wars were never called world wars in the beginning. "we, in my opinion, seriously underestimate the west, for some reason we are used to reading it as weak, and so, you know, hypocurean and that they will not agree to anything, they will go, this now does not raise the slightest doubt, they will go, america is already going into hysterics, very accurately forenes, the favorite magazine of our americanists, is already says it's very important. send europeans there to fight, the averton window is already opening when they say that this will all be very simple, we need to start with military missions, which, as they believe, will not provoke the russians,

and we stand here today together as the leading defence spenders in europe, unshakeable nato allies, rters of ukraine in europe. and together, we will continue to provide unwavering support for our ukrainian friends, as you said, for as long as it takes. president zelensky has reiterated the importance of the fast delivery of military assistance, saying "every leader who does not waste time is a life—saver". let's speak to patrick bury, defence and security expert at the university of bath, and a former nato analyst. hello to you. i suppose the question is, we've seen this announcement from rishi sunak yesterday talking about increasing spending to 2.5% of gdp - about increasing spending to 2.5% of gdp — so the question more generally is, how ready is europe for battle? is it battle ready?— is, how ready is europe for battle? is it battle ready? good afternoon, lu . i is it battle ready? good afternoon, lucy- i think _ is it battle ready? good afternoon, lucy. i think it's _ is it battle ready? good afternoon, lucy. i think it's coming _ is it battle ready? good afternoon, lucy. i thi

the what this point this nato allies have accused russia of shattering the peace in europe. it is clear that nato has not done enough. and what russia has done, his shots is the security architecture of europe. it's a great to pill to swallow, to recognize your work and falls into not choosing a quarter of a century on need to is still refusing to do either. not just in relation to it's illegal campaign and you could smell of, you know, rock, i've done this on libya. how it enables the purpose of islamic states. and now how it piles ukraine high with arms. that is something seen by many, including the global science as being the problem, solid even sky reporting for all the info grades. so if you do stay with our to international, i'll be back with much more news in about 30 minutes. in the meantime, you can always visit our website or to com for the very latest breaking news and updates by the of the man the northern target. now, when you say, you know why, why, why one being getting you labeled on monday. the only problem that we can tell, or maybe the land on the, on the,

i believe in america and europe together in nato. because together we are stronger and safer. ll, we in ukraine also do not believe in america. we in ukraine also do not believe in europe, neither together nor individually. we simply thank them for the weapons and for the money we receive from them. and we really want this about... to continue further and possibly there was even more, by the way, about money from the united states of america. the bill on the allocation of additional funding for assistance to ukraine in the amount of more than 60 billion dollars will be considered in the house of representatives of the us congress no earlier than mid-april. journalists of the bloomberg agency reported this with reference to their sources on capitol hill. according to the received information, the speaker of the lower house of the higher legislative. as johnson looks for ways to soften opposition from republicans, well, a few days ago he did announce that he could put this document to a vote on april 9, when all representatives return to work after the easter vacation, but there

fair burden sharing is essential and europe is investing more, much more. this year, most nato member countries will invest at least 2% of their gdp in defense. at the same time, north america also needs europe. european members of the alliance provide world-class armed forces, an extensive intelligence network and unique diplomatic leverage, multiplying america's power. thanks to nato, the us has more friends. "i don't believe in america alone, just as i don't believe in europe alone, i believe in america and europe together in nato, because together we are stronger and safer, and we in ukraine also don't believe in america, we in ukraine also do not believe in europe, neither together nor individually, we simply thank them for weapons and the money we receive from them, and we really want it to continue and maybe even more, and by the way about..." money from the united states of america. the bill on the allocation of additional funding for assistance to ukraine in the amount of more than 60 billion dollars will be considered in the house of representatives of the us congress

defense the country has expressed its protest against the military and political support of the us, nato and europe to the zionist regime . the supporters of palestine in tunisia have also demanded an end to the crimes of the zionist regime in gaza and against palestinian prisoners. the students of several american universities, including harvard and boston , called for an immediate stop to the zionist regime's attacks and american military aid to this regime. a palestinian youth tries to grow vegetables after the zionist regime destroyed palestinian agricultural lands in the north of the gaza strip with its attacks. he takes a step to prevent the hunger of his compatriots by producing vegetable grafts and distributing them among the palestinian citizens. we are here in the north of the gaza strip, where we are in the northern region of the gaza strip, where the bulldozers of the zionist regime threatened to attack. agricultural lands have razed many fields to the ground. this led to the destruction of palestinian crops, fruits and vegetables. but a young palestinian named youssef along with one of

really designed for 10 years, they have already been signed with several countries, members of nato, in europe, and they give such a very clear. a framework that can be taken as a basis for planning certain actions. this gives partners the opportunity to prepare so that it does not happen once and at once, and now suddenly it is necessary to collect shells all over the world, but so that it is a clear, planned work, calculated for the moment, until we become a full member of the alliance. when this happens, all these...things will definitely be corrected, it will be a completely different story, this is the first moment, the second moment, despite all this , in my opinion, we must continue the line to restore such a topic, it cannot be enough now weapons, it must be taken from all possible sources and from all possible points, so to speak, so although i imagine that it will not be accepted... well, at least initially positively, but one way or another this topic must be forced and lobbied for, well, let's not forget that there are a large number of european partners. they are very much to be c

before the war even started, nato allies were moving force posture into eastern europe. you will remember that nato, just a few months after the war started, announced four new multinational battalions on the eastern flank that were paired with the four that were created in the three baltic states in poland right after russia went into crimea in 2014. at a summit last year, the alliance also rolled out new regional plans that provided clarity to all allies in terms of what is required to protect every inch of nato territory. we are also working on an entirely new command-and-control structure, which i suspect the general will talk about in his remarks later today. and we just finished conducting our largest military exercise since the cold war, steadfast defender, with 90,000 nato troops. that exercise, for the first time in a long time, enabled us to exercise north american troops moving across the atlantic and into europe to defend nato territory. that is point number one, dramatic shift or a coming home of sorts to collective defense and enhanced determinants. secondly

are really designed for 10 years, they are already signed with several countries, members of nato, in europed they give such a very clear framework. which can be taken as a basis for planning certain actions, it gives partners the opportunity to prepare so that it does not happen once and at once, and now suddenly it is necessary to collect shells all over the world, but so that it is a clear, systematic work designed for that moment, until we become a full member of the alliance, when that happens, that's all. will definitely be adjusted, that will be a completely different story, this is the first point, the second point, in spite of all this , in my opinion, we must continue the line of reviving such a topic, there cannot be enough weapons now, they must be taken from all possible sources and from all possible points, so to speak, so even i imagine that it will not be accepted... at least initially positively, but one way or another, this topic must be forced and lobbied, and let's not forget that there are a large number of european partners, a huge thank you to them for what they are do

are really designed for 10 years, they have already been signed with several countries, members nato, in europe, they provide such a very clear framework that can be taken as a basis for planning certain actions. this gives partners the opportunity to prepare so that it doesn't happen all of a sudden, like now . it is necessary to collect shells all over the world, and that this should be a clear, planned work, calculated for the moment until we become a full member of the alliance. when it happens, all these things will definitely be adjusted, er, it will be a completely different story, this is the first moment, the second moment, in spite of this, it is necessary, in my opinion, to continue the line on the restoration of such a theme as, now there cannot be enough weapons, they must be taken from all possible sources and from all possible points, so to speak, so although i imagine that ... it will not be received, at least at first positively , but one way or another, this topic must be forced and lobbied for. and let's not forget that there are a lot of european partners, a huge thank you t

this... was stated by the supreme commander of the united armed forces of nato in europe, american general christopher cavoli at the hearing of the committee on armed forces of the house of representatives of the united states of america, let's listen to what he said. now the russians outnumber the ukrainians five times, that is, the russians fire five times more artillery shells at the ukrainians than the ukrainians can fire back. in a few weeks, that ratio will be... we're not saying about months, and we are not talking hypothetically, mr. boryslav, tell me, the internal situation, domestic political in ukraine, it affects the decisions of the americans and the decisions not of the americans. no, now it is not affected at all, now it is affected exclusively by internal games and efforts of each of the two parties, democrats, republicans, to win the presidential elections. this is the main story that is currently preventing ukraine from receiving this aid. but you know, i can say different when we had a year, you know, i can say different when we had a year of comprehensive support from t