with me is bbc russia's senior reporter olga ivshina. we reporter olga ivshina. have had confirmation, that is we have had confirmation, that is sergei lavrov and a of é- ' if is ”5 ff" ww "7 but we have to have the right number of people with the right equipment and the right training, and start to fund that now. i was speaking to sources in the ministry of defence last night, they gave no indication that going beyond that 2.5% figure was an immediate possibility. they said the priority was on setting a date that the uk would hit that target. so no immediate signs that that could happen anytime soon. i think that will be a question that sir keir starmer will face when he makes his trip to washington to visit donald trump for the first time next week. harry farley at westminster, thank you. we can go to kyiv and our ukraine correspondent until there is a clear plan, a clear path to how a peace agreement could be agreed and implemented. so it's not clear what will come out of these initial talks. the american side is saying this is just a