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In ukraine, but for now, back to you in the studio in london. the united states has dismissed a polish plan to send militaryjets to ukraine via an american airbase as "untenable". the polish government suggested sending more than 20 of its russian made mig—29 fighterjets to ukraine via an airbase in germany. but the americans say the plan would raise serious concerns for nato. heres our washington correspondent duncan kennedy it seems that ukraine was in search of more aircraft to combat the r...

Keep hearing residents say over and over again, close the sky -- a reference to no-fly zone. poland offered to do that by sending them air force jets to ukraine, the pentagon close the door and said its not happened. >> adding aircraft of ukrainian inventory is not likely to chain the effectiveness of the ukrainian air force relative to russian capabilities. >> in a move that surprised the pentagon, poland announced it would send the mig 29s to a airbase in germany. it was viewed as a high risk ...

Poland came up with the idea of offering to fly the jets to the ramstein airbase, the american airbase, in germany, with a view that the jets being flown onto ukraine. this came as a complete shock to the americans. as you said, the state department said they are surprised by this polish offer and they had not been prewarned about it. just recently, the pentagon has gone even further and said this plan is untenable. it said the idea of flying jets out of eight us nato airbase in germany into the...

The russian military flattened a reds den shl area near kyiv and houses in a town. it also destroyed an oil depot just north of the capital. in kharkiv, in the northeast, russian barrages struck at least three schools. the u.s. says russian forces are staging just outside the city now. the ukrainian military is still fighting, they claim to have hit the miles-long convoy that had stalled approaching kyiv from the north. >> need to understand we are a nation of -- everybody know what to do. that ...

Blackhawk, helicopter pilot, former squadron leader and co-founder of restore liberty. colonel, thank you for coming. we very much appreciate it. maybe you can kind of help us explain what is the big worry you think the pentagon has because yesterday the secretary of state anthony blinken was kind of on board with giving those migs. now everybody know its a bad idea. >> what changed? first of all, thanks for having me on , but i think whats changed really is theres a recognition that by executin...

In germany. these are mig—29jets on combat drills at an airbase in poland. poland had said it intended to send its jets to the ramstein air base in germany and put them at the disposal of the united states urging other nato members to follow suit. but the us says it wasnt consulted, and that the plan would raise serious concerns for nato. duncan kennedy has more from washington. 20 or 30 mig 29jets appeared to be part of a deal that poland was offering to send to ukraine. no details are worked...

Information coming into us at sky news. the defense put out a daily briefing of exactly how the war is going in ukraine. today they announced theres heavy fighting around kyiv, as russian forces try to make progress on the city, though that progress does appear to have stalled. and that the russian advance where there is an airbase, beating back by fierce ukrainian resistance. that the russians remain 25 kilometers away from the city center. despite this lack of progress and the fact that they h...

Getting into kharkiv. i know people who are driving in and out of kharkiv and bringing supplies in and out. those places, the backs of them have stayed open. but it depends how much energy russia puts in to which parts of the battle. at the moment they have left the west of the country pretty much empty. but maybe they might start pushing in from belorussia into the west, or trying to stop the supply lines. that is unclear at the moment. glen grant, thank ou unclear at the moment. glen grant, th...

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Being used. i think the u.s. will get there eventually but for some reason they are taking the time. joey: will looking at footage from vinnytsia to the airport that was bombed. that the civilian airport. my question is what airbase -- today have a place to fly fighter jets from and maintain or gain air superiority? >> is a very good question i cannot answer. they continue to insist that russia did not have air superior and still ukrainian jets flying with some success. the prime minister saying...