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People misread that as saying actual admission to the european union would be weeks. its just that preliminary decision on the questionnaire. this is still going to take a long time, too long to make very much difference to ukrainians. natos now pretty much off the table, at least for the foreseeable future. eu membership would make a difference to ukraine, but we have a massive battle right now in the east. what ukrainians need right now is more offensive weaponry. european union membership wil...

Anonymity says that plans are under way for ukrainian trainers to travel into nato countries in eastern europe to be trained on how to use these new systems such as the howitzer and counterbattery radar. is a strategy falling into place? is it to wear out the russians, just keep sending in things as they come as needed so the russians can never get hold in there? >> i think thats certainly the goal. i mean what we have seen in recent weeks from ukraines allies in the west and from the united sta...

Hopefully stop artillery with radar systems. in addition, were talking a lot about this russian cruiser that sunk in the black see the last 20 hours. the u.s. is providing ukrainians with unmanned naval craft. >> were hearing the russians are striking back and now confirmed by nbc news have warned the united states that this influx of this much more offensive weaponry that the u.s. is going to be providing ukraine over the coming days and week, theyre warning that this could yield, quote, unpred...

I can tell you, at some point, it only takes a matter of less than a week from the time the president authorizes a drawdown package for us to get at least the first shipment or so into ukraine. >> look, that time frame of a week has been what has been going on so far with the so-called lighter weapons, ammunition, drones that the u.s. has already been sending. it will now be a major test of transport capability to get these heavier weapons to the border and get the ukrainians able to be able to ...

Geographical names are coming back as the russians are shooting artillery fire, as they are sending missiles to civilians, objects, and targets there. and essentially, the state of war has shifted to there. what it means for the ukrainians. for the ukrainian people. it means that millions of ukrainians are still suffering at the hands of russian terrorist army and at the hands of pure barbarians. its just that these ukrainians are now located in the east of the country. >> and lesia, we were jus...

Offensive weaponry we need to be providing them, also in terms of whats happening in the black sea, the sea of azov. the united states has a right to be there. its international waters. we ought to be doing much more to help keep the shipping lanes open, to ensure that the ukrainians are not continuing to suffer from the kind of economic blockade that the russians are attempting to impose now. i think there are a whole range of additional things we could be doing and should be doing immediately....

Military aid in the form of defensive anti—tank missiles, but providing more offensive weaponry like tanks and fighterjets, nato has the concern that this will escalate and into a fully blown conflict between russia and the west. ., ~ conflict between russia and the west. . ~ , ., conflict between russia and the west. ., ~ , ., , conflict between russia and the west. . ~ ,, , . the headlines on bbc news... russian forces have now fully withdrawn from northern ukraine — according to uk intell...

Are on the verge of seeing vladimir putin invade ukraine, his answer was yes. so, is it only a matter of time, what do you see happening next? >> unfortunately thats what the intelligence shows. but sandra, i think that your reporter, correspondent hit the nail on the head, talked about how secretary blinken has prioritized words. a lot of tough rhetoric from the administration but unfortunately the biden administration prioritizes rhetoric over action. and i think that is the challenging situat...

To do something. and you asked him at the time during the press conference about a possible off-ramp. does an off-ramp seem any more likely now? >> you know, that all depends on what vladimir putins real ultimate goal here is. if his goal is merely to make sure that during the time that he is president of russia, ukraine does not join nato, well, hes got that already because you heard the president say in response to that question, ukraine wouldnt be ready to join nato for some time. if the issu...

Airspace, and target of the oligarchs they wanted to see more. how can the president at one time say the next few weeks will be very hard for the ukrainian people, and then not do more to support them. not provide more offensive weaponry, not close the airspace, which is what they have been asking for. president zelenskyy has been asking for again and again, and today they are sending me pictures, many of them running between homes and shelters as the air-raid sirens go off. there are more barri...