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Big guns, not small arms, could help ukraine turn the tide. >> if i can protect myself as a soldier with this weapon, i can protect my comrades, but unfortunately, i cant clear my country from invaders using only this rifle so we need more artillery. we need to have a rocket system, and serious weapon, because its a modern war. >> reporter: u.s. and its allies delivered advanced weapon systems to ukraine, and more are on the way. but the army here is losing men at an alarming rate, more than 100...

On this evenings vote of confidence in borisjohnson online at bbc.co.uk/news. martine, thank you. the uk has announced it is sending multiple—launch rocket systems to ukraine. the defence secretary, ben wallace, said the long—range missiles will help ukraine defend itself against russia. it comes after the us announced it was also supplying a rocket system, in a move which drew an angry response from moscow. 0ur defence correspondent jonathan beale reports. ukraines president zelensky visite...

Something wrong. they can defend their territory, but if they cross that line align as been crossed. from the nato and american perspective, the ideas that if you use our weapons to attack russia, it justifies russia escalating the war beyond ukraines borders, perhaps into nato. perspective this for me. >> yeah, i think that is frankly a flawed assumption that somehow a rocket system that we provide, versus one that the ukrainians had in their own inventory is gonna be parson anything and kind o...

Trying to open up the black sea, and now youve got this rocket system because russia has been using long distance rockets to great effect there. i mean, do any of these, the collection of these change the battlefield in your view? >> i think whats happening with the artillery rocket system, these are rockets and the ability to put missiles, which means theyve got some precision to them. but that gives ukrainians great reach and thats the way the ukrainians have achieved success is when they can ...

From the west. maria avdeeva is research director at the european expert association in ukraine. shejoins us now from 0desa. good to see you, maria. what difference to think believe these long—range weapons will make to the war? these long-range weapons will make to the war?— make to the war? ukraine needs them most _ make to the war? ukraine needs them most now— make to the war? ukraine needs them most now because - make to the war? ukraine needs them most now because to - make to the war...

United states will send a small number of high-tech medium range rocket systems to ukraine which have been begged by the country's leaders as they struggle to stall russian progress in the donbas region.

Provoking putin right now by providing ukraine with this more advanced rocket system? >> well, wolf, i think the world should be surprised that the kremlin is expressing any degree of surprise. and i say that because well before vladimir putin went into ukraine, president biden spoke to him and was very direct. we also made this message public as well. we promised, we pledged to our ukrainian partners, to our nato allies, but also to the russian federation that we would do three things if russia...

Administration decision not to send these weapons as a betraya of ukraine and democracy itself. not asking for american soldiers , just advanced weapons to defend themselves against d pollutants invasion. does he have a point quick. >> he might. with the president set but hes not going to send rocket system that could reach russia. however, those multiple large rocket systems that everybody i talking about can be fitted wit a number of different kind of rockets, all of which have the range to re...

Pressure campaign that has been carried out on russia because of its invasion of ukraine. russia didnt just get away with this invasion and it is all good and well for them. they are now a pariah on the world stage, and they want china to very clearly see that. >> and for ukraine, the weapon systems the administration is sending mlrs, its a multiple long range rocket system, basically, biden set a limit on it. but theyre still going. >> yeah. so these are systems that have different rockets that...

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