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Territory to win this war. but there is a lot of talk about a russian spring offensive. do you think ukraine can take back territory this year? absolutely. thats the reason why nato allies and partners are providing significantly more support to ukraine. this frontline ukrainian unit is using a soviet—era tank. theyre worn and hungry for more modern equipment, anticipating bigger battles to come. jessica parker, bbc news, in ramstein. to what extent have western countries committed. or corresp...

And yet mr. putin brushed it aside. we have been reading their mail. the united states intelligence agencies know what russia is doing at every step of the way and its great that theyre informing president zelenskyy of whats occurring. >> how closely do you think these two events are tied together both the visit last week from cia director burns talking about plans for a spring offensive and the decision now to designate the wagner group as a transnational criminal organization. >> both of those...

Message to germany right now? >> well, the message to all our friends and allies to be frank. that in order -- this capability, the tanks, as well as long-range and everything else we are discussing, is very much needed now so that our great defenders can be protected, so we can maneuver, fire, and we can go back on the counteroffensive and preempt this future russian attack. >> the u.s. believes russia is planning a major spring offensive that could happen in the next couple of months or so. th...

They understand the nature of this war, the nature of russia, and why its impossible to negotiate with them." [ explosion ] the ukrainians say they need to grasp the initiative before the russians can recover from their losses, and theyre gearing up for what could be a brutal spring. wolf, the ukrainians say theres a whole other facet to this, as well. they say they are having a lot of trouble sourcing spare parts for the soviet era tanks and ammunition, as well. so on the one hand the western m...

Mechanized capability as russia is expected in the coming weeks and months to perhaps try to mount a spring offensive. shes armored vehicles will allow ukrainian troops to press forward to carry out offensives and to try to take back territory from the russian, john. >> as this plays out, theres a debate, alex, in europe, a debate, tell me if its a split, this is a german leopard tank. the german -- the poles have them, for example, and say wed be happy to give them to ukraine but we need german...

Of concern and anxiety about conflict in europe. they dont want to be seen to be stimulating that and back in that. but they are being pursued by allies, by the uk particularly, by the us, to make available the leopard tanks and to make available a degree of support ukraine that perhaps for these reasons they are reluctant to do. and just briefly, would you agree with the supposition that has been made that there is a window of opportunity here? it is made that there is a window of opportunity h...

Andrew harding reports. we are in an area where russian and ukrainian infantry now appear to be fighting at close quarters. clambering through the remains of a house here, hit by a shell. very active frontlines this morning. ukrainians have withdrawn but they are now trying to pound the russian positions as hard as they can to prevent them from advancing here and encircling the next big prize, which is the town of bakhmut, which have been defending fiercely for months now. and so we are at a cri...

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Ministry putting out a lighthearted video appeal. ♪ the american m-1 abrams tanks, u.s. officials say, is too heavy, too complicated, too hard to maintain to send to ukraine. instead, in a new aid package expected soon worth around $2.5 billion, the u.s. is expected to step up its support with striker combat vehicles, a fast, nimble armored vehicle that alongside the american bradley fighting vehicles which were already comm committed will give ukraine a significant memorandum nooized capabili...

Of things for ukraine and made police reform in ukraine, and its actually a tragedy for ukraine, for his family. denys monastyrsky was often at scenes like this, inspecting damage to the latest target of a russian missile attack. he was a personal friend of the president and was well known to several western leaders. theyve been sending their condolences. despite this setback, ukraines war effort is unlikely to slacken off. the country remains focused on resisting russias missile attacks and on ...