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To the question of whether the european project has a future at all. the commission's decision on whether to recommend kyiv�*s eu application is coming next week. you have done a lot in strengthening the rule of law but there still needs to be reforms implemented to fight corruption, for example. ukraine is pinning its long—term hopes on eu membership, but says it's the quantity and speed of weapons coming from the west that will determine its immediate fate. nick beake, bbc news, kyiv. well, earlier, ispoke to bill roggio who's the editor of the long warjournal. i asked whether weapons se...

Well earlier i spoke to bill roggio who's the editor of the long warjournal. i asked whether weapons sent from the west will ever be enough to counter russia's miltary advantage. i don't believe that it can. the ukrainians are saying they're outgunned by — in artillery by 10—15:i. it would take a massive influx of western artillery, particularly the multiple launch rocket systems, things of that nature, and i — first of all, the west is not willing to part with that much equipment. second, the ukrainians are going to have difficulty training on these more complicated systems. and even if...

And ukraine is just the first stage in this aggression. this is why a positive eu response to the ukrainian application for membership can be a positive answer to the question of whether the european project has a future at all. the commission's decision on whether to recommend kyiv�*s eu application is coming next week. you have done a lot in strengthening the rule of law, but there still needs to be reforms implemented to fight corruption, for example. ukraine is pinning its long—term hopes on eu membership, but says it's the quantity and speed of weapons coming from the west that will d...

Also feeling that inevitably, as the fighting moves further west, so will more and more families, putting even more pressure on resources here. i'm joined now by bill roggio, a senior fellow at the think tank, the foundation for defense of democracies. he's also the editor of it's long warjournal. let's start with the attack on the yavoriv air base, so close to the border with poland, early yesterday the deputy foreign minister of russia said that all arms coming in would be legitimate military targets. how significant is this? the russians are beginning to conduct more strikes further west, w...