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Anti-aircraft missiles and very important fighter jet training program. now, the brits have said that the ukrainians actually backed away from asking the british for typhoon. but they have added their voice to president zelenskyy's in saying that they would like to see the world that the allies supporting ukraine give ukraine f-16s. that has not yet happened. but what this does do is cement support hindu crane in a very material sense ahead of this anticipated summer offensive. >> it's very unlikely that ukrainians would exploit it. they have driven the russians to the north and south promotin...

But nonetheless a very successful trip ahead of what he's anticipating to be a summer offensive. again, an on/off hint that they're starting right soon. putting the russians off balance. that's what a lot of this campaign has been about, john, keeping the russians off balance and making sure that the russians know ukrainians are getting more and more state-of-the-art equipment from the united kingdom, long range killer drones. all of these intended to send a message to the russian soldier on the front line, something is coming to kill you. that is very much part of the message that the ukraine...

Today ukrainian president volodymyr zelenskyy was in the united kingdom enlisting serious financial and military support from the british prime minister. he's been meeting with key nato leaders ahead of ukraine's counteroffensive. he says his country needs a little bit more time to prepare for that major assault. meantime back on the battlefield, russian troops are facing some real setbacks. several russian aircraft have been shot down and ukrainians recaptured more territory in bakhmut, the site of a brutal months-long battle. let's take you live to ukraine and cnn's sam kiley. sam, it sounds...

They have been in the past. and it is not often that the city gets hit but it has been hit in the past. and crimea has been attacked in the past, particularly shipping. ukrainians have the capability, i think more broadly, this will start to be considered part of the shaping operations ahead of the much vaulted summer offensive. as you will recall the other day, president zelenskyy said the conditions were not quite yet right for the ukrainians to launch their summer offensive and very keen to keep their enemy guessing and perhaps their allies about where and when that offensive will be launch...

Cnn's sam kyly has more details on that. >> reporter: there have been signs, i think, very clearly now, that there are shaping operations going on ahead of a summer offensive by ukraine to try to recapture this territory that was taken by the russians. both in 2014 and more recently last year. what we've seen is psychological operations. a blizzard of disinformation being published particularly on video platforms. we've seen a counter attack going in around back matt with significant gains made there by the ukrainians after months of grinding warfare. and we've seen repeated statements from go...