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swaths of the territory quite swiftly, but more recently, it has been a real slog for them. take bakhmut, for example. this symbolically important city, but strategically, rather insignificant place, that the russians managed to capture, but only after months and months of fighting and countless lives lost. one of the things to mention, paula, and that's that president zelenskyy said in that "wall street journal" interview that you referenced that there are certain things that he would like to see, more air defense, fighter jets, those u.s. officials said on friday that, look, fighter jets are more of a longer-term goal. the priority roight now is getting them tanks and things on the ground that will make more of a difference sooner when it comes to this counteroffensive. >> he also made it clear, he knows that the counteroffensive needs to get some wins fairly quickly. scott mclean in london, really appreciate the update there. conflicting reports emerge
ukraine launches its main attack. so, russia can deploy its tactical aircraft and an air to ground role against ukrainian counteroffensive. >> we saw the founder of the wagner group claim that an american fighter had been killed in bakhmut. do you think russia has made a mistake focusing so much of its forces on bakhmut? not only the wagner group, but russia's main army as well? >> it certainly seems to me like i'm a steak. we may never know why they did, it but it seems it's become a symbolic objective, and the russian high command has obviously told its generals, take bakhmut, don't care what it costs, just get it. so, they've thrown countless assaults in there. they've taken a lot of losses. now, they are vulnerable to being actually encircled by the ukrainians. this would be a huge symbolic defeat for russia. it might open a way to a surprise offensive that goes
Ukrainian forces clinging to the eastern city of Bakhmut dug new trenches in an attempt to hold back Russian attackers, as the United States said new military aid for Ukraine would be discussed at a meeting with Germany's leader on Friday.
ukraine land, but in places absolutely struggling to hold the line, kim. take bakhmut, for example, a flashpoint city in the east. commanders say they don't have the means to fight back moscows troops and asking from tanks, long-range artillery, planes, more ammunition and, of course, we they much is on the way and that's the other thing to keep in mind here, kim, is the lag time. in is a lag time between when something is promised by western nations, by western leaders, and how long it takes for ukraine's troops to actually be trained on, for example, the leopard tank and see those make an impact on the battlefield is time is absolutely of the essence talking about the spring offensive and that russia will ramp up attacks in the comes weeks and months. take a step back and look at the bigger picture. beginning of the conflict, unfathomable some of these weapons would be sent to kyiv by