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Of course, Ukrainians right across the country continue to experience the drones and missiles that Russia fires and has fired throughout the winter in an attempt to turn the lights off and plunge people into the darkness and the cold.
We're emerging from that winter now.
And once again, Ukrainians feel that they have weathered the storm.
But under President Trump, that ammunition is getting harder for Ukraine to obtain.
How long can this war go on for, realistically, given the US pressure on President Zelensky to agree to a deal with Russia?
Well, yes, there is definitely American pressure, and it seems to be driven in part by a sense that the White House wants this to be dealt with before the run-up to the midterm elections later this year.
But despite that, the flow of weapons remains what it has been all along.
The Ukrainians will tell you it's not enough and it doesn't arrive quickly enough, but it enables the Ukrainians to stay in the fight.
But this obviously all lends urgency to negotiations.
the peace talks, which are continuing.
But as one Ukrainian negotiator put it to me just a couple of days ago, what's missing is a political decision and a phone call from the Kremlin, from Vladimir Putin, saying enough is enough.
Paul Adams in Bucha.
Well, in a show of support, senior European leaders and officials have come to Kiev, where they praise the Ukrainians' resistance.
In a video call, the British Prime Minister, Kyrgyzstan, promised to stand by the people of Ukraine for as long as it takes.
Whatever Putin tells himself and his people, Russia is not winning.
And we must shift the narrative into that place with greater force and determination.
And just to underscore that point, in the last year, Russia has suffered half a million casualties.
to gain and occupy less than 1% extra of Ukrainian territory.
That is not a country that four years into a conflict is winning.
With more on the visits and pledges of support by Ukraine's Western allies, here's our correspondent in Kyiv, Abdul Jalil Abdurasulov.