Sarah Rainsford

So I guess they don't necessarily need to swap the North Koreans in order to get prisoners. the Ukrainian soldiers back. I think he was more making a point that he has these men and showing it as proof. And he was also, I think, trying to underline Ukraine's interpretation of the fact that Russia is using North Koreans.

Ukraine is saying that this is a sign of weakness by Russia that is having to resort to using foreign forces to plug the gap in its own ranks that is not able to get enough Russian soldiers to fight this war. Because, of course, Ukraine has come under pressure a lot from its own allies, from the United States in particular, to find more soldiers here in Ukraine to fight.

Ukraine is saying that this is a sign of weakness by Russia that is having to resort to using foreign forces to plug the gap in its own ranks that is not able to get enough Russian soldiers to fight this war. Because, of course, Ukraine has come under pressure a lot from its own allies, from the United States in particular, to find more soldiers here in Ukraine to fight.

Ukraine's struggling with a shortage of soldiers right now and low morale. But Ukraine's saying, look, Russia's having problems too.

Ukraine's struggling with a shortage of soldiers right now and low morale. But Ukraine's saying, look, Russia's having problems too.

Well, it's not cash. It's aid in kind. So this is military support. So it's additional missiles for air defence here in Ukraine. It's more ammunition, more air to surface missiles and it's other equipment that will support the F-16 fighter jets. Ukraine now has. So it's military aid. And of course, it's the latest chunk of the aid that the US has agreed to send to Ukraine.

Well, it's not cash. It's aid in kind. So this is military support. So it's additional missiles for air defence here in Ukraine. It's more ammunition, more air to surface missiles and it's other equipment that will support the F-16 fighter jets. Ukraine now has. So it's military aid. And of course, it's the latest chunk of the aid that the US has agreed to send to Ukraine.

But it's come this announcement and this meeting at Ramstein at a moment, of course, when there are questions about how sustainable and how committed Ukraine America will be in the future under Donald Trump in supporting Ukraine and sending more aid in the future. And as you mentioned, President Zelensky opened this meeting describing a new chapter starting in 11 days time.

But it's come this announcement and this meeting at Ramstein at a moment, of course, when there are questions about how sustainable and how committed Ukraine America will be in the future under Donald Trump in supporting Ukraine and sending more aid in the future. And as you mentioned, President Zelensky opened this meeting describing a new chapter starting in 11 days time.

Of course, when Mr. Trump becomes the new US president. So there are questions about whether these Ramstein meetings will continue. They were set up to try to coordinate aid for Ukraine and to make sure that it could get what it needs in terms of military support as quickly and as efficiently as possible.

Of course, when Mr. Trump becomes the new US president. So there are questions about whether these Ramstein meetings will continue. They were set up to try to coordinate aid for Ukraine and to make sure that it could get what it needs in terms of military support as quickly and as efficiently as possible.

And I think it was interesting to hear President Zelensky saying quite starkly, we've come such a long way, he said, that it would be crazy, as he put it, to drop the ball now and not to keep building on these kind of coalitions, these groups that these mechanisms that are already in place to help his country.

And I think it was interesting to hear President Zelensky saying quite starkly, we've come such a long way, he said, that it would be crazy, as he put it, to drop the ball now and not to keep building on these kind of coalitions, these groups that these mechanisms that are already in place to help his country.

I think he's been quite careful to try to put a positive spin on it. He did say he was hopeful, he was optimistic. He hoped that the coordination would be better in the future. But I think there are big, big question marks right now in Ukraine. People are in a kind of limbo waiting to see what exactly is going to happen after the 20th of January.

I think he's been quite careful to try to put a positive spin on it. He did say he was hopeful, he was optimistic. He hoped that the coordination would be better in the future. But I think there are big, big question marks right now in Ukraine. People are in a kind of limbo waiting to see what exactly is going to happen after the 20th of January.

And of course, the big concerns are about, you know, this continuing support. We just saw yesterday an attack in Zaporizhia, a city in the southeast of Ukraine, in which 13 civilians were killed and more than 100 people were injured there. in the middle of the street in a busy afternoon there in a major city.

And of course, the big concerns are about, you know, this continuing support. We just saw yesterday an attack in Zaporizhia, a city in the southeast of Ukraine, in which 13 civilians were killed and more than 100 people were injured there. in the middle of the street in a busy afternoon there in a major city.

So I think it was, you know, important, I suppose, for President Zelensky to drive home the message that air defences are still important. And to use his words, he was saying that Vladimir Putin's aggression hasn't stopped. So he was really urging the US in particular to continue providing support because he said Vladimir Putin was still intent on destroying Ukraine.

So I think it was, you know, important, I suppose, for President Zelensky to drive home the message that air defences are still important. And to use his words, he was saying that Vladimir Putin's aggression hasn't stopped. So he was really urging the US in particular to continue providing support because he said Vladimir Putin was still intent on destroying Ukraine.

This is clearly a devastating attack. It's one of the biggest attacks of its kind, or one of the most devastating attacks of its kind for several weeks here in Ukraine. It was an attack on the city of Zaporizhia in the southeast of this country, one of the big cities. We know that 13 people so far have lost their lives.