Vitaly Shevchenko

It's the latest sophisticated weapon supplied by the West and used by Ukraine to defend itself. It's significant that it comes from France. It only took Ukraine one month to deploy the Mirage jets against Russian missiles after they were delivered to Ukraine. And those Mirage jets were used alongside F-16s, which were, again, supplied by European nations.

Well, I have to say that those reports are not confirmed, but are worrying for Ukraine. There's an American company called Baxa that supplies satellite imagery. And now a fairly authoritative Ukrainian website called Militarny is quoting sources that they are not able to receive those imagery from America.

Well, I have to say that those reports are not confirmed, but are worrying for Ukraine. There's an American company called Baxa that supplies satellite imagery. And now a fairly authoritative Ukrainian website called Militarny is quoting sources that they are not able to receive those imagery from America.

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numerous cars damaged. One's got a UK sticker on it, the other one's on British number plates. The local authorities say that the number of wounded is more than 30, including a 13-year-old girl and a young man aged 17. It's a scene of total devastation. And of course, looking at what What Ukrainians are saying on social media this morning, there's a lot of anger directed at America.

numerous cars damaged. One's got a UK sticker on it, the other one's on British number plates. The local authorities say that the number of wounded is more than 30, including a 13-year-old girl and a young man aged 17. It's a scene of total devastation. And of course, looking at what What Ukrainians are saying on social media this morning, there's a lot of anger directed at America.

They're blaming the suspension of aid and supply of intelligence as well. So not a good morning in Ukraine.

They're blaming the suspension of aid and supply of intelligence as well. So not a good morning in Ukraine.

Yes, we're hearing about civilians being killed in northeast and Sumy region in Donetsk as well. There was an attack on Odessa. And frankly, none of that is unusual for Ukraine. These attacks, they've been happening every night. There are reports of infrastructure, civilian infrastructure damage across Ukraine. And once Ukraine stops receiving U.S.

Yes, we're hearing about civilians being killed in northeast and Sumy region in Donetsk as well. There was an attack on Odessa. And frankly, none of that is unusual for Ukraine. These attacks, they've been happening every night. There are reports of infrastructure, civilian infrastructure damage across Ukraine. And once Ukraine stops receiving U.S.

intelligence, and I understand about 80% of intelligence that helped Ukraine intercept those missiles and target Russian military facilities inside Russia, it used to come from America. So now that's stopped. It will make it much more difficult for Ukraine to... to intercept those missiles.

intelligence, and I understand about 80% of intelligence that helped Ukraine intercept those missiles and target Russian military facilities inside Russia, it used to come from America. So now that's stopped. It will make it much more difficult for Ukraine to... to intercept those missiles.

More aid from Europe and an idea of whether Europe will be able to replace whatever Ukraine's losing in terms of aid not arriving from America.

More aid from Europe and an idea of whether Europe will be able to replace whatever Ukraine's losing in terms of aid not arriving from America.

People are saying, well, look, we've heard words before. Words are worth nothing. One journalist, that's his commentary on what happened in London yesterday. And there's another military analysis account on X that's been commenting on these agreements. And it says, nothing short of boots on the ground and readiness to shoot and be targeted is will be truly affected.

People are saying, well, look, we've heard words before. Words are worth nothing. One journalist, that's his commentary on what happened in London yesterday. And there's another military analysis account on X that's been commenting on these agreements. And it says, nothing short of boots on the ground and readiness to shoot and be targeted is will be truly affected.

So that's the kind of mood in Ukraine. We need more. We need action. But there's cautious optimism as well. One MP, Oleksiy Honcharenko, he welcomes this European initiative to mediate between Ukraine and the USA. He says this is a good start. But then again, he says, how did we end up in a situation when Europe has to mediate between Ukraine and its biggest ally, the United States?

So that's the kind of mood in Ukraine. We need more. We need action. But there's cautious optimism as well. One MP, Oleksiy Honcharenko, he welcomes this European initiative to mediate between Ukraine and the USA. He says this is a good start. But then again, he says, how did we end up in a situation when Europe has to mediate between Ukraine and its biggest ally, the United States?

He says, this is madness. So in a nutshell, there's hope, but also a fair amount of scepticism.