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Could western tanks be decisive in Ukraine?

Today in Focus

The Guardian

News, Daily News

4.65.9K Ratings

🗓️ 10 February 2023

⏱️ 32 minutes

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Summary

After months of debate and diplomacy, western tanks are finally heading to Ukraine for what promises to be a spring escalation in the fighting. But will they be decisive? Dan Sabbagh and Daniel Boffey report. Help support our independent journalism at theguardian.com/infocus

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0:00.0

This is the Guardian.

0:11.0

Today, Ukraine may not be getting fighter jets yet,

0:15.6

but Western tanks are on the way.

0:18.6

Could they change the direction of this war?

0:32.6

On Wednesday, President Zelensky made his first visit to Britain,

0:38.2

since Russia invaded Ukraine.

0:40.2

Thank you so much.

0:41.2

He was on a mission to rally Western support.

0:44.2

I have come here and stand before you, on behalf of the brave.

0:50.2

Stood incongruous in the houses of Parliament,

0:54.2

dressed in his signature military-green sweatshirt and karky cargo pants,

1:00.2

Zelensky made an urgent plea.

1:03.2

Give us fighter jets, he said, for a chance of Ukraine to be free.

1:09.2

And I appeal to you and the world with simple and yet most important words.

1:17.2

Combat aircraft for Ukraine, wings for freedom.

1:25.2

This is just the beginning of a long negotiation,

1:29.2

and Russia soon act doesn't seem ready to commit just yet.

1:34.2

When it comes to the provision of military assistance to Ukraine,

1:37.2

nothing is off the table, and that's because we're determined to ensure

1:41.2

that Vladimir the President and his people can be victorious.

1:45.2

But in recent weeks, there has been one hard-won breakthrough,

1:49.2

a commitment to supply modern Western tanks.

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