Has US military aid come in time for President Zelensky?
The Inquiry
BBC
4.6 • 1.7K Ratings
🗓️ 9 May 2024
⏱️ 24 minutes
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Summary
The war in Ukraine has reached a pivotal moment.
After months of an apparent stalling on the frontlines, Russia has recently made a series of critical breakthroughs.
Now the race is on for Kyiv to get newly approved military aid to the front line before Russian forces attack Ukraine’s second largest city, Kharkiv.
The 60 billion dollar bill passed in America’s congress at the end of April allows for Ukraine to push back against Russian forces and prepare to mount an offensive next year.
But a gap in the supply of missiles has left Kyiv dangerously exposed and huge questions remain about how Ukraine’s President will act next.
So, on this week’s Inquiry, we’re asking ‘Has US military aid come in time for President Zelensky?’
Contributors:
Gustav Gressel, senior policy fellow with the Wider Europe Programme at the European Council on Foreign Relations’ Berlin office. Max Bergmann, Director, Europe, Russia, and Eurasia Program and Stuart Center, at the Center for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS), in the US. Dr Marina Miron, post-doctoral researcher in the War Studies Department and an honorary researcher at the Centre for Military Ethics and the Department of Defence Studies, Kings College, London. Professor Olga Onuch, Professor (Chair) in Comparative and Ukrainian Politics at the University of Manchester, UK.
Presenter: Tanya Beckett Producer: Lorna Reader Researcher: Matt Toulson Production Co-ordinator: Liam Morrey
Image credit: Ukrainian Presidential Press Service via Reuters via BBC Images
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| 0:36.0 | Welcome to the inquiry with me Tanya Beckett on the BBC World Service. |
| 0:42.1 | One question for expert witnesses and an answer. |
| 0:47.0 | The war in Ukraine has reached a pivotal moment. After months of an apparent stalling of the front lines, Russia has recently made a series of critical breakthroughs. |
| 0:59.0 | Now the race is on for Kyiv to get newly approved military aid to the front lines |
| 1:05.0 | before Russian forces attack Ukraine's second largest city, Haakiv. |
| 1:11.0 | The 60 billion dollar bill passed in America's Congress at the end of April |
| 1:16.4 | allows for Ukraine to push back against Russian forces and prepare to mount an |
| 1:21.5 | offensive next year. |
| 1:23.0 | But a gap in the supply of missiles has left Kyiv dangerously exposed. |
| 1:29.0 | This week on the inquiry we're asking, |
| 1:32.0 | has US military aid come in time for President Selensky. |
| 1:42.0 | Part 1, stockpiles. |
| 1:45.0 | In the past few months, Ukraine's military forces have struggled and often failed to defend the country against missile attacks launched by Russian forces. |
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