now to the war in Ukraine keev pushing for the Us and other allies to allow the use of long range missiles so they can strike deep inside Russia ABC's Ian panel is in eastern Ukraine with Vladimir Putin's clear and strong warning against it good morning Ian yeah good morning Jana President Biden appearing to dismiss new threats made by Russian leader Vladimir Putin over the war here in Ukraine meeting with British prime minister K stama the two leaders discussed a request by Ukraine to lift these restrictions on its use of missiles provided by the West president
zilinski wants to basically use these American British and French weapons to try and strike targets deeper into Russia something he's not allowed to do right now he believes that this could influence the direction of the War uh Zen is going to meet with Biden next week and says he has a plan for victory that he's going to share with him Vladimir Putin though says if the decision to lift restrictions is really taken it'll mean that America Europe and other NATO countries are conducting direct war with Russia and he threatened there'd be a response without saying
exactly what it would be asked what he thought about Putin's threat President Biden said I don't think much about Vladimir Putin on the battlefield the Kremlin though pushing back against Ukrainian forces who've taken over a small part of Russia and here in the East again Ukrainian forces desperately trying to stop Russian troops from sweeping through this area this is part of the territory in Ukraine that Vladimir Putin desperately wants meanwhile the two enemies are exchanging prison prisoners of war with emotional reunions with family members but the overall pitch of Gio remains resoundingly Grim with many
desperate for an end to this war Gio absolutely all right thank you so much Ian for your reporting
