At a memorial to Ukraine's war dead a Sky News team finds hope that US permission to use its missiles to strike inside Russia could turn the tide of the war - but Ukrainians want more.
Barely anyone speaks – there is virtual silence apart from the sounds of passing vehicles and the wind whipping through flags and photographs commemorating the dead in a war that started 1,000 days ago when Russia invaded. What is really striking is the sheer number of people who have died, and this memorial in Kyiv's Maidan Square represents just some of those who gave their lives defending their country.
Although it's tempered by his decision to allow them to be used only in the Kursk region of Russia, where North Korean troops are augmenting the Russian military. I met Ukrainian MP Lesia Vasylenko in the capital, she heard the news as she arrived back in Ukraine from a trip abroad. She says the decision has 'lifted spirits here' and calls the move 'extremely significant' but says it needs to go further.
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