Make Noise For Ukraine: How you can get involved in Nato's show of support
Members of the British public are being called upon to Make Noise For Ukraine to mark the country's independence day.
Countries from across Nato are leading the campaign, urging citizens not to be silent in the face of Russia's aggression, posting a video making noise on social media with the hashtag #MakeNoiseForUkraine.
People are being invited to clap or cheer, play an instrument or even sing a song, or, as has become common over the last two-and-a-half years, to shout Slava Ukraini – glory to Ukraine.
Ukrainian independence day is on Saturday and marks the anniversary of when Ukraine gained independence from the Soviet Union on 24 August 1991.
The Make Noise For Ukraine campaign comes as Ukraine continues its incursion into Russia's Kursk region.
British-donated Challenger 2 main battle tanks have been used by the Ukrainian armed forces inside Russia's border, BFBS Forces News understands.
However, a debate has raged on whether the Ukrainians should be provided longer-range British weapons systems for use in Russia.
Military analyst and former tank commander Hamish De Bretton-Gordon told BFBS Forces News the UK needs to take "the shackles off Storm Shadow and allow them to be used" by Kyiv.
On last week's episode of the Sitrep podcast, Professor Michael Clarke said "the deterrent effect of Russian rhetoric is wearing off all the time".
"I think… we, the West, are still very nervous of the idea that Western weapons are used for deep strikes into Russia," he said.
"But Western weapons on the frontier area we can live with.
"We're not entirely happy about it, but we recognise, I think, or our government recognised, there is a strict military logic to this.
"And I suspect that the ban on deep-strike weapons, Western deep-strike weapons like Storm Shadow and Atacms [Army Tactical Missile System], I think that will probably wear off as well in time."
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