sarah rainsford with that report. _ more devastation. sarah rainsford with that report.n. sarah rainsford with that report. let's return - more devastation. sarah rainsford with that report. let's return to i with that report. let's return to the summit in brussels and educationalfunding in ukraine. we can look at some figures. last month, all 27 eu leaders agreed on a 50 billion euro aid package for the country. but in washington, a $60 billion dollar — or 55 billion euro — military aid package for ukraine is still being delayed, it's being blocked by republicans in the house of representatives, caught up in domestic arguments over other policies. but washington has proved to be ukraine's most important military backer. it has provided tens of billions of dollars in support since moscow invaded in february 2022. the amount of military aid given to ukraine is tracked by the kiel institute. this chart shows commitments by governments up until mid—january. it tracks money already provided to ukraine and pledges to send funds in the future. it only shows military aid given

ok, sarah rainsford in _ right across ukraine. ok, sarah rainsford in kyiv _ right across ukraine.ah - right across ukraine. ok, sarah l rainsford in kyiv and sarah smith right across ukraine. ok, sarah - rainsford in kyiv and sarah smith in washington, thank you. the big question — who was responsible for what is the worst terror atack in russia in many years? gordon corera, our security correspondent, is with me. it seems like the finger of blame is being moved away from ukraine and we heard the americans, sarah smith suggesting it was islamic state —— is a mistake. suggesting it was islamic state -- is a mistake-— suggesting it was islamic state -- is a mistake. and we have had this statement from _ is a mistake. and we have had this statement from them _ is a mistake. and we have had this statement from them saying - is a mistake. and we have had this - statement from them saying they were responsible and their attackers had somehow got back to their bases safely, that was the language they used but we cannot independently confirm that at this point. occasionally we have seen f

sarah rainsford, thank you very much indeed.olitics at manchester metropolitan university. hello and welcome to the programme, eleanor. 87.7% of the vote has gone to vladimir putin. just to let you know, we have had a bit of reaction coming in. poland has said that the presidential vote was not legal. is this going to be a problem, do you think, for vladimir putin? i this going to be a problem, do you think, for vladimir putin?- think, for vladimir putin? i think it's an important _ think, for vladimir putin? i think it's an important symbolic- think, for vladimir putin? i think i it's an important symbolic gesture if international foreign governments are recognising that his presidency is illegitimate. i don't think it will make any difference in terms of making him change course or change strategy. but i think particularly for russians who oppose his rule i think it's an important symbolic gesture, for sure. i think it's an important symbolic gesture, for sure.— gesture, for sure. i must tell viewers. _ gesture, for sure. i mu

sarah rainsford, in - nothing good at all. sarah, thank| you. sarah rainsford, in northern ukraine.ak�*s cabinet, says conservative mps should stop speculating about ousting the prime minister. the business secretary, kemi badenoch, was speaking after a whirlwind of reports that some mps want the leader of the commons, penny mordaunt, to take over before the election. chris is here. is it really likely that we could get a change of leadership before the election this year? most conservative _ the election this year? most conservative mps _ the election this year? most conservative mps i - the election this year? most conservative mps i speak i the election this year? most conservative mps i speak to j the election this year? most i conservative mps i speak to do the election this year? ififisii conservative mp5 i speak to do think conservative mps i speak to do think that that idea is bonkers. but these are real spasms of anguish from conservative mps. almost all i speak to are in a pretty bleak, black mood about the party�* prospects and some are willing to contemplate what some of

sarah _ zelensky. is always good to get your analysis, sarah rainsford. _ zelensky.o get your| analysis, sarah rainsford. thank you very much. the israeli prime minister, benjamin netanyahu, has reaffirmed his determination to mount a military operation in the city of rafah in southern gaza, where more than a million palestinians are taking refuge. mr netanyahu said that no international pressure would stop israel from achieving all the aims of its war against hamas. translation: no international- pressure will stop us from achieving all the goals of the war, eliminating hamas, freeing all of our hostages and ensuring that gaza will no longer pose a threat to israel. in order to do that, we will operate in rafah too. meanwhile, health officials in gaza say more than sixty palestinians have been killed in israeli bombardments overnight. the health ministry, controlled by hamas, said 12 members of one family were killed when their house in deir al—balah in the centre of the territory was hit. ceasefire talks are expected to resume in qatar today, with an israeli delega

sarah rainsford, thanks very _ started this war. a controversy. rishi sunak has weighed into nike's decision to switch the colour of st george's cross. that's the offending colour that has got so many fans riled up. nike defended the decision as "a playful update." let's talk live to russell osborne, an england fan from the three lions podcast. welcome to the three lions podcast. welcome to the programme. so many fans not particularly proving this. give me a flavour of what you've heard.— what you've heard. thank you very much for having _ what you've heard. thank you very much for having me. _ what you've heard. thank you very much for having me. it _ what you've heard. thank you very much for having me. it seems - what you've heard. thank you very | much for having me. it seems such what you've heard. thank you very i much for having me. it seems such a crazy subjects to be talking about considering your previous story there. but yes, there's so much talk about this playful update, and as you say, it's grabbed people's attention i

sarah rainsford, bbc news, sumy. around the world and across the uk. this is bbc news.ned an investigation into whether one of the conservative party's biggest donors committed a crime when he allegedly made racist comments about britain's longest—serving black mp, diane abbott. earlier, i spoke to our political correspondent, helen catt, about this latest investigation. we know that earlier this month the guardian newspaper reported that frank hester, who, as you said, is a major donor to the conservative party, he has given £10 million to the party, had told a meeting of his company in 2019 that the mp diane abbott made him "want to hate all black women" and that she "should be shot". now, he apologised for what he said was being "rude" to diane abbott. the prime minister had condemned the remarks as racist. but the conservatives have been resisting pressure to hand back those donations. what we've got this morning is a statement from west yorkshire police, which says it is investigating what it describes as racist comments which were allegedly made at a meeting in le

_ deeper inside russian territory. 0k, sarah, always good to get your analysis, sarah rainsford in kyivur correspondence will vernon outside the russian embassy there. we have been hearing about demonstrations outside russian embassies in europe. give us a sense of the picture there in dc. ,., ., give us a sense of the picture there in dc. ., ., in dc. good afternoon from the russian embassy _ in dc. good afternoon from the russian embassy in _ in dc. good afternoon from the | russian embassy in washington, in dc. good afternoon from the - russian embassy in washington, dc where there is a polling station open inside the embassy for russians to come and vote in this election that we know is not a genuine election, it is not free and fair, but nevertheless there are quite a few people here, a few hundred i would say, and washington, dc and the surrounding areas don't contain huge numbers of russians but there is still a fair turnout here. most of the people here, i would say, are here for the noon against putin event, that's when alexei navalny�*s supporters have called on russians to at

and that was sarah rainsford with the view from ukraine.dism specialist, mina al—lami. she told me who claims responsibility for the attack, and why. last night, the statement was put out by is, it was very brief, it did not have many details, saying why they did the attack at this time against russia, it came from the so—called news agency of the islamic state, it said they carried out the attack, that there were soldiers of the islamic state that were involved and it said they attacked a crowd or crowds of christians, that is how they described it, and they said the attackers then fled the scene safely, in their words, and that no—one was called killed in the attack, and that no—one was caught or killed in the attack, it did not say how many attackers were involved so that was really the extent of the claim. it did not attribute the attack to any of its regional branches, as you said, is has global branches around the world and there's been a lot of speculation that the afghanistan—focused province branch — which is widely known as isis k

sarah rainsford, bbc news, sumy. the conservative party's biggest donors committed a crime when he allegedly made racist comments about britain's longest—serving black mp, diane abbott. frank hester reportedly said diane abbott made him "want to hate all black women". earlier, the prime minister was asked about those comments. well, obviously, it wouldn't be right for me to comment on police matters, but as i have said previously, what he said was wrong and racist and he, rightfully, has apologised for it. our political correspondent helen catt has more on this. there is a statement issued this morning by west yorkshire police that said they are investigating the comments allegedly made by the conservative donor frank hester, i should be clear, the police did not name him, they said in a statement they were investigating what were described as racist comments that were allegedly made at a meeting in leeds in 2019, is the location of the meeting which is why west yorkshire is investigating, as it comes after an initia

sarah rainsford, thank you very much indeed.n protests in cities around the world as people cast their ballots at russian embassies. in berlin there were long queues outside the embassy. yulia navalnaya, the wife of the late russian opposition leader alexei navalny, was amongst those to cast her vote. these pictures are from the french capital, paris, where demonstrators held anti—putin banners near the eiffel tower. an effigy of president putin was burnt in prague. several dozen, mostly russian nationals, took part in the protest in the city's square. in the us many people gathered around the embassy in washington dc for the noon against putin protests. to japan next, where again people queued at the russian embassy in tokyo around midday. and here in london, there were protests and long queues. our correspondent, frances read, sent this update from outside the embassy. well, thousands of people have come out to vote here since midday today, really. the queue has been stretching back as far as you can see. and at the moment, if

our correspondent sarah rainsford is in kyiv with the latest.iest attack in some time on odesa. and it is the details that are particularly grim, because ukrainian officials are saying two missiles were fired by russia from crimea — the first one landed on the city, and it was when emergency teams rushed to the spot that a second missile was fired from crimea and hit exactly the same place. now we know that a medic was killed, a young firefighter was also amongst those killed and injured. many dozens of people are in hospital. now we are being told that those missiles were fired from crimea — we are saying we don't know exactly what russia was targeting, but we do know there were some interior ministry staff amongst the casualties. now president zelensky has called this a vile attack, saying ukraine's military will respond, but i think it is a stark reminder of what that vote in russia means for here in ukraine. because of course, more vladimir putin in the kremlin means more war here in ukraine, more missile attacks, and more days like today in

sarah rainsford is in ukraine's capital, kyiv. a significant attack on odesa tonight?deadliest attack in sometime on odesa and the details are particularly grim because ukrainian officials say two missiles were fired by russia from crimea in the first landed on the city and it was when emergency teams rushed to the spot the second was fired from crimea and hit the same place. we know that a medic was killed, a young firefighter almost —— also amongst those killed and injured and many dozens are in hospital and we are being told that this missiles fired from crimea and we do not know exactly what russia was targeting but we know there was some interior ministry personnel amongst the casualties. president zelensky has called this a vile attack and says the ukrainian military will respond but this is a stark reminder of what that vote in russia means for ukraine because more vladimir putin in the kremlin means more war in ukraine and were missile attacks and more days like today in odesa with dozens of dead and injured. thank dozens of dead and in'ured. thank ou, dozens o

that was sarah rainsford. now it's time for a look at today's sport.bang. eight games on saturday, one of which is already under way, approaching half—time between newcastle and west ham. it is 1—1. mikhail antonio with a lovely equaliser for the campus. tottenham can move into the top four with a win at home to luton. villa play wolves later. the main focus will be on the relegation places though, burnley away at chelsea and sheffield united taking on fulham. follow all those scores on the bbc sport website throughout the day. nottingham forest's game with crystal palace is another of those crunch games in the battle to stay up. it's forest's first game since being docked four points for breaching premier league profitability and sustainability rules. they are appealing against that punishment. a win today could see them move out of the bottom but the manager is confident they will stay up. 0ur message is clear. it is clear, forget about and focus on what we have to do what we have to do is stick together, everybody at the club stick together. the bac

sarah rainsford, bbc news, sumy. around the world and across the uk, this is bbc news.ntry continues to spiral into violence and a humanitarian crisis. education is increasingly one of the biggest casualties, as young people are forced to choose between their studies and surviving the chaos. our central america and caribbean correspondent, will grant, reports. it isn't easy studying law in a lawless society, nor politics in a power vacuum, or economics in a collapsing economy. these students are doing all three. those schools in gang—controlled port—au—prince are mostly shut. classrooms in the calmer city of cap—haitien remain mostly open to its young people seeking an education against the odds. the dean says everything from the law school's curriculum to its salaries have been affected by the anarchy. translation: whether it's the upkeep of the building or the materials, - we haven't had any support from the state in covering it. we even haven't been able to pay our teachers properly, or bring in any visiting professors from outside. at this time i feel lucky to have

sarah rainsford, bbc news, sumy. more on all of our main stories here on the programme. its beautiful displays for years, but this year the organisers have got something special in store. for the first time, a "no adults allowed" garden — designed by children, for children — will be on display. our culture correspondent, charlotte gallagher, has been given a look behind the scenes. i've been invited to a top secret summit — and, in fact, i shouldn't really be here. this is strictly no adults allowed. children from sullivan primary in south—west london are putting the finishing touches on their very own garden for chelsea flower show. so have you been learning about gardening while you're doing this? yeah, we've been learning about gardening for a while now. what's been the favourite thing about doing this project? probably being able to design and make the garden in general, which is going to go into the flower show for everyone to enjoy and see. i think that's the key thing, when we're designing with plants, we're trying to find things that complement each other. but it

sarah rainsford, bbc news, sumy. has welcomed reports that haiti's political leaders have finally chosen members of a transitional council to administer the country, ten days after armed groups forced the resignation of its prime minister. his comments came as police in the caribbean nation said they'd killed one of the country's top gang leaders. will grant reports. it isn't easy studying law in a lawless society, nor politics in a power vacuum, or economics in a collapsing economy. these students are doing all three. those schools in gang—controlled port—au—prince are mostly shut. classrooms in the calmer city of cap—haitien remain open to its young people seeking an education against the odds. the dean says everything from the law school's curriculum to its salaries have been affected by the anarchy. translation: whether it's the upkeep of the building or the materials, - we haven't had any support from the state in covering it. we even haven't been able to pay our teachers properly, or bring in any visiting profe

we can cross live to kyiv and our eastern europe correspondent sarah rainsford.t what happened today? tell us more about what happened toda ? , ., , tell us more about what happened toda ? , . , . tell us more about what happened toda ? , ., ':: ;;:: tell us more about what happened toda ? , ':: ;;:: , today? this was at 10.30 this morning. _ today? this was at 10.30 this morning. a — today? this was at 10.30 this morning, a little _ today? this was at 10.30 this morning, a little later- today? this was at 10.30 this morning, a little later than i today? this was at 10.30 this - morning, a little later than usual. we normally get air raids in the early hours of the morning, but today at 10.30, we had the siren and seconds later, we heard the explosions. that is unusual too, you normally get more of a warning of a missile attack that is heading towards ukraine's capital. we then read the information from officials who were saying these were two ballistic missiles fired from crimea at kyiv. we don't know what the targets were. ukraine's air defences intercepted bot

earlier, i spoke to our eastern europe correspondent sarah rainsford, who is in kyiv.hat the fsb has been saying about the attack in moscow. this was a long statement from the fsb about the attack, about their theories and their investigation. but the kind of crunch line, if you like, for ukraine came towards the end when this statement said that the suspects, those suspected of carrying out this attack on the crocus city mall in moscow had then fled the scene and that they were heading towards ukraine. and according to this statement, the fsb said that they were planning to cross the border into ukraine and that they had contacts here on the ukrainian side. now, i'vejust spoken to a spokesperson for military intelligence here in ukraine, and he has called that absolutely absurd. he made the point quite clearly that that area, specifically on the border with ukraine between ukraine and russia, the region that was referred to by the fsb, is absolutely full of intelligence security services, full of military at the moment. there's an ongoing military operation. there is

sarah rainsford, bbc news. around the world and across the uk, this is bbc news. ireland's prime minister. simon harris — who's the ministerfor science and higher education — has announced he intends to run for the leadership of the fine gael party. in a statement, he said he's humbled and honoured to receive the support of so many party members. many seniorfigures in the party have ruled themselves out of the race to replace mr varadkar, who announced his shock resignation on wednesday. 0pposition figures in india have strongly condemned the arrest of delhi's chief minister. police surrounded the home of arvind kejiriwal, a prominent opposition leader, in connection with corruption allegations relating to the city's policies over alcohol sales. a probe into the matter has already seen two of his top allies jailed. he was detained after several hours of questioning by india's main financial crimes agency. mr kejriwal's arrest comes weeks before voting starts in a general election. here's our south asia editor, anbarasan ethirajan. it isa it is a hugely significant

that update from our correspondent in ukraine sarah rainsford.nvene after the 8th of april, and i certainly hope that they move on this expeditiously. _ i saw that zelensky spoke - with the speaker of the house, mike johnson, not long ago. and i hope that they. have an understanding in the house now of, - not that there's a difference of view over this because there's not, but they have a better- understanding of the urgency of the need. that was a former us ambassador to nato there. now let's turn to events in the uk. the metropolitan police says its continuing its investigation into potential offences linked to the post office over the horizon it scandal after the bbc revealed the company was told about flaws in its accounting system in 2017. more than 900 subpostmasters were wrongly prosecuted. some politicians and former subpostmasters want scotland yard to widen its investigation to take the new evidence into account. the force said it has interviewed two people under caution. our business correspondent marc ashdown reports. the police have

rainsford is in kharkiv.y russia. they're talking about a deliberate and cynical attack on ukraine's energy infrastructure, and that is having an impact in many regions. seven regions are now experiencing power blackouts, including here in kharkiv in the northeast, where we are now, where power is rationed. so essentially in the residential sector, you can be without electricity for up to 6 hours a day. it's supposed to be scheduled. sometimes it happens without notice. it is affecting life here. i think these are attacks that are aimed at morale, but it also, in fact, it is also affecting industries. so factories are struggling with power. i was speaking to the mayor and he told me they hope to get the power up and running as normal within a couple of months. but he didn't sound entirely convinced by that. and also, of course, there is the danger of further russian attacks. we have air raids here, air sirens here multiple times every single day. and this city, kharkiv, is very close to russia or about a0 kil

our correspondent, sarah rainsford, is in kyiv with more.st attack in some time on odesa. and it is the details that are particularly grim, because ukrainian officials are saying two missiles were fired by russia from crimea — the first one landed on the city, and it was when emergency teams rushed to the spot that a second missile was fired from crimea and hit exactly the same place. now we know that a medic was killed, a young firefighter was also amongst those killed and injured. many dozens of people are in hospital. now we are being told that those missiles were fired from crimea — we are saying we don't know exactly what russia was targeting, but we do know there were some interior ministry personnel amongst the casualties. now president zelensky has called this a vile attack, saying ukraine's military will respond, but i do think it is a stark reminder of what that vote in russia means for here in ukraine. because of course, more vladimir putin in the kremlin means more war here in ukraine, more missile attacks, and more days like tod

earlier, i spoke to our eastern europe correspondent sarah rainsford, who is in kyiv. her what the fsb has been saying about the attack in moscow. this was a long statement from the fsb about the attack, about their theories and their investigation. but the kind of crunch line, if you like, for ukraine came towards the end when this statement said that the suspects, those suspected of carrying out this attack on the crocus city mall in moscow had then fled the scene and that they were heading towards ukraine. and according to this statement, the fsb said that they were planning to cross the border into ukraine and that they had contacts here on the ukrainian side. now, i'vejust spoken to a spokesperson for military intelligence here in ukraine, and he has called that absolutely absurd. he made the point quite clearly that that area, specifically on the border with ukraine between ukraine and russia, the region that was referred to by the fsb, is absolutely full of intelligence security services, full of military at the moment. there's an ongoing military operation. the

our correspondent, sarah rainsford, is in kyiv with the latest.dliest attack in some time on odesa. and it is the details that are particularly grim, because ukrainian officials are saying two missiles were fired by russia from crimea — the first one landed on the city, and it was when emergency teams rushed to the spot that a second missile was fired from crimea and hit exactly the same place. now we know that a medic was killed, a young firefighter was also amongst those killed and injured. many dozens of people are in hospital. now we are being told that those missiles were fired from crimea — we are saying we don't know exactly what russia was targeting, but we do know there were some interior ministry personnel amongst the casualties. now president zelensky has called this a vile attack, saying ukraine's military will respond, but i do think it is a stark reminder of what that vote in russia means for here in ukraine. because of course, more vladimir putin in the kremlin means more war here in ukraine, more missile attacks, and more days like

rainsford is in kharkiv. several regions are experiencing power blackouts. where we are now power is rationed. you can be without electricity for up to six hours a day. it is supposed to be scheduled but sometimes it happens without notice. these are attacks that are aimed at morale. it is also affecting industry. factories are struggling with power. i was speaking to the mayor and he said he was hoping to get the power up and running as normal in the next couple of months, but it didn't sound very definite about that. we have air raid sirens multiple times every single day. kharkiv is a a0 kilometres from russia. this was right on the front line at the beginning of the full scale invasion. there are nerves here because there are rumours and reports of another russian push to try to take kharkiv and people here are worried about that. the authorities say people shouldn't panic. it is compounding the difficulty of living in a place like kharkiv under constant threat of missile strike without power for many hou

let's speak to our eastern europe correspondent sarah rainsford, who is in kyiv. out at president putin. how concerned is kyiv that this could be used to escalate the war? what has he had to say? this was a stron: what has he had to say? this was a strong statement _ what has he had to say? this was a strong statement from _ what has he had to say? this was a strong statement from volodymyr i strong statement from volodymyr zelensky in his evening address and part of it was dedicated to the accusations coming from moscow against ukraine. he called vladimir putin and others in russia scum. he turned the accusation around and said it was russia who was guilty of terrorism and because of the war on ukraine. he talked about russia turning cities here into rubble. he said that was an act of terrorism. he said it is russia who has sent soldiers to torture and rape in ukraine, again calling it an act of terrorism. i spoke to military intelligence in ukraine and they made a point about the specific allegation coming from moscow, that it was pretty much absurd to suggest t

ukraine is facing shortages of ammunition and air defences. 0ur eastern europe correspondent, sarah rainsfordy're talking about a deliberate and cynical attack on ukraine's energy infrastructure, and that is having an impact in many regions. seven regions are now experiencing power blackouts, including here in kharkiv in the northeast, where we are now, where power is rationed. so essentially in the residential sector, you can be without electricity for up to 6 hours a day. it's supposed to be scheduled. sometimes it happens without notice. it is affecting life here. i think these are attacks that are aimed at morale, but it also, in fact, it is also affecting industries. so factories are struggling with power. i was speaking to the mayor and he told me they hope to get the power up and running as normal within a couple of months. but he didn't sound entirely convinced by that. and also, of course, there is the danger of further russian attacks. we have air raids here, air sirens here multiple times every single day. and this city, kharkiv, is very close to russia or about a0 kilometres from

rainsford has this analysis on these attacks from the ukrainian capital kyiv.re has been an intensification of attacks by russia and ukraine around this election over the three—day period. and of course, in the run up to it, i'd say it's pretty much war as usual here, frankly. russia has been launching missiles and drones targeting cities like kharkiv in the north and 0desa on the black sea. and 0desa on the black sea in the last day or so and overnight. russia is saying that drones from ukraine are being launched at targets there, reaching as far as moscow, we understand, and also krasnodar in the south of the country. the accusation is it's an attempt to to disrupt the election. i think ukraine would argue that it's defending itself against an illegal invasion. and certainly president putin, as he has moved towards this re—election, he wants this vote, i think, to give him a mandate to continue with that war. he wants to portray it as a vote of support for the war that he launched and that he wants to continue to prosecute. but i think it's interesting to rem

our eastern europe correspondent sarah rainsford is in kyiv. i don't think we should say this is about election day specifically. that is the russian narrative, that ukraine is trying to disrupt an election taking place in russia. i think the way it looks from here is this is war as usual, a war that vladimir putin launched more than two years ago now. so ukraine, yes, has certainly confirmed that it has targeted an oil refinery in southern russia. it says there was a fire there, it calls it a successful strike. certainly zelensky, the president here in ukraine, in his address yesterday evening talked about the success of long—range drones that ukraine is now using. he called it a new strike force in the sky. so certainly drones are being used and certainly shelling is taking place in places like southern russia, close to the ukrainian border. but of course there is daily shelling and there are missiles fired every single day from russia at ukraine and that is the war that russia started and ukraine is defending itself against. so to link it to

rainsford, in kyiv for us.ere were targets in every corner of ukraine overnight. massive barrage of both missiles and drones fired, as you said. and i was just speaking to somebody in kharkiv, in ukraine's second city, they were saying there was a total blackout since the first missiles hit this morning. they said in fact there was a record number of missiles fired at kharkiv city's power infrastructure since the beginning of this war, so a huge attack. they say, though, that the city goes on. they say if you walk around the city today, generators are working, even cafes and restaurant are open, this is an extremely resilient country and kharkiv in particular has come under so many attacks in the last two years it has learned to be resilient. but still this was a devastating attack, as you mentioned, the main hydroelectric power station in ukraine, which is in zaporizhzhia in the south—east, that was also attacked, several missiles hit there. we also know about residential buildings which were destroyed. two pe

rainsford has more on the ukrainian perspective from kyiv.f course because russia and ukraine are at war it was inevitable that some may suggest that cave was in some way involved. putin —— kyiv.. the put out a statement saying it categorically rejects any kind of accusation of ukrainian involvement and we heard from a presidential adviser saying ukraine has nothing to do with it and said there was no way that ukraine would attack civilians in this way, that ukraine's war with russia would be decided on the battlefield. ukrainian military intelligence went much further and they in fact accused frusher of staging this attack, saying it needs to bolster support for its war and for mobilisation to find more soldiers to actually fight for vladimir britain's war on ukraine and there is no evidence of that of course, these two countries are very much involved in an information and psychological war as well as one on the battlefield so there's a lot that's still unclear but i can tell you here in ukraine as the news of that attack moscow was coming

our eastern europe correspondent, sarah rainsford, has been getting reaction from ukrainians of the electiontion they do it in quotation marks. they call it the so—called election because everyone knew vladimir putin was staying in the kremlin and what it means for ukraine is very clear, mock missile strikes, more drone attacks, more devastation and more dark nights like this when the curfew falls in towns like this, up in the north of ukraine, when it suddenly becomes extremely dark. for years in moscow, the kremlin has been building up this idea that russia is and that putin is russia but think for ukraine putin is all of those names synonymous with great suffering. the war, the full—scale invasion of ukraine for vladimir putin has become the defining event of his presidency and it is still going on. we near the russian border, and not that far from here that has been intense shelling with lots of people evacuating the villages and they have no idea when they going to be going back there. people arriving from occupied areas from eastern and southern ukraine who have been living under russi

here's our correspondent in kyiv, sarah rainsford. the numbers are really pretty high. about 20 people who've been killed now. we know in this attack and dozens of people injured, some of them, we understand, to be seriously injured, some a0 or so still in hospital after this attack. now, what actually happened was two missiles hit 0desa today. the first one hit a residential area. it's been described as civilian housing, certainly. and some kind of recreational infrastructure is how the authorities are describing it. and when rescue workers went in to the scene to look for people, look for casualties, to put out the fire, then there was another russian ballistic missile strike on the same spot. and we know that at least one rescue worker was killed. in fact, the rescue emergency services have have named him and they said he's a 29 year old man who was killed. there was also a ukrainian medic who was killed, also trying to help people at the scene of that missile strike. thanks to sarah for that. now the latest on russia post war in ukraine. europe's leaders haven't exa

our correspondent in ukraine, sarah rainsford, sent us this update from kharkiv.iles, we are told, targeting ten regions of ukraine. this increasingly seems to be a strategy by russia. it's the second massive missile attack on a week, and northern ukraine was attacked like that a week ago, so the massive power outages here. a week on life seems back to usual, there are outages in some parts of there are outages in some parts of the city, but by and large they are coping. there were generators beginning, power is now being restored, we see lots of people out and about, we understand that in these latest attacks, when i have targeting, houses were struck in the six civilians were injured. they say three power plants in ukraine have been seriously they said ukraine needs more air defences. as these attacks sufficiently to be back specifically on infrastructure become more frequent, that is the focus for calls at the moment. in the mood here is fairly nervous. people are worried there are lots of rumours about a possible offensive, and military offensive here, no real

i got the latest from our correspondent in kyiv, sarah rainsford.was a missile attack, the authorities are saying it was a residential location. they said a gas pipe is also on fire, they said when the rescue workers went to the scene to try and see if there was anyone under the rubble, to give first aid and rescue people there was then a second russian rocket fired, that was when two rescue workers were killed, they are saying that 1a people have been killed and that is unclear whether those are rescue workers 01’ rescue workers or civilians. that is a significant number of people and i think itjust underlines the ongoing violence, of course, violence, of people course, the ongoing aggression here in ukraine. and it comes as well at the same time as today, we've just seen a news flash that the bodies of 100 ukrainian soldiers are just being returned today to ukraine. they were captured, they were killed in the fighting. they've been returned by russia today across the border. so, you know, obviously, the toll of this war, now two years old, is extr

let's speak to our eastern europe correspondent, sarah rainsford, who is in kyiv.nd counterclaim their either kremlin and by ukrainian officials. what do we make of this accusation that these assailants were heading for ukraine? it is that these assailants were heading for ukraine?— for ukraine? it is definitely what eo - le for ukraine? it is definitely what peeple here _ for ukraine? it is definitely what peeple here in _ for ukraine? it is definitely what people here in ukraine - for ukraine? it is definitely what people here in ukraine feared, l people here in ukraine feared, because we heard the news coming in about terrorist attack in moscow, when people here watching it, they thought that they would be blamed. russia and ukraine are red wall, it was quite clear as people here that vladimir putin would attempt to find or hold ukraine in some way responsible for what happened, and the fear here has always been that was an excuse, he would use it as an issueis was an excuse, he would use it as an issue is to escalate the russian aggression against ukraine, rush

eastern europe correspondent sarah rainsford reports and a warning — some viewers may find some of thes in this distressing. they shouted his name. a final act of support for alexei navalny as his coffin arrived at a moscow church. it's the name vladimir putin refused to utter. navalny, being buried today, was putin's greatest political rival. so this funeral was a show of defiance, too. by those who queued to say their last goodbye in their many thousands. for them, navalny was the hope of change. a chance for a different russia. supporting him is still dangerous, but that didn't stop this crowd. a woman said she was scared at first, even hid herflowers, but she couldn't stay away. this man describes navalny�*s death as a personal loss. it's very hard, he says. western ambassadors came, too, to pay their respects. those who have condemned navalny�*s treatment, the silencing of a critic. in life, too, alexei navalny could bring out the crowds. charismatic, courageous, he was dangerous to the kremlin. the men he called crooks and thieves. in 2020, navalny was poisoned with a nerve agent

i spoke to our eastern europe correspondent sarah rainsford well, there's, of course, a lot of focus putin means for russia. but here in ukraine, it is very clear what that means. and it means more war, more missiles, more aggression. and today we've seen that in the starkest possible form in 0desa, the city on the black sea, which was hit by russian ballistic missiles fired from crimea today. now, one missile hit what ukrainian officials are describing as ten homes and a recreational facility and other what the what they're calling civilian infrastructure. now, they say when rescue teams, emergency teams headed to the scene, they went there to try to find casualties, to put out the fire that began. when they were at the scene, they said another russian missile hit the spot and more people were killed and injured. and they're talking about dozens of people injured, some 55 people in hospital and at least 16 people have been killed. now, in terms of what exactly russia was aiming at, it's not exactly clear. but we do know what they hit. we do know about those casualties. i can say, th

our correspondent in ukraine sarah rainsford sent us this update from kharkiv. a strategy by russia. it's the second massive missile attack in a week, and kharkiv city, where we are in northern ukraine, was attacked like that a week ago. so a massive power outage here. now a week on, life seems very much back to the usual. there are outages. there are power problems in some parts of the city, but by and large they're coping. there were generators at the beginning. now power is gradually being restored. as you can see, lots of people out and about. we understand that in these latest attacks, whatever russia was targeting, some ten houses were destroyed and six civilians were injured. the power company here, the national power company, has said that three power plants in ukraine have been seriously damaged. now the commander—in—chief has added his voice to calls for ukrainian officials saying ukraine needs more air defences and it needs more missiles for those air defences. that's a call we've heard before, but certainly i think as these attacks specifically on en

our correspondent in ukraine, sarah rainsford, sent us this update from kharkiv. seems to be a strategy by russia. it's the second massive missile attack in a week, and kharkiv city, where we are in northern ukraine, was attacked like that a week ago. so a massive power outage here. now a week on, life seems very much back to the usual. there are outages. there are power problems in some parts of the city, but by and large they're coping. there were generators at the beginning. now power is gradually being restored. as you can see, lots of people out and about. we understand that in these latest attacks, whatever russia was targeting, some ten houses were destroyed and six civilians were injured. the power company here, the national power company, has said that three power plants in ukraine have been seriously damaged. now the commander—in—chief has added his voice to calls for ukrainian officials saying ukraine needs more air defences and it needs more missiles for those air defences. that's a call we've heard before, but certainly i think as these attacks specif

our eastern europe correspondent sarah rainsford reports — and some viewers may find some of the imagesssing. they shouted his name. a final act of support for alexei navalny. as his coffin arrived at a moscow church. it's the name vladimir putin refused to utter. navalny, being buried today, was putin's greatest political rival. so, this funeral was a show of defiance too. by those who queued to say their last goodbye in their many thousands. for them, navalny was the hope of change. a chance for a different russia. supporting him is still dangerous, but that didn't stop this crowd. a woman said she was scared at first, even hit herflowers, but she couldn't stay away. this man describes navalny�*s death as a personal loss. it's very hard, he says. western ambassadors came too, to pay their respects. those who have condemned navalny�*s treatment, the silencing of a critic. in life too, alexei navalny could bring out the crowds. charismatic, courageous, he was dangerous to the kremlin. the men he called crooks and thieves. in 2020, navalny was poisoned with a nerve agent and nearly died.

our eastern europe correspondent, sarah rainsford, who's in kyiv says most ukrainians will find predictions, comical. i think people here willjust laugh at that, frankly. they will also say it underlines a difference these days between russia and ukraine which is a democracy versus a dictatorship. but of course, for ukraine this does have significance, even though people will be shrugging off the result to some extent. i think this does mean at least six more years of vladimir putin in the kremlin and that does mean more war in ukraine, more missiles, more drones, more violence from russia towards this country. so it is important. i think it has also been important in another way, in the sense that, of course, much of eastern and southern ukraine, or parts of eastern and southern ukraine, are occupied by russian forces and the election has been taking place in those territories. and russia wants that election, those people in that part of ukraine to show their support for vladimir putin. they want a big display, kind of display of support for russia, for putin, for the annexation which russ

sarah rainsford our eastern euro ean attack.pondent orla guerin sent this report. wheeled through the chaos. 12—year—old anis, another young victim of israel's assault on gaza. he is on his way to surgery in al axa hospital, a team from uk med standing by. so, without the patient with a femoral fracture. he is a very brave boy. so, let's go. anas says he was playing when his neighbourhood was bombed. he was injured and his mother and six—month—old baby brother were killed. "may god have mercy on their souls", he says. the surgery goes well. it is one iof hundreds the team have performed at the hospital. for they have been faced with desperate need are some of the worst war can do. i have worked on many war zones over the past nine years and at what shocks me about this particular context is the number of children injured that we are seeing, and the extent of the injuries. they are life changing injuries. with gaza's hospitals overwhelmed and under israeli attack, the uk team have been building a new facility. it is in the desert

let's speak to our eastern europe correspondent sarah rainsford in kyiv. in terms of their potential action ahead. there is of course _ their potential action ahead. there is of course a _ their potential action ahead. there is of course a lot _ their potential action ahead. there is of course a lot of— their potential action ahead. there is of course a lot of focus - their potential action ahead. there is of course a lot of focus at - their potential action ahead. there is of course a lot of focus at the i is of course a lot of focus at the moment on what the real election of vladimir putin means for russia. here in ukraine it is clear what that means, it means more war, more missiles, more aggression. today we have seen that in 0desa, the city on the black sea which was hit by russian ballistic missiles fired from crimea. 0ne missile hit what ukrainian officials are describing as ten homes and a recreational facility and other civilian infrastructure. they say when rescue teams headed to the scene they went there to try and find casualties to put out the

our eastern europe correspondent sarah rainsford reports — and a warning, some viewers may find someages in this distressing. they shouted his name. a final act of support for alexei navalny as his coffin arrived at a moscow church. it's the name vladimir putin refused to utter. navalny, being buried today, was putin's greatest political rival. so this funeral was a show of defiance, too. by those who queued to say their last goodbye in their many thousands. for them, navalny was the hope of change. a chance for a different russia. supporting him is still dangerous, but that didn't stop this crowd. a woman said she was scared at first, even hid herflowers, but she couldn't stay away. this man describes navalny�*s death as a personal loss. "it's very hard," he says. western ambassadors came, too, to pay their respects. those who have condemned navalny�*s treatment, the silencing of a critic. in life, too, alexei navalny could bring out the crowds. charismatic, courageous, he was dangerous to the kremlin. the men he called crooks and thieves. in 2020, navalny was poisoned with a nerve

our eastern europe correspondent sarah rainsford had this update from kyiv. ministry has said it categorically rejecting ukrainian involvement. a presidential adviser to president berlinski also said ukraine has nothing to do with it. . saying ukrainian war with russia will be decided on the battlefield. there's also been a statement from ukrainian military intelligence who have gone much further that they blame russia. they say this is a provocative attack. in order to pin the blame on ukraine. and then to boulder support within russia for russia's war on ukraine. their suggestion in order to bolster support for fighting that border. they've given no evidence for that and remember you russia and ukraine are in war. that's a statement that are coming out from here and ukraine. one thing that is clear is as those news are coming in, as people in kyiv are watching news of the attack in moscow coming in, they were afraid, they were worried that ukraine will be blamed for this attack and that that will have consequences for them here in ukraine. this has been two

let's speak to our eastern europe correspondent, sarah rainsford, who is in kyiv for us.s more about these targeted strikes, sarah. this was a massive attack _ targeted strikes, sarah. this was a massive attack overnight _ targeted strikes, sarah. this was a massive attack overnight by - targeted strikes, sarah. this was a | massive attack overnight by russia. it is the biggest that we have had here for quite some time, a combination of missiles and drones fired by russia. they say they were targeting the energy info structure here, and certainly there were a number of hits on power facilities, power plants across the country. the missiles and drones were fired right across ukraine, north, south, east and west, cities across this country were targeted. we know the second city in the north of the country has been left almost without power. even the air raid systems that are not working because of the power outage and people are being told they will get notification of further missile attacks on their phones. traffic lights are down, water is disrupted. it is the same in ot

eastern europe correspondent sarah rainsford reports and a warning — some viewers may find some

let's get more details from our eastern europe correspondent sarah rainsford. that he suffered last night with a meat hammer outside his house in vilnius with his political activism. he said it was a gangster greeting from vladimir putin, from bandit st petersburg, so he was not mincing his words at all, as you might expect from a very close aide to alexei navalny. that, though, has been backed up to a considerable extent by the lithuanian president, who has also said that he links what has happened to leonid volkov directly to moscow. he said it was a planned attack. he said it was in line with recent events in lithuania. but he also said, as well as stating that this attack would be investigated fully and he hoped that those responsible would be found there would be punished, he also said that he had a message —— found and would be punished, he also said that he had a message for vladimir putin — and that message was that nobody in lithuania is afraid of mr putin. but i have to say that this attack will have worried alexei navalny�*s team. most of them, many