this is bbc news. the headlines at five: ten people have been killed and eight injured in an explosion at a petrol station in county donegal. police say it appears to have been a tragic accident. our information at this point in time is pointing towards a tragic gas leak. that said, being a garda, i have to take a holistic and overall point. a massive fire has severely damaged the strategically important road and rail bridge connecting occupied crimea to russia. strike action leaves just 20% of regular rail services running across england, scotland and wales today, as workers walk out for the 11th time this year.

energy bosses warn that the government's plan to cap the price of electricity produced by older renewable facilities is risky. hello and welcome to bbc news. ten people are now confirmed to have died, after a huge explosion at a petrol station in county donegal in ireland. a search operation is continuing, as some people are still thought to be missing. eight people were also taken to hospital. police say the cause remains under investigation, but are describing what happened as "a tragic accident". the explosion happened at an applegreen service station, in the village of creeslough, yesterday afternoon. from there, our ireland

correspondent chris page reports. a rescue effort has now become a recovery operation — a sad sign that the emergency services don't expect to find anyone else alive. blown—out walls, a crumpled roof, and tonnes of rubble showed this was a lethal explosion. the blast triggered a wave of devastation and desperation. local people hurried to what was left of the petrol station to see who amongst their friends and relatives may have been caught up in the incident. there were several flats above the garage shop which largely collapsed. farmers brought tractors and diggers to start removing the debris, a coastguard helicopter arrived to help airlift the injured to hospital. paramedics and firefighters from northern ireland and the irish republic searched through the remains of the building. at times, they asked for complete silence, so they could hear if anyone was calling out.

creeslough is a small village, with about 400 residents. never would the community have imagined facing such horror. this morning, at church, there was a raw sense of disbelief. i was in the house at the time, and my house is only about 150 yards from the town, and i heard an explosion at about half three. instantly, i knew it was something, you know? the bang, it sounded like a bomb going off, you know? so, yeah, i knew there was something tragic happened. the leader of the irish government, the taoiseach micheal martin, said this was the darkest of days for the entire country. i think the entire nation is shocked at what has happened. it's an unspeakable tragedy. it's very, very difficult to comprehend that as people go about their daily lives, something like this could happen in the middle of the day. the singer brian mcfadden is from creeslough. he said his heart was broken by the news. what is really striking here is just the quietness, the silence, there are people here at the police

cordon, a few dozen have come and gone throughout the course of the last few hours. they're watching, they're waiting for news. but really, people just cannot take in what has happened, that some people in this local community popped into the local shop on a friday afternoon and lost their lives so suddenly. chris page, bbc news, in county donegal. speaking at a press conference a little earlier, superintendent david kelly — of milford garda station — explained that at the moment, investigations indicate it was "a tragic accident". at this point in time, we have to keep an open mind as a police service and how we investigate this, but our information at this point in time is pointing towards a tragic accident. that said, being a garda, i have to take a holistic and overall viewpoint, but that's where we're

going at the moment. we are working in consultation, as i say, with the coroner. in that regard, we've put family liaison officers in place for the families of the deceased. we're also working with the hse in terms of the local community as well, in terms of offering, if you like, psychological safety to the families and the wider community in that regard. the only road bridge linking russia with the crimean peninsula has collapsed, following an explosion. the russian authorities say they've partially re—opened the bridge to road and rail traffic. the kerch bridge is an important supply route for russian forces fighting in southern ukraine. here's our russia editor, steve rosenberg. the images are dramatic and they are worrying for moscow. this is the bridge the kremlin built, linking russia to annexed crimea. it was supposed to have been heavily protected. an explosion at dawn sparked a major fire and serious damage.

at least three people were killed. russian officials claim a lorry was blown up here and that the flames spread to fuel tanks on a train. parts of road collapsed into the water. russian investigators announced they were opening a criminal case. and the kremlin has set up a government commission to look into the incident. the 12—mile—long bridge is not only strategically important to the kremlin, a crucial supply route, it is also a symbol of the russian annexation of crimea. vladimir putin opened it in 2018. by building it, he was trying to show that as far as he's concerned, russia and crimea are joined forever. in crimea, pro—kremlin officials blamed the blast on ukrainian vandals. kyiv hasn't claimed responsibility for the

explosion. whatever happened here, it's more bad news for moscow. russia's so—called special military operation in ukraine has not been going according to plan. in recent days, it has been losing land it occupied, and now this. it increases the pressure on the kremlin and it is unclear how president putin will respond. steve rosenberg, bbc news, russia. the head of the un nuclear watchdog says the zaporizhzhia nuclear plant, in south—eastern ukraine, must be protected urgently, after shelling again cut all external power. rafael grossi said diesel generators were having to be used to provide power for vital cooling functions at the plant — which is controlled by russian forces, but operated by ukrainian staff. the facility's six reactors are currently shut down. earlier, i spoke with our correspondent in kyiv, hugo bachega.

i asked him how much concern there is for what's happening at the zaporizhzhia nuclear plant. for weeks, this nuclear power station has been at the centre of concerns because of the level of military activity happening around it. the russians invaded this complex at the very beginning of the war and the ukrainians have been saying that russian troops have essentially turned this nuclear facility into a military base, using it as a nuclear shield to launch attacks, knowing that ukrainian forces are unlikely to retaliate. now, president zelensky said more than 500 russian troops, heavily armed, are there, positioned in this complex. and the nuclear operators, the ukrainian staff, are still operating this facility, working under very stressful, difficult conditions. so rafael grossi, the head of the international

atomic energy agency, released a statement saying that "the station must be protected urgently". he's been calling for the creation of a safety zone around this facility. he was here in kyiv earlier this week. he's due to visit moscow to try to push ahead with this plan to try to create this safety zone around the nuclear facility. and he said in a tweet that after this visit to moscow, he's going to return here to kyiv to try to create this safety area around the zaporizhzhia nuclear facility. and, hugo, another mass grave has been found in the eastern town of lyman? yeah, this is a town in the east of the country that was liberated by the ukrainian forces last week, and the ukrainian authorities say that two mass burial sites have been found. and the governor of the region of donetsk said that in at least one of those locations, it's believed that more than 200 graves have been found. so the authorities are now going ahead with the investigation,

they're going to exhume the bodies in those graves, and they say that a second location has been found, a second mass burial site has been found also in the city of lyman. they don't have details about who may be there. they believe that some soldiers have been buried in this location, but the investigations are still ongoing. now, lyman was a major town that was being used by the russian forces as a key logistics hub in the east of the country. the ukrainians recaptured this town as part of this counteroffensive, and as we've seen in other towns and villages that have been liberated, the ukrainian authorities have been accusing the russian forces of carrying out some atrocities in those occupied areas. they believe that this could have been the case also in lyman, although some of those people who've been buried in those sites could have died because of lack of access to health care, or as a result of attacks during this war. and again, i think the authorities

now are returning to lyman. they say that half of the houses in this town have been damaged because of the conflict and they're trying now to restore services to the residents there. there's no electricity, no heating and, obviously, the investigation is ongoing to try to establish what happened to those people who've been buried in those mass graves. that was hugo bachega. 0ur diplomatic correspondent paul adams is in the ukrainian capital, kyiv. night there. what has happened away from those eastern areas, as far as the offensive is concerned?- the offensive is concerned? well, that continues _ the offensive is concerned? well, that continues in _ the offensive is concerned? well, that continues in both _ the offensive is concerned? well, that continues in both the - the offensive is concerned? well, that continues in both the east i the offensive is concerned? -ii that continues in both the east and in the south. and this has been a story now that we have been increasingly familiar with in the last few weeks. first of all in the east, from september onwards, and then in the last week or more in the south around the city of kherson. i

think the important thing today is the way in which the attack on the bridge links with that because the key feature of that bridge is that it provides railway link that moscow has used to supply heavy equipment, including tanks and armoured vehicles, into the crimean peninsula. and then on into southern ukraine, to keep its forces in that area, particularly around kherson, supplied with ammunition and equipment. now, if that bridge has been damaged with the railway part of that bridge has been damaged beyond use, then all of that supply route has been broken. now, the russians are saying in the last couple of hours or so that some road traffic has resumed across the bridge on that tomorrow, as early as tomorrow, they say a passenger train will be heading east across the bridge from the crimean peninsula. it will be very interesting to see if that actually happens because

clearly, if this was a ukrainian operation, the intention will have been to make it very, very difficult for russia to supply its forces in southern ukraine. that, i am sure, was the objective of this attack. everybody now is asking the question, what is president putin going to do next? how concerned is ukraine and perhaps some of its neighbours as well that he is going to see through his threat and go nuclear? ~ ., ., ~' to see through his threat and go nuclear? ~ ., ., ~ ., , nuclear? well, look, we have 'ust returned from fl nuclear? well, look, we have 'ust returned from zaporizhzhia h nuclear? well, look, we have 'ust returned from zaporizhzhia in h returned from zaporizhzhia in southern ukraine, where frankly, every night, something was exploding and sometimes in the centre of the city. and on thursday, we saw 17 people killed in their apartments and in their homes. that is the nature of the escalation that we have seen so far. you can also look at russian attacks, recent attacks on infrastructure, on power plants

and other targets throughout the country. russia is increasing use of drones to attack some of these targets. maybe even, if it is confirmed, the explosion that damaged the nord stream pipelines in the baltic sea. this so far is probably the kind of escalation people are expecting to see from moscow. now, president biden mentioned the prospect of armageddon full. warning russia not to go nuclear. that is obvious the something that is in people's minds. but american and other western officials point out over and over again that they have seen nothing so far to suggest that russia is making any preparations for that kind of escalation. any preparations for that kind of escalation-— escalation. ok, pauladams, diplomatic— escalation. 0k, pauladams, diplomatic correspondent - escalation. 0k, pauladams, diplomatic correspondent in | escalation. 0k, pauladams, - diplomatic correspondent in kyiv, thank you very much indeed. the scottish national party has accused the uk government of "chaos and confusion".

the party's westminster leader, ian blackford, told delegates that liz truss and kwasi kwarteng made, in his words, "the worst first impression in the history of british politics". 0ur political correspondent david wallace lockhart has been giving us the latest from aberdeen. i think ian blackford's speech was actually quite similar in many respects to the snp's deputy leader, keith brown, who spoke this morning, in terms of structure, at least. they spent a lot of time taking aim at the current uk government, really criticising the economic turmoil of the past week or so, really stressing that they believe that the only way for scotland to secure economic security is via independence — though, of course, that would largely be expected from an snp conference. what was also really interesting from ian blackford is a focus on labour, and that's at a point where polls

suggest labour pulling ahead of the conservatives uk—wide, and i think interestingly the snp turning some attention to criticising the labour party, perhaps some fear there that some scottish voters may be tempted by a resurgent labour. but important to stress in all that that the snp have been in power for 15 years in scotland and still remain dominant at this point. the dup leader sirjeffrey donaldson said the latest assembly election in may which saw sinn fein emerge for the first time as the largest party was a wake—up call to unionists across northern ireland. 0ur correspondent charlotte gallagher told us more about today's speech. there was a real focus, as you would expect, on the union, northern ireland's place in the united kingdom, the importance of northern ireland remaining in the union. and he tried

to reach out to people that perhaps don't vote for the dup, but want northern ireland to remain part of the united kingdom. he said he wanted to build a broad coalition. but, of course, the protocol was never far from any of the conversations, any of the speeches. the dup loath the northern ireland protocol, they think it really cuts them off from the rest of the uk, these checks that have to be made on goods coming from the mainland uk into northern ireland, they hate. and they say they will not return to power sharing at stormont until the protocol is either axed or significantly altered. so there was an ultimatum really for the westminster government, saying, we will not be coming back until you get rid of the protocol. there was no sign that the dup were ready to return to stormont any time soon. why this is important — this deadline, the 28th of october, if the dup have not returned to power—sharing by then, fresh elections in northern ireland

will need to be called. he said he has no fear of a new vote, but how will his hard—line stance and the hardline stance of his party go down with voters who want the politicians they voted for to be dealing with things like the cost of living, health care, public transport and the dup remain solely focused, at the moment, on the protocol. rail union leaders have insisted their strikes will continue "for as long as it takes" to get what they see as a fair deal. only about a fifth of train services have been operating across britain today, as more than 40,000 members of the rmt union took further action, in a long—running dispute over pay, jobs and working conditions. marc ashdown reports. for the second consecutive saturday, rail services have ground to a halt. just one—in—five trains

were running today — the impact felt across england, scotland and wales. picket lines at manchester piccadilly have become an all—too—familiar sight, as has disruption for passengers. i do understand about the strikes, but it is causing a lot of complications, especially with going to work and travelling and things like that, it is making it a lot harder to get around more than usual. we took a bus instead. we took a bus from london. to get to manchester, because of the rail strike. and then the bus... it was about... eight hours. yes, it was supposed to be a four—hourjourney, and then it turned into eight hours. we've got to take a taxi to blackpool, so that i will cost us 120 quid. 40,000 members of the rmt union at 15 rail operators walked out for the day, mainly guards and signalling stuff, but, crucially, also those at network rail, which operates the tracks and signals. it's all part of a long—running series of disputes involving various unions, overjobs, pay and working conditions. there have now been 11 strikes, with no obvious end in sight. the issues are the same now as they

were at the start of the dispute. an agreement, we will have to continue with this dispute. well, we don't want it to, but it could go on, you know, put to our members. unlike the rail operators, network rail has tabled a pay offer, which it says amounts to 8% over two years. we have significantly changed what we were proposing originally and we'll continue to have discussions, but i think what we need to see is compromise from the other side as well, and some realism, frankly, about the state of the railway and that hurting our passengers is never going to make it easier or make it possible for us to make a pay award. all this is having a wider impact on britain's economy. obviously, the passenger railway is really important to us, -

but the freight traffic _ is exceptionally important to us. keeping the lights on at a time - when we're talking about blackouts for other reasons, the last thing we want is for critical freight - to not be able to get - around the network as well because of this disruption. the new transport secretary, anne—marie trevelyan, says she's confident a deal can be brokered, but only with compromise on both sides. the rmt is about to re—ballot for a fresh strike mandate which means industrial action could run well into next year. the mayor of liverpool has said that the city is "honoured" to be chosen to host next year's eurovision song contest on behalf of ukraine. the city faced strong competition from glasgow. the event's final will be held in may, as our correspondent david sillito reports. liverpool, and fingers were being crossed. the choice of which uk city would host eurovision was down to a battle between the mersey and the clyde.

contest in 2023 is... the city that will host the 67th eurovision song contest in 2023 is... and graham norton had the answer. ..liverpool. congratulations! what fantastic news! i'm absolutely over the moon. when graham was opening that envelope, iwas like, "oh, my goodness, please, please!" oh, i'm ecstatic, it's marvellous! of course, this eurovision should be taking place in ukraine, in ukraine, this is going to be a eurovision for ukraine. liverpool's already had the endorsement of its twin city, 0desa, and this year's winner, the kalush 0rchestra, have offered their congratulations to a city that wants eurovision to be a citywide party and a celebration of music and peace. and in the bars, watching

the announcement, you could it will take over the city from easter and more. we know how to get the most out of something here. and in the bars, watching the announcement, you could see what this means. the place that prides itself on being a party city... now it's time for a look at the weather with nick miller. hello. some wetter, windier weather comes back into scotland and northern ireland tomorrow. for the rest of today, though, it's a ridge of high pressure, so the vast majority continue to be dry with well broken cloud. a scattering of showers into western scotland. we're seeing an area of thicker cloud in the far north of mainland scotland, more especially into the northern isles, producing some patchy rain. temperatures topping out at around 14 to 17 degrees celsius. tonight, the cloud and the breeze will pick up across western parts.

it mayjust squeeze out a bit of drizzle towards the welsh hills, maybe north—west england. for many places, though, it continues to be dry, and where skies are clear and the winds are lightest, east anglia and the south—east, there will be some spots in the countryside not too far away from freezing as we start the day tomorrow, so it will feel quite cold but there will be a lot of sunshine that will continue during the day, whereas for northern ireland and for scotland, rain will move on through with strong winds too, some gales, even severe gales in the western isles. some of that rain reaching towards cumbria, anglesey in the afternoon.

ten people, including a young cloud and two teenagers have been confirmed to have been killed at an explosion in donegal in the republic of ireland. it happened yesterday afternoon. police believe there was afternoon. police believe there was a tragic accident. a rescue effort has now become a recovery operation, a sad sign that the emergency services don't expect to find anyone else alive. blown—out walls, a crumpled roof, and tonnes of rubble showed this was a lethal explosion.

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happens and they are suggesting that a crime is not suspected. president putin has suffered an embarrassing setback on the war in ukraine. after occupying these regions in red, russia has managed to create a corridor. the kerch bridge was an important supply route and the blast there is another humiliation for the kremlin, as steve rosenberg nor reports.

it is the bridge the kremlin built. and it was under attack. an explosion at dawn. this was the result. russian officials claim a lorry had been blown up here and that the fire then spread to a fuel train. whatever the cause, you could see the damage. this is the bridge that links russia to annexed crimea, and parts of the road had collapsed into the sea. later, investigators announced that three people had been killed. they have opened a criminal case. the i2—mile long road and rail bridge is not only strategically important to the kremlin as a supply route, it is also a symbol of the russian annexation of crimea. each vladimir putin opened it in 2018, getting behind the wheel to show that, as far as he was concerned, russia and crimea werejoined for ever. very different scenes today. pro—kremlin commentators have blamed ukraine for the explosion, but there has been no claim of responsibility from kyiv.

it is noticeable how the situation has changed here, and the messaging. a few months ago, russians were being told — by their leaders and by the state media — that the so—called special military operation would be relatively brief and victorious. now they are being told that there are problems, that russia is losing ground, and today they learned about the attack on a hugely symbolic location — the crimean bridge. news of the attack has sparked concern amongst the public here. but the russians we spoke to had different ideas about how the kremlin should react. "it is worrying," stas says. "war is always bad. "they should have done this differently, with negotiations." but 0lga says, "putin must respond. "what a birthday present they gave him! "we should blow up the train lines ukraine uses to get "its military aid from america. "this is nato's fault."

but from vladimir putin there has been no reaction yet to what happened here. no hint as to how he will respond. steve rosenberg, bbc news, st petersburg. life now to diplomatic correspondence. paul, what's are the ukrainian authorities saying about this? ~ ., ., , ., ., this? ukrainians in general are absolutely _ this? ukrainians in general are absolutely cock-a-hoop. - this? ukrainians in general are absolutely cock-a-hoop. for. this? ukrainians in general are - absolutely cock-a-hoop. for them absolutely cock—a—hoop. for them this is like the sinking of the russian flagship of the black sea fleet back in april. this is a real moment of national delights. just to give you an indication, the ukrainian post office has already announced plans to issue a postage stamp celebrating the hits on the bridge over the kerch strait. the symbolism of that attack is enormous here. experts i have spoken to have

said that they think this was probably a result of an extremely expertly executed sabotage operation, almost certainly by ukrainian special forces. a presidential adviser about an hour orso presidential adviser about an hour or so ago said, no, this was the result of infighting in moscow. was he trolling the russians? playing on signs of division within the russian defence establishment? we simply don't know. it seems as though this was a very good day for ukraine. 0nly around a fifth of the usual rail services across england, scotland and wales have been running todayis scotland and wales have been running today is 40,000 members of the rmt union took part in their eighth straight day this year. around half of the network has been completely closed with trains only operating until early evening on most remaining lines. the action as part of a long—running dispute about pay, jobs and conditions.

we don't want to disrupt anyone. we want people to, you know, use the railway services and go about their lives. but unfortunately, we are in this very serious dispute, we haven't got any movement from the companies and we haven't got any new offers that we can report back to you, the public 0!’ even oui’ members. four days of funeral events have begun over the people killed in thailand, murdered by a former police officer who went on a rampage before killing himself on thursday. the scottish national party conference has begun in aberdeen in person for the first time since the pandemic. keith brown used his opening speech to criticise the prime minister, liz truss, telling delegates she was a symptom of the dysfunction at westminster. the dup leader has warned power—sharing in northern ireland will not be restored unless his

party? demands on the north and protocol are met. sirjeffrey donaldson said the protocol was contributing to the cost of living crisis. they are refusing to rejoin power—sharing until changes are made to the part of the deal covering trade in northern ireland. england's women have started their rugby world cup campaign with a record 14 try win against fiji. england, who are favourites for the tournament, have never scored more tries all points in a world cup match. the year—long covid delay means these players have had a long wait for this moment. england's red roses are expected to bloom at this world cup. fitting, then, that they get their campaign under way in eden. for emerging fiji, a first ever appearance at the tournament. unbeaten in 25 games,

this england side knows how to score big tries. they also know how to score simple ones. claudia macdonald opening the scoring. and the world number ones dotted down twice more to build a comfortable lead before they felt the fizzle of the fiji attack. a reminder that they, too, can turn it on. whatever was said in the england dressing room at half—time, it had an instant impact, and then the floodgates opened as they ran in ten second—half tries. england were simply too quick, too strong, too good. macdonald shone as she picked up herfourth of the game, capping off a ruthless win for the relentless roses. next up in pool c, they face familiar foes france in whangarei next weekend. jo currie, bbc news. we are back with the late news. right now, it is time for the news where you are. goodbye. manchester city beat southampton 4—0 to go top of the premier league — at least, until arsenal play liverpool tomorrow.

it was another big win for pep guardiola's side against a southampton team who've lost four in a row. joao cancelo opened the scoring, and phil foden made it two before half time. riyadh mahrez put city three up after half time, before erling haaland scored his 20th goal for the club. we had the chances again. he scored a brilliant goal. he had chances. it is an incredible weapon for us. a big threat for the opponents and, yeah, we are so satisfied. elsewhere, leicester remain in the relegation zone, after losing 2—1 to bournemouth. they're joined by wolverhampton wanderers, who were thumped 3—nil by chelsea, with goals from kai havertz, christian pulisic, and armando broja scored his first goal in a blues shirt. newcastle marked a year since their takeover with a 5—1 win over brentford. brighton and tottenham has just kicked off. celtic made sure they'll finish the weekend on top

of the scottish premiership, despite rangers' 4—0 win against st mirren. but they did it the hard way, with an injury—time winner at stjohnstone. drew savage was watching. samjohnson sam johnson beaten, but only thanks to a last minute winner. celtic had dominated most of the match, but finishing like this. but finishing like this — from liel abada — summed up their first half in particular. they needed a stroke of luck to take the lead — sead haksabanovic celebrated his cross ending up in the back of the net. celtic�*s territorial dominance merited another goal at least, but they couldn't beat saints' keeper remi matthews, whose opposite number, joe hart, had been a spectator until the 69th minute, but he produced a great save to foil stevie may. but there wasn't a lot he could do in the third minute of injury time. alex mitchell looked to have snatched a draw from stjohnstone.

that's how it looked with 20 seconds to go, scoring for celtic. win over st mirren. hibs moved 4th, after beating motherwell i—0. and livingston lost vital ground — beaten at home by ross county, also i—0. dundee united kick off against aberdeen at 6pm. max verstappen claimed pole for sunday's race, but charles leclerc is right behind him. lewis hamilton could only manage sixth. no one loves formula i quite like the japanese. the pandemic forced them to wait three years for a grand prix, but good things come to those who wait, like a hero of their own to cheer for the first time in eight years. he was troubled by brake problems but managed to qualify

13th. if they are to see max verstappen crime pro—champion, he the perfect weekend. we almost needs the perfect weekend. we almost came to grief before he could post a iéfié if; fifiéf lief??? he elli}? 5153535 he time in the final session. he lost control of his red bulljust as lando norris came flying past. max verstappen was later reprimanded by the stewards, but he kept his nerve to set the time to beat. his title rival, charles leclerc, fought to set the time to beat. his title rival, ci the s leclerc, fought 535 f ' , , to set the time to beat. his title rival, ci the s leclerc, i but 1t l333 * ' , , to deny the inevitable, but missed pole byjust to deny the inevitable, but missed pole by just 100th a second. max verstappen has won the prix. at suzuka be at suzuka be of at suzuka be of sweetest iuzu ka be of sweetest wins a be of sweetest wins of would be one of the sweetest wins of his career. that's all the sport for now. more now on the russian authorities saying they've partially re—opened the road bridge to occupied crimea just hours after it suffered major damage in an explosion. a rail link running alongside has also begun operating again. the kerch bridge is an important

supply route for russian forces fighting in southern ukraine. dr samuel ramani teaches international relations at the university of oxford. i asked him more about the significance of that bridge collapsing. obviously, the annexation of crimea was putin's cardinalforeign policy accomplishment. at least, in the eyes of the russian domestic audience. and the kerch bridge was inaugurated in 2018 and was an integral sign that crimea was forever part of russia. it also reasserts russia as a great power in the black sea, which was during the cold war considered to be a soviet link. but it is also a strategic setback as well. there are more than 20,000 forces that are stuck in kherson right now. they've lost access to bridges, they are relying upon ferries, and i guess they need ammunition, food and supplies from crimea. and the only alternative routes are relatively untested. either through mariupol or through donetsk. so i think that russia is strategically in an even more dire situation than it was at the start of this week.

i'm just looking at the title of your book. counter—revolution. a global counter—revolution. how, then, do you see what is going on in ukraine, the actions by president putin, how does that fit into the title of your book? well, i think that global counter—revolution refers to the essential goal of this military operation at the maximal scale. it was to overthrow zelensky�*s government. it was to replace the government in ukraine, which took over through the maidan revolution, with a pro—russian puppet regime led by yanukovych, with the other coterie around them. and that goal has dramatically failed, when they withdrew from kyiv. and now, when there more incremental goals have destabilised the ukraine revolutionary government have failed even more with the losses of territory in south—eastern parts of the country. so my book title refers to what russia look to achieve, well russia has achieved pretty much exactly the opposite. so when we talk about

what they have achieved, president zelensky has onlyjust been saying that ukrainian forces have recaptured some 2,500 square kilometres. that is about 965 square miles of territory back from russia. how are things going for russia at the moment? they have lost this access via this bridge, they are losing territory. what are your thoughts on that? well, i think it is a very dire situation, obviously. the loss of kharkiv was considered from ukraine analysts to be the equivalent of stalingrad in this conflict. it is a major morale setback, it is a major logistical setback. then the loss of lyman right after that, which cut off another logistical route, has dealt them a serious blow. and the ukrainians have been able to advance defenses on multiple axes, which is something that russia has not been able to do. whenever russia has tried to disperse their forces, they have always failed. but ukraine has been able to sustain offensives on luhansk, donetsk and kherson at the same time, and they might now be opening up a new one on zaporizhzhia. and that is a big concern

for russia because russia has got to 200,000 mobilised troops, but by the time they arrive on the front lines, ukraine will have more territory than it had on the front lines, ukraine will have more territory than it had on the 24th, and those troops may not have supply lines to feed in an equipment source. now on bbc news click. lives lost, people displaced. the horrors of war are unimaginable. and the battle for ukraine goes on. russia no longer has full control of the southern and eastern regions it illegally annexed in the last week, and as the ukrainian army fights back and regains some of it stolen territory the huge

damage to donetsk and kherson are being revealed. many ukranians have been saddened by the destruction of buildings and the loss of culture and history that comes with that. since the start of the war unesco says almost 200 historic sites have been damaged. but what can't be saved physically can be saved virtually. over the years we have looked at different ways of preserving buildings digitally and now that technology is being used for a very urgent task. across ukraine, hundreds of buildings have stood for years as important cultural sites. but through the war, many have gone from this, to this. their architectural wonders becoming piles of rubble.

every day, they destroy something really important