this is bbc news, with the latest headlines for viewers in the uk and around the world. on the first anniversary of russia's invasion of ukraine, president zelensky hails his nation's "year of invincibility", and said it would "do everything to win". translation: it's important for everyone to focus. - and then, we'll have victory because the righteous is on our side. solemn ceremonies are taking place all around the world, marking the day including in the uk where a minute's silence has been observed. as the fighting continues with no end yet in sight, we report from the front line, to assess the impact the conflict has had on ukraine.

and the us announces new sanctions, and an additional $2 billion support package aimed at helping the ukrainians in the fight. welcome to the programme. i'm shaun ley, it's good to have your company. we mark this hour, as we have the last 24. it's the first anniversary of the ukraine war, one year since vladimir putin ordered his forces to launch an all—out assault on ukraine with the aim of taking kyiv within days. the strategy failed. ukrainian resistance has been fierce, though it has come at an immense cost. many have died on the battlefield, and accusations of war crimes by the russian troops have

shocked the world. the war has changed europe, and the world leaving russia diplomatically isolated, and revitalising the nato alliance. one that a former us president had suggested was already past its sell by date. our international editor jeremy bowen has reported on the conflict from the very beginning. he's kept in touch with many of the ukrainians he's spoken to along the way, and he's been back to meet some of them to get their reflections, on 12 months of war. the russians expected a quick victory, taking back what president putin believes is theirs. a year later, the war is not close to over. ukrainians are fighting back in a war nato believes is vital to global security. this volunteer sniper kept the video

of his first firefight. i was crying because i was thinking that i did things which i've never done before. i was thinking about these dead guys, like, hey, they have families, some of them maybe have children. any sympathy you had at the beginning forjust poor russian soldiers has gone? they should suffer. they should not like just be killed, they should suffer about things which they've done. their families should never see them, even dead bodies. millions of ukrainian civilians have been forced from their homes. these were escaping from the suburb of irpin into kyiv last winter. it looked like a throwback to europe's dark 20th century. in fact, the war has initiated a new and dangerous era. the threat for people a long way from the battlefield is that the war might spread beyond ukraine.

a year on, a new irpin bridge and the old challenge — avoiding direct confrontation between russia and nato. the way that the ukrainians stopped the russians just back there changed every calculation about the war. nato saw it had an ally worth supporting, and then moved very fast to do that. now, that has carried some heavy costs — economic, a massive military commitment, and even a risk of nuclear war. now, the ukrainians are conscious that future nato governments might not want to carry that heavy a burden, which is why they're calling 2023 their year of victory. ukraine's fighting spirit is intact, but neither side has the edge it would need to win. these were ukrainian volunteers signing up a year ago, from 60—somethings to young men just out of school.

the war started here for maxim, then 19, and his friend dmytro, 18. what are you studying? i am studying economy. and i'm studying biology. good luck, guys. yeah, thank you. good luck. they didn't feel as brave as they tried to look. there was a lot of fear, i'm not going to lie, because i haven't experienced anything like that before. we had some stupid braveness, bravery, and it helped us to overcome our fear. after a few days on checkpoints and some basic training, both dmytro and maxim were plunged into the fighting. when the war switched to the east, dmytro stayed in kyiv. maxim has fought and was wounded in some of the toughest battles in donbas.

this video is from his bodycam. by the summer, in the ruins of eastern ukraine, as the battle for control of bakhmut was starting, maxim was an experienced fighting soldier. we were defending the... explosion ..the chemical factory. he's still only 20. explosion both maxim and dmytro share their president's view — no trading ukrainian land for peace with putin's russia. we have a joke, putin will be awarded as a hero of ukraine for hisjob that he did to unite ukraine, to build our economy, to build our army, and to make ukrainian nation great.

and that unity was strengthened when ukrainian troops fought their way into bucha, outside kyiv, and found evidence of russian war crimes. a few miles from bucha, irina, on her own, buried her son in her garden after russians shot him on the 10th of march last year as he went to work. this was oleksei as a boy. he was 27 when he was killed. a year later, irina walks to the cemetery every day where he was reburied. she dressed her boy in new clothes with a flower in his buttonhole, as he was engaged. she is tormented by what happened. she sobs the russians wrecked her house after they killed her son. translation: we were hungry and cold. -

you shudder all the time, can't get any sleep. how long do you think the war might last? translation: until putin dies. that's how long we have to suffer. until that animal dies. the cemeteries are expanding and more offensives are coming. ukraine will get more support from nato. russia could get more from china. one big challenge for the war�*s second year — controlling the pace of escalation, keeping the killing in ukraine. jeremy bowen, bbc news, kyiv. at a press conference in kyiv, ukraine's president volodymyr zelensky urged the west to step up its delivery of weapons to ukraine. translation: if all of us will perform our tasks, i

then we will have victory. victory awaits us, i'm convinced. it's not something i think or i wish. we have everything for it this year. we have the motivation, the friends, the diplomats. we have you. we have united all the forces against that invasion. i think not a single country in the world would be able to independently withstand such aggressive war. the us secretary of state antony blinken also addressed the un — here's what he had to say. members of this council should not fall into the false equivalency of calling on both sides to stop fighting or calling on other nations to stop supporting ukraine in the name of peace. no member of this council should call for peace while supporting russia's war on ukraine and on the un charter. in this war, there is an aggressor and there is a victim.

russia fights for conquest. ukraine fights for its freedom. if russia stops fighting and leaves ukraine, the war ends. if ukraine stops fighting, ukraine ends. one of the charities working on the ground is the international committee... thank you very much for talking to us on bbc news. let me ask you first of all about the challenge you and your colleagues at the irc are facing because presumably this year has transformed ukraine and created a demand for your charity that simply didn't exist before.— your charity that simply didn't exist before. that's right, thank ou ve exist before. that's right, thank you very much _ exist before. that's right, thank you very much for _ exist before. that's right, thank you very much for having - exist before. that's right, thank you very much for having me. . exist before. that's right, thank| you very much for having me. so exist before. that's right, thank- you very much for having me. so one year only, we have almost 18 million people in ukraine who are in urgent need of humanitarian assistance,

almost 6 million people who are displaced from their homes within ukraine. and as we know, there's almost 8 million people forced to flee their homes into neighbouring countries. so this means the scale of the needs in ukraine is incredibly high, and we've had to scale up our response incredibly quickly, as have other humanitarian organisations working here in ukraine. to give you an idea of the needs right now here in the country, we recently conducted a need assessment in the air as we were working in the east and southeast of the country — and 93% of respondents said they don't have sufficient financial resources to meet even their most basic household needs. more than 50% said they have significantly reduced the amounts of food they are able to buy, and 30% are saying that they have cut their medical expenses. and this will only

continue to get worse as the work continues and as people's savings continues and as people's savings continue to be depleted, and they remain without livelihoods for longer periods of time.- remain without livelihoods for longer periods of time. there is a big concern _ longer periods of time. there is a big concern about _ longer periods of time. there is a big concern about the _ longer periods of time. there is a big concern about the agriculture| big concern about the agriculture industry, because it's such a key part of ukraine — notjust for export, we saw the exports democrat agonies in that part of africa when grain wasn't being exported, that's being negotiated as we speak. but what about for ukrainians themselves, has that adapted, is it holding up? in themselves, has that adapted, is it holding no?— holding up? in other parts of the country where — holding up? in other parts of the country where i _ holding up? in other parts of the country where i travel _ holding up? in other parts of the country where i travel and - holding up? in other parts of the country where i travel and our i holding up? in other parts of the - country where i travel and our teams are working in the east and southeast of the country, i've experienced people queuing for a food distributions. shops are empty, shops that have either been destroyed in shelling or all the supplies have already been purchased and the supply routes aren't functioning yet. but very quickly in

locations, shops are starting to reopen again as soon as upon, and the resilience of the people here in ukraine is really incredible. in areas where markets are functioning, we are providing cash assistance to vulnerable households to enable them to buy what they most need, and they are reporting to us that what they are reporting to us that what they are spending their money on is indeed food, as well as health care items and items they need to get through the bitterly cold winter we have in ukraine.— through the bitterly cold winter we have in ukraine. thank you very much for talkin: have in ukraine. thank you very much for talking to — have in ukraine. thank you very much for talking to us, _ have in ukraine. thank you very much for talking to us, and _ have in ukraine. thank you very much for talking to us, and obviously - have in ukraine. thank you very much for talking to us, and obviously we . for talking to us, and obviously we don't know how long you and your colleagues will need to be in ukraine, but we hope you continue to be able to provide the really valuable help you are to the people there. thanks for talking to us. thank you very much. stay with us on bbc news. still to come: with no end in sight to the fighting, we report from the front line and look at the impact the conflict has had on ukraine.

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this is bbc news, the headlines... on the first anniversary of russia's invasion of ukraine, volodymyr zelensky says he will do everything in its power to win. on the first anniversary of russia's invasion of ukraine, fierce fighting is continuing in the east of the country, with heavy losses of troops on both sides. at least 8,000 civilians have been killed according to the un, which says the true number is likely to be much higher. 1a million ukrainians have been forced to flee. up been forced to flee. to 6 million have returned bac at up to 6 million have returned back at some point during the last year. one of russia's key targets is the strategic town of vuhledar in the donbas region. the latest russian attempt to take the town earlier this month ended in humiliating defeat.

from the town, our senior international correspondent orla guerin and cameraman goktay koraltan sent this report. deep in the forest near the town of vuhledar, we get a close—up of the war. the daily battle to hold off the russians, who aren't winning but aren't giving up either. inside the town, ukrainian troops lobbing mortars and obscenities. moving fast to avoid being targeted themselves. a once prosperous coal—mining town is now a wasteland.

we head towards the front line, with soldiers at the heart of the battle. their commander, codenamed beast, has been up all night fighting. how far away are the nearest russian positions? one kilometre. we move forward carefully. the russians have no line of sight here, but they have eyes in the sky. plane. get down, goktay! we've just been told to duck down here now and take cover at the wall. the troops have heard something, possibly a russian drone. the front line is about 500 metres away. they say russian troops are trying to advance, but they're holding them back. a few hundred souls remain

in this broken place, without light or heat, without peace or safety. solace comes in the form of oleg tkachenko, an evangelical pastor in camouflage gear who braves the shelling to deliver aid. "it's a matter of life or death", he tells me. "we bring bread and water. the risk is huge, but so is the reward — saving people's lives." "hang on", he says. "it's one loaf per person." valentyna waits her turn. she's 73 and says she has nowhere else to go. "we are frightened, of course,

but what can we do? we live with it. you can't say don't shoot. they have theirjob. we have our lives." what was life like here before the invasion? how were things before? "it was good. the town was quiet, calm and clean. people worked. we had money. what can i say? it was a good town." and there was a good life for many in ukraine, like ruslan and denys, nine—year—old twins, the stars of this family video. they were side by side always until russian shelling tore them apart.

their mother, anastasia, takes me to the park in central ukraine where denys was hit by shrapnel last september. "he was lying next to my legs," she says. "why didn't it hit me? "ruslan was screaming, denys, get up!" on his grave, this photo, taken two days before his death. ruslan cannot accept his best friend is gone. he sends himself messages from denys�*s phone. that piece of shrapnel will follow him through life and follow her. one family, one loss, one year of russia's war. orla guerin, bbc news,

eastern ukraine. let's look now at what has happened to people who left ukraine, after the fighting began. russia not surprisingly given that close border, isjust 30 km, or 20 miles from the border, mark here at the top of the screen. the first attack was fought off but this picture was taken... gives the extent of the damage, and there have been heavy losses on both sides, this is a ukrainian cemetery in kharkiv. all the graves seen here date from no more than a year ago. earlier, i spoke with my colleague olga manchevska, who told us more about how ukrainians

are rebuilding their homes after being attacked by russian missiles. we can see some pictures, which i've got from somebody from the ground, from the kharkiv region. there used to be a local hospital, and it was completely destroyed. yes, we can see it now. and you can see the level of devastation there, and that particular village was under russian occupation for a month—and—a—half until the middle of april. a lot of damage can be done in six weeks. absolutely, and it was heavily shelled. but when it was liberated, people managed to restore it. despite the location, despite the fact that it can be destroyed... at any moment. yes, absolutely. oh, wow. look, it looks like a brand—new building. fantastic, and it's being used again? yes, and it's been used again. people do get help from the nurses, from the doctors. obviously, everybody is very short—staffed. people are, well, i don't know how they manage to do it.

but somehow they manage. what about in the city itself? because we were hearing from james elder there about obviously there are no schools at the moment. nobody really wants to let their children go somewhere else because they're fearful if something happens, they might not come back. but people have to have jobs, they have to find a way of functioning — how are they doing that? well, to be honest, there are schools. these particular days, yes, people decided mostly not to take their children to school. so there's a lot of home—schooling and stuff? yes, obviously because everybody is anticipating that there might be another massive attack. but people do go to schools to study. and we were filming, back in kharkiv city, one family which i still remember very warmly, especially warmly. there was one girl, and she was in the tube, she was sheltering... oh, yes, yes. she was standing out from all the people there, because there was so much hope in her eyes. you know, everybody understood the level of drama, and everybody was so frustrated with what was going on and scared. but she always believed that,

you know, wejust have to do what we have to do. it's remarkable, isn't it, that resilience in children? and i managed get in touch with them. oh, right, and what does she say now? luckily they're alive, and they've evacuated to turkey. but again, they're among those millions of people who came back to ukraine. and that's notjust, i mean, it's notjust that the metro is a bomb shelter, it's actually still a metro, is it? yes, it's actually still a tube, which people do use as an underground. olga has been resolved on the front line in kharkiv talking to me earlier. one year ago, line in kharkiv talking to me earlier. one yearago, vladimir putin, the president of russia, ordered his forces to launch an all—out assault on ukraine. the aim,

to take out the q of within days. the strategy failed, and president volodymyr zelensky said he would do everything to win. we leave now with some of the images of the last 12 months from the war in ukraine. people sing classical music explosion # hallelujah... it's very bad. # hallelujah...

a lovely end of the day in cumbria, see the blue skies in the setting sun here. it wasn't like that everywhere though, across northeast scotland, we had a lot of cloud, thick enough to bring some showers. this cloud here in aberdeen sure is actually from this cloud that you can see here in the north sea. now this cloud sheet is really extensive, and if i put on the winds that are blowing that cloud along, those winds will take that cloud sheet in across eastern areas of the country. the big problem is the computer models are doing well with this cloud, you can see there's no where near extensive enough. but we

won't see that cloud sheet come in across northeastern scotland, eastern areas of england, up to the pennines and across the midlands, into parts of east anglia. that will keep the frost at bay for these areas, but further west we are looking at clear skies, and it will be a cold night with temperatures down to “4. now it will be a cloudy day across northern and eastern scotland, and for much of the day eastern england, thick enough for an occasional shower and it will be a cold northeasterly wind, as well. the best of any sunshine will be further west, so west england, wales not faring too badly. temperatures close to average or a bit below even, but it will feel chilly in those cold northeasterly winds. heading into the second half of the weekend, the area of high pressure bringing this relatively quiet weather is here to stay. the winds not quite as strong, becoming straight up the thames estuary, and once again extensive cloud across these eastern areas, tending to work in lund at times. again, it's the

western side of the british isles that will have the best in the cloud in the sunshine. temperatures 7—8 c. into next week, this area of her pressure won't move far fast, the winds change direction, but again, western england and western wales will have the best brakes on monday, perhaps a little bit more in the way of cloud filtering through the central belt of scotland. largely dry, quiet weather continues for most of next week with temperatures running more or less the average for this time of year. that's your latest weather.

you are what you news, the latest headlines. on the first anniversary of russia was �*s invasion of ukraine, president zelensky tells journalists that the un vote calling for the immediate and unconditional withdrawal of russian troops has provided a powerful signal of global support. ukraine's allies have again pledged to help them repel the russian invasion. the united states announced on friday more sanctions against russia, said it would provide ukraine with another $2 billion worth of weaponry. earlier, ukrainian troops took part in a parade in the centre of the capital, kyiv, after the observation of a minute's silence, president zelensky handed out awards to soldiers and the families of those who had died.

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