there will be fierce battles of the ukrainian army against the enemy who captured our territories , we will definitely return these territories under ukrainian control , we are talking about kherson oblast, i think we are also talking about the idea of ​​the zaporizhia region, the south of our country, what enemy says that we are here seriously and forever well, we understand that we will not knock them out of there forever. but if there is an opportunity, find this opportunity , please leave kherson especially, because this city will be recaptured by the ukrainian army from the enemy. well , i thank you for being with us during these almost two hours. take care, watch out for the duel of alarms. we will see each other tomorrow at 7:15 p.m. and now for your attention bbc news of ukraine, we are watching together in the armed forces of ukraine confirmed the strikes on the russian garrison on snake island and the russians suffered significant losses. the operation is ongoing, this is

118 day of the ukrainian resistance on air bbcineus ukraine in the studio olga melchevska in the armed forces of the ukrainian armed forces confirmed the fierce fighting in north donetsk, now in the industrial zone the ukrainian armed forces report about attack on the russian garrison on snake island assessment of the situation on the fronts russia threatens lithuania due to the ban on transit to kolingrad the russian foreign ministry has summoned the eu ambassador netrebko is speaking tentatively behind the scenes missiles are being prepared to attack ukraine

in the armed forces of ukraine confirmed the strikes on the russian garrison on snake island and the russians suffered significant losses were announced in the operational command of the south, but which ones were not specified, the military operation is ongoing and needs an information flow before its completion, the military explained, and confirmed the strikes in odesa the regional military administration of the ministry of defense of russia stated that the russian troops repelled the ukrainian attack, which i quote none of the fire weapons of the ukrainian army hit the target or not, why are the statements of the russians so different, let's talk about this with the bbc's military correspondent albishundra connection with ukraine albiyu ​​good evening . please tell me some snakes suggests that the target of the attack was not so much the snake itself as the so-called heavy boika, which you and i talked about the day before, at the same time the russian media although they deny the success of the strikes by the ukrainian military, they are actively writing about the damage, what does this

indicate from the point of view of military tactics, what kind of damage do the russians actually say, the information about the explosions on the peninsula appeared yesterday, but the official message came today, the southern command published a message that the ukrainian military struck with the use of various forces and methods of attack on the snake island, the russian command also admits that it recognizes this attack, but claims that the dochka missile drones they even shot down volley guns, but the russian command does not say anything about the effectiveness of the fire of american -made ukrainian howitzers, although it mentions them in the same message. it is very difficult to verify such information in wartime conditions on the captured island, the russians are trying to equip a garrison there, and they also delivered anti-aircraft of defense after the death by ukrainian missiles of the cruiser moskva, which closed the

airspace for russian forces with its own means, it is very important to ensure its actions in this part of the black sea, but the island itself is a target that can be fired at from the mainland, what is happening with the strikes on the snake, yesterday's attacks on the drilling platforms are related, the ukrainian forces managed to hit three platforms on one of them, the russian side admitted, allegedly there was a strong fire and that because of the threat, about a hundred people were evacuated to the platforms, the authorities in crimea say about the damage to the mining industry, that they have started an investigation and will look for those responsible for firing ukrainian experts say that the drilling platforms the russian military is actively using it to conduct reconnaissance, what kind of shelling was it, with a high probability that it was ship missiles, but we don’t know for sure, the struggle for control over this part of the black sea continues, let’s talk about the east, but the general staff reports

that russian troops are storming severodonetsk and they are trying to completely destroy it, foreign media draws parallels with mariupol, what is known now about the distribution of forces in donbas, the situation in north donbas, the ukrainian government is very tense admits that the fighting continues in the industrial zone of the nitrogen plant, which until then was controlled by the ukrainian military, two twin cities. as one british colleague called them, severodonetsk-lysichansk are very important in linking russian forces here, ukrainian units restrain actions in other areas of the front in donbas, the russians want to surround the group, however because of stiff resistance they are unable to advance as quickly as they would like but cutting an important road could create serious supply problems the russians have been using their artillery advantage for many weeks which does not feels a shortage of ammunition, but this tactic turns urban objects into complete ruins. we

also hear that the russians have reinforced kharkiv and the russian army is trying to gather forces to attack the city again, the president of ukraine announced this the day before. neighborhoods of kharkiv were immediately subjected to bombing and a rocket attack is the destruction of civilian and infrastructure facilities, in particular the depo of the subway, as a result of the attack, one person was injured, the mayor of the city terekhov said for his words, at the time of the attack there were several trains in the depot, the army of the russian federation is covering the entire kharkiv region with fire, and not only individual regions; on tuesday, 10 more people were killed due to russian shelling, including an eight-year-old child. residents of the kharkiv region are asked not to be on the streets without urgent need and to hide during the alarm the activity of the russian troops may be connected with an attempt to

stop the advance of the ukrainian forces and to withdraw for their russian troops who plan to advance further in the donbas, according to the mayor of kharkiv russian shelling in order to sow panic among the population, everyone makes a decision for themselves to stay or not to stay in kharkiv, terekhov said, and this decision is very difficult. thank you, albia. it was a bbc correspondent on military issues. the river that flows between severodonetsk and lysichansk, about which i mentioned albia a little the day before and a little higher earlier with the russian military mainly on the eastern bank and with the ukrainian mainly on the the western bvsi was told about this by a correspondent of the los angeles times. he returned from lysychansk the other day. at this moment, it seems that the russian troops have almost completely succeeded in encircling the troops that remain in the industrial zone.

it is important to know that they still have the opportunity to receive supplies or through pontoon bridges or through boats is not known for sure. they are located next to the river. so this indicates that they are not completely surrounded. and what specifically do you hear about the intensity of russian attacks in general ? i recently spoke with the commander who was sent from there on rotation. he was evacuated from the lysychansk and severodonetsk districts. yesterday, he said that nowadays they have too many killed and wounded as a result of intense fighting. he also said that for every shell fired by them, they receive 20 in response . in lysychansk, in the towns and villages nearby, what did you see there, to say that

i was also in severodonetsk last month, when it was still possible to reach it, the situation is changing with this promotion, it is very intense shelling that destroys everything in its path and then soldiers slowly enter this place on the spot, this means terrible destruction. we saw it all along the way. civilians are hiding in dungeons, which is understandable. 4g there is no telecommunications service at all, i must say that many people found themselves in a situation where it is too late to evacuate. some of them do not want to evacuate, but for those who want to evacuate, the door was closed and the video shot by a drone that we they showed yesterday in the program from that small village the level of destruction in it was huge so

it was a mess i tried to get there the day before but i was told that it is too dangerous to go there at this point it is clear why russia is attacking it with such fury because the road there gives them the opportunity to cut off the southern exit from lysychansk at this moment, so they see it as a very important goal, moreover, we tried to get into the nearby white mountain, but when we left the road to it, we instantly came under fire this is so that you understand the intensity of the fighting there and this is what the offensive looks like now it is such a slow destruction of everything around the situation is the same. in rubizhnye, which is located north of severodonetsk, the russians spent several weeks trying to occupy it, as a result, now almost all the houses in it are simply destroyed russia threatens lithuania with significant negative consequences

, we fly away the kremlin that will freely block the transit of goods destined for the kaliningrad region from june 18, lithuania limited rail and land transportation to russia through its territory was restricted, a list of goods ranging from coal and cement to thoroughbred horses, performance goods and components for the aviation and space industry, the head of the russian security council, mykola petrushev, who arrived on tuesday in kaliningrad, said that lithuania is acting on the basis of the measure and violates the norms of international law, listen similar russia will react to such hostile actions, relevant measures are being worked out today in a departmental format and will be taken in the near future, their consequences will have a negative impact on the population of lithuania and the prime minister of lithuania and ingrid shemeni categorically stated today that there is no blockade and that there is an implementation of eu sanctions, more details about how the european union reacts to the escalation of the

confrontation between moscow and vilnius, in a few minutes we will talk with our correspondent in brussels, and first with we are in direct contact with journalist viktor chernyshuk, i hope we are now in touch with viktor by phone. good evening viktor, can you hear us? i can. good evening . thank you very much. please tell me how in lithuania do they perceive moscow's threats and are they afraid of possible actions by the russians? i understand that moscow really hoped that there would be a panic, there was no panic. around that transit in general, in fact, people everyone understands that there is no blockade here and it is simply blackmail related to the ass of

ukraine to the european union for granting the candidate status and what to distract from all those joys or progress this is the situation with lithuania by that transit. please tell me how it looks. on the spot, are there any cargoes that have stopped, or maybe the carriers are protesting? national, these are the sanctions of the european union and its neighbor, and the kremlin should turn to brussels not arbitrarily, since two of the

first days it is one of the most consistent allies of ukraine. is the attitude of the lithuanian society itself changing towards the war and the russians? the greatness is getting stronger, the help is also the fact that we right-wing lithuanians say that we help ukraine in the easiest way, and this is evidenced, of course, by the fact that 5 million e-e and euros were collected in order to buy a byraktar, this shows that the lithuanians want to help, thank you very much, viktor and it was the journalist viktor chernyshuk live from vilnius. and how they react to russia's threats in the european union will be told by my colleague hryhoriy zhigalov, who traditionally works in brussels. they paid attention to the threatening comments from moscow today at the press briefing, journalists here brussels tried to get the reaction of the european commission to such statements, but the spokesmen referred to the words

that the head of european diplomacy, yellow-brel, voiced the day before after consulting with his colleagues, the foreign ministers of the prime minister, they, as you remember, gathered on the eve of luxembourg and this is borel's main message to moscow, lithuania is innocent they do nothing of the sort, no separate steps from the entire european union, they only implement those solutions that neighboring countries themselves agreed to implement, they do this after consultation with the european commission, so in the opinion the chief diplomat of the eu, everything is legal in the european price, he introduced certain sanctions and here they are in effect. actually, let's listen to what exactly borel said, the blockade again, the first blockade, there is no ground transit between kaliningrad and other parts of russia, it was not stopped, or prohibited, this is fact number one , fact number two the transit of passengers and goods that are not under sanctions continues thirdly, as our lithuanian

colleagues assured me and explained to me, lithuania did not use any unilateral national restrictions and only applies sanctions of the european union at the same time, the european commission, and i will quote borel again here, are in a state of caution and are going to additionally check all legal aspects of the decision in order to, well, again, additionally make sure that this decision does not contradict the laws or international obligations of the european union, and in this case, the european commission itself intends to once again study the recommendations that the european commission provides to countries on how to implement the sanction adopted at the eu level in practice , this is exactly what it consists of in lithuania as well as we a few minutes ago, we heard that they consulted with the european commission before introducing restrictions on transit. well, before that, it was about restrictions on transit by rail

, but today the government of the country has already extended the ban, and the transit of sanctioned goods to the kaliningrad region is also prohibited, including freight road transport in any case, now everyone is waiting for the one who will fit in the european commission analyzing their own recommendations to colleagues and we will wait for information about this from you, thank you grigory this was a view from brussels from hryhoriy zhigalov, at the beginning of the full-scale invasion of russia into ukraine, ukrainian society is increasingly discussing what should be the attitude of ukrainians towards russian culture, whether the culture of the aggressor country should be completely banned, how to compensate for the destruction and theft of ukrainian cultural heritage, these and other questions are answered by the minister of culture and of the information policy of ukraine oleksandr tkachenko, the russian picture of the world was actually used in the form of culture so that it was not visible that

what is actually happening in russia, she looked so interesting and neat, but in reality she was covering up what was happening in the form of landings of opposition figures and torture against their own media and the imposition of a virtual dictatorship behind this facade, behind this, the population speaks relatively speaking netrebko behind the scenes, missiles are being prepared to attack ukraine and culture was just as integral a part of russian propaganda as the media machines of the kremlin, so we are not talking about banning russian culture in the form of gogol's books, which is significant is tchaikovsky, we are talking about the fact that it is necessary to put such cooperation with the propaganda machine of the kremlin

on a pause during the war, or they will return to their barracks ? is that propaganda machine that brings at least chaos just now and distortion of the actual perception of the picture that russia actually represents today and that integral part of russia that is the official cultural cultural environment, we are talking about replacement russian official cultural figures of ukrainian culture ukrainian performances of our composers ukrainian artists ukrainian exhibitions and in fact only now, 30 years after independence, many not only

cultural figures but ordinary citizens are discovering the fact that ukrainian culture has a huge thousand-year heritage or ukrainian culture there are wonderful names and that malevich is not a russian artist , but a ukrainian artist. they can only be encouraged to do so. and i am glad that over 120 different organizations and theater festivals there have refused to cooperate with the russians . the ministry's website keeps track of cultural monuments destroyed and damaged during the war. who do you think should ultimately rebuild them? because i i see various statements on this matter, the ukrainian budget, western donors, russia at the expense of reparations, what kind of reparations, if ukraine succeeds, so to speak, in persuading western partners to use frozen

russian assets on the territories of these countries is the best way to actually rebuild reparations or legal sanctions for what they destroyed specifically and for what they are currently stealing from the territory of ukraine. i think that it would be fair to use various sources, both frozen russian assets and aid our western partners, do you currently keep any records of cultural values ​​that ended up in museums or were in museums in the occupied territories, the final accounting of what was stolen will be possible only after returning to this territory because i know that in other places the museum workers hid these objects uh, uh, uh, that's why, regarding melitopol and mariupol, we can say with high reliability that they were stolen, just as they do not shy away , russian comrades, to come to the owners

private collections, and it is obvious that this policy is so conscious of this that it is directed in order to say again but right away, there was nothing here. well, how is it, nothing? that is why this is already another branch of analysis - analysis through the courts. i want a positive experience regarding scythian gold in in the netherlands, it says that the president is so we will work on it in the future. how does the minister of culture of ukraine treat those russians who condemn russian aggression and help ukraine fight against the invading russian regime, one of them has just collected more than 100 million dollars to help ukrainian refugees, this is a russian journalist, he sold his nobel prize to help refugee

children from ukraine, we are talking about the main dmytro muratov, editor of the russian publication novaya gazeta, was awarded the nobel peace prize by him received the muratov medal last year, sold at auction for more than 103 million dollars, the name of some buyer, herobridge oceans house, which conducted the auction , does not disclose, however, the representative of the american trading house admitted that the winning bid was made by proxy, all proceeds from the sale of the award were supposed to go to the children's fund the organization of the united nations, unicef, to help ukrainian refugee children and their families, just a few minutes after the end of the bidding, unicef announced that it had received the money and they called themselves soldiers of culture and promote ukrainian art far beyond the borders of the homeland, an artistic gala concert was held in london dozens of musicians, actors and singers gathered in

the westminster cultural center to collect charitable aid about the cultural front of ukrainian musicians bbc correspondent olga palamaryuk will tell about the final preparations before the concert today in london will be played by ukrainian song several dozen talented musicians, singers , actors and composers gathered for a charity evening of music, the concert will take place here in the center of the dream the parks chose it not by chance because of the building's versatility and perfect acoustics. this concert hall is considered one of the best in london. the program includes not only ukrainian folklore. the audience will hear a symphony by beethoven lysenko. several compositions were prepared by the ukrainian male choir. the music director of the london philharmonic will conduct the opening night. has been studying music in london for the past two years. his father is now in the armed forces, and

alexander has his own musical front, each of those who i left. did i stay in another country? very often i think about what if i could return now and just take the guns and leave, but if you think about everyone 's own front and what everyone can contribute to this struggle, what he can do better, then in my opinion, i should do it. i'm a musician, i'm trying to do it my way, now here in the united kingdom , composer and concert organizer alla sirenko admits, performing with ukrainians on the same stage is an honor for many world musicians, so many musicians not only ukrainian, english, polish, of other nationalities, they are interested and want to

help in some way, they are very passionate about this , to show our ukraine, our ukraine, what a good music we have, what a good song we have. i am still a living composer, i have to show my works, and it is very important that now such interest in everything ukrainian about ukraine in the kingdom, they talk about ukraine from everywhere, and the ukrainian song has long been loved by the british audience, the lyrics of the composition here are known by heart in the meadow, red viburnum, british alison cameron, about ukraine, there is a lot of her researched the consequences of the accident at the chernobyl nuclear power plant . and now she sympathizes with all ukrainians who suffered as a result of the russian invasion and even plans to create her own charity fund . it is no wonder to me that ukrainians stand for their identity, their culture, their country, everyone who can, regardless of profession, so of course i

have to support ukraine in all possible ways, it is not enough for me to just sit at home and watch tv. this is my family, who were invited to the concerts of ukrainians who now live in london opanasenkov came to britain from kyiv, they say that such concerts help them to overcome the longing for their native home, it is very difficult, i am very worried, i really want to go home, we have a son there, and that is why every evening i take a sedative in order to fall asleep, to calm down, everything is fine here, we are very happy . they accept very well, they help. that is , you can live, you can do everything, but at home it is better, apart from psychological help, the purpose of the concert is charity fundraising, all the money collected will be given to the lviv children's hospital for young patients plan to buy an ambulance olga

palamaryuk bbc news ukraine and this is the 118th day of ukrainian resistance, but the resistance does not end there only our program for today russians are storming severodonetsk ukraine renounces russian culture during the war and for more history look on our bbc website. ua and on our pages in social networks, and turn on our program tomorrow at this same time exactly at nine o'clock kyiv time or seven o'clock london time, wherever you are. take care and hold on until tomorrow glory to ukraine is a program, my name is serhiy rudenko. good day and good health to all.

today is the 18th day of ukrainian resistance to the russian occupation. the enemy continues to attack the positions of the ukrainian military in luhansk and donetsk regions . will try to capture the nitrogen plant and finish the encirclement volodymyr zelenskyi says that the russians are gathering forces to attack kharkiv, the enemy continues to shell yesterday the russians shelled odessa with rockets, in three hours 14 rockets were fired in the odesa region, at the same time the russian occupiers continue to lose life force in the last day, approximately 300 occupiers were killed, the most in the bakhmut and avdiiv directions, in general, by the beginning of the great war, the russians had already lost almost

34,000 in ukraine -100 people 1,496 tanks 3,606 armored combat vehicles 752 artillery systems 239 rocket salvo systems 98 anti-aircraft defenses 216 aircraft 171 helicopters 2,527 units of automotive equipment 14 ships, boats - 137 cruise missiles 611 drones 59 units of special equipment about the situation on the eastern and southern fronts of ukraine, the conflict between russia and lithuania, which may turn into a new war with moscow, and about how further events in eastern europe will develop today we will talk with the writer a military expert, director of the army conversion and disarmament research center, valentin batrak