not in euros for a bayraktar, the turks gave it to us just like that, and this money went to other needs, that is, if they were able, we will definitely be able to three bartars in a week . of a volunteer we ukrainians can win anything, and this is exactly the case with this war. thank you for being with us. i will say goodbye to you by friday, the 19th. see espresso, run, be careful on the path of anxiety, and now i offer you a news release. from my colleagues from the ukrainian editorial office and bbc news let's watch together the shelling of mykolaiv and kharkov , the fight for lysychansk in russia, an oil refinery is on fire, this is the 119th day of ukrainian resistance on the air ivtsinis ukraine to the studio in london for you this week olga melchevska russians approaching lysychansk and decisive battles for severodonetsk, the shelling of mykolaiv does not abate

restless night in kharkiv everything that is known about the situation at the front was on this side the kitchen was there we had a dining room and it was still good they lost all the residents of the city of trostyanets in the sumy oblast told our correspondent about the damage caused and destroyed lives, you are for ukraine and world democracy, thousands of foreigners joined the international legion and showed the bbc their secret base , first of all, about the shelling of mykolaiv, there are three wounded, according to the latest reports from the mayor of the russian city fired seven rockets into the city amidst

the destruction and damage of 5 high-rise buildings and another 8 private houses, it is becoming more and more common to receive information in mariupol, the local mayor said that since the beginning of the war, the russians have killed more than 22,000 civilians in the city bbc correspondents do not have access to the occupied territories with mariupol they are increasingly comparing severodonetsk to the same fate they also fear lysychansk what is known about the distribution of forces on the fronts we will analyze with our military correspondent albia shundrya now with us on direct communication albio good evening ukrainian authorities say that this week is decisive for russia's attempts to seize severodonetsk according to the military the attackers are approaching lysychansk, how critical is it there the situation is now russian troops are trying to take control of severodonetsk and are advancing towards lysychansk fighting is ongoing fierce military experts are paying special attention to the

information about the road leading from lysychansk this is the way of communication and supply and evacuation the ukrainian command has reported that the enemy has captured several small settlements in the location zone bridge, this shows that the enemy further concentrates the forces and means of conducting god to surround the ukrainian group of artillery, give him a huge advantage in firepower, however assault operations in urban conditions are particularly difficult , the situation there is very tense, many ukrainian experts write about decisive battles and the threat of encirclement today, the general staff reported a landslide in the severodonetsk direction, the enemy carried out airstrikes in the areas of verkhnyokamyanka, as well as in severodonetsk, the russians want to establish control over the city there, hostilities continue albi otut in the west often hears the opinion that everything is supposedly calm in the capital, general pavlyuk, who is responsible for the defense of kyiv, does not rule out the possibility missile strikes on the capital, about how great

is the threat of a second attack on kyiv, according to your data, the general says that for the enemy, kyiv is the main goal of his invading dreams, according to the commander who leads the defense of the kyiv region. for now, there is a threat of missile strikes on critical objects of the state administration of military and of civil infrastructure, general oleksandr pavlyuk believes that the air defense system around kyiv is a powerful multi-echelon system, but there is a possibility of a missile breakthrough, so the civilian population is concerned about it remember and disregard security rules, the general said that today the security of kyiv, kyiv oblast, and the whole of ukraine is ensured along the contact line in kharkiv oblast, luhansk oblast, donetsk plain but the enemy has resources, he can form strike groups on possible lines of attack on the capital, according to the general, in response, they will be quickly created mine-explosive barricades, forest

rubble, the main bridges are prepared for destruction and to deter the enemy's offensive in a matter of hours. the general assured that from the experience of the defense of kyiv made serious conclusions. and we will closely monitor the actions of russian forces on the territory of russia. this is for the safety of the capital. in the meantime, a video of an oil refinery in novoshakhtinsk burst into flames in russia. there was an assumption that it was a drone attack. the ukrainian side does not confirm the attack. it could be and what kind of damages are we talking about, if we are talking about an oil refinery located in the territory of the rostov region , and it was hit on the video that was distributed on social networks, first in the frame a drone after a few seconds, the industrial area already exploded, a russian snake admitted that the fire at the oil refinery was

the result of the action of two drones. the ukrainian command did not comment on the event. it looks like sabotage or an attack by unidentified persons on russian territory, despite the fact that there are few concrete facts and experts say that this is not a by-product, but another drone is similar to one of the ukrainian models, there is a fact of the impression of an important russian company. not a symmetrical response to russia's massive missile attacks on the facilities of the oil refining industry in ukraine on refineries and fuel storage facilities, but this is not the first such attack on the territory of russia and the uprising, despite how dosed the russian authorities talk about the war in ukraine in their country, even forbidding the very word war of the russians is also a reason to think about the threats of

danger posed by bellicose politics. albishundra thank you very much albi, it's hot again in kharkiv oblast, there are civilian casualties and destruction, the head of the kharkiv military administration, oleg senigubov, is in direct contact with us now, local journalist hanna silaeva. good evening hanna, what is the current situation in the city and region and what is actually known about the victims on the eve of greetings from kharkiv olya in kharkiv today in the very place, a relatively calm day, only two air alarms, if you do not count the one that was there after midnight, we psychologically we count in the previous one, but at noon they announced this kind of warning of the threat of artillery shelling. i don't know if this happens in other regions , but in kharkiv it is not often, but the same application happens, but the warning looks and sounds

differently and it lasted for 4 hours about shelling e- at exactly 11 p.m., for about two weeks now , the enemy army has been launching rockets at kharkov every day, this does not mean that they cannot be at 10:00 p.m. or at 24:00 p.m., but at 11:00 p.m. they must be on schedule and the local public publish photos of these launches from of the neighboring belgorod region, 40 km from kharkov, and it seems that the residents of the e-e districts of the kharkiv scientists on the upper floors were able to record these launches. i am sure that these are reliable photos of the fact that as soon as information appears these photo launches in a minute or two we hear these explosions in city, and this is a big problem for kharkiv, since the distance

on the road is small, these missiles are not so long and even if there were systems capable of seeing this missile in time to catch its coordinates and shoot it down, there is not enough time for that - first a secondly, these are missiles, ballistic air defense systems are not really helpless against them, in fact, tell me , please. i remember that for some time in the city, people were so tired of air alarms because they sounded constantly that they simply began to ignore or ignore them, but then the shelling intensified and we had to pay attention to them again. please tell me what the situation is now, how do the residents of kharkiv and the residents of the region react to these programs on the phone, do they go to bomb shelters or are they just so big? that's why people

they stay where they are, i don't want to generalize. our profession - it prohibits it in very different ways. there are people who still live in the subway because they are already psychologically unable to come to the surface. they think that there is a complete danger there. there are people who neglect and generally do not pay attention to e not only warnings but also the actual sounds of explosions, there are people who descend in a disciplined manner into the vaults, people have very different attitudes, some have adapted and some are just tired. thank you very much , hanna. take care, it was journalist hanna sulayeva live from kharkiv, more than a trillion dollars, that's how much ukraine will probably need to restore the damage already caused by russia with its invasion, such estimates were expressed by the head of the

european investment bank, werner goyra. according to him, europe will have to play the biggest role with this help. my colleague roman lebid will tell clearly about the damage in his report. he visited with a film crew in the city of trostyanets in the sumy oblast, which suffered from the russian occupation for over a month. ours is like a hallway , a corridor on this side was a kitchen, there was a dining room we still had a bathroom, repairs were made from dishes and appliances due to shelling from the russians, natalia's house burned down to the ground, everything was blown away, we have trees here, the roofs were blown off, people's windows were blown off. there is nothing left at home and it is a pity that the photos have disappeared. i have one photo of my late husband, which was left in my phone with natalya, her relatives temporarily lived there, and here you can see window behind this window, the

room was in the room. i was at this very time my wife came in. she says something. she’s laughing. it’s probably better to go there or take a bath there for 200 uah and it will be better if i hide, i say. well, i don’t think everything will be fine. only she left. one explosion, a second explosion, and a third explosion. two windows actually fell in. trostyanets was actually occupied from the first days of february 24, moving around the city, life in the city was very scary because we were physically like on a tennis court, but we were on this very court from one of the the other side just flew if they wanted to go i was afraid and worried. volodymyr works as the deputy mayor of trostianets, so he has to restore not only the housing of relatives of entrepreneurs, as i think it will take a long, long time there, well, a few years, 100%, but it can be more recovered from what happened in the

city, the headquarters of the destruction of trostianets can be seen immediately arriving at what left from the railway station now saturday morning before the war at this time people from the surrounding villages must have come here to go to the bazaar and enjoy the flowers in the flower beds nearby shops, now there is nothing left here except ruins and wasteland among damaged buildings, a local hospital was shot by a russian tank. the wall was shot with such force, the safe also flew through the wall, and when it hit the wall, and behind the wall there were already workers, it was

a miracle that it was not injured around the hospital, there are also many traces of russian strikes, they are also in the historical part of the city of trostyanets is slowly coming back to life, but it takes a lot of time and support to heal these scars. i think that everything is not very easy, but our people are holding on and are slowly beginning to recover and perceive the spirits, especially since it seems to me that a lot of people when they see that they have not been forgotten, they understand that there is still strength to restore bbc new from ukraine, trostyanets support for the event, let's talk further, less than a day remains until the historic eu summit, at which

we will approve granting ukraine the status of a candidate in members of the european union and it seems that there are almost no intrigues left on the eve of the minister of foreign affairs of france, clément beaune, stated that the state of the european union has reached a unified position, we will learn all the details, my colleague hryhoriy zhigalov is currently working in brussels, hrytsua hello, who and what verdict can we expect tomorrow from the leaders of the eu countries? well, indeed, the intrigues are already there is almost nothing left, if there are no unforeseen surprises, tomorrow at the eu summit in brussels, the leaders of the countries will make a political decision to approve the status of a country for ukraine of the candidate that there is an agreement of all eu countries, it became known the day before after the meeting of the eu council, and the ministry of foreign affairs of france separately emphasized, however, that the granting of candidate status does not mean immediate accession to the eu, moreover, i would add that it does not mean as of now and as you know, the european commission

has put forward a number of conditions that have already been called such, you know, candidacy and an asterisk. it is important what wording will be used in the final resolution according to the results of the eu journalists there is already a first draft during the discussion. of course , it can still change, but for now there is a positive conclusion for ukraine and detailed requirements, and all three countries that are currently embarking on such a european integration path. if you want ukraine-moldova with the status of candidates, georgia with the conditions for obtaining it in the future will be considered each time separately, the eu will not combine them into cases uh, um, so to speak. criteria, i would pay attention to one more phrase , including the ability of the eu to accept new members, that is,

the european union also leaves a fuse for itself , in any case, less than a day is really left before this historic decision, we will follow tomorrow live and broadcast from brussels we start traditionally on the 21st, so i can only add to become a reminder to myself join to follow the european union summit together thank you grigory what about the results tomorrow we will watch listen to you tomorrow from brussels about the importance and challenges of granting the status of a candidate state bbc correspondent jessica parker spoke in brussels with the permanent representative of ukraine press vsevolod chintsova my message is that we need granting ukraine the status of a candidate state now is very important for ukraine to continue the struggle to continue to fight for the european country and for our future this an existential challenge for us. you admit that this is a long

road, i don't want to determine whether it is long or short , let's see and the commission has proposed certain steps which ukraine should implement before the process of expanding accession negotiations begins, the real integration process will begin when the war ends, but when it comes to recommendations, i see the potential to implement, if not all of them, some of them even now, is it possible while ukraine is at war with russia, judicial anti-corruption reforms, we at a fairly advanced stage of all these issues, we are starting from scratch to create an anti-corruption infrastructure, certainly broader reforms will logically be carried out in the process of reconstruction and rehabilitation, which i think it will start immediately after the situation stabilizes in our country. they are actually worried that for some eu members this is a political tool for granting ukraine the status of a candidate, especially among

member countries that are quite skeptical about the expansion. in general, i would not say that i am worried. we must take into account the position of each country- member and also to respect it is not about pushing this or that member state into a zone of discomfort, it is about listening to explanations and finding a joint solution to ukraine is a special attitude given the speed when this process is progressing, i mean in particular some countries of the western balkans that have candidate status or have been waiting for years to join the eu, we do not accept the idea of ​​priority but must take their place in this queue like every candidate state and i hope that the granting of this status is evaluated on merit and i think that it is also useful for the wider process of expansion to have countries like ukraine that want to move quickly. so you actually think that if

ukraine comes out of turn, then it will be so because every state has its own road map way and if there is political will if there is public support business operators move forward boldly and quickly implement reforms so why wait nato secretary general stated that the conflict could last for years how do you see the end from the point of view of the war and what it means for your desire to join to the european union we have heard many predictions that ukraine will fall in three days or three weeks we are still alive and fighting we are very eager to join the european union great britain left the eu not so long ago i'm just wondering what you think about it the decision is a sovereign decision of great britain. i would like britain to be in the eu, considering the level of support we receive from this country. we hear different opinions about a larger european political

union. it is probably worth considering the issue of joining it and britain and we can sit down at the same table. together with the eu, more than 20,000 foreigners have signed up as volunteers to fight against russia in ukraine. these figures were previously announced by the minister of foreign affairs of ukraine, dmytro kuleba. since then, the exact number of foreigners who are fighting in ukraine is not named for security reasons, at the same time london will cooperate with the ukrainian authorities to release its citizens, i will remind you that two fighters from great britain were sentenced to death in the so -called dnr in britain, such a decision was called illegal and void of legal force, did foreign fighters change their minds after that to fight for ukraine we managed to get to the secret base of the international legion and this is what they told us about severodonetsk, in which

jordan hatley was killed with the target camera of his brothers jordan became the second british soldier who gave his life for ukraine in the russian war, just as he is fighting side by side with ukrainians, thousands of foreigners from all over the world are located here, one of the international legion bases is located here. we cannot say where it is for security reasons, but we were allowed to communicate with the soldiers, the commander welcomes the new recruits. i hope that you will stay to defend ukraine and kill the russians with your machine guns. it is clear. i am more determined than ever to surrender and fight for this beautiful country and it is not scary. fighters from more than 50 countries have different motivations to risk their lives in ukraine not only for ukraine but also for taiwan i am here to fight for freedom and independence for world democracy and against the

dictator if i stay alive i will be here until this war ends here already several months to ukraine four i served in the british army for years. but when the war started, i was already discharged. i was at work with my father, we were just listening to the news. i realized that all i was doing was footage of one shot down in gale's battalion. since the beginning of the war, four soldiers have been lost here everyone is aware of the possibility of dying here, but i'm here to help if i die during this, that's why they call themselves the international legion, they work as part of the armed forces of ukraine, foreign soldiers also have official contracts, but all management positions are held by ukrainian officers. oleg shows me the battalion bunker built to defend from nazi germany in the second world war, now it protects against russia, in this place there is a

storehouse of our ammunition for various types of weapons, both for the m-16 and kalashnikov, as well as for sniper rifles and grenades and, of course , javelins, but not all of ukraine is satisfied with the quality of weapons. these weapons that are supplied to ukraine are distributed by the ukrainian government, and it seems to me that the legion is at the bottom of their list and we get the leftovers. the spokesman of the international legion is at our request. he answered that all legion fighters receive weapons are not worse than other military forces of the ukrainian armed forces, but they add ukraine needs more weapons from the allies, new recruits are happy, the team is freely inspired by brothers from different parts of the world, they they know that this moment together may be the last, but they say they are ready to serve ukraine to the end from the east

of ukraine olga melchevska henry marshall and dmytro vlasov bbc to the world event as a result of a powerful earthquake in the east of afghanistan, according to local authorities, at least 1,000 people were killed by an earthquake with a magnitude of 6 and 1 happened at night in the south-east of afghanistan near the city of khust, the province of pektyka suffered the most destruction, the extent of the damage seems to be significant in the video and photo, destroyed buildings can be seen to help rescuers helicopters, according to the authorities, at least one and a half thousand people were injured and the libyans asked for international help. earthquakes were felt by everyone in the capital, kabul, as well as in pakistan

and india. victims of shelling in the first days of the conflict and are now in germany, but the law on martial law in ukraine according to which men of conscription age do not have the right to travel abroad they complicate care from the motherland, the hospital is in a foreign country, this is definitely not the place where masha would like to celebrate her birthday. she turned 16, but now she is far from her home, only her grandmother is close to her relatives, but thanks to the kindness of other people, she is now in safe hands. they were the first to meet masha three months ago in the zaporizhzhia children's hospital, where she fought for her life, a russian shell tore off her right leg and left severe injuries, the girl was so traumatized that she could not eat or speak for days. much better then she did not eat we were afraid for her life besides her leg there were many other injuries she has

already undergone 24 operations in this video 13-year-old diana she was in the same hospital with masha and was also evacuated to germany, the injured girls were life-threatening fragments stuck in her brain, doctors say that the recovery will be long and difficult, the russian projectile not only crippled diana, but also destroyed her family, the projectile also killed her older sister natasha and four-year-old niece dominika, she is the only child who survived and the most wants to be close to her dad, but the only thing they can do now is talk on the phone. i'm glad to see my dad, but i would like to talk to him like we are now. one moment and one russian projectile died and volodymyr's life changed forever, it was hard for me to see how he asks god why he is being punished for such a punishment although he is still

looking for solace and answers in the church, he is stuck in western ukraine, it is not the place where his income would be volodymyr wants to be close to his daughter and wife in germany, but the state of emergency rules in to ukraine, it means that as a person, because of his age, he can not travel, but he clearly will not get up to take up a weapon, so while he is waiting, he comes here to the church every day and prays for those he has lost, if they give me this permission, i will definitely go. do you understand me? i can’t live without them, i don’t have a family, i think about them constantly. i need to go there to keep them, because diana is scheduled to have another brain operation this week. volodymyr asked for permission to travel directly from president zelenskyi and his endless prayers were heard, although the daughter is seriously ill, but

at least now there is a father who will be there 119 days of ukrainian resistance in the russian war the russians are approaching lysychansk and the ukrainian government calls this week decisive in the fight for severodonetsk shelling of kharkov is intensifying because it is for donbas and that's all we have time to tell you are on the air today, look at tomorrow and our special report from brussels about the fact that ukraine may become one step closer to the european union, and if you are looking for news, look for more details on our website bbc.ua and our pages in social networks, why are you showing the program exactly at nine o'clock in the evening in kyiv from anywhere in the world until tomorrow

glory to ukraine, this program is the verdict, my name is serhiy rudenko. good day and good health to all. today is the 119th day of the heroic resistance of the ukrainian people against of the russian occupiers, the enemy continues to advance on severodonetsk and lysichansk, trying to pull up reserves there, the ukrainian army retaliated along the entire front line and on the eastern and southern fronts , the armed forces attacked the island captured by the russians variable, the enemy suffered the greatest losses in the slavyansk bakhmut and avdiiv directions, with the beginning of the already great war, the russians have already lost almost 35,000 people in ukraine, 1,496 tanks, 3,614 armored fighting vehicles, 752 artillerymen