we had the russian defence _ after a brief delay.ministry - after a brief delay. we had the | russian defence ministry came claiming to have killed 250 ukrainian soldiers, they released footage appearing to show armoured vehicles coming under heavy fire as they moving across fields and what kyiv has said is do not rely on information coming out of russia's defence ministry. if you want up to date details, come to us, this is just an attempt to undermine our actions. i think the russian ministry of defence will stay the same, but for moscow trying to put out this video it is clearly trying to seize control of the narrative and that usually happens when there are developments on the ground. we saw it last year with the liberation of the southern city of kherson, where we were drip fed information, access would follow and then we would realise that liberation was taking place in what was uncovered where the familiar skulls of russian occupation. i expect that to happen again, albeit over death the familiar scars of russian occupation. i

that is the latest from the uk ministry of defence. thank you. a former political advisor to vladimir putin. thank you so much forjoining us. i'm interested for your reaction to what is happening inside your country at the moment. at what is happening inside your country at the moment. of course, it's very negative — country at the moment. of course, it's very negative reaction. - country at the moment. of course, it's very negative reaction. in - it's very negative reaction. in fact, one of the most efficient parts of the russian army which is this private military group. i would say that most of the officers in the russian army support progozhin and the wagner group. of course, there is much disagreement with him when he opened the appraisal against the defence ministry. progozhin says that no one votes against vladimir putin. the military report is that the situation is very dangerous. wagner control something from about ten to 20,000 soldiers. most of them now are in rostov city, a very big city with more than i million inhabitants. i've been

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in particular, the defence minister and the chief of staff. needed ammunition. he has taken it far further now, because he has matched his troops across into russia and taken control of rostov—on—don. city of about people has basically been lost control of by the government. this is huge. i don't think anybody in the kremlin ever expected that. what you are seeing here is prigozhin are sitting in the middle between two russian generals, that if deputy chief of defence staff is one of them, and he is giving them a telling off. he is saying i want you to bring your boss here. i am not going to stop unless you bring them here. i've got 25,000 people under my command that are willing to die and if you don't bring them here to negotiate, we are going to match in moscow. that is going rather further than just criticising some superiors. this is open insurrection. it is mutiny. president putin has reacted to this by giving a horrid state of the nation address which he did earlier today. periods. very sombre and very formal with a dark suit and dark t

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he says i am in constant contact with defence ministry officials.has not been heard or spoken of in the last day or so. vladimir putin says he is in contact with officials and says russia feels confident in realising all its plans and tasks related to what he calls the special military operation and what the rest of the world refers to as a war or full scale invasion. what the rest of the world refers to as a war orfull scale invasion. he says i give top priority to the special military operation. i start and end my day this. these are new comments from state tv in russia. let's join my guest. let'sjoin my guest. conservative mp tobias ellwood chairs the commons defence select committee and joins me now from bournemouth. iam i am interested how you feel the uk and the rest of the world should react to the events of the past few days? react to the events of the past few da s? , ., ., , ., , days? very good question. it is important _ days? very good question. it is important to — days? very good question. it is important to recognise - days? very goo

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defence leader of _ course. 0k, mr volodymyr havrylov, deputy defence leader of ukraine, i deputy defencesion you and i had yesterday in the underground, the metro of ukraine, just to give you a sense of how people get about their daily lives here in the capital, kyiv. let's have a look. i'm just going to show you around here in the metro because of course these metros have been incredibly significant during this war. forstarters, incredibly significant during this war. for starters, at at the beginning of the conflict, we have just come up onto an escalator, actually, which will give you a better sense, you can probably see how dpr underground, these metros get used as bunkers, as you say, when the air strikes start to happen and then the air raid sirens, many people take shelter in any of the metro stops operating, so it is used for double purposes. but i was saying, at the beginning of the conflict, this matter was not operational and many people had brought their mattresses, duvets, pillows into this metro and apparently the whole space on the platform was being used for people to sle

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tactics for defence. ., ~ . ., defence.ch for all of your— defence. thank you so much for all of your reporting _ defence. thank you so much for all of your reporting there - all of your reporting there from the courthouse in miami, great to talk to you, helena. live now to mark zaid, a national security lawyer. mark, thank you forjoining us. if donald trump were to be convicted on the charges we've mentioned, would he go to jail? well, he certainly is facing jail time, well, he certainly is facing jailtime, possibly well, he certainly is facing jail time, possibly over 300 or so years, but that's not realistic obviously. espionage act cases, generally, if convicted for these type of offences, get anywhere around 3- offences, get anywhere around 3— six years. there are some false statement charges, obstruction charges. realistically, pushing aside donald trump is a former president, if convicted, that individual, if it were normal, would be facing jail of around 10-20 would be facing jail of around 10—20 years but is the fo

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by wagner — yevgeny prigozhin is heard telling russian military officials he wants to speak to the defenceister — or they'll move towards moscow. you are watching bbc news. hello, i am gareth valley. in the last hour, president vladimir putin has said that russia is facing an armed mutiny. it follows a major challenge from the head of the wagner mercenary group. mr putin warned of a harsh response to threats including what he called blackmail and terrorist methods. he admitted that russian forces were not in control of the key city of rostov—on—don. in a moment, we'll play you mr putin's television address to the russian people. but first, what's led up to this? tanks and armoured vehicles have taken up positions in the southern russian city of rostov—on—don, as a dispute between the army and the wagner mercenary group threatens to degenerate into fighting. videos on social media show heavily armed men in uniform around a government building. the wagner boss yevgeny prigozhin released video of himself inside the local military headquarters in rostov. he says all military installations in t

it also has air defence. ., ~ . ., ., defence. thank you so much for all of our defence.ou so much for all of your analysis — defence. thank you so much for all of your analysis and _ defence. thank you so much for all of your analysis and helping - defence. thank you so much for all of your analysis and helping us - of your analysis and helping us understand the area that we are talking about. joining us now is the chair of the foreign affairs select committee in parliament. thank you so much forjoining us. you are obviously watching and assessing the situation very carefully. we heard from the prior minister a little earlier as well on this.- earlier as well on this. yes, indeed- _ earlier as well on this. yes, indeed. this _ earlier as well on this. yes, indeed. this is _ earlier as well on this. yes, indeed. this is a _ earlier as well on this. yes, indeed. this is a very - earlier as well on this. yes, - indeed. this is a very precarious situation. an unstable and potentially could collapse russia, thatis potentially could collapse russia, that is not a good thing. w

if putin wanted to sack his defence minister, his defence minister would be sacked.ants. the chief of general staff, the west, aliens. whoever. he doesn't need to go through this very dangerous and di5ruptive move. it is not only that it is affecting the front line, we see wagner withdrawn, there are talks of some of the paratroopers, who are kept in reserve, are being prepared ju5t paratroopers, who are kept in reserve, are being prepared just in case they need to defend moscow and take back ro5tov. it does di5rupt take back ro5tov. it does disrupt the war effort. but this undermines putin's legitimacy within the elite as a putin's legitimacy within the elite a5 a whole. for all these reasons it would be an extraordinarily expensive and painfully roundabout way of doing something that is actually 5imple. ii, way of doing something that is actually simple.— way of doing something that is actually simple. if, like you say, president putin _ actually simple. if, like you say, president putin created - actually simple. if, like you say, president putin created putin i a

you very bitter fight with the defence ministry itself.— very bitter fight with the defence ministryted to hold accountable _ ministry itself. you said we wanted to hold accountable those - ministry itself. you said we wanted to hold accountable those who - ministry itself. you said we wanted i to hold accountable those who made mistakes during a special military operation. it is totally clear as we are talking, wherever there has been any sort of change or accountability. —— he said. any sort of change or accountability. -- he said. yes, let's say — accountability. -- he said. yes, let's say first — accountability. -- he said. yes, let's say first and _ accountability. -- he said. yes, let's say first and foremost - accountability. -- he said. yes, let's say first and foremost that sergei shoigu appears to still be in thisjob. this morning, the first div element on the story we got was that video of the defence minister, who had been visiting forward positions of the command points, down in southern russia for the war in ukraine, i think that was a measure is to say that sergei shoi

again, his forces, the ministry of defence forces, the ministry of defence forces, have the equipmentave the tanks. they have the military equipment to, in numbers, put down prigozhin�*s forces. prigozhin�*s forces are mainly infantry. they have some equipment, some armoured vehicles, they apparently have some artillery as we have heard over the last couple of weeks. prigozhin has complained that the ministry of defence is not giving him enough ammunition for his artillery. so we know he has some heavy equipment. the question really comes down to the loyalty of those other units that putin hopes will defend him and stay loyal to him, but putin has got to worry that there are a lot of soldiers who have been killed, and that means there are a lot of russian families who have had brothers and fathers and sons killed, and they may be more sympathetic to prigozhin. so how do you think then, in light of what you have just said, how do you think putin will respond?— said, how do you think putin will respond? undoubtedly he will respond? undoubtedly he will be pushing _ will respond? undoubte

— in any way psychologically affect the russian defence? i'm sure that the russian defence?ssians, of course _ the russian defence? i'm sure that the russians, of course they i the russian defence? i'm sure that the russians, of course they will i the russians, of course they will complain about this, and they've got to be incredibly frustrated that 50 nations now have continued to stick together for almost a year and a half, and they continue to find new contributions. but the key for me is that ukraine is going to keep fighting. there is no doubt about it. they're not stopping. this could go a lot more quickly and it would break the will of the russians if we would say we want ukraine to win. that's the kind of capability the united states should provide that would enable ukraine to make the crimean peninsula untenable for russian forces. the black sea fleet would have to leave, the russian air force would have to leave, if the ukrainians had that low range position capability if the us would provide the attack weapons. who; position capability if the us would provide the

those defences are still in place.ed seemed to have mutinied against the russian state and been called traitors. if putin is smart, he will be able to move on quickly from this and quite possibly send wagner back into the battlefield. we wait to see any sort of clue as to how putin approaches some of those issues you have mapped out. thanks very much for now. we will come back to you. we will talk to a former army officer and commander of the nato rapid reaction battalion. thank you for being here in the programme. militarily for russia's what is your assessment in terms of the fracture that we see today? it terms of the fracture that we see toda ? , ~ . terms of the fracture that we see toda? y�* today? it is changing rapidly. but i think the ratchets _ today? it is changing rapidly. but i think the ratchets across _ today? it is changing rapidly. but i think the ratchets across the - think the ratchets across the battlefield, i'm sure those russian troops who are facing up in the donbas and zap erasure and elsewhere

but still a little more of what the defence secretary was saying. more of what the defence secretary was saying-— was saying. several countries have ste ed was saying. several countries have stepped op — was saying. several countries have stepped up today _ was saying. several countries have stepped up today with _ was saying. several countries have stepped up today with new - stepped up today with new commitments for ukraine. committed another $500 million package to support ukraine and i will include more than 20 critical air defence ministers to help ukraine skies and help protect ukraine skies. in the uk, denmark and the netherlands, a contributing funding for additional air defence, initials for ukraine. italy also announced highly critical capabilities that meet ukraine hospitals most urgent needs to defend itself. several allies are beginning to think about supporting ukraine for the long term. just a little earlier, _ ukraine for the long term. just a little earlier, i— ukraine for the long term. just a little earlier, i spoke _ ukraine for the long term. just a little earlie

_ the front line is russian defence is russian defences and in smaller groups— russian defences andvance, and that is the fighting going on at the moment so ukraine _ the fighting going on at the moment so ukraine fighting for the forward area and _ so ukraine fighting for the forward area and trying to find the depth defences— area and trying to find the depth defences of russia and the key thing for ukraine _ defences of russia and the key thing for ukraine is to draw out the russian — for ukraine is to draw out the russian gangs and to identify russian — russian gangs and to identify russian command posts and identify iogistic— russian command posts and identify logistic hubs —— draw out the russian _ logistic hubs —— draw out the russian guns. as a general richard said, _ russian guns. as a general richard said. it _ russian guns. as a general richard said. it is _ russian guns. as a general richard said, it is about a longer term campaign. _ said, it is about a longer term campaign, it is not a whistle and itself. _ campaign, it is not a whistle and itself. it— campaign, it is

on the outskirts of the city, closer to that threat, is the last line of defence. amidst all of the talk of a ukrainian counteroffensive, there's always a risk of the russians breaking through the line. there is a sympathy in the trenches for those wanting to come home. "if you have to die", he tells me, "it's better to die at home than somewhere abroad." it's the watchful eyes of soldiers like him which are allowing people to move back into harm's way. for serhiy and viktoria, it's a conscious decision. translation: who knows when it will become safe here? _ maybe a year, two or five. we don't want to wait even one year. overall, we are prepared. yes. in these times of turmoil, there is a hope and belief they won't last forever. futures depend on it. james waterhouse, bbc news, pokrovsk, in eastern ukraine. returning now to our top story — russia's defence ministry says it has thwarted a ukrainian attack in the occupied donetsk region. kyiv hasn't responded directly, but says there had been almost 30 clashes in donetsk and luhansk. the increase in activity is the

the minstry of defence - else at all? we don't. the minstry of defence has i else at all? we don't. defence has come out with the basic facts. they say that he is a military candidate, that he hasjust been accepted into japan's defence forces, that he was going through a training programme, that this happens in a shooting range, a military shooting range. as you say, this is why there was this access to guns. how this happened though, whether it was during training or not, we don't know. simply we don't have these details and we don't have these details and we don't have a motive, but we do understand that of the three soldiers, one was in his 50s and sir were soldiers, one was in his 50s and sirwere in soldiers, one was in his 50s and sir were in their 20s. we understand also that two have died and one is in hospital. i know you will keep us across the story. thank you very much, shamick a little in tokyo. —— shamick a little in tokyo. —— shamick a little in tokyo. —— shamick a little. let's get some of the day's other news now. more than 100 people have died in nigeria after a boa

those air defence _ missiles. that is right matthew. those air defence systems - missiles.thew. those air defence systems were missiles. that is right matthew. - those air defence systems were hard at work this morning when there was at work this morning when there was a realisation that russian missile strikes were taking place. we went ashore for a while exactly what it was. there were rumours of reconnaissance drones. —— we weren't sure. but what we learnt when we came here to the outskirts of kyiv. apologies. we havejust came here to the outskirts of kyiv. apologies. we have just lost came here to the outskirts of kyiv. apologies. we havejust lost the line there to yalda hakim. but gelder has been there is that village on the outskirts for a number of hours. she was talking to a boy who was affected and lives in one of those houses that you saw destroyed. yalda hakim talk to him and he talked us through the events of the last few hours. so, i understood that there is a missile, because i heard the sound, like you know, like when a jet is flying. like when an aircraft is

he pays all of it as a fight with the russian defence ministry.fight that had been brewing for a long time between him and the defence minister and he claims it was triggered, this march on moscow, when that russian defence ministry fired on positions on his group within ukraine although we have never seen any proof of that. although he is trying to say this was not a challenge to putin, the very fact of this march and the detail of what happened, they have i think dented to the authority of vladimir putin. he is a president who makes control and stability is by words and those have been challenged very directly by what happened over the weekend. so i think it is important that today we discovered that the criminal charges against yevgeny prigozhin are still in force. there is still a case out against him which is potentially why he is lying low, potentially why we still don't know an awful lot including where exactly he is. i spoke to democrat congressman raja krishnamoorthi, who serves on the house committee on intelligence, about putin's commen

he's a a senior fellow at the centre for defence research at the australian defence college and joinsanberra. what happened yesterday and what will its impact to be? it is what happened yesterday and what will its impact to be?— will its impact to be? it is quite extraordinary, _ will its impact to be? it is quite extraordinary, even _ will its impact to be? it is quite extraordinary, even by - will its impact to be? it is quite extraordinary, even by the - will its impact to be? it is quite - extraordinary, even by the standards normally set by russian politics which tend towards the extreme. you have an individual who has been close to vladimir putin, venerated by state media as a hero of the russian federation. effectively calling for an armed rebellion saying on telegram that russia deserves a different president. and really challenging the centre and the kremlin in a way that has not been done before. to see him escape with little more than a rap over the knuckles, exile to belarus where presumably he will continue to have control over wagner's extensive operations in africa, is

i campaign essentially as the defence in this case? i think many legal _ defence in this case?les go on that your guests was just describing, notjust here in miami, but four separate cases across the country. essentially to get all the way to the white house, we know that last weekend in north carolina and in georgia, he was telling politico he doesn't intend to run even if he's indicted, even if he's convicted and i think it's fair to say for an international audience, that appears fairly noteworthy. they're thinking, "can you possibly?" and occthe answer is with this us constitution, there is nothing that would prohibit him from doing so. and trump is very cognisant of the fact that the department of justice doesn't have a policy of indicting a sitting president and moreover if he were, indeed, the 2024 presidential victor, were, indeed, the 2024 presidentialvictor, he were, indeed, the 2024 presidential victor, he might also seek a way to get the department ofjustice to essentially get this investigation into him to disappear. so that is perhaps one of his, perhaps the great

and the defence ministry, the defence minister, who mr prigozhin hates so much, is still in hisjob.ou know, things moving and changing all the time. extremely unsettling developments, certainly within russia, both politically and, of course, in terms of the military leadership there. events over the weekend unfolded rapidly. on friday, yevgeny prigozhin releases a video stepping up his feud with russia's military top brass. for the first time he questions putin's justification for invading ukraine. in response, russia's fsb security service opened a criminal case against him. by saturday, wagner fighters enter the southern russian city of rostov—on—don. they quickly take control of the all important army headquarters. under intense, pressure vladimir putin makes a televised address. he accuses prigozhin of treason" and a "stab in the back". he urges a consolidation of all forces. reports say wagner mercenary troops are heading north in a convoy. some estimates predict they will reach moscow by saturday evening. russian soldiers set up defence positions around moscow, according to ph

and then we actually saw those air defence systems and the plumes of smoke from the air defence systemsd then we heard what had happened in other parts of the capital, and here, on the outskirts. i can show you a house just behind here, on the outskirts. i can show you a housejust behind me. you can still see the smoke in the distance, where that house has been completely destroyed. i am told, a woman around 80 years old and lived there. as you can see, a home is completely destroyed. we have a bit more information to say that it is debris as a result of the air defence system is really working away. the house i am just going to show you now, we are going to pan over two. it is where a 12—year—old boy also lived. he was injured. his foot was injured. a little while ago, i spoke to him, and he told me what that experience was like. you said they had been living in these circumstances for the entire year. but he has never been so scared as he was earlier this morning when he had the air raid sirens and realised it was a missile strike. just have a listen. i understood that there was a spe

_ defence cooperation. ken is, what do you see a significant? i _ defence cooperation.ignificant? i would reiterate what was said, - you see a significant? i would reiterate what was said, she l you see a significant? i would i reiterate what was said, she and you see a significant? i would - reiterate what was said, she and i had the privilege of working on this relationship over the past 20 years, both in and out of government. most recently her when she was on the security council and i was ambassador. there were several key events that occurred, one was the agreement that allowed the transfer of manufacturing technologies to india, to co—producejet engines, second, india was going to purchase a number of predator drones from the united states. third, in the area of emerging technologies, there have been a series of agreements to work together on semiconductor and supply chains. artificial intelligence, quantum computing, and all of this elevates the partnership. it is important to underline that india always believes in independent foreign policy, it is not an ally

the bbc�*s defence correspondent jonathan beale sent this report from the summit.meeting, welcoming allies, commitment to train ukrainian pilots to fly western, modern western jets, pilots to fly western, modern westernjets, including the us made f—i6. that programme, that plan is being led by both the netherlands and denmark. and it is being joined by other countries and supported by the us. what's missing at the moment of course is a specific timeline, a pledge to actually supply the jets themselves and that would have to be facilitated, in the case of f-i6s facilitated, in the case of f—i6s which are made in america, by the us itself. we heard from the us defence secretary lloyd austin who made very clear that he is what he called laser focus at the moment is on ukraine's offensive and providing ukraine with the ammunition it needs and what we've heard from western allies at this meeting is more offers of support of donations of both artillery shells and, specifically, air defence systems to counter the aerial assault that ukraine is facing at the moment from ru

we will not be distracted from our work to support sl defence and subsequent recovery.ussia, that have the strategic patience and resolve to prevail. at the last recovery conference we sent a message that not only will we stand by our ukrainian friends as they resist putin, but we will stand with them in the subsequent peace as wealth. now that russia's leadership cannot justify this war, the only rightful cause is for putin to withdraw his troops and end this bloodshed now. mr speaker, i commend this statement to the house. mr speaker, mrspeaker, cani mr speaker, can i start by thanking the foreign— mr speaker, can i start by thanking the foreign secretary being entered over the _ the foreign secretary being entered over the weekend and for the government in providing briefings? our greatest strength is our unity. with this _ our greatest strength is our unity. with this in — our greatest strength is our unity. with this in mind, we are reassured to hear— with this in mind, we are reassured to hear the — with this in mind, we are reassured to hear the government has be

in terms of defence. — diplomatic ties. in terms of defence, that _ diplomatic ties. defence, that has - diplomatic ties. in terms of defence, that has also - diplomatic ties. in terms of| defence, that has also been diplomatic ties. in terms of. defence, that has also been on diplomatic ties. in terms of - defence, that has also been on the table? , ., , table? remember that the president believes that — table? remember that the president believes that strengthening - believes that strengthening relationships with india will act as a counterbalance to the rise of china in the region. it is also a concern that india shares. in addition to some of the sharing in terms of building new planes by general electric in india, india has also decided to purchase $3 billion worth of new drones that it will use to patrol its long border with china. . ~ to patrol its long border with china. ., ~' ,, to patrol its long border with china. ., ~ ., ., , ., china. thank you for that update. i want to bring _ china. thank you for that update. i want to bring in _ china. thank you for t

his minister of defence. — called for... his minister of defence, shoigu, _ called for...f defence, shoigu, he wants| called for... his minister of - defence, shoigu, he wants him out. he wants to replace the minister, on the general staff, and people have been wondering, what is going on? where is putin and all of this? it suggests a lack of discipline. i don't expect to put any any that an economic forum, but it seems the struggle for power in military effort continues —— putin in address any of that. it is very destabilising. we do not see any immediate evidence that his position is in peril, but i would not say that what has happened till it does make interesting your speaking at this business of international key is speaking at this business event, this conference. b, is speaking at this business event, this conference.— this conference. a familiar fixture of his candour, _ this conference. a familiar fixture of his candour, but _ this conference. a familiar fixture of his candour, but none - this conference. a familiar fixture of his candour, but none the - this conf

president putin's press secretary said that wagner mercenaries who wish to sign a ministry of defencetract can, and fighters who took part in the uprising will not be prosecuted. meanwhile, these are the latest images of locals chanting "wagner" as the troops from the mercenary group were leaving rostov. and here you see tanks boarding trucks and leaving the area. earlier in an audio message posted on telegram, progoshin said the time had come to stand down. here's an english translation of his message. translation: they wanted to disband the wagner. - onjune 23rd, we went out on a justice march. within a day, we were just 200 kilometres away from moscow. during that time, we did not spill a single drop of blood of our fighters. now the moment has come when the blood can be spilt. therefore, understanding all the responsibility for the fact that russian blood will be spilt on one of the sides, we're turning our comms back and leaving in the opposite direction to the field camps, according to the plan. with me is barbara starr, former pentagon correspondent at cnn and senior fellow at

sorry, it was defence intelligence. but it was also used by the chief of defence staff. remember talking to another senior journalist and we both sucked our teeth a little bit and said putin has brought the promise of unlimited money. he's brought in new leadership under gerasimov, who is a very close ally to putin. he sent medvedev into the factories to threaten them with stalinist management methods, including execution. they've doubled work patterns. they've gone quasi—war mobilisation without full mobilisation. they seem to be able to find spare parts for tanks and ships from abroad through what they call parallel imports or smuggling. so, russia's leader buckles down for a long war and was apparently dismissive of the recent african peace initiative, preferring to continue to fight. but could he be toppled if ukraine's counteroffensive succeeds? i think a major reverse in the south which threatens crimea, which putin's put so much stake on... if the bridges are dropped again, if russia has to evacuate forces and people from crimea, that's going to have political rep

in for him in terms of mustering a defence. , ., ., , defence.what these accounts are _ defence. in terms of what these accounts are all— defence. in terms of what these accounts are all about, - defence. in terms of what these accounts are all about, it's - defence. in terms of what these | accounts are all about, it's about proving in terms of the case against... that this is the case. will it be at all about the motivation of what his attention was in all of this? i motivation of what his attention was in all of this?— in all of this? i think it's less about the — in all of this? i think it's less about the intention - in all of this? i think it's less about the intention and - in all of this? i think it's less| about the intention and more in all of this? i think it's less - about the intention and more about the violation of the various statutes, given the sensitivity of the information. one could speculate forever about the intention and motivation and thrill of having these documents in the newjersey case. i think he was trying to prove a

live now to yuriy sak in kyiv, who's an adviser to the ukrainian defence ministry.you on the programme. the suggestion is that this appears to be start of the ukrainian counteroffensive. is it? good afternoon. we have been saying for quite a while now that counteroffensive, or offensive, or the next stages of military operation will not be announced, for good reason, but more importantly, they have never stopped. it would be a mistake to think that the front was never idle. the military operations along the front line have been very active and some days more intense, some less. you have mentioned in your report the city of bakhmut. around there, ukrainian forces have been in the last couple of weeks counter attacking and achieving some relative progress and we see that the terrorists, wagner group, has left and we understand we have degraded the russian army, our estimate and our understanding is that russians, russian losses around bakhmut have been seven and a half times larger than our losses. that was the strategy, to inflict losses on the enemy and allow the uk

fine up the air defences ukraine has? one ofthe up the air defences ukraine has?e: of the points so then skee up the air defences ukraine has? <1>i2 of the points so then skee mentioned is that he needs more missiles —— one of the points zelensky. ukraine is running out of i'm a nation, so the west has an obligation to provide it. it is a challenge to keep supplying these things. we need to daft as well. i think the west will take its responsibility —— we need to adapt. russia is counting on time, they think the more we have ukraine using its capabilities, the more likely they can win. we can't let it happen. more likely they can win. we can't let it happen-— more likely they can win. we can't let it happen. thank you for “oining us here on the i let it happen. thank you for “oining us here on the programme. _ let it happen. thank you forjoining us here on the programme. just i let it happen. thank you forjoining us here on the programme. just a l us here on the programme. just a quick pointer because we will get a later is on the ground, that a team strike on kyi

both i guess in the defences that russian forces have put in place. where ukraine deploys some of that military hardware. does it protect the cities or does it move it a little closer to the front line? so that's one of the big questions. you know, the reason the russians have been bombarding the cities is to get kyiv to keep its air defence assets around the cities and then using their own aviation, especially some of their attack helicopters, at standoff positions to hit ukrainian attacks down on the front lines. so that's definitely one of these decision decision dilemmas that zelensky has faced, where to put his air defence and where to protect. and that's something that they're trying to balance. and we've also seen the allies pledge a lot more short range air defence very recently, like the germanjeppards for example, to to get them to the front lines to help the ukrainians solve this problem. i would add down in the front lines, there's one other very important thing going on that people should keep an eye on, and that is the use of in particul

because the defence minister _ us? because the defence minister himself - us?is - us? because the defence minister himself is being | minister himself is being sanctioned. that is very bizarre and very much ironic in that the actions of the united states, a station on russian companies that sell arms and china,, that company according to the us was found meddling with the american election in 2016 so this kinds of sanctions of the chinese, it was kind of a secondary sanction. the question is because china has nothing to do with any thing legal, this country has been going now since 1990 and so why shouldn't americans leave the sanctions. if the sanction is there, how can we talk. this is very consequential, let me tell you why, because the defence minister will be in this position for the next five years. just imagine during the five years without the sanctions, he cannot be going to the visit united states and he cannot, how can austin come? he has to be invited. and then about hardline, i think minister lee is a man who will talk most of his hard line. how ca

when he hasn't got a defence _ legal defence when he hasn't got a defence because he's bang to rightsse he's bang to rights and what he has done. angela rayner with her reaction. _ and what he has done. angela rayner with her reaction. let's _ and what he has done. angela rayner with her reaction. let's distill - and what he has done. angela rayner with her reaction. let's distill all - with her reaction. let's distill all of these a little bit with rob watson, or political correspondent. he joins watson, or political correspondent. hejoins me here on college green. let's take stock. a few hours after this report has been released, we have been getting a lot of reaction? we have ended. before we even take stock, it is probably worth reminding ourselves now that in the 1000 year history of the institution of britain's parliament, no minister, former prime minister or sitting prime minister, has been on the receiving end of such a damning report. i mean, it really is a fairly extraordinary moment, to put it in historical context. in terms of reaction, well, reaction has been pretty much