and francis scarr is here from bbc monitoring. to you all and thank you so much for coming on the media show. olga, if we just start with you, where are you and what is the atmosphere like in ukraine today? you've been tweeting about our prime minister, boris johnson's visit to kyiv. i know that. yeah, well, hi, everyone. and thank you for having me on this show. i'm currently in western ukraine in the town of chertsey. and i apologise for the background because i'm speaking to you from a basement because we've had already four raid alerts today. and since i'm working from home, ijust decided to stay in the basement for the show so that, you know, i don't get interrupted by another air raid alert. radio viewers won't see that, but our tv viewers will. so thank you for explaining that. it's a it's a gray background, but at least you're safe. yeah. you know, everyone expected a lot of russian missile strikes today. and it's early evening here in ukraine now. and we've already heard the reports of several targets hit by russian missi

francis scarr watches russian media for bbc monitoring. good to have you back on.t's _ in russian media? as you said, the russians are saying it's been - in russian media? as you said, the russians are saying it's been a - russians are saying it's been a complete failure. they described this as an ill—conceived operation which is already come to an end. and state tv has been particularly bullish on the subject. one permanent tv per centre declared the beginning of a show that this had failed instantly and turned into a bloodied meat grinder for the ukrainian armed forces. she then went on to real off the alleged losses to personnel and equipment, which the russian defence ministry claims ukraine has suffered. on another show on state tv the present to even claim that ukrainians were circulating fake videos on social media to create the impression that russian soldiers were disorganised and fleeing the front in fear. d0 and fleeing the front in fear. do they ever in these broadcasts acknowledge setbacks? well, they very occasionally _ acknowledge setbacks? well, the

let's take a look at how russian media has covered this story — francis scarr from bbc monitoring joinsyou go in the world in terms of reaction to mr gorbachev's that.— world in terms of reaction to mr gorbachev's that. that is true. we have seen — gorbachev's that. that is true. we have seen tributes _ gorbachev's that. that is true. we have seen tributes pouring - gorbachev's that. that is true. we have seen tributes pouring in - gorbachev's that. that is true. we | have seen tributes pouring in from many countries outside of russia but inside russia, it has been an entirely different story today, which i think is unsurprising given that many have said, as many have noted today, but president putin is doing is to unravel gorbachev's legacy in many ways. if we look at state tv for example, the dominant source of news for most russians, well, they have been saying, yes, we are not going to attack gorbachev, because this is the day of his death and that would be indecent, but there has been thinly veiled criticism. i've spoken of how he plunged the country into economic and political cha