inna sovsun let me brina ou thing already. inna sovsun let me bring you back — thing already. thing already. inna sovsun let me bring you back in, i know you - thing already. inna sovsun let me bring you back in, i know you are| bring you back in, i know you are with people who are fighting in this ongoing conflicts, what is the morale among ukrainian forces at the moment? and do we have any reaction so far to this recent development? we have heard the news about 2a hours ago, and juliet the first thought of mine and of thousands of other ukrainians was that the news came 2a hours too late to save the life of a very famous ukrainian paramedic, a former student of mine and great friend of mine who died around kharkiv, 2a hours before that announcement. not a single death of people who have been recognised or publicly known in the ukrainian publicly known in the ukrainian public sphere, unfortunately we have raised several death of people who have been known to wider society, activists, journalists, have been killed over the last week, so that was my first thought. that's it cam

joining me now ukrainian politician, inna sovsun in kyiv and from washington dc, max bergmann who's arogress, where he focuses on europe, russia, and us security cooperation. let me start with you, and law. this is the 811th day of this war. mr blinken says the war has been decided —— by its side since day one. is there anything he said today that gives you any hope, any optimism that an end is in sight? the truth is that we're in a difficult situation both on the front line and other parts of the ukrainian territory. ukrainian energy and infrastructure has been destroyed and literally ten minutes before had to go live for this interview we got news that they might switch off electricity in key as well as other parts of ukraine because of their recent attacks in energy infrastructure. —— key. it is a difficult situation. the visit is both a sign of solidarity that is important on itself at this critical moment. we also hope there were talks behind where more specific issues of help to ukraine were being discussed. how long this help will last, what will happen with the new package of

we are coming back, inna sovsun, people's deputy of ukraine, is in touch with us, and in particular ,l talk about the issue of education, patriotic education, mrs. inna. good day, glory to ukraine, glory to the heroes, i congratulate you, today we want to start a conversation about new subjects for high school students, in fact, this is what should be in every country, about how children learn, not only learn to use it by some most necessary means of protection, not only what is on the subject of protecting the motherland, but actually historical ones as well. certain things, that is, to be savvy from different sides. we know that we have a new curriculum for grades 10 and 11 and we are asking you to tell us about it, what is changing, and whether it is possible to make this subject one of the series of these serious subjects, when children really have to study it, and do not consider that it is not serious, it is there as something secondary. thanks for the question and for this discussion, really pre... defense of the country, which we are going to talk about now, part of the audien

inna sovsun is a kyiv mp, whose partner is fighting, and she thinks there are enough men to swap in andhan those who are serving. and the numbers is not even one to one, it's a much bigger ratio. just how much by the fact, you know, the fact your husband, your partner is serving, how much has that shaped your view? of course, my understanding is shaped by who i am, by the fact that i, you know, spend countless nights worrying about where my partner is, if he is ok and so on and so forth. it's an anxiety shared by millions of ukrainians. tired soldiers are torn between needing to defend their country and wanting to go home. james waterhouse, bbc news, the donetsk region. three tourists found dead in mexico were shot in the head and their bodies dumped in a well. authorities say two australian brothers and their american friend disappeared on the 27th of april while on a surfing trip in ensenada, in the north of the country. officials believe the men were attacked trying to stop the theft of their pickup truck. two men and a woman have been detained on suspicion of involvement in the atta

inna sovsun is a kyiv mp whose partner is fighting, and she thinks there are enough men to swap in andse who are serving, and the numbers are not even one—to—one, it's a much bigger ratio. the fact that your husband, your partner, is serving, how much has that shaped your view? of course, my understanding is shaped by who i am, by the fact that i, you know, spend countless nights worrying about where my partner is, if he is ok and so on and so forth. it's an anxiety shared by millions of ukrainians. tired soldiers are torn between needing to defend their country and wanting to go home. james waterhouse, bbc news, the donetsk region. the presidents of france, china, and the european commission are holding talks in paris, where ukraine and trade are dominating discussions. in opening remarks at the elysee palace, emmanuel macron told xi jinping, coordination with china on crises in ukraine and the middle east was crucial. the europeans are hoping to persuade china's leader to refrain from supplying russia with potential war materials. he's urged the eu to remain committed to a partnershi

start with this, we will discuss other political topics later with people's deputy, she will be inna sovsun today, and because this is actually a very important topic for conversation, we mean language not in the sphere of everyday life, not in the sphere of private communication, but in ukraine actually. well, everyone can communicate privately at least you can speak chinese, swahili, you can also speak esperanto, but we will talk about the official sphere, but we will start by talking about the situation in zaporizhzhia, zaporizhzhia region alisa sasoeva, journalist, deputy of the zaporizhia district council, ms. alisa, i congratulate you, i congratulate you, mr. vasyl, today there is a lot of news from zaporizhzhia, from the zaporizhzhia region, let's start with the fact that in one day the enemy made 360. eight attacks in the region, 11 houses were destroyed, and you know, when you read this, the thought arises, what is what from the series, simple they hit everywhere, destroy, burn, leave nothing, this is with the understanding that the enemy continues to try to regain control over the

inna sovsun is a kyiv mp, whose partner is fighting, and she thinks there are enough men to swap in andwho are serving. and the numbers is not even one to one, it's a much bigger ratio. just how much by the fact, you know, the fact your husband, your partner is serving, how much has that shaped your view? of course, my understanding is shaped by who i am, by the fact that i, you know, spend countless nights worrying about where my partner is, if he is ok and so on and so forth. it's an anxiety shared by millions of ukrainians. tired soldiers are torn between needing to defend their country and wanting to go home. james waterhouse, bbc news, the donetsk region. stay with us here on bbc news. keeping an eye on pictures coming in from france which is where president xijinping is having a state from france which is where president xi jinping is having a state visit there and we expect shortly the arrival of ursula von der leyen, the european commission president who is expected tojoin the european commission president who is expected to join the french president, emanuel macron, to push for

inna sovsun is a kyiv mp whose partner is fighting, and she thinks there are enough men to swap in andthere are more people who are not serving than those who are serving, and the numbers are not even one—to—one, it's a much bigger ratio. the fact that your husband, your partner, is serving, how much has that shaped your view? of course, my understanding is shaped by who i am, by the fact that i, you know, spend countless nights worrying about where my partner is, if he is ok and so on and so forth. it's an anxiety shared by millions of ukrainians. tired soldiers are torn between needing to defend their country and wanting to go home. james waterhouse, bbc news, the donetsk region. military celebrations are taking place in london and around the uk to mark the first anniversary of the coronation of king charles and queen camilla. gun salutes were heard across london, with 41 volleys fired at noon by the king's troop royal horse artillery, from green park. the king recently returned to public engagements after being diagnosed with cancer. it's 30 years today since the official opening of

start with this, we will discuss other political topics later with the people's deputy, she will be inna sovsun today, because this is actually a very important topic for conversation, it means language not in the sphere of everyday life, not in the sphere of private communication, but in ukraine actually, well, privately everyone... can communicate at least in chinese, you can talk in swahili, you can also speak esperanto, well, but we will talk specifically about the official sphere, but we will start by talking about... the situation in zaporizhzhia, zaporizhzhia region alisa sasoeva, journalist, deputy of the zaporizhzhia district council. mrs. alice, i congratulate you. i congratulate you, mr. vasyl. today there is a lot of news from zaporizhzhia, from the zaporizhzhia region, let's start with what boro made 368 attacks in the region during the day, 11 houses were destroyed. and you know, when you read this, you get the idea that this is something from a series, they just hit everywhere, destroy, burn, leave nothing, understanding this about... because the enemy continues to try to regain

inna sovsun is a kyiv mp, whose partner is fighting, and she thinks there are enough men to swap in ande, who are not serving than those who are serving. and the numbers is not even one to one, it's a much bigger ratio. just how much by the fact, you know, the fact your husband, your partner is serving, how much has that shaped your view? of course, my understanding is shaped by who i am, by the fact that i, you know, spend countless nights worrying about where my partner is, if he is ok and so on and so forth. it's an anxiety shared by millions of ukrainians. tired soldiers are torn between needing to defend their country and wanting to go home. james waterhouse, bbc news, the donetsk region. argentina's new president, javier milei, has denied that ordinary argentines are paying for his radical austerity measures. in an interview with the bbc, mr milei, who campaigned with a chainsaw to symbolise his desire to slash public spending, insisted that it was "false" to suggest the public were bearing the brunt of steep spending cuts and the devaluation of the currency. ione wells started by

inna sovsun is a kyiv mp, whose partner is fighting, and she thinks there are enough men to swap in andbigger ratio. just how much by the fact, you know, with the fact your husband, your partner is serving, how much has that shaped your view? of course, my understanding is shaped by who i am, by the fact that i, you know, spend countless nights worrying about where my partner is, if he is ok and so on and so forth. it's an anxiety shared by millions of ukrainians. tired soldiers are torn between needing to defend their country and wanting to go home. james waterhouse, bbc news, the donetsk region. before we go we can look again at the pictures of president xi jinping arriving at the elysee palace for talks with french president emanuel macron and ursula von der leyen. full state honours for this visit which is xijinping's full state honours for this visit which is xi jinping's first visit to europe in five years. ukraine and trade with the eu expected to dominate the agenda. stay with us here on bbc news. hello there. we're set to see a bit of a mix of weather types through the bank hol

inna sovsun is a kyiv mp, whose partner is fighting, and she thinks there are enough men to swap in and. there are more people who are not serving than those who are serving. and the numbers is not even one to one, it's a much bigger ratio. just how much by the fact, you know, with the fact your husband, your partner is serving, how much has that shaped your view? of course, my understanding is shaped by who i am, by the fact that i, you know, spend countless nights worrying about where my partner is, if he is ok and so on and so forth. it's an anxiety shared by millions of ukrainians. tired soldiers are torn between needing to defend their country and wanting to go home. james waterhouse, bbc news, the donetsk region. good to see our correspondent they're talking about her partner on they're talking about her partner on the front line. this concern about the front line. this concern about the mobilisation bill has been a real concern of the united states senator lindsey graham is talked about several times. do you think they delayed too long? with the longer you delay the more difficul

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inna sovsun is a kyiv mp, whose partner is fighting, and she thinks there are enough men to swap in andhow much by the fact, you know, the fact your husband, your partner is serving, how much has that shaped your view? of course, my understanding is shaped by who i am, by the fact that i, you know, spend countless nights worrying about where my partner is, if he is ok and so on and so forth. it's an anxiety shared by millions of ukrainians. tired soldiers are torn between needing to defend their country and wanting to go home. james waterhouse, bbc news, the donetsk region. returning to politics now. and the prime minister has dismissed calls to change course after what he called disappointing local election results in england. so what happened at the polling booths last week? the conservatives lost 474 councillors — just under half the seats it was defending — and the party also lost control of ten councils. labour picked up 186 new council seats to take control of eight councils. the liberal democrats also made gains — they added 104 new councillors and won control of two councils. th