well, james cleverley underlining _ further, we meant it.l, jamesl cleverley underlining the continued support from western capitals. let's return to that developing line in the last hour or so, coming from ukraine's deputy defence minister, saying their forces are shifting to, offensive actions in some areas. our ukraine correspondent, james waterhouse, is in kyiv for us. we have seen a real ramping up of claim and counterclaim. that is par for the course, but the rhetoric has definitely heightened. we have had russia first off claim to have repelled three attacks now. it has gone up throughout the day, along the front line. kyiv haven't commented, but it is now claiming through itself, through the deputy defence minister of ukraine, claiming that its forces have shifted to offensive action. she said in a post, we are continuing the defence that started last year. in some areas, we are moving to offensive actions, in particular the bakhmut direction, but eastern city remains the epicentre of hostilities. there we are moving along a fairly w

who in the british capital already met with the minister of foreign affairs of great britain, james cleverley, visited the center for assistance to ukrainian refugees and held negotiations with the minister of foreign affairs of ukraine, dmytro kuleba . representatives of more than 50 countries came to the conference in london not only to discuss the importance of restoring ukraine after this war, but also to make sure that it will be a successful and prosperous democracy and to take concrete steps in this direction, this is what these next few days will be about from the very beginning of russia's aggression against ukraine, president biden has said that we will support ukraine as long as necessary, and both our countries are deeply committed to this. we talked and our positions coincide in almost everything. ensuring the future of ukraine as a safe sovereign independent nation requires not only security support, but also support for its economy , democracy and full integration into europe more about state secretary blinken's visit to great britain, preparations and expectations from the int

also said, british foreign secretary james cleverley said that it is too early to assess the situation around the destruction of the ghz cavern , but it happened due to the start of hostilities in russia. well done. not because of the fourteenth year, not from the tenth eighth. uh, garland nixon us journalists their own pipelines. blew up the crimean bridge attacked. the crimean bridge attacked the nuclear power plant itself, blew up its own dam, attacked the kremlin with the help of drones. but if you read the western press, a historical war is also an absolutely natural form of coexistence of historical people, so a woman speaking like that is another matter in any war. the conduct of the war and how ukraine is being fought today. it's completely free. let's say a few words about the war. i would like to add about robert kennedy in the mail you have a little story that is absolutely documentary, but it is very important , just the very movement of robert kennedy from the kennedy clan as presidential candidates is a sacred, in general, a turning point in the history of the american am

he has already arrived in london, where he met with the british minister of foreign affairs james cleverleye press - promised to the conference that he would announce a new package tomorrow, president biden said from the beginning of russia's aggression against ukraine that we would continue to support ukraine as long as will be necessary, we will continue to fulfill this obligation, in particular through a new powerful us aid package, which i will be able to announce tomorrow . the hydroelectric power plant drained the territory of the great meadow, the historical area where the ukrainian cossacks were born, on the site of the reservoir, their settlements, graves, cultural values, some scientists and environmentalists think that they should be restored the kakhova hpp is not needed, but it will affect the agriculture of southern ukraine and the energy sector. andriy stasiuk was familiar with the topic. october 1955, the kakhova hpp begins its work. the water gradually floods the pre-prepared territories. the area is 2,155 m², which is 2.5 times the area of ​​kyiv. the reservoir was artific

reaction, what is the reaction of britain, here is the statement of the minister of foreign affairs, james cleverleyi know about the report about the explosion on the dam and the risk floods, it is still too early for me to make thorough assessments of the details of what happened, but it is worth remembering that of course the only reason that this happened at all was not a provoked invasion of russia, a full-scale invasion of ukraine, we will continue to assess the situation in of development but of course we repeat what we have already said during this conflict, the best thing russia can do now is to withdraw its troops immediately ukraine demanded that due to the situation at the kakhovka hydroelectric power station, an urgent meeting of the un security council be convened, it is scheduled for tonight and here is the reaction of un secretary general antonio guterres he said that he does not have access to independent information about the circumstances that led to the destruction of the hpp , at the same time, according to him, this is another terrible consequence of the russian invasion of ukra

simplified process of ukraine's membership in nato, the minister of foreign affairs of the country, james cleverleyated this quoted by the guardian, he emphasized that ukraine is developing and developing incredibly fast, kyiv is implementing the reforms necessary for integration into nato during hostilities, the position of the united kingdom will be such that it fully supports the departure from the membership action plan and admits that the proposal to join nato both in sweden and finland did not demand this, the ukrainians demonstrated their commitment to reforming the army in accordance with the requirements of nato membership by their own actions on the battlefield, i think that all allies of the alliance recognize this next, we are joined by dmytro plytenchuk, spokesman for the naval forces of the ukrainian armed forces, captain of the third rank, mr. dmytro. good morning from the studio . greetings to the audience, so let's start with the current operational situation in the black sea. there are several ships of the russian invaders carrying cruise missiles. we observe neither in the black

to increase the sanctions pressure on the aggressor country, recently british foreign minister james cleverleyanctions against russia until moscow pays compensation to kyiv the british government also created a new mechanism thanks to which it will be possible to transfer russian assets for the restoration of ukraine to russians who under sanctions will be able to voluntarily donate frozen funds today the united states secretary of state anthony blinken during his long-awaited visit to china met with the chinese leader xi jinping . a high-ranking official who has visited beijing for the past 5 years, the purpose of the visit is to establish relations between the two countries, which according to analysts' estimates in recent decades, fell to the lowest level during a half-hour conversation, the chinese leader said that the parties had held frank and detailed discussions that would contribute to the return of bilateral relations to a normal course, or talked in detail about the war in ukraine. russia for use against ukraine, however , blinka is concerned about the actions of private chinese com

that right now. program windows stb single news the minister of foreign affairs of great britain james cleverleyan unannounced visit and already met with volodymyr zelenskyi. and before the president himself thanked for the assistance provided by the united kingdom, he separately emphasized the importance of the decisions made by great britain on the transfer of storm missiles to ukraine they also exchanged opinions on shadow and professional training of ukrainian pilots and on ukraine's expectations from the vilnius nato summit and prospects for membership in the alliance. in addition, they discussed preparation for the london international conference on the reconstruction of ukraine. we have started a discussion about the coalition of patriots and great britain is part of these discussions - this is extremely important because recently the russian aggressor has significantly intensified missile terror against ukraine, therefore our country needs a quick and significant strengthening of air defense systems. i came in the winter when kyiv was plunged into darkness and now at the beginning of sum

he has already arrived in london, where he met with the british minister of foreign affairs , james cleverleyonference , he promised that he would announce a new package of documents tomorrow, president biden from the beginning of russia's aggression against of ukraine said that we will continue to support ukraine as long as necessary, we will continue to fulfill this obligation, in particular through a new powerful package of us aid that i will be able to announce tomorrow, the future of ukraine as a safe sovereign independent state requires not only guarantees and security, but also support for the economy of democracy and full integration into europe. as part of the conference on the reconstruction of ukraine, the first discussions have already taken place between switzerland, germany and france and italy . zelenskyi says work continues unevenly at different levels so that recovery becomes not only a construction project but a global protection project valley ukraine transformed ukraine a strengthened ukraine is a carrier of security and grand security, it is protection against any forms o

process of ukraine's membership in nato stated this the minister of foreign affairs of the country, james cleverley, is quoted by the garden . he emphasized that ukraine is developing , developing incredibly fast. kyiv reforms are necessary for integration into nato during hostilities, the position of the united kingdom will be such that it fully supports withdrawal from action plan regarding membership and admit that the offer to join nato by both sweden and finland did not require this, ukrainians have demonstrated their commitment to reforming the army in accordance with the requirements of nato membership by their own actions on the battlefield, i think that all allies of the alliance recognize this that the opposition of the united kingdom is so that they are ready to go to the extent of supporting ukraine's accelerated membership in the alliance. in particular, let's remind joe biden , the president of the united states , that this procedure is not officially public now. supported by kateryna despite this, great britain is our closest partner and you see how quickly it reacts to the fact that

coincidence that everything happened on the night of tuesday immediately after the visit to kiev of james cleverleyad? the ministry of foreign affairs allowed allowed. yes, it’s interesting, when some western leaders come, it’s worth celebrating their arrivals, in my opinion, it’s such a french writer , it’s not clear, he’s a journalist, but he works for the special services. he is a specialist precisely in various similar sabotage activities. yes, here are all these imported people who come after their arrival, who have some kind of strange events. yes, uh, strange coincidences, or rather a tragic event. worth celebrating. is it possible follow the next six, because britain is an island nation for sure, they are very well versed in shipping by water. so about the name of these unmanned boats and in general the delivery of serious ammunition by water, this is their topic and i will add kirill budanov, he is a professional precisely in sabotage at work. that is, what he is doing there, supposedly intelligence, is all the same, but his subject is sabotage. by the way, about some data, he could just b

british foreign minister james cleverley and further his quote, we strengthen the approach to sanctionshat great britain is ready to use economic restrictions in order to guarantee the recovery of ukraine at the expense of russia . in addition, the new law will allow persons under british sanctions to donate frozen assets . for the restoration of ukraine, the document also obliges individuals and companies under sanctions to disclose information about their assets in great britain within a few days that's why we talked about what it is. last week, vasyl, do you remember that estonia is preparing such a bill, and there we gave just direct language , the prime minister of estonia, who is the class in this direct language. she said that we are preparing this bill, he will not just allow freeze assets and then use them for the restoration of ukraine, and if someone wants to join us, please join, and you and i remember talking. well, i hope that there will be countries that will join, and here they don't just join, but here they themselves and their own the bills are created because of that.

reuters agency is reporting that the reuters agency is reporting that the uk foreign secretary, james cleverleyent zelensky, with the president thanking britain for support. so a number of different strands, aside from everything that is going on on the battlefield. we will keep an eye on all that and keep you up to speed as the detail comes into us. around the world and across the uk, you're watching bbc news. let's stay with a few stories making headlines here in the uk. an inquest opening at dorset coroner's court has heard there was a "suggestion" a riptide may have led to the deaths of a girl and a teenage boy off bournemouth beach. 17—year—old joe abbess from southampton and 12—year—old sunnah khan from buckinghamshire both died in hospital after the incident on wednesday. dorset police said it was keeping an "open mind" about the circumstances that led to the deaths. a man will appear in court today accused of running onto the track during saturday's epsom derby. ben newman, who is 32 and from east london, will face guildford magistrates, charged with causing a public nuisance. he was am

the foreign secretary, james cleverley, held an emergency meeting _ james cleverley, held an emergencyk if it— should consider coming back to the uk if it is— should consider coming back to the uk if it is a — should consider coming back to the uk if it is a possibility. but travel to— uk if it is a possibility. but travel to russia from here is of course — travel to russia from here is of course very— travel to russia from here is of course very difficult. james cleverley also spoke to other leaders — cleverley also spoke to other leaders from the g7 and the prime minister— leaders from the g7 and the prime minister rishi sunak held conversations with the us president, the french— conversations with the us president, the french president, and also the germarr— the french president, and also the german chancellor. a key message coming _ german chancellor. a key message coming out — german chancellor. a key message coming out of that was the ongoing support— coming out of that was the ongoing support from the western alliance towards _ support from the western alliance towards ukraine a

yul yes in it, it seems that on wednesday the head of the british foreign ministry, james cleverley, the uk intends to do everything possible to promote ukraine's entry into the alliance. to do this, london proposes not to require kiev to fulfill a number of conditions, which, in general, as is customary when joining nato, he stated the following. i think the uk would support the idea of ​​not using the nato membership action plan, given that for the accession of sweden and finland to the italians. he was no longer needed. end of quote. yes, if the intensification of the conflict will follow this path, it is not difficult to predict the next steps, because after ukraine joins nato, the alliance will simply be obliged to send not only military equipment to the war zone, but also send its troops to ukraine. however, it seems that ukraine's western allies are already close to expanding the geography of this conflict. well, that is, start fighting . where they are not yet, what i mean this week, the british santa times, released a report from the polish lenten nowhere belarusians emigran

either in nato or in europe, one of the first to speak was the head of the british foreign office, james cleverleyfend itself it has a legitimate right to do it on its territory, as well as to project force beyond its borders in order to undermine russia's ability to project force on ukraine itself . german government spokesman steffin heiberstreit also said that kiev can conduct military operations on the territory of the russian federation , international law considers such attacks legitimate in essence international law assumes that ukraine can defend itself against attacks; international law considers such actions to be legitimate, as always nato secretary general jens spoke to the hawk, stoltenberg strikes on russian territory. he commented that our position on this issue is unchanged ukraine has the right to defend itself the official representative of the white house also added fuel to the fire. we provide equipment, carry out training for the armed forces, give them advice and recommendations. we even do table-top exercises with them to help plan what they 're going to do, but ultimately t

russian diplomats in london drew attention to unexpected business cards british foreign ministers james cleverley'snspection and distribution of valuable instructions by the british coincided with a sharp intensification of military operations by kiev's attempts to aggravate the situation in new regions of russia the passive structure that supported the largest reservoir in ukraine is now covered by a thick wall of water satellite images show the destroyed kakhovka hydroelectric power station and the turbulent stream released from it broke through the dam down the dnieper and towards the black sea, the flood threatens tens of thousands of villagers in low, occupied new kakhovka russian officials said water levels rose by more than 9m over 600 houses were submerged soviet-era dam was seized by russian troops early in the war and surrounded by major hotspots on the front line dam crosses the river, separating the dnieper ukrainian troops from the russian-occupied south, including crimea in the northeast along the kakhovka reservoir. located zaporizhzhya nuclear power plant and downstream, kherson cit