the city. jonathan beale joined them on - close to the city. jonathan beale joined them on a i closees. we are in a way to a secret location. a place they call the edge of existence. behind the wheel, the man simply known as coast. he tells me his team of snipers are all known as the ghosts of bakhmut because they silently bring death. their base is already well within range of russian artillery. that was close. but they will be going even closer towards enemy lines. be going even closer towards enemy lines— be going even closer towards enemy lines. you can hide from artillery but _ enemy lines. you can hide from artillery but not _ enemy lines. you can hide from artillery but not from _ enemy lines. you can hide from artillery but not from snipers. l artillery but not from snipers. 0n artillery but not from snipers. on their work is more precise than the shelling. do you know how many russians your team have killed?— how many russians your team have killed? yes, the confirmed number is _ have killed? yes, the confirmed number is 524, _ have killed? yes, the confirmed number is 524,

jonathan beale, bbc news >>.o in ukraine, an area with special meeting to president zelenskyy is the latest. james waterhouse is in kyiv with the latest. reporter: the search is finished. president zelenskyy's hometown, russian missiles struck overnight. we know six have been killed, including a mother and her 10-year-old daughter. all 70 have been injured and one does not are trapped under rule. a familiar yet still horrifying site where you have a residential block with a chunk missing, smoldering debris and rescue dreams -- rescue teams frantically trying to save who they can. when you have wave after wave of missile strikes, there was always a place in ukraine that is the most you -- the most acutely hit. alongside this, ukrainians desperately trying to seize the initiative and the counteroffensive which is coming up towo months old. the gains have been modest and intensely contested. we do see an increase in fighting. it is true to say they are concentrating men and machinery in the southeast and eastern par