olga ivshina, bbc news, jalal—abad, kyrgyzstan. the true extent of the casualties on the ward of ukraine. very interesting how it is calculated on some of the detail on it. much more on that report on the bbc news website, bbc.com/news. we are expecting russia's president putin to address an economic conference this afternoon. this is the scene there, lots of things for him to address, not least that he is expecting that african delegation to make its way to saint petersburg tomorrow. after being in kyiv with ukraine's president zelensky today. they are aiming to try and broker a peace deal. they say they want both sides to talk. there were suggestions from the kremlin earlier today that president putin is willing to consider discussions over what happens next. but as we know, both sides unwilling to compromise on what a peaceful outcome would look like. you can come of course, saying that russian presence in any part of ukraine is not acceptable, but russia saying it still continues to dominate areas in the south and east of the c

olga ivshina, bbc news, jalal—abad, kyrgyzstan.ussia's strategic defeat in the war and he threatened to target us—made f16 fighterjets if they are supplied to ukraine. speaking at his country's annual economic forum, mr putin said his country remained strong despite international sanctions. our russia editor steve rosenberg reports. he can't put a foot wrong, he'd like us to think. so, in st petersburg, vladimir putin delivered two messages — to his people and to the world, that russia's economy has survived sanctions and russia's army will be victorious. translation: we see that the west i is doing all it can so that russia i suffers a strategic defeat on the battlefield. but soon ukraine will stop using its own military hardware altogether. there's nothing left. everything with which they fight and use is brought in from abroad. you can't fight like that for long. the kremlin leader claimed that russia's military is inflicting heavy casualties on ukraine and he warned the west against giving kyiv us—made f—16fighterjets. translat

olga ivshina, bbc news, jalal—abad, kyrgyzstan.nomic forum in st petersburg. he warned ukraine against the use of f—16fighterjets outside its borders. let's listen to what he had to say. translation: leopard tanks are burning. - f—16s will burn in the same way. i have no doubts. but if they are used outside of ukraine's borders, to be used in combat, we will have to look at how and where we will target weapons that are going to be used against us in the battlefield. there is a very serious threat that nato is going to be involved in this military conflict. he spoke for over three hours there in saint petersburg. more on that later in our programme. around the world and in the uk you are watching bbc news. bbc news, bringing you different stories from across the uk. hi, my name isjeanette, welcome to my home which i have turned into a hedge demand hedgehog rescue. we have 20 hutches in the garage which are full all year round. now we come into intensive care. this is the second stage, they have been in critical care, they are now on

olga ivshina, bbc news, jalal—abad, kyrgyzstan.an economics forum in st petersburg and gave his perspective on the conflict. our russia editor, steve rosenberg, is live in moscow for us. what did we learn? vladimir putin came across _ what did we learn? vladimir putin came across as _ what did we learn? vladimir putin came across as someone - what did we learn? vladimir putin came across as someone who - what did we learn? vladimir putin - came across as someone who remains supremely confident in public at least, despite all the problems russia has been experiencing since he ordered a full—scale invasion of ukraine last year. first he gave her big speech about the economy and how well he said it was doing despite sanctions. that was aimed at a domestic audience, i think. then there was a q and a session afterwards and he talked about the war. again he was very upbeat, he claimed ukraine was running out of its own military equipment and is now fully reliant on arms from abroad and he said you cannot fight for long like that. then th

olga ivshina, bbc news, jalal—abad, kyrgyzstan. with rape, allegedly committed in the 1980s. michael lockwood, who's 64, is accused of three counts of rape and six counts of indecent assault against a girl under the age of 16. he stood down as director general of the police watchdog in december. conservative mps are weighing up whether or not to endorse a report condemning borisjohnson for misleading parliament about covid rule—breaking. a cross—party committee yesterday recommended stripping the former prime minister of his parliamentary pass, but his most loyal supporters are preparing to vote against the findings on monday. our political correspondent, leila nathoo, is in westminster. how high are the stakes for that vote on monday? i do how high are the stakes for that vote on monday?— how high are the stakes for that vote on monda ? ., ., ~' vote on monday? i do not think there are as hiuh vote on monday? i do not think there are as high as— vote on monday? i do not think there are as high as they could _ vote on monday? i do

olga ivshina, senior correspondent for the bbc russia service, has headed the investigation.ently, we know names of 25,560 russian fighters who died fighting in ukraine. i say fighters, because it's important. not all of them are russian soldiers. some of them were recruited by notorious wagner private military company. others were prisoners assigned to military units of so—called self—proclaimed donetsk and luhansk people's republic. but they're all fighting on the russian side. and how accurate is that? it sort of sets the bare minimum for the assessment of the russian losses during that invasion. and also, it differs it from all the other assessments, right? there are figures supplied by the us intelligence, british intelligence, but these are assessments. 0ur 25,000 count is a fact. but of course, it's only those numbers which we can get from open sources. so official statements, media reports, names we see on the military memorials and on the cemeteries, and we get information from more than 65 cemeteries all over russia, from kaliningrad in the west to vladivostok in th

majority of soldiers, both sides prefer not to publish data about their losses , bbc correspondent olga ivshina thousands of publications in social networks and local news to find out what the real losses of russia were during 16 months of full-scale war maksym anatoliyovych these are the graves of soldiers that russia prefers not to talk about since december, the bbc discovered seven new cemeteries scattered throughout russia and the occupied territories of ukraine in a whole lot of inexperienced fighters. many of them were prisoners recruited by wagner's horizontal group, the cemeteries are growing rapidly. this one is about 20 years old, more than it was six months ago. at the beginning of the war, we tracked photographs of graves and publications on social networks of the russian website mediazone and russian volunteers. so far, we have identified 25 thousand this is four times more names than russia has recognized, and any other data besides the official number of dead is prohibited in russia, we came to kyrgyzstan to talk to the families dead soldiers, hundreds of people from countries th

bbc russia's olga ivshina has searched through thousands of social media posts and local news reportsworking with bbc verify to uncover information about russia's war dead. these are the war graves russia doesn't want to talk about. since december, the bbc has located seven new cemeteries dotted across russia and occupied ukraine. they're filled with the graves of poorly trained fighters. many were prisoners recruited by the notorious wagner mercenary group. and the cemeteries are growing rapidly. this one is about 20 times bigger than it was six months ago. since the start of the war, we have been verifying photos of graves and social media posts with the independent russian website mediazona and volunteers inside the country. so far we have identified 25,000 names. this is four times more than russia has acknowledged. it's illegal to report anything but the official death toll inside russia. so we have come to kyrgyzstan to speak to the families of fighters who have died. hundreds of people from countries like this that were once part of the soviet union have signed up tojoin putin'

our correspondent olga ivshina has this special report.r, the bbc has located seven new cemeteries dotted across russia and occupied ukraine. they're filled with the graves of poorly trained fighters. many were prisoners recruited by the notorious wagner mercenary group. and the cemeteries are growing rapidly. this one is about 20 times bigger than it was six months ago. since the start of the war, we have been verifying photos of graves and social media posts with the independent russian website mediazona and volunteers inside the country. so far we have identified 25,000 names. this is four times more than russia has acknowledged. it's illegal to report anything but the official death toll inside russia. so we have come to kyrgyzstan to speak to the families of fighters who have died. hundreds of people from countries like this that were once part of the soviet union have signed up tojoin putin's forces. filming tiktoks on the way to war, this 21—year—old paratrooper is typical of those who died at the start of the conflict — a young, hi