paul adams, in k iv, package of assistance. paul adams, in kyiv. speaking — package of assistance.iv, speaking to _ package of assistance. paul adams, in kyiv, speaking to me. _ scientists have grown an entity that closely resembles an early human embryo, without using sperm, eggs or a womb. the weizmann institute team says its synthetic embryo model looks like a "textbook" example of a real 14?day?old embryo. it even released hormones that led to a positive pregnancy test. the aim of these embryo models is to provide an ethical way of studying how stem cells form organs in developing embryoes and may one day make it possible to grow tissues and organs for transplantation using synthetic embryo models. earlier we heard from an expert in this field 7 robin lovell? badge, from the francis crick institute, in london who explained more about these findings. we have been seeing stories this year particularly injune from several labs who are claiming to have these stem cell based embryo models. but this is the first one that wet where it actually looks like you have essentially a complet

paul adams, to service in due course. paul adams. live _ to service in due course.n 2018, the move was hailed as a breakthrough for people with illnesses such as epilepsy, chronic pain and neurological disorders. but now some patients say they are still being blocked from accessing it on the nhs. more details from our health correspondent alastair fee. jasper is 13 and these days is a typical teenager, but much of his young life has been spent in bed or being rushed to hospital. by the time he was 11, he was having about 800 seizures a day. so the expectation was one, eventually a seizure would kill him. can ijust rearrange his hair? he has a rare form of drug—resistant epilepsy. over the years, he's tried nine different medicines. come over here — we'll do your meds. nothing has stopped his fits — until now. there you go, and swallow. he takes cannabis as an oil. his parents pay for it at a private clinic. now i can do things like go to the cinema and to my friend's house. if i do have a seizure, i can recover from it. the law change means patients can take the who

paul adams in kyiv, thank you. for more _ objections. paul adams in kyiv, thank you.ne of the world wasn't poorest countries have lived through a civil war with saudi arabia and iran battling for influence. orla guerin has reported extensively from yemen and two years ago in one city met an inspirational nine—year—old boy who refused to let the destruction of his school mean the destruction of his school mean the end of his education. she has been back to see how he is getting on. smiling through, this is aquamate. he is 11 years old and he doesn't let much his way. he is heading to the river to get water, a daily ritual. lie. here, even before the war, but ahmed is a fighter. he has been blind since birth, along with four of his siblings. we have come back to meet him at his home neara come back to meet him at his home near a front line. it's very scary, he tells me. we are afraid of gunshots. when fighting starts we can't go to the park or the valley or anywhere. when was the last time you heard fighting and explosions? last night, he says. for ahmed school has alwa

this our diplomatic colours fondant paul adam spoke to me.— our diplomatic colours fondant paul adamdam spoke to me. this is his fourth visit and six the _ adam spoke to me. this is his fourth visit and six the secretary _ adam spoke to me. this is his fourth visit and six the secretary of - visit and six the secretary of state. that clip you just paid is very telling because i think in recent weeks, something of a narrative had begun to develop that washington was a may be frustrated with the slow pace of ukraine's offensive, was not giving ukrainian generals their due for conducting the war in any way they saw fit. kind of a little bit of tension developing in the relationship, after all, developing in the relationship, afterall, between developing in the relationship, after all, between ukraine and its principal western backer, so the secretary of state blinking has come here, he took the unusual step of spending the night here. and his trip today, in which he has gone to the shelter you just saw him speaking out, he has topped to border guards, been involved in activities to do w

paul adams reporting there.esident zelensky has announced he'll ask permission from parliament this week to dismiss the country's defence minister oleksii reznikov. he's been ukraine's defence minister since november 2021 and has played a key role in securing billions of dollars in western military aid. but his ministry has been dogged by corruption allegations. he'll be replaced with rustem umerov, the head of ukraine's main privatisation fund. here's president zelensky making the announcement. translation: this week, - parliament will be asked to make a staff—related decision. i have decided to replace the minister of defence of ukraine. oleksii reznikov has been through more than 550 days of full—scale war. i believe the ministry needs new approaches and other formats of interaction with both the military and society as a whole. meanwhile, the south african president cyril ramaphosa says an independent inquiry has found no evidence that weapons were loaded onto a russian ship in cape town bound for russia. th

paul adams explains what this means. this damaged., ,, ., , ., this means. this appears to represent — this means. this appears to represent a _ this means. this appears to represent a significant - this means. this appears to - represent a significant escalation of ukraine's tax over the crimean peninsula, and specifically on sevastopol, the home of the black sea fleet. we've seen attacks in the past using drones. this, it seems, used air launched cruise missiles, probably storm shadow and scalp, the two variants of the cruise missiles supplied by britain and france. at the head of ukraine's airforce, he congratulated his pilots for their role in the attack, and then when you look at what damage was done, it now emerges that two vessels which were undergoing repairs in dry dock in sevastopol harbour were hit. 0ne in sevastopol harbour were hit. one of them is a large amphibious landing ship, the minsk, the other is a diesel electric submarine, the kind of submarine that russia has used to launch cruise missiles at ukraine. that would

well, let's go live now to our diplomatic correspondent paul adams in kyiv. cow and southern russia? it is very much a pattern, it has been going on for more than a month now —— those overnight russian attacks. we have had attacks on those port facilities along the danube river, which forms the border between ukraine and romania. and since russia pulled out of the un brokered black sea grain initiative, which was brokered a year ago, since they pulled out of that injuly, ukraine has been trying to compensate by getting green out along the danube and boats that hug the remaining coast down to the port of consta nza, the remaining coast down to the port of constanza, then at the ships can move from there. russia has been trying to stop this, which is why we have seen these repeated drone attacks. wave and wave. they are aware that the ukrainian air defences in that region are not nearly as sophisticated as here in the capital kyiv. the ukrainians do manage to shed quite a few of those drawn down, but every night we are about damage, damage to storage facilities,

paul adams in kyiv for us there.le hit the vehicle she was travelling in, in ukraine. the group road to relief, an ngo that helps evacuate civilians from the frontline, said that a canadian had also been killed in what it described as a "russian attack" on their vehicle driving toward bakhmut. a german and a swedish aid worker were badly injured and taken to hospital. earlier this year in january, earlier this year injanuary, two british nationals were killed as they tried to evacuate from the same region. more than 30,000 pilgrims have attended a beatification mass for a polish catholic family executed by the nazis for hiding jews in their farmhouse during the second world war. the service took place in the southeastern village of markowa to beatinyozef and wiktoria ulma and their six young children. beatification is the first step towards sainthood. the ceremony has been widely publicised in poland with linked events, but some israeli media accuse warsaw of whitewashing the past after denying the collaboration of s

paul adams reporting there. state antony blinken visited ukraine and announced a further $1 billion of military aid. also this week, a russian missile struck the eastern city of donetsk, killing at least 17 civilians in a midday attack. earlier my colleague caitriona perry spoke with kurt volker — he served as us ambassador to nato and then as washington's special representative on ukraine negotations. kurt volker, thank you forjoining us. you are in ukraine this week. with the recent attack in a market in the middle of the afternoon by russia, is there a sense on the ground that this conflict is shifting? mmm, i wouldn't say that. these attacks by russia, which killed civilians and are fairly indiscriminate happen with some regularity. it's tragic, it's unfortunate, people are angry about it, they despair about it, but at the same time this is typical. so ukrainians have built up a tremendous amount of resilience and resolve, and they realise that the only way to guarantee peace and security in ukraine again is

paul adams reporting from kyiv.vid galbreath, professor of war and technology at the university of bath.what what is your assessment of the changing of war ministers? the finger of corruption has been pointed at the minister who stepped down. i'm president zelensky did sell it as, he has been in thejob for 550 days, we need a fresh blood. but what is your take on it? absolutely. 0leksii reznikov has been very important to the ukraine fight, and really building up the alliance, or the western support for the ukraine war, and we can see in particular, his ability to attract weapons being donated or shared to ukraine, has been very effective. what is more difficult. you imagine, when going into war, that the idea is to bring your army with you.— into war, that the idea is to bring your army with you. sometimes, that is a aood your army with you. sometimes, that is a good army. _ your army with you. sometimes, that is a good army, and _ your army with you. sometimes, that is a good army, and sometimes, - your army with

that was paul adams in kyiv. to light after investigation carried out by the bbc were about the duchess of sussex and the prime minister rishi sunak. peter booth, anthony nelson, alan hall, trevor newton and robert lewis admitted sharing the messages between 2020 and 2022. all of the men had already retired from the police by then. sima kotecha from newsnight broke this story originally and told me a little earlier what her investigation had found. last 0ctober, earlier what her investigation had found. last october, a series of whatsapp messages were leaked to me, they revealed some of the most vile messages i've ever seen in my life. they were exchanged on what's up, they were racist and they poked fun at the duchess of sussex, people of south asian heritage, as black children. like i said, they were horrific messages. today, five of the men that were charged have pleaded guilty to sending grossly offensive messages at westminster magistrates�* court this afternoon. so it is another indication, you might argue,

paul adams in kyiv talking about whether the grain deal can be revived.mir putin and erdogan meeting to discuss the crane deal and the turkish president has expressed optimism that a new agreement can be reached with russia —— grain deal. they are currently meeting and mr erdogan has promised what he called an important announcement but vladimir putin has said he is only open to discussing the subject. a spokesperson said the first part of the talks were constructive and with the black sea route considered risky, ukraine has been using the dinuba river to export goods but we have seen reported russian drone strikes on danube port facilities. those are the live pictures from sochi where we bought hope to get some sort of announcement after the conclusion of those talks between vladimir putin and erdogan. turkey is hopeful that the grain dealfor ukraine can be resurrected. however, russia is thought to be less enthusiastic, considering any deal on grain to be helping ukraine, but without doing anything to facilitate its own exports. but the first half of th

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let's go live now to kyiv and speak to our correspondent paul adams.ore to our correspondent paul adams. we talk about ti wa nt before we talk about the fighting, i want to talk about this agreement in delhi, which is not strongly worded, about the war in ukraine. doesn't criticise russia, sergey lavrov has welcomed it and call that a milestone. what has the response from ukraine beam? fix, milestone. what has the response from ukraine beam?— milestone. what has the response from ukraine beam? a rather critical one. the response _ from ukraine beam? a rather critical one. the response from _ from ukraine beam? a rather critical one. the response from a _ from ukraine beam? a rather critical one. the response from a spokes . one. the response from a spokes person was there was nothing for the 620 to person was there was nothing for the g20 to be proud about. he reprinted the words on the war in ukraine as a he was a teacher correcting homework, scoring out the references to the war in ukraine and replacing them with the phrase against ukraine. and includ

paul adams reports from kyiv.argeting one of ukraine's economic lifelines. ukraine doing what it can to shoot the drones down, using a german—supplied anti—aircraft gun. with some success. this was two nights ago. away from the battles, changes at the top of the ukraine's government. oleksii reznikov, a familiar, well—liked face at countless gatherings of ukraine's allies, is on the way out. his ministry facing too many charges of corruption. president zelensky said it was time for new approaches, thanking his ministerfor more than 550 days of service. the minister this morning handing in his letter of resignation. it had, he said, been an honour to serve ukraine at the toughest time in the country's recent history. the new defence minister is rustem umerov, a crimean tartar, thought to be close to the president. tartar, thought to be close to the president. mr oleksii reznikov, as a minister of defence, his legacy is in that he has convinced the world, he has convinced ministers of defence around the world, that

paul adams in k iv.uence of china in southeast asia. hanoi and washington are expected to sign a new partnership agreement, less than 50 years after the end of a conflict that left millions of vietnamese and 58,000 us service people dead. here in the uk, a terror suspect who was on the run for more than three days — sparking a major manhunt — has now been returned to custody. 21—year—old daniel khalife, a former soldier, escaped prison in south london on wednesday. he was caught on saturday, while riding a bike along a canal tow path in west london. detectives say they had more than hundred calls from people offering information about him. 0ur reporter vincent mcaviney sent this update from scotland yard. well, the metropolitan police are continuing to question daniel khalife at a police station in west london. now, that four—day manhunt involved hundreds of officers and helicopters up searching parts of west london, like richmond park and chiswick. they received hundreds of tip—offs from the public as t

with the secretary of state's visit to ukraine in the past the bbc's paul adams is back to wrap it upntony blinken's latest visit to kyiv is now over. he was in the country for two days. he is on his way home. i think it is a visit in which he has had an opportunity to spend quite a bit of time looking at the consequences of the conflict in various ways. and also an opportunity to pledge a great deal more american support. clearly the message from him was the united states is anxious to get the kind of support that will allow the ukrainian armed forces to increase the momentum of their counteroffensive in the south and that is why we have seen the inclusion of depleted uranium shells which will be used with u.s. supplied abrams tanks that should be in ukraine within a matter of weeks. the idea being they detect signs of an increased amount of progress in the south. something the nato secretary general also alluded to during the day. they are also conscious time is marching on. they went to give ukraine all the assistance they can to try to make as much progress as possible before this

been slowly regaining ground to the north and south of the city. 0ur diplomatic correspondent, paul adamsetaking the village. the city is tiny, but its recapture is being hailed here as somewhat of a breakthrough. a dramatic series of videos released by the ukrainian ability shows how it all ended. in the first, we see ukrainian troops making their way into the village. it's an apocalyptic wasteland, something out of world war i. not a building or tree left intact. these come from the same ukrainian unit. they were all found within the last couple of days. after weeks of russian fighting, the ukrainians know the village is about to fall. by know the village is about to fall. by now the russians are holding this place surrounded. in this video they are broadcasting through drone. eventually, with several of their commanders dead, and their situation hopeless, russian soldiers emerge from the wreckage and give themselves up. this is what is left. there is nothing there. it's hard to imagine anyone ever living here again. a tiny, shattered place, perhaps the ukrainians say the recapture is i

says the vessels would be fully repaired and returned to service. 0ur diplomatic correspondent paul adams seeing the ukrainians become more and more sophisticated and more and more confident in their ability to hit russian targets in the crimean peninsula. a year ago, they were using drones — quite successfully in one case — destroying nine aircraft at one of the russian air on the peninsula. but now we're seeing quite a complex series of operations using drones in the air and at sea, and also crucially, cruise missiles, supplied recently by britain and france. with each advent of new weaponry, the ukrainians feel that they have a greater ability to do more damage. we saw the attack on sevastopol harbour the other day in which two vessels, a landing craft and a submarine, were both damaged severely. the british ministry of defence says that some of that damage, frankly, is not repairable and that the damage to the drydock facility where those two vessels were undergoing repairs is also very significant. that facility crucial to the maintenance of russia's black sea fleet will also be out

let's go straight to kyiv, and speak to diplomatic correspondent paul adams. more can you tell us about this attack? �* , attack? an extremely intriguing attack. attack? an extremely intriguing attack- we _ attack? an extremely intriguing attack. we don't _ attack? an extremely intriguing attack. we don't yet _ attack? an extremely intriguing attack. we don't yet know - attack? an extremely intriguing l attack. we don't yet know exactly how it was conducted, but the head of ukraine's air force has congratulated his pilots, which is a fascinating detail, suggesting that unlike previous attacks on sebastopol, which used primarily drones, this was something launched by ukrainian aircraft. put that next to the russian statement about the use of cruise missiles, and you have the very real possibility, and it is only that at the moment, we need to verify this, that this attack used western supplied british or french storm shadow or scalp cruise missiles. if that is confirmed, that would probably be the first time those weapons had been used inside crimea. certainly

the bbc�*s diplomatic correspondent paul adams is in kyiv with more. close to ukraine's eastern front lines, death falls from the sky without warning. two o'clock in the afternoon, a row of shops in the town of kostiantynivka. they're used to attacks here, but not on this scale. in the blast�*s shocking aftermath, a search for the living and the dead. it's not immediately clear what kind of weapon landed here, but shrapnel tore into the road, into cars and people. translation: this is a civilian pharmacy. . at the time of the strike, civilians were here, buying medicines, and this is what happened. this was one of the worst attacks on ukrainian civilians since the spring. and it came as the us secretary of state, antony blinken, was here in kyiv pledging yet more support. his arrival, early this morning, was preceded once more by the sounds of war. air raid sirens wail russia launching a fresh wave of attacks at dawn. kyiv�*s well—drilled air defences called into action, keeping the capital safe. president zelensky, fresh from visiting troops at the fr

been slowly regaining ground to the north and south of the city. 0ur diplomatic correspondent, paul adamsian soldiers retaking the village. andriivka is tiny, barely more than a hamlet. but its recapture is being hailed here as something of a breakthrough. and a dramatic series of videos released by the ukrainian military shows how it all ended. in the first, we see ukrainian troops making their careful, nervous way into the village. it's an apocalyptic wasteland, like something out of world war one. nota building, not a tree left intact. these pictures all come from the same ukrainian unit, the third assault brigade. they were all filmed within the last couple of days. after weeks of ferocious fighting, the ukrainians know the village is about to fall by now. the russians holding andriivka surrounded. in this video, we see a drone being used to broadcast a recorded message to those russian soldiers still holding out surrender. eventually, with several of their commanders dead and their situation hopeless, russian soldiers emerge from the wreckage and give themselves up. but this is what'

our diplomatic correspondent, paul adams, has this assessment, from kyiv.offensive has been going on sincejune and if you look at the map you can see how little territory has been recaptured so far. ukraine is argued that this first stage was i was going to be the hardest, punching through the well fortified russian defences, the mind, the trenches. and they also believe and perhaps this is also a hope, that the next lines, and there will be less well defended and the ukraine impounding of russian targets behind the front lines in recent weeks would have weakened the resolve of their opponents. so all of that remains to be seen and, clearly, if they feel at the moment they have an opportunity to press home their advantage, that gap in the russian line is tiny and ukrainian troops are working furiously to try and broaden it to make it big enough so they can send their armoured infantry, equipped with all of those western supplied tanks and other vehicles through the gap to try and move more quickly south in and move more quickly south in an attempt to try an

missile capabilities, as russia bombards from afar with its own missiles. 0ur diplomatic correspodent paul adams not only because it was in crimea, but also because of the weaponry used. there are a number of interesting aspects to this. one, this was one of the most significant attacks on russia's black sea fleet at its home in sevastopol since the war began. secondly, as you say, the weapons used, we understand, because of the wording of a comment by the head of ukraine's air force, that these were western—supplied cruise missiles, almost certainly the british storm shadow and/or the french scalp missile. it's essentially the same weapon. it's air launched, and the head of the ukraine air force congratulated his pilots for their role in this. third, this seems to be the first time ukraine has actually hit a russian submarine. it was one of two vessels that we know were in a dry dock and becoming repairs in sevastopol. if you look at satellite images that have emerged today, that whole area looks like it was engulfed in flames. what we don't know is the extent of the damage. russia says both sh

and just a warning you may find some of the images in paul adams report disturbing.ern front lines, death falls from the sky without warning. two o'clock in the afternoon, a row of shops in the town of kostiantynivka. they're used to attacks here, but not on this scale. in the blast�*s shocking aftermath, a search for the living and the dead. it's not immediately clear what kind of weapon landed here, but shrapnel tore into the road, into cars and people. translation: this is a civilian pharmacy. at the time of the strike, civilians were here, buying medicines, and this is what happened. ukraine's president, as he has so many times before, sounded outraged. translation: we understand what they are doing. they did the same in the past. whenever there is any positive offensive step by ukraine's defence forces, russia targets civilians and civilian infrastructure. this was one of the worst attacks on ukrainian civilians since the spring. and it came as the us secretary of state, antony blinken, was here in kyiv pledging yet more support. president zelensky, fresh from v

to return to it immediately, as soon the promises given to us are fulfilled. 0ur correspondent paul adamsiv explains some of the reasons blocking the deal. for several weeks, russia has been attacking ukraine's river danube ports in an attempt to prevent ukraine from using those ports, those facilities to export its grain. because the black sea grain initiative, which was brokered by the un and turkey last year, is still on hold after russia withdrew injuly. ukraine is looking for other ways to get its grain out and moving it down the danube and around the corner to romania is at the moment the most viable route and that's why russia has been trying to target that now in the last set of attacks last night a number of drones were fired. they landed on those ukrainian towns along the river danube. but according to ukraine, one or more of them landed on the other side of the river inside romania. and this has led to a bit of a war of words throughout the day because ukraine says it has photographic evidence of what happened. but romania is saying nothing of the sort happened at all and that

a short while ago we spoke to paul adams, who is in kyiv for us. summit declaration. it has been praised by russia and the us. here's what he had to say. the response from the spokesman at the foreign ministry yesterday was that there was nothing for the g20 to be proud about. in fact, he reprinted the words of the g20 on the war in ukraine as if he was a teacher correcting a pupil's homework, scoring out the references to "the war in ukraine" and replacing them with the phrase "the war against ukraine" and including the word "aggression" because last year, last november when the g20 addressed this subject, they included a reference to russian aggression. that was conspicuously absent in the communique released in delhi yesterday. so as far as ukraine are concerned, it represents a step back from the kind of comments the g20 was making last year. i don't think there was any great sense of surprise. i think there was always an expectation that india would try and find some middle ground between the western nations that are very keen on strong expres

paul adams reports. explosion.se to ukraine's eastern front lines, death falls from the sky without warning. explosion. 2pm in the afternoon, a row of shops in the town of kostiantynivka. they're used to attacks here but not on this scale. in the blast�*s shocking aftermath, a search for the living and the dead. it's not immediately clear what kind of weapon landed here, but shrapnel tore into the road, into cars and people. translation: this is a civilian pharmacy. . at the time of the strike, civilians were here, buying medicines, and this is what happened. ukraine's president, as he has so many times before, sounded outraged. translation: we understand what they are doing, _ they did the same in the past. whenever there is any positive offensive step by ukraine's defence forces, russia targets civilians and civilian infrastructure. this was one of the worst attacks on ukrainian civilians since the spring. and it came as the us secretary of state, antony blinken, was here in kyiv pledging yet more support. his ar

our diplomatic correspondent paul adams has just sent us his assessment from kyiv.ve been hearing reports that ukrainians might have got through the first line of russian defences, it has been a week since the commander of one unit said he had done precisely that, but in the last couple of days we are hearing senior officials both here and in kyiv and general is involved in the fighting in the south all making the same claim, where is this happening? in an area around a tiny village, some distance south—east of separation, and an area the ukrainians have been concentrating on for some time, it seems as though, to some degree, the ukrainians have pushed through the first line, that is minefields, tank track, trenches, ukrainian forces are now through those obstacles, possibly in those russian trenchers or even perhaps slightly beyond them, trying to push this gap in the russian line wider and wider so that ultimately ukraine can pour through that gap, the armoured infantry that it has been preparing and equipping for precisely this moment. now, that opportunity to pu

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liberate all of ukraine in its 1991 internationally recognised borders. 0ur diplomatic correspondent, paul adamst sent us his assessment from kyiv. so, for several days now, we've been hearing reports that the ukrainians might have got through the first line of russian defences. in fact, it's been a week since the commander of one unit said he had done precisely that. but in the last couple of days, we're hearing senior officials, both here in kyiv and generals involved in the fighting down in the south, all making the same claim. where is this happening? well, it's an area around a tiny village called robotyne that is some distance south—east of the city of zaporizhzhia. and it's an area the ukrainians have been concentrating on for some time. it seems as though to some degree the ukrainians have pushed through the first line. now, that is minefields, tank traps and trenches. ukrainian forces are now through those obstacles, possibly in those russian trenches or even perhaps slightly beyond them, trying to push this gap in the russian line wider and wider so that ultimately ukraine can pour thr

early polling were asked to vote in the presence of russian soldiers. 0ur diplomatic correspondent paul adams means for the ukrainians living in russia—controlled areas. this is the second time in a year that around two million ukrainians living under russian occupation in four southern and eastern regions of ukraine have been asked, invited, encouraged, to go to the polls. last year, of course, it was for a referendum on the annexation of those territories to russia, which went all part of russia saying that these areas are becoming more and more in integral part of the russian state. ukrainian officials say that they have ample evidence of people being in courage through text messages in other ways to vote for vladimir putin is ruling party. there are reports of people being expected to vote at mobile polling stations where sometimes armed men are present. it doesn't look like anything remotely resembling a free and fair election. 0nce anything remotely resembling a free and fair election. once again it is been condemn both abroad and here in kyiv. the ukrainian authorities haven't taken th

we go live now to kyiv and our diplomatic correspondent paul adams. tell us more.ppened about three hours _ tell us more. this happened about three hours ago — tell us more. this happened about three hours ago and _ tell us more. this happened about three hours ago and as _ tell us more. this happened about three hours ago and as president | three hours ago and as president zelensky has indicated he was very quick to point the finger of blame at russia, he actually said it was a russian artillery that was responsible for this. this town is within russian artillery range, we don't know yet what the nature of the project out was but certainly the project out was but certainly the images that have suffocated subsequently of the damage done are pretty horrendous. blood inside shops. bodies lying in the street, mangled cars for some distance. this was a very considerable explosion and we think is probably one of the worst single incident of its kind since around april. ukraine has become terribly familiar with devastating attacks but it has been awhile since something o

let's go to kyiv and speak to our diplomatic correspondent paul adams.ut the reaction to this?— reaction to this? well, i mean, there has _ reaction to this? well, i mean, there has been _ reaction to this? well, i mean, there has been an _ reaction to this? well, i mean, there has been an interesting l reaction to this? well, i mean, - there has been an interesting debate about the last couple of days about the extent of the damage, and we have all been looking at satellite images and even some video taken on the ground next to one of those vessels and, you know, it did look pretty bad, the whole areas was charred, there was a huge fireball that we saw raging over that whole dry dock area on wednesday. but here's the first kind of military analysis, if you like, of the damage done, and as you say, of those two vessels, one a large amphibious landing ship, the mod in london saying functionally destroyed, i think that speaks for itself, and an as for the submarine that was right next to it in the dry dock, well, likely to take many years and cost hundreds

submarine severely damaged — in the ukrainian drone attack on wednesday. 0ur diplomatic correspondent paul adamsmore confident in their ability to hit russian targets in the crimean peninsula. a year ago, they were using drones — quite successfully in one case — destroying nine aircraft at one of the russian air on the peninsula. but now we're seeing quite a complex series of operations using drones in the air and at sea, and also crucially, cruise missiles, supplied recently by britain and france. with each advent of new weaponry, the ukrainians feel that they have a greater ability to do more damage. we saw the attack on sevastopol harbour the other day in which two vessels, a landing craft and a submarine, were both damaged severely. the british ministry of defence says that some of that damage, frankly, is not repairable and that the damage to the drydock facility where those two vessels were undergoing repairs is also very significant. that facility crucial to the maintenance of russia's black sea fleet will also be out of action for some time. so, gradually over time, the ukrainians feel m

and just a warning you may find some of the images in paul adams report disturbing.nes, death falls from the sky without warning. two o'clock in the afternoon, a row of shops in the town of kostiantynivka. they're used to attacks here, but not on this scale. in the blast�*s shocking aftermath, a search for the living and the dead. it's not immediately clear what kind of weapon landed here, but shrapnel tore into the road, into cars and people. translation: this is a civilian pharmacy. . at the time of the strike, civilians were here, buying medicines, and this is what happened. ukraine's president, as he has so many times before, sounded outraged. translation: we understand what they are doing. _ they did the same in the past. whenever there is any positive offensive step by ukraine's defence forces, russia targets civilians and civilian infrastructure. this was one of the worst attacks on ukrainian civilians since the spring. and it came as the us secretary of state, antony blinken, was here in kyiv pledging yet more support. president zelensky, fresh from visiting