the russian defence ministry says it has cleared the entire urban area of mariupol of ukrainian forces, claiming that ukraine has lost more than 4,000 fighters in the city. the bbc has not been able to verify these claims. russia warns the us and its allies against supplying further weapons to ukraine, saying it's adding fuel to the conflict. missile attacks resume near kyiv. moscow says it targetted a factory making anti—ship weapons and threatens more to come. in his easter address the archbishop of canterbury criticises the government's plan to send asylum—seekers to rwanda saying it is the opposite of the nature of god. disaster teams in south africa are on high alert forfurtherfloods as more rain is expected over the weekend. ukraine's president volodymyr zelensky has said if his remaining troops in the besieged city of mariupol are killed by russian troops, peace negotiations would be over. his warning comes as the mayor of kyiv cautioned residents to be wary of further russian missile attacks on the capital. vitali klitschko has urged those who have fled the city not to return f

the russian defence ministry says it has cleared the entire urban area of mariupol of ukrainian forces, claiming that ukraine has lost more than 4,000 fighters in the city. the bbc has not been able to verify these claims. russia warns the us and its allies against supplying further weapons to ukraine — saying it's adding fuel to the conflict. missile attacks resume near kyiv. moscow says it targetted a factory making anti—ship weapons and threatens more to come. russia has banned 13 british politicians, including the prime minister borisjohnson, from entering the country, in response to uk sanctions. disaster teams in south africa are on high alert forfurtherfloods as more rain is expected over the weekend. hello. ukraine's president volodomyr zelensky has said that if ukraine's remaining troops in the southern port city of mariupol are killed it would mean the end of peace negotiations with russia. it comes as the russian defence ministry claims its forces have cleared the whole urban area of mariupol with the exception of a steel plant in the city — the bbc has been unable to verify

in the past few minutes, the russian defence ministry says it has cleared the entire urban area of mariupolinian forces, claiming that ukraine has lost more than 4000 fighters in the besieged city — the bbc has not been able to verify these claims russia has banned 13 british politicians, including the prime minister, borisjohnson, from entering the country, in response to uk sanctions. disaster teams in south africa are on high alert for further floods as more rain is expected over the weekend. and plans to send asylum seekers from the uk to rwanda are a breach of international law, according to the un's refugee agency. good evening. emergency teams around the ukrainian capital are responding to a second day of russian attacks on military—industrial facilities in kyiv. the city's mayor, vitaly klitschko, said one person had been killed and several others injured. tensions have been rising since russia's flagship boat, the moskva, sank in the black sea. the ukrainians say it was hit by their missiles before it went down. today russia has banned borisjohnson and other senior uk figures from

as he said, the russian defence ministry, the i the russian defence ministry, the foreign minister, russiangh one of the roads, and there is one body specifically that can be seen lying on the street next to a white and yellow curb by a silver car that has its boot open. so the russians posted that video yesterday saying that if you look at that video, the arm of that dead body is moving and they were saying how is moving and they were saying how 3 it that a dead person is moving their arm? we slow down the video and specifically focused on that person and what appears to happen is that there is a spec of staining or maybe a rain drop on the screen, and you can see that on the screen even earlier if you slow down the video. so the arm is not moving, it's something on the screen that is distorting the view. the second claim is another body on the same road a little bit further down lying on their side face first by a shattered fencing and also red and yellow pavement. the russians are saying as the car drives down the road and passes that body can if you look at the wing near on the right—ha

russian defence i groups. translation: - the russian defence ministry groups. hey have already taken of control of variable. is this true? —— mariupol. of variable. is this true? -- mariunol-— mariupol. translation: i alwa s mariupol. translation: i always say _ mariupol. translation: i always say that - mariupol. translation: i always say that while i mariupol. translation: i i always say that while we're mariupol. translation: - i always say that while we're here, mariupol— i always say that while we're here, mariupol remains under control of ukraine _ mariupol remains under control of ukraine. mariupol was and will stay ukrainian, — ukraine. mariupol was and will stay ukrainian, no matter what they say. the fighting — ukrainian, no matter what they say. the fighting continues. we are still in mariupol. i think it's pointless to comment on the words of russian fascists _ to comment on the words of russian fascists. everything they said is a lie. the united states is sending more military assistance to ukraine, including howitzer artillery pieces and phoenix gh

quoting the russian defence ministry, interfax says the crew had all been evacuated and the cause ofire was being investigated. earlier, a ukrainian official said the ship had been hit by two missiles, but this has not been confirmed. the moscow gained notoriety early in the war when ukrainian border guards defending an island refused its demand for their surrender. steve fish is a political science professor at the university of california, berkeley and he's there for us now. thank you forjoining us, there are military and psychological impact of this news, can we start with the military first? what is the significance of a ship like this being wholly or even partly put out of action in such an important strategic decision for the russians? it is such a big development, actually. in strictly military terms, this was the ship that kept safe the other ships that were launching missiles at ukrainian territory and whose involvement in this new invasion of the south and the east were absolutely crucial. by east were absolutely crucial. by removing the ship, the whole russian effort to ta

quoting the russian defence ministry, interfax says the crew had all been evacuated and the cause ofire was being investigated. earlier, a ukrainian official said the ship had been hit by two missiles, but this has not been confirmed. let's go to washington to speak to lieutenant colonel daniel davis, a senior fellow at the foreign policy think tank defense priorities. how significant is the damage to the flagship carrier? it how significant is the damage to the flagship carrier?- to the flagship carrier? it has to the flagship carrier? it has to be very — to the flagship carrier? it has to be very serious _ to the flagship carrier? it has to be very serious they - to be very serious they evacuated all the crew members. there are it had to be something very serious, not something you have to do simply they had to take some time, this is the second ship damaged in the war. there was a russian landing ship, in the city, it was also destroyed by the ukrainians. we still don't know whether this one was actually destroyed by the ukrainians or whether it was just another bad accident in th

in the past few minutes, the russian defence ministry says it has cleared the entire urban area of mariupolng that ukraine has lost more than 4000 fighters in the besieged city — the bbc has not been able to verify these claims russia has banned 13 british politicians, including the prime minister, borisjohnson, from entering the country, in response to uk sanctions. disaster teams in south africa are on high alert for further floods as more rain is expected over the weekend.

the russian defence ministry says it has warned it'll intensify attacks around kyiv after accusing ukrainetargeting russian border towns. earlier moscow confirmed a warship in its black sea fleet had sunk. ukraine claims to have hit the moskva with cruise missiles, while russia says it went down in rough seas following an explosion on board. russia confirmed the cruiser had sunk but said it went down in rough seas as it was towed to port after a fire caused its ammunition to explode. the scourge of the black sea now buried at the bottom of it. but how the moskva got there is still disputed. ukraine says it hit the ship with cruise missiles launched from the coast. russia would only admit there had been an explosion on board and it then sank in bad weather. if the ukrainians were responsible it would be the biggest warship to be sunk by enemy action since the second world war. this is a tremendous victory for ukraine, even if they didn't directly contribute to the sinking. and it's an enormous defeat for russia because it indicates that the russian armed forces simply aren't up to snuff in

the russian defence ministry says it has cleared the entire urban area of mariupol of ukrainian forceslaims russia has banned 13 british politicians, including the prime minister, borisjohnson, from entering the country, in response to uk sanctions. disaster teams in south africa are on high alert for further floods as more rain is expected over the weekend.

the russian defence ministry says it has cleared the entire urban area of mariupol of ukrainian forces, claiming that ukraine has lost more than 4,000 fighters in the city. the bbc has not been able to verify these claims. disaster teams in the south african province of kwazulu—natal are on high alert for further floods, as more rain is forecast in the area this weekend. at least 400 people are now known to have died. plans to send asylum seekers from the uk to rwanda are a breach of international law, according to the un's refugee agency. sportsday will bring you the best of the day's sport in around ten minutes�* time, but now on bbc news, here's the film review with anna smith. hello and welcome to the film review on bbc news. to take us through next week's cinema releases is anna smith. anna, what have we got this week? we've got a real mix, kind of something for everyone in a way. we've got upper 0peration mincemeat, which is the 19405 kind of wartime spy thriller starring colin firth and matthew macfadyen. then we're going to the jungle for the lost city. this is a romantic comed

the russian defence ministry says it has cleared the entire urban area of mariupol of ukrainian forceslaims. russia warns the us and its allies against supplying further weapons to ukraine, saying it's adding fuel to the conflict. missile attacks resume near kyiv. moscow says it targetted a factory making anti—ship weapons and threatens more to come. in his easter address the archbishop of canterbury criticises the government's plan to send asylum—seekers to rwanda saying it is the opposite of the nature of god. disaster teams in south africa are on high alert forfurtherfloods as more rain is expected over the weekend.

the russian defence ministry says it has cleared the entire urban area of mariupol of ukrainian forces, claiming that ukraine has lost more than 4000 fighters in the city. the bbc has not been able to verify these claims. russia has formally warned the united states and its allies against supplying further weapons to ukraine. russia said us arms shipments were adding fuel to the conflict and could lead to what it called "unpredictable consequences". russia has banned borisjohnson, the uk foreign secretary liz truss, and defence secretary be wallace from entering the country. and defence secretary ben wallace from entering the country. the kremlin says the decision has been made in retaliation to london's sanctions. disaster teams in the south african province of kwazulu—natal are on high alert for further floods, as more rain is forecast in the area this weekend. at least 400 people are now known to have died. now on bbc news, amol rajan interviews dame sharon white, chairman ofjohn lewis partnership. a warning, this programme contains language some viewers might find offensive. the la

the headlines: the russian defence ministry says it has cleared the entire urban area of mariupol of ukrainian forces, claiming that ukraine has lost more than 4000 fighters in the city — the bbc has not been able to verify these claims. russia has formally warned the united states and its allies against supplying further weapons to ukraine. russia said us arms shipments were adding fuel to the conflict and could lead to what it called "unpredictable consequences". missile attacks resume near kyiv. moscow says it targeted a factory making anti—ship weapons — and threatens more to come. disaster teams in the south african province of kwazulu—natal are on high alert for further floods — as more rain is forecast in the area this weekend. at least 400 people are now known to have died. hello and welcome to our look ahead to what the the papers will be bringing us tomorrow. with me are martin bentham, home affairs editor at the evening standard and broadcaster matthew stadlen. tomorrow's front pages. starting with: the observer leads with the archbishop of canterbury's criticism of the go

the russian defence ministry warns that attacks on will intensify if ukraine continues to impact russiani'm @richpreston hello. the uk may have recorded its highest temperature of the year so far on good friday, in the sunshine in london. but actually, across much of the north and west of the uk, it was quite a cloudy start to the long holiday weekend. it was eastern and south east england that saw most of the sunshine — and for the record, 23.1; celsius was that temperature in central london. to prove the point, the satellite picture showing all the cloud on good friday in the north and west. now, the rule of thumb for saturday's weather is where you're so cloudy, it'll be brighter and warmer, and where you saw the sunshine on good friday, saturday will be just as sunny. and where you get the sunshine, it will feel warmer. temperatures to start the day, no frost, nor will there be for the rest of the weekend. there will early on be quite a bit of cloud towards the north and west, and through much of wales and south west england — it's misty, low cloud, but on through the day, notice how

the russian defence ministry says its missiles destroyed a logistics terminal in the port city, wheresaid foreign weapons were stored. in the city of mariupol, russian forces appear to be trying to storm the azovstal steel works, where ukraine's remaining forces in the city are holding out. russians are said to have resumed air strikes on the plant in the south east of the country. we begin our coverage with the attack in odesa, and this report from our correspondent caroline davies. siren wails thick black smoke that cut through the calm of a saturday afternoon in odesa. this was the aftermath of missile strike on the city. on the ground — blown—out glass, debris, burning cars. and ukraine's firefighters and army trying to limit the destruction. vitalia and her son, nikita, were on the 12th floor when the missile hit. translation: there was a very strong explosion directly on top of us. - it broke all the windows in the apartment. i smelled smoke very strongly. we collected what we could and then we ran. when we reached the fourth and fifth floors, we wanted to turn around. it was im

now the russian defence ministry has published images showing what it says is the ship's crew, the undatedailors on parade being inspected by the commander—in—chief of the russian navy. the focus today will be on what happens next in mariupol. will the remaining ukrainian soldiers there ignore russia's deadline offer to lay down their arms and continue to defend the city to the end? helena wilkinson, bbc news. the great—granddaughter of soviet—era leader, nikita khrushchev, has told the bbc that president putin may be prepared to use battlefield nuclear weapons if necessary to win the war in ukraine. nina krushcheva, who is an international affairs professor based in new york, said the russian president saw himself as the latest in a long line of strong russian leaders. she was asked if there was anything that could stop him. yes, there is, president putin will stop president putin i think. but i don't really think that vladimir zelensky�*s pleas are going to really work for putin at all because the russians, the russian side already said that the ukrainian side has been withdrawing from n

now the russian defence ministry has published images showing what it says is the ship's crew, the undatedlors on parade being inspected by the commander—in—chief of the russian navy. the focus today will be on what happens next in mariupol. will the remaining ukrainian soldiers there ignore russia's deadline offer to lay down their arms and continue to defend the city to the end? helena wilkinson, bbc news. and there have been reports of more attacks on the ukrainian capital, kyiv. russia's defence ministry said it struck a military plant outside kyiv, to the east of the capital. the mayor said that "some infrastructure objects were hit" in the early hours of sunday morning. for the latest on the situation in kyiv and in the besieged city of mariupol, here's our correspondent dan johnson. there are reports this morning of more attacks on the edge of kyiv in a district to the east of the capital city, where the local mayor says an attack has hit some of the local infrastructure there. we're not quite sure exactly what the target was or what the level of damage is, but that's a pattern that

it's the russian defence ministry that says it has cleared the entire urban area of ukrainian forces,hey say there are just a handful of ukrainian troops who are holding out in this crucial steel plant in the city. but ukraine's president has warned moscow that there will be an end to peace talks if the last ukrainian defenders in mariupol are killed. that is clearly an attempt by president zelensky to try to exert pressure on russia not to completely take the city and not to completely kill everybody there but is it going to full on deaf ears? well, quite possibly. it would be a huge prize for russia to get mariupol, to establish a land corridor from russia through eastern ukraine to occupied crimea. in terms of the toll that has been exacted on mariupol, it is absolutely devastating. ukraine's president said tens of thousands could have died there in that city alone. we have seen images of a city that has been completely gutted, completely devastated. so, we wait to hear the fate of mariupol, but as your previous speaker was saying, it could have already fallen or it could fall in t

the russian defence ministry has blamed the red cross for that not going ahead today, saying they were to get there. in terms of elsewhere in the country it seems that the pull—back of troops around kyiv is happening. this is something much talked about at the beginning of the week after peace talks in istanbul. earlier in the day and adviser to president volodymyr zelensky said that 30 towns and settlements had been recaptured by ukrainian forces. as the day went on, they increased that. they now say that the whole kyiv region is in ukrainian pounds. at this stage it is hard to tell about the bush now is towards the east of the country and they fear powerful blows in that direction. a two—month truce has been agreed by warring parties in yemen. it's the first nationwide truce agreed since 2016 in a war which has killed nearly 400,000 people, according to un estimates. the deal between the saudi—led coalition and iran—backed houthi rebels — came into effect on saturday — coinciding with the first day of the muslim holy month of ramadan. the us special envoy for yemen — tim lenderking —

quoting the russian defence ministry, interfax says the crew had all been evacuated and the cause ofated. earlier, a ukrainian official said the ship had been hit by two missiles but this has not been confirmed. the moskva gained notoriety early in the war when ukrainian border guards defending an island refused its demand for their surrender. meanwhile, president biden says the evidence appears to suggest that russia is committing genocide in ukraine. he says it's becoming "clearer and clearer" vladimir putin wants to wipe out the idea "of even being ukrainian". over the past two weeks, russian forces have been withdrawing from the north around the capital, after failing to enter kyiv. their retreat from the areas, shown here in purple, has allowed a clearer picture to emerge, of the terrible damage and destruction left in their wake. 0ur correspondent, mark lowen, has visited the towns of bucha and borodianka, travelling with those trying to document evidence of war crimes committed by russian troops. his report contains upsetting details. ten more — the numbers, the mass graves, t

the russian defence ministry has warned it will intensify attacks around the ukraine capital, kyiv, afterukraine of targeting russian border towns. moscow also claims its sea—based cruise missiles have struck a factory outside kyiv which produces anti—ship missiles, including the type which — according to ukraine — hit russia's flagship, the moskva. russia confirmed the 12,000—ton cruiser from its black sea fleet had sunk but says it went down in rough seas as it was being towed to port, after a fire caused its ammunition to explode. from lviv in western ukraine, danjohnson, sent this report. once again ukrainian shelter in fear of aerial attack. this was the red signs and russia said it would target our missile factory. —— air raid russia obviously wants to show its labour power is not diminished despite the sinking of the flagship of the black sea fleet which it said went down after a fire on board. this is a tremendous victory for ukraine, even if they didn't directly contribute to the sinking. and it's an enormous defeat for russia because it indicates that the russian armed forces si

quoting the russian defence ministry, interfax says the crew had all been evacuated and the cause ofstigated. earlier, a ukrainian official said the ship had been hit by two missiles but this has not been confirmed. the moskya gained notoriety early in the war when ukrainian border guards defending an island refused its demand for their surrender. president biden has announced an additional $800 million in military assistance to ukraine. the package includes artillery systems, rounds and armoured personnel carriers. the news came shortly after mr biden spoke to ukraine's president volodymyr zelensky. to ukraine's president volodymyr zelensky. meanwhile, president biden says the evidence appears to suggest that russia is committing genocide in ukraine. he says it's becoming "clearer and clearer" that vladimir putin wants to "wipe out the idea of even being ukrainian." over the past two weeks, russian forces have been withdrawing from the north around the capital, after failing to enter kyiv. their retreat from the areas — shown here in purple — has allowed a clearer picture to emerge,

the russian defence ministry has warned it will intensify attacks around the ukraine capital, kyiv, afterusing ukraine of targeting russian border towns. moscow also claims its sea—based cruise missiles have struck a factory outside kyiv which produces anti—ship missiles, including the type which, according to ukraine, hit russia's flagship, the moskva. russia confirmed the 12,000—tonne cruiserfrom its black sea fleet had sunk. ukraine's coastguard now says the russians did not, after all, manage to evacuate all 500 crew. from lviv in western ukraine, danjohnson, sent this report. once again, ukrainians shelter in fear of aerial attack and this was some of the damage on the edge of kyiv after explosions were heard close to the capital. russia says it targeted a military facility. a russian defence spokesman warned there would be more strikes on kyiv and released these pictures of missile launches from the black sea. russia presumably wants to show its firepower is not diminished despite the sinking of its black sea flagship. it says moskva went down in rough seas, being towed to port afte

the russian defence ministry says it has cleared the entire urban area of mariupol of ukrainian forcesin the city. the bbc has not been able to verify these claims. russia warns the us and its allies against supplying further weapons to ukraine — saying it's adding fuel to the conflict. missile attacks resume near kyiv. moscow says it targetted a factory making anti—ship weapons and threatens more to come. russia has banned 13 british politicians, including the prime minister borisjohnson, from entering the country, in response to uk sanctions. disaster teams in south africa are on high alert forfurtherfloods as more rain is expected over the weekend.

the russian defence ministry has blamed the red cross for that not going ahead today, saying they wereget there. in terms of elsewhere in the country it seems that the pull—back of troops around kyiv is happening. this is something much talked about at the beginning of the week after peace talks in istanbul. earlier in the day and adviser to president volodymyr zelensky said that 30 towns and settlements had been recaptured by ukrainian forces. as the day on, they increased that. they now say that the whole kyiv region is in ukrainian pounds. at this stage it is hard to tell about the bush now is hard to tell about the bush now is towards the east of the country and they fear powerful blows in that direction. amanda brydon is the global head for child protection advocacy for save the children. she says the charity has faced many challenges reaching those most in need. save the children have been operating in eastern ukraine since 2014, when the escalation of the conflict started in the eastern side of the country. in the days and weeks following the escalation on 24th february, we've g

quoting the russian defence ministry, interfax says the crew had all been evacuated and an investigation is underway. president biden says the evidence appears to suggest, that russia is committing genocide in ukraine. the chief prosecutor of the international criminal court has described the country as a crime scene. karim khan was speaking in bucha, a town outside kyiv where hundreds of civilians were killed. ukraine's defence minister says ukrainian fighters are continuing to defend mariupol. russia says it has now fully taken mariupol�*s sea trade port, but this has not been confirmed. russia says more than 1,000 ukrainian marines have surrendered. the man who murdered the conservative mp sir david amess in essex last year will spend the rest of his life in prison, after being sentenced to a whole life term. sir david's family said there was "no elation" following the killer's sentencing, and they would "struggle through each day for the rest of our lives". our home affairs correspondent dominic casciani reports from the old bailey a crime that shocked a town, the murder of an mp in

quoting the russian defence ministry, interfax says the crew had all been evacuated and an investigation is under way. ukraine's defence minister says ukrainian fighters are continuing to defend mariupol. russia says it has now fully taken mariupol�*s sea trade port, but this has not been confirmed. russia says more than 1,000 ukrainian marines have surrendered. meanwhile, the united states says it's sending more weapons to ukraine's military. president biden says the evidence appears to suggest that russia is committing genocide in ukraine. the chief prosecutor of the international criminal court has described the country as a crime scene. now on bbc news, it's hardtalk. welcome to hardtalk, i'm stephen sackur. what will it take to end the waeradimir putin initiated in ukraine? in military terms, russia now seems intent on a grim campaign of attrition in the east and south, a strategy which is already taking a terrible human toll. could economic isolation inflict enough pain to force the kremlin to reconsider? well, my guest is exiled russian economist sergei guriev. is moscow outmanoeu

now the russian defence ministry has published images showing what it says is the ship's crew, the undatedn parade being inspected by the commander—in—chief of the russian navy. the focus today will be on what happens next in mariupol. will the remaining ukrainian soldiers there ignore russia's deadline offer to lay down their arms and continue to defend the city to the end? helena wilkinson, bbc news. and there have been reports of more attacks on the ukrainian capital kyiv. russia's defence ministry said it struck a military plant outside kyiv, to the east of the capital. the mayor of the district of brovary said that "some infrastructure objects were hit" in the early hours of sunday morning. let's cross live to st peter's square in vatican city because pope france has been celebrating easter mass, let's just listen in for a let'sjust listen in for a moment. we struggle to believe thatjesus is truly risen, that he is truly triumphed over death. could it be an illusion? if the event of our imagination? no, it is not an illusion. today, more than ever, hear the echoing of the easter procl

quoting the russian defence ministry, interfax says the crew had all been evacuated and the cause ofhe fire was being investigated. earlier, a ukrainian official said the ship had been hit by two missiles, but this has not been confirmed. i'm joined now by sam lagrone, who is the editor of the united states naval institute news. thanks for being on the programme. this is a significant development are setback for the russian military?— setback for the russian milita ? , , military? this might be the most spectacular _ military? this might be the most spectacular ship - military? this might be the most spectacular ship loss| military? this might be the i most spectacular ship loss in the black sea fleet, may in history. i the black sea fleet, may in histo . . ~ ., , history. i mean, ukraine is sa in: history. i mean, ukraine is saying it — history. i mean, ukraine is saying it is _ history. i mean, ukraine is saying it is due _ history. i mean, ukraine is saying it is due to - history. i mean, ukraine is saying it is due to their. saying it is due to their missile strikes, that this sh

the russian defence ministry claims it hit more than a thousand ukrainian military facilities overnightc world, former ukrainian prime minister yulia tymoshenko has been talking about the destruction she's been witnessing in the eastern where she grew up, and appealed for more help from the west. translation: as a ukrainian person, as all ukrainians and all people - of goodwill, i want to stop all this tragedy, all this violence. the free world cannot forget that and cannot withstand that. ukraine cannot forgive that. yulia, what do you say to people in the east when you meet with them, when you talk to them? how do you give them hope? translation: | am - saying to them that we, the ukrainians, are so strong. our army can rebuff the enemy, but at the same time, i am saying again that now the whole world is with us, together with us. all the people of goodwill are with us, all the leaders of the world, all the countries helping ukraine, and the free world cannot lose to evil. we still can win. we can come back to the peace times that calms people down, and i would like to thank the peopl

the latest the russian side, what is the latest the russian side, what is the latest the russian defence ministryg about the war in general? we have saying about the war in general? - have had another update this morning, they say that moscow plans to increase the frequency and the scale of strikes on facilities in kyiv in retaliation for what it says are ukrainian attacks on russian territory. this has been building for the last couple of days. a similar threat a couple of nights ago. it is difficult to know whether the actual number of reported attacks from ukraine into the regions in russia which border the country have increased in recent days or whether the russian authorities, i suspect is the case, are now talking about them with more frequency. many of these attacks as we protect are not verified, it is difficult to get independent verification of what is happening there. the authorities are talking about ukrainian strikes on russian soil and yesterday officials in one region said that low—flying ukrainian military helicopters had contracted air strikes in a residential area leaving seven

interests of russian—speaking populations in the donbas region and to protect russia against the so—called aggressions of ukraine aided by the west. we get daily updates here from the ministry of defenceendently verified that it was it is interesting to see how that is handled by state television which this morning is not talking about what has happened to this flagship cruiser. i had a look tt the headlines earlierjust out of interest as if they were talking about it and both the stations i looked at, nothing at all. they were talking about how russian soldiers are handing out humanitarian aid to civilians and how ukrainian forces have been attacking civilians. that is the picture that russian viewers and indeed readers are given of this war. joining me now is shashankjoshi, the defence editor at the economist. good to see you. two claims, there. the ukrainian say they fired missiles and the russians are actually it was ammunition on board that blew up. i'll any closer to finding out what happened? the russians did not delay in this may have struck the ship. it is possible missile struck the ship and ammunition exploded. in magazines and ships explode, the results tend to be absolute

russian _ were told about? yes. this has come from the russian ministry _ were told about? yes. this has come from the russian ministry of - from the russian ministry of defenceck overnight across the country. but when you look at the details, we are talking about things like ammunition plants, personnel areas and all sorts of other military objects. but they are all in the south and east of the country. there is no mention of any strikes on lviv or around lviv, so we don't have details about what the targets were in lviv this morning. at the moment, the military here are officially sticking to the script that they are only targeting the south and east of the country. that is what russians are being told. with regards to mariupol, one newspaper commentator said this morning that the defeat of the enemy there is already a done deal. they are talking bullishly about what is happening and very confident about taking the whole city the ministry of defence's update is one of a couple we get every day and they were talk about the progress the russian troops are making. the the progress the russian troops are makinu. , . ,, ., making. the picture the russian --eole

concern but i do want to reflect on the difficulty nevertheless that the russian ministry— nevertheless that the russian ministry of defence people quickly to get them in fighting fitness and get them out into deployment areas and operating with units _ into deployment areas and operating with units. it's not an easy or simple — with units. it's not an easy or simple thing and it would also take a good _ simple thing and it would also take a good degree of time, i think before — a good degree of time, i think before you could turn recent recruits _ before you could turn recent recruits into a fit fighting force, never _ recruits into a fit fighting force, never mind people you're calling back— never mind people you're calling back from — never mind people you're calling back from reserve after having served — back from reserve after having served many years before. i think there _ served many years before. i think there are — served many years before. i think there are lots of problems there. you could — there are lots of problems there. you could not expect immediate results — you could not expect immediate results. �* .,

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