stuff that had been red now north of kyiv, it is all yellow. that meant ukrainians had captured by the 30th of april, and they had also made some moves around kharkiv. and allowed for that city to have at least a bit of breathing space, so when it comes to these kinds of things, they did an amazing job and then you get to the 24th of august, today the 31st independence day of ukraine. and you look here, there is basically ukrainian control here. you have ukrainian control around kharkiv, you have some pockets of ukrainian control that is moving forward to the south and potential southern invasion, perhaps, and they have kept odessa which is also incredibly important. that is ukraine s major port. the fact that they have done this is a significant achievement considering what they have, and what they don t have. it really shows that the ukrainians have brought them together in a meaningful way, don. general clark, remember we talked about this with what the
capture kyiv. they had the northeastern suburbs, the northwestern suburbs. all they needed to do in theory is go around this way and this way to capture the south. they didn t do that. they had a huge convey that came through this area right here. that convey was destroyed by the ukrainians. they were able to in essence take things in a completely different direction and the big surprise was that all the stuff that had been read now north of kyiv is all yellow. that meant ukrainians had captured it by the 30th of april and they also had made moves around kharkiv which allowed for that city to have at least a little breathing space so when it comes to these kinds of things, they did an amazing job and then you get to the 24th of august today, the 31st independence day of ukraine and you look here. there is basically ukrainian control here. we ve got ukrainian control around kharkiv and pockets of ukrainian control that is moving
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but also to inspire men, to inspire the boys. live from our studio in singapore, this is bbc news. it s newsday. it s 6am in the morning in singapore and 1am in kyiv in ukraine, where, across the country, embassies will be closed, public events have been banned and the threat level for an increased russian attack has been raised. it s not the way the people of ukraine had planned to celebrate their indepedence day, but this year, the 24th of august, to celebrate their independence day, but this year, the 24th of august also marks the six month anniversary of when russian troops crossed their border to start a war that had been predicted for a number of months. our defence correspondent jonathan beale has himself reported from the front line in ukraine. he reminds us now of how russia s
about the zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant, which has been under russian control since march. moscow called for the meeting amid reports of continuing shelling around europe s largest nuclear station. the us and uk said russia could easily resolve the situation by ending its war in ukraine. ukraine is also celebrating its independence day, but this year, the 24th of august also marks the six month anniversary of when russian troops crossed their border to start a war that had been predicted for a number of months. speaking on the eve of the six month anniversary of that russian invasion on wednesday, our kyiv correspondent, james waterhouse, reflects on the mood of the ukrainian people. well, inside ukraine and inside kyiv, it s very much a constant. it s actually reminding me of the build up to the invasion, where you had warnings from the west, from the us state department, around concerns of a russian escalation. but of course, six months on, things couldn t be more different. this