there as well. now, the whole city is under constant russian bombardment and in particular, this factory has been hit. and we understand there has been a huge fire and explosion there and many tonnes of oil have leaked out from radiators. we don t know the exact stages of the chemical plant exactly what the wider consequences could be. but of course, this is raising many fears for the safety of the soldiers inside, but particularly of the civilians as well. and we ve heard so many pleas from ukraine for more weapons supplies from the west, but now they re saying in particular, they re running out of ammunition of shells. yeah. and the battle in severodonetsk is why this matters. this whole fight for the eastern donbas region has become an artillery battle, big guns pounding each other, pounding enemy positions, but particularly trying to hit the enemy guns. and we know we ve heard from a senior security official
radiators. we do not know the exact status of the chemical plant and what the wider consequences could be but this is raising many fears for the safety of the soldiers and sides but particularly civilians as well. the soldiers inside. we have had many pleas from ukraine for more weapon supplies from the west but now they say they are running out of of shells. the battle in street markets by this matter is, this whole fight for the eastern donbas region has become an artillery battle and particularly trying to hit the enemy guns. we have heard from a senior security official here the russians are running out, they reckon they are outnumbered ten to one of 15 to one in terms of the number of guns they have. the russians fire ten times as many shells and rounds per day as the ukrainians can manage. it does not matter how accurate you are, when you re coming out of that level of
this whole fight for the eastern donbas region has become an artillery battle, big guns pounding each other, pounding enemy positions, but particularly trying to hit the enemy guns. and we know we ve heard from a senior security official here that the russians are running out. they reckon they re outnumbered ten or 15 to one in terms of the number of guns they have. the russians are firing ten times as many shells a day, ten times as many rounds a day as the ukrainians can manage. and so it doesn t matter how accurate you are when you re coming under that level of fire, you just need to have more. and the problem they re having is that we ve got a lot of promises from the western powers that they ll send more long range artillery, particularly precision missile, rocket artillery. but much of it isn t getting to the front lines. now, of course, that is partly because it needs training. this is different equipment to that which the ukrainians currently have and have used in the past. it
millions of people will starve if russia s blockade of the black sea continues. all the while, russia s offensive in the east of ukraine intensifies. this has become an artillery battle with a ukrainian presidential adviser saying his country needs hundreds of advanced artillery systems, notjust the handful that have been promised. until they get them, russia has the advantage. joe inwood, bbc news, kyiv. the cost of filling an average family car with petrol has reached £100 for the first time. petrol retailers are charging on average 182 pence a litre, with some forecourts charging more than £2. the increase is largely blamed on the impact of the war in ukraine on global energy supplies. in the past few minutes, the prime minister said the government had already cut fuel duty by 5p and urged businesses to pass on savings to consumers. 0ur economics correspondent andy verity reports. this morning, motorists
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