It comes five days after a Ukrainian Drone attack in the same area. Now on bbc news, defenders of donbas. Theyre one of ukraines most decorated brigades in a daily battle to hold back russia on the Eastern Front. For the 1st Tank Brigade, its the fight of their lives. Under constant attack from airand ground. Come, quickly. They gave us unprecedented access to their front lines. While they fight to keep russia out from a town under constant attack. Dog barks explosion the bombing is relentless. Explosion shallow trenches offer the barest of protection from russian fire. Come on this way. Down. Down, down, down, down. Get in, get down. We follow closely in their daily life and death struggle to halt their enemy. Outgunned and outmanned, they refuse to give ground. Explosion they are the defenders of donbas. First light on the Eastern Front. And the opening battle of the day for Ukrainian Forces heading forward. Is with the mud. War has left donbas ploughed and churned. This is their Sec
to conflicts in ukraine and syria, and raised concern over attacks injerusalem and the surrounding region. you re watching bbc news. now it s time for ukraine: a year on the front lines. over the past 30 years or so, i ve covered conflicts in the middle east, in the balkans, and in africa, but this is unlike anything that i have ever known. this is a war that we did not expect to see in europe in our time. there was a sense that the security architecture that we knew, the safety, the security, that we thought we had since the end of the cold war, that was gone. i was here injanuary and february of last year counting down to the invasion. i was sure it would come, but it turned out to be even worse than i expected. we were in mariupol, which is a port city in the east. it s only 30 miles from the russian border. but inside the city, there was this surreal atmosphere of calm. and i remember we went to film in a supermarket. there was no panic buying. the shelves were full. we m
control. but a city of bakhmut is facing a ferocious assault right now with thousands of civilians in dang danger as the russian s advance. and a man is rested for trying to bring explosives on a flight to florida in his suitcase. what we re learning about the case. new information coming in. and juries visit the scene where alex murdaugh s wife and son were kill and then the closing arguments in the disgraced lawyer s murder trial. prosecutors wrapping up just a short wild ago after condemning his lies confirm his guilt. welcome to our viewers in the united states and around the world. i m wolf blitzer and you re in the situation room. let s get right to our top story this evening. very intense fighting raging right now in the key eastern ukrainian city of bakhmut. civilians hunkering down as russia throws some of the most battle hardened forces into the fight. cnn s melissa bell is joining us live from kyiv with an update. melissa, how dire is the situation in the
it comes five days after a ukrainian drone attack in the same area. now on bbc news, defenders of donbas. they re one of ukraine s most decorated brigades in a daily battle to hold back russia on the eastern front. for the 1st tank brigade, it s the fight of their lives. under constant attack from airand ground. come, quickly. ..they gave us unprecedented access to their front lines. ..while they fight to keep russia out from a town under constant attack. dog barks explosion the bombing is relentless. explosion shallow trenches offer the barest of protection from russian fire. come on! this way. down. down, down, down, down. get in, get down. we follow closely in their daily life and death struggle to halt their enemy. outgunned and outmanned, they refuse to give ground. explosion they are the defenders of donbas. first light on the eastern front. ..and the opening battle of the day for ukrainian forces heading forward. ..is with the mud. war has left donbas ploughed and chur
rishi sunak, did not think adults convicted of sexually assaulting children should go to prison. and buckingham palace has invited more than 850 community and charity representatives from across the uk to attend the coronation of king charles, which will take place on the sixth of may at westminster abbey in london. you re watching bbc news. now it s time for ukraine: a year on the frontlines. over the past 30 years or so, i ve covered conflicts in the middle east, in the balkans, and in africa, but this is unlike anything that i have ever known. this is a war that we did not expect to see in europe in our time. there was a sense that the security architecture that we knew, the safety, the security, that we thought we had since the end of the cold war, that was gone. i was here injanuary and february of last year counting down to the invasion. i was sure it would come, but it turned out to be even worse than i expected. we were in mariupol, which is a port city in the east. i