the next stage will be the liberation of kherson as ukraine continues ot isolate it and the possible avenues of reinforcement. we saw the strike into crimea which just put the black sea fleet at great risk because they lost a lot of russian air force cover, and it s important to the south so you will see a major battle in the south as there is a holding position in the east, and ukrainians are gaining ground and in military speak we see the initiative it could turn to the ukrainians even in the next couple of weeks. here in the uk, seven cities have been named to compete to host next year s eurovision song contest. the uk came second in this year s contest but organisers decided it wouldn t be safe for the winning country, ukraine, to host the event. our arts correspondent, david sillito, is in liverpool, one of the cities on the shortlist. fanfare katie boyle, 1960.
ukraine is focusing on the south, and having lots of advancements, russia thinks it can gain this big win in donbas but for weeks and weeks, they haven t moved barely kilometres, if at all. what do you see as being the next stage in this conflict? at this stage, it will be the liberation of kherson as ukraine continues ot isolate it and the possible avenues of reinforcement. we saw the strike into crimea which just put the black sea fleet at great risk because they lost a lot of russian air force cover, and it s important to the south so you will see a major battle in the south as there is a holding position in the east and ukrainians are gaining ground and in military speak we see the initiative it could turn to the ukrainians even in the next couple of weeks. 11 people have been killed in
still russia s main concern and it s where they applied most of their combat power. in kharkiv, we can t say it is safe, focusing on the south south, and having lots of advancements, russia thinks it can gain this big win in donbas but for weeks and weeks, they haven t moved barely kilometres, if at all. what do you see as being the next stage in this conflict? at this stage, it will be the liberation of kherson as ukraine continues to liberated and the possible avenues of reinforcement. we saw the strike into crimea which just put the black sea fleet at great risk because they lost a lot of russian air force cover, and it s important to the south so you will see a major battle in the south as there is a holding position
fight by these heroes of mariupol. and they will go down as legends in the history of ukraine when this thing is over. the joint chiefs chairman, general milley, said the next several weeks are going to be critical for the outcome of the battle in the south. he talked about making sure the right type of aid is getting to the right location at the right time. that s gotten a lot more difficult now given the long supply lines. i mean, we ve talked before about russia s long supply lines. you now have ukrainians needing, you know it s a long journey from the polish border all the way to the eastern front to try to get howitzers and tanks and other things to them. yeah, to put it in perspective, anderson, what i did is a comparison on a u.s. map today. it s about 950 miles from lviv to dnipro, which is right in the center of the fighting right now. that s their major transfer point.
it has caused a huge backup of logistics trails to the east, to the north, and to the west out of that city for the russian soldiers. so, this has been a phenomenal fight by these heroes of mariupol. and they will go down as legends in the history of ukraine when this thing is over. the joint chief chairman, general milley, said the next several weeks are going to be critical for the outcome of the battle in the south. he talked about making sure the right type of aid is getting to the right location at the right time. that s gotten a lot more difficult now given the long supply lines. i mean, we ve talked before about russia s long supply lines. you now have ukrainians needing, you know it s a long journey from the polish border all the way to the eastern front to try to get howitzers and tanks and other things to them. yeah, to put it in perspective, anderson, what i did is a comparison on a u.s.