are limiting how much cooking oil customers are able to buy as supplies are hit by the war in ukraine. and tyson fury will take on dillian whyte later in what s expected to be one of the biggest all british heavyweight fights in boxing history. there are reports that russian forces are trying to storm the azovstal steel works in mariupol, where ukraine s remaining forces in the city are holding out. russia is said to have resumed air strikes on the plant in the south of the country. ukraine has called on the united nations to provide urgent help to evacuate civilians from mariupol. these are the latest positions of russian forces in ukraine, with much of the fighting now in the east and in particular the south east. from ukraine, danjohnson sent this report. more ukrainian homes are coming underfire. shelling has intensified in kharkiv and across the east of the country, but intelligence assessments say the russians aren t gaining much ground. still, the ukrainian presi
of hokkaido injapan. have and a very warm welcome to the programme. there are reports that russian forces are trying to storm the azovstal steel works in mariupol, 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. ukraine has called on the united nations to provide urgent help to evacuate civilians from mariupol. these are the latest positions of russian forces in ukraine, with much of the fighting now in the east and in particular the south east. parts of south western port city of odesa have also been targeted by russian rocket fire, including a iii storey residential tower block. from ukraine, danjohnson sent this report. more ukrainian homes are coming underfire. shelling s intensified in kharkiv and across the east of the country, but intelligence assessments say the russians aren t gaining much ground. still, the ukrainian president is warning of the fight he believe
casualties. we know that two missiles hit a facility and another 2 stroke residential buildings, one of them a block of flats and a nearby resident described hearing a huge explosion and we will of course bring new more details as we get them on bbc news. in the meantime we can get more development on the ground missile struck a two story residential building. let s get more now on developments on the ground in ukraine. drjack watling is a land warfare expert at rusi, a british defence think tank. i asked him if he thought the humanitarian corridors out of the besieiged city of mariupol, had any chance of being effective. the russians have at times disrupted civilian evacuation. on other times, they allow it. it s a tactic that we ve seen on numerous instances, where the russians will terrify people by striking hospitals and other things to, kind of, displace civilians, and will then allow them to get out if they want to reduce the burden of having to feed them, or will prevent them
if they want to reduce the burden of having to feed them, or will prevent them getting out if they want to force the defenders to have to look after those civilians, so it s really in russia s court. if that is indeed a strategy for russian forces, what is to be gained by targeting civilians in that way? well, as i say, if you re going through a complex urban environment and you have a population that is hostile to you, as they had in syria and as they are now facing in ukraine, then clearing out a lot of those people is a means of simplifying the operation in the city. it also means, if they have captured those parts of the city, they no longer need to feed or look after those civilians if they have evacuated. conversely, if the are large numbers of civilians on the ukrainian side
been talking about today so that is why both sides have tried so hard and full it so hard for the city and with victory day coming up on the 9th of may in russia it is an important public holiday, a day where you see military parades and celebrations and there is a real feeling that vladimir putin wants something to show on that day to the russian people that an invasion is worthwhile and going according to some kind of pan so i think mariupol, as well, it is important when it comes to that and he is absolutely determined to try and show some victories to the russian people. show some victories to the russian eo - le. ~ . , show some victories to the russian neale, . .,, ., show some victories to the russian eole. ~ ., ., , show some victories to the russian eole. ~ ., , ., show some victories to the russian neale, . ., , ., ., people. was of this morning from president zelensky people. was of this morning from president zelensky that people. was of this morning from president ze