continues with no end in sight. we report from the front line to assess the impact the conflict has had on ukraine. amp presidentjoe biden has announced new sanctions and an additional $2 billion support package helping the ukrainians in theirfight. welcome to the programme. it s the first anniversary of the ukraine war, one year since vladimir putin ordered his forces to launch an all out assault on ukraine with the aim of taking kyiv within days. the strategy failed. ukrainian resistance has been fierce, though it has come at an immense cost. many have died on the battlefield, and accusations of war crimes by the russian troops have shocked the world. the war has changed europe and the world, leaving russia diplomatically isolated and revitalising the nato alliance. some have thought was losing its justification. our international editor jeremy bowen has reported on the conflict from the very beginning. he s kept in touch with many of the ukrainians he s spoken to along the
the ukrainians in the fight. welcome to the programme. if you re watching here in the uk, on pbs in the on pbs in the us, or around the world, on pbs in the us, or around the world. it s on pbs in the us, or around the world, it s great on pbs in the us, or around the world, it s great to on pbs in the us, or around the world, it s great to have - on pbs in the us, or around the world, it s great to have your. world, it s great to have your company. it s the first anniversary of the ukraine war one year since vladimir putin ordered his forces to launch an all out assault on ukraine with the aim of taking kyiv within days. the strategy failed. ukrainian resistance has been fierce, though it has come at an immense cost. many have died on the battlefield, and accusations of war crimes by the russian troops have shocked the world. the war has changed europe, and the world leaving russia diplomatically isolated, and revitalising the nato alliance. unexpectedly revitalising
to young men just out of school. the war started here for maxim, then 19, and his friend dmytro, 18. what are you studying? i am studying economy. and i m studying biology. good luck, guys. yeah, thank you. good luck. they didn t feel as brave as they tried to look. there was a lot of fear, i m not going to lie, because i haven t experienced anything like that before. we had some stupid brave.braveness, bravery, and it helped us to overcome our fear. after a few days on checkpoints and some basic training, both dmytro and maxim were plunged into the fighting. when the war switched to the east, dmytro stayed in kyiv. maxim has fought and was wounded in some of the
signing up a year ago, from 60 somethings to young men just out of school. the war started here for maxim, then 19, and his friend dmitri, 18. what are you studying? i am studying economy. and i m studying biology. good luck, guys. yeah, thank you. good luck. they didn t feel as brave as they tried to look. there was a lot of fear, i m not going to lie, because i haven t experienced anything like that before. we had some stupid brave.braveness, bravery, and it helped us to overcome our fear. after a few days on checkpoints and some basic training, both dimitri and maxim were plunged into the fighting. when the war switched to the east, dmitri stayed in kyiv.
anything like that before. we had some stupid brave.braveness, bravery, and it helped us to overcome our fear. after a few days on checkpoints and some basic training, both dimitri and maxim were plunged into the fighting. when the war switched to the east, dmitri stayed in kyiv. maxim has fought and was wounded in some of the toughest battles in donbas. this video is from his body cam. by the summer, in the ruins of eastern ukraine, as the battle for control of bakhmut was starting, maxim was an experienced fighting soldier. we were defending the. explosion ..the chemical factory. he s still only 20. explosion