over the summer, a bbc news team exposed a care system in ukraine that neglected and abused thousands of disabled people. they found disabled adults living in cots, and children tethered to benches in its network of orphanages. 0ur correspondent danjohnson reports now from poland, where some disabled ukrainian refugees are now living in better conditions, despite not being at home. when i first saw them, it was a huge shock for me cos they were in terrible condition. these are the young disabled ukrainians of kharkiv as they arrived in poland soon after the start of the war evacuated from an institutional care home in the east of the country. they were so malnourished, two didn t survive. they were really skinny at the beginning. i didn t think it was because of the war, because they came to poland
appetite to strike and that brings us to the most important people in this, ordinary people caught up with the impact of this. an operation cancelled, a nurse unavailable, a train not running. how public opinion is shaped by what is to come may yet determine how this is resolved. ., ~ may yet determine how this is resolved. ., ,, , ., , injersey, nine people are feared dead and a criminal investigation could be launched after a suspected gas explosion destroyed a block of flats in the capital st helier. police have released the names of seven of the victims, all aged between 63 and 73. an inquiry is under way into the actions of the fire service after residents apparently reported a gas leak less than eight hours before the blast. 0ur correspondent danjohnson reports from st helier. this morning, jersey stood in silence. to remember. to reflect.
by the group disability rights international found children with severe disabilities tied to beds in children s homes that are unable to cope. many have been moved away from the fighting near institutions where they lived and then just left at other, unsuitable facilities, further away from the war. 0ur correspondent danjohnson reports from an institution in the relative safety of south west ukraine, where disabled children from the east have been left by their carers, who then fled to neighbouring countries. just to warn you you may find his report distressing. it is the sound of the war you haven t heard yet. anna s teeth grinding anxiety hints at the hidden ukraine s disabled children. the conflict s most vulnerable and least visible victims. there are nervous, disorientated and distressed. the?
boris johnson may or may not be forced out of office, though i strongly suspect it is now a matter of when and not if that scenario comes to pass. the issue will continue to distract |the prime minister and it is right| he considers his position- and resigns and if he refuses, his conservative mps should remove him. building closer ties with india might be his focus on the trip but he will return to another inquiry into partygate and support slipping away from more of his own mps. satellite images produced by a us company appear to show mass graves near the ukrainian city of mariupol. russia has yet to respond to the images. it comes as a ukrainian official says russian forces seized more than a0 villages in the east of ukraine. it s now nearly two months since the start of the war. russian forces here in red continue their attacks on mariupol, where some ukrainian fighters remain holed up in the azovstal steelworks. 0ur correspondent danjohnson