steve rosenberg, bbc news, kostroma. ukrainian forces carried out counter offensives against russian positions on wednesday, seeking to inflict what one official called maximum losses . troops tried to regain some momentum with counter attacks on russian positions outside of kyiv and in the russian occupied city of kherson, in ukraine s south, according to a senior ukrainian military official. for some analysis of the military strategies employed, i mjoined now byjohn spencer. he s a retired major and chair of urban warfare studies, madison policy forum. thanks so much for coming on the programme. the programme. thanks for havinu the programme. thanks for having me- the programme. thanks for having me. so the programme. thanks for having me. so what - the programme. thanks for having me. so what do - the programme. thanks for having me. so what do you | the programme. thanks for - having me. so what do you think was the aim? having me. so what do you think was the aim? we hav
u.s. companies that russian-state sponsored hackers are able to side step multi-factor authentication. authorities say if the u.s. did experience one of the full scale cyber wars that the u.s. would launch massive counter attacks, and that would be against the opposing country hoping to serve as a bit of a deterrent. john. john: i don t know if it would be, but that s the plan. casey, thank you. sandra. sandra: the white house is expected to brief the nation after president biden holds crucial talks with china s president xi. comes as putin s war on ukraine pushes the west leaving death and destruction, pushes west, i should say, in the country, leaving death and destruction in its wake, again warning china against helping putin. will a beijing bent on world dominance listen? general jack keane is here.
without more anti tank weapons, says yevheni velichko. we re grateful for western supplies, but we need more. we know the russians will be back. back for the bridge and back for the town that stood its ground. andrew harding, bbc news, in voznesensk, southern ukraine. while russia has continued its bombardment of several ukrainian cities, advances have ground to a halt in many areas with ukrainian forces also launching counter attacks. matthew sussex is a senior fellow at the australian defence college, specialising in russian security policy. hejoins me from canberra. good afternoon to you in australia. at the start of the invasion, when you looked at the numbers, russia is a bigger country, more money on guns, more troops, it seemed like a foregone conclusion. but that
schools, targeting people wherever they can and in kherson, which they ve taken, now they are actually targeting individuals in the city and detaining them and probably, in that case, torturing them. the uk s ministry of defence has given this update of the latest developments in the fighting in ukraine. it says that its intelligence indicates that fighting north west of kyiv continues, with the bulk of russian ground forces now around 25 kilometres from the centre of the city. it continues elements of the large russian column north of kyiv have dispersed.this is likely to support a russian attempt to encircle the city. it could also be an attempt by russia to reduce its vulnerability to ukrainian counter attacks,
attempt to encircle the city. it could also be an attempt by russia to reduce its vulnerability to ukrainian counter attacks, which have taken a significant toll on russian forces. and it concludes beyond kyiv, the cities of kharkiv, chernihiv, sumy and mariupol remain encircled and continue to suffer heavy russian shelling. so what about the ukrainians who want to come to the uk. details of a second visa scheme, which will allow people in britain to take refugees into their homes, is due to be announced on monday. the government has been criticised for not allowing more into the uk around 1,000 have arrived so far. our political correspondent jonathan blakejoins us now. bring us up to date with the latest on the visa programme. we bring us up to date with the latest on the visa programme. bring us up to date with the latest on the visa programme. we are still awaitin: on the visa programme. we are still awaiting details on the visa programme. we are still awaiting details of o