russian forces have again targeted ukraine s energy facilities, leaving part of kyiv and other cities with no power and water. an aide to president zelensky has said the situation across ukraine was now critical. cities across the country were targeted. in the city of dnipro, a large energy facility was destroyed and officials and street lights will now be turned off. this is the damage left after an attack on the city of mykolaiv in the south of the county. say streetlights. the russian defence ministry showed these pictures earlier today of missiles being fired from air, sea and land. but the ground war in ukraine is not going all russia s way. the russian general recently appointed by president putin to take charge of the attack on ukraine has said preparations are being made to evacuate people from the city of kherson. general sergey surovkin has admitted that the situation on the ground is tense and quite difficult. let s cross to kyiv now and speak to the washing
hello, i m maryam moshiri. you re watching the context on bbc news. in ukraine, a warning from president s office that the situation there is now critical, as russian air strikes leave thousands of towns without power and water supplies at risk. the prime minister s cabinet meets at downing street as she fights to regain authority. her chancellor warns them that budget cuts are coming. warnings that energy bills could rise steeply in april when the government ends the current price cap. tonight with the context, former senior advisor to george w bush, ron christie, and tom peck, political sketch writer at the independent.
of the dnipro river. if they ever wanted to make a run at cities along the black sea, that would be their best position. now it seems significantly in jeopardy as ukrainians have continued to make gains there, and we hear these words from the russian general, who seems to say we don t know if we re going to be able to hold this territory and our decisions will be made as the situation develops. and our decisions will be made as the situation develops. some of the damaue the situation develops. some of the damage that s the situation develops. some of the damage that s been done the situation develops. some of the damage that s been done over- the situation develops. some of the damage that s been done over the l damage that s been done over the past few days in fact, the past few weeks have been tojohn by iranian made drones. have been made. why have you not cut ties with iran, given that these have been overtly used by russia? i iran, given that these have been overtly use
russian forces have again targeted ukraine s energy facilities, leaving part of kyiv and other cities with no power and water. an aide to president zelensky has said the situation across ukraine was now critical. cities across the country were targeted. in the city of dnipro, a large energy facility was destroyed and officials and street lights will now be turned off. this is the damage left after an attack on the city of mykolaiv in the south of the county. say streetlights. the russian defence ministry showed these pictures earlier today of missiles being fired from air, sea and land. but the ground war in ukraine is not going all russia s way. the russian general recently appointed by president putin to take charge of the attack on ukraine has said preparations are being made to evacuate people from the city of kherson. general sergey surovkin has admitted that the situation on the ground