the resolve of ukrainian soldiers. we met this tank unit, holding their ground at a spot where russia has been trying to break through. they badly need better equipment, but they have other strengths. we are unity. we fight for our independence from russia. russians soldiers fight for money. they don t much await it as much as we. they were not motivated as way. the russians have been pounding these front line positions for weeks now, but the big picture here in the donbas is that the kremlin s offensive has largely stalled. they have taken hardly any significant towns, and the ukrainians are making them pay a heavy price for every scrap of land. further out, in no man s land, ukrainian volunteers collect the abandoned bodies of russian soldiers. too many to count, according to alexei.
russia is imitating the tactics of nazi germany by deporting ukrainians and targeting civilians. we ll also have a special report this lunchtime from eastern ukraine, where the fighting in this war is most intense. the picture here in the donbas is that the kremlin s offensive has largely stalled. they ve taken hardly any significant towns, and the ukrainians are making them pay a heavy price for every scrap of land. and the other main stories this lunchtime: after sinn fein win the most seats in the northern ireland assembly, talks start about how to get the nation s devolved government up and running again. the boss of scottishpower urges ministers to do more to help with rising energy bills. and the water warriors fighting their own battles to find outjust how polluted by sewage our rivers really are. and coming up on the bbc news
that would be the question is whether or not knowing zelenskyy, president zelenskyy as you do, what might be the value in the end of someone like this because it appears that russia is mass deporting ukrainians into russia to steal them. that is genocide, the textbook definition to remake them into forcible russians. what do you think that this president might do with an asset like that in hand? well, i mean, we re the country of laws so it depends what the legal status of but if he is to exchange, i think he wins staying in ukraine as a prisoner in ukraine because one of the reasons russia is losing this war this failed corrupt
images of medvedchuk is dishevelled but showing signs of severe torture and compared the images to saddam hussein of all people. whether he ll take it for ukrainian men and women held in russian captivity so they re kind of confused. they don t know whether he d do it or not. they were trying to play it both ways, one to say that they don t have cronies of that kind where they would exchange medvedchuk for other ukrainians and saying of course, they might do it because it s important and if it s in the interest of russia then it might happen. so they were a completely infuriated this is a great capture for the ukrainians and it will be fascinating to see what comes from it. yeah, and, you know, i guess
attempts to focus society to be prorussian is the reason we saw the beginning of this war as this war of orchestras at parades and crematoriums so now they re realizing that putin actually fell victim to his own propaganda and his own corruption so, you know, he s propaganda created this eco chamber around him and he believes ukrainians will greet him with flowers and what saved ukraine, the money allocates to the war machine and propaganda machine to prepare ukraine to be easily occupied was stolen and that gave ukraine a chance that was one of the reasons. by the way, if i may quickly, i saw that snippet of president putin commenting. there are two observations i can t help but share. first of all, when he s saying about denazifying ukraine, the guy standing next to him, they