It is important for ukrainians that we ourselves clearly understand what the president said, so we decided to give this quote more widely. I know we are we are going on a counteroffensive, that russia will leave our territories, i think i know when, but i cant tell you, thats what the president said. This is the last part of the war, it is not the middle of it, the first period is the capture, then the stoppage of the advance of the Russian Troops and the interception. I think we are in the last part, zelskyi said. We have many fears, means, weapons, but we are in the last part, the most difficult. It is currently difficult to predict the end of hostilities, the president says, well, but no thoughts of wrongdoing on the part of russia, agree, are not visible in these words of his. The hottest points on the front map this week were avdiyivka near donetsk and the direction of kupyansk. The russians used, it seems, everything, the artillery volley system, tanks and infantry, all at the sa
Head of the region vadym filashkin. Four highrise buildings in kurakhovo and six private ones in kurakhivka were damaged. Also two highrise buildings and nine private residences in nivychchyna in the chasovoyarsk community. The occupiers of kharkiv oblast attack almost continuously. Two dead and four injured in the region only in the last hours. In the morning, the russians dropped aerial bombs on vovchansk. A 73yearold woman died. Rescuers found two more men under the rubble of the building. Dozens of private and multistory buildings were destroyed and partially destroyed. A whole family, four people, who were helped to get out by emergency personnel, were under the rubble of one of the residential buildings, the state Emergency Service reported kharkiv region. And at night, during the shelling of vovchansk, a 38yearold man was wounded. A 63yearold man was killed in the village of hlyboke during artillery fire, and a 37yearold man was injured due to the detonation of ammunition in. Th
The presiding officer the senate will come to order. The chaplain, dr. Barry black, will lead the senate in prayer. The chaplain let us pray. Eternal god, the lord of the harvest, we acknowledge that only by your might can we live productive lives. Inspire our lawmakers in their daily work to labor for your glory. Give them the desire to please you even with their motives, so that their thoughts, words, and deeds will honor you. Keep them from avoiding irksome and unpleasant issues, as they arrange their priorities to accomplish your purposes. Lord, guide them in the paths of justice and cooperation. As understanding and forebearance prevail among them. We pray in your great name. Amen. The presiding officer please join me in reciting the pledge of allegiance to our flag. I pledge allegiance to the flag of the United States of america, and to the republic for which it stands, one nation under god, indivisible, with liberty and justice for all. The presiding officer the clerk will read
Changed for those who serve in the armed forces. There are concerns that thousands of people could be let down when they buy a pre paid funeral plan, with many not get what they think theyre paying for. Ill have more later. In sport Johanna Konta is now favourite for the wimbledon womens title. She plays on court one later. She is one of four britons for the first time in 20 years heading into the final week. Good first time in 20 years heading into the finalweek. Good morning. Yesterday we hit 32. 2 celsius. Today wont be as hot with highs of about 28, it should be dry in wimbledon. There is some rain and showers in the forecast and i will tell you where when we are back later in the programme. Mike, carol, thanks very much. Good morning. First, our main story. There were violent clashes last night in hamburg ahead of the g20 summit. Police used water cannon and pepper spray on masked protestors who hurled bottles and stones. The demonstrations came ahead of the highly anticipated fir
Help dealing with migrants arriving at their shores, as the number of people making the journey across the mediterranean soars. Well take a look at what is happening and speak to people working on rescue ships. Hello. Welcome to the programme, were live until 11 this morning. Lots to talk about this morning, and we do have some breaking news police in italy say a five storey Apartment Building has collapsed and a search for survivors is underway. That is unfolding in naples. We will keep you up to date on that. We will also be live at wimbledon this morning as four brits are in action at wimbledon today. Do get in touch on all the stories were talking about this morning use the hashtag victorialive and if you text, you will be charged at the Standard Network rate. 0ur our main story, security is tight in the german city of hamburg for the start of the 620 summit after a night of violent clashes between riot police and anti capitalist protesters. Items on the agenda will be trade, Clima