and sir paul mccartney makes history as glastonbury s oldest solo headliner, at the age of 80. russian forces are now said to be fully occupying the ukrainian city of severodonetsk, a key location in the war, in the east of the country. weeks of heavy shelling have reduced the city to ruins and ukraine s army has now pulled its troops out. saturday also saw an upsurge in russian missile strikes across ukraine. in his nightly address, president zelensky said the war had entered an emotionally difficult stage and that air defence systems held in storage in allied nations were needed more than ever. shelley phelps has the latest. as severodonetsk falls, civilians have been fleeing the area. ukraine says its retreat is a tactical withdrawal, to fight from higher ground in the neighbouring area of lysycha nsk, which has come under heavy bombardment. elena hasjust arrived from there. translation: it was a horror last week, yesterday - we could not take it anymore. thank you to the
solo headliner, at the age of 80. hello and welcome to bbc news. russian forces are now said to be fully occupying the ukrainian city of severodonetsk, a key location in the war, in the east of the country. weeks of heavy shelling have reduced the city to ruins and ukraine s army has now pulled its troops out. saturday also saw an upsurge in russian missile strikes across ukraine. in his nightly address, president zelensky said the war had entered an emotionally difficult stage, and that air defence systems held in storage in allied nations were needed more than ever. shelley phelps has the latest. ukraine says its retreat is a tactical withdrawal as severodonetsk falls, ukraine says this is a technical withdrawal. it is to fight from higher ground in neighbouring lysychasnk, which has also come under heavy bombardment. elena hasjust arrived from there. it was a horror, the last week. we could not take it anymore. thank you to the soldiers who evacuated us from there, otherwi
as severodonetsk falls, ukraine says this is a technical withdrawal. it is to fight from higher ground in neighbouring lysychasnk, which has also come under heavy bombardment. elena hasjust arrived from there. it was a horror, the last week. we could not take it anymore. thank you to the soldiers who evacuated us from there, otherwise, this would happen it. i already told my husband, if i die, bury me behind the house. you need to understand, there were somewhat showers, so many ruined there was no use in staying there. many ruined there was no use in staying there- staying there. severodonetsk is a hue staying there. severodonetsk is a huge loss staying there. severodonetsk is a huge loss for staying there. severodonetsk is a huge loss for ukraine, - staying there. severodonetsk is a huge loss for ukraine, and . a huge loss for ukraine, and russia s biggest victory since it captured the port of mariupol. president zelensky used his nightly address to call for more assistance. thi
fleeing the area. ukraine says its retreat is a tactical withdrawal, to fight from higher ground in the neighbouring area of lysycha nsk, which has come under heavy bombardment. elena hasjust arrived from there. translation: it was a horror last week, yesterday - we could not take it anymore. thank you to the soldiers who evacuated us from there. otherwise it would be it. i already told my husband if i die, please bury me behind the house. you need to understand, there is so much shelling around the houses, it is no good to stay there. severodonetsk is a huge loss for ukraine and russia s biggest victory since it captured the port of mariupol. president zelensky called for help in his nightly address. translation: this confirms that sanctions packages - against russia are not enough.