with incidents in the weeks leading up to her death. and one month since the devastating earthquakes killed more than 50,000 people in turkey and syria conditions are still desperate. we begin with the war in ukraine. the country s president, volodymyr zelensky, says military commanders support digging in further, and continuing to defend the eastern city of bakhmut. it follows reports ukrainian troops may have been preparing to withdraw from the city, which russia has been trying to capture for months. fierce fighting is seeing battles happening from street to street. this is where bakhmut is located. the all out assault here by russia has led to the loss of many thousands of men, that s despite the us pentagon saying victory is of little strategic importance. lets dive deeper, here s a detailed picture of the current situation from the think tank, the institute for the study of war. you can see bakhmut in the large circle in the top right of the screen. the red shaded a
at the centre of these new tensions is yevgeny prigozhin. he s the wagner group s founder and boss. and he s complaining about a lack of ammunition being sent to his fighters in bakhmut. this is the statement released by his press service on sunday. it talks about an ammunition order which he believes should have arrived at the front line, but hasn t. it reads. as forammunition, documents were signed on the evening of february the 22nd, but to date, most of the ammunition has not been shipped. for now, we are trying to figure out the reason: is itjust ordinary bureaucracy, or a betrayal. it followed a video uploaded on saturday, but seemingly filmed in february where mr prigozhin said his men feared they were being set up as scapegoats, in case russia lost its war in ukraine. he also said the front line would collapse without them. take a listen.
by his zero covid strategy. beijing says it will also pursue a reduced economic growth target of about 5% this year, while defence spending is to rise by more than seven percent. abroad, xi is navigating worsening ties with the us over the ukraine war and the recent spy balloon saga. i m joined now by robert lawrence kuhn, a china political and economics analyst. welcome. in terms of xi jingping himself. if he is now in the city for the long term. in terms of focusing on china itself. the situation he has at home, what does he need to focus in on post the disastrous 0 covid policy he implemented? disastrous 0-covid policy he implemented? disastrous 0-covid policy he imlemented? , ., ., , implemented? first of all president gi tl implemented? first of all president gi . xi implemented? first of all president gigi xi jinping implemented? first of all president gigi xi jinping position implemented? first of all president gigi xi jinping position is implemented? first of all presid
earthquakes killed more than 50,000 people in turkey and syria, conditions are still desperate. we begin with the war in ukraine. the country s president, volodymyr zelensky, says military commanders support digging in further and continuing to defend the eastern city of bakhmut. it follows reports ukrainian troops may have been preparing to withdraw from the city, which russia has been trying to capture for months. fierce fighting is seeing battles happening from street to street. this is where bakhmut is located. the all out assault here by russia has led to the loss of many thousands of men. that s despite the us pentagon saying victory is of little strategic importance. let s dive deeper. here s a detailed picture of the current situation from the think tank the institute