to come out as gay. welcome to our viewers on pbs in america and around the globe. we start with the news that more than 200 wounded soldiers from the azovstal steelworks, on the edge of the city of mariupol, have been evacuated. pictures suggest that they have been bussed out and have now reached novoazovsk, which is a russian controlled town in eastern ukraine. at least 50 of them are said to have been taken to local hospitals. they are all ukrainian. the forces had been withstanding a russian offensive for almost three months, gaining almost legendary status among many ukrainians. it s not clear at this stage if they will be released into ukrainian government hands. translation: we hope - to save the lives of our boys. among them are the heavily wounded. they are being treated. i want to underline, ukraine needs its ukrainian heroes alive. this is our principle. i think these words can be understood by all adequate people. an anxious message in some respect by ukrainian pr
and blackpool s jake daniels becomes the first professional footballer in the uk men s game for three decades to come out as gay. and coming up in the sport on the bbc news channel. could arsenal get the win they needed against newcastle to move back into the champions league places? good evening. britain s most senior military officer has asserted that ukraine is winning the war against russia and has now secured its survival as an independent state. the chief of the defence staff, admiral sir tony radakin, was speaking as the ukrainian army reported making progress in the north. ukrainian forces have been retaking territory around the country s second biggest city, kharkiv, the target of heavy bombardment since the invasion began in february. russian forces are now focusing on the donbas region further south, but they are continuing to meet fierce resistance. we start tonight with a special report from near the eastern city of izyum, known as the gateway to the donbas. our
the commander tells me, they far outnumber us but we are ukrainians and we are on our land. it doesn t matter how good the enemy are as soldiers, they don t have the support that we do from the people who live here. all of these men that you see are volunteers. many of them don t even have military training, and they are not here manning checkpoints far from the front. they are right in the thick of things. on the outskirts of izyum, the gateway to the donbas, and they are learning pretty fast because they are up against the russian army. and that gives you a sense of how much ukraine is committing to this fight everything it s got. explosion. above, a russian barrage is the signal it s time to get to work. outside these walls, everything is in
and they are not here manning checkpoints far from the front. they are right in the thick of things. on the outskirts of izyum, the gateway to the donbas, and they are learning pretty fast because they are up against the russian army. and that gives you a sense of how much ukraine is committing to this fight everything it s got. explosion. above, a russian barrage is the signal it s time to get to work. outside these walls, everything is in the line of fire, and these men face it daily. explosions. they need little reminder that, to the north, the majority of russia s forces are headquartered and, to the south, most of their ukrainian comrades.