new plane that s going to have zero emissions. so that is starting from a clean sheet design. and, of course, what we are doing, as well, to our existing products is keep on improving on our existing platforms and making them better and more sustainable and at the same time making sure that the passenger experience gets improved with that. as we know, one of the reasons planes need so much fuel is to get all that weight off the ground. so i wonder, what is airbus doing to reduce the weight on the plane? lots of different things that we re looking at. one great example that we ve just launched at this show is we ve just done a major improvement to our a350 platform, which is a flagship carrier for a lot of airlines around the world. it is already a composite aircraft, but by using more composite, we ve been able to reduce the weight by 1.3 tonne. we re also using digitalisation to reduce the amount of waste. so we believe with the data tools that we have, with the artificial intellige
they got caught up in shelling. they were just looking for water in the city. but they are safe now and able to rebuild their lives in new cities and countries. the three women we met at the train station are now safely on their way to the west of the country but what about the conflict for the rest of ukraine? ukraine s government says comments by a russian general that russia want to take control of the southern part of the country and eastern parts of moldova show its invasion was about making territorial gains, that moscow s plans are far from being guaranteed. its troops have been blocked from reaching the key port city of odesa and its flagship carrier sank there last week. thank you for that. catherine byaruhanga in zaporizhzhia in central southern ukraine. miles of defensive trenches have been dug around the ukrainian capital,
the three women we met her safely on their way to live in the west of the country. but what about the conflict for the rest of ukraine? the government has said that comments by a russian general that russia wants to take control of the southern part of the country and eastern parts of moldova show that its invasion was about making territorial gains, but must s plans are far from being guaranteed. its troops have been blocked from reaching the key port city of odesa and its flagship carrier sank there last week. miles of defensive trenches have been dug around the ukranian capital, kyiv, as a precaution should russian troops return. life is a little less precarious now, after the city was successfully defended few weeks ago. our correspondent, mark lowen, has been spending time with ukrainian troops, in the capital. gunfire: for the defenders of kyiv, the battle isn t over.
of odesa in ukraine, has told the bbc one of the biggest threats in the black sea region has been taken away after the russian warship the moskava sank. the flagship carrier was destroyed after it suffered an explosion and fire. but cities on ukraine s black sea coast remain on alert, our correspondent catherine byaruhanga is in odessa. southern ukraine has lived in fear of russia s navy, which is stationed in the black sea just behind me. this historic city, odesa, which has the country s biggest port, would be a great prize for the invading forces. but so far, russia has been prevented from taking it by land and its navy stopped from reaching its shores. the russian cruiser is believed to have led a fleet of 25 30 ships which have been firing missiles at ukraine. odesa s mayor told me he was relieved that the warship had been destroyed, but he warned that the situation still dangerous.
has not been confirmed. let s go to washington to speak to lieutenant colonel daniel davis, a senior fellow at the foreign policy think tank defense priorities. how significant is the damage to the flagship carrier? it how significant is the damage to the flagship carrier?- to the flagship carrier? it has to the flagship carrier? it has to be very to the flagship carrier? it has to be very serious to the flagship carrier? it has to be very serious they - to be very serious they evacuated all the crew members. there are it had to be something very serious, not something you have to do simply they had to take some time, this is the second ship damaged in the war. there was a russian landing ship, in the city, it was also destroyed by the ukrainians. we still don t know whether this one was actually destroyed by the ukrainians or whether it was just another bad accident in