julia james in kent last year. he fought the curse of drugs and booze and now mike helps other, a glimmer of hope, but addiction related deaths keep going up. the first mail professional footballer to come out in over 30 year, what does that say about the beautiful game about the beautiful game and coming up in sportsday, later in the hour on the bbc news channel, there is still everything to play for in the final week of the premier league season. tonight arsenal will try and climb back into the top four. good evening. and welcome to the bbc s news at six. britain s most senior military officer admiral sir tonied are kin says ukraine has guaranteed its is vieful as a nation. he said ukrainians are winning the war, but, as we report now, that doesn t mean the fighting is anything like over. far from now, that doesn t mean the fighting is anything like over. farfrom it. ukrainian forces are have been retaking territory in the north east of the country, in cent day, pushing the
tonied are kin says ukraine has guaranteed its is vieful as a nation. he said ukrainians are winning the war, but, as we report now, that doesn t mean the fighting is anything like over. far from now, that doesn t mean the fighting is anything like over. farfrom it. ukrainian forces are have been retaking territory in the north east of the country, in cent day, pushing the russians further from of the country, in cent day, pushing the russians furtherfrom kharkiv, their second largest city, but that may be partly because russian forces are have been focussing on the donbas region, further south. our special report tonight is from near the eastern city, known as the gateway to the donbas. our correspondent quentin somerville and camera journalist darren conway have been on patrol with volunteer fighters of the territorial defence force. fighters of the territorial defence force. war descended suddenly on ukraine. along the eastern front its men may be in bunkers, but they do not cower h
defence said that ukrainians are winning the war, but as we report now, that does not mean the fighting is anything over, farfrom it. ukrainian forces have been retaking territory in the northeast of the country in recent days, pushing the russians further from kharkiv, country in recent days, pushing the russians furtherfrom kharkiv, the second largest city. but that might be partly because russian forces have been focusing on the donbas region further south. have been focusing on the donbas region furthersouth. our have been focusing on the donbas region further south. our special report is from near the eastern city known as the gateway to the donbas. we have the story. war descended suddenly upon ukraine along the eastern front, it has mainly been bunkers where they do not cower. three times in the last month, the russians have attacked this base with infantry and tanks and three times they have been repelled. another attack may be imminent. here