similar control measures. hello and welcome to bbc news. ukraine has been struck by a fresh barrage of russian missiles targeting several major cities. ukrainian authorities said more than 120 missiles had been launched at the population and civilian infrastructure. several cities from kyiv in the north, odesa in the south, kharkiv in the east and lviv in the west have been hit. the mayor of lviv says the city has lost about 90% of its electricity. earlier, ukraine s military intelligence chief said fighting is at a deadlock with neither ukraine nor russia able to make significant advances. and we can speak to hugo now. over to you. yes, the head of the ukrainian military intelligence agency said the situation of the ground was stuck because neither russia nor ukraine can make significant advances, and for weeks we been talking about have how fighting has been concentrated around the eastern city of bakhmut in the donetsk region, but across the front line we have not seen maj
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the shelter this morning. people across the country were told to stay in shelters because of those air strikes. so again the ukrainians say they believe these attacks are likely to continue because they say this is how russia is responding to what is happening on the battlefield. what is happening on the battlefield. ., ~ , ., ., what is happening on the battlefield. ., ~ ., ., battlefield. thank you, hugo bachega in k iv. battlefield. thank you, hugo bachega in kyiv- let s battlefield. thank you, hugo bachega in kyiv- let s go battlefield. thank you, hugo bachega in kyiv. let s go to battlefield. thank you, hugo bachega in kyiv. let s go to odesa. battlefield. thank you, hugo bachega in kyiv. let s go to odesa. hugo - in kyiv. let s go to odesa. hugo mentioned odesa was hit by those air strikes. i m joined now by michael bociurkiw in odesa. mr bociurkiw is the atlantic council analyst and former spokesman for osce, the organisation for security and co operation in europe. wel
when will the war ended, do you think? when will the war end, do you think? including crimea and the regions that were occupied? i spoke earlier to michael bociurkiw in 0desa. mr bociurkiw is the atlantic council analyst and former spokesman for 0sce, the organisation for security and co operation in europe. he says there is no water and the electricity in this southern port city after the strikes. i was just outside on the street in the city centre, very few people on the streets, there was no electricity, meaning no traffic lights operational, a lot of generators humming. internet is out. i have to say in the area i am in right now it
the ending fury of category 4 hurricane winds felt right where i m located i just it s so hard to describe exactly what happened. i m going to do my best to share it with you. it was white knuckle, anxious moments for my team, the people on the ground here, and certainly for the individuals who tried to ride out the storm in the area. it was like taking, for example, an analogy. it was like taking a direct hit from an ef 3 tornado. winds over 140 miles per hour. over a large space of time. and over a large distance, as well. the storm, we anticipated the eye to go over this area. so we thought we would get some respite. that did not happen. the storm pivoted and pounded us with the relentless wipd for hours. there have been helicopters flying around. familiar sounds of generators humming in the background.