In his tv interview, mr zelensky also said ukraine has just a quarter of the air defences it needs to hold the front line against russia. The situation on the frontline is tough. The Regional Governor of ukraines northeastern Kharkiv Region said that nearly 10,000 people have been forced to leave their homes, since russias Ground Attack there last week. Lets hearfrom president zelensky about those troop shortages. Translation we need to staff the reserve. There are a serious number of brigades which a large number of them are empty. We need to do this so that guys can have a normal rotation, then their morale will be improved. Earlier, our correspondent in kyiv James Waterhouse told me how ukraine is now in a different chapter of the war with morale very low. You have Ukrainian Forces which are thought to make up around half a million personnel, either fighting on the front line or in operations around it. You now have a large proportion of those who are exhausted, who have been fighti
us presidentjoe biden has given ukraine permission to strike inside russia, but only near the area of kharkiv, according to us media reports. to gaza, and there are concerns over supplies of aid after a us built military pier was rendered temporarily out of action. the purpose builtjetty had only been in place for two weeks when part of the structure broke off, necessitating repairs. the pier has been key to getting humanitarian aid into gaza, particularly in the north. the united nations has warned aid deliveries into gaza had dropped by two thirds since israel s move into the southern city of rafah. it says the entire population of gaza, some 2.2 million people, is almost exclusively dependent on humanitarian assistance. meanwhile, israel says it s carried out more than 50 new air strikes across gaza in the last day and that its troops are engaging palestinian fighters on the ground injabaliya in the north of gaza. israel also says it has now established full control over