take part in a contest to succeed nicola sturgeon as scottish national party leader. good afternoon. it s a year since russia launched its invasion of ukraine and there are no signs that the conflict is coming to an end. there have been huge casualties on both sides and millions of people have become refugees. the conflict has also affected the global economy, threatening supplies of food and energy. speaking in kyiv earlier, ukraine s president zelensky says his country will do everything it can to achieve victory this year and wouldn t stop until those he called russian murderers had faced punishment. our international editor, jeremy bowen has reported on the conflict from the very beginning, and has been looking back at the last 12 months with some of those who he s spoken to along the way. the russians expected a quick victory, taking back what president putin believes is theirs. a year later the war is not close to over. ukrainians are fighting back in a war nato bel
continues with no end in sight. we report from the front line to assess the impact the conflict has had on ukraine. amp presidentjoe biden has announced new sanctions and an additional $2 billion support package helping the ukrainians in theirfight. welcome to the programme. it s the first anniversary of the ukraine war, one year since vladimir putin ordered his forces to launch an all out assault on ukraine with the aim of taking kyiv within days. the strategy failed. ukrainian resistance has been fierce, though it has come at an immense cost. many have died on the battlefield, and accusations of war crimes by the russian troops have shocked the world. the war has changed europe and the world, leaving russia diplomatically isolated and revitalising the nato alliance. some have thought was losing its justification. our international editor jeremy bowen has reported on the conflict from the very beginning. he s kept in touch with many of the ukrainians he s spoken to along the
the ukrainians in the fight. welcome to the programme. if you re watching here in the uk, on pbs in the on pbs in the us, or around the world, on pbs in the us, or around the world. it s on pbs in the us, or around the world, it s great on pbs in the us, or around the world, it s great to on pbs in the us, or around the world, it s great to have - on pbs in the us, or around the world, it s great to have your. world, it s great to have your company. it s the first anniversary of the ukraine war one year since vladimir putin ordered his forces to launch an all out assault on ukraine with the aim of taking kyiv within days. the strategy failed. ukrainian resistance has been fierce, though it has come at an immense cost. many have died on the battlefield, and accusations of war crimes by the russian troops have shocked the world. the war has changed europe, and the world leaving russia diplomatically isolated, and revitalising the nato alliance. unexpectedly revitalising
and the us announces new sanctions, and an additional $2 billion support package aimed at helping the ukrainians in the fight. welcome to the programme. i m shaun ley, it s good to have your company. we mark this hour, as we have the last 24. it s the first anniversary of the ukraine war, one year since vladimir putin ordered his forces to launch an all out assault on ukraine with the aim of taking kyiv within days. the strategy failed. ukrainian resistance has been fierce, though it has come at an immense cost. many have died on the battlefield, and accusations of war crimes by the russian troops have shocked the world. the war has changed europe, and the world leaving russia diplomatically isolated, and revitalising the nato alliance. one that a former us president had suggested was already past its sell by date. our international editor jeremy bowen has reported on the conflict from the very beginning. he s kept in touch with many of the ukrainians he s spoken to along the
and the other main stories on tonight s programme. junior doctors in england announce three consecutive days of strikes in march over pay it will affect both routine and emergency care. and a third candidate slips in before the deadline to run to succeed nicola sturgeon as snp leader and first minister. on bbc london, a year after the war in ukraine began, and coming up on the bbc news channel: a semifinal shock as england lose to south africa at the women s t20 world cup and the hosts go through to play australia on sunday. good evening. welcome to the ukrainian capital kyiv, where exactly one year ago today, before dawn, the people of this city were woken up by the sound of air raid sirens, signalling russia s invasion. what s followed has been a year of tears and savagery, defiance and hope. many thousands have died. we ve seen the worst fighting and refugee emergency on european soil since 1916. there s world food insecurity, a major energy crisis and rising global infl