dmytro kuleba, welcome to hardtalk. thank you. i think we have to begin with the military situation. details are limited, but would you accept that right now the ukrainian counteroffensive has not succeeded in punching a significant hole in russia s defensive line in your country? we are moving forward. that s the most important thing. when we speak with our generals and with independent experts, they all say that in the counter offensive, the most important thing is to keep moving forward, whatever the pace is. i wish we broke all the lines by now and reached the sea of azov, but we re not stopping. and you have to take into account that for nine months russia was literally digging into the land, into the soil, reinforcing its trenches with concrete and steel, and mining virtually every square metre. in some areas, our soldiers are moving only 200 or 300 metres per day, crawling. at terrible cost, too. this is a war. and the difference between now and the russians is that we
let s go straight to gavin at the bbc sport centre. the africa cup of nations kicks off in ivory coast on saturday. despite going through a civil war just over a decade ago, the country has produced some of africa s greatest players such as didier drogba and yaya toure. since the conflict ended, ivory coast has become a growing power in west africa. earlier, we looked ahead to the tournament with bbc sport africa s ian williams, who s in abidjan. the first in a0 years in the ivory coast, notjust excitement but pride as well that is coming back after so long. you see those distinctive orange, white and green everywhere you go, traders weaving through the traffic selling their flags, hats and horns. not so long ago, a country torn apart by civil war. they are spread over $1 billion on new infrastructure including forney stadiums. the idea turn the country into a west african sporting hub so the facilities do not go to waste. we are told there is great interest in as globally
dmytro kuleba, welcome to hardtalk. thank you. i think we have to begin with the military situation. details are limited, but would you accept that right now the ukrainian counteroffensive has not succeeded in punching a significant hole in russia s defensive line in your country? we are moving forward. that s the most important thing. when we speak with our generals and with independent experts, they all say that in the counter offensive, the most important thing is to keep moving forward, whatever the pace is. i wish we broke all the lines by now and reached the sea of azov, but we re not stopping. and you have to take into account that for nine months russia was literally digging into the land, into the soil, reinforcing its trenches with concrete and steel, and mining virtually every square metre. in some areas, our soldiers are moving only 200 or 300 metres per day, crawling. at terrible cost, too. this is a war. and the difference between now and the russians is that we
those are the headlines here on bbc news. now on bbc news, the travel show. hello and welcome to the travel show from bruges in belgium. coming up on this week s programme the families fighting to keep tradition afloat. if you open it up like amsterdam or venice, that would kill the charm. ..the woman proving there s no one size fits all traveller. i wanted to talk to you about being a plus sized person who loves to travel. ..and taking swimming to the extreme in west africa. obviously, i feel tired. ifeel tired all the time and my muscles are aching. but i also do experience a lot ofjoy. one, two, three. for centuries, cities have competed and feuded with each other, though nowadays it s more often to the benefit of visitors, as rivals bid to offer more compelling attractions. some famous rivalries between cities around the world include spain s barcelona and madrid. over in india, delhi and mumbai. and in the states, new york versus la. while in australia, it s got to be
introducing storm-ready wifi. now you can stay reliably connected through power outages with unlimited cellular data and up to 4 hours of battery back-up to keep you online. only from xfinity. home of the xfinity 10g network. right now on early start, donald trump asks the supreme court to decide, should he be disqualified from colorado s ballot over january 6. plus the long sealed list of jeffrey epstein s associates was just released. what it means and more importantly what it doesn t mean. and just hours from now, ron desantis and nikki haley will be live on cnn for back to back down halls. is it too late to catch the far and away frontrunner, donald trump. good morning. i m kasie hunt. it is thursday, january 4, just after 5:00 a.m. in washington where of course we are all looking just down the road from where i sit at the u.s. supreme court. donald trump is asking the justices to overturn a historic colorado ruling. two weeks ago the state supreme court ordered t