russia continues its all out assault and suffering the loss of many thousands of men, despite the pentagon saying victory is of little strategic importance. the crime the months controlling what has become one of the longest and bloodiest battles of the longest and bloodiest battles of the war so far. here is our diplomatic correspondent, james landau. after more than six months of fighting, much of bakhmut now lies in ruins, yet the fighting remains hard. street by street, house by house. for those few civilians who remain in the city and in villages nearby, conditions are terrible, with little access to water, heat or power. translation: iwant peace, silence, calmness, and just to be at home in our own land. the ukrainian army still holds the centre of bakhmut. they can get in and out from the west, but.
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is the first point. the second point is the ukrainian government is in a difficult position. it wants allies and support from outside, but it also doesn t want to work this into more of a crisis than it is because that is damaging the economy right now. so the message that you quite often get from the ukrainian president is don t panic, let s not be too strong in the rhetoric we talk about here, because they don t want it to become any kind of military action by russia, to become a self fulfilling prophecy, so that is why there is a slight nuance gap between the rhetoric both sides. james landau reporting from kyiv. that s it from me here in downing street, more throughout the morning. the un s top human rights diplomat has described the situation in myanmar as catastrophic and has said the international community has failed to prevent gross violations by the military regime. in an exclusive bbc interview michelle bachelet, the un commissionerfor human rights, admitted that the count
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west. james landau, bbc news. landale. let s take a look at some of today s papers, and most of the front pages carry images of ukrainian troops taking up positions on a bridge to defend their capital. kyiv, the city of courage, is the daily mail headline. it also highlights a photo of what it reports is a ukrainian citizen defiantly blocking a row of russian armoured vehicles. you can just see that individual circle there on the front page. the bridge defences also appear on the front of the daily mirror, with the words, we are not afraid. the paper reports that 18,000 machine guns have been handed out to civilians who are now volunteering to fight. the guardian says that russian forces have tightened their grip on the ukrainian capital, and have also carried out attacks on the black sea coast. and the south wales evening post has a different take on the crisis, reporting that wales is ready for refugees as thousands flee the conflict.
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