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
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
good morning from the london stadium, which has been transformed as major league baseball comes to the uk for only the second time. two games this weekend. many people believe the sport first started near here, baseball is coming home. a bit of rain and when the sun comes out it will feel quite humid and hot. more details coming up here on breakfast. it s friday, the 23rd ofjune. tributes are being paid to five men, who died on board the titan submersible after it imploded near the wreck of the titanic. the five day search ended after debris was found on the sea bed. our correspondent, jessica parker, joins us now from boston, where the rescue efforts were being coordinated. let s speak to jessica now. let s speak tojessica now. good morning. we had that moment of course yesterday evening uk time when the news was broken that this debris had been found and the assumption made that all five on board were killed. my apologies. as he can see, we have one or two problems with the
by a remotely operated vehicle deployed in the search. the bbc has been told that the debris includes parts of the missing sub. the submersible was about 435 miles south of stjohn s, newfoundland, on a voyage to the wreck of the titanic off the coast of canada, when it lost contact. its exact whereabouts and the condition of the five crew onboard are unknown. with rescuers in a race against time to find the sub, it s thought that the on board oxygen supply may have run out. more ships are now in the area helping with the search. let s just run through what s been happening over the last few hours. two deepwater remotely operated vehicles have been scanning the sea floor. the us coast guard said on social media a submersible attached to the canadian vessel horizon arctic had reached the sea bed. another one, operated from the french research vessel atalante, has also been deployed. another remotely operated vehicle is on its way from jersey in the channel islands and is due to