ukrainian and russian forces are fighting in the northern suburbs of the city of bakhmut which has been battered by seven months of fighting. oleksandr marchenko, the deputy mayor, confirmed the street clashes, but said the russians haven t taken control. western analysts say the scene has been set for ukrainian forces to carry out a fighting withdrawal. a british defence ministry update said ukrainian soldiers are digging new trenches west of the city and are being reinforced by elite troops. the capture of bakhmut would be the first russian victory of note in more than six months of fighting. meanwhile, according to the supreme commander of nato troops in europe, general christopher cavoli said the scale of the war is unbelivable with 2,000 large battle tanks destroyed, more than 200,000 russian soldiers and over 1,800 officers killed or wounded. 0ur diplomatic correspondent, james landale, sent this report from the capital, kyiv. this is bakhmut or at least what is lef
of climate change being released into the atmosphere. our environment correspondent jonah fisher has more. the story of the kent b is the story of the uk s energy past, present and possible future because of all the talk of wind and solar, there is a problem that keeps the industry up at night. fin problem that keeps the industry up at niuht. .,, problem that keeps the industry up atniuht. at night. on those days when the wind isn t blowing, at night. on those days when the wind isn t blowing, the at night. on those days when the wind isn t blowing, the sun - at night. on those days when the wind isn t blowing, the sun isn t i wind isn t blowing, the sun isn t shining, when it is cold, dark and still they will need to be other sources of power. still they will need to be other sources of ower. a , . ., sources of power. batteries, nuclear and hydrogen sources of power. batteries, nuclear and hydrogen will sources of power. batteries, nuclear and hydrogen will form sources
tower where you get a real sense of the energy transition here in kent b. overthere the energy transition here in kent b. over there those amounts, they are the leftovers from when there was a coal fired are the leftovers from when there was a coalfired power station here. you can see the wind turbines along the horizon and just down there, that could very well be the site for the uk s first ever gas fired power station where the carbon dioxide is captured. the idea behind a carbon captured. the idea behind a carbon capture power station is that instead of releasing carbon dioxide into the atmosphere where it contributes to climate change, the gas is captured and transported underground. in this case beneath the northsea. brute underground. in this case beneath the northsea- the northsea. we are looking at robabl the northsea. we are looking at probably doubled the northsea. we are looking at probably doubled the the northsea. we are looking at probably doubled the cost - the nort