pakistan the release of former prime minister, imran khan saying his arrest on tuesday was illegal. and eurovision fever heats up. 16 countries take to the stage in liverpool later for the second semi final. welcome to bbc news we start with the war in ukraine and a significant development with confirmation from the british defence secretary, that storm shadow cruise missiles, pictured here, are being sent to ukraine. the missiles have a long range capability and are typically launched from the air. the move prompted an instant response from the kremlin. saying the decision would require an adequate response from our military . we ll get military analysis in a moment first though here s ben wallace with that announcement in the house of commons. here s the uk s defence secretary in december i informed the house that i was developing options to respond to a russia s continued aggression in a calibrated and determined manner. today i can confirm that the uk is do
take two vehicles or tanks. they just made offensive in bakhmut, out of eastern ukraine that the russians and ukrainians have been fighting overfor and ukrainians have been fighting over for five months. and ukrainians have been fighting overforfive months. there s been very heavy casualties on both side. but particularly on the russian side. i m expecting these missives to allow ukrainians to strike crimea and to finally free up the land bridge. i think that s weird they are going to go with these land muscles. i don t have any they have. that s a question of waiting for some clarification on. land missiles. hopefully other governments will have the urge to follow. ~ . , ., governments will have the urge to follow. ~ ., , ., ., ,, follow. live in washington, thank ou so follow. live in washington, thank you so much follow. live in washington, thank you so much for follow. live in washington, thank you so much for your follow. live in washington, thank you so much for your time