are limiting how much cooking oil customers are able to buy as supplies are hit by the war in ukraine. and tyson fury will take on dillian whyte later in what s expected to be one of the biggest all british heavyweight fights in boxing history. there are reports that russian forces are trying to storm the azovstal steel works in mariupol, where ukraine s remaining forces in the city are holding out. russia is said to have resumed air strikes on the plant in the south of the country. ukraine has called on the united nations to provide urgent help to evacuate civilians from mariupol. these are the latest positions of russian forces in ukraine, with much of the fighting now in the east and in particular the south east. from ukraine, danjohnson sent this report. more ukrainian homes are coming underfire. shelling has intensified in kharkiv and across the east of the country, but intelligence assessments say the russians aren t gaining much ground. still, the ukrainian presi
of hokkaido injapan. have and a very warm welcome to the programme. there are reports that russian forces are trying to storm the azovstal steel works in mariupol, where ukraine s remaining forces in the city are holding out. russians are said to have resumed air strikes on the plant in the south east of the country. ukraine has called on the united nations to provide urgent help to evacuate civilians from mariupol. these are the latest positions of russian forces in ukraine, with much of the fighting now in the east and in particular the south east. parts of south western port city of odesa have also been targeted by russian rocket fire, including a iii storey residential tower block. from ukraine, danjohnson sent this report. more ukrainian homes are coming underfire. shelling s intensified in kharkiv and across the east of the country, but intelligence assessments say the russians aren t gaining much ground. still, the ukrainian president is warning of the fight he believe
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casualties. we know that two missiles hit a facility and another 2 stroke residential buildings, one of them a block of flats and a nearby resident described hearing a huge explosion and we will of course bring new more details as we get them on bbc news. in the meantime we can get more development on the ground missile struck a two story residential building. let s get more now on developments on the ground in ukraine. drjack watling is a land warfare expert at rusi, a british defence think tank. i asked him if he thought the humanitarian corridors out of the besieiged city of mariupol, had any chance of being effective. the russians have at times disrupted civilian evacuation. on other times, they allow it. it s a tactic that we ve seen on numerous instances, where the russians will terrify people by striking hospitals and other things to, kind of, displace civilians, and will then allow them to get out if they want to reduce the burden of having to feed them, or will prevent them