for a humanitarian corridor which never came. hope for negotiations is now with the united nations. secretary general antonio guterres will meet president putin in moscow later today. he ll then travel to kyiv on thursday. in his evening address, ukraine s president zelensky said his country was ready for peace but that, he said, could only be achieved with every ukrainian defending their freedom. translation: for russia to seek peace, every - ukrainian must still fight. they must defend freedom, because every day of struggle now adds years of peaceful life after this war, after our victory. but hopes of peace may be slim. with russia suggesting there s a danger of the ukraine conflict leading to world war iii. speaking to state media, their foreign minister sergei lavrov accused nato of engaging in
had that opportunity. they take much solace from the messages such as this letterfrom field marshal montgomery s grandson henry. i have a lot to learn from him. my thoughts and prayers are with you and your family family as you adjust to life without harry. mummy really keeps reading that. she really is touched by that letter, because she met him. losing somebody is never easy. losing somebody as loved as daddy is really hard. for everybody. because of the people, the outpouring of support, and i think that it will continue, and i think that is what he wanted. to strive to get that built, you know the education centre. hejust did so much. so peoplejust, like, we are going to get this done for harry and his memory. and when you read things about how he touched their lives. people that you have never met.
for lidiya, who is 91, it was the second time in her life seeing tanks at her doorstep. she remembers hiding in trenches during world war ii. but says there was no mass shelling their way there is now. back in the day, i could run away. now i can t. and i wouldn t leave here for anything in the world. i ll tell you this, there is nothing good about war. we have been friends with russia and belarus for years. people from our countries visited each other, married each other. my late husband was belarusian . from almost everyone we spoke to, we heard about friendships and family is spread across borders that have now been broken. this man s brothers and a sister live in russia. translation: my sister told me it was us who started the war, i but we had no such intention. it was russia who invaded us.
john maguire has been talking to those people who knew him best. we know about harry billinge as the young soldier who was one of the first ashore on d day, and as the old soldier, who campaigned tirelessly to see a memorial built in normandy for his fallen comrades. but during the decades in between, he lived a very full life of faith and of family. what has been the response from people? 0utpouring of love. amazing. cards every day. got to feel the love, you know. yeah. the love for my dad. lots of love for dad. it has been one of my great privileges of the last few years to have met and got to know harry a little bit i am so grateful to have had that opportunity. they take much solace from the messages such as this letterfrom field marshal montgomery s grandson henry. i have a lot to learn from him.
my thoughts and prayers are with you and your family as you adjust to life without harry. mummy really keeps reading that. she really is touched by that letter, because she met him. losing somebody is never easy. losing somebody as loved as daddy is really hard. for everybody. because of the people, the outpouring of support, and i think that it will continue, and i think that is what he wanted. to strive to get that built, you know, the education centre. he just did so much. so peoplejust, like, 0k, we are going to get this done for harry and his memory. and when you read things about how he touched their lives. people that you have never met. that is what i think is the greatest gift that he left. harry and his wife sheila have three children. the girls have a brother,