hello, i m sally bundock, welcome to the programme. ukraine s president zelensky is returning home from a meeting of g7 leaders injapan. he left the summit having secured further promises of financial and military support, including american made f 16 fighterjets. the commander of ukraine s ground forces says they re close to surrounding the eastern city of bakhmut. ukraine has disputed the russian claims to have taken full control of the city. russia has lost thousands of men in the assault on bakhmut many from the wagner mercenary group. our diplomtaic correspondent james landale reports from kyiv. for more than eight months, in what s now the longest battle of this war, ukrainian forces have defended bakhmut. the eastern city is now largely in ruins and largely in russian hands in particular in the hands of fighters like these from the wagner mercenary group, whose leader yevgeny prigozhin claimed to have full control here. from house to house, he said, we took the
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but for those like zahra who are not turkish citizens, the future will look bleak. the devastating earthquake killed at least 147 people here. months later and the survivors now look on as the heart of their community is destroyed, deemed too unsafe to stand. it is hard for people to leave the buildings behind they used to call home. they look at the devastation around them, unable to imagine the future. but there are already signs that this community is rebuilding. this is where islam s three storey textile factory used to stand. he may have lost everything, but not his resilience. working from this tiny garage, he has already started his business. translation: there is hope and we are hopeful. - we will rebuild. this too will pass and everybody will settle back to their lives