western officials that the real figure could be 5000 6000. we can t verify either what the russians were saying or what ukrainians are saying but that is a huge gap in the numbers on the casualty figures and how to find a balance between the two and what we do know is from seeing the video seen the seeing the impact of the weapons that are being used for resistance that has been put up by ukrainian forces but the russians are taking casualties, ukrainians are as well and so are civilians. women, children, families sitting on their own homes old on their way to buy supplies or flee their way to buy supplies or flee the fighting. 3 8 their way to buy supplies or flee the fighting- the fighting. 78 tonight, lyse doucet, another the fighting. 78 tonight, lyse doucet, another night - the fighting. 78 tonight, lyse doucet, another night of - the fighting. 78 tonight, lyse i doucet, another night of waiting the fighting. 78 tonight, lyse - doucet, another night of waiting and they must be
remains ukrainian and so far they have refused to surrender. we start the night as we have every night with kyiv without chief international correspondent lyse doucet. it is chilling to watch that video because af s first responsibility is of course to his people and the safety of town but that may also has a responsibility to fight and resist. this is a truly agonising pigment he s in. we hear it from the mayor of kyiv a former champion boxer who s hung up the boxing gloves and now wears an olive green military uniform just like the president volodymyr zelensky. every day we hear from politico telling the residents of this capital to stay indoors and if
allowing off, either from resupplying them or allowing them to move to other fronts allowing them to move to other fronts and certainly kyiv, from moscow fronts and certainly kyiv, from moscow today, they said this wasn t their primary objective, but they didht their primary objective, but they didn t rule it out, and so while we see russian didn t rule it out, and so while we see russian forces consolidating their see russian forces consolidating their positions on the outskirts of kyiv. their positions on the outskirts of kyiv, digging in theirartillery, it s the kyiv, digging in theirartillery, it s the ukrainians who are going on the offensive pushing them back in the offensive pushing them back in the east. the offensive pushing them back in the east, attacking in the north west. this is not a country that north west. this is not a country that will north west. this is not a country that will be north west. this is not a country that will be at rest while this i
translation: many of our fighters come from places that are currentlyi under russian occupation. all of them have parents, wives and families there, so each one of us is determined to win back our lands as soon as possible. but there s a reason these men are training underground in an undisclosed location. one thing they ve learned in the last month is that the sky is full of russian drones trying to spot their every move. several military training facilities are reported to have been hit by russian fire. the road to mariupol is fraught with dangers, but it s a road and a destination pivotal to how this war pans out. wyre davies, bbc news, southern ukraine. in a moment, we ll speak to our chief international correspondent lyse doucet in kyiv. but first to our moscow
putin was talking about what he was saying was the west excluding russia and russians from cultural and sporting spheres. he compared this to nazi germany burning books and said it was about russia s culture and heritage trying to be stamped out by the west. what it is probably more likely to do is it s about president putin trying to ramp up support in the russian public telling them the west hates them and is against them. this discussion about culture wars and cancel culture is something we ve heard from the kremlin before, it s something they ve ridiculed about the west, so it s relatively easy hit to talk about it again. it s about president putin trying to control the narrative about what s happening in ukraine and what the russian people here and given the few numbers of independent media that are still operating in russia this message meet many millions of people s gears and it will lodge in many millions of minds here. caroline, thank you. lyse doucet in