set by moscow for their surrender, protecting around 1,000 civilians holed up in the cold war era bunkers and tunnels. food, water and time are running out. our family is from the north of ukraine, north east. 0lena nikulina s cousin maks has gone from village boy to one of mariupol s last defenders of ukraine. he has been fighting in the steel plant. her last message from him was more than a month ago. how do you feel about him being there? i feel terrible, honestly. first of all, i feel very sorry that maybe i was not talking to him as much as i should while we still had connection. because i didn t want to disturb him. and i was thinking, like, what would happen if one day
this is bbc news. the headlines. the prime minister has faced criticism in the house of commons for his lockdown breaking fine in advance of tomorrow s vote on whether there should be an investigation into claims he misled parliament. why does the prime minister think everybody else s actions have consequences, except his own? i ve explained why i bitterly regret receiving the fine and i apologise to the house. the deadline set by russia for ukrainian troops in mariupol to lay down their weapons has passed with no sign of surrender. more than 95% of people in ukraine
my husband is also very grateful. we didn t expect that such people exist that can help so much. heather and mark have already started talking to sophie about her extraordinary beginning and her remarkable family. zoe conway, bbc news. the headlines on bbc news: the deadline set by russia for ukrainian troops in mariupol to lay down their weapons has passed with no sign of surrender. western allies promise more military aid for ukraine as fighting intensifies along a 300 mile front line in the east of the country. the prime minister faces criticism in the house of commons for his lockdown breaking fine ahead of tomorrow s vote on whether there should be an investigation into claims he misled parliament. hundreds of fans have been paying their respects at the funeral of the wanted singer,
the deadline set by russia for ukrainian troops in the city of mariupol to surrender has passed. a ukraine marine commander holed up there says his soldiers won t give up. translation: we are probably. facing our last days, if not hours. the enemy is outnumbering us ten to one. they have advantage in the air, in artillery, in their forces on land, in equipment and in tanks. as russia s assault continues, its claimed ukrainian forces have fought off several attacks in the east of the country. here, the organisers of wimbledon ban russian and belarusian tennis players from this summer s tournament. also this lunchtime. the prime ministerfaces more criticism in the house of commons
good afternoon and welcome to bbc news. a deadline set by russia for ukrainian fighters in mariupol to surrender has passed. the city is surrounded by russian troops and has been bombarded for weeks. president volodymyr zelensky says the situation in mariupol remains as severe as possible . ukraine hopes to evacuate 6,000 people from there today through so called humanitariain corridors; mariupol s mayor says through so called humanitariain corridors. mariupol s mayor says 100,000 civilians are still there. it comes as russia intensifies its attacks in the east of the country, in the donbas region. ukraine s allies in the west have promised to boost military aid. from lviv our correspondent danjohnson sent this report. this massive steelworks is still the last stand of ukraine s resistance in mariupol. russian forces have repeatedly tried to storm it, and they have laid down another deadline to surrender.