autumn term, she knows some things can only be put off for so long. hazel shearing, bbc news. later on breakfast we hear from later on breakfast we hearfrom one primary school head teacher whose class rooms were flooded with raw sewage. but first, at five past seven, more of today s news from sally, starting with developments overnight in ukraine. at least eight people have been killed by a russian missile strike in the city of kramatorsk in eastern ukraine. more than 50 others were also wounded when a restaurant and shopping area was hit. our correspondent mayenijones is in kyiv. mayeni, what more can you tell us about these latest attacks? yes, this missile struck the city centre of kramatorsk at a particularly busy time, before curfew, a report of people having dinner when the missile struck. one
they re getting their intelligence and armed forces galvanised, stepping up their activities up there. he said that it would be, quote, suicide for russia to launch any type of offensive from belarus. so kyiv very keen to say, you know, we are prepared no matter what happens, we re ready to tackle any offensive by russia . mayeni, we ve seen over the weekend that lots of ukraine s western allies have said that they are monitoring developments. but today, australia announcing more support, physicalsupport. absolutely. kyiv, i think, at this moment is looking to show that it has the strength of the western world, of its nato allies, and getting this announcement of further military aid by australia is certainly going to play into that narrative. president zelensky s already thanked australia for that donation. it didn t receive the fighterjets that it asked from australia, but it did get a significant donation and is part of a much wider effort by australia to support
talking about the response that the visit had had from president zelensky, but how has it been viewed by the international community? well, i think. you know, there were very low. continue, mayeni. i think there were very low expectations about this visit to begin with. many people didn t necessarily see a link between the conflict in ukraine and africa. i think the delegations made it clear that that link does exist, that they have a vested interest there. i think it s also important to highlight that a lot of african countries prior to yesterday hadn t really taken a stance in this conflict, diplomatically. various countries know where they might lean, but officially, no african countries had taken sides in this conflict, and they say that s because they see this as strictly business