the daily global war will be bringing you the top stories from around the world. we start in ukraine were military sources there and told the bbc their forces are tearing out would be described as a series of small scale armoured attacks against russian positions. this comes amid reports of fighting in many parts of southern and eastern ukraine what appears to be a significant escalation. the ukrainian army releases these images that they say are attacking russian troops in the area of bakhmut in the eastern region of donetsk. moscow claims it has repelled armoured attacks and inflicted heavy losses but there s been no independent confirmation. the point is not a source to be trusted. kyiv is posted this video calling for soldiers to have silence for their long full scale counteroffensive. report on social media since ukrainian forces have made several probing attacks along the south and eastern south line. also in the western part of this region in the eastern part of this r
have the latest on that will come back to verify live. let s return straightaway to our story because both cad and moscow blame each other for the breach of that damn. meanwhile, people downstream of the dam are having to flee advancing floodwaters while those others have lost access to safe drinking water. let me just show you some of the latest pictures that we are getting from the region, because right throughout the day we have been seeing the rising waters. we have also seen in terms of the rescue efforts, multiple rescue efforts of people being plucked from rooftops. we heard that people are actually staying in trees overnight to try and escape all of that that you are seeing on the screen. let s speak to a climate and environmental policy expert from eco action ukraine, the civil society organisation that has been studying environmental impacts of the war in the country. thank you so much for being here on the programme. in terms of your assessment of the impact of wha
welcome to verified life, three hours of breaking stories in checking out the truth behind them. lots to actually dig into in today s verified, especially what is happening on the battlefield in ukraine in what appears to be the start of that counteroffensive. tf cells died in excess is switching to offensive action and kyiv says it is moving to a counteroffensive action and on defence as well in the south. ukrainian army has shown these images sing the forces are destroying russian positions in the direction of bakhmut, in contrast, russia s thing it is thwarting ukrainian attacks in the same region in releasing this video showing ukrainian armoured vehicles coming under heavy fire and moscow s since 250 ukrainian troops were killed and a number of armoured vehicles had been destroyed. the claims have not been destroyed. the claims have not been verified by the bbc and we ll hear from our verified teams later the hour. return to the maps is in the hour. return to the maps
ukraine. officials have said offensive actions are under way in the countries ease where the company eight catches deputy describing bakhmut as the epicentre of hostilities in claiming russian forces are also on the defensive in the south. we ve been looking at the video footage circulating. we ve been looking at the video footage circulating. ukraine says its forces are footage circulating. ukraine says its forces are shifting footage circulating. ukraine says its forces are shifting to - footage circulating. ukraine says| its forces are shifting to offensive actions in some parts of russian occupied territory. earlier today the russian defence ministry said they had forwarded a major ukrainian offensive. what s going on? let s take a look. russia claims at this video shows evidence of a major ukrainian offensive being repelled. the video is bad quality and all we can see is military vehicles being under heavy fire. we can t say anything beyond that. we know that the vi
clothes on this time? no one wants to see that, do they? it s not a horror film. david sillito, bbc news, sheffield. a reminder that prince harry has left the high court after accusing the british press of carrying out phone tracking on an industrial scale. the prince has been giving evidence at the high court for a second day, pleading his case against mira group newspapers. prince harry found tracking device on his ex girlfriend s car. it was suspicious that conversations between them has appeared in the daily mirror newspaper. coming up in the next little while we will have the next little while we will have the latest from ukraine, ukraine s prime minister urging the un and the red cross to act immediately for more help after that dam burst. we will have more unverified life same time tomorrow.