you can t go much higher than the tree line to avoid being targeted. speaking to world leaders today, president zelensky addressed what happened. 1a ukrainian families lost their loved ones today, and many more families are losing daily. as for the obvious question, the cause is not known. an analysis of images of the crash site by the bbc hasn t revealed any evidence of missile debris, and ukrainian officials have made no mention of any missile fire. in times of war, many suspect the enemy. these are dangerous times to be a ukrainian. james waterhouse, bbc news, kyiv region. let s go to afghanistan now where the most senior un
as for the obvious question, the cause is not known. an analysis of images of the crash site by the bbc has a revealed any missile debris. the ukrainian officials made no mention of the missile fire. in times of war, many suspect the enemy. these are dangerous times to be a ukrainian. james waterhouse, bbc news, kyiv region. for more on this, let s speak to former us ambassador to ukraine and senior director of the atlantic council s eurasia centre, ambassadorjohn herbst. it s great to get you on the programme, ambassador, and just to say we ve seen such a tragic loss of life and we still don t know what happened. but if you could help explain what a significant blow this is for ukraine s war effort?- is for ukraine s war effort? look, den s is for ukraine s war effort? look, denys monastyrskiy is for ukraine s war effort? look, denys monastyrskiy and - is for ukraine s war effort? look, denys monastyrskiy and some i is for ukraine s war effort? look, denys monastyrskiy and some of|
iranian diplomats to make clear their disgust. labour, as well, saying that iran must be held accountable for this act. so diplomatic channels appearing to be established, but it s important to remember the uk government had made diplomatic efforts to ensure this execution did not take place. we now know that those appear to have failed. it s unclear at this point exactly if any sort of diplomatic channels could be opened up for discussions between the uk government and iran. relationships obviously not in a good place and hard to see how this execution can do anything but put them into a much, much worse place. david wallace lockhart there. the ukrainian capital, kyiv, has been hit by a missile attack, with critical infrastructure apparently the target. journalists reported a series of explosions overnight saying warning systems had failled to sound the alarm. the mayor of kyiv, vitali klitschko, urged residents to take shelter, and said that missile debris had fallen in the west of
the ukrainian capital, kyiv, has been hit by a missile attack, with critical infrastructure apparently the target. journalists reported a series of explosions overnight, saying warning systems had failled to sound the alarm. the mayor of kyiv, vitali klitschko, urged residents to take shelter, and said that missile debris had fallen in the west of the city. our ukraine correspondent has more from kyiv. there were a series of reported explosions from around 4am this morning. concerningly, the sirens didn t sound for a couple of hours. but what we are being told is that missiles have struck in the eastern flank of the city, and the authorities are saying that infrastructure has been hit. we don t know where and we don t know what. now, kyiv and so many cities around ukraine are used to threats from the sky. at the moment, we don t know where this current threat is coming from. it can sometimes be missile strikes from the caspian sea. it can be through russian fighter jets in airspace in
and said that missile debris had fallen in the west of the city. our ukraine correspondent has more from kyiv there were a series of reported of explosions from around 4am this morning. concerningly, the sirens didn t sound for a couple of hours, but what we are being told is that missiles have struck in the eastern flank of the city and the authorities are saying that infrastructure has been hit. we don t know where and we don t know what. now, kyiv and so many cities around ukraine are used to threats from the sky. at the moment, we don t know where this current threat is coming from. it can sometimes be missile strikes from the caspian sea. it can be through russian fighter jets in airspace in belarus, where they have stationed troops and aircraft. we just don t know at this stage. but even if. you know, the city s air defense systems are fairly effective, but not completely effective, so missiles can get through. even if missiles are intercepted, the falling debris poses