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In his tv interview, mr zelensky also said ukraine has just a quarter of the air defences it needs to hold the front line against russia. The situation on the frontline is tough. The Regional Governor of ukraines northeastern Kharkiv Region said that nearly 10,000 people have been forced to leave their homes, since russias Ground Attack there last week. Lets hearfrom president zelensky about those troop shortages. Translation we need to staff the reserve. There are a serious number of brigades which a large number of them are empty. We need to do this so that guys can have a normal rotation, then their morale will be improved. Earlier, our correspondent in kyiv James Waterhouse told me how ukraine is now in a different chapter of the war with morale very low. You have Ukrainian Forces which are thought to make up around half a million personnel, either fighting on the front line or in operations around it. You now have a large proportion of those who are exhausted, who have been fighti
The front line against russia. Heres a clip of the ukrainian president talking about the new law on military recruitment. Translation we need to staff the reserve. There are a serious number of brigrades which a large number of them are empty. We need to do this so that guys can have a normal rotation, then their morale will be improved. Earlier, our correspondent in kyiv James Waterhouse told me how ukraine is now in a different chapter of the war with morale very low. You have Ukrainian Forces which are thought to make up around half a million personnel, either fighting on the front line or in operations around it. You now have a large portion of those who are exhausted, who have been fighting for the best part of two years with little to no rest, and then you have men avoiding or fearful of the draft, being legally compelled to fight and join the countrys cause, so it is incredibly difficult for ukraine, at a time when we are seeing fighting in the north east, in towns and settlemen
The situation on the frontline is tough Regional Governor of ukraines northeastern Kharkiv Region said that nearly 10,000 people have been forced to leave their homes, since russias Ground Attack there last week. Lets hearfrom president zelensky about those troop shortages. Translation we need to staff the reserve. There are a serious number of brigades which a large number of them are empty. We need to do this so that guys can have a normal rotation, then their morale will be improved. Earlier, 0ur Correspondent in kyiv James Waterhouse told me how ukraine is now in a different chapter of the war with morale very low. You have Ukrainian Forces which are thought to make up around half a million personnel, either fighting on the front line or in operations around it. You now have a large proportion of those who are exhausted, who have been fighting for the best part of two years with little to no rest. And then you have men either avoiding or fearful of the draft being legally compelled
And prince harry and meghan are in nigeria as part of the dukes promotion of the invictus games. You are watching bbc news. More on those solar storms with an expert explaining how that happens, the link between the sun and those storms, in the next 15 minutes or so. Lets talk about ukraine for now. More now on Russian Forces launching a surprise new Ground Offensive in ukraine crossing the border into the northeastern Kharkiv Region. For months fighting has been focussed in the east where russia occupies large areas. Fridays attack may be an attempt to open a new front and intensify pressure on kharkiv, which is the countrys second largest city. Small groups of Russian Troops with armoured vehicles pushed through the front line military sources say they advanced a kilometre, before being pushed back amid reports of sustained russian shelling. Earlier i spoke to maria avdeeva, a security analyst from ukraine. I asked her to explain, what is happening in kharkiv city and in the region t