so, yeah, i think i feel pretty amazing, but also i hope this will send a message around the world that anything is possible. the former gurkha soldier lost both his legs when he stepped on an improvised explosive device whilst serving in afghanistan in 2010. when he woke up, he thought his life was over, but taking on a number of extreme sporting feats helped grow his confidence again. you re live on bbc news. in the last hour, military officials in kyiv say they ve destroyed more than a0 air targets that were heading to the city, including drones and missiles. yesterday, in one of russia s largest attacks on kyiv, out of 59 drones, 58 were shot down, but two people were killed in the attack. tonight is the 15th aerial bombardment on the ukrainian capital this month. for more on this,
says in the future it could revisit this change, which does not affect car insurance policies. the company will continue to serve existing customers. jericka? that s right, always have to plan for those emergencies. elise preston, thank you. officials in ukraine s capital say russia launched its largest drone attack there since the war began. ukraine s air force says it shot down all but two of the 54 drones unleashed on kyiv. at least one person was killed. the attack came ahead of today s celebration to mark the city s founding more than 1,500 years ago. and it was just over one year ago that the siege of another ukrainian city, mariupol, ended. cbs s charlie d agata talked with captured ukrainian soldiers now trying to recover. reporter: for months the soldiers of ukraine s azov regiment withstood relentless russian bombardment beneath the sprawling steelworks complex,
and i can tell you personally, last year when russia invaded ukraine, ijoined territorial defence when we were defending kyiv. they can tell you that if we would have one year ago the weaponry that we received laterfrom our allies, we would finish everything last year. so i think that we have possibility to finish everything this year, liberate all our territories. definitely nobody can predict for sure, but i think and millions of ukrainians will believe in this and we hope this will happen. is that because you think that your troops will force the russians out of the country or bring them to the negotiating table? i think that our big success can lead to collapse of russian army completely in ukraine. also, it can lead to collapse of russian political regime inside the country, inside russia. so everything is possible.
80 degrees and relatively quiet in the was. this is the unofficial start of the summer. mother nature answering the call with temperatures near 90 in chicago, st. louis, dc, new york, by the end of the week. wednesday? linsey: and you try to salvage at least one beach day. thank you. overseas, ukraine ramping up that long anticipated counteroffensive against russian forces the government, the kremlin launch its largest drone attacks since the start of the war in kyiv. ukrainian officials say they down nearly all of the at least one person was killed. abc s tom soufi burridge is lives in ukraine. reporter: explosions rocking the ukrainian capital before dawn. russia s biggest drone attack on kyiv so far in this war. 54 iranian-made explosive drones raining down. ukraine claiming it a shot almost all of them down with one person killed. that attack is the commander of ukraine s armed forces ciniglio
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