result, we are seeing once more a concentration of fighting there and president zelensky says it is almost completely destroyed. he has once again accused moscow of genocide, something russia denies. there are towns and villages which have been almost completely destroyed, hollowed out buildings, administration buildings taken out, society is unable to function. the fighting is getting bogged down and you wonder how much longer. james, thank ou you wonder how much longer. james, thank you for you wonder how much longer. james, thank you for bringing you wonder how much longer. james, thank you for bringing us you wonder how much longer. james, thank you for bringing us up - you wonder how much longer. james, thank you for bringing us up to - thank you for bringing us up to date, that is james waterhouse, our kyiv correspondent. there s anger over plans to use a former raf base in north yorkshire, to house 1,500 asylum seekers people living nearby have accused the home office of
month. thank you. ukraine s president volodymyr zelensky says the donbas region in his country has been completely destroyed by russian forces. he described the situation there as hell, accusing moscow of carrying out senseless bombardments. the donbas is made up of the two eastern regions of luhansk and donetsk, and runs from outside mariupol in the south all the way to the northern border. what happens there is likely to decide the fate of the russian in kyiv the trial of a captured russian soldier charged with war crimes continues, as our kyiv correspondent, james waterhouse, reports. in the first war crimes trial in this conflict, it is the turn of the defence. vadim shishimarin, a 21 year old russian soldier, has admitted shooting dead a 61 year old unarmed man. his lawyer argues it should not be a war crime as he was following orders and feared for his life. the prosecution said he could have just scared the civilian off instead of firing four rounds at him. once again shishimari
he accused moscow of imitating the tactics of the nazis by deporting hundreds of thousands of ukrainians, and using aerial bombardments to flatten cities. meanwhile, the uk defence secretary, ben wallace, says vladimir putin continues to make fairy tale claims to justify his invasion. our kyiv correspondent, james waterhouse, has more details. no rallies in kyiv this victory day, in fact nothing major is happening for the first time since ukraine declared independence. figs for the first time since ukraine declared independence. as the ironclad house declared independence. as the ironclad house of declared independence. as the ironclad house of soviet - declared independence. as the ironclad house of soviet and i declared independence. as the - ironclad house of soviet and yummy meat in mortal combat. that country was meat in mortal combat. that country was part meat in mortal combat. .. that country was part of meat in mortal combat. that country was part of the - meat in m
independence and the fear is that if he does this, it could be used as a way of pretending there is a legal basis for occupying the territory of ukraine and breaking it up. thank ou ve ukraine and breaking it up. thank you very much ukraine and breaking it up. thank you very much indeed. ukraine and breaking it up. thank you very much indeed. joe - ukraine and breaking it up. thank you very much indeed. joe inwood, our kyiv correspondent. and that s just about it from us here today in kyiv. i ll now hand you back to the studio in london. thank you. a conservative mp has reportedly been caught watching pornography while sitting in the chamber of the house of commons. it s understood concerns were raised by a minister at a meeting last night. our political correspondent helen catt is in our westminster newsroom. what more do we know about this? we know that there was this meeting of female conservative mps last night, it is a regular meeting. at that, a female minister said she had b
with diplomacy or whether it takes a different and potentially more aggressive path. james waterhouse, our kyiv correspondent, explains what the core message is from ukraine. nothing has dramatically changed. ministers are getting quite frustrated at the hysteria, they say, being whipped up by the forces that surround ukraine in this ongoing power struggle. the country s security chief says this type of uncertainty is damaging ukraine s economy, and that in turn plays into russia s hands. so this eu 1.2 billion euros financial package will certainly be welcomed. in terms of trying to stop the panic, more and more countries now, japan, france and australia are urging their citizens not to travel to ukraine, so the hope from ministers will be for that not to snowball. in terms of how people feel out and about on the street,