The legal advice, that the government had been given on whether israel was acting within international law, and of course that will have an impact on uk arms sales to israel, which have become a very, very live political issue here in the uk. So the deputy Prime Minister, as you say, 0liver Dowden, interviewed on sunday with Laura Kuenssberg here on the bbcjust a short while ago. Here is what he had to say. Have specific concerns about different areas of israels conduct. We are raising those concerns with israel. By the way, it is so important to remember this, we have gone from the horrors of six months ago to Holding Israel to extraordinary high standards. It is right that we do so and it is right that we raise these concerns where we say, look, what will you are doing in respect of not getting aid in, or what you are doing in respect of your targeting raises concerns for us, and we need you to engage with. Now, some mps in the House Of Commons in westminster calling for arms sales t
the day when death seems to have won, but we hope for a resurrection. we believe in the victory of life over death, and we pray that death loses. president zelenskyy said that life is beginning to return to normal in the liberated areas of ukraine. but life returning also means images like this. we ve just been able to confirm the details of this video. it s a makeshift grave for a mother and her son. the video shows two-plywood crosses on a grave with two names. marina and ivan. both died march 5th. and in the neighboring town new satellite images detail the sheer destruction wrought by the russian forces. these drone images are extraordinary. block after block of ruined lives, destroyed homes. it s said to have suffered the brunt of a weeks long fire fight but is now free from the imminent threat of russian forces. same cannot be said for other kwlairs of the country. today a russian general speaking on state television in comments picked up across the world made a sweepi
ukraine. jim? anderson, thanks so much. this is cnn tonight. i m jim sciutto live from lviv in ukraine, along with the great laura coates in the u.s. the pentagon says tens of thousands of russian troops have now amassed in eastern ukraine. one of putin s commanders claims their new goal is to take full control of not just the donbas region in the east but southern ukraine to provide a land corridor to crimea and perhaps go further. still, president zelenskyy expressed hope and defiance tonight. translator: we will defend ourselves as long as necessary to break this ambition of the russian federation. the armed forces of ukraine continue to deter attacks by russian invaders in the east and south of our country. and i am grateful to each of our defenders who are bravely holding on. in this new offensive, they continue tonight in the region. this is the push and pull of the front lines. the russians launched for air strikes on the southern port city of mariupol earlier.
right? he s going to keep pushing, but it s also not clear, don that russian forces are capable of achieving what putin wants and certainly not quickly and that adds up to sort of a depressing conclusion and that is that this war could drag on for some time, with a lot more fighting, a lot more bombing, sadly, a lot more civilian casualties, and really a world war ii-like battle in the east. this has the potential for a long, hard, and deadly slog. jim sciutto, see you get some rest. thank you for your coverage. this is don lemon tonight and we have new video which shows the brutality and indiscriminate destruction of vladimir putin s war. here it is. take a look at that. new drone video devastated town, the ukrainian forces there in nearby irpin and bucha were key to stopping putin s march to the capitol and chilling warning from the president of ukraine tonight, volodomyr zelenskyy, watch. translator: comment by russian commander shows russia wants to invade other cou
translator: in the donetsk region in general, and in the reengs in general and kharkiv and the surrounding areas, the occupiers are trying to achieve a goal, to kill as much as possible and destroy everything they see. also ahead this hour, still can cultural wars, governor desantis signs law punishing disney which affects black voters and putting restrictions on how schools, businesses can talk about race and gender. i want to get straight to the war in ukraine now. live for us there in lviv. hello to you. what is the latest on the situation on the ground tonight? reporter: good evening to you, don. what we have been seeing in the last 24 hours or so has been the push and pull of battle. the fighting has intensified in eastern ukraine as ten of thousands of russian forces have amassed in the region and continue to unleash quite frankly a fire storm of artillery and air strikes. this is when we know for this hour in the east for w that new offensive. in the donbass re