cultural buildings, now we are finishing switching off any outside banners and we also ask people to cut their electricity consumption. iran is helping russia with its invasion, according to the us. providing training as well as these attack drones made by up deployed by moscow. both countries denied. where russia is going backwards in the southern region, kyiv has accused of planting explosives on this key dam. ukraine still has momentum but progress isn t simple. waterhouse, bbc news. the time is edging up to five to 6pm and let s just take a few minutes now to talk about one other story entirely here. the ongoing cheating scandal that s rocked the world of chess. us grandmaster hans niemann is suing his rival magnus carlsen for at least 100 million dollars after the norwegian world champion accused him of cheating. he s also suing website chess.com, which published a report saying
their electricity consumption. iran is helping russia with its invasion, according to the us, providing training as well as these attack drones made by tehran, deployed by moscow. both countries deny it. where russia is going backwards in the southern kherson region, kyiv is accused of planting explosives on this key dam. ukraine still has momentum but progress isn t simple. james waterhouse, bbc news, kryvyi rih. since russia s takeover of the ukrainian city of kherson in march, communications there have been heavily restricted, making it difficult for people to share their stories with the outside world. journalist and kherson resident dmytro bahnenko documented the start of the invasion and three months of life under russian occupation for bbc eye investigations. the bbc s djaffer umerov has this special report. translation: armoured vehicles have gone by, i and about 50 soldiers.
on saturday, ukrainian forces marched into that city, celebrating its liberation from russian control. but what they were met with was far from victory. it was horror. here you can see the lifeless appears to be civilians s thrown out across the street. ukrainian authorities have accused russian forces of planting explosives on the bodies of the people who were killed. here is a member of the ukrainian resistance tying it up to one of the dead, and dragging them away. now, the towns mayor says nearly 300 people have been buried in mass graves like the one shown here. and we should know that nbc has not independently been able to verify these claims. when asked about these atrocities, president zelenskyy had a very blunt answer. watch. is this genocide? [interpreter] indeed.
distressing to look at. on saturday, ukrainian forces marched into that city, celebrating its liberation from russian control. but what they were met with was far from victory. it was horror. here you can see the lifeless appears to be civilians s thrown out across the street. ukrainian authorities have accused russian forces of planting explosives on the bodies of the people who were killed. here is a member of the ukrainian resistance tying it up to one of the dead, and dragging them away. now, the towns mayor says nearly 300 people have been buried in mass graves like the one shown here. and we should know that nbc has not independently been able to verify these claims. when asked about these atrocities, president zelenskyy had a very blunt answer. watch. is this genocide? [interpreter]
at least 30 people have been killed and 10 wounded by a roadside bomb in western afghanistan no one has claimed responsibility for the bombing but security has been deteriorating across the country with both the taliban and islamic state fighters mounting attacks almost every day. the victims were all civilians the majority of the dead women and children they ve been traveling in a bus on a highway linking the 2 key cities of kandahar and herat in western afghanistan the bus then hit an improvised roadside bomb. as i mean we were heading to kabul from herit with a vehicle was hit by a lot of mine i saw many people martyred and injured. there was no immediate claim of responsibility afghan government officials blamed taliban insurgents who operate in the area and are accused of planting explosives but a taliban spokesman denied the group s involvement. the latest attack came a day after the u.n.