a once prosperous coal mining town is now a wasteland. we head towards the front line, town is now a wasteland. with soldiers at the heart of the battle. their commander, codenamed beast, has been up all night fighting. how far away are the nearest russian positions? 0ne kilometre. we move forward carefully. the russians have no line of sight here, but they have eyes in the sky. plane. get down, goktay! we ve just been told to duck down here now and take cover at the wall. the troops have heard something, possibly a russian drone. the front line is about 500 metres away. they say russian troops are trying to advance, but they re holding them back. a few hundred souls remain
notjust a woman in front of them. i always say, firstly i am an officer, then i m a woman, and then i m blonde! she laughs. a refresher on russia s history. lieutenant colonel yakubchok is now in charge of soldiers well being. this is a session to boost morale. it s the region of kherson, just a few miles from a front line. translation: during this last year, we changed. - now we know for certain who our enemies are, who our friends and brothers are. we separated the light from the dark. a year in ukraine like no other. a time when ukrainians confronted an enemy. ..as well as themselves. lyse doucet, bbc news, kyiv.
of the war didn t make the headlines, really. in the news bulletins i was watching russian state tv earlier today they talked about the situation in ukraine and the war there, but they didn t really mention the anniversary. they sort of glossed over the fact that the special military operation that vladimir putin launched one year ago did not achieve its original aim, which was a swift victory for the kremlin. it did not go according to plan. it s resulted in heavy russian military casualties the kremlin s had to mobilise people, dropping hundreds of thousands of russian citizens into the army and that wasn t mentioned today on tv. steve rosenberg. stay with us on bbc news. still to come: as ukraine marks the first anniversary of the war, we ll look at how it s transformed ukrainian society.
their mother, anastasia, takes me to the park in central ukraine where denys was hit by shrapnel last september. he was lying next to my legs, she says. why didn t it hit me? ruslan was screaming, denys, get up!” on his grave, this photo, taken two days before his death. ruslan cannot accept his best friend is gone. he sends himself messages from denys s phone. that piece of shrapnel will follow him through life and follow her. 0ne family, one loss, one year of russia s war. 0rla guerin, bbc news,
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