towards us with no fear. he says they must be on drugs. russia hasn t given up yet. their artillery is still firing, but not as frequently as in the past. ukraine hopes bakhmut will have exhausted their enemy as they now prepare for their own offensive. but it also shows taking ground can prove even more costly. jonathan beale, bbc news, bakhmut. around the world and across the uk. this is bbc news.
many of them here in bakhmut. miroslav tells me they don t care about their people, as we watch two russian soldiers. he says theyjust advance in vain hope. his comrade adds, they walk towards us with no fear. he says they must be on drugs. russia hasn t given up yet. their artillery is still firing, but not as frequently as in the past. ukraine hopes bakhmut will have exhausted their enemy as they now prepare for their own offensive. but it also shows taking ground can prove even more costly. jonathan beale, bbc news, bakhmut.
and itjust tells you how fierce this fighting has been. wagner? are they mostly wagner fighters? yeah. the us estimates more than 20,000 russians have been killed in the last five months, many of them here in bakhmut. miroslav tells me they don t care about their people. as we watch two russian soldiers, he says theyjust advance in vain hope. his comrade adds, they walk towards us with no fear . he says they must be on drugs. russia hasn t given up yet. their artillery is still firing, but not as frequently as in the past. ukraine hopes bakhmut will have
this is bbc news i m lukwesa burak with the latest headlines for viewers in the uk and around the world. devastating tornadoes tear through america s south and midwest at least 21 people are killed. another week another protest thousands of israelis once more demonstrate against a radical overhaul of thejudiciary. uproar as russia takes over the presidency of the un security council. ukraine calls it a slap in the face. there is no form of terror that russia hasn t already committed and there will be no reason that will stop the reform of global institutions, in particular, the un security
this brutal war for which its leader vladimir putin, is wanted by the international criminal court for alleged war crimes is now leading this council, which is tasked with maintaining international peace and security of clearly russia hasn t done that and is now the face of the u. n. security council. but doesn t that just on its own undermine the un s credibility? well this has been a problem throughout history. uh you know, there had been an aggressor states on the security council that have had chaired the council, the soviet union and then and now russia. this is simply the way that council functions. this is the way the u n has set this up from the very beginning. it is, i think, problematic obviously, from the standpoint of optics, but i think the important point to remember is that there s a limited amount of what russia can do from this position to