throughout the day, at times, under russian fire, the head of kherson s military administration tells me. we have the water, he says, mines, mines are floating to here, and this district is constantly being shelled. two policemen were injured while evacuating people. kyiv blames moscow for allegedly blowing up the dam, an angry ukrainian president saying the russians are trying to derail ukraine s current battlefield gains. it was mined by the russian occupiers, he says, and they blew it up. this, once again, demonstrates the cynicism with which russia treats the people whose land it has captured. the destruction of the dam comes as ukrainian forces have been making gains on the battlefield. what some believe may be the early stages of kyiv s long-awaited counteroffensive, even though the ukrainians haven t confirmed that. russia s army denies blowing up the dam, instead, blaming the
congratulating the troops. today as president zelenskyy returns home from the g-7 reporter: ukrainian officials say it s still a fight for the outskirts of bakhmut. the kremlin releasing footage of russian fighter jets it sent targeting an air base in southern ukrainian city. but ukraine says it was the civilians that came under russian fire. translator: nobody here could have imagined in their worst dreams what happened here last night. reporter: tonight, the signs that conflict is spilling across the border. fighting reported inside russia. you hear the sirens. the battle of bakhmut is the bloodiest battle so far. but of little strategic value. now if russia actually does control that
as we move closer, russian fire begins to fly overhead. explosion it s time to head for cover. even the shallowest trenches will do. gunfire but the team is split up after the first strike, and some of us are left exposed, out in the open. explosion whoa!
the bombing is relentless. explosion. shallow trenches offer the barest of protection from russian fire. come on! this way. down. down, down, down, down. get in, get down. we follow closely in their daily life and death struggle to halt their enemy. outgunned and outmanned, they refuse to give ground. explosion. they are the defenders of donbas. first light on the eastern front. ..and the opening battle of the day for ukrainian forces heading forward. ..is with the mud. war has left donbas ploughed and churned. this is their second spring
to the russian positions. brigade infantryman dima he s just 22 years old is escorting us forward. gunfire mortars, tank fires, grads they get hit by everything here. dima s just told me the village over here is half held by the ukrainians and half held by the russians. we re told to tread carefully. land mines litter the ground. and they re not the only danger. gunfire as we move closer, russian fire begins to fly overhead. explosion it s time to head for cover. even the shallowest