details from security editor nick paton walsh. reporter: the front lines are processing the extraordinary events, the russian withdraw. the ministry of defense says they pulled troops out to prevent them from being captured or surrounded. it s not clear how successful that was and how many how many of the russian forces died. it is a remarkable withdraw for russia, a matter of hours in a ceremony and a rally on red square. still they see territory being lost and the key loss of the city has sparked an extraordinary amount of open bickering between russia s own
and are there now and some who were also in russia. deborah haynes is sky news defence and security editor. nic robertson is international diplomatic editor at cnn, we have a freelance journalist and so too is olga tokariuk. and francis scarr is here from bbc monitoring. welcome to you all and thank you so much for coming on the media show. olga, if we just start with you, where are you and what is the atmosphere like in ukraine today? you ve been tweeting about our prime minister, boris johnson s visit to kyiv. i know that. yeah, well, hi, everyone. and thank you for having me on this show. i m currently in western ukraine in the town of chernitsi. and i apologise for the background because i m speaking to you from a basement because we ve had already four raid alerts today. and since i m working from home, ijust decided to stay in the basement for the show so that, you know, i don t get interrupted by another air raid alert. radio viewers won t see that, but our tv viewers will.
fuelled recent antagonism between the balkan neighbours. serbia has refused to recognise identity cards issued by kosovo. kosovo has an ethnic albanian majority and has declared independence from serbia. now on bbc news, the media show. hello. today, ukrainians should be celebrating 31 years of independence from soviet rule. instead, there s a grimmer anniversary. it s exactly six months since the start of the war. i want to look back at the journalism over those months. what does the reporting taught us about the war? and what has the war taught us about the media? i m joined byjournalists who ve been in ukraine and are there now and some who were also in russia. deborah haynes is sky news defence and security editor. nic robertson is international diplomatic editor at cnn, we have a freelance journalist and so too is 0lga tokariuk.
trade union to the labour party over standing up for working people struggling with the cost of living crisis. music. and the notting hill carnival is back returning to the streets of west london for the first time since 2019. now on bbc news, the media show. hello. today, ukrainians should be celebrating 31 years of independence from soviet rule. instead, there s a grimmer anniversary. it s exactly six months since the start of the war. i want to look back at thejournalism over those months. what does the reporting taught us about the war? and what has the war taught us about the media? i m joined byjournalists who ve been in ukraine and are there now and some who were also in russia. deborah haynes is sky news defence and security editor. nic robertson is international diplomatic editor at cnn, we have a freelance journalist and so too is olga tokariuk.