welcome to the programme. a medicalfacility in ukraine is destroyed by a russian missile strike, killing at least three people. two children are said to be among the injured. president zelensky has described the attack as another crime against humanity . we ll have the latest. also in the programme. the british television presenter, phillip schofield after acknowledging an affair with her younger colleague at this morning, has resigned. and the family of the british national that has died in sudan say they were abandoned by the embassy we will have the latest on the crisis and british cycling since it will ban transgender women from elite female competition. we will discuss that position. we start in ukraine, which has faced another heavy night of russian missile and drone attacks. a medical clinic in dnipro in the east was hit by a missile where at least two people died and around 30 people were injured, including two boys aged under six. president zelensky described the
we need electricity is not always there. so we need to electricity is not always there. so we need to support civilians as much as possible as possible. away from the humanitarian as possible. away from the humanitarian crisis, the fighting very much continues and in the past few hours president zelensky has confirmed what many already expected, that the counteroffensive there is very much under way. counteroffensive there is very much under wa . , . , . counteroffensive there is very much underwa . , . ., counteroffensive there is very much underwa. , . . , ,, under way. yes. i was at that press conference under way. yes. i was at that press conference yesterday under way. yes. i was at that press conference yesterday when - under way. yes. i was at that press l conference yesterday when president zelensky confirmed that the counteroffensive had begun. he was asked by a ukrainianjournalist counteroffensive had begun. he was asked by a ukrainian journalist that president put
uavs or drones to more detailed location data to their missiles and to also collect the damage assessment. so there has been a change and an increase in capacity by the russians recently in that regard. we are in the shaping phase now, both sides are trying to disrupt the other as much as possible. tie down forces, stretch them, and the russians don t actually have many more meetings at the moment to do that. in the ballistic missiles and the drone attacks. that is essentially what it is about. ., , , ., ., attacks. that is essentially what it is about. , ., ., ., is about. there has been a lot of as to what this is about. there has been a lot of as to what this counteroffensive . to what this counteroffensive when the counteroffensive will start and some people counter that it is a process, not an individual moment, not an individual act. so would you say it is already under way? i not an individual act. so would you say it is already under way?- say it is already under way? i
notwithstanding this defence minister and sell. trust notwithstanding this does not appear to be leading the conflict to a conclusion? brute to be leading the conflict to a conclusion? to be leading the conflict to a conclusion? ~ , ., , conclusion? we will see how things, we are in the conclusion? we will see how things, we are in the shaping conclusion? we will see how things, we are in the shaping phase - conclusion? we will see how things, we are in the shaping phase so - we are in the shaping phase so trying to set the conditions in the best terms possible for the offensive, when it comes. my hunch is and this comes back to elizabeth s point about the will to fight, the russians we have seen again touching on yevgeny prigozhin there is a lot of division amongst commanders in the resume that goes down to the troops as well whether you are wagner or the military, the morale is low, the leadership is poon morale is low, the leadership is poor. this all matters. you can build a