a convoy of ukrainian buses has set off for the southern city of mariupol to try to reach people trapped by the fighting there. yesterday, the russian defence ministry said it would allow the un refugee agency and the international red cross to assist in the evacuation of civilians. tens of thousands of people are desperate to escape after weeks of russian bombardment. though some residents have managed to flee, all previous attempts to establish a ceasefire in mariupol have collapsed. in other developments, the head of the uk government s security and intelligence agency, gchq, said the kremlin appeared to have massively misjudged the situation in ukraine. sirjeremy fleming said president putin s advisers were not telling him the truth about the situation on the ground. similarly, the white house says it has intelligence indicating tensions between russia s vladimir putin and his military leadership. the ukrainian president volodymyr zelensky has warned ukraine is bracing
those are the words of gchq boss, sirjeremy fleming, who said demoralised russian soldiers were refusing to carry out orders, sabotaging their own equipment and even accidentally shooting down their own aircraft. the financial times is reporting that germany and austria have taken the first formal steps towards gas rationing as officials rushed to avoid a potential halt in deliveries from russia because of a dispute over payments. he fought until the end. our hearts are broken. the daily star leads with tributes from the wife and bandmates of the wanted singer tom parker, who s died from brain cancer at 33. the metro leads with politicians praising a welsh mp for his bravery after he tweeted he has gender dysphoria and has been a victim of rape and blackmail. jamie wallis, who was elected in 2019, is the first mp to come out as trans. so let s begin.
said russia had agreed to open a humanitarian corridor to the besieged port. tens of thousands of civilians remain there after weeks of russian bombardment. in other developments, the head of the uk government s security and intelligence agency, gchq, said russia appears to have massively misjudged the situation in ukraine. sirjeremy fleming said president putin s advisers were not telling him the truth about the situation on the ground. similarly, the white house says it has intelligence of tensions between russia s vladimir putin and his military leadership. the ukrainian president volodymyr zelensky said ukraine is bracing for a new russian offensive. he said they had seen a build up of russian troops that could carry out new strikes in the country s eastern donbas region. four million people have now fled ukraine since the start of the war, according to the latest figures from the un refugee agency. jon donnison reports. few people get close to vladimir putin. the russian preside
hello and welcome if you re watching in the uk or around the world. the head of britain s cyber intelligence has said that russian troops in ukraine are demoralised, short of equipment and refusing to carry out orders. sirjeremy fleming said president putin had overestimated the russian forces abilities and had not expected the ukrainian people to resist so stoutly. ukraine s president zelensky has warned that russia is moving its forces away from the north to prepare for new strikes on the donbas area in the east. 0ur correspondent wyre davies reports from the front line town of 0rikhiv in southern ukraine a warning some viewers may find his report distressing. russia says it s not deliberately targeting civilians in this war, but there is no other
by advisers who were too scared to tell him how badly the war is going for russia. that view was echoed by sirjeremy fleming, the head of the uk s security and intelligence agency gchq - he also said that mr putin had overestimated the abilities of his military to secure a rapid victory. our security correspondent, gordon corera, reports. what is really going on inside the kremlin? and just how isolated is russia s leadership from the reality of events in ukraine? western spies say they believe vladimir putin is not getting the full picture. speaking in australia, the head of britain s gchq intelligence agency said that putin had got things badly wrong. it s clear he s misjudged the resistance of the ukrainian people, he underestimated the strength of the coalition that his actions would galvanise, he underplayed the economic consequences of the sanctions regime, and he overestimated the abilities of his military