what would i do? and ijust started crying in the middle of the street because i didn t have any answer to that. do you feel proud of him? yes, totally. i would have never imagined my cousin become a true hero of ukraine and hero of mariupol. there is obviously a very bitter sense of pride in the sense that he is in a life threatening situation. but i am very proud of him. i dream of the day when he will return and we will be able to meet again and i will be able to tell this to him. if you could give a message to maks right now, what would you say? maks, i know that you are very strong and your family loves you a lot and we are waiting for you. and we are sure that you will come back and you will be our hero and you will have a great life in the free ukraine after our victory.
thatis belarus that is also a situation that is quite difficult. it s not the first time we ve seen sport and politic in tennis mix like this. earlier in the novak djokovic on the australian open, we know what happened there. novak djokovic won the australian open countless time but shows when it comes to these grand slam tournaments the tournaments themselves like the australian open will make difficult decisions. because to them sport is bigger than any individual. when we look at it from wimbledon point of view and also the point of view here it is also something they probably looked at and thought no individual is bigger than the game. therefore we want to ensure that there isn t any controversy. we want to ensure that there isn t any controversy- the news a few moments ago that a report into the killing of cinematographer hayna hutchinson on the side of the movie rust last year
for ukrainian fighters in mariupol to surrender, has passed. the city is surrounded by russian troops and has been bombarded for weeks. president volodymyr zelensky says the situation there remains as severe as possible . ukraine hopes to evacuate 6,000 people from the city through humanitariain corridors; mariupol s mayor says 100,000 civilians are trapped there. it comes as russia intensifies its attacks in the east of the country, in the donbas region. ukraine s allies in the west have promised to boost military aid. from lviv our correspondent danjohnson sent this report. this message still works is their last stand of the resistance and variable. russian forces have repeatedly tried to storm it, and they have laid down another deadline to surrender. ukrainian soldiers are holding out, but they are getting desperate. translation: this is our appeal to the world. - this could be the last appeal of our lives. we are probably facing our
of heat between the atp and also the lta and wimbledon in that situation. can we get to the bottom of why we think wimbledon is made this decision? we know that satisfies another sports people from russia and belorussia have been able to compete under a neutral flag. wimbledon response the chair of the all england club basically said we recognise it s a hard decision for the individuals affected. but effectively it was a tough decision to make but is one bait made looking at the uk government guidance. i think part of it also has to do with the fact that it is also in event where we have the royal family attending in the royal box high profile members, huge tennis fans. could be a situation, difficult situation where we see them cheering, maybe even given a trophy from a player from russia them cheering, maybe even given a trophy from a playerfrom russia or belarus that is also a situation