a strategic blow. i think that potentially it does open up the opportunity for russia to advance further to the west in donetsk province and maybe even approaching the other two major cities in donetsk of kramatorsk and sloviansk. but if they re not able to do that, then it means that little has been achieved in back for them. and as things appear at the moment, the ukrainians are still very actively bottling up the russians in that area. violence broke out on the sidelines of the g7 summit as riot police wrestled people protesting the meeting of world leaders to the ground. the demonstration was organised by the far left extremist revolutionary communist league national committee, which denounces g7 summit as a conference of imperialism for nuclear war . whilst ukraine has been a major focus at the g7 summit,
of any ukrainian territory is a blow to the country. but i don t think it s a strategic blow. i think that potentially it does open up the opportunity for russia to advance further to the west in donetsk province and maybe even approaching the other two major cities in donetsk, of kramatorsk and sloviansk. but if they re not able to do that then it means little has been achieved in bakhmut for them and as things appear at the moment, the ukrainians are still very actively bottling up the russians in that area. colonel richard kemp speaking to me a short time ago from kyiv. violence broke out on the sidelines of the g7 summit as riot police wrestled people protesting the meeting of world leaders to the ground. the demonstration was organised by the far left extremist revolutionary communist league national committee, which denounces the g7 summit as a conference of imperialism for nuclear war .
approaching the other two major cities in donetsk of kramatorsk and sloviansk. but if they re not able to do that, then it means that little has been achieved in bakhmut for them. and as things appear at the moment, the ukrainians are still very actively bottling up the russians in that area. polls have now closed in greece s parliamentary elections. projections suggest prime minister kyriakos mitsotakis and his centre right new democracy party have done well and are set to be the largest party. but they may not win an outright majority. new democracy had been facing a challenge from former prime minister alexis tsipras and his left wing syriza party. the main issues affecting voters have been the economy, job security and relations with neighbouring turkey. live now to athens, and let s speak to our europe correspondent, nick beake. these are just exit polls, but they
the opportunity for russia to advance further to the west in donetsk province and maybe even approaching the other two major cities in donetsk of kramatorsk and sloviansk. but if they re not able to do that, then it means that little has been achieved in bakhmut for them. and as things appear at the moment, the ukrainians are still very actively bottling up the russians in that area. projections and initial results in the greek general election suggest prime minister kyriakos mitsotakis and his centre right new democracy have done well and are set to be the largest party. but they may not win an outright majority. new democracy had been facing a challenge from former prime minister alexis tsipras and his left wing syriza party. the main issues affecting voters have been the economy, job security and relations with neighbouring turkey. joining me now from new york is harris mylonas, associate professor