areas controlled by russia are here in red. and the big prize is the regional capital, also called kherson. it is strategically and symbolically important, but despite how much this matters, finding out what is happening there is hard. ukraine s impotent reporting restrictions. ukraine s imposed reporting restrictions. most of the front line remains off limits to journalists. but some do get limited access and the bbc s jeremy bowen is one of them. earlier in the week, i messaged jeremy and asked if he would record his thoughts on where the battle has got to. let s take some time to see what he sent. my conclusion about the kherson offensive, which has been ballyhooed now for months, is that it has moved either very slowly after some earlier successes, but the main thrust of it is stalled. so how do i assess that? well, here is an example.
important, but despite how much this matters, finding out what is happening there is hard. ukraine s imposed reporting restrictions. most of the front line remains off limits to journalists. but some do get limited access and the bbc s jeremy bowen is one of them. earlier in the week, i messaged jeremy and asked if he would record his thoughts on where the battle has got to. let s take some time to see what he sent. my conclusion about the kherson offensive, which has been ballyhooed now for months, is that it has moved either very slowly after some earlier successes, but the main thrust of it is stalled. so how do i assess that? well, here is an example. if an army is attacking, there is a build up of men, machines
facility this week is one aspect of a far bigger story that extends to president xi s consolidation of power and to the high streets where chinese made goods are sold. president xi s decisions affect those foxconn workers directly but they also affect us all. as you will know, there are great challenges in knowing what is happening in china. the government there severely restricts what journalists and everyone else can do. and in a very different way, there are also challenges in telling you what s happening in ukraine. ukraine s southern offensive is a crucial part of this war. its main focus is the region of kherson, the areas controlled by russia are marked here in red. and the big prize is the regional capital, also called kherson. it is strategically and symbolically
are deeply concerned about the disconnect of a nuclear reactor in the zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant which is. 20 miles south of the city of 700,000 people because they say that it has been disconnected, forcing the use of the back of power, the diesel generating system in order to cool the nuclear reactor. now, this is happened three times in the past. and every time it happens, the concerns over a nuclear meltdown increase. and now, there are two un inspectors still on the site. they are supposed to be there permanently, or these for the foreseeable future. so, it will be interesting to see whom the blame or whether they go public with what s going on there. meanwhile, the ukrainian president, zelenskyy, has been claiming relatively-limited successes. saying that at least two villages in the south, during the southern offensive have been captured. and one village in the east. now, these villages frequently changed hands fairly often during these campaigns. but there is no doubt tha
april, the missiles were home-grown ukrainian made missiles that had never been out on the market before. yes, so for kids watching, this don t understand the mcgyver reference, he would usually take a paper clip, a can of chunky s camp bell soup, campbell s chunky soup, and a missile, and win a war. so that s what we re talking about. we re talking about mcgyver. and let s be very, very clear here. we re talking about mcgyver and not mcgroover. not mcgroover. exactly. a classic. so as we move from pop cultural references to war, again, back to war again, what can you tell us about the southern offensive? what are you hearing inside the pentagon about the success of you krangians in pushing south and the final counter-offensive