change on our website. there s this video on why it s so hot in europe at the moment. just go to the bbc news site to watch. russia s defence minister has ordered all forces to step up operations across ukraine. sergei shoigu said it was to prevent attacks on the occupied east of the country. it comes as russian missiles struck cities right across the country, including at a space rocket and satellite factory in dnipro. our defence correspondent, jonathan beale, has this report. on ukraine s eastern front, they re about to target russian positions. ..this time, using american supplied howitzers and ammunition. explosion ukraine s still vastly outgunned. these help, but they can t hang around. explosion western weapons like this have given ukraine an advantage in terms of accuracy and range, but they ve also become high value targets, with russia trying to hunt them down. they prepare to move out
and crown prince mohammed bin salman fist bumping in the royal palace, that will do very little to try and quell some of the criticism that he s received. i think for him what would be seen as a win now from this trip, particularly to saudi arabia, is if he can try and get some concessions on oil, and he ll be pursuing that today at the gulf cooperation council summit. a series of russian missile strikes in ukraine has hit the country s leading space rocket and satellite factory. that s according to the mayor of dnipro. air raid sirens have sounded across kyiv too as russia intensified its long range bombardments. 0ur correspondentjoe inwood, in kyiv, has been giving us the very latest. we have had sirens going off across the country, including the capital in the last one to four hours, but it was dnipro where they have landed. this factory was one of the most advanced rocket and satellite
some breaking news from ukraine, where a series of russian missile strikes has hit the country s leading space rocket and satellite factory. that s according to the mayor of dnipro. air raid sirens have sounded across kyiv too as russia intensified its long range bombardment of ukrainian cities. let s get the latest from our correspondent joe inwood who s in kyiv. tell us about the situation there, where you are. this attack on the rocket and satellite factory, formerly used by elon musk, i believe, who has very publicly back to ukraine. backed ukraine. yes. to ukraine. backed ukraine. yes, in the dnipro to ukraine. backed ukraine. yes, in the dnipro the to ukraine. backed ukraine. yes, in the dnipro the missiles to ukraine. backed ukraine. yes, in the dnipro the missiles landed but they in the dnipro the missiles landed but they have been overhead. it was one of but they have been overhead. it was one of the but they have been overhead. it was one of the most adv
news. a series of russian missile strikes in ukraine has hit the country s leading space rocket and satellite factory. that s according to the mayor of dnipro. air raid sirens have sounded across kyiv too as russia intensified its long range bombardment of ukrainian cities. 0ur correspondentjoe inwood, in kyiv, has been giving us the very latest. we have had sirens going off across the country, including the capital in the last 24 hours, but it was dnipro where they have landed. this yuzhmash factory was one of the most advanced rocket and satellite manufacturers in the soviet union. it s a very famous facility here and produced recently ukraine s first satellite to go to space for years. the satellite that they launched was launched on one of elon musk s rockets so it does have a connection with elon musk, the world richest man, who s been involved with this,
others injured in the ukrainian city of dnipro, following a russian missile attack on the country s leading space rocket and satellite factory. ukraine says it needs urgent shipments of long range artillery and other weapons to slow the advance of russian forces in the east of the country as our defence correspondent, jonathan beale, reports. 0n ukraine s eastern front, they re about to target russian positions. this time, using american supplied howitzers and ammunition. ukraine, still vastly outgunned. these help, but they can t hang around. western weapons like this have given ukraine an advantage in terms of accuracy and range, but they ve also become high value targets, with russia trying to hunt them down. they prepare to move out quickly, before they become the target. explosions. go, go, go!