on both sides of the river. inundating settlements our russia editor steve rosenberg gave me the view from moscow. in the last out of the white house has been giving his opinion. here is john kirby from the national security council. john kirby from the national security council. john kirby from the national securi council. ~ , , security council. we ve seen reports that russia was security council. we ve seen reports that russia was responsible - security council. we ve seen reports that russia was responsible for- security council. we ve seen reports that russia was responsible for the l that russia was responsible for the explosion at the dam. which i would remind russian forces took over a legally last year and have been occupying since banned. we re doing the best we can to assess those reports and we re working with ukrainians to gather more information. we cannot say conclusively what happened at this point. conclusively what happened at this oint. , ., point. l
to say that russia is now significantly weaker militarily. he hasjust, like, repeated the joke which is popular in ukraine for six months regarding the second strongest army but not in the world, but in ukraine. when we look now at what terrible shape the russian army is in by now, it is absolutely different army compared to 14 months ago. russia has destroyed, like, the most precious equipment, like, the most modern equipment in the first months. the best officers of the russian army have been killed within the first months. russia has not managed to, like, conscript new, skilled soldiers. theyjust grabbed whoever they can. they try to, like, use these private military companies, which were even worse in the quality of soldiers. like, theyjust conscripted inmates who were mostly ill, who were mostly absolutely incapable for the military service, and theyjust sent them as meat waves into attacks, like it was in bakhmut, where the russians have lost several dozens of thousan
80% of all its tax and nontax revenues, so ukraine needs the amount of up to $50 billion to maintain its economy. and i think a similar amount, maybe a little bit less, to rebuild the economy. mr mylovanov, thank you so much forjoining us. thank you. around the world and across the uk this is bbc news. bbc news, bringing you different stories from across the uk. in a nature reserve nestled between middlesbrough and teesside s industrial landscape, the team at rspb saltholme say they want visitors to fall in love with the nature on their doorstep with the help of a new installation dedicated to a ferocious prehistoric predator. thankfully for visitors, it is very small and only emerges in warm weather. the dragonfly nymph is a real monster. scaled to our size, it would make any horror film you would want to watch. they are huge predators. and people love it.
players away from either the european tour or the pga tour in america. and to play for vast amounts of money, they were guaranteed money for the eye watering amount of money. and were basically bought two play and create this liv breakaway tour. it fractured the game at the highest level, to be honest. liv players weren t allowed to play on the pga tour, they weren t allowed to play on the dp world tour, what used to be the european tour. no way to play with note ranking points for that that rankled a lot. with note ranking points for that that rankled a lot. andrew murray, former golfer that rankled a lot. andrew murray, former golfer and that rankled a lot. andrew murray, former golfer and current - former golfer and current commentator talking about that relationship between liv and the pga tour. around the world and across the uk. bbc news bringing you different stories from across the uk. in a nature reserve nestled between middlesbrough and teesside s industrial landscape.
numbers of 850 people hurt, it really distressing. so thatjust coming in and the last few minutes we will keep you across the details. for the moment, around the world and across the uk this is bbc news. bbc news, bringing you different stories from across the uk. in a nature reserve nestled between middlesbrough and teesside s industrial landscape, the team at rspb saltholme say they want visitors to fall in love with the nature on their doorstep with the help of a new installation dedicated to a ferocious prehistoric predator. thankfully for visitors, it s very small and only emerges in warm weather. the dragonfly nymph is a real monster. if it was scaled up to our size, it would make any horror film you want to go and watch. they re huge predators. and people just love it. the fascination with life on the water really gets people excited. and notjust the kids. it s often mums and dads elbowing kids out of the way to get a good look themselves. and then as the summer gets warmer, we