we start with the developing news that russia says a pro kremlin military blogger has been killed in a blast in a cafe in st petersburg. police say 16 others have been injured in the incident. the city is the second largest in russia after the capital, moscow. vladlen tatarsky was one of a handful of reporters writing blogs on the telegram platform from the front line and was a vocal supporter of russia s war in ukraine. it is not clear at this time who s responsible for the blast. these are live pictures from the scene, where there is a security presence further down the street, as you can see. it has been cordoned off. but at the moment, the scene is pretty clear. let s get the latest on this. i m joined now by sergei goryashko, a journalist at bbc russian. welcome to you. tell us what more we know about this. we welcome to you. tell us what more we know about this. know about this. we already know that those who know about this. we already know that those who suffered know abou
forces of attacking civilian infrastructure, including a power station, as they abandon positions in the east of the country. the city of kharkiv appeared to be under complete blackouts on sunday night, as cars drove through darkened streets. ukrainian officials say russia struck thermal power stations, causing a huge fire. responding by the telegram platform, ukrainian president volodymyr zelenskyy said, cold, hunger, darkness and i are not as terrible and deadly for us as your friendship and brotherhood. but history will put everything in its place and we will be with a gas, light, water, food, and without you. they green counteroffensive over the weekend has we taken a huge swaths of territory from russian forces in a short space of time. have a look at this map. ukrainian chief commander saying 1160 square miles, shown there in yellow, have been liberated since the start of the month. and that ukrainian troops are
in edinburgh, there will be services there before she is brought back tomorrow, greeted at the gates behind us by king charles the third and the queen consort. and then resting in the bow room before she s taken to westminster hall where she will lie in state for four days when her loyal subjects will have the opportunity to file past the coffin and pay their final respects. of course, we will be here every step of the way for you on sky news. but, for now, to other news in ukraine is accusing russian forces of attacking civilian infrastructure. including a power station as they abandon positions in the east of the country. the city of kharkiv appeared to be under complete blackout on sunday, night as cars drove through darkened streets. ukrainian officials say russia struck a thermal power station, causing a huge fire. we responding by at the telegram platform, ukrainian president, volodymyr zelenskyy, said this still russian
were alluding to ukraine. as you re seeing, russian forces have attacked infrastructure. including a power station, as they abandoned position in the east of the country. the city of kharkiv, appeared to be under complete block out on sunday night as cars drove through darkened streets. ukrainian officials say that russia struck a thermal power station, causing a huge fire, responding by the telegram platform, ukrainian president volodymyr zelenskyy said this to russia s leaders. cold, hunger darkness and thirst and not as terrible and deadly for us as your friendship and brotherhood. but history will put everything in its place, and we will be with, gas light, water and food and without you. it comes after a major ukrainian counter offensive over the weekend. as we ve taken huge sections of territory from russian forces in a short space of time. ukraine s chief commander says 1160 square miles, which is shown there in yellow for, you mostly to the left of the screen, they have now b
morning. i want to pause for a second. i want to bring other news to you. particularly from ukraine. including a power station being tacked. they band on positions in east of the country. the city appeared to be under a complete blackout. cars drove through darkened street. russia struck a thermal power station causing a huge fire. responding via the telegram platform ukrainian president zelenskyy, of course, said this to russia s leaders ussia s l- history will put everything in its place. they tell this program that russia is now hitting civilian targets after significant