ukrainian and russian forces are fighting in the northern suburbs of the city of bakhmut which has been battered by seven months of fighting. oleksandr marchenko, the deputy mayor, confirmed the street clashes, but said the russians haven t taken control. western analysts say the scene has been set for ukrainian forces to carry out a fighting withdrawal. a british defence ministry update said ukrainian soldiers are digging new trenches west of the city and are being reinforced by elite troops. the capture of bakhmut would be the first russian victory of note in more than six months of fighting. meanwhile, according to the supreme commander of nato troops in europe, general christopher cavoli said the scale of the war is unbelivable with 2,000 large battle tanks destroyed, more than 200,000 russian soldiers and over 1,800 officers killed or wounded. 0ur diplomatic correspondent, james landale, sent this report from the capital, kyiv. this is bakhmut or at least what is lef
controlled by any one country. ukrainian and russian forces are fighting in the northern suburbs of the city of bakhmut which has been battered by seven months of fighting. oleksandr marchenko, the deputy mayor, confirmed the street clashes, but said the russians haven t taken control. western analysts say the scene has been set for ukrainian forces to carry out a fighting withdrawal. a british defence ministry update said ukrainian soldiers are digging new trenches west of the city and are being reinforced by elite troops. the capture of bakhmut would be the first russian victory of note in more than six months of fighting. our diplomatic correspondent, james landale, sent this report from the capital, kyiv. this is bakhmut, or at least what is left of it after some of the fiercest fighting since russia invaded ukraine. for more than six months russian shells and missiles have rained down on the city, thousands of russian soldiers have died trying to seize it, now their co
for me, the eureka moment was when i thought, oh! what if bill nighy was in this film but notjust in it, in the centre of it? and i could suddenly see how the whole film could work. if bill was not going to be part of that, i would not have been persuaded to do it. i was up to my neck writing a novel anyway because for me, the concept was not a remake of a previous film, it was this thing with bill in it. and the other thing was it should feel like a british movie from the 1950s that was the other interesting aspect. and for you, bill, is that a dream come true to have a part written for you like this, or is that a huge amount of pressure? it s more of the former and a little bit of the latter but no, i didn t actually feel weirdly, because i m quite good at manufacturing pressure i didn t feel daunted or oppressed by the original film or by the situation.
another thing was if you feel like a british movie from the 19505, that like a british movie from the 1950s, that was the other interesting prospect. you, bill, was interesting prospect. you, bill, was it interesting prospect. you, bill, was it a interesting prospect. you, bill, was it a bill interesting prospect. you, bill, was it a bill dream i interesting prospect. you, i bill, was it a bill dream come true? it bill, was it a bill dream come true? , ., ., ., true? it is more the former and a little bit true? it is more the former and a little bit of true? it is more the former and a little bit of the true? it is more the former and a little bit of the latter- true? it is more the former and a little bit of the latter but, i a little bit of the latter but, no, a little bit of the latter but, no, did a little bit of the latter but, no, did not feel readily because i am quite good at manufacturing pressure. i did not feel manufacturing pressure. i did not feel daunted
were being broken. i believed implicitly that these events were within the rules. nor did anybody tell me before afterwards anything to the contrary. with the oscars a week away, we hear from some of those involved in the film living. for me i didn t feel daunted or oppressed by the original film or by the situation. ijust felt that i was very fortunate. and memories of 1930s glasgow we meet the artist holding his first exhibition at the age of 95. i think ithinki i think i got that atmosphere here. i think ijust got it right.