the ukrainians in the fight. hello. russia s aim, one year ago, to overwhelm ukraine and take the capital city of kyiv within days, failed. ukrainian resistance has been fierce. and whilst ukraine has lost some ground to russia, it s also defended large parts of the country and on occasions been able to recapture territory which russia has seized. that s come at an immense cost, though. many have died on the battlefield and accusations of war crimes committed by russian troops have shocked the world. president zelensky says the country has endured a year of pain, but that victory is inevitable, with continued western support. our kyiv correspondent, james waterhouse, reports on how the one year anniversary was marked. the morning war rained down on ukraine. air raid siren. a shadow with haunting consequences. the once unthinkable playing out as the world looked on. 150,000 russian troops moving in from three directions. ukraine s leader had offers to leave. but he stayed. ..a
it will affect both routine and emergency care. and roald dahl s multi million selling children s books are to be printed in their original form after a backlash against editing them for modern audiences. hello and welcome to bbc news. the us presidentjoe biden has ruled out sending f 16fighterjets to ukraine, saying the planes are not needed, for now. it comes despite increased pressure from ukrainian president volodymyr zelensky for urgent air support to help protect its skies from russian attacks. president zelensky has marked the first anniversary of russia s invasion of ukraine by hailing his nation s year of invincibility. he said his country had endured a year of pain, but that victory was inevitable with continued western support. our kyiv correspondent, james waterhouse, reports on how the first anniversary was marked. the morning war rained down on ukraine. air raid siren. a shadow with haunting consequences. the once unthinkable playing out as the world looked on.
ukrainians in the fight. it s the first anniversary of the ukraine war one year since vladimir putin ordered his forces to launch an all out assault on ukraine with the aim of taking kyiv within days. the strategy failed. ukrainian resistance has been fierce though it has come at an immense cost. many have died on the battlefield and accusations of war crimes by the russian troops have shocked the world. president zelensky says the country has endured a year of pain, but victory is inevitable, he says, with continued western support. our kyiv correspondent, james waterhouse, reports on how the anniversary was marked. the morning war rained down on ukraine. air raid siren. a shadow with haunting consequences. the once unthinkable playing out as the world looked on. 150,000 russian troops moving in from three directions. ukraine s leader had offers to leave. but he stayed. ..and is still here. this is a bittersweet day for ukraine. day for ukraine, a reminder of remarkable
and a lot of horror. but, i also want to state that this year, also, it s a lot of support from all the world. meanwhile in moscow, there has been a distinct lack of coverage in the russian media marking the anniversary of the war. our russia editor steve rosenberg has been keeping an eye out. it was really interesting today that the one year anniversary of the war didn t make the headlines, really. in the news bulletins i was watching russian state tv earlier today and they talked about the situation in ukraine and the war there, but they didn t really mention the anniversary. they sort of glossed over the fact that this special military operation that vladimir putin launched one year ago did not achieve its original aim, which was a swift victory for the kremlin. it did not go according to plan. it s resulted in heavy russian military casualties the kremlin s had to mobilise people, dropping hundreds
members of this council should not fall into the false equivalency of calling on both sides to stop fighting or calling on other nations to stop supporting ukraine in the name of peace. no member of this council should call for peace while supporting russia s war on ukraine and on the un charter. in this war, there is an aggressor and there is a victim. russia fights for conquest. ukraine fights for its freedom. if russia stops fighting and leaves ukraine, the war ends. if ukraine stops fighting, ukraine ends. meanwhile, in moscow, there has been a distinct lack of coverage in the russian media marking the anniversary of the war. 0ur russia editor, steve rosenberg, has been keeping across things. it was really interesting today that the one year anniversary of the war didn t make the headlines, really. in the news bulletins i was watching russian state tv earlier today and they talked about