counter offensive. the comments come after attacks on dnipro and the wagner group claiming it fully captured the city of bakhmut. the battle there for control has been the longest of the war. the head of russia s wagner mercenary group has announced that its forces have started withdrawing from the ukrainian city. ukraine denies this. now, one of the country s most senior security officials says ukraine is ready to launch its long expected counter offensive against russian forces. oleksiy danilov has been speaking exclusively, to our diplomatic correspondent, james landale. this is what s left of bakhmut in eastern ukraine. images filmed by russian forces of the ruins they now largely control. mercenaries from the wagner group claim they re withdrawing, being replaced by regular russian troops. but ukraine insists its forces are still engaged on the ground and the outskirts, as the country s most senior security official told us. translation: we controljust a small i part of
security official tells the bbc that ukrainian forces are now ready to launch a long awaited counter offensive. the comments come after russian attacks on dnipro and the wagner group s recent claims it has fully captured the city of bakhmut. the head of russia s wagner mercenary group has announced that his forces have started to withdraw from bakhmut. ukraine denies this. the battle for that city has been the longest and bloodiest of the war. now, oleksiy danilov the secretary of ukraine s national security and defence council says an assult to retake territory from russian forces is ready to launch. he s been speaking exclusively to our diplomatic correspondent, james landale. this is what s left of bakhmut, in eastern ukraine. images filmed by russian forces of the ruins they now largely control. mercenaries from the wagner group claim they re withdrawing, being replaced by regular russian troops. but ukraine insists its forces are still engaged on the ground and the o
described by one passenger today as an utterjoke. these scenes were repeated at airports across the uk. severe delays in manchester where, again, passengers struggled to get through passport control. and at heathrow, arriving passengers were forced to wait more than three hours. a couple of individuals had tojump queues a couple of individuals had tojump queues and police got engaged. and we also queues and police got engaged. and we also had a passenger that fainted~ we also had a passenger that fainted. it we also had a passenger that fainted. , ., . ., .. fainted. it is now quarter to two and we have fainted. it is now quarter to two and we have been fainted. it is now quarter to two and we have been told - fainted. it is now quarter to two and we have been told all- fainted. it is now quarter to two and we have been told all the l and we have been told all the computers and we have been told all the computers are and we have been told all the computers are down - and
to check passports manually, which takes more time. this evening, the home office says the problem has been fixed, and the gates are working again. graham satchell has more. this is the gatwick line. gatwick airport just look at the queue. it was described by one passenger today as an utter joke , and these scenes were repeated at airports across the uk. severe delays in manchester where, again, arriving passengers struggled to get through passport control. at heathrow, more misery, with some waiting more than three hours. there were people getting really frustrated. there were a couple of individuals that tried tojump queues, where the police had to get engaged. and we also had one of the passengers that fainted. so, it s now quarter to two and we ve been told that l all the computers are down throughout the country. - this is wayne fenton at luton airport. already been in the queue now forabout 1.5 hours, in fact, nearly two hours. this is what arrivals looked like at luton.