great to have you with us. we begin with some news from the war in ukraine. russia says its troops have fully captured the ukrainian city of bakhmut. kyiv has denied those claims, but if true, it could mark an end to the longest and bloodiest battle of the 15 month war. russia has been trying to take bakhmut since last year in a grinding war of attrition. and in the last hours, the russian news agency interfax has said president putin congratulated his troops and the paramilitary wagner group for capturing the city. earlier, ukraine had said its units were still fighting in the city. meanwhile, ukrainian president volodymyr zelensky has been on a whirlwind tour in an effort to drum up support and weapons for an expected counteroffensive against russia. it s been a busy few hours for zelensky, touching down injapan on saturday fo diplomatic talks touching down injapan on saturday for diplomatic talks with many of the gathered heads of the g7 nations. that includes prime minister rishi s
that includes prime minister rishi sunak, one of ukaine s closest allies. he also met with nations that have yet to pick a side in the conflict. indian prime minister narendra modi has never condemned russia s invasion. and india has emerged as a top buyer of russian oil. mr zelensky will address the leaders of the major western democracies during meetings on sunday and reportedly will also meet directly with presidentjoe biden. live now to the bbc s nick marsh who is in hiroshima for the summit. we have just seen pictures of the japanese prime minister meeting with the south korean president in hiroshima, but what is the latest you can tell us? , ., ., us? yes, we will get onto the bilateral meeting us? yes, we will get onto the bilateral meeting between i us? yes, we will get onto the | bilateral meeting between the leaders of south korea and japan in a moment, but ijust wanted to pick up about what you are saying about president