attack by ukraine. welcome to the programme. in ukraine president zelensky says the kakovka dam was mined by russian occupiers. russia says it was an act of ukrainian sabotage. we ll look who s most likely to have carried out the attack. also coming up. prince harry has been in court accusing mirror group newspapers of hacking into his voicemails when he was a teenager. the brain drain. nurses leaving ghana to come to countries like the uk. one nursing group says the situation is out of control. we start in ukraine and attack on the dam. un security council meeting in next hour. we re going to look at two things. look at scale of damage. and ask our experts who s most likely to have done this. this is the kakovka dam. water flowing through. 40,000 people being evacuated. 80 towns and villages impacted. this video tweeted by zelensky. these images from areas downstream. water levels could rise 12 metres. said one russian official. let s hearfrom a ukrainian mp who s there. t
happens to the zaporizhzhia nuclear power station and the people would have to think about how they would have to think about how they would have to think about how they would have to survive this incredibly hot and dry summer in ukraine, as the nova kakhovka reservoir is drinking. that would be difficult for them. thank you for that vitaly shevchenko. just some breaking news in relation to ukraine that we just received from our washington bureau. a us official has told bbc s partner, us network, cbs news, that it s accurate to say that the ukraine culture offensive is in its opening phases but the main thrust has not yet begun. so, if you were with us yesterday, there was an increase in activity from the ukrainian side and we were trying to get to the bottom of whether or not this was the start of the counteroffensive are not. we had this from a us official who told the
seeing the ukraine culture offensive of the ukrainian armed forces. an earlier today we saw at least several settlements were liberated. near kherson city. near at least ten minutes of kherson. we will see the liberation of kherson. you minutes of kherson. we will see the liberation of kherson. liberation of kherson. you think you will see the liberation of kherson. you think you will see the liberation liberation of kherson. you think you will see the liberation of liberation of kherson. you think you will see the liberation of your - will see the liberation of your city? have you been able to keep in touch at all with any friends who try to live there was in mark what do you know? how much do you know about the conditions there? i’zre about the conditions there? i ve tried to be about the conditions there? i ve tried to be in about the conditions there? is tried to be in touch about the conditions there? ia: tried to be in touch and about the conditions there? i ”2 trie