enough to keep the people in the know awake at night? the world is changing rapidly. we are changing it. but we re fighting back as well, and we re taking some of those steps. and a lot of the days, i m optimistic. vladimir putin, we re told, was promised that his invasion of ukraine would be over and done with by lastjuly a year ago, that is. who would have thought that ukraine would put up such a fight? and who would have thought that nato would have held together in the way it has? not mr putin, clearly. so what about the battlefield casualties which russia s sustained? the bbc s russian service has been carrying out a thorough investigation into this, putting names to as many of the dead as they can. olga ivshina, senior correspondent for the bbc russia service, has headed the investigation. so currently, we know names of 25,560 russian fighters who died fighting in ukraine. i say fighters, because it s important. not all of them are russian soldiers. some of them were
an official statement said russia s aim is to prevent strikes by ukrainian forces on eastern regions under their control. now on bbc news, unspun world withjohn simpson. hello and welcome to unspun world. this is the lobby of new broadcasting house the bbc s headquarters in central london. will the fact that britain will soon have a new prime minister weaken its support for ukraine now that boris johnson s gone? and we ll be hearing in shocking detail about a series of war crimes committed by russian soldiers. they get him to bend towards the wall and they load bricks on his back, until he collapses, and then put a bucket on his head and they start battering him. president biden visits the country he called an international pariah a couple of years ago. hypocrisy or just an acceptance of saudi arabia s new importance in the world? of course, for the president, it s all about how your voters think, and one of the huge issues in the us at the moment is the price of fuel. an
towards the wall and they load bricks on his back, until he collapses, and then put a bucket on his head and they start battering him. president biden visits the country he called an international pariah a couple of years ago. hypocrisy or just an acceptance of saudi arabia s new importance in the world? of course, for the president, it s all about how your voters think, and one of the huge issues in the us at the moment is the price of fuel. and has the day passed for a health service free at the point of delivery here in britain and in other western countries? there is a lot of support| for the nhs as it now is, but frustration at waiting a long time for a routine operation. i in early september, there ll be a new prime minister in downing street. borisjohnson s supporters, and there are still plenty of them, insist that his big achievements were getting brexit done, ushering britain through covid, and being ukraine s number one supporter after russia invaded. when the ne
in the battle for ukraine. now on bbc news, unspun world withjohn simpson. hello, and thanks forjoining me. we re at the bbc s headquarters in london, broadcasting house. and here s the statue of the bbc s patron saint, george orwell, complete with cigarette. he used to work here. beside him is his famous quote. if liberty means anything at all, it means the right to tell people what they do not want to hear. well, i hope we can persuade you to hear this edition of unspun world, anyway. has germany s influence in the world shrunk? germany has been very slow, very reluctant to react when it comes to sanctions against russia. what effect will the shooting of the palestinian journalist shireen abu aqla have on the politics of israel? this has been an extremely violent period. certainly, these are extremely testing times for israel s leaders. and will president biden s lifting of some controls over cuba actually help the people of the island? i think the desire to leave is mor
germany has been very slow, very reluctant to react when it comes to sanctions against russia. what effect will the shooting of the palestinian journalist shireen abu aqla have on the politics of israel? this has been an extremely violent period. certainly this is extremely testing times for israel s leaders. and will president biden s lifting of some controls over cuba actually help the people of the island? i think the desire to leave is more acute than it has been in decades. russia s invasion of ukraine has had all sorts of entirely unintended consequences. in the eu for instance, it s shaken up the traditional partnership between france and germany, and damaged germany s leading role in europe. while the ukrainian government never recovered its faith in germany, the ukrainian army within 48 hours. i asked katya adler, our europe editor who is in brussels for her thoughts on the way the war in ukraine has altered things in europe. we ve been seeing a whole shift in allian