as indescribably difficult for the ukrainian army. it s the first time since the start of the war that the president has ventured to the devastated eastern region, as our correspondent caroline hawley reports. with heavy artillery, russian forces are continuing to pound ukrainian positions in a war that s taking more lives every day. with all this firepower, moscow is now making steady advances in the east. today, president zelensky visited north eastern ukraine for the first time since the russian invasion. he was shown the damage inflicted in what s been some of the worst fighting of the war. handing out medals, he thanked soldiers for their service to their country. for risking their lives for all ukrainians, their comrades in the donbas were now facing what he said was an indescribably difficult situation. applause.
this is bbc news. the headlines at four. the government says it s very concerned over upsetting scenes at the champions league final as fans were tear gassed in paris. people were begging, the liverpool fans that were in were begging because they said it just seemed to be like it could be a repeat of hillsborough. that s how bad it was. ukraine s president volodyrmyr zelensky has made a rare trip outside the kyiv region, to visit the city of kharkiv. heavy fighting is continuing in eastern ukraine, where russian forces are trying to capture the city of severodonetsk. the russian ambassador to the uk tells the bbc that moscow will not use tactical nuclear weapons in the battle for ukraine. we have a very strict provision on the issues of the use of tactical nuclear weapon,