it s harvest time in ukraine s war torn donbas. from his perch, vladimir bukhantsev can the front lines, just one hillside away to the north. traces of smoke on the horizon, and then this. jet engines roar overhead. two ukrainian fighterjets roar overhead to attack russian positions. you can see a russian rocket blazing upwards, narrowly missing one jet. the planes both launch decoy flares and turn sharply, heading home. we see this almost every day, says vladimir. the pilots do their job, we do ours. my son is fighting on the front line near here too. farmers and fighters almost everyone else has left or is leaving this region. hurried farewells at a bus stop, to the sound of russian rockets landing nearby.
city of slovyansk. it s harvest time in ukraine s war torn donbas. from his perch, vladimir bukhantsev can the front lines, just one hillside away to the north. traces of smoke on the horizon, and then this. aircraft engines roar ..two ukrainian fighterjets roar overhead to attack russian positions. you can see a russian rocket blazing upwards, narrowly missing one jet. the planes both launch decoy flares and turn sharply, heading home. we see this almost every day, says vladimir. the pilots do their job, we do ours. my son is fighting on the front line near here, too. farmers and fighters. almost everyone else has left or is leaving this region. hurried farewells at a bus stop
this is bbc news. i m tim willcox. our top stories: ukraine and russia sign a deal allowing the resumption of ukrainian grain exports from ports on the black sea. the un says the deal must not fail. many people are at risk of famine, so there is a moral obligation on all those involved in this process to make it a success. we report from the farms on the frontline in the donbas region, which have now become a battleground. a deal to end russia s blockade could make a huge difference but it won t end the war and so, here in the donbas, ukrainian farmers are racing to harvest and to store what they can, whatever the risks. steve bannon, the former aide to president trump,
it s harvest time in ukraine s war torn donbas. from his perch, vladimir bukhantsev can the front lines, just one hillside away to the north. traces of smoke on the horizon, and then this. engines roar. ..two ukrainian fighterjets roar overhead to attack russian positions. you can see a russian rocket blazing upwards, narrowly missing one jet. the planes both launch decoy flares and turn sharply, heading home. we see this almost every day, says vladimir. the pilots do their job, we do ours. my son is fighting on the front line near here too. farmers and fighters. almost everyone else has left or is leaving this region.