in two separate transport accidents in pakistan. live from our studio in singapore, this is bbc news. it s newsday. hello and welcome to bbc news, broadcasting to viewers in the uk and around the world. broadcasting to viewers in the uk we start the show in ukraine, where in the past hour it s being reported that a missile hit a residential building in the country s second largest city, kharkiv. that s according to local officials. this image has been filed by the reuters news agency. and just to say that it is a developing story. there s no word yet about any casualties. and according to local officials, emergency personnel have been sent to the scene. this follows intense fighting in the key southern city of kherson, which has come under fire once again from russian troops. three people have been killed there and six others injured in the intense shelling. the attack came from russian troops stationed on the opposite bank of the dnipro river. local officials say multipl
Moldovan Defense Minister Anatolie Nosatii on Wednesday denied media reports that F-16 fighter jets that the West will send to Ukraine would be based on the territory of Moldova.
A resolution for Italy to continue to provide military aid to Ukraine was passed in both houses of parliament on Wednesday, Italian askanews news agency reported.
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continue supplying ukraine. and we have got to find a way to show the russians that that approach won t work, but we have to do so in a way that does not risk escalating this war into a direct confrontation between the west and russia, which would have quite ominous implications for escalation into a nuclear conflict. so that is why we are in the demesne we are in right now. , , ., , ~ now. just to “ump in there, i think ou laid that out really well, but given what you described, does the west have any other options beyond arming ukraine further, sending more firepower there? i ukraine further, sending more firepower there? ukraine further, sending more firepower there? i think we do. clearly we firepower there? i think we do. clearly we have firepower there? i think we do. clearly we have to firepower there? i think we do. clearly we have to continue - firepower there? i think we do. clearly we have to continue our military support for ukraine, otherwise the russians won t ha