needs to bring this war, not that he calls it that, to an end. russian soldiers are dying and coming home wounded. he needs to be able to present this to his people as a victory, to tell them he has won this war. he needs some significant victory here and whether it is persuading ukraine to give territory, really it is a question of how far territory, really it is a question of how faeradimir territory, really it is a question of how far vladimir putin wants to go and the ultimate question is one we cannot answer because none of us know what vladimir putin s game is. jenny hill, thank you. borisjohnson has defended his attempts to forge closer ties with saudi arabia as the west moves to reduce its reliance on russian energy. the prime minister was speaking on his arrival in the united arab emirates , ahead of meetings with key middle eastern leaders. we rejoined now by our chief political correspondent adam fleming. these are important talks, particularly in the current climate.
we re joined now by the former adviser to the ukrainian president, igor novikov, who is in the capitol. good morning. we are reporting of sounds of explosions in the city. what is the situation like right now? , ., ., ., what is the situation like right now? ., .,, ., now? good morning. it was a difficult night. now? good morning. it was a difficult night. heavy - now? good morning. it was a difficult night. heavy fighting| difficult night. heavy fighting happening to the north west of kyiv, but we have reason for optimism because there could be a ukrainian counteroffensive that everyone has been talking about. every night, we play what we call russian roulette. russia launches cruise missiles at residential buildings and you do not know where they will land. and they have changed which part they hit. no change in military infrastructure. this is not an operation, this is a war. ~ , y ., . .,
armed and waiting. jonah fisherjoins jonah fisher joins us jonah fisherjoins us now. we have been watching your piece. what is the situation there this morning? you have heard sirens already. that is right, sirens overnight which means people having to get up and go down into bunkers to take shelter which i think happened in many cities overnight. in lviv, early indications are nothing was struck indications are nothing was struck in this area. a different story in kyiv as we heard. it has become a daily reality, nightly reality here in lviv. the air raid sirens, a reminder to people that while the war has been is something in the rest of ukraine in terms of ground forces with russian movement into the south, east, north, these air
great to talk to you. thank you. powerful images of the conflict in ukraine have dominated the media since the russian invasion began three weeks ago. one of the most horrific images of a family of four who were killed by russian artillery fire as they tried to cross a bridge in kyiv was shared by the new york times. the photographer behind the image was photojournalist lynsey addario who witnessed the attack. shejoins us now. good morning, thank you for talking to us. you have been here before talking about pictures you have taken and here you are again in the middle of a war zone. we are not going to show the image we have been speaking about because it is very upsetting. if you could talk to us about the circumstances of that day and what you saw. and what you saw. sure, i went out that morning and what you saw. sure, i went out that morning to and what you saw. sure, i went out that morning to photograph - and what you saw. sure, i went out that morning to photograph the - a
the trigger on that gun if it comes to that? if i have no choice, yes. when the all clear sounds, we are invited by yuri and leisa we are invited by yuri and lesia back to their apartment, to see their new guns. it is normally for hunting. hunting gun. this is also a hunting gun. but it is more precise. for lesia, this war has made what was once unthinkable unavoidable. translation: it s very sad. sometimes it seems like a bad dream. it is not right. this shouldn t be happening. but it is happening and the russians may move west. lviv s defenders are