They call this section of the front line the meat grinder, a savage artillery war that has raged for months with precious little progress on either side, but ukrainians here insist that s about to change. if, that is, they get western tanks here soon. if you are going to counterattack and seize more territory, then you need tanks, need mobile artillery. sure, it very useful for counterattacking because infantry covered by tanks, for sure.win. without them, these front lines are going to be stuck like they are? yeah. for now, it grinds on, a cold and lethal winter stalemate. andrew harding, bbc news, ukraine s donbas.
Are going to be stuck like they are. yeah. for now, it grinds on, a cold and lethal winter stalemate. you re watching newsday on the bbc. still to come on the programme: we ll bring you the very latest news from the australian open in melbourne, both on and off the court. donald trump is now the 45th president of the united states. he was sworn in before several hundred thousand people on the steps of capitol hill in washington. it s going to be only america first america first.
Without that, these front lines are going to be stuck like they are? yeah. for now, it grinds on, the cold and lethal winter stalemate. andrew harding, bbc news, in ukraine s donbas. the bbc has discovered that some security guards at the o2 brixton academy where two people died in a crush during a gig in december regularly took bribes to let people in without tickets. a whistle blower has told radio 4 that some colleagues working in security would each allow a couple of hundred extra people in, in exchange for cash. their employer, ap security, hasn t commented. the london music venue has had its licence suspended until mid april because of last month s fatal incident. our correspondent greg mckenzie has the story.
Line the meat grinder a savage artillery war that has raged for months with precious little progress on either side. but the ukrainians here insist that s about to change if, that is, they get western tanks here soon. if you re going to counterattack, if you re going to seize more territory, then you need tanks, you need mobile artillery? sure. it s very useful for counterattacking, because infantry covered by tanks, for sure, win. without that, these front lines are going to be stuck like they are? yeah. for now, it grinds on, the cold and lethal winter stalemate. andrew harding, bbc news, in ukraine s donbas. so as we heard from the soldiers
Little progress on either side. but the ukrainians here insist that s about to change if, that is, they get western tanks here soon. if you re going to counterattack, if you re going to seize more territory, then you need tanks, you need mobile artillery? sure. it s very useful for counterattacking, because infantry covered by tanks, for sure, win. without that, these front lines are going to be stuck like they are? yeah. for now, it grinds on, a cold and lethal winter stalemate. andrew harding, bbc news, in ukraine s donbas. you re watching newsday on the bbc. still to come on the programme: we re getting ready for another day at the australian open and we ll be live in melbourne to catch up with all the latest