markets. meanwhile, ministers continue to defend plans. we had to act really quickly continue to defend plans. we had to act really quickly last continue to defend plans. we had to act really quickly last friday - continue to defend plans. we had to act really quickly last friday to - act really quickly last friday to give people confidence on energy. in give people confidence on energy. in the afghan capital kabul a blast targeting students preparing for exams kills at least 19 people. record numbers of nurses are quitting the nhs in england with more than 40,000 leaving in the last year. hello and welcome if you re watching in the uk or around the world. in ukraine, 23 civilians have been killed in the southern city of zaporizhzhia after a russian missile struck a convoy of vehicles. that s according to the governor of the province. initial pictures that have started coming in show ambulances arriving at the scene. 0ur correspondent who s just arrived there reports that
i m joined now by former british ambassador to the russian federation, sir roderic lyne, in london. thank you very much for your time today. ijust want thank you very much for your time today. i just want to get your reaction to that missile strike in these upper asia region, and what do you think we can read into it, given that parts of zapper asia are among those being annexed by russia, illegally annexed by russia today? zaporizhzhia. i think putin will go on pummelling ukraine in any way he can and the more his forces are on the back foot the more he will lash out in this rather inhumane way. but this annexation is going to be announced today is pure alice in wonderland, it is farcical but it is also tragic. you will remember that in lewis carol s story, alice sees not a cat with a grin but a grin without a cat, and what we are having today is putin announcing