no comment on the anniversary from the russian president, vladimir putin, his predecessor warned that and ukrainian forces could be pushed all the way back to the border to poland. at ten o clock we will be joining the team for the ten o clock news, before that, johnson is in talks to president zelensky in this unspun world special. this is just one very small part of all the destruction that russia has visited on ukraine during the past year. we are only 18 miles from kyiv here, the closest the russian troops came to the capital before they were thrown back. one man has personified ukraine s resistance to the russian onslaught. an actor who used to play the part of ukraine s president in a television soap opera, and then ran for the job for real, and won, only to find last february, he had to play a new role the leader of a country that was fighting for its very existence. president volodymyr zelensky. mr president, a year ago, would you have thought that you would be sitt
and the other main stories on tonight s programme. junior doctors in england announce three consecutive days of strikes in march over pay it will affect both routine and emergency care. and a third candidate slips in before the deadline to run to succeed nicola sturgeon as snp leader and first minister. on bbc london, a year after the war in ukraine began, and coming up on the bbc news channel: a semifinal shock as england lose to south africa at the women s t20 world cup and the hosts go through to play australia on sunday. good evening. welcome to the ukrainian capital kyiv, where exactly one year ago today, before dawn, the people of this city were woken up by the sound of air raid sirens, signalling russia s invasion. what s followed has been a year of tears and savagery, defiance and hope. many thousands have died. we ve seen the worst fighting and refugee emergency on european soil since 1916. there s world food insecurity, a major energy crisis and rising global infl
is the latest. we re live in the capital, kyiv. explosion. on the eastern front we have a special report on the battle for one strategic town. the front line is about 500 metres away. they say russian troops are trying to advance, but they are holding them back. ukraine s president zelensky honours the country s war heroes and is adamant victory will come. translation: if our partners respect all their promises - and deadlines then victory will inevitably await us. if we can all do our homework, we can all win.